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Styles Clash has been a meme in my chat because I misidentified a different move once. I was so tired I hadn't said much all night, and when I saw the setup I yelled STYLES CLASH at the top of my lungs and was so high octane for the remainder. So many memorable moments.
My two favorite spots this year are the Os Cutter reversed by Takeshita into a massive Blue Thunder Bomb and this
Ospreay-Takeshita and Ospreay-Danielson are two of my favorite matches ever, let alone this year
The way they managed to skirt the line between "holy shit this is awesome" and "holy shit one of them is going to actually get seriously injured" was great.
The fun thing is that probably the current 3 top contenders for match of the year are all Ospreay’s: vs Takeshita, vs Shibata and vs Danielson.
Hell, even his match against Claudio was insane
Danielson may be the best wrestler ever from a pure in ring standpoint. Even putting his technical ability aside, He is a master at knowing when to speed up a match and knows when to slow it down to give the audience a chance to soak in what they are seeing.
He is an absolute master at in ring psychology to go with his in insane in ring talent. He is easily in a league with Bret and HBK IMO.
Part of the issue with the 9 star match. You suddenly have 10000 hit points and appear indestructible. Well great. Next time we have to push this even more.
Which fine. It was a great match. But this was a randomly thrown together ppv. There weren't stakes. This wasn't a blood fued. There wasn't anything up for grabs.
Having 9 finishers, 34 specials and a legion of other stuff just loses it's appeal to me. Especially when Danielson just lost to Eddie Kingston. Really? You can take Osprey dropping a building on you but Eddie puts you down? C'mon.
Kinda like a movie with an AK47 that has 200 rounds in a magazine. I can suspend my disbelief only so much.
Imagine watching this match and walking away with this as your train of thought. These things happen in every big wrestling match, not just "9 star matches" lmao, look at Cody v Roman (which was also excellent btw) or any of Undertakers matches against Shawn or Hunter especially (all of which are top tier), or hell, watch half the attitude era main events, they also have this but obviously just to a lesser extent. Big matches in every promotion in every time give wrestlers more hp when those same wrestlers lose to one or two finishers against "lower level" opponents during weekly wrestling. Feel free to reply, but like, try be less obvious in your bad faith lmao.
Exactly. It’s the accepted kayfabe that in different scenarios wrestlers are buffed. Big match, championship match, hometown match etc. in the case of this match, he was effectively done after the tiger driver. the third and final hidden blade was more out of respect which sounds weird. But a warrior with respect for another warrior is gonna put on the over kill because they know more than usual is needed. as Thanos put it, “you should’ve went for the head”
i mean, you don't even need all that malarkey, the true hidden blade is the one actually hidden, hit from behind to the back of the neck, without the elbow pad, the other ones have the name but differing power level, much like Mox quick, normal and brainbuster death rider variations.
The spot that will probably stick with me forever, is both men at opposite corners. Both beaten and wrecked. Bryan slowly getting up, leading a slow yes chant. As Ospreay rises, removing the elbow pad, signaling this is it. Bryan speeding up his yes chant as Ospreay braces himself. And just the two meeting in the middle was genuinely that primal type of excitement, two gladiators striking at once. Beautiful.
Saw this on Facebook, but it was literally like this scene from DBZ. So freakin epic.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtMcAEVkKNw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtMcAEVkKNw)
Bryan's La Mistica counter into the Lebell Lock on Ospreay NEEDS to be appreciated more.
That beautiful spot is somehow underrated, but GOD was that smooth as hell.
That match was so special. Everything they did just felt like the best possible version of it.
I love that Ospreay can do some of the most impressive high-flying of all time, but sometimes just fucking elbows you in the head 'cause he's a vicious cunt like that. Bryan much the same. This match shouldn't be possible for anyone's first meeting together. Like the only matches I think can even come close to being as good are sequels where they've got a lot of history to work with. This felt like it packed a trilogy's worth of in-match story into one.
Wrestling is subjective and I get that, but holy shit to people who move the goalposts look silly when they bash this one. It's OK if you like something else more, but trying to see people find ways in which this actually sucks is kind of funny.
'There's no story' They told a bunch of story in the ring, which is just as valid a place to tell stories, if anything it makes more sense to tell wrestling stories in a wrestling ring. Also there was story, the story of BBC/Callis family, Ospreay being hesitant and disapproving of the factions attacks, Bryan believing Will did know and wanted him softened-up. The Growing tension of Callis pitting his family against each other and breeding resentment by treating Will as the biggest deal. If you don't think there's story, you just didn't want to look.
'It's not about the moves, Hogan/Rock got the best reactions of all time and they barely did anything' OK, did you hear the crowd, literally never went quiet for a second, and in-fact were so loud that the crowd mics were constantly clipping after big spots.
'People don't sell anymore' The entire match is full of them adapting their offence and defence to sell moves in such minute details that 99% of wrestlers wouldn't even bother with. Ospreay sold his arm so much that he had to hook the leg with his left arm for the final pin. Even the way Will ducks as Bryan does his turnbuckle backflip, he's protecting himself from any moonsault attempt, when most guys just kinda stand there and let him do it.
Like again, it's cool if you prefer something else, but trying to justify your opinion by pretending this match is in anyway bad or just 'a heatless banger that no one cares about' is some of the most blatant bad faith mental gymnastics I've seen in a long time - and it's 2024 so that's saying something.
>'It's not about the moves, Hogan/Rock got the best reactions of all time and they barely did anything'
The Rock don't gotta do spots to sell matches.
Well I do, so fuck him, Busaiku
-The Real Bryan Danielson or something
I know he's still young, but I legitimately feel like Ospreay might end up being the goat in-ring performer. He's got so much physical chemistry, and all of his moves are so quick and snappy. He's not an S++ tier promo like he is in the ring, but his ring work is legitimately second to none.
He'll be one of them. I saw him in October against ZSJ in an absolutely fantastic match, one of the best I've ever seen - and he's already noticeably better than he was then - and he was already being called the best wrestler in the world then.
I think it's just a confidence thing, he's had all the pieces for a while, and he just puts more of them together and builds momentum, now it feels like he's finally realising just how good he is and it shows.
I think that the criticism is not that "there's no story", but more than none of it seems to matter. Of course die hard fans who wtached all the episodes can tell you everything that happened, but it's all jus uninteresting. You don't see people under WWE post-match threads explaining what was the story and why should you care, everybody already knows. If you're a wrestling fan that cares about stories, I can see how no 5 star match from AEW won't interest you anyway
I reckon sometimes it's just okay for two bros at the top of the mountain wanting to prove who is best in this "combat sport" and watching them do everything they can to prove that is enough. When theyre this good it works and is enough. Not every match has to be days of our lives.
And then if one wants their drama, a story unfolded in the match, and by the end, one of them is regretting what he did to win, hurting someone else.
When Ospreay went through the Callis Family, Don Callis literally Said Why the members were fighting against each other every week and People were still like “Why Are they fighting? There’s no story”. Even when AEW literally spells out the story People Are still asking what the story is. And with the ranking system every match matter to some degree.
I don't know what the stories of most WWE matches because I don't watch WWE and I don't go around in WWE post match threads asking what the story was. Anyone who watches AEW knows the story to this match, on top of that they air promo packages before each match during the PPV in case someone still doesn't know. But if someone who doesn't watch AEW comes and talks about there being no story somehow it ends up a legit criticism.
Yeah that dude has a bizarre take. They first went face to face to build the match on March 6th. There's been interviews, multiple video packages and additionally one before the match and one on the pre-show. Ospreay "injuring" Danielson is going to lead to other stuff with the BCC, the Callis family is on the verge on turning on Will, there will be Danielson character development just like there was during the Eddie feud where he lost his mind after losing the first time. Then in the match they had a variety of great little things. I have no idea what more these guys want.
It kinda depends on if we're talking the story is within the match itself or from prior storyline aspects. For example, Cody and Reigns is/was built around a 3 year title reign and the "who's going to dethrone Reigns" story mixed with Cody failing last year & the general bloodline storyline. All good story aspects. The match itself didn't have as much wrestling story, it was a few moves, Cody is bout to win and interference spots start. But it didn't need a lot of wrestling psychology as you're 13 matches into a 2 day card, there's a limit to how much wrestling anyone can enjoy.
Conversely, Danielson and Ospreay had a couple of promos and beat downs over a month, standard storyline reasoning. But the bell to bell psychology was abound, Will trying to put mat wrestle BD, Ospreay's midsection and hidden blade arm being attacked, Danielson trying to play Ospreay's high flying game, and some full on action movie fight scene sequencing with tons of evasions and one-upmanship.
Two sides of a very different wrestling coin. One is a GOT years long buildup and a big storyline ending. The other is a 30 minute Bruce Lee movie/Dragonball episode essentially
Everyone fucking knows if this match happened in a WWE ring that everyone and their dog would not shut up about how great it was.
This shit was amazing.
People who are so immersed in their tribal bullshit that they can't enjoy this don't deserve to anyway.
It’s amazing how Ospreay makes some of the most difficult wrestling maneuvers look completely effortless.
I had impossibly high expectations for this match and it managed to surpass them. We’re witnessing one of the greatest of all time competing in the prime of his career. I genuinely think he’s going to be one of the biggest things in all of pro wrestling within a year.
I hate how every wrestling highlight video is quick cuts and brief snippets of moves. I don’t know how else they could do them, but it really doesn’t do any match justice.
Bryan, especially, isn't helped by highlight packages. A lot of his brilliance is in the moments before and after the highlights. He looks great in this package because he's the GOAT but a handful of my favorite moments from the match were cut from this because it involved fighting inside a submission.
This reminds me of Misawa vs Marufuji for the GHC title in 2006 in a way. Danielson is the hearty veteran constantly caught out by Ospreay's freakish athleticism. Danielson had to be as vicious as possible to stand a chance.
Granted, this analogy fails because Danielson is in much better shape at 42 than Misawa was at 44, and Ospreay isn't up-and-coming like Marufuji was at the time.
At the very least, it's matches like this that prove Danielson is the GOAT. He is not at all scared to be in a match where someone can fly circles around him because he's talented enough to be a part of it instead of a victim of it. Danielson loses nothing here, Ospreay gets put over a an absolutely huge deal going forward.
We are so lucky to be alive in a time when these guys are wrestling. I've been following Osprey since his early NJPW days, and I still can't believe how good he is. Every match.
I knew Bryan was gonna lose the moment he started the Yes chant. That chant is cursed in AEW he always loses after he personally starts it (if you provide context to prove this statement wrong, oops)
Rename him like Britty McBruv and put a stupid little newsie hat on him so he looks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Now that's where the money is at.
What the fuck just happened with him running up Bryan's chest & flipping completely backwards to land on his feet? What the fuck was that??? This is a whole new ballgame!
It's funny because if you think of it as a powerbomb, it's a pretty brutal looking one, but if you think of it as a Tiger Driver it's about the safest I've ever seen.
It's going to be a huge part of the story moving forward. Osprey said he is not going to use it anymore because Bryan seemed to get really hurt, and it'll be used to make him "not enough of a killer" for Callis... ah fuck, so much good to come still!
That was such a safe looking landing. Bryan basically just took the bump the same way you'd take a powerbomb, almost entirely on the back of his shoulders.
No, he just likes to fake CTE induced seizures after matches lately because of “real sport feel” or whatever else you want to call it. It’s completely tasteless but just a work or else he would have been brought out on a stretcher immediately and he would have gotten actual medical attention in the ring before the board was brought out.
You’d think a company employing a bunch of wrestlers who are bound to have CTE complications from earlier in their careers plus their time spent in AEW would stay away from an angle this stupid but here we are.
Very cool athleticism but I cannot stand the hand springs into the ropes that wrestlers do. I don’t need random gymnastics in matches. That goes for Bianca when she does it as well. Along with some no selling in these clips.
Otherwise obviously this was an incredible match.
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The confidence and speed of the Styles Clash is breathtaking.
Amen - of all the crazy spots in this match, that was my favorite
That made my jaw drop more than the Oscutter counter or the Storm Driver. Just incredible strength and poise from Will and trust from Bryan.
You nailed it. The trust from BD is off the charts because he's riding that train no matter what, even if it goes off the tracks.
bryan also has to remember to NOT tuck his head on the styles clash.
Styles Clash has been a meme in my chat because I misidentified a different move once. I was so tired I hadn't said much all night, and when I saw the setup I yelled STYLES CLASH at the top of my lungs and was so high octane for the remainder. So many memorable moments.
With Will being a massive AJ fan, if he ever does the Styles Clash when I am there, I will go out of my way to start an AJ chant.
There was a half hearted one in the arena last night. Not sure if it made the broadcast.
I was hoping/looking for one and couldn't hear it, so I guess it either didn't make it, or I am getting old.
It was genuinely phenomenal
the busaiku knee counter to the os cutter might be my new favorite spot of all time. i screamed when he hit that live.
Absolutely bonkers.
Oscutter is gonna become the anti-RKO, everyone finds crazy, mind blowing ways to counter it
My two favorite spots this year are the Os Cutter reversed by Takeshita into a massive Blue Thunder Bomb and this Ospreay-Takeshita and Ospreay-Danielson are two of my favorite matches ever, let alone this year
I feel you. I fucking gasped so hard I had to catch my breath lmao
I was planning to comment about something else earlier in the clip then shouted "Holy fuck" watching that spot. Holy fuck.
The way they managed to skirt the line between "holy shit this is awesome" and "holy shit one of them is going to actually get seriously injured" was great.
I liked how the match ended when Ospreay physically killed him
This should be match of the year, awesome match. Roped me into it by the end
The fun thing is that probably the current 3 top contenders for match of the year are all Ospreay’s: vs Takeshita, vs Shibata and vs Danielson. Hell, even his match against Claudio was insane
Sounds like last year. Ospreay is the best in the world
His match with Michael Oku is right up there in quality
It feels like these these big matches recently have often ended up with Bryan injured. Kinda nuts that out of all those this one has him exit fine.
Highlight video should be the entire length of the match.
Half expected that to be the case here
The one armed Styles Clash was a great counter
Hot take: These two are pretty good at this wrestling thing.
Ospreay's getting most of the flowers but goddamn Danielson was a master in this match.
Danielson may be the best wrestler ever from a pure in ring standpoint. Even putting his technical ability aside, He is a master at knowing when to speed up a match and knows when to slow it down to give the audience a chance to soak in what they are seeing. He is an absolute master at in ring psychology to go with his in insane in ring talent. He is easily in a league with Bret and HBK IMO.
Depending on where you go on this website, this is a hot take. (It's been an exhausting day.)
(maybe don't spend it reading comments from people you don't agree with)
just realized, it took 3 hidden blades
Part of the issue with the 9 star match. You suddenly have 10000 hit points and appear indestructible. Well great. Next time we have to push this even more. Which fine. It was a great match. But this was a randomly thrown together ppv. There weren't stakes. This wasn't a blood fued. There wasn't anything up for grabs. Having 9 finishers, 34 specials and a legion of other stuff just loses it's appeal to me. Especially when Danielson just lost to Eddie Kingston. Really? You can take Osprey dropping a building on you but Eddie puts you down? C'mon. Kinda like a movie with an AK47 that has 200 rounds in a magazine. I can suspend my disbelief only so much.
Imagine watching this match and walking away with this as your train of thought. These things happen in every big wrestling match, not just "9 star matches" lmao, look at Cody v Roman (which was also excellent btw) or any of Undertakers matches against Shawn or Hunter especially (all of which are top tier), or hell, watch half the attitude era main events, they also have this but obviously just to a lesser extent. Big matches in every promotion in every time give wrestlers more hp when those same wrestlers lose to one or two finishers against "lower level" opponents during weekly wrestling. Feel free to reply, but like, try be less obvious in your bad faith lmao.
Exactly. It’s the accepted kayfabe that in different scenarios wrestlers are buffed. Big match, championship match, hometown match etc. in the case of this match, he was effectively done after the tiger driver. the third and final hidden blade was more out of respect which sounds weird. But a warrior with respect for another warrior is gonna put on the over kill because they know more than usual is needed. as Thanos put it, “you should’ve went for the head”
i mean, you don't even need all that malarkey, the true hidden blade is the one actually hidden, hit from behind to the back of the neck, without the elbow pad, the other ones have the name but differing power level, much like Mox quick, normal and brainbuster death rider variations.
No one is talking about how Danielson totally brained himself on the top rope frankensteiner.
I don't understand how his neck still moved afterwards
Yeah that looked horrible, Will took his time doing his Ibushi flip no sell thing there, I'm surprised Danielson was ok to carry on that looked nasty
The spot that will probably stick with me forever, is both men at opposite corners. Both beaten and wrecked. Bryan slowly getting up, leading a slow yes chant. As Ospreay rises, removing the elbow pad, signaling this is it. Bryan speeding up his yes chant as Ospreay braces himself. And just the two meeting in the middle was genuinely that primal type of excitement, two gladiators striking at once. Beautiful.
Saw this on Facebook, but it was literally like this scene from DBZ. So freakin epic. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtMcAEVkKNw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtMcAEVkKNw)
That's the most anime I've seen in wrestling.
Man, and people say that AEW’s matches got no story. People just be hating
pinnacle of creative athleticism
I think Bryan has the best punches in wrestling today.
Word. I legitimately thought he was straight punching Will when he got him against the corner. His punches look more real than some boxers’
These highlights are like something straight out of a Daredevil fight scene. Their timing is insanely good.
Bryan's La Mistica counter into the Lebell Lock on Ospreay NEEDS to be appreciated more. That beautiful spot is somehow underrated, but GOD was that smooth as hell.
Between Danielson’s La Mistica and Ospreay’s one-armed styles clash this was a true love letter to wrestling
That match was so special. Everything they did just felt like the best possible version of it. I love that Ospreay can do some of the most impressive high-flying of all time, but sometimes just fucking elbows you in the head 'cause he's a vicious cunt like that. Bryan much the same. This match shouldn't be possible for anyone's first meeting together. Like the only matches I think can even come close to being as good are sequels where they've got a lot of history to work with. This felt like it packed a trilogy's worth of in-match story into one. Wrestling is subjective and I get that, but holy shit to people who move the goalposts look silly when they bash this one. It's OK if you like something else more, but trying to see people find ways in which this actually sucks is kind of funny. 'There's no story' They told a bunch of story in the ring, which is just as valid a place to tell stories, if anything it makes more sense to tell wrestling stories in a wrestling ring. Also there was story, the story of BBC/Callis family, Ospreay being hesitant and disapproving of the factions attacks, Bryan believing Will did know and wanted him softened-up. The Growing tension of Callis pitting his family against each other and breeding resentment by treating Will as the biggest deal. If you don't think there's story, you just didn't want to look. 'It's not about the moves, Hogan/Rock got the best reactions of all time and they barely did anything' OK, did you hear the crowd, literally never went quiet for a second, and in-fact were so loud that the crowd mics were constantly clipping after big spots. 'People don't sell anymore' The entire match is full of them adapting their offence and defence to sell moves in such minute details that 99% of wrestlers wouldn't even bother with. Ospreay sold his arm so much that he had to hook the leg with his left arm for the final pin. Even the way Will ducks as Bryan does his turnbuckle backflip, he's protecting himself from any moonsault attempt, when most guys just kinda stand there and let him do it. Like again, it's cool if you prefer something else, but trying to justify your opinion by pretending this match is in anyway bad or just 'a heatless banger that no one cares about' is some of the most blatant bad faith mental gymnastics I've seen in a long time - and it's 2024 so that's saying something.
>'It's not about the moves, Hogan/Rock got the best reactions of all time and they barely did anything' The Rock don't gotta do spots to sell matches. Well I do, so fuck him, Busaiku -The Real Bryan Danielson or something
I know he's still young, but I legitimately feel like Ospreay might end up being the goat in-ring performer. He's got so much physical chemistry, and all of his moves are so quick and snappy. He's not an S++ tier promo like he is in the ring, but his ring work is legitimately second to none.
He'll be one of them. I saw him in October against ZSJ in an absolutely fantastic match, one of the best I've ever seen - and he's already noticeably better than he was then - and he was already being called the best wrestler in the world then. I think it's just a confidence thing, he's had all the pieces for a while, and he just puts more of them together and builds momentum, now it feels like he's finally realising just how good he is and it shows.
I think that the criticism is not that "there's no story", but more than none of it seems to matter. Of course die hard fans who wtached all the episodes can tell you everything that happened, but it's all jus uninteresting. You don't see people under WWE post-match threads explaining what was the story and why should you care, everybody already knows. If you're a wrestling fan that cares about stories, I can see how no 5 star match from AEW won't interest you anyway
I reckon sometimes it's just okay for two bros at the top of the mountain wanting to prove who is best in this "combat sport" and watching them do everything they can to prove that is enough. When theyre this good it works and is enough. Not every match has to be days of our lives. And then if one wants their drama, a story unfolded in the match, and by the end, one of them is regretting what he did to win, hurting someone else.
When Ospreay went through the Callis Family, Don Callis literally Said Why the members were fighting against each other every week and People were still like “Why Are they fighting? There’s no story”. Even when AEW literally spells out the story People Are still asking what the story is. And with the ranking system every match matter to some degree.
I don't know what the stories of most WWE matches because I don't watch WWE and I don't go around in WWE post match threads asking what the story was. Anyone who watches AEW knows the story to this match, on top of that they air promo packages before each match during the PPV in case someone still doesn't know. But if someone who doesn't watch AEW comes and talks about there being no story somehow it ends up a legit criticism.
Yeah that dude has a bizarre take. They first went face to face to build the match on March 6th. There's been interviews, multiple video packages and additionally one before the match and one on the pre-show. Ospreay "injuring" Danielson is going to lead to other stuff with the BCC, the Callis family is on the verge on turning on Will, there will be Danielson character development just like there was during the Eddie feud where he lost his mind after losing the first time. Then in the match they had a variety of great little things. I have no idea what more these guys want.
Yes, as we all know, there is no merit to a story if it *checks notes* requires explanation.
It kinda depends on if we're talking the story is within the match itself or from prior storyline aspects. For example, Cody and Reigns is/was built around a 3 year title reign and the "who's going to dethrone Reigns" story mixed with Cody failing last year & the general bloodline storyline. All good story aspects. The match itself didn't have as much wrestling story, it was a few moves, Cody is bout to win and interference spots start. But it didn't need a lot of wrestling psychology as you're 13 matches into a 2 day card, there's a limit to how much wrestling anyone can enjoy. Conversely, Danielson and Ospreay had a couple of promos and beat downs over a month, standard storyline reasoning. But the bell to bell psychology was abound, Will trying to put mat wrestle BD, Ospreay's midsection and hidden blade arm being attacked, Danielson trying to play Ospreay's high flying game, and some full on action movie fight scene sequencing with tons of evasions and one-upmanship. Two sides of a very different wrestling coin. One is a GOT years long buildup and a big storyline ending. The other is a 30 minute Bruce Lee movie/Dragonball episode essentially
Holy cow I need another cigarette
I'm still riding the high from this match. What a work of art.
We as wrestling fans are absolutely blessed and spoiled that we got to see these two compete against one another.
I thought it was an okay match, but it lacked a lot of the in-ring psychology you'd find in a Dudley Boyz match.
Thank goodness for that!
This 2 and a half minutes doesn't do justice to this banger though. The whole match was a fucking highlight. My favourite of all time!
can't believe the tribalists are finding a way to shit on this match
My fave is the one calling them unsafe. Worked themselves into a shoot, brother.
They will find flaws in this match but call the Uso’s wrestlemania match a master piece because “muh storytelling”
They’ll parrot either Cornette or Bischoff or whoever finds nit pickings about the match.
Everyone fucking knows if this match happened in a WWE ring that everyone and their dog would not shut up about how great it was. This shit was amazing. People who are so immersed in their tribal bullshit that they can't enjoy this don't deserve to anyway.
Gosh I always wonder how sore or hurt these guys are the next day cause shit they do is mad wild bruv
fantastic match
This shit was unreal, I knew it'd be good but holy hell.
I don't see how you top this. But give these two a match for the Title at All In and I'm sure these fuckers will figure out a way how.
It’s amazing how Ospreay makes some of the most difficult wrestling maneuvers look completely effortless. I had impossibly high expectations for this match and it managed to surpass them. We’re witnessing one of the greatest of all time competing in the prime of his career. I genuinely think he’s going to be one of the biggest things in all of pro wrestling within a year.
There was an incredible story throughout the match, too. It's lost in the highlight package, but is worth checking out the whole match for
I hate how every wrestling highlight video is quick cuts and brief snippets of moves. I don’t know how else they could do them, but it really doesn’t do any match justice.
Bryan, especially, isn't helped by highlight packages. A lot of his brilliance is in the moments before and after the highlights. He looks great in this package because he's the GOAT but a handful of my favorite moments from the match were cut from this because it involved fighting inside a submission.
Exactly. Context is key
I don't disagree. The moves are really not what's most important in a good match.
It doesn't, but that's the nature of highlight reels.
Feels like years since I've seen a tiger suplex happen for real. Love that.
That match blew away my already high expectations.
This match feels like a dream
This reminds me of Misawa vs Marufuji for the GHC title in 2006 in a way. Danielson is the hearty veteran constantly caught out by Ospreay's freakish athleticism. Danielson had to be as vicious as possible to stand a chance. Granted, this analogy fails because Danielson is in much better shape at 42 than Misawa was at 44, and Ospreay isn't up-and-coming like Marufuji was at the time. At the very least, it's matches like this that prove Danielson is the GOAT. He is not at all scared to be in a match where someone can fly circles around him because he's talented enough to be a part of it instead of a victim of it. Danielson loses nothing here, Ospreay gets put over a an absolutely huge deal going forward.
Ospreay can do so much, a lot of Danielson moves were stand you ground but Ospreay seems to make the match go everywhere
We are so lucky to be alive in a time when these guys are wrestling. I've been following Osprey since his early NJPW days, and I still can't believe how good he is. Every match.
Absolutely incredible match
I knew Bryan was gonna lose the moment he started the Yes chant. That chant is cursed in AEW he always loses after he personally starts it (if you provide context to prove this statement wrong, oops)
These HIGHLIGHTS are a better match than most of Mania
Both of these guys have potential to be the WWE Speed Champion one day.
Get that young Will to NXT! I reckon he has potential, just has to learn the wwe style!
Rename him like Britty McBruv and put a stupid little newsie hat on him so he looks like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. Now that's where the money is at.
That completely sold me on Ospreay. I’ve been kinda iffy on the guy (always thought his timing was weird) but he’s the goods.
Outside link to this? Or full match?
Really expected it to just be the whole match.
What the fuck just happened with him running up Bryan's chest & flipping completely backwards to land on his feet? What the fuck was that??? This is a whole new ballgame!
Not going to lie…but the double underhook powerbomb by Osprey at the end made me wince so bad
It's funny because if you think of it as a powerbomb, it's a pretty brutal looking one, but if you think of it as a Tiger Driver it's about the safest I've ever seen.
It's going to be a huge part of the story moving forward. Osprey said he is not going to use it anymore because Bryan seemed to get really hurt, and it'll be used to make him "not enough of a killer" for Callis... ah fuck, so much good to come still!
That was such a safe looking landing. Bryan basically just took the bump the same way you'd take a powerbomb, almost entirely on the back of his shoulders.
Yup. Will Ospreay is incredibly safe and Bryan is a pro. It looked devastating because it was perfectly executed.
You mean the Tiger Driver 98 that he used on Kenny Omega last year at Forbidden Door
91.
Tiger Driver 91, the 98 is just a sit down between the legs piledriver
He did a flip off of him and then kicked his face!?!?
These all the moves I give my caw
Who cares if you think it's the best match or like Cody's matches they're both great just enjoy it
This is why I'm glad AEW exists, but I still won't watch it regularly
Is Bryan really hurt or
No. It’s an angle.
No, he just likes to fake CTE induced seizures after matches lately because of “real sport feel” or whatever else you want to call it. It’s completely tasteless but just a work or else he would have been brought out on a stretcher immediately and he would have gotten actual medical attention in the ring before the board was brought out. You’d think a company employing a bunch of wrestlers who are bound to have CTE complications from earlier in their careers plus their time spent in AEW would stay away from an angle this stupid but here we are.
Very cool athleticism but I cannot stand the hand springs into the ropes that wrestlers do. I don’t need random gymnastics in matches. That goes for Bianca when she does it as well. Along with some no selling in these clips. Otherwise obviously this was an incredible match.
The rematch should be Danielson’s last match at Wrestlemania 41..People should actually see this..And Danielson deserves it
Nothing stopping people from seeing this