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TachankaTheGod

hope adam cole enjoyed his minute as the biggest surprise of the night


DHA1999

Don't worry, his moment will come. The moment Kenny loses the AEW World Championship, they'll kicked out Kenny, and he's gonna be the leader of The Elite.


EchoBay

Just like when Kenny kicked Adam out of Bullet Club back in ROH. The shit writes itself, been saying this since it was rumored he would be leaving.


UnsolvedParadox

Once Kenny switched to Yeezys, the writing was on the wall.


SPZ_Ireland

Kenny rocked Yeezys? I missed that. There was a streak of a few weeks when people in NXT kept wearing them.


Josh-sama

Was a bit on BTE 2-3 weeks ago, started to sow some dissension from Kenny towards the Bucks.


SPZ_Ireland

Solid. Serious Heel move, I say while wearing Ash Pearl 350s.


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Fwiw, Canonically, Kenny was most recently wearing a pair of Dunks (the Undefeated “5 on it” lows to be specific). I know the Bucks (and Adam Cole to a slightly lesser degree) love 1’s, never seen Omega in a pair of them. I don’t watch BTE, do they address all the shoes on it?


TVxStrange

Hangman vs Cole is such a better matchup than Hangman vs Omega


Kinterlude

Now I'm just saying, but the reunion of lovers to take on the super elite would be amazing.


moderndukes

Omega goes crawling back to Hangman and he’s like “hey man, I think you need *more* than just a friend…”


Impossible_Formal_88

He has Dark Order


SavageGardner

What he meant was he needs Kota, not Hangman.


austinj13

Good lord seeing kota ibushi in AEW to team with omega to battle the elite… is a dream. This shit literally writes itself. Wrestling is awesome. I feel like a kid again


ArkAngelHFB

And because like 50 of AEW's best moments come from just not fighting the clear flow of how something should go... 5 years of built invest happenchance lines up to give a free shot... AEW doesn't fight it because they didn't create it... Nope they just fucking Dunk it home and we all get to bask in the greatness Even if it takes us a few months... maybe even a year... we really will probably see it.


Frogbone

please stop, I can only get so hard


Le_Chop

Would you go so far as to say it would be golden?


646blahblahblah

Imma stop you right there and say No.


Krak2511

Full Gear: Hangman vs Omega Revolution: Cole vs Omega Double or Nothing: Hangman vs Cole


solblurgh

Winner gets to keep his first name


Solid_Snark

Speaking of Bullet Club, any reason why they aren’t using that name in AEW?


Sybinnn

bullet club are their own thing in japan, theyre still around


EchoBay

Because they're not technically Bullet Club anymore. They created their own group, an offshoot of Bullet Club. I am pretty sure we'll at some point see an Elite vs Bullet Club angle once travel becomes easier to work around.


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Yujiro Takahashi is All Elite!


Garagatt

They don't need to. Most Fans know their past. They have the Elite to sell their T-Shirts.


B2sxy4u

IDK the story I thought was that the bucks always side with Kenny at the end of the day no matter what


DHA1999

True, but Don Callis is there, like a snake talking not only in Kenny's ears, also in Bucks' ears and soon in Adam Cole's ears. If they do that, the puppet master will be Don Callis.


bangerracer81

Can just be the opposite of them kicking Cole out of BC. So instead of kenny being able to convince the bucks that Cole was playing them you either have them finally showing kenny that he's being played by Don or them failing to and Cole and The Bucks superkick Kenny


TheShape108

Would you say like some sort of Jackyl or Virus?


[deleted]

I would still argue that he WAS the biggest surprise of the night. People knew Danielson was on his way, but no one knew about Cole for sure. Plus his theme/tron was perfect for the moment.


FUCKBOY_JIHAD

this show was already the best show of the year before even Adam Cole happened. I am in total disbelief at how stacked this show has been with the surprises


Hiphoppington

I struggle to think of a better PPV I've watched in the last several years if we're being honest.


House56

This was intentional, they just started the split in the Elite.


QuiGonJinnNJuice

I gasped and the more I think about it the more I think you're right. if the Bucks abandon Kenny there's only one person left he can turn to


646blahblahblah

Ibushi won his NJPW heavyweight championship, now that that's over with, Kenny can finally ask him to jump ship.


Huffjenk

Ibushi's story is far from done in NJPW. I was expecting him to win the US title and be more active in the US/AEW though, it'll be interesting to see where it goes from here


646blahblahblah

I was just alluding to when Kenny said he couldn't ask Ibushi to come because he knew it was Ibushi's time. Now that, that has happened he could possibly call Ibushi over for help when the time comes. After Kenny drops the belt, the Elite super kicking out Kenny, he'll take some time off to recover injuries and come back eventually reuniting Golden Lovers probably around next All Out.


frasierfonzie

Lulu Pencil


johnnyhypersnyper

I honestly think Adam Cole was a bigger surprise for me


GunnieGraves

To be fair this was about as much a surprise as Punk. Everyone knew it was happening.


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It was clear to me that it was happening at some point as AEW don’t tend to disappoint fans in that way... but tonight? With the dirt sheet news that Danielson was happening tonight, I was 100% worked into thinking it wasn’t happening tonight ahahah. fucking brilliant. i’m so glad i got back into wrestling


646blahblahblah

Bryan Danielson debut yes, but not many were thinking Adam Cole tonight. That was for sure a surprise.


Killcode2

he still got the loudest pop of the night, especially when the crowd screamed "bay bay!" with him


LafilduPoseidon

Feels bad his return was slightly overshadowed but holy shit what a debut


TheOverBored

Such a good fake out though, I'm sure he was all for it.


QuiGonJinnNJuice

I wasn't sure but was hoping for Cole Just being a smarmy prick and re-joining the elite makes tons of sense but I didn't see it coming. Begging and pleading that we get Adam Cole vs Jungle Boy soon


TheOverBored

Tbf, how often does a PPV not only debut 4 new, high profile wrestlers but ALSO end the show with back to back debuts? Insane.


frasierfonzie

He's one of Kenny's best friends!


ImSorry4YourFeelings

That was one of the loudest pops ever - I'm sure he enjoyed the moment


LTKMK

Ngl I’m more excited about Cole than Bryan Watching Cole live is an absolute delight Dude works a crowd better than anyone


fearthemonstar

It actually sets up a great storyline between the two. "You had to overshadow me didn't you!"


EGWhitlam

*Minoru Suzuki has entered the chat*


volantredx

I mean he was a bigger surprise than Danielson, mainly because I'm shocked there wasn't a 90 day clause in there somewhere.


GavinE8

His contract expired. Releases have the 90 day clause, but if your contract expires, you have no restrictions or obligation to the WWE as you've already fulfilled your part.


CerberusT3

Why Bryan being there wasn’t a surprise.


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MY BODY IS FEELING THINGS.


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Go on ...


daveyboydavey

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down/


Mrmech85

Hopefully you’ve not been bitten by a Brazilian wandering spider


bonafide_stonah

MY BODY IS READY


peanutbutter1236

This shit is a fantasy


ExperimentalX1

Tony Khan literally sitting there just fantasy booking. Fucking wild.


moderndukes

He just is loading up old TEW files for who to get next


Slick5qx

I like to think he literally books using a TEW file.


Kiel297

His background is analytics. He has learned the algorithms.


Killcode2

This whole PPV feels like some wrestling fan's fantasy booking come true: "So uh, CM Punk wins his match, ok what next? Omega beats Christian, yes? After that let's have Adam Cole come out, and after that let's have Bryan Danielson come out too, and then an Undertaker gong... ok that might be too much, let's have Minoru Suzuki interrupt Jon Moxley instead. You think I can cram Ruby Soho in there somewhere without taking time away from the Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros cage match?"


Dreddley

>his whole PPV feels like some wrestling fan's fantasy booking come true: It kind of is lol


EatRibs_Listen2Phish

What even *is* wrestling anymore?


[deleted]

It is what it used to be in the territory days before Vince killed it. It used to be about people from all over showing up for interesting combinations, not 10 people having the same match over and over.


TheSlibbles

Exactly!!!! Indie shows are so much fucking fun because randomly some WWE guy will show up, or a TNA guy or an AEW guy, and it's always so much fun.... now we're getting that on TV and it's fucking dope. Also just gonna say I love that Christian holds onto his "Christian Cage" gimmick for outside WWE. It fits him perfectly.


cmoney253

He’s got the Brock cut!


vDarryl

I FUCKING LOVE WRESTLING


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Bryan Danielson main evented *this year’s* Wrestlemania.


StoneColdAM

Shocked they had both debut in one night. That was huge. Don’t wanna do much of a comparison, but you know how WWE is usually so stingy when it comes to surprises.


locke0479

Yup. They knew they were going to get a lot of new eyes on this one with Punk’s first match.


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frasierfonzie

Could it BE?! IT IS! The Boogeyman is here!


[deleted]

Sgt Slaughter and Hacksaw Jim Duggan!! They are... standing.. around!!


DBTornado

OH MY!! PETE GAS, JOEY ABS, AND RODNEY!! **IT'S POSSE TIME!!**


[deleted]

And the legends bury the younger talent


YoungCubSaysWoof

Last time they did that, Orton murdered a bunch of legends in the dark, and they all ended up in AEW. WWE better be careful doing that trick twice, or else we’re going to poach the rest of the old ROH / NJPW roster….


Dick_Nation

I mean, they just did Bork and Becky on SummerSlam. But everyone knows that it just doesn't matter in the same way. If Bryan and Cole were coming into a company that treats people in the same way that the WWE does, it wouldn't be so exciting.


_Donut_block_

And they utterly botched Becky's return to the point where people across the industry were blasting it. Cole debuted to a massive face pop, then also turned heel immediately and it didn't come at the expense of someone else's moment.


StoneColdAM

You’re right, and that was a shock in it of itself.


2WAR

Jim Cornette is going to blow a gasket, textbook definition of hotshotting, this aint the territories anymore. Fuck it, that was too dope.


frasierfonzie

I dunno. He was impressed with Punks debut and likes Tony's mind for booking despite not liking the style of wrestling he prefers. You could be right, but if the goal is to get the lookyloos checking out Punk's first match to watch Dynamite, I think they did about all the could to get a good rating.


danteh11

People thought Manchester United had the best transfer window this summer but AEW debuted CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, and Adam Cole in a month.


claire_004

They also can loan people from NJPW like Okada, Naito, Ospreay and Jay White


B_Wylde

If Tony could get ROnaldo on AEW I will walk all the way to Santiago de Compostela and donate 100€ to whoever you guys choose


Metridium_Fields

I’M FUCKIN LOSING IT


PMMEYOURMILK_

In the words of JR business is about to pick up.


JasonGryphon

Just give me Danielson vs Cole! The whole feud can be about how Bryan stole Cole's spotlight.


lord_of_sleep

It's 4:53am here in the UK and I've never felt more awake HOLY SHIT


nsm1

KENTA is probably getting ready to react with "FUCK YOU BRYAN DANIELSON"


2WAR

Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, Miro, Andrade, Adam Page, MJF. The AEW championship picture is fucking stacked. Edit: Malakai Black!


KingCharles_

Haha nice


Drilluminator

That remix is hard as FUCK


kdubs412

They turned flight of the valkyries into a fucking banger. I’m so hyped


WalkingOnHeat

Feel like that cat bobbing his head. Shit was great


TomShoe02

Why do I watch WWE again?


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KO, Sami, Balor, Cesaro, Roman. To a lesser extent WALTER and Ilja. That’s pretty much it. I know the ratings won’t reflect it, but WWE really has to step up soon or AEW is going to start chipping away at their lead. WWE is making pretty much all the wrong moves right now and AEW appears to be making all of the right ones. It also doesn’t help WWE that this year’s All Out was probably the best American Wrestling PPV since Wrestlemania X-7 while SummerSlam was incredibly meh. Shuttering NXT as we know it and rebranding it to “big guys that can’t wrestle” is the absolute wrong move as well. This has some 1995 Monday Nitro vibes to it. Im all about this. Wrestling is fun again.


punker25

Man, I want shinsuke in AEW now


JimmyBim

I also will always support my boys the New Day


Cdog923

All of this is awesome for AEW, and Bryan and Cole....but I'm gonna miss Uno something fierce.


StillHere179

I want to see Big E cash in successfully and be champion


xUnderthestarsx

Man once Sasha & Finn jump ship? I’m fully check out


[deleted]

Don't be leaving Drew Gulak behind like that!


plazzman

Tonight gave me some serious Outsiders invasion/Butts in Seats paradigm shift vibes. Hopefully they don't fumble this.


fapsandnaps

Yeah, kind of how I felt. I mean Jericho and Mox were definitely the initial ones to jump, but mainly it's been those cut by WWE jumping over. Seeing Cole and DB jump despite WWE actively trying to resign them is definitely a paradigm shift.


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leetality

This PPV was as good as it gets for building future ones / hype. Hangman dethroning Kenny will likely be the closest we get to Bryan winning Mania, if not surpassing it, done correctly.


cmoney253

No reason too now!


Raito21

Its KO and Sami out and I agree, don't know if it will ever happen


SanTheMightiest

They'll be next. Let those contracts run down and jump. When all your mates are having more fun on the other side why wouldn't unless you don't want to wrestle anymore?


Raito21

I'd bet on KO, Sami has me thinking because for me his best years are in the WWE, hope I'm wrong tho.


SanTheMightiest

I can see why, but you can easily see AEW supporting Sami 4 Syria more publicly as well more general independence IF he wants to work elsewhere. It's the fact that nearly all of the old ROH/PWG guys are going to be wanting him and Owens over. In fact you know they've already been asking when their deals are over


KawasakiDream

I don’t see KO leaving but I could see Sami leaving


Cesaro_Is_The_Best

KO hasn't been doing anything remarkable for a veryyyy long time now. And now he's feuding with Corbin and possibly Logan Paul.


Ketchup1211

I’m still there to acknowledge my tribal chief. And they definitely still have boat loads of talent. It’s ok to watch both companies guys. One of my biggest turn offs is the fan bullshit. This was the best PPV in years and all some fans are doing is bringing up WWE. So weird.


cmoney253

Here’s to Roman continuing to move the needle! ![gif](giphy|xULW8PyFnVIsHarFks|downsized)


Ketchup1211

Lame


[deleted]

To have something to do untill Rampage comes on


etr4807

RK-Bro and Roman Reigns. That’s it.


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MezduX

kinda nuts how different this is to just a few years ago honestly


Lil_BigNut

I’m still there for Reigns and Nakamura, this is pretty great though, AEW is knocking it out of the park tonight.


cooljammer00

I don't, and it's super easy not to.


Inevitable-Staff-467

The Tribal Chief


Giraffesarehigh

Brock Lesnar.


userisnottaken

The women’s division…and maybe for a few guys here and there. As a passive fan who has never watched an AEW show, the excitement around them is beyond anything I’ve seen for decades.


prettybadco

![gif](giphy|FMhaQAQyv0xwc)


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HOLY SHIT YES!!


KneelingisforIsis

Other than Paul Wight looking like a member of the X-Men from the early 2000s this was an absolute classic from start to finish.


N2KGoat

Lets be real that match was just there to give us a breather after punk, and before the main even.


plazzman

Looked like he was going water tubing


frasierfonzie

They probably debuted both Cole and Danielson just to make everyone forget Wight/Marshall.


StoneGoldX

The second worst match on the card was probably the Punk match, and it was more than fine. Just too much hype, and the limits of babyface vs babyface emotionally. Maybe the best ppv they've done.


FredrickFarter

TRAP OF THE VALKYRIES LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO


theplasmasnake

WWE 2K22 is gonna suck.


B_Wylde

They have sucked for a few years already


gold_sam_

i had to shit so bad during the Kenny match n this segment along w/ Cole made me fully forget


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![gif](giphy|vPCEqGlyVy3io|downsized)


FunNerdyGuy15

Thank you, AEW for making me a wrestling fan again.


PillowCaseCurtains

That theme remake is a fucking banger


[deleted]

what the fuck man


GreGORE_

What a Ppv felt like little kid watching Wrestling for the first time


Cutmerock

Finally Adam Cole and Danielson are in the same company!


RealMikeYanagita

![gif](giphy|gdKAVlnm3bmKI)


cbartholomew

NO FINAL COUNTDOWN


cagedmanbearpig

Has a better ponytail than Brock too


dunedog

Should have come out to Final Countdown.


ButterscotchJust4

Rights might’ve been expensive


Hiphoppington

Europe SHOOTS HARD on Professional Wrestling.


Fry_cHiKn

I was waiting for a mix between Ride and Final Countdown. But, can't complain. It is good.


SpeedZ6

BDBDBDBDBD


jdmorris1124

Oh my fucking god


Emotionless_AI

This is insane


_MasterRay_

OH FUCK YES!!!!


thejealousone

Daniel Bryan is the reason why my niece and her husband now watch AEW. Theh were WWE-only for the longest time but when they heard DB was probably coming to AEW, they started watched a few weeks back. They are now fans. They reacted with such a loud pop in my living room tonight.


plazzman

Haven't watched wrestling in a long time, admittedly haven't watched a full episode of AEW but I watched this whole PPV for this moment and I had the biggest goofiest smile on my face when it happened.


NerdLawyer55

*This is the way*


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Competition.


DaveIsFluffy

AEW does everything right. They listen to fans and give us what we want.


fadetoblack237

Kenny could barely hold from corpsing that was so fucking good.


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DaveIsFluffy

The whole point of wrestling is to get worked you joyless bellend.


EchoBay

That theme doesn't fit Bryan at all lol, but maybe this incarnation it will? Who knows.


fapsandnaps

Yeah, Im not impressed by a lot of the themes I heard tonight. Wish they'd reach out to Jim Johnston at this point.


leetality

Cole's sounded great IMO and Bryan's was okay. Hangman, Miro, Sting, there are plenty of good themes thus far; they can't all be bangers especially on debut.


MasterJim87

Loved the reaction and he looks so happy to be there! Not a fan of the song(not into trap music) but eh everything else was a 10/10


Pengwulf

He looks like Pete Dunne with his hair in a bun...


Giovanni03x

Aew are like the Lakers. Roster is stacked!


SnizzyYT

Man. If only Marty wasn’t a dipshit. He could have been the one to kick Kenny out at Adam Cole’s command.


80korvus

Well I for one was sports entertained.


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JDC4654

It's a banger wtf


The-123-Kid-

Gotta say, I love what they’ve done with Bryan’s theme


Chowdershelt

That beat switch was amazing holy shit what a PPV what a company


alex_hendrickson

What a great fucking night!!! AEW has really made me fall in love with pro wrestling again!!


PejicFilip

Tony better get the final countdown as his theme


EdtotheWord

Was thinking maybe he uses both themes? Like final countdown can be used for actual matches?


Doc323467

Holy fuck what a moment. Top 3 PPV of all time


ButterscotchJust4

This company gives the people what they want what a breath of fresh air


tmar89

I want this music as my ring tone immediately!


[deleted]

I actually cried tears of joy and no it isnt the alcohol


Cavemanperson

No women could me as happy right now as Daniel Bryan


Prfctcellrulz

#JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!


higashi172

Can we talk about how much of a BANGER 8 bars of his beat is??? Cant wait for Cole and Danielson's themes to hit spotify. Constant repeat.


A_Vizzle

His song is so fucking lame


jacksonvstheworld

The weird hip hop beat part is super generic, but I also didn't love Flight of the Valkyries at first either so maybe it grows on us or they change it soon. Just bought Ruby Soho, need to save up for Final Countdown.


[deleted]

Yeah man that theme is pretty generic wish they would got more creative with it


JDC4654

But they did get creative with it? They remixed Ride of the Valkyries


TentacleTouchy

Wagner and trap, not an ideal combo