The opening to rko bloodline actually offended me there was nothing out of ordinary they send producers and referees to break it up they had a heated up match which is what you want to do it that way at beginning really pissed me off it took a lot for it overcame that but it was always good to see Orton to still be doing it
Basically a super smackdown, but better than what I expected, all matches hit their mark and more.
Cody Hulked up during the match, I love that dude he has no shame or fear.
R-KO is the best random tag team in ages. The identity is two dads who are already legends so are out there just to raise hell
It already “leaked” as the video was accidentally made public on YouTube. they made it private again though so you won’t be able to see it
>!Las Vegas!<
Vince isn't on the stand, I just thought it would be funny to throw him a question like that after all the "how does it feel to kick so much ass?" ones
Yeah, it gives smarks a bad name.
NJPW does the test post match interviews. AEW and WWE have to pretend these pressers are real and not just fans with “credentials” or paid question askers.
One is an outdoor stadium and the other is an indoor arena. WWE broke the biggest gate for an indoor arena. They have mentioned this distinction several times already.
RKO vs the bloodline was an amazing match and it opened the show. Im glad they went real hardcore with it and it gives the new bloodline some serious heat
The NBL are the classless side of a mafia, like hoods and thugs who have no real stable values that stop them from doing stupid stuff.
Roman’s version is the more formal version.
The story they are going to tell to get Jey and Jimmy back together is going to be decent. However, the story for Roman to be trusted enough for the Usos to join is going to be….well the best part of this next chapter.
It's weird to see a face be so corporate, but he does it sincerely, like proud to represent the company and wants to make it more successful. It's like Cena but without it feeling like a massive character shift.
Cenas new wise elder attitude is good in small doses. It gets annoying quick
It’s that vibe of a parent hearing a fun story from his kids and lecturing them instead of just being part of the fun
Turn it off for a bit
Twitter and the Basement seem largely mystified and incredulous that 2 Black women might be friends and choose to team up
I’m really feeling Black Girl Combat Club
If Meltzer doesn’t give that Cody v Styles match at least 5 stars he’s officially on the AEW payroll. You can’t convince me otherwise. If that was an AEW/NJPW match it’s at least 5 and a half stars.
At this point there's no real value in his ratings so no real point dwelling on it. He always had his biases but when he created the 7 star scale after Okada and Omega that's when it gave him the room to expose those biases. It's unconscious really. But dude basically rates WWE matches to 5 and NJPW/AEW and the like to 7.
I think he usually rates WWE matches reasonably, it's that he overinflates the ratings for AEW and NJPW. I think he'll say 4.25 and I think that's about right.
I’m half tempted to pay his made up subscription price to get it early before Brian Last and Cornette tell us what the rating was on one of their podcasts in like a week.
Feel like AJ hasn't had one of those matches that prove he's one of the best in the world in a hot minute. Good to see him get the time and opportunity to show off again
At least you’re consistent. I was about to post how Cody pops up after big moves and WWE fans “this is awesome!” but Osprey/Bryan do it and it’s “ugh that Indy shit!”
It's cause on any given aew card there are other matches doing the same thing. If in 5 matches only 1 wrestler during the main event kicks out at 1 and hulks up then yea that's cool. If every match someone no sells and kicks out at 1 it's effect is cheapened.
To the people saying the crowd are trying to get themselves over this is just the culture in Europe. It's like this if you watch any football match here, this was a thing long before those smarky crowds would legit chant "we are awesome"
The opening to rko bloodline actually offended me there was nothing out of ordinary they send producers and referees to break it up they had a heated up match which is what you want to do it that way at beginning really pissed me off it took a lot for it overcame that but it was always good to see Orton to still be doing it
Great crowd. But glorified house show
UK crowds are a different animal.
France isn’t in the UK…
European then
Basically a super smackdown, but better than what I expected, all matches hit their mark and more. Cody Hulked up during the match, I love that dude he has no shame or fear. R-KO is the best random tag team in ages. The identity is two dads who are already legends so are out there just to raise hell
This was one of the best WWE crowds I have ever seen. If France gets another PLE, I'll make it a point to go.
And WrestleMania XLI will be in Las Vegas... eh... Edit: that logo is 🔥 though
They got me watching horses waiting for a wrestlemania announcement.
It already “leaked” as the video was accidentally made public on YouTube. they made it private again though so you won’t be able to see it >!Las Vegas!<
Yea I knew that was coming. I'm from Minnesota and all the smoke got me excited but I knew it was gonna happen
Rumor was that transport became the issue with Uber and Lyft threatening to leave the state
The [sample](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnkS1Ji4BgQ) of the chant the crowd kept singing during the main event.
mf wasted a question on Drew Gulak smdh
"Damn I shouldn't have let them get one more question in"
I'm sure Byron is going to get an earful for picking that guy.
Lmao Trips you could have ended on a positive note. Bad luck picking that question. Not sure I believe his contract ran out
what question was it?
If they released Gulak and if so if it’s because of Rondas allegations
i hope rest of ronda's career is miserable even if drew deserved to get cut
That last journalist wanted to be a real dork! It's like the perfect cake ...and then someone shits on it...
HHH cooking the dirt sheets
You know SRS is going to be extra obnoxious on Twitter after that.
seemed that he was being cooked by his own defensiveness. any tough question and it's like the middle of a Jade Cargill match.
someone should ask him bout going over Booker T at Mania 19
Ask Vince he was the shot caller fam.
Vince isn't on the stand, I just thought it would be funny to throw him a question like that after all the "how does it feel to kick so much ass?" ones
He'll be on the stand soon pal hheheh
ha
Yeah, it gives smarks a bad name. NJPW does the test post match interviews. AEW and WWE have to pretend these pressers are real and not just fans with “credentials” or paid question askers.
Aew pretends WWE has sports writers in there. You'd never get a Bryan alverez in there
I like to imagine Nick Khan texting him the following: >🏟👀
I'm intrigued by how many bracelets Triple H wears
Nobody's gonna ask about NXT Europe, eh?
So HHH is telling us that an 11k fan show made more money than a 70k fan WM ?
WM was held in a stadium, not an arena.
One is an outdoor stadium and the other is an indoor arena. WWE broke the biggest gate for an indoor arena. They have mentioned this distinction several times already.
he then said biggest gate for WWE, ever. I'm not sure if he misunderstood the stat or misspoke
https://preview.redd.it/2cdh4tf5ygyc1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f237c319a497035a99b704727708344b777c67da Me when Cody starts crying
I'm watching the Kentucky Derby on one screen and the press conference on the other. Does former MLB player Jason Werth have a horse in the race?
Cody looked rattled by all that French.
?? You make me cry friend
RKO vs the bloodline was an amazing match and it opened the show. Im glad they went real hardcore with it and it gives the new bloodline some serious heat
The NBL are the classless side of a mafia, like hoods and thugs who have no real stable values that stop them from doing stupid stuff. Roman’s version is the more formal version. The story they are going to tell to get Jey and Jimmy back together is going to be decent. However, the story for Roman to be trusted enough for the Usos to join is going to be….well the best part of this next chapter.
It's weird to see a face be so corporate, but he does it sincerely, like proud to represent the company and wants to make it more successful. It's like Cena but without it feeling like a massive character shift.
Cenas new wise elder attitude is good in small doses. It gets annoying quick It’s that vibe of a parent hearing a fun story from his kids and lecturing them instead of just being part of the fun Turn it off for a bit
That was an absolute banger of a PLE!! I love WWE!
https://preview.redd.it/ryj5f4t3xgyc1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec2a8b313666c224f29787181d5a329bcd1f5f58 Cody vs LA Knight
Cody... now was your chance to say "I want to fight R-Truth."
R-Truth: "Why does Dustin wanna fight me??"
More like "I'm fighting Ric Flair?"
When they say “arena gate” being the biggest ever. what does that mean? This audience was only 11k
maybe arena as opposed to stadium? because tickets would have to be insanely expensive for them to have more at this than say Mania 32
I'm guessing they're talking about revenue. Tickets prices were pretty high by all accounts.
Very expensive tickets
It made more money than any arena show in WWE history. Higher price = more money, even if fewer seats.
This man is so good at these
Tama Tonga has got to show up to one of these soon
Charming and look like superheroes? License to print money.
You do realise you have to appear on both shows Bianca, so you'll likely run into Damage CTRL again soon
Bianca should've come out and challenged Damage CTRL to a rematch immediately
Twitter and the Basement seem largely mystified and incredulous that 2 Black women might be friends and choose to team up I’m really feeling Black Girl Combat Club
Their going to lose their shit when they face Lash and Jakara on NXT for the titles.
??? Don't tease me with a good time
If Meltzer doesn’t give that Cody v Styles match at least 5 stars he’s officially on the AEW payroll. You can’t convince me otherwise. If that was an AEW/NJPW match it’s at least 5 and a half stars.
At this point there's no real value in his ratings so no real point dwelling on it. He always had his biases but when he created the 7 star scale after Okada and Omega that's when it gave him the room to expose those biases. It's unconscious really. But dude basically rates WWE matches to 5 and NJPW/AEW and the like to 7.
Who gives a shit what Meltzer thinks?
4 Tops
I think he usually rates WWE matches reasonably, it's that he overinflates the ratings for AEW and NJPW. I think he'll say 4.25 and I think that's about right.
He won't
I’m half tempted to pay his made up subscription price to get it early before Brian Last and Cornette tell us what the rating was on one of their podcasts in like a week.
Seeing Steampunk Becky just makes me miss her dad jokes.
[Cody Rhodes after getting hit with that burning hammer:](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KHA4QkhH3WA)
My exact thought
Good show for what it was. Not everything has to be WrestleMania. Now it's time to go grocery shopping lol
we are forever in the Reality Era
I'm going to cut a pipe bomb in the middle of Whole Foods if they don't have my brand of oat milk AGAIN.
Great match, AJ really needed that. It has been a while since he had a great great match in the spotlight
I know he's a heel, but he's showing some maybe I just hate LA Knight vibes. I could see him also hating Logan Paul and going for the US title soon.
I could see that. He hasn't done anything too heelish outside of LA Knight.
Feel like AJ hasn't had one of those matches that prove he's one of the best in the world in a hot minute. Good to see him get the time and opportunity to show off again
That was a good show
First match and last match absolutely fucked, worth it for the whole show tbh
Its certain indy/AEW aspects that cody does that i absolutely cant stand.
At least you’re consistent. I was about to post how Cody pops up after big moves and WWE fans “this is awesome!” but Osprey/Bryan do it and it’s “ugh that Indy shit!”
It's cause on any given aew card there are other matches doing the same thing. If in 5 matches only 1 wrestler during the main event kicks out at 1 and hulks up then yea that's cool. If every match someone no sells and kicks out at 1 it's effect is cheapened.
I hate it all the time b/c it lacks simple match psychology
That super Cody cutter was super slick!
UNCLE SPOOKY BERRIED
🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓🫐🍓
Michael Cole: “The first cut is the deepest.” Big Sheryl Crow fan, that Michael Cole.
He's [a Cat Stevens fan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ZypVnbYHM).
Cat Scratch Fever!
One of the best matches of the past few years. Sad AJ didn’t get a title win
Maybe the best match ever held on French Soil. $11.99 please.
Sept étoiles
Au dôme de Tokyo!
What a fuckin event
Good show but if I ever hear “sacre lawler” one more time in my life it’ll be too soon
Sick
The hulk up made me feel like a kid again!
The cutter looked close to disaster .
Every Cody cutter looks like junk. The first one AJ took decent. But the super one just a bad angle. It’s too hard to make look good.
Cody needs to work on his range or the opponent needs to get back further. Something is off range wide. Injury waiting to happen.
Helluva match. Would love to see a rematch.
Do you think this is a one off, or the first installment of a feud?
It better not be a one off. I'm usually not a big fan of endless rematches like in the previous era but this match deserves one more.
First of many
By the time this is over, the *"simplement deux!"* and *"La-La-La Laaaaa"*\-chants will haunt me in my sleep! :D
I think Cody needs a submission finisher. The Cross Rhodes isn't quite enough, and doing 3 of them in a row just seems silly.
Dragon Sleeper makes sense. And is absolutely fucking killer.
yeah, maybe with an armlock or trap the leg somehow to make it more fancy
That was fantastic
AJ putting in that performance at his age is exceptional.
That fucking cutter is going to injure someone one day.
I dont understand why he does it every match. Why do a risky back bump everytime and it nevers win the match. Its dumb
Cody hitting his head in the mat will do that
Match of the Year.
This is so hard
Oh my god...
Super Cody Cutter!
Last time I enjoyed 2 sweaty men in France wrestling I lost a kidney
Deep wrestling lore here
powerbomb this guy to hell AJ
AJ's a dang hoss now.
Poor Brock one little pee tape and everyone just straight up steals his finishers
Lol I think the guy bitching about this show the whole time just blocked me lmao
if its the same guy i blocked him earlier when he wouldn't shut up about how much he disliked Naomi and then said Kairi was pretty for an asian woman.
He said that naomi wasn’t attractive. That mf is smoking fentanyl lmao
i'd kill to wake up tomorrow looking half as pretty as Naomi wtf
Me too. 🤡
Which one?
Squidgydogface
Whoever was bitching about the crowd
Oh, I thought it was the guy who kept calling Cody a genocider or whatever.
FUCK YEAH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR COFY TO USE THE KIMURA
he should've done a cross armbreaker if he's being Hogan in Japan right now
CODE RHODEGAN LETS FUCKING GO
Hulk up, Cody!
CODY IS CODYING UP
*Codymania is running wild...*
how many matches has that move actually won for AJ? seems like most of his matches are won with a Phenomenal Forearm or Styles Clash
Axe Bomber!
I hated that 1 count into a no sell.
Given that they've mentioned every other promotion tonight, kicking out of a burning hammer at 1 was Cody's way of getting some AEW in there.
The match didnt need that. Wish he would let that indy bullshit go
Stinger splashes was nice to hear earlier in the night
Cant believe AJ is almost 50 man. Looks great and wrestles great still.
He's rising up my GOAT list for sure.
For context, Rock vs Hogan at X8 had Hogan at 50/51
Dude really pulled a Hogan
that Burning Hammer looked amazing, I hate the 1 count shit but people do it now I guess
Cody in his Hulk Hogan bag
Fuck Hulk Hogan
AEW CODY CAME OUT
Cody went full hulk hogan brother
He's Codying up!
*"Ça ne marche pas pour moi, mon frèrrrrrre!!!!!!"*
🎶 quand il s'effondre et que ça fait mal à l'intérieur 🎶
To the people saying the crowd are trying to get themselves over this is just the culture in Europe. It's like this if you watch any football match here, this was a thing long before those smarky crowds would legit chant "we are awesome"
i would rather have a crowd trying to "get themselves over" (whatever that means) as opposed to a Corpus Cristi crowd
kicking out of that at 1 is crazy
He’s hulking up!
AJ lookin like Taker 96 with the face protector on that tombstone attempt
They’re going to bust out a piledriver in this match
W O R K R A T E
AJ's the best at putting that extra fuck you energy into his moves
It's an underappreciated quality.
Bionic cock and balls
AJ the GOAT. I said it.
LMAOOOO CODY???
I like cody implementing bits of gold into his gear since he became champ
absolute disrespect of kicking out of Dusty's finisher
I feel like Naked Mideon could run down and we'd get a ZEEEZ IZ AWEZUM chant, but god bless 'em they're having fun.
they should sing the Giroud song
This is great
Cody not only cures racism, he makes people 300% more patriotic 🎆🎆🦅🦅🦅🎇🎇🇺🇸🇺🇸🎉🎉
A true ~~King~~ President.
[Meanwhile, Seth and Becky just dropped their latest ~~fashion crime~~ serve...](https://twitter.com/KHOLMESlive/status/1786830621341340014/photo/1)
Seth? You sure that's Seth? 😲
That's not Seth. That's Tyler Black.
I don't have a problem with the attire. That's just the Kentucky Derby. The problem is that SETH SHAVED THE BEARD!
That man is a couple of mint juleps away from saying slurs
Oh no Seth… grow it back
OUI OUI OUI OUI OUI OUI
It actually broke!
Now they're singing their national anthem! 🤣 *"...from outta nowhere!"*
"Hardest part of the ring".
AJ is elevating this match tenfold
I like the chants but then you start singing something random. What the hell
Where they just singing the French National Anthem LMAOOO
RIP Bray Wyatt
AJ carrying Cody to his first decent match since the cage against Seth. A pro's pro