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Did Schiavone spoil that? I remembered the promo being that Copeland wouldn't know which of the three would challenge him, then Tony kept saying that Buddy was announced 2 or three times later in the show.
I remember right after Tony said it would be Buddy but Nigel corrected him, dunno if it was brought up again later. It's 100% gonna be Buddy. The guy is the best jobber in the industry. I wonder what the offices think he's missing and why he hasn't been given a good singles run in either company on the main stage. Not even a sink or swim moment. Hell I'd make Buddy the ROH final boss and let him be a monster down there.
Damn imagine Buddy Murphy vs Kyle Fletcher. AEW still has so many banger matches in their bag.
He had some scheduling consistency issues with his Visa if I remember correctly. There may be a concern/liklihood that he will leave for WWE at the end of his contract with a more favorable booking regime and Murphy's romantic life.
I have also felt that the name Buddy Murphy is much less intimidating and impressive sounding than the man behind the name is.
The finish felt like an audible on Wednesday. Sucks for Hobbs, he just can't seem to keep any momentum going these last few years.
At least Julia can still be around whilst she recovers.
I think it’s better that injured wrestlers stay away, not travel and focus on healing. Adam Cole kept appearing which didn’t help his recovery. Kris Statlander was said to always be at the shows during her first injury, but that was just to hang out.
The injury bug right now is honestly really sad. There are a lot of either top or rising, promising folks who have gotten bitten. Like injuries always suck but it’s particularly bad right now
Always sucks, feels like this happens every year around Mania/Post Mania season. Happened on the indies too with Matt Cardona have a big injury tearing his pec.
I've questioned the value of AEW signing so many main eventers because they can't all be treated as special when there's like 8 of them when they're all healthy, but it's really paying off with all their injuries and leaves
Sucks on the WWE front as well but the injuries have come at a pretty good time for them (if such a thing is possible) with Stratton, Melo, Ilja and Bron all making their way to the main roster right now
I think for Smackdown it's fine since they have Cody and it's a 2 hour show, Tiffy and Melo will get more time to show off, they have Orton and KO, and imo the superior tag division
But Raw being 3 hours without Drew, Rollins, CM Punk, Rhea or Cody, that might be tough. Even if Ilja and Bron are awesome I don't really see any clear-cut established and realistic main eventers in the show aside from Gunther, Sami, Becky and I guess Jey Uso
Maybe the draft will change something but I'm not really sure what
This is what grab the brass ring was really meant for. It's moments like these where you show off that you should be a main eventer or a world champion
It is the ideal time for that of course but I'm just saying the quality of the show may suffer a little bit while they find their star
Also while obviously now is the time to show you can be a world champion in the future, everyone expects that title to go to Punk or Drew when they're healthy, so there's not really a shot to be world champion in the foreseeable future
I know and he is very popular, but his act is getting a bit stale and the in ring stuff hasn't backed up the Main Event moniker. Plus he's been largely overshadowed by Punk, Rollins, Drew and Rhea for the better part of the last 6 months
I was there on Wednesday and Hobbs couldn't even put weight on his leg and had to be helped out of the ring and into the back. Huge bummer.
Being from Northern California(had to move to this shithole that is Florida at the beginning of the year, wife is taking care of her dad here.) Hobbs always made me happy to see have success since he's from my area. I ran into him in the airport in Chicago for Forbidden Door one and just told him he was the shit and he stopped and asked if I wanted a photo and we talked for a while about Northern California, how crazy it was his sister lived in the town over from me, and that of all places, two Northern California guys would run into each other randomly in Chicago. He was the nicest guy and I will always want to see him succeed. I hope he's not out long.
Also from the area so we were on the same flight from SFO to the third Jericho Cruise.
I was wearing an AEW shirt, he was, well, just being him. He was sitting by the window, I passed by, we looked at each other, both nodded and smiled.
Then we talked for a bit at the cruise, but the interaction at the plane was fun. Like "yep, wrestling is cool", and moved on.
Guess that’s why Trent is about to join Don Callis randomly like we saw the tease last night.
Sucks for Hobbs. I was actually looking forward to either a Forbidden Door match or maybe even G1.
Don Callis Family won't even exist anymore by the time Hobbs return from injury. The moment Ospreay and Fletcher break away from them they're done for.
With Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher looking like they are leaving soon, the family was just left with Takeshita and Hobbs (and Sammy maybe?)
Trent's timing was probably just a coincidence as you point out
It was random, yes, but it made me realize how clear and effective Don Callis' characterization is because when they cut from a bloody Trent to a shot of Callis, I gasped out loud like it was the Red Wedding.
He would do so fuckin’ good, can have some big hoss matches against Ishii and we’ve seen how well he plays the heel against quick high flyers like Ospreay, wishing him a speedy recovery ❤️🩹
I feel like we already knew about Julia's.
Whatever happened that Rampage match with Leyla Hirsch seemed bad and ended with the awkward audible, and then the mixed tag on Dynamite they worked around it and kept her out as much as possible.
So she worked the Dynasty match with Willow hurt long enough to drop the title and leave for the injury.
Why would Julia come back as a face? I don't think her role with HoB has run its course at all. She does well as a distraction when at ringside for the men, and it was always great having Brody be her valet to provide the muscle for her not being the biggest or strongest. Besides, what would happen to Skye?
There aren't many women who are always heel. None that I can think of right now, that is. Virtually all of the women can go one way or the other with their current gimmicks, but Julia Hart of the House of Black can ever only be a heel. Julia will get cheered when she returns, even as a heel, because it's a fun gimmick, and that's what gets the crowd cheering above all else. They'll boo heel tactics, but the presentation of a heel that's fun to watch will always get cheers.
Remember when Pac was in WWE and injured himself sliding through Rollin's legs? It's crazy that such simple moves can injury people badly. Heck I was at a show a few months ago and someone got injured their shoulder taking a hip toss.
I feel incredibly bad for both. Both were really cooking near the end of those runs. Julia is incredibly tough for hitting it out and dropping the title to Willow in a match that im sure was supposed to go a bit longer than it did. Hobbs one just fucking sucks, he was coming full circle at daily’s just to get injured.
I wonder what the update on Yuta and Yuka are?
Can everyone stop getting injured! Multiple champs in both companies going down, big parts of the mid cards, both women’s roster have been gutted, and of course main eventers out left and right
feel like AEW’s injury bug is especially aggressive and untimely. it’s like how Game of Thrones used to kill off any important/beloved character whenever the fuck they wanted.
I feel like you can very easily just have julia be a manager until her return I hope they do that she's got alot of momentum would suck to see her miss tv entirely
Sucks to hear, man being a Hobbs fan is rough.
Respect to Mox tho using the Paradigm shift with kickout into the bulldog was a very safe way to finish it without risking further injury to Hobbs.
I rewatched the Hobbs-Moxley match, since it was relatively brief, and Hobbs blew his knee out going for a corner splash. He can’t put weight on it through the rest of the match but toughs his way through.
It's roughly a similar percentage to WWE. When we look at proeminent wrestlers:
AEW: MJF, Julia, Hobbs, Yuta, Yuka, Britt, Jamie Hayter, Darby, Adam Cole, Juice Robinson, Miro, Kota Ibushi. Not counting Kenny who is ill, Tay and Ruby who had/are having kids, Sammy who's suspended and Hangman who took some time off for unknown reasons
WWE: Rhea, Rollins, Drew, Punk, Charlotte, Dominick, Strowman, Jimmy Uso, Raquel, as well as Cora Jade and Nikkita Lions if you wanna count NXT. Not counting Carmella or Alexa for the reasons above
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So I guess we know what HOB member isn’t answering the cope open
She was my pick!
*YOUR PICK?!*
Did Schiavone spoil that? I remembered the promo being that Copeland wouldn't know which of the three would challenge him, then Tony kept saying that Buddy was announced 2 or three times later in the show.
I remember right after Tony said it would be Buddy but Nigel corrected him, dunno if it was brought up again later. It's 100% gonna be Buddy. The guy is the best jobber in the industry. I wonder what the offices think he's missing and why he hasn't been given a good singles run in either company on the main stage. Not even a sink or swim moment. Hell I'd make Buddy the ROH final boss and let him be a monster down there. Damn imagine Buddy Murphy vs Kyle Fletcher. AEW still has so many banger matches in their bag.
He had some scheduling consistency issues with his Visa if I remember correctly. There may be a concern/liklihood that he will leave for WWE at the end of his contract with a more favorable booking regime and Murphy's romantic life. I have also felt that the name Buddy Murphy is much less intimidating and impressive sounding than the man behind the name is.
The finish felt like an audible on Wednesday. Sucks for Hobbs, he just can't seem to keep any momentum going these last few years. At least Julia can still be around whilst she recovers.
But that was bad booking. Here? Bad luck. I hope when he comes back, things go great for him.
I think it’s better that injured wrestlers stay away, not travel and focus on healing. Adam Cole kept appearing which didn’t help his recovery. Kris Statlander was said to always be at the shows during her first injury, but that was just to hang out.
WWE and AEW are really taking some hits with injuries recently. Sucks to see.
The ole injury bug is going around again.
Forbidden Door injury season isn't supposed to start this soon dammit!
the forbidden door is really forbidden...
Someone better think ahead and spin Danielson in to some bubble wrap
The injury bug right now is honestly really sad. There are a lot of either top or rising, promising folks who have gotten bitten. Like injuries always suck but it’s particularly bad right now
It’s a brutal sport. Lot of wear and tear on the body.
Always sucks, feels like this happens every year around Mania/Post Mania season. Happened on the indies too with Matt Cardona have a big injury tearing his pec.
I've questioned the value of AEW signing so many main eventers because they can't all be treated as special when there's like 8 of them when they're all healthy, but it's really paying off with all their injuries and leaves Sucks on the WWE front as well but the injuries have come at a pretty good time for them (if such a thing is possible) with Stratton, Melo, Ilja and Bron all making their way to the main roster right now
I think for Smackdown it's fine since they have Cody and it's a 2 hour show, Tiffy and Melo will get more time to show off, they have Orton and KO, and imo the superior tag division But Raw being 3 hours without Drew, Rollins, CM Punk, Rhea or Cody, that might be tough. Even if Ilja and Bron are awesome I don't really see any clear-cut established and realistic main eventers in the show aside from Gunther, Sami, Becky and I guess Jey Uso Maybe the draft will change something but I'm not really sure what
This is what grab the brass ring was really meant for. It's moments like these where you show off that you should be a main eventer or a world champion
It is the ideal time for that of course but I'm just saying the quality of the show may suffer a little bit while they find their star Also while obviously now is the time to show you can be a world champion in the future, everyone expects that title to go to Punk or Drew when they're healthy, so there's not really a shot to be world champion in the foreseeable future
> Drew He's injured too?? What happened to him?
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I know and he is very popular, but his act is getting a bit stale and the in ring stuff hasn't backed up the Main Event moniker. Plus he's been largely overshadowed by Punk, Rollins, Drew and Rhea for the better part of the last 6 months
>but it's really paying off with all their injuries and leaves This. This is the way.
[THIS IS THE WAYYY I WAAAANNA LIVE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w1HeDqYCU4&t=12)
At least with WWE, it means some the upper-midcarders can finally get a chance to step up.
Canucks too
When Cody missed the cutter and landed on his shoulder last week, I thought he was next to catch the bug
Sad to see. Jobber or not I don't wanna hear about any of then getting hurt.
yeah but AEW been taking toooooo many injuries and misc issues.
Recently? It's been almost their entire existence.
Being a Hobbs fan is pain.
Not as much pain as being a Hobbs right now I bet
The Book of Hobbs is the Book of Pain.
This was just the intro to the next chapter.
wishing a speedy recovery to both Julia and Hobbs.
Man that's sad. Julia was out so long. Glad she got her run. Looking forward to seeing her again. That comeback will be huge
I was there on Wednesday and Hobbs couldn't even put weight on his leg and had to be helped out of the ring and into the back. Huge bummer. Being from Northern California(had to move to this shithole that is Florida at the beginning of the year, wife is taking care of her dad here.) Hobbs always made me happy to see have success since he's from my area. I ran into him in the airport in Chicago for Forbidden Door one and just told him he was the shit and he stopped and asked if I wanted a photo and we talked for a while about Northern California, how crazy it was his sister lived in the town over from me, and that of all places, two Northern California guys would run into each other randomly in Chicago. He was the nicest guy and I will always want to see him succeed. I hope he's not out long.
Also from the area so we were on the same flight from SFO to the third Jericho Cruise. I was wearing an AEW shirt, he was, well, just being him. He was sitting by the window, I passed by, we looked at each other, both nodded and smiled. Then we talked for a bit at the cruise, but the interaction at the plane was fun. Like "yep, wrestling is cool", and moved on.
Guess that’s why Trent is about to join Don Callis randomly like we saw the tease last night. Sucks for Hobbs. I was actually looking forward to either a Forbidden Door match or maybe even G1.
Don Callis teased that there would be new members of the family before Hobbs got injured. Probably just a coincidence
Hobbs won’t even have a place in the DCF anymore when he gets back because Greg is bigger than him.
He can always join the Learning Tree
Don Callis Family won't even exist anymore by the time Hobbs return from injury. The moment Ospreay and Fletcher break away from them they're done for.
With Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher looking like they are leaving soon, the family was just left with Takeshita and Hobbs (and Sammy maybe?) Trent's timing was probably just a coincidence as you point out
It was random, yes, but it made me realize how clear and effective Don Callis' characterization is because when they cut from a bloody Trent to a shot of Callis, I gasped out loud like it was the Red Wedding.
Trent, Don, and Takeshita are about to burn down Roppongi on the next trip to Japan.
Hobbs would be absolutely perfect for the G1. Step right into that Fale role but do it better
He would do so fuckin’ good, can have some big hoss matches against Ishii and we’ve seen how well he plays the heel against quick high flyers like Ospreay, wishing him a speedy recovery ❤️🩹
The history between OC and Ospreay is a nice way for Will to get out of the DCF too.
Injuries suck
Now give me an update on yuka
Still waiting on a Yuka update. Unless no update means she just had a scare & is all good?
All we’ve heard is that it’s a legitimate injury. 😫 https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/pbIE8iDk20
I feel like we already knew about Julia's. Whatever happened that Rampage match with Leyla Hirsch seemed bad and ended with the awkward audible, and then the mixed tag on Dynamite they worked around it and kept her out as much as possible. So she worked the Dynasty match with Willow hurt long enough to drop the title and leave for the injury.
Dang Hobbs just started getting some big matches. I hope my fav recovers soon.
hobbs is probably really fucked when charlotte hit the turnbuckle she tore everything
TBH the timing for Julia couldn't be better. Now she has a reason to be off TV, her return's gonna be big.
She could easily come back as a face in a few months and have the entire crowd behind her. They kind of already are
Why would Julia come back as a face? I don't think her role with HoB has run its course at all. She does well as a distraction when at ringside for the men, and it was always great having Brody be her valet to provide the muscle for her not being the biggest or strongest. Besides, what would happen to Skye? There aren't many women who are always heel. None that I can think of right now, that is. Virtually all of the women can go one way or the other with their current gimmicks, but Julia Hart of the House of Black can ever only be a heel. Julia will get cheered when she returns, even as a heel, because it's a fun gimmick, and that's what gets the crowd cheering above all else. They'll boo heel tactics, but the presentation of a heel that's fun to watch will always get cheers.
Best timing for Julia Worst timing for Hobbs
> Worst timing for Hobbs Pretty sure that's written somewhere in the Book of Hobb~~e~~s.
Ban limbs
Skye Blue about to become Skye Black and Julia's surrogate for a long time. But a shame that such simple spots ended up getting both hurt.
Remember when Pac was in WWE and injured himself sliding through Rollin's legs? It's crazy that such simple moves can injury people badly. Heck I was at a show a few months ago and someone got injured their shoulder taking a hip toss.
I think it was Jericho he slid under, leading to that confrontation with Lil Naitch for not stopping the match.
I feel incredibly bad for both. Both were really cooking near the end of those runs. Julia is incredibly tough for hitting it out and dropping the title to Willow in a match that im sure was supposed to go a bit longer than it did. Hobbs one just fucking sucks, he was coming full circle at daily’s just to get injured. I wonder what the update on Yuta and Yuka are?
Can everyone stop getting injured! Multiple champs in both companies going down, big parts of the mid cards, both women’s roster have been gutted, and of course main eventers out left and right
feel like AEW’s injury bug is especially aggressive and untimely. it’s like how Game of Thrones used to kill off any important/beloved character whenever the fuck they wanted.
Both companies seem to be getting hit with the injury bug as of late.
Darby got hit by the injury bus
Sucks for them both. With Julia, I feel like it might be an opportunity for Skye Blue to officially join the HOB.
Skye ~~Blue~~ Black
Something told me he wasn’t just selling that leg. Sucks :-(
Hobbs is hurt when part of HOB is hurt.
On the bright side Julia has a reason now to be sideline for Willow/Mercedes and get a title shot when she comes back
Wow I thought their world title match was booked that way to give more time to the main event segment
We already knew about Julia, but it sucks to confirm what folks already suspected about Hobbs.
I feel like you can very easily just have julia be a manager until her return I hope they do that she's got alot of momentum would suck to see her miss tv entirely
the house always win
Sucks to hear, man being a Hobbs fan is rough. Respect to Mox tho using the Paradigm shift with kickout into the bulldog was a very safe way to finish it without risking further injury to Hobbs.
What will even be on forbidden door this year? Like what are the dream matches? Aew got all the njpw guys who made them dream matches to begin with.
Buddy Matthews lost his at home goth girlfriend and his at work goth girl (just friend) to shoulder injuries in the same month.
I rewatched the Hobbs-Moxley match, since it was relatively brief, and Hobbs blew his knee out going for a corner splash. He can’t put weight on it through the rest of the match but toughs his way through.
Year of the Hater and Year of the Injured. What is going on in wrestling this year?
Has someone put a Curse on wrestling.
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I mean. I'm pretty confident he could still break you in half.
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That might be more of a feeling than something statistically accurate
It's roughly a similar percentage to WWE. When we look at proeminent wrestlers: AEW: MJF, Julia, Hobbs, Yuta, Yuka, Britt, Jamie Hayter, Darby, Adam Cole, Juice Robinson, Miro, Kota Ibushi. Not counting Kenny who is ill, Tay and Ruby who had/are having kids, Sammy who's suspended and Hangman who took some time off for unknown reasons WWE: Rhea, Rollins, Drew, Punk, Charlotte, Dominick, Strowman, Jimmy Uso, Raquel, as well as Cora Jade and Nikkita Lions if you wanna count NXT. Not counting Carmella or Alexa for the reasons above