The Buy In starts with MJF saying that he and Chris get under each other's skin and we get a recap of their history. Jericho puts over the dinner singing bit. Jericho says that MJF is good - but he's not as good as he thinks he is, but he'll get there. Arn puts AEW over as hope for the fans and Cody is the hardest worker in it and we see a montage of fans dressing like Darby Allin. Darby is put over as something of a cultural change and Cody says that Darby is getting this shot and now he's got to go backstage and walk backstage to over half the crew that he lost - again.
We get a music montage of Shida being awesome before Vickie's EXCUSE ME breaks in. Don Callis, as Impact EVP, says that Omega is the greatest wrestler in the world and is going to win. Nice recap of the Bucks sorta-turn and FTR saying that the Bucks did it to take attention away from them. Kingston says he wasn't a calm kid and the only thing that calmed him was wrestling tapes. Tony says that Eddie's best friend is his mother and that's his mentor and Eddie says love keeps him going.
Mox says that unlike King, he accepts responsibility for his shortcomings - while Eddie blames others. Mox says he's helped fix up a lot of Kingston's burned bridges. Mox says there's no greater pain than watching a friend change in front of your eyes. Framerate looks so odd on the Buy in. MJF cuts a promo with Alex and says that this is the biggest match of his career because in the Mox match, he was beaten AND THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED with the Inner Circle by his side. MJF prevents Wardlow from talking and that's right out of the HHH-Batista playbook.
Serena's color scheme of orange skin and purple gear works shockingly well. Serena outworks her a bit, so Kay goes for more physicality. Draping neckbreaker and a Gedo clutch gets 2 for Deeb. Kay gets an awkward powerbomb stack for 2 and a spinebuster for 2. Kay avoids a package piledriver and Alabama slams her for 2. Serena goes off early for the Yokasuka cutter for 2. Serena watches her Tana and dragon screws her in the rope. Package pancake gets 2 due to the ropes. TEQUILA SUNRISE ends it! Konnan needs to throw his shoe in celebration of the Tequila Sunrise coming back. THUNDER ROSA COMES OUT and she wants the belt!
We start things off with Omega vs. Hangman with Kenny getting an even more masturbatory intro than usual. WE GET '80S SWEEPERS! Don Callis is out to do commentary for this one and Ex says Kenny's the Cleaner due to having to blow in the NES carts to clean the contacts. Page is a FOCUSED YEEHAW MAN, which may be his greatest chyron ever. Tremendous fast action here and Kenny hits a rope dragon screw and ducks a Buckshot to hit the V TRIGGAAAAAA! The OWA ENDS IT!
OC faces John Silver in a fun match that really puts Silver over huge in defeat, as he TEARS THE POCKETS and lands a big spinning torture rack slam. ORANGE PUNCH and the Beach Break ends it. Cody gets a giant ALL IN intro for his match with Darby. Darby is out with half-body paint looking awesome and does some odd stuff like trying to choke Cody out with a sleeper using Cody's own arm. Drop-step stunner! COFFIN DROP HITS FLUSH and it only gets 2.9! Ross puts over that the weight gain helped Cody absorb that. I LOVE THAT. Cradle reversal ends it and DARBY ALLIN WINS IT! Cody does the Hogan-Warrior WM VI putting him over while putting himself over bit.
Taz tells Cody and Darby to take their bitch-asses to the back before Cage and Starks jump them. I love this - they're allies now through a common foe. Starks posts Arn and SPEARS CODY! DARBY TOSSED THROUGH THE FULL GEAR GEAR BY THE MACHINE! Cage tosses him on the FACE OF TNT car but WILL HOBBS saves him from an arm-breaking. Tremendous stuff. Shida and Nyla have a good-ish David vs. Goliath match before the knee hits and ends it for Shida. Vickie slaps Nyla and says she's pathetic. Bucks vs. FTR is up. FTR is out in slick white getups and Tully's in a black variant.
We get just a ton of double team stuff throughout here. A bit of the Hart Foundation and even the DIY finish from FTR. SHARPSHOOTER BY MATT! MARTY FINGER SNAP TO DAX AND THE BTE TRIGGER HITS! BUT CASH SAVES AT 2.99! ESCALARA PLANCHA and Matt grabs a chair before the ref warns him. Dax lets his guard down AND MATT USES IT FOR A MELTZER DRIVER, but Cash powerbombs Nick off the apron into a table. Dax turns the tombstone into the spike piledriver! IT GETS 2.9 BECAUSE MATT'S FOOT IS ON THE ROPE! They take the boot off and Dax gets the trailer hitch with Matt struggling. NICK HITS A 450 TO BREAK IT UP! 2.9! Cash gives Matt a TOO SWEET before turning it into a fuck you that pisses off Matt. KNEELING SUPERKICK TO MATT! SUPERKICK BY MATT ENDS IT AND THE BUCKS FINALLY WIN IT!
Matt brings his monster truck around and we get lots of brawling and of course, Roman candles. PNP comes in to help TWIST BY SAMMY! Private Party makes a save before HELMS IS HERE AND WE GET GANGREL! Gangrel says that Sammy was loyal to him, while Matt wasn't. JR wisely gets in ALSO KNOWN AS DAVID HEATH while Tony and Ex call him Gangrel, which isn't even a WWE thing as they had to license it from White Wolf. Helms turns into Gregory Helms and asks Sammy if their rivalry is cursed before the LAKE OF REINCARNATION is Helms' fate. Matt cuts off the goons in the warehouse area and Matt works the neck before doing the Edge-Foley spear through a pair of tables. Ref stops it due to blood and they stuff him in a trash can and we get a Hardy party with Reby.
Jake Roberts says that Lance has to be fed and he doesn't want food - HE WANTS PEOPLE. Jericho vs. MJF is up and we get some nice babyface Jericho with modern-day heel Jericho. MJF gets the ring, but Hager tosses the bat to Jericho and MJF plays Eddie and Aubrey argues with Chris. DISTRACTION SCHOOLBOY ENDS IT AND MJF JOINS THE INNER CIRCLE! Jericho welcomes them to the Inner Circle. AEW Revolution is on February 27. Dynamite is hyped up before we get Mox vs. Kingston. They bust each other up with a barb wire bat and Eddie's Misawa-colored gear works nicely for it. BELLY TO BELLY ON TACKS, but Mox won't quit. EDDIE GETS THE BULLDOG CHOKE! Mox escapes and gets the Minoru sleeper/Gotch piledriver! BULLDOG CHOKE TO EDDIE! KNEES TO THE HEAD AND THE LIFTING PARADIGM SHIFT! BULLDOG CHOKE WITH THE BARB WIRE and Mox tells him it's done and Bryce ends it - without Eddie seemingly saying I Quit. This was top-shelf stuff. I'm a bit heartbroken that Eddie didn't win it - but hell, just him GETTING TO THIS POINT is a victory in and of itself. Omega comes out and they point out that one year ago at Full Gear, they faced off - and in the future, they'll do it for the title.
No comments:
Post a Comment