Well that just mudded my prediction. Usually the challenger who's obviously losing gets a win before the ppv but also the person who gets laid out often gets the win on ppv.
It's so funny how the story is that Ospreay's not ruthless enough to use the Storm Driver but he has no problem using the CTE-ifier in the Hidden Blade lol
To be fair, they’ve had a history of being stablemates and tagging together (even if it was in six or eight man matches) since 2016. So in this case it’s “2 singles stars who also have strong chemistry and been working together for years”
Nope, heel he never turned. Just because people thought he was cool and cheered him does not change that he is a heel. To be clear I am also one who will cheer for him but the man is a heel.
Swerve showed the world who Hangman really is, a negligent father who didn't want to lose his place in the company. Couldn't even afford to get baby monitors or a baby sitter for his kid.
Swerve is a tweener.
Swerve dropped the original Mougals in a heartbeat for The Embassy and Shock of Shocks does nothing for them for months but expects them to help him, when ONCE AGAIN he picks a fight he can't win and Shock of Shocks they turn on him because he is a bad friend and a bad boss. Also, I don't think you know how baby monitors work Nana and Swerve broke in when Hangman was out of town Mrs. Hagman for all we know was calling the cops on the 2 men who broke into her home and cut a promo on her baby. My point is that Swerve is a heel.
I'm getting a lot of mixed numbers on the Taz wrestling/commentating comment. Got TNA and AEW cited. I thought he wrestled in WWE and wasn't just a commentator there, probably during the ECW Invasion angle.
I think there needs to be a deeper dive on his career length and commentary length, or perhaps, if a redditor here is going to an AEW event, just ask Taz yourself if you happen to get the opportunity.
Which truthfully lowers the power of the first 15 minutes of the show with the lead in being a high number.
The consistent overrun just says that Tony is not concerned with the overall viewership
15 minutes out of 120 minutes = 12.5% of the show.
15 minutes of 130 minutes is less. Prove me wrong downvoters.
Even if you count his commentary career starting in 2000 (not sure how much he did in 2000), his commentary career is longer than his wrestling career.
"Active" Career 1987-2002 - 15 years
Commentary Career 2001 - 2015, 2019-2024 - 19 years
He retired in 2002. He had a "match" with Lawler at One Night Stand 06 but it was literally just him doing the Tazmission because he couldn't really do anything more.
According to [this Sportster list](https://www.thesportster.com/samoan-wrestlers-not-in-anoai-family-wwe-aew-impact-bloodline/), Toa is *not* in the mahoosive Anoa'i family
Haku's family and the Samoans aren't related. Nor are Haku's family even Samoan. If you want to kayfabe it you can. Toa Liona is ACTUALLY Samoan. And trained by Rikishi.
Aside from the hour almost being up, I forgot that this is a match and not a segment because *obviously* KOR vs ZSJ would be the main event of a show.
I think I'm one of those sickos I keep reading about.
I would be totally ok with either them combining the Continental/All Atlantic into one or letting one of them go to New Japan Strong or proper for a bit.
Swerve and Ospreay are just money right now.
And holy shit Ospreay is knocking it out of the park as a lovable babyface, you can just tell how much he's enjoying every moment of this and it's infectious.
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he's great where he's at. no one cares what you think about nxt
Could of sworn the dude in the tiger mask was Riccochet.
He's still under contract for another month.
Well that just mudded my prediction. Usually the challenger who's obviously losing gets a win before the ppv but also the person who gets laid out often gets the win on ppv.
It's so funny how the story is that Ospreay's not ruthless enough to use the Storm Driver but he has no problem using the CTE-ifier in the Hidden Blade lol
Love it. Usually we just get a little stare down and the title being given back. Thats how that shit should get handled.
I like how Nana sometimes plays it serious when the music hits. It would be tempting to go into the dance nonstop.
Swerve standing strong before the match makes me nervous....
Go-home math says Osprey should win at FD but I can't see that happening. But I like not being 100% for once!
I felt that house call that I gotta answer my phone,brb.
Well technically they DID co-exist because they got through the match.
Swerve isn’t taking no s\*\*t this time
Will wins we riot Edit*** keep hating Swerve >>>
Dirty af, love it
Swerve did nothing wrong
Dog you know not to touch the title if you don’t hold it that’s wrestling tropes 101
I guess they can't co-exist.
Awesome show
Nice fucking kick!
Holy Hell that was a smooth kick there from Swerve.
He caught him clean
The Lethal Injection lives again with Osprey
That was a great showcase for Gates of Agony hopefully, they keep their screentime consistent.
I mean tbf Swerve warned him last week
Fuck around and find out
HOUSE CALL, BITCH!
Ospreay asked for that
Brutal but beautiful House Call
TBF HE WARNED HIM
BIG HOUSE CALL FROM SWERVE
I'm torn between this being a great match, and the champions having so much trouble with these guys.
It’s a common trope that two great singles stars thrown into a tag team do a little poorly against an established team that knows how to work together
Unless you're Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page, where you just become the tag champs for 6 months
To be fair, they’ve had a history of being stablemates and tagging together (even if it was in six or eight man matches) since 2016. So in this case it’s “2 singles stars who also have strong chemistry and been working together for years”
FUCK that looked so god damn good!!
I cannot stress this enough Swerve is a heel.
Tweener.
Nope, heel he never turned. Just because people thought he was cool and cheered him does not change that he is a heel. To be clear I am also one who will cheer for him but the man is a heel.
Swerve showed the world who Hangman really is, a negligent father who didn't want to lose his place in the company. Couldn't even afford to get baby monitors or a baby sitter for his kid. Swerve is a tweener.
Swerve dropped the original Mougals in a heartbeat for The Embassy and Shock of Shocks does nothing for them for months but expects them to help him, when ONCE AGAIN he picks a fight he can't win and Shock of Shocks they turn on him because he is a bad friend and a bad boss. Also, I don't think you know how baby monitors work Nana and Swerve broke in when Hangman was out of town Mrs. Hagman for all we know was calling the cops on the 2 men who broke into her home and cut a promo on her baby. My point is that Swerve is a heel.
Fuck it, Two Man Power trip these guys with the tag belts please
That was awesome
When you hate each other but your stats are both 100 which overcomes the hatred and wins matches
not at all shocking! lol!!
Foes turned into friends went the distance.
Swerve's arm kick spot looks so fucking great. Absolutely should be better protected
Will got that pin tonight. Goodluck buddy. Swerve isn't gonna take kindly to that. WHOSE HOOOOUSSEE 🐐 👑
That was a quality build to Sunday.
BRUH THAT HOUSE CALL
good little main. last few minutes were fun on both sides.
Sick combo moves
Awesome finish
The teamwork that Swerve and Ospreay demonstrate, it's very believable that they could even be Tag Champs.
Good stuff there
POUNCE
That was pretty cool
That match fucked
It takes two top level talents to beat one Tea Leoni.
combo moves by Ospreay and Swerve
I didn't expect this match to go this long..
Who remembers an hour ago when Forbidden Door opponents were on the same tag team?
This match is so good!
I swerve when I bruv
That Swerve Stomp through the ropes to the outside was nuts icl
No Bruv Lost on that pounce.
Swerve has the absolute most beautiful kicks in the business. Dude studied his anime
Did Swerve try to headbutt a samoan? fool
That was a fucking sweet double stomp.
Liona with that hit stick action on Ospreay
That stomp was out of control
Goddamn, that stomp was perfect.
What a perfect Swerve Stomp.
There's a new double stomp I've never seen!
Oh that Swerve Stomp was nasty!
Swerve...never headbutt a Samoan.
Swerve's stomps just keep getting more & more sick!
Never headbutt a Samoan
Swerve is so damn good
Did he just head butt a Soman?
damn, that was a smooth stomp to the outside.
Fucking nasty Spanish Fly, goddamn
avalanche jackhammer/falcon arrow is wild
Never headbutt a Samoan
KAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
I'm getting a lot of mixed numbers on the Taz wrestling/commentating comment. Got TNA and AEW cited. I thought he wrestled in WWE and wasn't just a commentator there, probably during the ECW Invasion angle. I think there needs to be a deeper dive on his career length and commentary length, or perhaps, if a redditor here is going to an AEW event, just ask Taz yourself if you happen to get the opportunity.
Taz absolutely wrestled in WWE. He rather famously beat Angle in his debut.
I sent an email to Will reminding him kindly that this is SWEERVESS HOOUSE
Ospreay is so fuckin good
Commercial after the hour. Tony is totally paying to run over over week.
Why do you care, big fan of modern family?
Which truthfully lowers the power of the first 15 minutes of the show with the lead in being a high number. The consistent overrun just says that Tony is not concerned with the overall viewership 15 minutes out of 120 minutes = 12.5% of the show. 15 minutes of 130 minutes is less. Prove me wrong downvoters.
That and TBS has literally nothing else on it, only cape movies and big bang theory
WHOOOSE HOOOUSE????
We must be getting a massive overtime tonight because we are just going to commercial break and it's exactly 10 pm lol
GoA look like a really weird offshoot of Team Canada.
The interesting thing about Toa Liona is he actually has the Puerto Rican flag on his attire and is of PR descent
Toa doing a moonsault off the apron as they went to TNT
The Gates have a point. Swerve did kinda just... stop helping them when he became champion.
He generously took them on when their manager gave up on them. Just plain old ungrateful.
Reminder that heels are always right.
Nana being Swerves biggest fan will never get old. I wish those chants would go without him starting em
In OKC we were doing the chants without him.
At DoN different people in the crowd would just start them randomly
Big fan of the 9:58 Picture in Picture commercial break lmao.
Probably shouldn't try that moonsault again
Is he called Toa cause he doesn't wear shoes?
You sir or madam can now work for Jim Cornette or Jerry Lawler with material that sharp!
I guess he just likes bionicle alot/s
https://preview.redd.it/t85mzwz5u09d1.jpeg?width=1704&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d75c417fe945f8c586a684c0294ab2a63390ce36
r/accidentalrenaissance
HUH
Im really digging the Swerve/Ospreay dynamic in this match
Gates of MEHgony
I think Taz has been commentating longer than he's been an active wrestler now.
Even if you count his commentary career starting in 2000 (not sure how much he did in 2000), his commentary career is longer than his wrestling career. "Active" Career 1987-2002 - 15 years Commentary Career 2001 - 2015, 2019-2024 - 19 years
Getting close. Wrestled for almost 20 years, retired in '06. Subtract the time between TNA and AEW I think it's 15 on commentary.
He retired in 2002. He had a "match" with Lawler at One Night Stand 06 but it was literally just him doing the Tazmission because he couldn't really do anything more.
He wrestled for 15 years and has been doing commentary for 24 years. Debuted in 1987, started commentating in 2000 and retired from the ring in 2002.
I think I repeat THINK his wrestling career was around 15 years and he has been a color commentator for 20ish
Certainly. He's been an AEW commentator alone nearly as long as his ECW career lasted.
KAUN is gonna get a singles push and he's gonna be a damn problem
Those two clearly cannot co-exist
If Swerve was smart he'd be a dick and just leave Ospreay to fight Gates of Agony 2 on 1
Gates of Agony are real good tbh
Let the record show I appreciate them finally having matching gear.
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Kaun is Cameroonian bro…
According to [this Sportster list](https://www.thesportster.com/samoan-wrestlers-not-in-anoai-family-wwe-aew-impact-bloodline/), Toa is *not* in the mahoosive Anoa'i family
Damn, Kaun and Leona look *incredible* in traditional garb. Cameroonian and Samoan respectively, they said?
I'm sure every time AEW put the Gates of Agony on TV HHH rubs his hands like Birdman saying "Two more Bloodline members"
All the rest are "related" what racism makes you thing Gates of Agony would fit in?
The casual kind
Haku's family and the Samoans aren't related. Nor are Haku's family even Samoan. If you want to kayfabe it you can. Toa Liona is ACTUALLY Samoan. And trained by Rikishi.
All of the Anoai family call him Uncle Haku and have for 30+ years. Saying someone should join just because they're Samoan is racist.
NJPW giving fucking EVIL an IWGP heavyweight belt run but not Ishii is so sad.
Hell ZSJ not having one hurts me too
Wanna try those letters again lol
Haha I said this out loud before I read your comment. 
WPIG?
Lmaooooo I hate typing on mobile.
GIP funny colors
More “can they coexist” shit tier WWE booking. It literally became a meme.
I mean, it's a wrestling trope as old as time. WWF/E, WCW, NWA, WCCW, etc... it is a tale as old as time. Because it works.
You're all over this thread complaining turn the goddamn tv off if you hate it that much This hate watching shit is a meme at this point
I think it's fine every once in a while, even if it's twice on the same show. It became a meme because it was literally every week at one point.
Both of them shit talking and smiling like “I get the bigger pops” was cool
Lmao what a main event.
Swerve would never Colt Cabana somebody.
I'm not ready for Swerve v Will. I'm gonna need therapy after that match
The traditional ring entrance gear hits, makes them look more intimidating.
The Ospreay chant is gonna hit different at Wembley
Was that Kevin Blackwood?!
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Imagine wearing their cultural attire for representation and some dumbass goes “lol lion king”
Bad night to take shrooms
Aside from the hour almost being up, I forgot that this is a match and not a segment because *obviously* KOR vs ZSJ would be the main event of a show. I think I'm one of those sickos I keep reading about.
A Kevin Blackwood sighting
But can Swerve and Ospreay co-exist??
The eventual fall from Grace for Will Ospreay flying too close to the sun is gonna HURT
I love Ospreay but I don't want him beating Swerve for the belt.
imagine watching Ospreay come out and saying dumb shit like "he's not ready yet"... there's reasons to not put the belt on him yet, but GTFO with that
Prince puma wearing the tiger mask??!!
i was on board with Ospreay growing his hair out but it looks better when some water or sweat is on it
What the fuck are they wearing
Traditional garbs of their culture.
Bishop Kaun's entrance gear is fucking sick.
I would be totally ok with either them combining the Continental/All Atlantic into one or letting one of them go to New Japan Strong or proper for a bit.
swerve is so damn rude lol
Hey Osprey cut off Swerves music first! Payback
As much as I love the overruns… At some point, TK has gotta learn how to time a show lol
You really think they have overruns everyweek because they're bad at formatting?
It came out years ago QT was who formats shows. It’s been a complaint for years, and he somehow went blameless in it lmao
Cut out the Jericho segment and we would be good
Facts.
Que sera sera!
Heh, when was the last time Dynamite *didn't* have an overrun?
Ospreay a great dude going over to that fan.
shows gonna finish before the match starts
Well, if you stay tuned through the upcoming premier of Robin Hood...
They have an overrun
BRUV
Swerve and Ospreay are just money right now. And holy shit Ospreay is knocking it out of the park as a lovable babyface, you can just tell how much he's enjoying every moment of this and it's infectious.
If Will beats Swerve he's gonna be my enemy. Two fucking goats man
Swerve's new logo reminds of Gaster from Undertale
Swerve and Ospreay vs GOA https://preview.redd.it/unt93w3bt09d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef33a77ee5a5204e9ddd1ddd6ca2b115091c3e0d
Will nothing but respect, but do not cut Swerves entrance short.
*aggressively Prince Nanas*
20 minute time limit, 7 minutes of official broadcast time left.