Category: Wrestling Television Musings

AEW Dynamite (May 15th, 2024) – Jumping Off Point

The saga of All Elite Wrestling being run by the Elite continues with this week’s episode of Dynamite and apparently, news broke that Eddie Kingston may have suffered an injury during a New Japan show last week and his status for the show is as questionable as my waning interest in the current direction of this promotion. This show continues to confound me and… well, you know what? I’ll save my thoughts for after the break, because there’s also a bit of an announcement regarding future content as it relates to the wrestling side of things.

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Impact (May 9th, 2024) – Not Enough Joe Hendry

Yes, we’re keeping Joe Hendry in the banner until he bores the shit out of me… and that’s not likely to happen anytime soon, I think. Unfortunately, Mr. Hendry didn’t make an appearance on this show; the most we get is a video package and… yeah, while I may believe in Joe Hendry, my faith in TNA to do things right… well, it never existed in the first place and it’s a fluke that I’ve been enjoying this show for as long as I have.

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Impact (May 2nd, 2024) – Joe Hendry Is Awesome And Nothing Else Matters…

So this is up later than sooner… sorry about that. Been busy with other stuff… BUT to sort of make up for it, I’ll see about posting tonight’s episode’s musings this weekend… not tomorrow because that’s when the Backlash show is going up.

Anyway, I haven’t seen the Under Siege show that took place last weekend that this episode of Impact serves as the go-home show for… but I did see Joe Hendry’s wonderful concert and his heartfelt apology to the Top Dollar guy who used to host that A&E special on WWE collectables. I don’t mention Joe Hendry much round these parts, but this man is a keeper, he has talent both on the mic and in the ring, his theme song is quite catchy, and he can put on a better, more entertaining concert than DWAYNE… there, I said it, come at me, bros.

Meanwhile, there’s the rest of the show, which doesn’t quite match the glee and joy I got from that one segment, but there was some good stuff here.

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AEW Dynamite (May 1st, 2024) – Canadian Content Breeds Canadian Contempt

Before anyone asks… yes, that is the new AEW Dynamite Musings banner for the foreseeable future. Take it in however context you wish, but that headshot is about as synonymous as that Anthem owl that Reby Hardy wanted to fuck all those years ago… and also, it amuses me greatly, so therefore, it stays… for now, at least.

Unfortunately, while a headshot of a blank-eyed Tony Khan in a neck brace brings some mild amusement, the same cannot be said for this Dynamite show, which… I will admit to watching for the explicit purpose of seeing where they go with this Tony Khan thing.

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Impact (April 25th, 2024) – An Impactful Episode Of Impact… Yip.

This was the Rebellion go-home show and for anyone asking, yes, I did watch the Rebellion PPV and a musings will be posting this coming Wednesday… and yes, I actually chose a TNA PPV over a stacked AEW PPV… no regrets; I can go back to that other show at any time, but naturally, this episode being the last before a big TNA PPV… eh…

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AEW Dynamite (April 24th, 2024): Good Grief…

Saw bits and pieces of Wednesday’s Dynamite show, which was the post-PPV edition of the program following what I heard was a tremendous Dynasty PPV. Maybe somewhere along the way I’ll get back to watching that, but in the meantime, I watched this AEW Dynamite show and, well, random thoughts after the break…

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Impact (April 18th, 2024) – Pre-Rebellion And… Eh?

Okay, so this is the go-home show for Rebellion… a show that already happened, but most people probably forgot about because there was also an AEW PPV. I have watched neither show, but do plan on watching the Rebellion show this week.

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RAW (April 15th, 2024) – Damned That Shorty G!

We had a RAW show from Montreal, which was a totally nothing happening show that was headlined by a pretty awesome Sami Zayn vs. Shorty G match, followed by a dispicable act on the part of that sore loser, Shorty G. You sorry bastard couldn’t get the job done beating GUNTHER and now you couldn’t even beat the guy who beat GUNTHER and on top of that, he’s the same guy you HELPED TRAINED to beat GUNTHER and you still couldn’t beat him. And now I’m supposed to feel sorry for you and say that you deserve it? Fuck off, man. You suck. You’re a loser. You don’t deserve shit!

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Impact (April 11th, 2024) – Monsters Ballz

Is this the go-home show for TNA’s Rebellion PPV? Or is it a total one-match show where everything is just padding before the tremendous Monsters Ball match between PCO and Kon? Has anyone considered renaming Kon to Khan or is that a little on the nose?

Honestly, I’ve got little to say about this show other than it was mostly furthering storylines and builds toward the upcoming PPV. I liked the opening bit with Josh, Hammerstone, and Dreamer, who was bound to get beat up because we’re in the old ECW Arena and there’s a mandate somewhere that Tommy Dreamer MUST ABSOLUTELY GET KILLED in this arena… clearly, Hammerstone didn’t get the memo because he merely beat up Dreamer a bit and let him live.

Speaking of things getting killed, that Monsters Ball match sure was a spectacle. Was it a great match by any means? Probably not, but tabarnac, it was fun, sti. Any chance I get to see PCO let loose and be an absolute beast of a monster is one I will cherish every single goddamned time and I sure wasn’t disappointed here.

That’s all I’ve got for this week. See you all next time, I guess.