State Of The Blog – September 2022

Today’s update is going to be a lightweight one of sorts. Suffice it to say that there hasn’t been much in the way of updates other than the usual stock of reviews for a couple weeks before radio silence. For those who want a little more, I’ll discuss it on this weekend’s edition of the DTM-Cast, but some issues came up that required me to take some time off from this project.

The usual weekly PPV Musings continued, however. And I did attempt a live show test. With a few tweaks and fixes, I might consider doing another one. General consensus seems to be the mic being a bit weak. This continues to plague me for quite some time.

Reviews will resume tomorrow and the DTM-Cast returns this Labor Day Weekend on Monday. I may or may not be able to catch the AEW show this weekend, but I should be able to watch WWE’s Castle show, so there’s going to be something. Believe it or not, I’m actually looking forward to that show.

Not much else to say. Like I said, lightweight update. Hopefully, I’ll have more for the next one.

Later.

AEW Dynamite (Aug. 31st, 2022) – How To Care About A Challenger Who Got Demolished By Mox

So last week, Jon Moxley destroyed CM Punk to become the undisputed AEW World Champion. And when I say destroy, I mean brutalize the motherfucker in less than three minutes. Showing no mercy. All indications would suggest that a rematch would be in the cards, but the question remains; how do you get an audience to care about a rematch when the challenger had already been beaten quite decisively to boot?

Well, the answer is to have Jon Moxley leave out an open contract for a World title shot at All Out in Chicago that would be signed by the former champ Punk, who contemplated failure until his spirits were lifted by his best friend and coach, Ace Steel, which prompts Punk to rally the Chicago crowd behind him. Well, Chicago seems to want this match, but will anyone else?
It’s a bit of an interesting problem with this World title picture. On the one hand, it’s All Out, it’s Chicago, and all indications point to Punk winning the title back and resuming the run that would cut off by a foot injury. On the other hand, though, you have this absolute madman in Jon Moxley who had been on a tear through the summer that it could’ve been called the Summer of Mox and nobody would’ve complained about it. And honestly, given how strongly he’s been booked, I don’t think Moxley should lose that World title anytime soon; doing so would be a disservice to the hard work that the man has put in.
Like I said, it’s an interesting problem. And perhaps the least perplexing one to have at the moment.
Danielson defeated Hager in a hell of a match while the Elite overcome the Will Ospreay empire to advance to the finals. Hangman Adam Page decides to fill in for whoever Dark Order member got injured this week and it’s not hard to imagine what the finals of this Trios title tourney is going to look like. THe Elite winning is the obvious choice, but there is something to be said about throwing the Dark Order a bone for once. There was also a fun women’s match between SHIDA and Toni Storm going over Dr. Britt and Jamie Hater while FTR and Wardlow killed a bunch of jobbers.
All in all, a perfectly entertaining edition of Dynamite. Not sure if I’m going to be catching the PPV this weekend, but if not, there’s other stuff to look forward to, I suppose. There’s a WWE PPV that actually looks good (for once) and even the big Worlds Collide end of NXT UK Saturday afternoon. Stuff to consider.
P.S. Apparently Bobby Fish’s contract has expired and AEW is not re-signing him. So much for that Elite vs. ReDragon trios feud, bay bay.

NXT In Your House (June 2022)

You assholes thought that I was going to skip this one, did ya? You didn’t think that I wouldn’t follow through on keeping up with these NXT In Your Houses despite this not being the same NXT as the previous two?
Yeah, well, I’m probably stopping after this one.
For those needing further context, I have not seen a single episode of NXT 2.0 – the retooled version that went from being HHH’s attempt to be the King Of The Indies to a true developmental brand featuring a bunch of random athletic rookies with dumb names and gimmicks. The most I would consume is the occasional clip here and there, which is the most I could take before emptying my bowels. I’ve heard nothing but negative things about this show and my brief samplings of the show have not painted a pretty picture… which is appropriate considering “pretty picture” is the furthest thing from my mind when it comes to the overall visual presentation of this NXT 2.0 program.
Regardless, I’m willing to give this a fair shake. More often than not, the NXT specials formerly known as Takeovers are usually highly regarded fare and at the very least, I’ll expect more in-ring action than insipid skits. Despite this, I’ve got my hard liquor on standby in the event that I may need it.

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Reviews Resuming This Friday

For anyone wondering, I’ve been out of action recently and this is the first time that I actually got to sit on my proper PC where I usually do all this stuff. If all goes well, reviews should resume this coming Friday and follow a Monday-Wednesday-Friday upload cycle until the end of the year at least, with one or two weeks dedicated to “special five-day” deals.
Also, yes, this exact post was posted last week, but everything was pushed back a week due to some stuff. Sorry.
The reviews in question:
#897 – Metagal (Switch) – Sept. 2nd
#898 – Classic NES Series: Metroid (GBA) – Sept. 5th
#899 – Metroid: Other M (Wii) – Sept. 7th
#900 – Metroid Dread (Switch) – Sept. 9th
I might post up a special “House Show” deal sometime prior to make up for lost time.
Gotta run. Later.

AEW Dynamite (Aug. 24th, 2022): That’s Why…

Last week, I expressed my befuddlement (or something to that extent) in regards to the Punk/Mox unification match being booked on a Dynamite rather than at the PPV that’s about to take place in two weeks. Well, turns out that Jon Moxley beat CM Punk to officially become a two-time AEW World Champion and in just under three minutes. Holy shit! AEW can actually do short matches where one guy dominates the other guy and kicks his ass quickly…

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WWE Summerslam 2022

I had a somewhat cute little intro about Summerslam in July, but honestly, I wasn’t feeling it.
I missed the show when it aired lived; had a nice road trip that day with the family and when I got back, I really wasn’t feeling in the mood to do anything but sleep, so I held off until a week or so later. Of course, the musings for this show are only happening now because I wanted to get the last two Summerslams out of the way first.
So it’s live from Nashville and it’s a stadium show, surprisingly enough. So it looks different from the usual homogenized sets they usually use.

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