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Fight for the Fallen 2022
Last night was definitely the craziest thunderstorm I can easily recall seeing, goddamn. LOUD NOISES seemingly right above the roof, epilepsy-warning calibre lightning flashes, sheets of rain, and for hours on end. I guess that's what happens when rain comes and it's still north of thirty degrees come evening? The more the clouds started to thin out, the stranger and yellower the light got. The power never went out, though, so I enjoyed myself. Certainly more than the dog did, anyway!
Pointedly not thinking about certain things until I have to (Tuesday).
29. What are you looking forward to?
This was gonna be my big vacation that is coming up very quickly, but I'm also a little nervous about that since it's been so long since I've travelled and I still have so much to do and then I found out about the CIVIC HOLIDAY ON MONDAY??? I didn't even realize until the receptionist came by putting signs up! fREE DAY OFF!!! LFG!!!!!!
Anyway, this is going to be a combination wrestle AND travel post, for Reasons.
2019: Victims of gun violence.
2020: Victims of COVID.
2021: Victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
2022: .........the oceans???
Look, it's a great cause, but making the 'Fallen' in question SEA LIFE this year just feels... weird, given the first few charity causes. Maybe it's just me, idk, saving oceans is also good and important! And I guess it ties into last week's Fyter Fest Shark Week theme?? ANYWAY, WHAT A GOOD SHOW continued dismal treatment of the women's division aside.
Team Taz definitely the stars of the night, I'm so happy the group's dissolution didn't come at the expense of Hookhausen. Two FTW title matches totalling less than three minutes, Ricky somehow still coming out of the loss and betrayal feeling like a white hot star, Taz getting to be on commentary for his son winning the vanity title that dad invented to avenge his boyfriend, just a truly wild and woolly few minutes!
Garcia making Danielson tap out in his big return match ruled so hard, I'm on a big Dani kick right now and that is the kind of upset that is so rare these days, even with the silly bit of Hager interference. More of that, please! Definitely deserved to main event over both world title matches (but the women being buried in their usual cooldown slot remains fucking inexcusable, particularly for such a cool matchup JUSTICE FOR MIYU).
Can't forget the ACTUAL FUCKING HUNGBUCKS CONTENT, after that actual name got dropped at Death Before Dishonor (during the trios title match) and Matt twitter pining for Hangman on his birthday, my crops are flourishing, etc. etc. Combined with the (FINALLY) reveal of the new trios belts and the announcement of Undisputed Elite drama coming up next week as all the boys come back from injury, we've got some MESSY-ASS MELODRAMA coming soon and I could not be happier. ADAM COLE GONNA CHOOSE REDRAGON OVER THE BUCKS, THE BUCKS ARE GONNA FINALLY GO BACK TO HANGMAN, AND THEN KENNY'S GONNA COME BACK AT ALL OUT TO THROW A GRENADE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FINALS, BOOK IT.
(actually I have long believed nobody deserves the inaugural trios titles more than Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, but that's neither here nor there since it'll probably go to HoB)
(during the early pandemic warehouse era, when things were so precarious, the men's division was carried by Kenny, the women's division was carried by Shida, and the tag division was carried by Best Friends; Kenny and Shida both got their flowers for it (Kenny with a generational title run, Shida by getting AEW's longest official title reign to date), BEST FRIENDS NEVER DID unless you count the first five-star match of the pandemic with Santana and Ortiz)
AND THEN THEY FUCKING ANNOUNCED THEIR CANADA DEBUT. IN TORONTO, TEN DAYS AFTER I COME HOME FROM THAT SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. It's too late to completely rearrange my vacation, I've got too much locked in already, but what if I just... went back for a couple days? It'd be on my week off, so at most I'd have to leave work early on Tuesday, so logistically it's fine. But getting aNOTHER WHOLE ASS CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT is... expensive. I can't afford that shit! I make very little money and have a mortgage! But I've also already committed to not caring about what I can actually afford on this trip and just leaning on my significant amounts of available credit for a change, so the question simply becomes 'how ridiculous do I want to be, here, really?' They'll probably come closer to home eventually! But I think the answer might nevertheless be... 'very ridiculous'. Tickets don't actually go on sale for almost a month, so I've got time to mull it over, and they're in a smaller arena so it might sell out quickly enough to take the decision out of my hands, but goddamn. TEN LOUSY DAYS DIFFERENCE. WHY, TK???
Pointedly not thinking about certain things until I have to (Tuesday).
29. What are you looking forward to?
This was gonna be my big vacation that is coming up very quickly, but I'm also a little nervous about that since it's been so long since I've travelled and I still have so much to do and then I found out about the CIVIC HOLIDAY ON MONDAY??? I didn't even realize until the receptionist came by putting signs up! fREE DAY OFF!!! LFG!!!!!!
Anyway, this is going to be a combination wrestle AND travel post, for Reasons.
2019: Victims of gun violence.
2020: Victims of COVID.
2021: Victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
2022: .........the oceans???
Look, it's a great cause, but making the 'Fallen' in question SEA LIFE this year just feels... weird, given the first few charity causes. Maybe it's just me, idk, saving oceans is also good and important! And I guess it ties into last week's Fyter Fest Shark Week theme?? ANYWAY, WHAT A GOOD SHOW continued dismal treatment of the women's division aside.
Team Taz definitely the stars of the night, I'm so happy the group's dissolution didn't come at the expense of Hookhausen. Two FTW title matches totalling less than three minutes, Ricky somehow still coming out of the loss and betrayal feeling like a white hot star, Taz getting to be on commentary for his son winning the vanity title that dad invented to avenge his boyfriend, just a truly wild and woolly few minutes!
Garcia making Danielson tap out in his big return match ruled so hard, I'm on a big Dani kick right now and that is the kind of upset that is so rare these days, even with the silly bit of Hager interference. More of that, please! Definitely deserved to main event over both world title matches (but the women being buried in their usual cooldown slot remains fucking inexcusable, particularly for such a cool matchup JUSTICE FOR MIYU).
Can't forget the ACTUAL FUCKING HUNGBUCKS CONTENT, after that actual name got dropped at Death Before Dishonor (during the trios title match) and Matt twitter pining for Hangman on his birthday, my crops are flourishing, etc. etc. Combined with the (FINALLY) reveal of the new trios belts and the announcement of Undisputed Elite drama coming up next week as all the boys come back from injury, we've got some MESSY-ASS MELODRAMA coming soon and I could not be happier. ADAM COLE GONNA CHOOSE REDRAGON OVER THE BUCKS, THE BUCKS ARE GONNA FINALLY GO BACK TO HANGMAN, AND THEN KENNY'S GONNA COME BACK AT ALL OUT TO THROW A GRENADE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FINALS, BOOK IT.
(actually I have long believed nobody deserves the inaugural trios titles more than Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, but that's neither here nor there since it'll probably go to HoB)
(during the early pandemic warehouse era, when things were so precarious, the men's division was carried by Kenny, the women's division was carried by Shida, and the tag division was carried by Best Friends; Kenny and Shida both got their flowers for it (Kenny with a generational title run, Shida by getting AEW's longest official title reign to date), BEST FRIENDS NEVER DID unless you count the first five-star match of the pandemic with Santana and Ortiz)
AND THEN THEY FUCKING ANNOUNCED THEIR CANADA DEBUT. IN TORONTO, TEN DAYS AFTER I COME HOME FROM THAT SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. It's too late to completely rearrange my vacation, I've got too much locked in already, but what if I just... went back for a couple days? It'd be on my week off, so at most I'd have to leave work early on Tuesday, so logistically it's fine. But getting aNOTHER WHOLE ASS CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT is... expensive. I can't afford that shit! I make very little money and have a mortgage! But I've also already committed to not caring about what I can actually afford on this trip and just leaning on my significant amounts of available credit for a change, so the question simply becomes 'how ridiculous do I want to be, here, really?' They'll probably come closer to home eventually! But I think the answer might nevertheless be... 'very ridiculous'. Tickets don't actually go on sale for almost a month, so I've got time to mull it over, and they're in a smaller arena so it might sell out quickly enough to take the decision out of my hands, but goddamn. TEN LOUSY DAYS DIFFERENCE. WHY, TK???