Three Things We Hate and Three Things We Loved

Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Inc. retro reviews. Here we film notable wrestling shows from the past and apply universally famous, beloved/hated formats! Things were a bit old around these parts after covering three consecutive (although obviously relevant) WWE shows from the late 2000s with John Cena’s victory. However, this time I will break the sticker with something that has been accessible since the beginning of this year, but I haven’t used it yet. This is HBOMax’s AEW streaming library.

Yes, it’s finally time to review the old AEW shows. Double or Nothing 2025 will be appearing this weekend. First AEW PPV: Double Orthing 2019, what do you review more than exactly six years ago? Looking back, it’s a fascinating show. The Dark Order debuted as a legally majestic presence (or at least that’s the idea), with the young Bucks wrestling with two current WWE stars in the Championship that WWE currently owns, and Alex Malves explains all of that. More famously, Cody Rhodes engaged in a five-star bloody drama with his brother Dustin, Kenny Omega’s main event and fellow Winnipegger Chris Jericho before AEW won the world title, with current AEW world champion John Moxley making his first appearance in AEW. I’m going to talk about all of this in this column. So you won’t get to many other things, but if you’ve never seen this show or after a while it’s definitely worth watching as a snapshot of all elite wrestling. very The beginning.

With that in mind, there are three things we hated and three things we loved about AEW Double or Nothing 2019!

During the opening match of Scu and Stronghearts, I found someone in the crowd and thought, “Yes, they didn’t participate in AEW until a few months later.” Someone was nothing but Tony Ciaborne, the voice of many people’s childhood. This called some of the biggest moments in modern wrestling history, but for some reason he seemed a little angry. I don’t know what it looked like on this particular night, but he seemed to be staring at someone right by the camera. He looks at the commentary desk and thinks, “Are you slaughtering this commentary?”

Mr Schiavone, you’ll be half right. The three booths, Jim Ross, Excalibur and Alex Malbes, didn’t work for me, despite two of the three being very good at what they’re doing. If you can’t guess who these two are, try not to get in the way. I think he’s a lovely guy, but Alex Malbes has raised the booth so badly. The show ended with John Moxley making his debut, shocking the world. And Malbes is all “wooooaaaaahhhhh” and when one of my friends crosses the line and jokes, I say it.

Bland As Hell didn’t even know what he was doing about half the time, so he got the wrong date when all the out tickets were on sale and Ross looked like he had gotten Jerry Roller back. Speaking of Ross, he made a shift. Especially in the big matches that he still specializes in today’s day. He hadn’t reached his gross “bloody hell is happening here” stage at all, so he sounded really excited to be there for the most part. He only seemed to fall asleep when the camera was on him, and no one knew what to say, so he was literally trying to direct the show from the booth. Professional professional.

Then there’s Excalibur. Not his best night, and honestly, it was partly in the fact that he was still in PWG mode for this show, and Ross said, “What?” But he brought in real energy that the other two couldn’t, but the energy of someone who actually didn’t know when to settle down. I’ve been ranting enough about half awful/half messy commentary for now, so I’ll leave my favourite night call: jr calling Jack Evans “angried” [pause for what seemed like an eternity] Wasp. ”

Written by Sam Palmer

You will join in a rough night when you make your debut when the crowd chants “Who are you?”.

So a show like this requires a bit of context. Super Smash Bros has been a fan favorite for its independent scene for years. Players UNO and Stubefied were one of the most beloved duos in places like PWG, but they felt the need for change when brought to AEW. Evil Uno and Stu Grayson have been doing those names for a while, when they joined AEW, where the dark order was officially born.

After a very good tag team match between Hybrid 2 and Best Friends, the lights went out and when they came back, UNO, Grayson and all of their unknown, faceless followers flocked to four men who had a very good match at a reception that could only be described as “awful.” Uno and Grayson tried to make a really big move and get the heat back, but it didn’t help as there was high hopes for what was obvious and they were so disappointed. Disappointing fans were not due to UNO or Grayson, but rather to the right audience as the 2019 AEW crowd was the perfect group to debut old PWG favourites with new gimmicks, but over time in dark order they didn’t reach their final form after months.

It’s definitely the ultimate “Tooth-causing Problem” show when you watch this show. The ultimate “growth pain” show. There are technical difficulties, failed counts and camera cuts that make Kevin Dunn sometimes get excited, but the biggest pain, the biggest problem of the show was his dark order debut. The problem was that no one knew them, and the pain was trying to sit through them and gain fever. But within a year, if they know what is ready for them.

Written by Sam Palmer

This is the first time I’ve seen anything in full since AEW’s 2019. A few years ago I received AEW news and saw all the cool highlights mostly on Twitter, so I watched them in a video that was under two minutes. To this day, I have never seen Cody Rhodes vs Dustin Rhodes in full. The video package aired before the match didn’t provide much information about the comprehensive feud between the pair, but I really like Cody’s line about “natural vs. nightmare” being “marketability” and I say that Dustin is not a new career arch for him, he has spent 30 years in business and his legacy remains intact.

I was familiar with the opening that scatters the throne of this match (how do wrestling fans not on Twitter?), but I have to actually see it and say it wasn’t my favorite thing about this match I really loved, but it wasn’t taken away from anything by the end. Cody’s outfit here looked like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, or I’m glad that if George Washington wrestled more than an American nightmare, he’s off for years to come.

I never saw him work for a while, as Dustin wrestled mainly with “climbs” rather than “dynamite”, but when the bell rang, I was shocked at how well he could go with the younger Cody. The commentary also explained that Dustin was not for nearly a year, which was surprising. The pair had a good front and back match, before Dustin opened up in a central turnbuckle with an infamous crack exposed. Whenever Dustin hears the term move forward, he starts thinking about this match. It may sound gross, but blood helped out pretty incredible (still cruel) images during the match. Before Cody was completely covered in the blood of his brother, there was a handmade medicine on his “dream” tattoo on his chest, which looked kind of symbolic. There was also a shot of Dustin lying on the mat, and the camera literally poured out his blood from his head.

Young Rhodes walks away in victory, in a match where he had a bit of everything from his throne to his naked ass, to Crossroads’ impressive deal on the hellishly bloody ring canvas. I just went back and started watching the beginning of AEW, which seems to be a critical moment in history despite Cody’s move to WWE. It was a great match between the two brothers and the feelings between them made it even more special.

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It probably won’t happen again any time soon, but the long-standing series between the Lucha brothers and the young Bucks should stand the test of time that AEW can play some very good tag team wrestling when they want. Part of the story that cannot be manufactured between the two teams is the fact that they were undoubtedly the two best brother duo in the world, especially at the point where there was no double or nothing. They had previously faced with PWG and AAA, but the latter resulted in the Bucks winning the AAA tag title from the Lucha brothers.

However, this was the first time they’ve updated acquaintances in AEW, and it was the first of four just counting traditional tag matches, setting a benchmark for how Tag Team Wrestling will be presented in the future. It certainly has lost its way, but it became clear that these two would become the team that will move things forward at the time and for the next few years. For a while they were.

Lucha Brothers and Young Bucks drive a trilogy that continues to offer something different with each installment, with the second being a ladder match, inside a steel cage two years later. But the original holds what others aren’t, the moment the lightning bolt is out of the bottle, the moment the rematch never went to the top. It’s great to see modern products find some of this magic for Tag Team Division.

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The main event of the first AEW event was undoubtedly between their two biggest stars, Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho, and had the opportunity to become the first world champion. Now, I wasn’t doing the enviable job of presenting exactly what Aew was trying to do, so running a rematch to a seemingly impossible match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 was probably the right decision. Furthermore, the subsequent program to get out of this match certainly played a great moment with the final debut of Jon Moxley and Jericho’s Innog titles. But we cannot help with the benefits of hindsight to reflect on whether Omega should be a victory.

Simply put, without Omega, there is a strong possibility that AEWs do not exist. He became the biggest name wrestling outside of WWE, and was built in 2018 by his popularity and elite as a leader of the Bullet Club to make it possible for everyone. It really feels like it was the right decision to embrace that further and make the company’s face “cleaner” in the future. Certainly, it is worth noting that Jericho had a rather pleasant reign. In particular, the title is fresh at that point and has a large name value. But the moment Jericho crossed the “Hangman” page with Omega to reach the title that same year, it just felt like the original elite sentiment had died. Omega vs Jericho feels like a microcosm of AEW’s booking strategy, giving the opportunity to establish a truly different veteran novel acquisition. Six years later, it may be fair to say that Omega was the former victim of the Jericho Vortex.

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In addition to this first pay-per-view, the first AEW World Champion crowned and subsequent explosive debut.

At the AEW Double or Nothing Main event, Chris Jericho beat Kenny Omega and became the company’s first world champion. However, his cor crown was derailed by the shocking arrival of John Moxley, formerly known in WWE as Dean Ambrose. A month before PPV, Moxley left WWE after feeling frustrated with his creative direction and was managed by Vince McMahon at the time. Moxley’s WWE contract officially expired on April 30, 2019. The next day, the former WWE champion teased the return of John Moxley’s name through the film’s vignette, although his next destination was unknown. Thanks to the selected few lips, Moxley later left the Las Vegas crowd and made his destination very clear when he laid out Jericho and the judge in the Paradigm Shift (FKA Dirty Deeds). Moxley then began to brawl in the crowd with Omega, eventually heading towards the entrance ramp, the former crashing the latter on stage.

Today, all sorts of returns and surprises are often spoiled, and there are reports that they are spreading across the internet like wildfires. But in this case, the arrival of Moxley’s AEW is a genuine shock, something rarely experienced in modern times. Additionally, it sparked an exciting first feud with Kenny Omega and his ultimate AEW World Championship victory over Jericho in the AEW Revolution. Moxley’s debut served as an opportunity for him to play his music in his own way, if nothing else, which brought him back to happiness. And honestly, do I, or any of us, hate it?

Written by Ella Jay