Project Lucha Underground Season One, Episode 7 (plus a Double or Nothing recap)

 

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Good Morning!

Welcome back to Project Lucha Underground Season 1. Before we dive into Lucha Underground, and the promotion’s first-ever ladder match, I wanted to talk a little bit about AEW -- specifically, Double or Nothing. We watched it with my buddy who we watch every AEW PPV with, but added another couple. They’re not wrestling fans per se, but he’s been to the last couple AEW shows with us and had a good time, and he wanted a little context going into Fyter Fest next Wednesday. 

I loved everything on Double or Nothing on the night, but in rewatching it yesterday while getting some work done I realized the pacing and order of the matches was perfect too, because I zoned in on my work for every other match on the card. That means FTR vs Garcia and Nigel, Hurt Syndicate vs Sons of Texas, Storm vs Shirakawa, and the Callis Family vs Paragon got the short end of the stick as far as my attention went, but it also shows a good sense of scheduling on AEW’s part. Those matches were fine, good even, but the importance of giving your audience some time to recover between five-star matches shouldn’t be overlooked. After all, the best moments of wrestling almost always include a raucous crowd behind the action. 

My buddy and his partner enjoyed a lot of the show, but high points for them as newcomers were Anarchy in the Arena, “Speedball” Mike Bailey (my friend’s new favorite) versus Kazuchika Okada, and Ricochet versus Mark Briscoe. I think Willow Nightingale revealing her “BIG BLACK AND JACKED” shirt alongside Powerhouse Hobbs got the pop of the night from all five of us, although the surprised gasp when Hangman Page got the pinfall victory to end the show was a close second. It’s always fun to try to explain lore to a newcomer, but I can also see how the main event might not grab a new viewer as easily as a big plunder match or a guy who’s just gushing blood for ten minutes. The important thing is we all had a blast, and my friend’s got some context for next week’s show!

As for results, while I was thinking Ospreay was going to win, I enjoyed the uncertainty of the main event going in. The rest of the card, while good, did feel mostly predictable,  although I admit that I bit on a number of near-falls in the Okada/Speedball match. And I’m not mad about Hangman winning at all -- Dynamite showed we’ve got a good story to build going into Y’all In, and with seven weeks of shows before that, I think an all-timer of a card can be put together. 

I did want to write a preview for Double or Nothing -- as I’ve said before, previews and predictions are probably my favorite part about writing about wrestling -- but between finishing Mission: Mission: Impossible and some work stuff happening around here, it just didn’t work out. I’ve been trying to put together a list of things I need to take care of, and as a homeowner it’s easy to just keep finding projects that need doing. However, I think I feel a lot better after sitting down and writing in the office, whether it’s paid work or just a wrestling blog. So a better schedule would be nice, but I’m also kind of at the mercy of my wife’s schedule, which is fine but does make for some timing issues. 

But I digress! You’re not here to read about my home life! You’re here for episode seven of Lucha Underground, and I’m here to watch it for/with you! So, in the words of a wise man…let’s watch some wrestling!

Last Week On Lucha Underground

“The Key” gave us a lot in its 45-ish minutes of runtime. We got the introduction of Pimpinela Escarlata, exótoco and pal to Mascarita Sagrada, as he won in a match against frequent wrong-side-of-history-chooser Son of Havoc. We watched a Mil Muertes squash, a solid second bout between Drago and King Cuerno, and a main event that featured the team of Sexy Star and Fenix overcoming Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Pentagon, Jr. This week, we were promised a ladder match between Big Ryck, Johnny Mundo, and Prince Puma, with Dario Cueto’s briefcase full of cash suspended above the ring. 

We know at least one match on the card, but we don’t know what else awaits us in the Temple of Boyle Heights. So let’s get back underground!

All images El Rey Network

Lucha Underground: Season 1, Episode 7: “Top of the Ladder”

I really noticed the diversity in the opening shots for this episode. As a one-weekend-while-sick visitor to Los Angeles, I don’t know a ton about the city, but I do know that it’s sprawling and huge, and covers a lot of different kinds of land. The usual city flyover we opened with in past episodes had shots of the inner city and open land as well. Nice to see the other parts of this legendary city highlighted. 

We were welcomed by Vampiro, Matt Stryker, and a shot of Danny Trejo in the crowd as Vampiro put over how busy Twitter was with talk about the upcoming ladder match. That’s likely the main event, but we did get a cool overhead camera angle of the ring that looked past the suspended briefcase onto our ring announcer, Melissa Santos. 

Opening Match

King Cuerno versus Super Fly

This was Super Fly’s first match in Lucha Underground, and King Cuerno didn’t give him much time to acclimate himself in the ring before unloading a series of kicks and throws on the guy. Matt Stryker informed us that Fly was part of a four-man group in Mexico, but didn’t elaborate any further as he was distracted by Drago observing the match like a gargoyle (Stryker’s words but I like ‘em) from the perch above Dario Cueto’s office. 

Super Fly did get some offense in, but Cuerno dominated this match, posing to the crowd between knockdowns and generally looking like a badass. Cuerno did eventually spot Drago, and looked in his direction as he got Super Fly up for his finisher and the 1-2-3. Nothing terribly great or bad, so we’ll go 4/10 lucha libre masks for this bout. After the pinfall, both Drago and Cuerno called each other out via hand motions.

Skimming through Super Fly’s Cagematch career page shows a AAA wrestler that has taken a couple trips to Japan, booked the occasional match outside of his main promotion, and continues to wrestle occasionally today. The highest rated matches in his career are in multi-person affairs, but so is the lowest. Honestly, combing through the data and watching this match showed me a guy who’s good enough to stay employed without standing out. That’s not to say that he’s not impressive -- I mean, I’m not out there performing handspring dives over the ropes -- but he’s the kind of masked wrestler you remember more for his mask than his moves, if you remember him at all.

With AAA’s recent sale to WWE, I wonder how many of these performers who have made a career out of being enhancement talent/jobbers will still have work with the company, but I guess only time will tell. 

A video package about Pentagon, Jr. followed the opener, showing his ascension in Mexico and realization that he’d have to travel to Japan to become a more complete fighter. Samurai were referenced as we got traditional Japanese artwork interspersed with scenes of Penta taking down several guys in gis (gi-guys?) in a dojo. The segment ended with the narrator saying “He is Pentagon Jr. and he has Zero Fear” as our guy took down one last gi-guy and broke his arm. Good stuff, introducing the character’s history and establishing him as a badass.

 Match 2

Pentagon, Jr. (with Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) versus Fénix (with Sexy Star)

One of our main Lucha Underground stories continued with this match, with Vampiro telling us that Penta basically only joined forces with Chavo because he needed a rub from the Guerrero family member to help build his own name. We mixed up the competitors this time, but they each brought their tag team partners from last week’s main event, implying that we’re building to a big match between all four of these wrestlers. 

It just occurred to me that Lucha Underground never got into the pay-per-view model, instead just ending its seasons with a big Wrestlemania-style finale over multiple episodes. I know that’s practically blasphemy from both a business and historical standpoint, but I guess once we’re a few seasons in we’ll have a better understanding of what worked and what didn’t for this company. Until then, I guess I’ll be looking for mid-season events -- think, for example, AEW’s TV model, where every few weeks we get a big show like a Fyter Fest or Fight for the Fallen. I guess a big, pre-announced main event match like a No DQ or ladder match would count, making this week’s episode and episode five’s Boyle Heights Street Fight stand out.

Anyways, I’m getting sidetracked. Chavo’s a dick, Sexy Star stood up to him when he attacked Blue Demon, Jr., and that’s how we got into this rivalry. The crowd was split down the middle for this one, and the in-ring action reflected that with both guys getting a solid amount of offense and some near-falls to start. Chavo had a really impressive reversal of a Fénix meteora that he rolled into a single-leg crab, and Vampiro really leaned into the heel announcer role during that segment, begging Chavo to punish the less experienced Fénix for posing. Chavo worked Fénix’s legs and locked in several submissions to slow the high-flyer down, but Fénix would not be stopped. Unfortunately, Penta knocked Fénix off the turnbuckle, giving Chavo the opportunity to hit a Frog Splash and pick up the victory. A decent match with good storytelling will always cover up an interference victory for me, so I’ll call this 6/10. Cagematch went 5.95.

After the match, Sexy Star grabbed a microphone and let Chavo know that “he” was coming back, and coming back for YOU. 

Before we got to our main event, Stryker threw us to a video package introducing Cage to the audience. Cage narrated his own mini-movie, which showed him working out and wrestling in an industrial warehouse-looking area. He told us that he’s no superhero, and he doesn’t have warrior ancestors. He just wants to win more than anyone else. He’s not a man, he’s a machine. A machine with cool sideburns.

I poke fun, but you know Bryan Cage, right? He’s currently a part of the Don Callis family on AEW, but dude has worked practically everywhere, and he’s been basically the same guy wherever he goes. He’s gigantic, he likes Wolverine, he’s shockingly agile, and he seems like a good dude. His Cagematch page is insane -- in 2017 he worked 123 matches among 48 different promotions! At 41, he’s slowing down a bit, but even so, he’s always been a good worker that never quite broke past the upper midcard area. I genuinely don’t remember much about his run in Lucha Underground, and it’ll be interesting to see if he’s booked any differently than he has been elsewhere.

Main Event

Johnny Mundo versus Prince Puma versus Big Ryck in a Ladder Match

Big Ryck entered the arena first, and he came in through the alternate entrance -- there’s a hallway leading to the ring that is sometimes used instead of the stairs. Johnny Mundo also used the hallway, mostly because that’s where his leaf blower is stationed for his dramatic entrance. Prince Puma used the stairs and was accompanied by Konnan, and he was clearly the crowd favorite as the match got started. The little guys both went after Ryck as Matt Stryker gave a brief and welcome history of the ladder match, and Ryck took a quick powder, leading Mundo and Puma went after each other. I do love that the announcers keep calling Danny Trejo “Machete” when he’s on camera -- it’s a fun shout out to both his most popular character, and to their boss, director and Lucha Underground executive producer Robert Rodriguez. Stryker also took a shot at the Fed in the early going of this match, telling us that the briefcase doesn’t need to be airbrushed for us to all understand its significance. 

Puma and Mundo were the first to set up and climb a ladder, only for Ryck to give them the first ladder push off of it, before whacking both of his opponents with the ladder to send them out of the ring. As expected, Ryck then called in his buddies to climb the ladder on his behalf, but the good guys recovered in time to toss them off said ladder. Mundo ran up a ladder set against the ropes to flip onto the three baddies, and then set up a pair of tables near a corner of the ring. Mundo continued to assault Prince Puma while setting up a ladder near those tables, and dumped Mr. Cisco on those tables before heading up that double-high ladder. Puma intercepted Mundo by just standing on the ropes and punching Johnny in the head before diving at Johnny…who ducked and pulled down the top rope, sending Puma flying through the ladder and into Big Ryck! 

The baddies took control and slowed things down after Ryck recovered, getting chants of culero from the crowd as Big Ryck, Mr. Cisco, and Cortez Castro overwhelmed Mundo and Puma. Mundo and Ryck had a great standoff spot where they faced off with ladders before Mundo yeeted his at Ryck, pinching his fingers and using that opening to dropkick the big guy. Prince Puma then re-entered the ring and locked up with Castro, leading to Castro going through a table before Mundo took Puma down and … honestly, I cannot keep up with this move for move and I’ve watched it twice. Let’s skip ahead to the finish!

Big Ryck more than pulled his weight in this one

Johnny Mundo had Ryck and Puma down, and was climbing the ladder to grab the case, when it appeared that Pentagon, Jr. ran into the ring and knocked him down. He removed his mask and the announcers said that we’ve seen this dude hanging around the arena, so while it clearly wasn’t Penta, I have no idea who he was. He did check in with Ryck before getting pulled from the ring by Mundo, but by then Ryck was blocking Mundo’s re-entry while Cisco and Cortez began very slowly climbing one of two set ladders towards the case. Mundo knocked Ryck out of the ring, and saved some time by hopping to the top rope and springing from there to the top of a ladder, kicking the other occupied ladder over. That bought Johnny Mundo enough time to undo the little carabiner and grab the $100,000 briefcase.

Seriously, this is 1A in my favorite Lucha Underground matches to this point. And El Rey put the whole match on YouTube, so you have no excuse not to check it out!

I think this earned 9/10, with enough interference, plunder, cool spots, and brutality to make it great. Cagematch rated this one 7.89, and this is the first Lucha Underground match to feature a Wrestling Observer Newsletter rating as well -- Dave Meltzer gave it 4 ¼ stars! For the uninitiated, Dave is probably the best known wrestling journalist in the business, and has been doing it longer than anyone else. He’s generally well-respected, and his star reviews are the industry’s standard. If Dave gives you over four stars, you’ve put on a match worth watching.

After the match, Dario Cueto appeared and congratulated Johnny Mundo on his victory. He hoped that the two could resume a professional business relationship, on the condition that Mundo returned the “insurance policy” that Mundo took from Cueto -- the key. Johnny joked that it was the key to his little diary, and Cueto really sold that he was worried Mundo wouldn’t return it, and the key’s importance. After an interminable amount of time, Johnny just chose to knock Dario out instead -- although he did leave the key on Cueto’s unconscious body afterward, so I guess all’s well that ends well?

Closing Thoughts

What a show! We only got three matches, but the main event was an all-timer and the obvious “match of the show.” The video packages for Pentagon, Jr. and Cage were well produced and stood out for how different they were from each other, with Penta’s focusing on his Japanese influences and Cage’s showing his strength and work ethic. A lot of promotions use match footage for these little vignettes, and while that works, I think it’s cool to introduce a character with something more cinematic. We’ll see them in the ring once they debut, and unless they have a specific big moment that you can somehow score the rights to, it seems wise to save the big moves of your performers for their debuts. 

The Cuerno/Super Fly match was one of those extended squashes that served to further a storyline, in this case his rivalry with Drago, but it served that purpose well and still entertained. Chavo/Fénix ended in a DQ but it was good while it lasted, and that story must continue. Overall, this was a good episode of Lucha Underground with a tremendous main event!

So Long For Now

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Project Lucha Underground: Season One, Episode Four "Thrill of the Hunt"

Good Morning!

Howdy! Welcome back to Project Lucha Underground Season 1. I really need to decide on a day to watch LU and have a more regular schedule, or we’re gonna be watching this show long past the debut of AAA guys in WWE. Not that there’s a hard deadline or anything, I just think we’d all benefit from consistency on my part, you know? That being said, I think the next several weeks are pretty calm here in the Let’s Watch Some Wrestling studios…the next big stuff isn’t until June, when we’ve got AEW tickets, a wedding, and my wife heading to Europe. But that’s a ways off, so this is the time to really get into a rhythm, right? 

Last Week On Lucha Underground

Episode Three was an odd one, but by no means a bad one -- the main event was literally the best match in The Temple up to this point. “Cross The Border” spent a lot of time setting up Chavo Guerrero, Jr. as a villain after his double-cross of Blue Demon, Jr. I liked a lot of how they did this, though, especially since they let Chavo show a little vulnerability, like he’s maybe being manipulated. I could be reading too much into it, though, we’ll see. 

Match-wise, we had a mini-estrella pick up a surprise victory before getting beat up by Chavo, and a vanilla jobber get beat up by Mil Muertes. That main, though…Drago versus Fenix versus Pentagon, Jr. in a triple threat match? Yes, please. More of that!

We know from Johnny Mundo’s meeting with Dario Cueto that Mundo will face Big Ryck in the main event of this show, marking Ryck’s in-ring debut with the company. Big Ryck was known as Ezekiel Jackson in WWECW, the half-assed revival of the beloved Philly brand, and in fact was the last official champion of that brand before it was shuttered. He’s an odd duck: big but not huge, strong but not “holy shit” powerful, not terribly charismatic, not great in the ring or on the mic. I’d hesitate to even say he was serviceable, but he did have a presence. However, that’s all based on his Fed time; we’ll have to see how he looks in the Temple.

Anyways, let's go underground!

Lucha Underground: Season 1, Episode 4: “Thrill of the Hunt”

After our usual L.A. flyovers and some sweet mariachi music from the Lucha Underground temple, we were welcomed into the show by our announce team. They discussed Chavo’s heel turn a bit, and then Sexy Star was introduced, oddly, after she’d already gotten into the ring. She cut a short promo where she called out Chavo Guerrero Jr. for being a coward, for attacking beloved mini Mascarita Sagrada, for attacking her, and generally for being a turd. She then said she’d end the Guerrero dynasty, and Ivelisse was introduced as her opponent. Ivelisse had a mic on the stairs, and said Star wasn’t a badass and didn’t belong with the boys. 

All images credited to El Rey Network

Match 1

Ivelisse versus Sexy Star

“We’re not gonna be calling a lot of wrestling stuff here, we’re gonna see a lot of hair-pulling, punching, and kicking.” Are we? Are we gonna make dumb noises and squeal, “Cat fight wheeeeee” too, Matt Stryker? Sorry, sorry, I said I wasn’t gonna make a big deal about decade-old misogyny, it’s just annoying when there are capable wrestlers in the ring. And he even acknowledged that they’re both great luchadores early! Also, we learned that Son of Havoc was romantically linked to Ivelisse, after which Vampiro replied “I thought they were brother and sister,” and Striker fired back with, “Whatever floats your boat!” which made me chuckle. 

Ivelisse is good in the ring here, but there are a few times where the editing didn’t cut around spots where she was clearly waiting for a move to come to her. Star had some fun stuff, like a Matrix dodge under a lariat, but overall this was clunky, at best. The announcing got better (if still cringeworthy)  as the match went on, and Vampiro had a good line about how he “did the job” after being married for seven years. Ivelisse locked in a LONG choke spot, followed up by a chop battle ending with Sexy Star hitting a Codebreaker. Star got ⅔ Amigos, but Ivelisse argued with the ref after slamming Star’s face on the mat -- a mistake Star capitalized on with a quick rollup for the win.

Ivelisse looked stunned afterward, but no attacks or anything after the victory. The end sequence was weird, to me, as Ivelisse was arguing with the ref because she slammed her opponent’s head down and…was told she couldn’t do that? Between that and the clunky start, I’ll go 4 lucha masks outta 10 for this one. Cagematch rated it 4.67.

One last note: man, I love the crowd shots in Lucha Underground. The fans seem to be having a blast, and it’s nice to see such a diverse crowd showing up for a lucha show. The majority of fans are Latino, as one might expect, but there’s a bit of everything out there and it just makes me happy. But I digress…

After a break, we headed into the poorly lit locker room where Dario Cueto confronted Drago. Cueto admonished Drago for not winning last week, although he didn’t lose either. So tonight, Drago will be facing King Cuerno.

Pentagon, Jr. was announced in the ring for his match, but we got another intro/promo deal as the fans booed Penta. He complained that fans, bosses, and companies didn’t respect him, but thanked Dario Cueto for his respect. And now he’s gonna kill Fenix.

Match 2

Fenix versus Pentagon, Jr.

I don’t think we’ve been made privy to the fact that these two are brothers, but the chemistry they have from the bell is undeniable. A series of quick reversals and near-falls followed by a pose-off started the match, and then Fenix got some time to shine with a few dives in and out of the ring. After a wrist lock to the top rope, Fenix hit a cool top-to-middle-to-top rope springboard dropkick to the delight of the crowd. Penta got some strikes mixed in, but this was a Fenix showcase with a bunch of those corkscrew dives he became known for over his past couple matches. Penta did hit both a package piledriver and Canadian Destroyer -- finishers on most nights -- but climbing up the turnbuckle to do a throat slash was his undoing. Fenix confidently kipped up, hopped from the second to third rope, and took out Pentagon, Jr. with an Avalanche Spanish Fly for the win!

This match was a blast. I know that those familiar with both of these guys would expect nothing less, but imagine watching this matchup for the first time in 2018 after a steady diet of the Fed, WCW, and little else. Just fluid motion throughout, move after move seamlessly transitioning into one another until that finish. Great stuff, 7/10 lucha masks. Cagematch says 6.75.

After that barn burner, we got a video introducing us to King Cuerno. He justified himself by saying that what we call evil, he calls survival, and if we call him a predator, he calls us prey. He’s got a cool mask, trunks with antlers, a cape, and kind of a druish vibe. Druidic? That’s probably right. Basically he’s a heel, but in the vein of a Killmonger type. A justifiable heel.

Today, fans know King Cuerno as Santos Escobar in the WWE, although he’s more slender and less muscular in the Fed. He joined the Fed in 2020, where he came up through NXT as part of La Liga del Fantasma, but I don’t think he ever wore a mask there. His Cagematch page shows that most of his career was in Mexico, where he wrestled with a bunch of different promotions, including both AAA and CMLL, basically the WCW and WWF of Mexico. 

Match 3

King Cuerno versus Drago

Drago was in the ring as Melissa introduced him, this week in a gold-and-silver getup. While the standard way of thinking is that that’s a bad thing -- we mentioned it in the last show -- I figure it’s a 45 minute show that doesn’t have much in the way of theatrical entrances, why not save time when you can. King Cuerno got the more dramatic entrance, walking into the arena with a full deer head on his head. He’s also pretty jacked -- big for a luchador, maybe bigger than Drago. 

Quick chain wrestling started things off, with Cuerno no-selling several strikes and walking through a hurricanrana afterward. Both wrestlers played into the hunter/prey metaphor, with Cuerno really acting like he was stalking his target. There’s a great spot where Drago ran towards the ropes and Cuerno just threw the ref down, only for Drago to repeat the spot and step off the back of the ref into a head scissors, tossing Cuerno from the ring and `following up with a flip over the top rope. After a step-up enziguri, Cuerno looked to have the match won and rolled Drago back in, but posing allowed Drago to recover. Drago squeezed out of a hold, sprinted to the ropes, and springboarded off the middle rope into a very smooth looking arm drag that he sort of double-rolled through into a pin that pulled Cuerno’s leg over Drago’s shoulder for the pinfall. Good stuff!

This was a really good match with a story told in the luchadores’ movements. Drago was the underdog here and fought like it, taking his shots when he could but moving like he knew he could be caught and taken down at any time. That end spot was fantastic, and Cuerno popped right up and ran after Drago as the winner rolled out of the ring. Cuerno looked strong in his debut, Drago stayed strong with a quick win, everybody went home happy. 6/10 lucha masks for this match. Cagematch didn't rate this one because it went six seconds under the five minute threshold for rated matches.

After the match, we saw Prince Puma working his abs as Konnan joined him in the gym for a chat. Konnan reiterated to Puma that he shouldn’t get involved in the match between Johnny Mundo and Big Ryck, for his own good. Puma doesn’t speak, so he just kinda looked concerned after Konnan left.

Main Event

Johnny Mundo versus Big Ryck

Big Ryck was already in the ring as the main event was announced, with an unlit cigar in his mouth, which feels like a waste.

Johnny was about a head shorter than Ryck, but Mundo started off showing that his quickness was going to keep him competitive in this match. Johnny was in control for the better part of this match, with Ryck occasionally overpowering Mundo until Johnny slipped away. Mundo did hit Moonlight Drive, and Ryck had just about the least convincing kick out I’ve ever seen…not so good, big man.

Ryck had Mundo set up for a choke slam, and Mundo was able to wriggle free and hit a springboard kick that sent us back to the locker room, where Cisco and Cortez (Big Ryck’s associates) beat the hell of Prince Puma, throwing him against the lockers and kicking him while he was down. It was a little weird that commentary dropped out for this part, but it was more of a pre taped cinematic than a live cutaway. 

After that, the pair ran out of the locker room and into the arena, where they attacked Johnny Mundo to force the disqualification. Mundo fought back, but ultimately ate a big lariat from Ryck and got beaten down and put through a table. The baddies stood tall over Mundo’s corpse to end this week’s show.

It was a good enough match before the DQ, so we’ll be generous and give it a 4/10. Cagematch didn't rate this one either, so you're gonna have to trust me.

Closing Thoughts

Not the best episode of Lucha Underground, but a pair of good matches lifted the show. I can see that they’re betting on Sexy Star for the long run, and I’m interested in seeing what other female talent they bring in for future matches -- I legitimately do not remember any other women in LU, save for a late season run by an AEW star to be named later.

It felt like they tried to maximize in-ring action for this episode, with 3 ½ matches padding the wrestling section of our program. Segment-wise, there wasn’t a lot that didn’t immediately get resolved in this episode. Drago got the match he was threatened with, King Cuerno was introduced and debuted, and Konnan’s warning to Prince Puma was heeded, but the good guy still ate shit at the end of the day. 

That also means that, aside from the main event angle, we’re going into the next episode relatively clean. Maybe some new storylines are set to debut, so they wanted to make sure to tie up this first four before moving along. I guess we’ll find out next time.

So Long For Now

Follow me on BlueSky for updates and live watch-along commentary for AEW Dynamite and Collision (occasionally). And, if you’re looking into purchasing anything from a smart fridge to a new drill, check out the tech writing I do over at SlashGear -- my lists are heavily researched, and ranked after thorough aggregation of expert opinions, reviews, and my own experience as a professional auto mechanic, an unprofessional handyman and a somehow even less professional homeowner. 

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