The people in the arena popped HARD when Wardlow started to turn on MJF before Spears calmed him down, and they were chanting his name again on Rampage. AEW got something with Wardlow, I hope they don't mess things up.
@@PIP-zf9yb yeah man, even though I'm a WWE guy. I like good wrestling, so whenever I see good shit in AEW I'll give it props. Sammy Guevara is also dope!
@@somgandachonco7278 I like both but definitely prefer AEW forsure raw has been bad for like a year now in my opinion but I do DVR and watch it still but getting harder and harder
I noticed someone on social media do a side by side comparison of this match and Bret Hart vs Diesel to show the same concept of Diesel dominating the match and Bret gets a surprise roll up and 1-2-3. I loved the paid homage to old school wrestling.
@@Maxx_d13 What's old becomes new again. No idea's truly original and given how far from grace pro wrestling has gone, I'll encourage plagiarizing the greats if done well.
Punk took 8 powerbombs and won?! Between Punk, Jungle Boy, and Sammy Guevara I’m surprised that Nick Fury hasn’t shown up to recruit them to be the new Avengers, because they’re clearly superhuman. They sell as much as a closed K-Mart.
I'd agree with you but the way they had Punk beat him wasn't crazy unrealistic - First of all, they showed Wardlow had Punk beat and was about to get the 3 count until MJF told him to stop the pin at 2 and keep powerbombing Punk - and it's not like Punk kipped up and hit him with a GTS for the win, he got a lucky roll up while Wardlow was being distracted by MJF again. It actually made sense and did what it needed to for Wardlow - dominating Punk all match did more for him than all the weeks of beating local jobber talent combined. When he turns on MJF he has potential to be a star or at least propel himself to the ME scene.
@@JakeK3339 Bro as of right now Wardlow is a mid card guy I agree he has ME potential but Punk is one of your top stars and he just got dominated by a mid card guy it makes Punk look weak and Wardlow look stupid for not getting the biggest win of his career because that’s the biggest match of his career and he got beat by roll up this match should of been 60% Wardlow and 40% Punk that way Punk don’t look weak and you keep Wardlow strong and get the point across
There were TWO options they could've went with that would've been better. 1. MJF is pissed that Punk looks like he's going to beat the count, so he grabs a steel chair and hits Punk with it a few times. 2. After the table spot, MJF yells at Wardlow to Powerbomb him again, but on the concrete. Wardlow throws Punk into the ring instead (the count is already at 8), but MJF gets in Wardlows face and yells at him, causing Wardlow to get counted out.
It should have been a DQ when Punk went thru the table. Thats actually what I was expecting because Wardlow refused to do it the first time. Since when was it not a DQ to use furniture? I know in title matches in WWE JR would say stuff like "The ref is giving some leeway because this is a title match" but in a normal TV match, it should always be a DQ, unless the ref doesnt see it.
@@bipolarminddroppings Thank you! I wanted the same finish. You could have accomplished all the same tension between Wardlow and MJF with a MJF caused DQ instead of a garbage roll-up.
To add to that, if they cared about the rules they could frame this is such a way that it would make perfect sense for all involved: -MJF tells Wardlow to powerbomb him on the concrete/through a table, whatever. The ref warns Wardlow he'll be disqualified if he does that. Wardlow decides--reasonably, since he's clearly winning the match--to throw him in the ring and pin him first. CM Punk turns the tables and wins. MJF blows a gasket at Wardlow for disobeying him (and losing, too!). Rules make this kind of thing possible, but for whatever reason, AEW (and most modern wresting, let's be honest) don't seem to understand their value at all...
When Jim brought up the DiBiase piledrivers controversy I remember when Matt Jackson took a Canadian destroyer of a ladder through a table and 30 seconds later he was on his feet, And they could've cited that as the reason why the Bucks lost the ladder match because then it left Nick Jackson in a handicap situation also with an ambulance taking Matt to the hospital, but unfortunately it was a transitional spot...
Over the last few weeks in Wardlow matches he’s been doing multiple powerbombs but Spears has been telling him to stop showing off and pin the guy. Well during this match he was gonna do that but MJF kept telling him to keep doing it which allowed Punk to capitalize while Wardlow and MJF were disagreeing.
8 powerbombs was about 4 too many, even if Punk hadn't of gotten the small package. Otherwise it protected both guys and Wardlow got a huge pop when he grabbed MJF's hand.
8 powerbombs from Wardlow should definitely be a stretcher job. but in Punk's defense. he sees the shit the friends of the Bucks no sell. he doesn't want to make himself look bad because they pop up from worse stuff.
4 is the same that he do in every match, so the point here was that mjf want him to do more than usual, so yes it was too much but that was the story they wanted just don't do the one on the table and for me was perfect
@Andrea Rebek so the story sovfar is cm punk struggles with job guys. Takes 8 finishers and 1 of them through a table and he is still able to roll up wardlow? Thats bad execution. It made cm punk into super cena.
I love Wardlow and I think he is going to be a future star, but that ending was garbage. Wardlow should have been DQ’d after the table spot. This would have given Punk the win without Wardlow losing any kind of credibility. If anything, it would make him a bigger monster. Nope. Roll up. 123. I think Macaulay Culkin would have booked a better ending.
I thought for sure they would go with the much more obvious booking: MJF has Spear interfere via hitting Wardlow with a chair. This gets Punk disqualified, making him lose his match the same way that Punk had done to MJF. Warlow still gets just as pissed off.
If Wardlow had done a couple of powerbombs, after beating the everliving shit out of Punk and then when going for a third, final, decisive powerbomb Punk somehow pins him. I could live with that, you haven't devalued Wardlow's finisher but this went too far. I really like Wardlow, he's a definite star in the making. Shawn Spears though, oh my god that man needs to absolutely f**k off ASAP.
I agree with Corny on the eight frickin' powerbombs. Can we even call them finishing moves if they don't actually FINISH anybody? What drama can you build in a match if there's no chance of it being over imminently? If you kill a guy's finisher, then he's just a guy with nothing special about him.
The amount of powerbombs seemed more over the top because of the table spot, but that comes down to Tony not knowing when enough is enough. It also does not help that they do things that should warrant disqualifications in almost every match now so when something that should be out of bounds happens it is just normal.
People have told me I was wrong, but I stand by what I’ve been saying, this match buried all three guys. MJF is supposed to be the smartest heel in the company, he has lost because of Punk and wants to do the same to Punk. So instead of letting Wardlow pin him and give him a loss he has Wardlow dish out more punishment. That’s stupid when if this was real Punk would have lost and THEN they beat the crap out of Punk. Wardlow has just dominated the top face in the promotion, 8 powerbombs and a 9th through a table to your opponent, yet he’s able to roll you up and HOLD YOU, so Wardlow is weak enough to lose to a guy barely alive. CM Punk, your top babyface basically just jobbed to a 2nd tier heel, basically saying HE IS NOT MAIN EVENT OR WORLD TITLE MATERIAL. This was stupid idiotic booking.
Exactly what I been saying This match made Punk look weak the most he’s supposed to be a top guy one of your biggest stars but gets dominated by a mid card Heel 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ how do that make sense makes Wardlow look stupid for not getting the biggest win of his career in the biggest match of his career 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ all around this match had bad inring Psychology and stupid booking
Yup, I hated it and it took all the steam out of the angle for me. Now eventually if MJF pins Punk it won't even feel as big because Wardlow just destroyed him with ease. Wardlow and MJF come out looking dumb and Punk comes out looking like a joke.
I feel like this had all the right pieces to be a good segment. And while they may have succeeded in the long run, they also did far too much IMO. The powerbomb through the table seemed unnecessary but if you absolutely had to do it, do it after 2 or 3 powerbombs, not after he already taken 8 of them. Jim is absolutely right, there is no excuse for ANYONE to beat the count after suffering all that punishment (even with Aubrey's slowest count ever). It also felt weird after all of that for Wardlow to be able to go down to a simple small package; realistically Punk shouldn't have been able to do anything at that point. Or they could have cut out the table spot all together and just kept it all in the ring and still got the same finish, and it wouldn't have felt as excessive. I'm sure the intentions were good for this segment but it was a bit much IMO.
I gotta agree with Jim on this one, after this many powerbombs, PLUS one on the table, Punk shouldn't have been able to beat the count. However, by the same token, Wardlow looked strong in this match, despite losing. Cause when he was pinning Punk, they had you believe that it would've been a 3 count, if it weren't for MJF🤔
I agree but I think with CM Punk, you can believe cause he is a star, he is a tough son of a gun irl and in kayfabe. It’s not like after he got the roll up he started jumping up and down. This dude looked he was in pain after the roll up. The 7 bombs could have been like 4-5 but this match was aight. It passes the test for me.
@@wesmyone9562 I know Jim said he didn’t like this dynamite but I thought it was one of the best and there improving on little things. Dante Martin was announced at 205 pounds, luchasauras talks like a beast and malakai did the thing with his fingers when he got to the third the lights went out so you could get the idea that someone working for him switched the lights off. Maybe I’m thinking too much into it. Overall, this was a good match.
I was waiting on this... Nash never did 7 power bombs, Sid or Adam Bomb, it was terrible psychology and week after week it's getting tiresome because ppl kick out of power bombs now and after 7 a roll up where do you go from there 🙄
Totally agree it's absolutely terrible psychology. They'll be shooting or beheading people to win soon. They've moved away from making it semi believable a long time ago.
Punk put Wardlow over, even with winning by roll-up. He sold tf out of Wardlow’s size and power. It was a match I didn’t even catch myself suspending disbelief for because I was interested and it looked like Punk might lose. Good work here.
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer But what he saying is Facts the whole booking of the match is stupid Punk is a top guy got dominated the entire match by a mid carder then Wardlow not winning the biggest match of his career getting beat by rollup should of been DQ that way both guys stay strong why should I care about Punk-MJF when Wardlow just kick his ass
@@Ticketman99 Except UFC is a real fight that doesn’t involve two guys working cooperatively to not injure the other while selling a narrative. It’s the literal opposite as it’s two guys trying to injure each other to the point of one of them not being able to continue the match. No story. No narrative. No cooperation. So, that isn’t following the same logic. Punk has said - in a nutshell- that his aim is to showcase the younger guys. So, yeah, he was putting Wardlow over as a beast and did a heck of job doing it. Or so that’s my opinion, anyway. Obviously some people disagree. 🤷🏻♂️
The small package at the end didn’t do it for me. Sure, he could be caught off guard trying to do the last power bomb- but he’d taken loads of them. How would he have remotely enough energy to get him down into the pin and then hold him there? Wardlow hadn’t broken a sweat and had legs like tree trunks. A destroyed punk couldn’t keep him tied up. A great idea, but not the move to end it on.
It was a great match. I found out afterwards that they ripped spots directly from Bret Hart vs Diesel matches years ago, which dampened it a little for me.
I understand they are trying to set up MJF and Wardlow in the future but this match was horribly booked. CM Punk took 8 Power-bombs, including one on the Table, then manages to come back from the Slowest 10 count in wrestling history. All so he could beat Wardlow with a Roll-up because Tiny Khan doesn't want to do a DQ finish. That match killed the momentum Wardlow had with an EVP-style booking. Then after all this they pretty much make Wardlow seem less important than Shawn Spears... AEW is showing more and more it's just all the worse parts of late WCW/ECW and TNA all rolled up in on. It also deserved the massive ratings plummet it got this week from Dynamite and Rampage.
Jim cornette is right on a lot here but even with all the powerbombs, it’s CM Punk, the top star of the company! He should be able to take a huge HUGE beating and still be able to quick roll up to win while Wardlow was distracted. Plus he had like 2 min to rest after he took the Bomb through table to get his bearings straight. This match was different than a lot of matches nowadays so I think that’s why I liked it more.
@@mr.d00m37 he annihilated CM Punk! The top star in the company like a little bitch. If it wasn’t for MJF. Wardlow would have won in 3 min. It’s just MJF wouldn’t let him pin him
Punk has fought larger stronger foes in his wrestling career, the likes of Big Daddy V, JBL, Batista, Mark Henry, Kane, Undertaker, The Rock, Brock Lesnar. He has a ton of veteran experience to deal with Monsters like Wardlow.
Punk and MJF have still not put hands on each other to my knowledge. That's a wonderful touch and so rare. They're letting it breathe and it's gonna make it all the more worthwhile when they do have a match. I love this feud and I'm sure Punk has had a lot to do with planning it out....he's a smart dude.
Wardlow keeps looking better and better each week. The crowd wants to cheer this guy and they love the powerbomb gimmick. The turn on MJF is gonna be big and he could really be a legit top guy for AEW soon.
Alot of AEW fanboys miss the point of this segment, I heard comments like "boring" because its not what they're used to.. the small guys doing chereographed gymnastics and no selling everything and all they want are 5 star matches..
@@TheMrAlgoh I don’t think the match was boring or bad. It’s what it should’ve been, didn’t need a table spot though a powerbomb on the floor would’ve probably been fine. Other than that, it’s telling not one but two stories. Wrestling fans complain too damn much.
That was part of the story imo. Wardlow felt he had done enough to win but MJF kept pushing for more. You could see the disdain in Wardlow's facial expressions.
Surprised by this review! Jim was nowhere near as scathing of this match as wrestling RUclipsr BC Amplified, who screamed throughout his show about how unbelievable it was, it made Wardlow look weak etc. etc. - and Jim is the biggest AEW critic I know outside of the WWE shills!
Shouldn't getting put through a table get you a DQ for wardlow makes him still looks like a monster punk keeps his winning streak and wardlow doesn't look stupid with a roll up
NWA recently did a thing, though it happened after a tag match between Nick Aldis and Tim Storm vs. Chris Adonis and Tom Latimer. Aldis left the Strictly Business stable, but wanted to show there was no hard feeling between him and Latimer, so they shook hands and hugged, then Adonis hit Aldis and Storm with low blows. Latimer then hit Aldis with 4 piledrivers, the last in a steel chair. And Aldis sold it well, with convulsions, Mickie James came out to be with him, and the EMTs took him out on a stretcher. It would have been more believable if they had stabilized his neck first, but still...So that's another incident inspired by the Freebirds/DeBiase match. Some things just don't get old.
Wardlow expression was very on point loved is pissed faced at mjf when he stopped him and when he told him to do another on the table he's face was telling all like (why do i need to do that is already dead i can pin him and go home
I'm surprised Cornette didn't rant on the ending, saying how unbelievable it was for Punk to all of a sudden pop up at the very end and no-sell with a quick rollup. And how the rollup made Wardlow's powerbombs look weak because apparently they weren't strong enough to keep Punk down, despite Punk receiving the MOST AMOUNT of powerbombs in a Wardlow match! Punk BURIED Wardlow and his powerbombs when you stop to think about it. Jim probably isn't ranting because of his favorable bias towards Punk, like how he used to be for Cody. I don't know if this was all Punk's idea like usual, or if he had to compromise to Tony this time, but this was the first BAD Punk segment! A lot of AEW fans were unhappy/upset too with the finish.
Punk shares Jim's politics. He's never gonna go to hard on him. He only gets real nasty on anyone that differs from his political ideology. Very noticeable over time.
It’s totally unbelievable that they didn’t rip that ending apart, tbh. Jim especially. Lol 8 powerbombs into a small package is basically the jeopardy question to “what is a finish corny should hate EVERY TIME?”
Great match and storytelling. Cm Punk vs MJF conflict, same time you have Wardlow vs MJF conflict, and Spears vs Wardlow conflict. Part of the storytelling have been Spears on like Dark/Elevation tell Wardlow not to do so many powerbombs.
The conflict in Wardlow's mentality as the match went on and the powerbomb count went up was fantastic. Once he finally frees himself from the shackles of MJF, he'll be one of the top guys in that entire company for the foreseeable future. I can't wait for Punk v. MJF and I can't wait for MJF v. Wardlow because I would love to see what kind of story they try to tell if we're building the Legend of Wardlow's powerbombs, cause then, if they ever do clash, MJF will all but make sure that the powerbomb is banned from their match. Great stuff but since yesterday's Dynamite, I'm a little worried that the steam might by fading from the idea pool of "How many times can they meet before they go one on one?" I would love for it to last until the Revolution PPV the first weekend in March, but, that's a long while yet to go and we already seem like we are at that point in the story where the match is gonna happen sooner rather than later between Punk and MJF, I hope they can prove me wrong, but it's really feeling like we'll get the match we've all been dying to see burnt off on a Dynamite, leaving Revolution with one less match to be desired
MJF didn't want Wardlow to beat Punk in the ring because MJF wants to give Punk his first lost in the ring. That's why he wanted him to put Punk through a table, so Punk would lose by count out. I don't care that he took 10 powerbombs and still found a way to win, we've seen Canadian Destroyers through tables get kicked out of. So big moves mean nothing in this promotion, so it's in line with the rest of the show.
When are ppl going to start talking about how Wardlow is regressing as a wrestler. Or they've dumbed down his moveset to just closelines and powerbombs. Ps Powerhouse Hobbs actually looks better but as Chris rock once said black man has to fly whereas all the white man has to do is walk.
I don't think it's going to be MJF vs Wardlow... I think Wardlow's going to keep Spears busy when he turns so that MJF has nobody to hide behind and nobody to help him, to really put the focus on Punk vs MJF, 1 on 1. Or at least I hope that's the way that goes.
I think MJF should have demaded that Wardlow doesn't pin Punk since MJF wants to be the one to end Punk's streak. Then Wardlow would have had a reason to throw Punk back into the ring, and that could given reason for MJF and Wardlow to have an arguement long enough for Punk to small package him. Still though, it got the point across.
AEW will attempt to keep talent like Wardlow while being forced to consider roster cuts. Every week you ask what’s wrong. They have too many people and can’t feature everyone in order to retain coherent continuity.
@@easter_sunday that makes no sense since many of the people on dark and elevation are not officially under contract they are on a pay per show appearance. or developmental
Maybe they can pull a Batista HHH evolution fish hook were Warlo looks like he's turning Babyface to get Punk for MJF than after MJF and Punk feud starts to fade away than they can make a road to WrestleMania with MJF vs Warlo.
I prefer this angle where Wardlow looks like he’s about to turn right now because the next AEW PPV is not until March 6 and I WOULD NOT give Punk vs MJF On free TV So whatever you can do to prolong the anticipated match you do that until you can get a big payoff on a PPV, just my opinion
Wardlow should have taken a DQ loss for "excessive force", instead of that surprise roll-up for the finish. That way, Wardlow doesn't get accidentally buried in the process of performing these moves, and it makes Wardlow a more credible monster in the ring. That kind of a finish would also put over MJF as a hindrance to Wardlow, because it gets over the idea that MJF's Orders are interfering with Wardlow's ability to succeed in the ring. Furthermore, nobody (especially at Punk's age) should be able to take 8 damned consecutive powerbombs and expect to get back up. That's just not believable... ...One or two should be enough to put the average enhancement talent out of commission for the match... ...Two to three (maybe), when spread out during the course of the match, should be enough to take down a well-respected veteran superstar, in order to set up the actual finish... ...But this finish right here? This is Looney Toons level of absurdity, because this finish takes the believability aspect of the match, and just throws it right out the window. And Aubrey's intentional slow count didn't help matters either. This was an easy 4 out of 5 match, that literally got dumped on its head, down to 2 out 5 (assuming I'm generous), just because of those elements alone. And as an AEW fan, that irritates me.
Even if this was the only thing on the show that had a point, it was still stupid beyond belief. 8 powerbombs with one through a table to the floor is how you write someone off TV for extended period of time, not a surprise roll up for the win and match with Spears I believe the very next week.
how Phil Brooks even agree with such a finishing ? they are running 2 storyline in 1 match .... lol and I almost forgot I am watching CM Punk (The Best In The World) vs Wardlow.... I thought I was watching a squash jobber match with the "Powerbomb Symphony" massacre
Just rewatched the DiBiase/Freebirds match. DiBiase took a piledriver on the studio floor and rolled himself back into the ring in what would’ve been a 3-count by the ref. Then he kicked out of 3-4 consecutive piledrivers right in front of the ref. No distraction of the ref, no Terry just picking him up to add injury to injury. The recollection of that moment is WAY off.
I mean...the funny thing is, there were a lotta fans online agreeing with Eddie Kingston during their mini-feud, that Punk didn't belong there and they didn't want him there and that he's just gonna bury everyone being "ex-WWE." Hell, people in this comment section are claiming a small packaged "buried" Wardlow here, while the entire reason it was booked this way was to SELL Wardlow, even in a loss. MJF was distracting him and barking out orders. The entire point of the segment was that Wardlow was more than Punk was expecting, he got demolished, but Wardlow would've won had MJF not been interfering. My point is...Punk's MO as a performer has never been to be the guy who looks flawless, who always dominates in the ring and comes out of matches scot-free. Think back to when Punk was dealing with the Shield. Punk was telling Cabana on the AOW podcast about how management was telling Punk backstage "you gotta make Roman look really strong." Punk never had any issue with making an opponent or a rival look strong. The problem there was...Roman was being groomed as the next big top guy in WWE, and he could see the writing on the wall. AEW is far too open-minded and broadly scoped to have Wardlow dominate the whole roster "just because." But in this moment, Wardlow needed to look dominant, but still have a chink in his armor. It had some flaws in the execution, no doubt, but it still made sense.
@@RedShadowOfSaturn I agree it told a story even though it wasn’t good but Punk definitely did have a problem putting Roman over in a way you can say it’s Cm punks fault fans turned on him because Punk basically painted the picture of Roman being the next Cena so it made fans reject him
@@joeyskywalker1322 Ohhhhhh please, get the fuck outta here. What are you implying, that Punk was SO good at putting Roman over, fans just bought it and hated Punk as a result? Come the fuck on...where'd you get that chestnut, Qanon? Holy shit...
@@RedShadowOfSaturn Once Punk said that on Colt Cabanas podcast it changed the perception fans had of Roman in the early days Roman was liked and over but after that podcast fans thought Roman was gonna be the next Cena so they booed him come on now 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
The one and only knock on Wardlow, for me, is that he’s only 6’2”. Wished he was a little taller. However, when you’re in a company of guys that are all 5’8”, I guess that’s ok.
Powerbomb through the table should have ended it. Punk wins via DQ. Then you can still have the afterbirth with wardlow and MJF. Alternatively, punk loses via count out and MJF gets his own back for the week before. Small package didn't look good and made Wardlow look like a fool.
I loved this segment on paper, but the point of it was to make Wardlow look strong, make MJF vs Punk needed even more, and make Wardlow even more upset with MJF. After 4 powerbombs, and Wardlow going for the pin, MJf should have stopped him, got in the ring, took his jacket off, and start beating Punk then putting him in The Salt of the Earth. -You make wardlow look like a monster for completely, and cleanly, destroying Punk. -You make MJF look like a slimmy little jerkoff for beating on Punk while he's basically helpless. -You get Wardlow even more pissed at MJF because he cost Wardlow a win over a huge star, just because he wanted to beat on him. What they did here was too much. Punk should have left in a stretcher with that amount of beating.
The people in the arena popped HARD when Wardlow started to turn on MJF before Spears calmed him down, and they were chanting his name again on Rampage. AEW got something with Wardlow, I hope they don't mess things up.
He kind of reminds me of Shield era Roman Reigns, I'm not an AEW guy but that fucking guy is MONEY
@@somgandachonco7278 AEW has so many home grown talents doing well. Good to see them doing so well
@@PIP-zf9yb yeah man, even though I'm a WWE guy. I like good wrestling, so whenever I see good shit in AEW I'll give it props. Sammy Guevara is also dope!
Of course they will
@@somgandachonco7278 I like both but definitely prefer AEW forsure raw has been bad for like a year now in my opinion but I do DVR and watch it still but getting harder and harder
I noticed someone on social media do a side by side comparison of this match and Bret Hart vs Diesel to show the same concept of Diesel dominating the match and Bret gets a surprise roll up and 1-2-3. I loved the paid homage to old school wrestling.
It’s not paying homage, he’s copied Bret hart his whole time in AEW, that’s being unoriginal
@@Maxx_d13 What's old becomes new again. No idea's truly original and given how far from grace pro wrestling has gone, I'll encourage plagiarizing the greats if done well.
Promo Joe did one and it's great ruclips.net/video/yuHeXRdP1R4/видео.html
@@Maxx_d13 And MJF is not original in any way.
@@tojs2394 never said he was??
Punk took 8 powerbombs and won?! Between Punk, Jungle Boy, and Sammy Guevara I’m surprised that Nick Fury hasn’t shown up to recruit them to be the new Avengers, because they’re clearly superhuman. They sell as much as a closed K-Mart.
Funny and agreed.
I'd agree with you but the way they had Punk beat him wasn't crazy unrealistic - First of all, they showed Wardlow had Punk beat and was about to get the 3 count until MJF told him to stop the pin at 2 and keep powerbombing Punk - and it's not like Punk kipped up and hit him with a GTS for the win, he got a lucky roll up while Wardlow was being distracted by MJF again. It actually made sense and did what it needed to for Wardlow - dominating Punk all match did more for him than all the weeks of beating local jobber talent combined. When he turns on MJF he has potential to be a star or at least propel himself to the ME scene.
@@JakeK3339 Bro as of right now Wardlow is a mid card guy I agree he has ME potential but Punk is one of your top stars and he just got dominated by a mid card guy it makes Punk look weak and Wardlow look stupid for not getting the biggest win of his career because that’s the biggest match of his career and he got beat by roll up this match should of been 60% Wardlow and 40% Punk that way Punk don’t look weak and you keep Wardlow strong and get the point across
You forgot Matt Jackson...
Good analogy. I'm using that.
Wardlow's definitely getting that 2005 Batista-HHH angle going on. Except Wardlow hasnt said anything yet.
and unlike Batista, Wardlow isn't in his late 30s. Meaning he'll have a longer career
Spot on comparison , and hell this mirrored angle ain’t been done for over ten years so might Aswell do a similar angle if it works ! Wardlow is great
And MJF hasn’t won anything yet
Wardlow gotta do the thumbs down to MJF lmao
Batista also shouldn’t have talked.
Wardlow had that 'it' factor
I hope AEW handle his push right!
He definitely do if he has charisma and mic skills he can definitely get over big bud idk AEW booking on big men isn’t good
He is Batista when he broke out from Evolution. Wardlow is a future champ
AEW doesn't like big men. If they aren't 100 pound men they don't get pushed.
@@Hush_Money2 archer is gonna face hangman for the belt already wym
Archer will lose thou
There were TWO options they could've went with that would've been better.
1. MJF is pissed that Punk looks like he's going to beat the count, so he grabs a steel chair and hits Punk with it a few times.
2. After the table spot, MJF yells at Wardlow to Powerbomb him again, but on the concrete. Wardlow throws Punk into the ring instead (the count is already at 8), but MJF gets in Wardlows face and yells at him, causing Wardlow to get counted out.
The second one makes complete sense
It should have been a DQ when Punk went thru the table. Thats actually what I was expecting because Wardlow refused to do it the first time. Since when was it not a DQ to use furniture?
I know in title matches in WWE JR would say stuff like "The ref is giving some leeway because this is a title match" but in a normal TV match, it should always be a DQ, unless the ref doesnt see it.
You should be booking that clusterfuck of a promotion
@@bipolarminddroppings Thank you! I wanted the same finish. You could have accomplished all the same tension between Wardlow and MJF with a MJF caused DQ instead of a garbage roll-up.
To add to that, if they cared about the rules they could frame this is such a way that it would make perfect sense for all involved:
-MJF tells Wardlow to powerbomb him on the concrete/through a table, whatever. The ref warns Wardlow he'll be disqualified if he does that. Wardlow decides--reasonably, since he's clearly winning the match--to throw him in the ring and pin him first. CM Punk turns the tables and wins. MJF blows a gasket at Wardlow for disobeying him (and losing, too!).
Rules make this kind of thing possible, but for whatever reason, AEW (and most modern wresting, let's be honest) don't seem to understand their value at all...
When Jim brought up the DiBiase piledrivers controversy I remember when Matt Jackson took a Canadian destroyer of a ladder through a table and 30 seconds later he was on his feet, And they could've cited that as the reason why the Bucks lost the ladder match because then it left Nick Jackson in a handicap situation also with an ambulance taking Matt to the hospital, but unfortunately it was a transitional spot...
Over the last few weeks in Wardlow matches he’s been doing multiple powerbombs but Spears has been telling him to stop showing off and pin the guy. Well during this match he was gonna do that but MJF kept telling him to keep doing it which allowed Punk to capitalize while Wardlow and MJF were disagreeing.
Thanks for the recap as we hear about the recap!
If my future kid doesn’t grow up to look like Wardlow I’ll disown him
8 powerbombs was about 4 too many, even if Punk hadn't of gotten the small package. Otherwise it protected both guys and Wardlow got a huge pop when he grabbed MJF's hand.
Especially one through a table smh
8 powerbombs from Wardlow should definitely be a stretcher job. but in Punk's defense. he sees the shit the friends of the Bucks no sell. he doesn't want to make himself look bad because they pop up from worse stuff.
It made wardlow look weak as hell
4 is the same that he do in every match, so the point here was that mjf want him to do more than usual, so yes it was too much but that was the story they wanted just don't do the one on the table and for me was perfect
@Andrea Rebek so the story sovfar is cm punk struggles with job guys. Takes 8 finishers and 1 of them through a table and he is still able to roll up wardlow? Thats bad execution. It made cm punk into super cena.
I love Wardlow and I think he is going to be a future star, but that ending was garbage. Wardlow should have been DQ’d after the table spot. This would have given Punk the win without Wardlow losing any kind of credibility. If anything, it would make him a bigger monster. Nope. Roll up. 123. I think Macaulay Culkin would have booked a better ending.
Agree, that plus mjf ordering him to lose the match would have added to the upcoming turn.
I thought for sure they would go with the much more obvious booking: MJF has Spear interfere via hitting Wardlow with a chair. This gets Punk disqualified, making him lose his match the same way that Punk had done to MJF. Warlow still gets just as pissed off.
They are doing the "CM Punk is a veteran, so he knew exactly when to strike, even though he was outmatched.
I think it was the right descision.
@@LetsPlayCrazy I agree
@@LetsPlayCrazy Bullshit . Cm punk's scrawny ass couldn't hold a guy that strong in a small package even if he hadn't been powerbombed 9 times.
I understand why they went for this, but it was also an intentional re run of Diesel vs Bret Hart at Survivor Series 95
Yup
If Wardlow had done a couple of powerbombs, after beating the everliving shit out of Punk and then when going for a third, final, decisive powerbomb Punk somehow pins him. I could live with that, you haven't devalued Wardlow's finisher but this went too far.
I really like Wardlow, he's a definite star in the making. Shawn Spears though, oh my god that man needs to absolutely f**k off ASAP.
I agree with Corny on the eight frickin' powerbombs.
Can we even call them finishing moves if they don't actually FINISH anybody? What drama can you build in a match if there's no chance of it being over imminently?
If you kill a guy's finisher, then he's just a guy with nothing special about him.
The amount of powerbombs seemed more over the top because of the table spot, but that comes down to Tony not knowing when enough is enough. It also does not help that they do things that should warrant disqualifications in almost every match now so when something that should be out of bounds happens it is just normal.
Agree completely I mean why not do the roll up then afterwards Wardlow does the table spot out of frustration from having a fight with MJF
I love Wardlow,but to me his powerbombs are missing that teenie bit of extra oomph to make them look truly devastating
You mean like The Undertaker's Last Ride? That move was just disrespectful.
If he didn't do multiple every time I would agree with u buy taking that many I think he eases up alittle
Wardlow having a weak girly man power bomb has been established. Can’t put away a 40 year old dude.
People have told me I was wrong, but I stand by what I’ve been saying, this match buried all three guys. MJF is supposed to be the smartest heel in the company, he has lost because of Punk and wants to do the same to Punk. So instead of letting Wardlow pin him and give him a loss he has Wardlow dish out more punishment. That’s stupid when if this was real Punk would have lost and THEN they beat the crap out of Punk. Wardlow has just dominated the top face in the promotion, 8 powerbombs and a 9th through a table to your opponent, yet he’s able to roll you up and HOLD YOU, so Wardlow is weak enough to lose to a guy barely alive. CM Punk, your top babyface basically just jobbed to a 2nd tier heel, basically saying HE IS NOT MAIN EVENT OR WORLD TITLE MATERIAL. This was stupid idiotic booking.
Exactly what I been saying This match made Punk look weak the most he’s supposed to be a top guy one of your biggest stars but gets dominated by a mid card Heel 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ how do that make sense makes Wardlow look stupid for not getting the biggest win of his career in the biggest match of his career 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ all around this match had bad inring Psychology and stupid booking
Yup, I hated it and it took all the steam out of the angle for me. Now eventually if MJF pins Punk it won't even feel as big because Wardlow just destroyed him with ease. Wardlow and MJF come out looking dumb and Punk comes out looking like a joke.
Wardlow. What a beast though. Fair play to punk too. Took some beating 👏
I feel like this had all the right pieces to be a good segment. And while they may have succeeded in the long run, they also did far too much IMO. The powerbomb through the table seemed unnecessary but if you absolutely had to do it, do it after 2 or 3 powerbombs, not after he already taken 8 of them. Jim is absolutely right, there is no excuse for ANYONE to beat the count after suffering all that punishment (even with Aubrey's slowest count ever). It also felt weird after all of that for Wardlow to be able to go down to a simple small package; realistically Punk shouldn't have been able to do anything at that point. Or they could have cut out the table spot all together and just kept it all in the ring and still got the same finish, and it wouldn't have felt as excessive. I'm sure the intentions were good for this segment but it was a bit much IMO.
I gotta agree with Jim on this one, after this many powerbombs, PLUS one on the table, Punk shouldn't have been able to beat the count. However, by the same token, Wardlow looked strong in this match, despite losing. Cause when he was pinning Punk, they had you believe that it would've been a 3 count, if it weren't for MJF🤔
I agree but I think with CM Punk, you can believe cause he is a star, he is a tough son of a gun irl and in kayfabe. It’s not like after he got the roll up he started jumping up and down. This dude looked he was in pain after the roll up. The 7 bombs could have been like 4-5 but this match was aight. It passes the test for me.
@@peytonpaulpro Yeah...I guess, aside from that, everything else was good🤔
@@wesmyone9562 I know Jim said he didn’t like this dynamite but I thought it was one of the best and there improving on little things. Dante Martin was announced at 205 pounds, luchasauras talks like a beast and malakai did the thing with his fingers when he got to the third the lights went out so you could get the idea that someone working for him switched the lights off. Maybe I’m thinking too much into it. Overall, this was a good match.
@@peytonpaulpro Yeah...It's not too shabby🤔
As long as Punk shows the next week or whenever bandaged up I'm good
I was waiting on this... Nash never did 7 power bombs, Sid or Adam Bomb, it was terrible psychology and week after week it's getting tiresome because ppl kick out of power bombs now and after 7 a roll up where do you go from there 🙄
Totally agree it's absolutely terrible psychology. They'll be shooting or beheading people to win soon. They've moved away from making it semi believable a long time ago.
So the power bomb is a basic move now? 😃 😀 😄
@@1983jcheat sadly almost every finisher is a basic move now. The DDT, Superkick, Piledriver . I think the only thing still protected is the RKO.
@@MrJjburgess11 So true. Moves don't mean much anymore.
With all its flaws it did a good job of building the destruction of the Pinnacle and Punk vs MJF
I think this was Punk's first miss in his AEW run so far. Overcooked the powerbombs.
I remember the Ted Dibiasi spot. I may have been 11 or 12 years old. I remember thinking "That's it, he's dead.".
Punk put Wardlow over, even with winning by roll-up. He sold tf out of Wardlow’s size and power.
It was a match I didn’t even catch myself suspending disbelief for because I was interested and it looked like Punk might lose.
Good work here.
No he didn’t. He took 8 power bombs including through a table and he still got up and won. That isn’t respecting the power at all.
@@Heat3YT2 To quote the immortal prophet, Jeffrey Lebowski:
Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
@@WorldsOkayestSorcerer But what he saying is Facts the whole booking of the match is stupid Punk is a top guy got dominated the entire match by a mid carder then Wardlow not winning the biggest match of his career getting beat by rollup should of been DQ that way both guys stay strong why should I care about Punk-MJF when Wardlow just kick his ass
With that logic, he put Mike Jackson over in UFC.
@@Ticketman99 Except UFC is a real fight that doesn’t involve two guys working cooperatively to not injure the other while selling a narrative. It’s the literal opposite as it’s two guys trying to injure each other to the point of one of them not being able to continue the match. No story. No narrative. No cooperation.
So, that isn’t following the same logic.
Punk has said - in a nutshell- that his aim is to showcase the younger guys. So, yeah, he was putting Wardlow over as a beast and did a heck of job doing it.
Or so that’s my opinion, anyway. Obviously some people disagree. 🤷🏻♂️
Punk hits "the most devastating move in aaaalllll of sports entertainment" the surprise roll up.
The small package at the end didn’t do it for me. Sure, he could be caught off guard trying to do the last power bomb- but he’d taken loads of them. How would he have remotely enough energy to get him down into the pin and then hold him there? Wardlow hadn’t broken a sweat and had legs like tree trunks. A destroyed punk couldn’t keep him tied up. A great idea, but not the move to end it on.
I agree the ending should’ve been MJF getting Wardlow disqualified.
It was a great match.
I found out afterwards that they ripped spots directly from Bret Hart vs Diesel matches years ago, which dampened it a little for me.
Take 100 powerbombs from a guy who is supposed to be a monster, and then a surprise roll-up. This match irritated the shit outta me.
Punk took 8 Powerbombs, 1 through a Table, beats the 10 Count and won with a Rollup. Total shit Booking.
This happened with Bret Hart vs. Diesel
@@crazyangst12 Bret didn't take 8 of them
Not in that order lol. He got back in the ring way before 8 powerbombs Get it straight
Is it really shit booking when it furthers two storylines? Even JC said this at the beginning of this segment. The match made sense.
Jim’s been sucking off Punk since he got there, you won’t be getting his genuine thoughts on that guy just a bunch of excuses like he did with Cody
I understand they are trying to set up MJF and Wardlow in the future but this match was horribly booked. CM Punk took 8 Power-bombs, including one on the Table, then manages to come back from the Slowest 10 count in wrestling history. All so he could beat Wardlow with a Roll-up because Tiny Khan doesn't want to do a DQ finish. That match killed the momentum Wardlow had with an EVP-style booking. Then after all this they pretty much make Wardlow seem less important than Shawn Spears... AEW is showing more and more it's just all the worse parts of late WCW/ECW and TNA all rolled up in on. It also deserved the massive ratings plummet it got this week from Dynamite and Rampage.
i dont know i think if wardlow ends up having a feud with like shawn spears after this or something he could end up coming off as a real badass.
The match was good up until the table spot but I’ll give punk credit he put wardlow over despite winning the match it was storytelling
CM Punk is a great storyteller..
Jim cornette is right on a lot here but even with all the powerbombs, it’s CM Punk, the top star of the company! He should be able to take a huge HUGE beating and still be able to quick roll up to win while Wardlow was distracted. Plus he had like 2 min to rest after he took the Bomb through table to get his bearings straight. This match was different than a lot of matches nowadays so I think that’s why I liked it more.
It just makes Wardlow look like absolute shit.
@@mr.d00m37 he annihilated CM Punk! The top star in the company like a little bitch. If it wasn’t for MJF. Wardlow would have won in 3 min. It’s just MJF wouldn’t let him pin him
@@peytonpaulpro im talking about the roll up finish.
Punk has fought larger stronger foes in his wrestling career, the likes of Big Daddy V, JBL, Batista, Mark Henry, Kane, Undertaker, The Rock, Brock Lesnar. He has a ton of veteran experience to deal with Monsters like Wardlow.
So basically Cm Punk become Super Cena.
Punk and MJF have still not put hands on each other to my knowledge. That's a wonderful touch and so rare. They're letting it breathe and it's gonna make it all the more worthwhile when they do have a match. I love this feud and I'm sure Punk has had a lot to do with planning it out....he's a smart dude.
Wardlow keeps looking better and better each week. The crowd wants to cheer this guy and they love the powerbomb gimmick. The turn on MJF is gonna be big and he could really be a legit top guy for AEW soon.
Alot of AEW fanboys miss the point of this segment, I heard comments like "boring" because its not what they're used to.. the small guys doing chereographed gymnastics and no selling everything and all they want are 5 star matches..
@@TheMrAlgoh I don’t think the match was boring or bad. It’s what it should’ve been, didn’t need a table spot though a powerbomb on the floor would’ve probably been fine. Other than that, it’s telling not one but two stories. Wrestling fans complain too damn much.
I GOTTA SNEEZE lol
Wardlow literally looks like a 90s wrestling figure, quality look with the white trim gear.
Wardlow is giving me old school Batista vibes. Like Batista when he was first in evolution. I get that energy from him.
That power bomb through the table outside looked like Wardlow just dropped him as lightly as possible. Made me wonder if he felt he was overdoing it.
That was part of the story imo. Wardlow felt he had done enough to win but MJF kept pushing for more. You could see the disdain in Wardlow's facial expressions.
Dibiase / Gordy history lesson is the best part of this video
I seem to remember a very similar angle involving Spike Dudley in WWF. Can't remember who he was fighting.
Didn't make sense then, either.
Surprised by this review! Jim was nowhere near as scathing of this match as wrestling RUclipsr BC Amplified, who screamed throughout his show about how unbelievable it was, it made Wardlow look weak etc. etc. - and Jim is the biggest AEW critic I know outside of the WWE shills!
Punk shares Jim's politics. That's why he will never go in on him.
First Superkicks now Powerbombs...good lord
Shouldn't getting put through a table get you a DQ for wardlow makes him still looks like a monster punk keeps his winning streak and wardlow doesn't look stupid with a roll up
Punk was pulverized to powder. Clean. Even though Punk won, it felt like Wardlow won.
NWA recently did a thing, though it happened after a tag match between Nick Aldis and Tim Storm vs. Chris Adonis and Tom Latimer. Aldis left the Strictly Business stable, but wanted to show there was no hard feeling between him and Latimer, so they shook hands and hugged, then Adonis hit Aldis and Storm with low blows. Latimer then hit Aldis with 4 piledrivers, the last in a steel chair. And Aldis sold it well, with convulsions, Mickie James came out to be with him, and the EMTs took him out on a stretcher. It would have been more believable if they had stabilized his neck first, but still...So that's another incident inspired by the Freebirds/DeBiase match. Some things just don't get old.
After the third power bomb they had me. I didn't think they would have punk take that many.
Wardlow expression was very on point loved is pissed faced at mjf when he stopped him and when he told him to do another on the table he's face was telling all like (why do i need to do that is already dead i can pin him and go home
I'm surprised Cornette didn't rant on the ending, saying how unbelievable it was for Punk to all of a sudden pop up at the very end and no-sell with a quick rollup. And how the rollup made Wardlow's powerbombs look weak because apparently they weren't strong enough to keep Punk down, despite Punk receiving the MOST AMOUNT of powerbombs in a Wardlow match! Punk BURIED Wardlow and his powerbombs when you stop to think about it. Jim probably isn't ranting because of his favorable bias towards Punk, like how he used to be for Cody. I don't know if this was all Punk's idea like usual, or if he had to compromise to Tony this time, but this was the first BAD Punk segment! A lot of AEW fans were unhappy/upset too with the finish.
Punk shares Jim's politics. He's never gonna go to hard on him. He only gets real nasty on anyone that differs from his political ideology. Very noticeable over time.
It’s totally unbelievable that they didn’t rip that ending apart, tbh. Jim especially. Lol 8 powerbombs into a small package is basically the jeopardy question to “what is a finish corny should hate EVERY TIME?”
the whole match reminded me of diesel vs hart with the powerbombs and the inside cradle/small package
"Like Mussolini I gotta sneeze."
Roll up is a more powerful finisher than a powerbomb. More powerful than 9 powerbombs in fact.
That was the BH/Diesel finish.
finiish to the match was same as Brett Hart vs Diesel
It’s funny how Cornette and Last don’t know that Punk knows how to book a program & learned that from Heyman during his time in OVW
Such a bad finish and there is no polishing this turd.
This definitely helped push Wardlow turning face
You can't hate the cooking of super cena and face reigns and then show me 110 pound man taking 8 power bombs and escaping with a Win.
Great match and storytelling.
Cm Punk vs MJF conflict, same time you have Wardlow vs MJF conflict, and Spears vs Wardlow conflict.
Part of the storytelling have been Spears on like Dark/Elevation tell Wardlow not to do so many powerbombs.
No ones gonna mention how Jim worked his sneeze into CM Punks theme music?
Its clear punk and danielson have major input in there segments or creative control if you like
Jim must be the only CM Punk fan left....
The conflict in Wardlow's mentality as the match went on and the powerbomb count went up was fantastic.
Once he finally frees himself from the shackles of MJF, he'll be one of the top guys in that entire company for the foreseeable future.
I can't wait for Punk v. MJF and I can't wait for MJF v. Wardlow because I would love to see what kind of story they try to tell if we're building the Legend of Wardlow's powerbombs, cause then, if they ever do clash, MJF will all but make sure that the powerbomb is banned from their match.
Great stuff but since yesterday's Dynamite, I'm a little worried that the steam might by fading from the idea pool of "How many times can they meet before they go one on one?"
I would love for it to last until the Revolution PPV the first weekend in March, but, that's a long while yet to go and we already seem like we are at that point in the story where the match is gonna happen sooner rather than later between Punk and MJF, I hope they can prove me wrong, but it's really feeling like we'll get the match we've all been dying to see burnt off on a Dynamite, leaving Revolution with one less match to be desired
This is how Brian Cage should wrestle like Wardlow. He wrestles like a cruiserweight
MJF didn't want Wardlow to beat Punk in the ring because MJF wants to give Punk his first lost in the ring. That's why he wanted him to put Punk through a table, so Punk would lose by count out. I don't care that he took 10 powerbombs and still found a way to win, we've seen Canadian Destroyers through tables get kicked out of. So big moves mean nothing in this promotion, so it's in line with the rest of the show.
You can't hate the booking of super cena and face reigns and then show me 110 pound man taking 8 power bombs and escaping with a Win.
When are ppl going to start talking about how Wardlow is regressing as a wrestler. Or they've dumbed down his moveset to just closelines and powerbombs.
Ps Powerhouse Hobbs actually looks better but as Chris rock once said black man has to fly whereas all the white man has to do is walk.
The slow counts killed me
I don't think it's going to be MJF vs Wardlow... I think Wardlow's going to keep Spears busy when he turns so that MJF has nobody to hide behind and nobody to help him, to really put the focus on Punk vs MJF, 1 on 1. Or at least I hope that's the way that goes.
I think MJF should have demaded that Wardlow doesn't pin Punk since MJF wants to be the one to end Punk's streak. Then Wardlow would have had a reason to throw Punk back into the ring, and that could given reason for MJF and Wardlow to have an arguement long enough for Punk to small package him. Still though, it got the point across.
AEW will attempt to keep talent like Wardlow while being forced to consider roster cuts. Every week you ask what’s wrong. They have too many people and can’t feature everyone in order to retain coherent continuity.
AEW Men Roster is bloated. i counted on their website 100 male wrestlers officially signed and only 23 female wrestlers.
Adding Toni Storm and Ember Moon would be a major boost to their roster.
I think it’s at a point where AEW Dark should feature a regular do or die match with the loser getting getting cut from the company.
@@TheMrAlgoh It won’t matter if they barley get TV time
@@easter_sunday that makes no sense since many of the people on dark and elevation are not officially under contract they are on a pay per show appearance. or developmental
That small package was the slooooowest thing I had ever seen. Absolutely horrible. No way Wardlow was taken by surprise with that rubbish.
That piledriver thing sounds a lot like what Thom Latimer did to Nick Aldis on NWA Power a few months ago
Maybe they can pull a Batista HHH evolution fish hook were Warlo looks like he's turning Babyface to get Punk for MJF than after MJF and Punk feud starts to fade away than they can make a road to WrestleMania with MJF vs Warlo.
Is there a reason why punk going through the table wasn't a DQ?
I love Wardlow and I love powerbombs but I don't want to see the same move 8 times in a row.
I prefer this angle where Wardlow looks like he’s about to turn right now because the next AEW PPV is not until March 6 and I WOULD NOT give Punk vs MJF On free TV
So whatever you can do to prolong the anticipated match you do that until you can get a big payoff on a PPV, just my opinion
Brian would have lost his mind had this happened in NxT or in AEW with someone not named CM Punk. 8 powerbombs and a table spot is ridiculous
They should have done a DQ with the table
I need to see a "Jim Cornette with context" video with the Terry Gordy piledriver angle.
I was maybe 11 when that happened. Still remember how brutal it seemed. Gordon Solie at his best on that call.
Wardlow should have taken a DQ loss for "excessive force", instead of that surprise roll-up for the finish. That way, Wardlow doesn't get accidentally buried in the process of performing these moves, and it makes Wardlow a more credible monster in the ring. That kind of a finish would also put over MJF as a hindrance to Wardlow, because it gets over the idea that MJF's Orders are interfering with Wardlow's ability to succeed in the ring.
Furthermore, nobody (especially at Punk's age) should be able to take 8 damned consecutive powerbombs and expect to get back up. That's just not believable...
...One or two should be enough to put the average enhancement talent out of commission for the match...
...Two to three (maybe), when spread out during the course of the match, should be enough to take down a well-respected veteran superstar, in order to set up the actual finish...
...But this finish right here? This is Looney Toons level of absurdity, because this finish takes the believability aspect of the match, and just throws it right out the window.
And Aubrey's intentional slow count didn't help matters either.
This was an easy 4 out of 5 match, that literally got dumped on its head, down to 2 out 5 (assuming I'm generous), just because of those elements alone. And as an AEW fan, that irritates me.
They are complaining about the constant teasing of MJF vs Wardlow. But remember, it took 5 year for Evil to turn his back on Naito.
Anyone watch the spears squash match this week? He did one move and won the match. Unbelievable for aew
Even if this was the only thing on the show that had a point, it was still stupid beyond belief. 8 powerbombs with one through a table to the floor is how you write someone off TV for extended period of time, not a surprise roll up for the win and match with Spears I believe the very next week.
I mean this was diesel vs bret hart, if anyone remembers that?
Loved this
how Phil Brooks even agree with such a finishing ? they are running 2 storyline in 1 match .... lol and I almost forgot I am watching CM Punk (The Best In The World) vs Wardlow.... I thought I was watching a squash jobber match with the "Powerbomb Symphony" massacre
Just rewatched the DiBiase/Freebirds match. DiBiase took a piledriver on the studio floor and rolled himself back into the ring in what would’ve been a 3-count by the ref. Then he kicked out of 3-4 consecutive piledrivers right in front of the ref. No distraction of the ref, no Terry just picking him up to add injury to injury. The recollection of that moment is WAY off.
There was a very good comparison video out there of Bret hart getting powerbombed by Diesel and later wins with a roll up. Nice homage if intended
This felt like two guys writing the segment and something was compromised.
It didn’t felt like a pure Punk segment.
I mean...the funny thing is, there were a lotta fans online agreeing with Eddie Kingston during their mini-feud, that Punk didn't belong there and they didn't want him there and that he's just gonna bury everyone being "ex-WWE." Hell, people in this comment section are claiming a small packaged "buried" Wardlow here, while the entire reason it was booked this way was to SELL Wardlow, even in a loss. MJF was distracting him and barking out orders. The entire point of the segment was that Wardlow was more than Punk was expecting, he got demolished, but Wardlow would've won had MJF not been interfering.
My point is...Punk's MO as a performer has never been to be the guy who looks flawless, who always dominates in the ring and comes out of matches scot-free. Think back to when Punk was dealing with the Shield. Punk was telling Cabana on the AOW podcast about how management was telling Punk backstage "you gotta make Roman look really strong." Punk never had any issue with making an opponent or a rival look strong. The problem there was...Roman was being groomed as the next big top guy in WWE, and he could see the writing on the wall.
AEW is far too open-minded and broadly scoped to have Wardlow dominate the whole roster "just because." But in this moment, Wardlow needed to look dominant, but still have a chink in his armor.
It had some flaws in the execution, no doubt, but it still made sense.
@@RedShadowOfSaturn I agree it told a story even though it wasn’t good but Punk definitely did have a problem putting Roman over in a way you can say it’s Cm punks fault fans turned on him because Punk basically painted the picture of Roman being the next Cena so it made fans reject him
@@joeyskywalker1322 Ohhhhhh please, get the fuck outta here. What are you implying, that Punk was SO good at putting Roman over, fans just bought it and hated Punk as a result?
Come the fuck on...where'd you get that chestnut, Qanon? Holy shit...
@@RedShadowOfSaturn Once Punk said that on Colt Cabanas podcast it changed the perception fans had of Roman in the early days Roman was liked and over but after that podcast fans thought Roman was gonna be the next Cena so they booed him come on now 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Cornette seriously need to lay down the boomer mentality and realize the results on Dark/Elevation actually matters, and is part of the show.
The one and only knock on Wardlow, for me, is that he’s only 6’2”. Wished he was a little taller. However, when you’re in a company of guys that are all 5’8”, I guess that’s ok.
Spears is basically AEWs NWOs Vincent.. The shits yet we keep seeing him..
0 steps forward 8 steps back
Powerbomb through the table should have ended it. Punk wins via DQ. Then you can still have the afterbirth with wardlow and MJF.
Alternatively, punk loses via count out and MJF gets his own back for the week before.
Small package didn't look good and made Wardlow look like a fool.
i think Ray the crippled Steven’s and snnuka did the pile driver hospital thing first
7:40 Immediately thought work. But exactly CM Punk is their only draw. Wardlow can go with a veteran but now its Shawn Spears turn to cash in.
I loved this segment on paper, but the point of it was to make Wardlow look strong, make MJF vs Punk needed even more, and make Wardlow even more upset with MJF. After 4 powerbombs, and Wardlow going for the pin, MJf should have stopped him, got in the ring, took his jacket off, and start beating Punk then putting him in The Salt of the Earth.
-You make wardlow look like a monster for completely, and cleanly, destroying Punk.
-You make MJF look like a slimmy little jerkoff for beating on Punk while he's basically helpless.
-You get Wardlow even more pissed at MJF because he cost Wardlow a win over a huge star, just because he wanted to beat on him.
What they did here was too much. Punk should have left in a stretcher with that amount of beating.
I’m just going to say this, any other regular human would fucking be injured with how many powerbooms he took.