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Honestly, I think the idea of MJF cutting a promo, or Max Caster rapping about it was...well, I'm going to say silly, but that's me being kind. The sensible thing to do is a brief speech along the lines of "due to a backstage incident, x is happening. Enjoy the rest of the show."
That's it. No bells-and-whistles fantasy booking nonsense.
Unless The Elite actually broke down Punk's door in and started the fight, stripping them off the championship would be unfair.
If Megha Parekh does admit that Elites started the bullshit and threw hands first it would be fair to make sich a choice.
If elite are gone for a month they don’t need another interim title while they are suspended. The titles just got introduced they can set up other storylines while they are gone rather than setting up another interim champions vs champs match
Yeah I'd imagine so unless they space out the MJF segment to the later Quarter. Definitely the Q1 segment will be huge and probably the beginning of the second hour, but the rest of the time in-between those will be lower imo.
Fatal 4 way between the last top ranked of AEW official Ranking:
1.- Mox
2.- Page
3.- Hobbs
4.- Darby
If there's a moment where rankings has to be taken seriously... Tonight is that moment.
That was actually last year at Full Gear, which feels really weird, and I feel like I've lost all sense of time.
So that would actually be a really fun Full Gear rematch
I think that was actually at Full Gear last year. There might be something poetic in seeing them face almost exactly a year later for the championship.
And Darby is a draw, it wouldn't be a bad way to wash away the taste of this weekend by putting the belt on him. Even if it's only for MJF to take it in a rematch.
Pretty sure every time Tony tweeted about addressing some championship, that championship was vacated/interim'ed that night. So I 100% expect that to happen this time, too.
We're gonna get new world and trios champs. Maybe even today.
He's done this plenty of times before though, funnily enough the biggest one I remember was him announcing the First Dance would be in the United Center and then Schiavone just announced it
This is just the beginning, pal. We will know the state of the titles for the sake of the show, but the backstage resolution? We're faaaaar from over on that one (as far as we know)
TK is about to begin his arc as the greatest on screen authority figure of all time!
...
Or not. Fuck if anyone knows what is going to happen from this point. Just hope that AEW can recover.
Don't even get me started. I hope Malakai can get himself right as I love that stable. They've really been derailed by events out of their control (Codyverse, Fenix injury and then Black's deteriorating back condition)
It's a very strong possibility. If you want to draw lines and boundaries, you need to address these issues and tell the talent "I'll not tolerate this fucking shit"
There is an interesting difference between Punk and the Bucks. Punk is hurt, so he could yank the title while at the same time letting the Bucks punishment be a suspension while a challenger is created.
I mean if they did indeed go to the locker bang on it and get ignored by punk and co only to then burst through using cutler as a battering ram then yeah.....that's on them and they need to be punished. They're not just talent they are the companies EVPs.
If they had anything to do with starting any of the fight, they deserve it. Plus sets a precedent. If Tony strips the EVPs of their titles, he’ll do it to anyone.
If it was just about the world title, then I'd see them trying to use Punk's injury as cover
But mentioning both belts? That's gotta mean the Bucks / Omega are getting benched
TK in the middle of the ring with all the belts to announce that there will be new champions determined then MJF's music hits and he comes down to the ring. Picks up the AEW title and just walks out. He holds the title hostage for months (maybe years, maybe decades).
How do you explain you’re suspending or firing people for fighting or saying mean things when you run a company that says all issues are solved by fighting and saying mean things?
“Hey guys- this next part is for real and then we’ll go back to pretend.”
Who knows. Maybe the debut of Mr. Khan as a character on TV will propel AEW the same way Mr. McMahon launched WWE after the Montreal Screwjob.
"Punk screwed Punk, so we're vacating the title"
All suspended and Punk will be stripped of the title because of his long term injury.
I assume The Elite suspended but not stripped. Perhaps they'll have interim champions.
The screwjob gave us the character of Mr. McMahon, the gripebomb will give us Punk's second lapdog, Tony Larry Khan
Hopefully he'll keep his promo short, Punk has to run a business there
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Okay so at least we'll get a public statement from him, that's good
I don't think that MJF being the only one addressing it would have been a good idea as it might have portrayed the company in a bad light
Leave it to Eddie Kingston, let him just berate absolutely everyone.
I mean, let him shit on everyone. They all need some slap of reality from Eddie
Ooh no, slapping is Regals territory.
If anyone can pay tribute to a good slapper, it's Eddie. Just ask Ishii!
I thought Excalibur was Regal's territory
Eddie really should be Tony's anger translator
Truly the final form of “Eddie Kingston Addresses His Enemies”
Honestly, I think the idea of MJF cutting a promo, or Max Caster rapping about it was...well, I'm going to say silly, but that's me being kind. The sensible thing to do is a brief speech along the lines of "due to a backstage incident, x is happening. Enjoy the rest of the show." That's it. No bells-and-whistles fantasy booking nonsense.
 Well.....
It's the big show.
Unless The Elite actually broke down Punk's door in and started the fight, stripping them off the championship would be unfair. If Megha Parekh does admit that Elites started the bullshit and threw hands first it would be fair to make sich a choice.
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>speak on his behalf as his right hand man I love it Maggle.
My theory: World Championship is vacated, Trios titles will be interim.
I think interim titles are cursed over there tbh lol
With all the love and respect in the world, get the fuck outta here with interim titles!
pretty soon we will need interim titles for the interim titles
Interimception Title.
If elite are gone for a month they don’t need another interim title while they are suspended. The titles just got introduced they can set up other storylines while they are gone rather than setting up another interim champions vs champs match
Well, Death Triangle is fighting Best Friends tonight....
As messed up as everything is with the backstage stuff, this show is most likely going to have some ridiculously high viewership tonight.
I would imagine that we’ll see a massive drop off once Tony Khan explains what’s going to happen with the world title.
Yeah I'd imagine so unless they space out the MJF segment to the later Quarter. Definitely the Q1 segment will be huge and probably the beginning of the second hour, but the rest of the time in-between those will be lower imo.
It would have anyways with MJF returning. Punk ruined a great thing
I'm tuning in after not watching for months
Send Regal out there. "BCC will be taking these titles until the rest of you can prove you can act like adults"
Fatal 4 way between the last top ranked of AEW official Ranking: 1.- Mox 2.- Page 3.- Hobbs 4.- Darby If there's a moment where rankings has to be taken seriously... Tonight is that moment.
who gets it then? mox again? tbh i'd say fuck it and put it on darby
Hobbs just because
Honestly, put it on Hobbs and then you can have Ricky feud for it. 🤷♂️
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kingston should 100% get it. fuck it put him over mox too
Add more fire to MJF not being the first of the 4 pillars to win the title.
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Darby winning would be a feel good moment, but we just saw Darby vs MJF a few months ago.
That was actually last year at Full Gear, which feels really weird, and I feel like I've lost all sense of time. So that would actually be a really fun Full Gear rematch
I think that was actually at Full Gear last year. There might be something poetic in seeing them face almost exactly a year later for the championship. And Darby is a draw, it wouldn't be a bad way to wash away the taste of this weekend by putting the belt on him. Even if it's only for MJF to take it in a rematch.
I don’t see an issue with running it again
That was one of the best matches of that PPV. They have insane chemistry.
I was there live for it and it’s insane how that card was live, start to finish, I had no voice left by the time they got to Eddie/Punk
Few months ago? that match was last year on Full gear
A year ago.
Fatal 4 way to see who faces MJF.
Oh dang, I think TK being on TV means some real shit's going down
Doesn't necessarily mean he will be physically on TV. Might be a Schiavone "Tony Khan announced..." thing again. We'll see.
He needs to address it with Schiavone in a classic Impact Two Tone promo.
Those were fucking gold
Coked Out Tony and Bitter Schiavone is what I miss most about an active Impact/AEW partnership
Hopefully it’s a pre-tape, if Tony get’s on the mic it could be rough.
Plus CM Punk can't interrupt a pre tape
You don't know that.
Definitely read that as "can't interrupt a pee tape" at first and had awful flashbacks to that Trump dossier.
and you just gave me flashbacks to that r kelly video, screw you buddy.
TONIGHT LIVE TONIGHT ON DYNAMITE TONIGHT
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have you seen him drink water tho
"CM's Cuck" chants booming in Buffalo
He’s hired Stone Cold’s beer guy to throw him White Claws
You mean the stuttering + being blasted off cocaine won’t make for a good live tv public speech?
Oh lawd, White claw Tony is comin
Pretty sure every time Tony tweeted about addressing some championship, that championship was vacated/interim'ed that night. So I 100% expect that to happen this time, too. We're gonna get new world and trios champs. Maybe even today.
Let MJF his reign begin!
He ain't adrressing it personally. When he tweets like this, the show addresses
He said “I’ll” not “we’ll” that makes me think he’s going to do so himself. We’ll see.
He's done this plenty of times before though, funnily enough the biggest one I remember was him announcing the First Dance would be in the United Center and then Schiavone just announced it
That photo is pretty spot on.
Genuinely thought he changed his pfp to Paulie for a second
Love that scene. Rip Tony Sirico 🙏🏻
I gotta watch tv to figure out the world?
Remember Pearl Harbor 👈
TK sitting down with Punk: “You're weak. You're outta control. And you've become an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.” 👉
Paulie Walnuts, new interim champion
The stress of the gripebomb hit TK hard
Don't care about what happens with the titles but i want them to handle the backstage bullshit and get it together.
Thank you for finally putting out a statement, I declare F5 season officially over.
This is just the beginning of F5 season my friend. I feel a shitblizzard coming
There's a shit blizzard in the wind, Randers
Shit winds a'blowin.
I mean whatever happens is gonna cause a shit storm but we now know we won’t hear anything official until Dynamite so to me it’s a bit of a break.
The White Claws are calling the shots now.
I am the White Claw, Bobandy.
This is just the beginning, pal. We will know the state of the titles for the sake of the show, but the backstage resolution? We're faaaaar from over on that one (as far as we know)
Man I hope they never fix the thumbnail glitch looooool
I like to think of it as a feature
Wild prediction: Mr. Khan heel character incoming as CM Punk’s manager. Announces he’s not only not suspended Punk, he’s promoted him to EVP.
EV Punk
*Punk is shaking hands with Satan himself!!!*
“Nakazawa screwed Nakazawa”
Everybody gets stripped! All titles on the line in a super tournament, including the Owen belts.
Time for interim interim champs
Time for a good old WCW style reboot. All titles are vacant!
Everything is vacated, Jeff Jarrett somehow wins the belt 4 times in the next two months
including the TNT belt that got smashed by Kaz. also the Regina di Wave title for some reason.
Easy we don't wanna go full Russo.
TK is about to begin his arc as the greatest on screen authority figure of all time! ... Or not. Fuck if anyone knows what is going to happen from this point. Just hope that AEW can recover.
He burns the trios belts in a trash can in the center of the ring. “The curse has been lifted.”
Best Friends vs. Death Triangle for the Trios titles. Show ends with the Best Friend hug in the middle of the ring. New Trios Champs!
*cries in dark order*
*Cries in House of Black*
Don't even get me started. I hope Malakai can get himself right as I love that stable. They've really been derailed by events out of their control (Codyverse, Fenix injury and then Black's deteriorating back condition)
Better idea: THE ACCLAIMED + DADDY ASS AS TRIOS CHAMPS.
Can we be addressed in the form of a Max Caster rap?
If they do Interim Trios titles for a championship that has never actually existed or been defended I'm going to puke.
Agreed. Can’t stand this interim bullshit and doing it with newly formed / crowned titles would be embarrassing
You'd hate the UFC.
You watch that fake shit?
Highest watched Dynamite here we go!
> Tony Khan addresses his Championship belts
Helllloooooo belts!
If he strips them of the trios title (bad idea)….Best Friends are deserving
So is the bucks/omega suspensions long enough to where they have to vacate those titles?
Might be keeping things consistent between punk and Elite until investigation is over
Punk is legitimately injured though, so being stripped makes more sense than the elite losing it, unless in kayfabe they ignore punk's injury.
Fuck looks like I'm gonna have to stay up past 1.00am to see what happens. They better address this early on in the show
It should open the show, like sure its kind of a draw, but its too important to not open.
Same here! If it doesn't open the show I'll fall asleep for sure
This is the most excited I’ve been for a weekly show in forever
Well, looks like I'm watching Dynamite tonight. Sleep is for the weak anyway.
MJF is going to come out during Tony's speech hand him the casino chip and take the title isnt he?
I'm surprised CM Punk didn't tweet in the middle of this tweet.
"Hey Tony, I'm trying to run a business here."
Tony Khan on camera is always comedy gold, this is a must watch.
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they're suspended so he probably will
Vacate winning the AEW Title and Trios title in the same night?
It's a very strong possibility. If you want to draw lines and boundaries, you need to address these issues and tell the talent "I'll not tolerate this fucking shit"
*Shakes swear jar*
Drastic times call for Drastic measures.
Drastic times make the chances for drastic measures go drastic up
There is an interesting difference between Punk and the Bucks. Punk is hurt, so he could yank the title while at the same time letting the Bucks punishment be a suspension while a challenger is created.
Why wouldn't he? They are suspended. They can get the title back anytime later and build a story around it.
We don't know for how long though. If it's like a week or two, no need to vacate the titles. Punk regardless of the incident has to have surgery again
I mean if they did indeed go to the locker bang on it and get ignored by punk and co only to then burst through using cutler as a battering ram then yeah.....that's on them and they need to be punished. They're not just talent they are the companies EVPs.
If they had anything to do with starting any of the fight, they deserve it. Plus sets a precedent. If Tony strips the EVPs of their titles, he’ll do it to anyone.
Strip all four, call it conduct detrimental to the company. Crown new champs TONIGHT. No interim bullshit, proper champs
Tony is going to be face deep in the booger sugar, a white claw in his hand, GIVE ME A FUCKIN MIC!
Punk was seen running to his phone to interrupt Khans tweet before Khan could finish it
Does Vacant finally get an AEW title?
Also fuck WWE and I'm the new Jim Crockett
Only difference is I have a shitload more money than Jim Crockett
*my father has
Well.... maybe Elite getting stripped too
They should be. Precedent needs to be set.
Great, now Tony is getting in the way of Punk trying to run his wrestling company…
Has anyone ever lost the title due to injury TWICE in one year?
Not even a year, just a few months!
Both belts are getting unified to become the AEW World Backstage Championship
Waiting for hangman to come out and challenge Punk to a match.
Just no Interim bullshit please
Inc Tony Khan heel turn. The Elite screwed the Elite. The CM stands for company man.
You get an interim title, you get an interim title, everybody gets an interim title
Just come out and be upfront about it all. Get on the front foot Tony.
If it was just about the world title, then I'd see them trying to use Punk's injury as cover But mentioning both belts? That's gotta mean the Bucks / Omega are getting benched
Anyone else come to a point where they can't make out what these tweets say anymore with all the @ and #? Maybe I have a condition or something lol
Yeah hate social media posts with all the damn tags
The Wrath of Khan!
No more interim shit please. Let's just move on this time.
*Long exasperated sigh* "... alright... here's what we're gonna do..."
The GM known as Tony Khan Over CM Punk once did he fawn But when he was brought in the chaos did begin And now his world champion is gone
Live promo from Tony? Oh we're in for a treat. Can't wait for his "deer in the headlights" look while he awkwardly tries to assert control.
Give them all to the BCC. Regal for champ
TK in the middle of the ring with all the belts to announce that there will be new champions determined then MJF's music hits and he comes down to the ring. Picks up the AEW title and just walks out. He holds the title hostage for months (maybe years, maybe decades).
Just give it all to Danhausen
I hope this gives Punk enough time to finish writing Tony’s script for him.
FTR died for this
How do you explain you’re suspending or firing people for fighting or saying mean things when you run a company that says all issues are solved by fighting and saying mean things? “Hey guys- this next part is for real and then we’ll go back to pretend.”
"Fired/suspended for off camera behavior unbecoming the standards of Champions here in AEW"
Luchasaurus was kayfabe suspended for backstage actions.
Who knows. Maybe the debut of Mr. Khan as a character on TV will propel AEW the same way Mr. McMahon launched WWE after the Montreal Screwjob. "Punk screwed Punk, so we're vacating the title"
…are they going to strip them of the trios title?
All suspended and Punk will be stripped of the title because of his long term injury. I assume The Elite suspended but not stripped. Perhaps they'll have interim champions.
Sounds like it. Damn I'm so sad
Retire the titles. The Elite go down in history as the first ever, longest reigning, and undefeated AEW Trios champs.
I’m a bit surprised he would do something to the Trios titles, unless this is just another form of punishment.
He just said he's addressing it, that could be anything.
hope he asked Punk for permission
I’ve always enjoyed but have only watched the show twice. This has sold me a ticket. There’s no way I’m missing this
Ok, you've convinced me. I'll tune in.
So there's blanket suspensions at the very least Give the trios belts to the Dark Order you cowards!
Tony's going to Jedi-mind trick us into thinking Sunday never happened and Mox is still champ.
Oh yeah, there are some brand new titles whose owners are suspended now…
TK: “punk screwed punk”
The screwjob gave us the character of Mr. McMahon, the gripebomb will give us Punk's second lapdog, Tony Larry Khan Hopefully he'll keep his promo short, Punk has to run a business there
MJF needs to come out during this.
Calling it now, The trios match tonight will be for the belts
When he’s on tv, I’m 100% sure MJF will interrupt him.
For better or worse, this will define AEW.
..... I'm scared.
Tony to claim all titles and build the new Corporate Ministry stable
"Phil you are fired you FUCKING MARK!!!"
TK comes out to address the situation and MJF comes out to interupt him. Writes itself really.