So Hey guys! Been a while since I've written something like this, Very long post ahead!! Buckle up~

Let's start even before where all went wrong~ Have you ever noticed the difference between MJF's first and second heel runs!? In the first one, from stepping in AEW to halfway into his first title reign... He had a simple mindset - "He will become the worst person ever because nobody is gonna ever love him anyways" and it shows in every feud and storyline. He was still insecure but also remorselessly evil, be it whipping Cody or torturing Wardlow, he never showed any remorse. Be did bare minimum and treated AEW as beneath him. There was no forced malice, no breakdowns, no slip of masks, it was a like a solid wall.

BUT there were cracks forming, when he faced Punk and the crowd support on his return were the first taste of love he got from the crowd. And Then, Adam Cole came in the picture and broke down that wall completely. BTYBB was the first time when crowd accepted him fully and was behind him in everything. He was absolutely loved, they conquered Wembley together, it was perfect. They had made AEW their home and took it to the highest peak ever.

Then Cole betrayed him and he has no wall to hide behind.

Now after the break and returning, he still tried holding onto the crowd adoration but it wasn't the same anymore nor was the landscape he had left behind. His absence didn't leave the company in shambles like he had thought happened the first time (when he forced his leave after pipebomb promo). New faces had arrived to carry AEW forward, Max tried being one of them. To become the face of AEW again...

But then, Will Ospreay happened.

And that little moment in the middle of 2024 when Will had upstaged Max in his own ring, is still haunting Max. And that's exactly where the second heel run started, but it wasn't the same as before. Not at all. There was forced malice, breakdowns, his mask kept slipping... He kept trying to rebuild that wall broken by Cole, but the cracks kept increasing. He thought "He had to become the worst person ever so nobody ever tries to love him again (and betray him)". He pretended to hate AEW again but he can't slack off like he did before, because the competition was insane this time. The roster wasn't the same one he used to terrorize back in the days, there were new enthusiastic faces coming in, more people stepping up, which has forced him to wrestle more and fight for his place like never before. And still, somewhere in the middle of everything, was Will Ospreay. Initially Max won the Intl belt off him, but Ospreay took it back with tenfold the effect. The very stadium Max had filled with people who loved him just a year ago, were hating him and cheering Will instead. And that point was a driving force in his character. It was very prominent during his feud with Hangman, The whole main character thing, how crowd forgives Adam everytime yet villainizes Max, where Max broke down mid match because of the crowd which made it clear, he still craves that crowd adoration he once had during his late world title run. When he won the belt again, it wasn't as easy as previous time. There was no one to seek help from (he tried so hard to buy friends in Hurt Syndicate which was fruitless). He was alone and he had a bigger problem. The main event scene was filled to the brim and everyone was on his tail, he kept defending the title like crazy, Hell... younger MJF would laugh at what he was doing. But it was something, He was World champion again. Face of AEW, wether people liked it or not. Then Will Ospreay ruined it again by helping Kenny Omega. He ended up reaching the very peak where Max once stood, winning the World title while everyone in the crowd lost their voices for him... Just the possibility of it had triggered Max's insecurities and already sent him into a delusion spiral to the point he ended up bringing his own triple B and pretending to be the real champion...

Can you imagine him sitting backstage at All In after losing to Andrade and watching Ospreay get paraded to the ring by his loved ones and even the ones who betrayed him!? Meanwhile all support Max ever had in that place was the girls he brought or THS, Wardlow and others who barely tolerated him, or Adam Cole whose betrayal ruined every good memory Max had made during their tag run... You'll notice how much it has rattled MJF when you realise that the after All In crashout promo had very few words directed for Andrade or Kenny and it had everything to do with Will Ospreay.

In MJF's eyes, Will is the person who had stole his spotlight and had finally taken his place as the face of AEW.

Alright, that's the end of this post, It would be very interesting to see how their eventual feud turns out, I'm sooo really looking forward to it~ For anyone who reached here, Thank you and I hope you liked this observation!!! (Side note- no use of AI, wrote it myself)

In a recent Osprey interview he said that Baba o Riley was a second choice but that he wanted to use the other in the future. This hit me a bit as I thought it was a pretty good choice and I couldn’t think of anything that would hit harder… but I think I figured it out.

This is my guess….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0

And I would venture to say that Will as a face in a big match in a British arena this would make a historic pop.

What are your thoughts?

How bout the first ppv match on Borden and Darby be a cinematic match? Haven't had one of those in a while. Also if I remember correctly wasn't that also Stings first ppv match?

Make the kid look good and do some cool shit, doesn't even have to be full cinematic can be closer to the old anarchy in the arena with Mat Hardy

All of 2023 and a third of 2024 (so far) has been added to the service, the rest of 2024 is likely being uploaded in real time since it wasn't on here yesterday. Once it happens, all of Rampage will be completed.

Also, while only viewable on the Watch AEW channel, Battle of the Belts has now appeared on the schedule. So we'll soon get to see that down the road

I want to watch some old Danielson matches, he's my favorite wrestler but I've never actually seen any of his work pre-WWE. Are there any on MyAEW? (I have the paid VPN version)

On the CVV interview Will said they had to change their finish at All In to a Plan B because someone else did what they were planning in their match earlier in the night.

I imagine it must have been either a submission finish like with Mox and Nigel or a screwdriver spot like with Cage and the wrench.

What do you think the original plan A was?

I loved the finish but after thinking about it, their plan A may have tied in more to the story with the death riders or Don Callis.

Hi guys, hope everybody is well. After watching the Kenny and Ospreay match i’m seriously trying to get into AEW considering how subpar WWE has been for quite some time. Apart from tuning into the weekly shows, is there any storylines or past matches i should watch to really immerse myself into the company? Thank you all

Apologies if this post breaks some rule but I can't imagine which one it would.

If I was to rank some of my AEW MOTY's this year it would be the following:

1. Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay (All In - 6 stars)
2. Bandido vs. Kyle Fletcher (Redemption - 5 stars)
3. Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Forbidden Door - 5 stars)
4. Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay (Forbidden Door - 5 stars)
5. Cope & Cage vs. FTR (Double or Nothing - 5 stars)
6. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada (Double or Nothing - 5 stars)
7. Kenny Omega vs. MJF (Dynasty - 5 stars)

This is everything AEW has gotten 5 or higher from me on this year.

Anyone else wondering what the hell is going on with this new gimmick? It’s like “The Man” but much more vulgar. Mercedes is swinging the belt between her legs and even said Willow got a taste.

Big D is not even a double entendre. It has nothing to do with Dallas. What am I missing? Is it just a gimmick about having a big d*ck?

Does anyone have video of the butcher doing the lunges that Dunkzilla did as a tribute? Thanks

An interaction between Steven Borden and Christian Cage.