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Honestly, this show was a bit more of a disappointment compared to the last two. I liked the opening match, and I like moments of the other matches, but nothing really grabbed me here. Even though Fyter Fest felt like a mixed bag, I felt the highs really made up for the lows, and I didn't really feel that here. Oh, and the arena and stage set-up was fucking awesome. Felt super unique. Since the building is owned by the Khans, I hope and expect there to be regular shows here. I think AEW can really benefit from having unique sets.

I'm gonna be shocked if A Block makes it to the halfway point of the tournament intact. Ospreay's apparently hurt enough to miss tag matches, Ibushi's still got a hurt ankle from Night 1 and ZSJ had his neck cranked on an Okada Tombstone. NIght 3

Finished it Friday. Another great season. More thoughts later. Agree with @Blackjak

Night 2

Night 1 Ospreay vs Archer (holy shit, Ospreay's gonna have an AJ Styles G1) and Tanahashi vs Okada are the must-watches. ZSJ/Sanada was wonderful for that style, but I don't think it plays well in front of Americans. Ibushi vs KENTA eventually got there, but I felt like Kenta was working sorta-heel in front of a crowd that didn't hate him and in front of a crowd who knew him as Hideo Itami and not KENTA. They didn't react to most of his big moves or spots

What match-ups are you most hyped for? Can't even list'em all. Nevermind the regular 4.5+ star candidates, every match that KENTA, Shingo and Moxley are involved in are going to be interesting as fuck. Shingo in particular is a guy who always has me fucking hyped by the end of his matches. Shingo vs Ishii might be a sneak Strong-Style King's Road classic. (Holy shit Jon Moxley is going to fight Naito) Who wins each block? Ibushi v Jay White. Flip a coin for who wins (I would pick Ibushi, Jay White's got time to round into more of the form they want him to be) Over/Under 12.5 murders witnessed at the hands of Suzuki? I wonder if they're going to run an injury angle with him, like he attacks Okada and causes him to miss a few matches/costs him a tournament in some way.