All Elite Wrestling - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:03:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 All Elite Wrestling - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Halloween Havocs, Women’s Divisions, & Elite Games | Your Week in Wrestling: Oct 24 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/03/halloween-havocs-womens-divisions-elite-games-your-week-in-wrestling-oct-24/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:10:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35051 Things we mentioned Vishal’s article: 56 Marvel comic book references in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — Support us (and the rest of ComicsXF) monetarily by contributing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsXF Follow us @ComicsXFight on Twitter! Thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 35051 G1 Climaxes, Roman’s Reign, and Cold Blood. This is Your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/26/g1-climaxes-romans-reign-and-cold-blood/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34843 Things We Mentioned — Find us @ComicsXFight on Twitter! Support us (and the rest of ComicsXF) monetarily by contributing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsXF Find the rest of our work at https://www.comicsxf.com. Thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34843 Tournie Season, Friday Night Wars and Saturday Dynamite. This is Your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/19/tournie-season-friday-night-wars-and-saturday-dynamite-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34733 34733 Hangman’s Returned, G1’s Good, and GCW is Flourishing! This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/13/hangmans-returned-g1s-good-and-gcw-is-flourishing-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:31:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34547 Thunder Rosa in GCW: Yuka and Mizuki: — Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34547 More than a Puff of Smoke: The Elite’s First Taste of Dynamite https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/05/more-than-a-puff-of-smoke-the-elites-first-taste-of-dynamite/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34319 On October 2nd 2019, the very first episode of AEW Dynamite was broadcast on TNT. The main event of that night featured a six man tag match between the Elite, Santana & Ortiz and then-World Champion Chris Jericho.  The match begins very reminiscent of traditional Elite matches of the ye fabled olden times, condensed into...

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]]> 34319 Weird Finishes, Rancid Crowds and The WWE Draft. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/05/weird-finishes-rancid-crowds-and-the-wwe-draft-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34345 Orange Cassidy video essay: — Weird Finishes, Rancid Crowds and Draft Days. Join us as we discuss Extreme Rules, The WWE Draft and what the hell was going on in that AEW Crowd. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34345 A New Format, NXT 2.0 and a Dream Match. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/26/a-new-format-nxt-2-0-and-a-dream-match-this-is-you-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34039 We have a new format now! Check out our thoughts on This Week in Wrestling above! A chat about why no one watches Impact, why Raw is the way it is, NXT 2.0 pros and cons and our review of AEW biggest event to date. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

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]]> 34039 Sunday Editorial: The Joy of Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/19/sunday-editorial-the-joy-of-wrestling/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33838 The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. “Joy, it was nice to be reminded, is infectious.” Joy.  That’s the only word to describe the feeling that rippled through...

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]]> 33838 AEW’s Big Chicago Bonanza, Actual Fights on Raw, and All Out Predictions. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/05/aews-big-chicago-bonanza-actual-fights-on-raw-and-all-out-predictions-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33337 Vishal Gullapalli: Every time there’s a go home show I’m reminded that go home shows are usually the weakest part of the PPV cycle. Not surprising, just something I don’t realize immediately. All Out is almost here! Forrest Hollingsworth: The vibes definitely are off going into All Out, let’s get into it. Monday: Monday Night...

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]]> 33337 Sunday Editorial: Changing the World with CM Punk https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/05/sunday-editorial-changing-the-world-with-cm-punk/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33343 The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I kept rewriting my first lines of this.  “Do I want to talk about CM Punk?” I asked myself....

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]]> 33343 All Out is Coming, NXT is Changing and The Man is Back. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/30/all-out-is-coming-nxt-is-changing-and-the-man-is-back-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33160 Mikey: Well, in the wake of SummerSlam and CM Punk, it’s almost like things have been reset. This week was all about how things changed–or didn’t–in the shuffle.  Vishal: Also Takeover! Sadly. Charlie: I’m getting an anxiety ulcer waiting on Adam Cole news! Thanks wrestling!  Forrest: Excited to talk about NXT Rebuild 3.0 + 1.0...

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]]> 33160 Summerslam, Takeover and oh…CM Punk Returns https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/24/summerslam-takeover-and-oh-cm-punk-returns/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32997 Charlie Davis: Hey so. Some magic happened last night. I don’t know what’s gonna happen at SummerSlam. But it’s gonna have nothing on The First Dance.  Forrest Hollingsworth: Look in my eyes, what do you see? An uneven week of wrestl-ing. Will Nevin: Looks like I picked a good week to start with the wrestling...

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]]> 32997 Good Nostalgia, Bad Nostalgia and the Shows Before Summerslam. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/22/good-nostalgia-bad-nostalgia-and-the-shows-before-summerslam-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32958 Because this was a massive weekend in wrestling. Please tune in tomorrow for our coverage of The First Dance, Summerslam and NXT Takeover 36. If you want CM Punk chat, come back tomorrow. We’ve got a lot to say. Vishal Gullapalli: So this week’s kind of a big one, huh? I’ve heard it said that...

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]]> 32958 Pizza Cutters, Space Jam and Nitro at MGM Studios. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/02/pizza-cutters-space-jam-and-nitro-at-mgm-studios-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32238 Mikey: Another week, another wrestling. That’s the way the saying goes, right? No? Well, it is now. After the shockers heard round the world of last week’s AEW Dynamite and GCW Homecoming Night 1, plus Jay White in the Impact Zone! I’m… really not sure where this week is going to go, but I can’t...

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]]> 32238 Career Reinventions via Deathmatch, John Cena, and The Best in The World. This is your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/25/career-reinventions-via-deathmatch-john-cena-and-the-best-in-the-world-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31846 Mikey: Hello everyone! We’re following up Slammiversary and MITB weekend, so we’ve probably got at least a little bit to talk about! Charlie: Oh yeah. Nothing WILD is happening in the world of wrestling at ALL. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. LITERALLY in some cases.  Forrest: MDK ALL FUCKIN’ DAY. Sunday: Money in...

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]]> 31846 Money In The Bank, Bullet Club Reunions and ’90s Nitro. This is your Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/18/money-in-the-bank-bullet-club-reunions-and-90s-nitro-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 18 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31192 Charlie: Fans are back! We missed a few weeks! LOTS of things happened. Let’s try and get back with it and cover it all. Vishal: I gotta say, nothing makes it clearer how bad it was without fans than the first show back with them. They could have booked a terrible card and it still...

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]]> 31192 Monster Hunter Rise, A Game Of Telephone, and Pain. This is Your Week in Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/04/monster-hunter-rise-a-game-of-telephone-and-pain-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24192 Charlie Davis: I feel the anticipation setting in as we pack up our things and get ready for the long car trip that is going to be this coming week in wrestling. We have a two night NXT Takeover (Stand and Deliver), AEW Dynamite, and a TWO NIGHT WRESTLEMANIA. I am glad we’ll be in...

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]]> 24192 Forrest Has a Bad Time, Vishal Talks About Pokémon, Charlie is Mad At Kenny Omega and Justin is Lost? This is Your Week In Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/28/forrest-has-a-bad-time-vishal-talks-about-pokemon-charlie-is-mad-at-kenny-omega-and-justin-is-lost-this-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23500 CW for discussion of the Fiend and Alexa Bliss regarding abuse narratives. Charlie Davis: Another week of Wrestling! And well…we’ve got a lot to talk about.  Forrest Hollingsworth: This so-called “Road to Wrestlemania” sure seems bumpy, huh?  Vishal Gullapalli: What’s wrestling? I wanna talk about Pokemon. Fastlane and NJPW Cup CD: Honestly some stuff happened...

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]]> 23500 Blood, Slime, Rocky Relationships, and Fastlane? Here is Your Week In Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/21/blood-slime-rocky-relationships-and-fastlane-here-is-your-week-in-wrestling/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23226 Charlie Davis: The days are blending together and there is more wrestling than anyone can possibly consume! But I’ve got a Gin and Tonic and a can-try attitude so anything is possible! No, but really. Wrestlemania is coming soon, the AEW women are stepping up in a big way, and I GUESS Impact Wrestling is...

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]]> 23226 We Do Wrestling Now? The CXF Team Recaps AEW Revolution https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/09/we-do-wrestling-now-the-cxf-team-recaps-aew-revolution/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22558 After the second iteration of the All-Elite Wrestling (AEW) Revolution Pay-Per-View, some of ComicsXF’s finest come together to break down the event in its entirety. Charlie Davis: Well. It’s the Big Show. Wait! No that’s not it. I mean it IS the Big Show, but just not that Big Show. God, sorry I’ve already turned...

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]]> 22558 Lights-Out: Moxley and Omega’s Beautiful Wrestling Horror Story https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/03/lights-out-moxley-and-omegas-beautiful-wrestling-horror-story/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22322 [Content Warning for blood and descriptions of violence.] It’s Nov. 9, 2019, and I’m watching a man’s psyche unravel.  It’s not clean; in fact, it’s about as messy as it can be. I’ve only been back into wrestling for two months at this point, inexplicably pulled back in 20 years after I stopped watching altogether....

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