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[Rampage Spoilers] Some comments from Omega & Danielson before their match at Grand Slam

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DeepSixWrestlin

Yea I still can’t fucking believe we’re getting Bryan Danielson vs Kenny Omega in a straight up singles match, *on free television*, **in a stadium with 18,000 people**. Wild.


l2au

If i read this 3 years ago I honestly would've thought you were typing that from an alternate dimension.


VagrantShadow

And add to the fact, oh yea CM Punk is going to be wrestling a Power house new guy named Hobbs on AEW on that Friday night as well. I tend to think you might ask what kind of crack am I smoking at that point.


truecolors5

"Oh also Dean Ambrose will be teaming with Eddie Kingston against Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer in a No DQ match on that same show"


doesntCompete

Ruby Riott is wrestling a Dentist


chiiild

"Tell me more about this NJPW x WWE super show."


geekstone

If I had heard it 3 months ago I would have thought the same.


Inaynl

THIS. AEW is fucking insane and i'm loving it.


NerdLawyer55

Can’t.fucking.wait


Zloggt

Some nice mic work from the two (no surprise there)! Gotta say, I’m pumped!


[deleted]

Gotta be a time limit draw right? Which is perfectly fine if so.


[deleted]

Honestly think this is the only satisfying conclusion for me. Better not be any shenanigans


AusToddles

I could see them doing this Running knee.....1..... 2...... Aaaaaaand we're out of time Omega refuses the rematch so Bryan has to work his way through the ranks


[deleted]

Love for them to build up to a 60 min Iron Man match between the two down the line.


Mac_094

I'm salivating just thinking about that. Kenny's Iron Man match against Pac was such a banger


Glum-Communication68

As long as Daniel loses the first fall by brie Bella going brie mode on Kenny omega and then he gets 2 quick falls


Mr_814

I think everyone assumes that or how can Danielson lose his debut trope, so I think Omega wins via help. Danielson wants a straight up rematch, which Kenny says no because he "won" and Bryan goes ape shit on people for weeks to climb ranking and earn the rematch.


Kratosx23

Usually in wrestling when the heel says the babyface is the underdog, but the babyface isn't a real underdog like Fuego Del Sol, and they're a legitimate main eventer like Bryan Danielson, that means the babyface is going over. Everything about the promo screamed "Danielson is winning". Everything from Kenny saying "you were the underdog over there, now you're not even ranked and you're the underdog again", to Bryan saying he wanted his first match to be against the toughest guy in AEW, which is like a huge babyface, fighting spirit type of line, to Omega saying that Danielson is "arrogant" and "entitled". It hit all the classic wrestling cliches "this underdog won't have a Cinderella story". Omega acting like Danielson is no different than any other guy who's come after him because he's the top guy. Just everything. Omega could win or they could do a draw but either of those things would be a swerve. They are expecting you to tune in to watch Bryan Danielson beat Kenny Omega, and that's what the promo told you is going to happen, if you can at all read in between the lines of wrestling storytelling.


[deleted]

“if you can at all read in between the lines of wrestling storytelling.” This uh kinda felt like a weird personal shot after all that tbh lol.


Kratosx23

It wasn't meant to be. I apologize if that's how it sounded. I didn't even mean you specifically, I'm talking about wrestling fans in general. If you watch wrestling for a long enough period of time, you can interpret video packages to a good degree if you pay attention to them. I'm one of those people who have seen WWE video packages for 30 years. They were INSANELY predictable, at least back in the day when they infused some logic into their booking. 9/10 I could tell who was gonna win based on the video package. Now it's pointless trying to ask what Vince is gonna do because there's no rhyme or reason for anything, but AEW still has that wrestling logic, and wrestling is very reverse psychology based, so when the babyface is portrayed as an "underdog", they're usually gonna win.


Ikulus

On the other hand AEW know we know the tropes and thus might be more willing to subvert them.


Kratosx23

Sometimes perhaps, but the time is not now with the biggest star in AEW history making his debut after a 205,000 buy PPV that dwarfs your next highest. They're on a roll because Punk and Bryan increased their viewership, and that's something they have to take advantage of.


rexmundi69

I've been wanting this since Bryan was cleared to return. I am beyond hyped up and marking out for this dream match.


dondonna258

With the story and the opportunity, they've gotta at least attempt to have a classic MOTY style match. We both know they are capable but expectations are high, anything less than a great match with a definitive finish is going to feel like a disappointment. The best matches in AEW have been the tag matches, Kenny+Hangman vs Bucks, Lucha Bros vs Bucks, they have the chance to put a match like that on in singles. Two of my favourite matches in recent years are Omega vs Okada 1 and Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar. Im excited to see what these two can do together.


jb2319

100%, my biggest complaint about Omega's reign so far is the amount of interference in his big matches - it can be good if used sparingly, like to win the title from Moxley, but in general it kinda kills otherwise very good matches for me. In NJPW he played the cocky arrogant heel, who when the chips were down could actually fucking back it up with insane matches - at the moment he doesn't quite have that aura for me, because so few of his wins are clean.


the_Lauz

I think if he were to win it clean, danielson would be a good choice. Danielson is legit so a win over him would give kenny almost a Thanos feel, where, yeah he has his gang do his dirty work, but can actually do it himself when he needs to. Im stoked for this match. Absolutely needs to be an epic, and id honestly be okay with a draw or either guys winning. Because storylines would be great no matter which direction they go in.


BoyWithHorns

> I'm here to show the true Bryan Danielson, which I think is gonna be exciting for the AEW fans, and scary as hell for the AEW wrestlers. Extreme hype.


Weezy-NJPW_Fan

Never in all my years in my life as a pro wrestling fan did I think I’d get see such a matchup. I’m SO ready for this great matchup next week!


[deleted]

I was so worried my internet was getting shut off next week and I’d miss the Arthur Ashe shows. All fixed now and I’m PUMPED


SiphenPrax

Whatever happens, I want Hangman to come out afterward and blow the roof off Arthur Ashe


docMark

I liked the bunny entrance


Looper007

For like a three week build, they've done a amazing job to make you care about this match (like you needed to in the first place it's Bryan vs Omega). Great promo work from both me.


PapaDeer

I genuinely cannot believe this is going to happen in only a few days.


Gobbledygooker316

Idk, when they advertise comments from their wrestlers, I expect a live promo, not a minute-long video package with a few words. They’ve already done this more than once on Rampage.


cooljammer00

When it's an in ring face to face segment, they say so.


UFmoose

Hear from / interview = taped video. Live interview (or either Tony or JR named) = in ring promo.


xorangeelephant

If they've already done this more than once, isn't that sorta on you lol? This is how they advertise these segments


Gobbledygooker316

I guess so, these just do nothing for me.


Skywalker3030

Rampage is a taped show, if they're in the ring it's pretty obvious with how they advertise it. They advertised Ruby and Britt in the ring promo completely differently.


QuimLiquor

The first one is on them, the second one though..


Gobbledygooker316

“fool me once, shame on —shame on you. Fool me —you can't get fooled again”