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omegatheunknown · 3 years

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AEW Double or Nothing 2021

In which the spirit of WCW is alive in confusing and delightful ways and we are left to parse whether overbooking and extracurriculars are offset by having actually very good wrestling happening at the same time.

- Lessons learned from Revolution on the production side? Maybe just cool it on pyro, though the rappelling adventure in the Stadium Stampede showed some of that now-characteristic 'trust us it'll look better on TV' flair. Hot crowd tends to paper over most woes, and the crowd was pretty hot. My one gripe is that the casino theme is hanging around like yesterday's takeout containers. Nothing wrong with clinging to a theme, I just think it's time for season 2. My suggestion? Under the Sea.

*Pre-Card Serena Deeb (C) v Riho for the NWA Women's Championship (***1/2) - Serena Deeb's star has finally risen. She's a remarkably consistent technician and she can get a match out of anyone at this point. She's working at the level of Mercedes Martinez or Madison Eagles at this point, it's amazing that she was overlooked or considered fit only to be a coach for so long. With the NWA belt she has this new swagger, she's basically everything Tessa Blanchard might bring to the table with none of the downsides (Serena has a lot of friends and seems like a lovely person, even!) - Riho's back and here to stay. Her time in Stardom didn't do much for my evaluation of her, which is that there are many better wrestlers that would be better representatives of the joshi style and she's merely pretty good. - The match was very good. Serena showcased a champion's aggression against a sympathetic Riho, they really work well against each other, Deeb's technical prowess against Riho's flexibility led to a very dynamic finish.

*Main Card Hangman Adam Page v Brian Cage (***1/2) - Here the shenanigans start. Brian Cage is on Team Taz, Team Taz has nothing else much to do tonight, so why wouldn't Team Taz flex their muscles, bait us with HOOK, etc? (Because it would be nice to have some variety in the card in terms of a match where one competitor stands across from another competitor?) - Hangman is (checking notes) yeah, still over as fuck, as befits the Anxious Millennial Cowboy. Cage terrifies me, he's a child's drawing of a body builder. He do be very agile for a man of his immense musculature tho. They match up well, Page is biggish for a flyer, Cage loves to play catch. Nothing much to write home about, other than Hangman's beautiful moonsault to the floor and what was overall a very good curtain jerker. - Okay fine, I am curious about Cage's reluctance to lean on the goons, Starks can't come back soon enough.

The Young Bucks v Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston (***) - I will not be referring to Mox & Eddie as (The) Wild Things because it gives me 'he calls it the wacky line' flashbacks for some reason. - The Bucks have to cheat and abuse Rick Knox's attention span constantly to be on even footing with Mox & Eddie, which is a clever sort of thing that gets washed out by the appearance of LG and Karl Anderson, which again, is cool in a vacuum but was the story of the evening. - Pace was weird - repetitive in eliminating Eddie, then Mox fights back, failed hope spot, Bucks team up, Eddie saves x2/3 in a row. - Mox, unlike Cody (in so many ways,) will probably actually be taking some time off with Renee, which is the kind of thing I would prefer not to know in terms of booking, but they really uh, put him down on the canvas here, and it felt pretty finale-esque.

Casino Battle Royale (n/r, but on the balance pro) - Any changes to the theme of the PPV would likely include changing up the nonsense suit format of these largely joyless slogs. - Obviously anticipating a NJPW talent, or... I dunno, actually -- Lio Rush was a surprise. Got in a quick demonstration of his otherworldly quickness, and you know what, there's probably a fun place for him in AEW. He'll need some friends, of course, feel like Team Taz might fit his temperament. I wonder if he was aware of the Mark Henry news... - Christian does not need to win this kind of match to get a title shot, obviously, but that said it was super lovely to use him to give Jungle Boy the shine. Jungle Boy would be a license to print money if he was even as big as Hangman. - Could register some continued griping about how Penta is not getting his due in AEW but he also literally was dressed as the Joker so I'm low on sympathy on this one particular night.

Anthony Ogogo v Cody Rhodes (*) - I did not like this. It's hard for me to read jingoism as a face move to begin with, and Cody's was egregiously tone deaf and kinda silly yet delivered without a trace of irony because Cody doesn't do irony on purpose, ridiculous neck tattoo aside. - Great argument to be made that Ogogo just isn't experienced enough to be winning matches against Cody. But like, what are we doing here? Cody needs to take some time off, maybe. I thought that's what was happening when he had his mini feud with Penta that really just ended in quick decisive Cody win. I though maybe Cody was being turned when QT and The Factory snapped-- sure, they're a group of impotent player 2s, but Cody is an out of touch elitist with a callous and manipulative streak. Alas, also no. America #1. - Cody is approximately 8 times as tough as Billy Gunn based on his weathering of the one punch man. Match ran a bit long given how little there was to go on. Cody gigged? Quelle surprise. - Cody had the best match on the card like, 3 out of the first 4 AEW events or something, and that was all booking and storytelling. I do hope Cody follows Moxley's lead into a little sabbatical.

Miro (C) v Lance Archer for the TNT Championship (**1/2) - Card's hossiest hoss match, a quick burst reminiscent of a car wreck. Absolutely hit on what it should've hit on but a little slow moving considering it went all of 10 minutes. - I will not complain about Jake the Snake, who I love. And also the gimmick spot, with Miro very astutely yeeting what was definitely a snake in a bag (surely.) back down the tunnel.

Dr Britt Baker, DMD v Hikaru Shida (C) for the AEW Women's Championship (***) - Picked up a lot of steam toward the end but seemed a little toothless (heh) until the last five. - Shida 'deserved' some more time as champion in front of crowds but also it's time to let heel Britt reach her peak, I can't even imagine how obnoxious she can be as the champ, it's going to be great.

Sting & Darby Allin v Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky (***1/2) - Such is the power of STING that I feel like I might be underrating this match... I mean it was an okay match about very simply getting some revenge and the sixty year old man did a very subdued Code Red and a slightly less subdued dive. He's also Sting. They missed an opportunity in calling it the 'Scorpio' Death Drop, but the main takeaway here is you see something like this where it's The Icon and you start to understand why WWE trots out their legends to come out of incredibly still kick ass without bending their knees. - The difference, I guess, is that Sting is absolutely being used to build up Darby Allin, whereas it's not like the fed brought back Goldberg and his attendant aura to pump up... anyone but Goldberg?

Kenny Omega (C) v PAC v Orange Cassidy for the AEW World Championship (****) - Off the top I have to say I'm very sad that the rest of the Galaxy's Greatest Friends were seen only very briefly, nice of them to bring OC's backpack. - Also have to point out that PAC's promo featured one of my favourite jokes, that Kenny must be short for Kenneth as a sort of legal/birth name belonging to a professional wrestler. (See also: Samoa Joseph) - And Mr Cassidy certainly did try in this match, ragdoll sells and all. Kenneth and PAC are absurd talents who bring aerial, power and technical maneuvers in equal measure and OC is not doing any of those on the same level, but he picked his spots, showed his genre savvy and hung in there to the point that he wasn't just the fall guy. - The extracurriculars continue in a match that was already a little overboard for silliness due to asymmetry... I think if you're the Invisible Hand it would've made sense to save up all your tricks for this match, but who am I to question the golden goose? - Sure, Kenny and Don ran the classic heel manager interference spot and taking out the ref in desperation spot but having to take out the ref because PAC wouldn't break the hold is fun, as is the stupid/inspired sense in running the 'smash opponent with the belt' spot four times so as none of your heavy gold prizes feel left out. (I love that AAA Mega Championship, they weren't on TV so we get to see it?) - "Fuck You, Don," indeed.

The Inner Circle v The Pinnacle in 'Stadium Stampede II' (***1/2) - This one had to grow on me for two reasons, first that it's usually pretty unforgivable to co-opt the main event spot from the championship match, and second to law of diminishing returns on dumb gimmick matches. - But grow it did. There's a full on meat locker? Commentary will refer to a cardboard cut-out of Shahid Khan as Tony Khan's father (that's canon now,) and Jericho will lovingly pat it? Konnan happened to be the DJ at whatever night club there is a Jaguar Stadium? Spears surrounds himself dramatically with chairs and his hoisted by his own petard? - Ultimately it comes down to letting Sammy shine. His involvement with the Inner Circle has sometimes come at the cost of being able to showcase that prior to AEW he was an ascendant talent in PWG, on his way to Ricochet level feats of acrobatic excess. Still feel like Sammy could've/should've been the one tossed off the cage a few weeks ago, but even better is being the guy getting the pin in the ring.

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theundergroundarchives · 4 years

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Band Crush: A quick catch-up with Shu of Shuuna

Shu of Shuuna shares about how she first met her friend aka her key bandmate, Moja, to which they would be forming Shuuna together, and eventually welcome two other members into their band, Fai (Dataran Kertas & A. Limin) and Miro (All to Fate & A. Limin).

Words by Ainaa Amirrah

It’s been months since I last sat down with this female vocalist from Shuuna for her first interview with The Underground Archives. And as the world slows down due to the recent Covid-19 catastrophe, what’s more with the on-going RMO, my heart’s roused to know what this close artiste friend of mine has been doing at her own place. So here’s a catch-up between me and the ever so talented, Shu of Shuuna. #stayathome

Hi Shu! So how have you been doing these days since RMO?

Hi Ainaa! Um, all I’ve been doing is sleeping, playing with my cats, Bart and Bella – Bart ore jate (is a male cat), and Bella ore tino (is a female cat) – working from home, cooking…hmm, honestly, I’ve cooked a lot of dishes! Also, I’ve been actively playing my ukulele, one of the songs that I’d usually play is “Lelaki” by Yuna and “Aku Seekor Ikan”. The latter is actually written by me but it’s just a simple song.

Can you tell us about Shu’s journey since you first started until now?

I started performing since high school and started off with playing guitar with my friends. I used to go to gigs just to discover new music all the time, and to be frank, I never thought of writing songs because I didn’t think I’d be good at it. But then, I met Moja to which we decided to create a duo band. We started writing songs together and eventually adding Fai on drums and Miro on bass in our band. That’s how Shuuna started.

What’s new about Shuuna?

Nothing new, I guess? My band is currently taking a break because of the pandemic that the world’s facing right now. We’re all staying at home due to the RMO and just minding our own business for now.

What can you describe about your own self? Are you the same Shu when you sing or a different person when off-stage?

To be honest, I think I’m a different girl, both in real life and during performing. In real life, I’m an introvert, a shy girl, and don’t talk much. But every time I’m on stage to perform, I’d usually go all out, giving my energy to entertain people, just to make sure that the vibe gets to the audience and let them sink in the melody.

It’s been a while since we’ve last seen Shuuna performs together as a complete band. Plus, it seems that you’ve been actively performing solo during the live shows lately. Perhaps, is there any probability of you going solo?

I did some solo performances lately but it feels strange without my boys with me. Shuuna band is still in the picture, it’s just that we’re all taking a break for a while. We’re currently focusing on our own things now, Moja works as a doctor, while Fai and Miro are also with their other band, focusing in their music. Shuuna band is still going to play for gigs and do music together in the future. Don’t worry!

What’s the latest song and gig that you’ve recently played for? Any forthcoming music projects maybe?

No new songs at the moment. I’d usually just go for the acoustic versions of Shuuna’s songs whenever I’m performing solo. My last performance was last February at Ruang by Think City in Pasar Seni. It was an event by the graphic students of UiTM Seri Iskandar. Speaking of new music projects, I recently did few collaborations with some bands as the backup vocals.

Five fun facts about Shu that no one knows?

I’m a self-taught musician – I didn’t go to classes to learn music. I can sleep anywhere, and anytime! I love to discover new restaurants and food. I’m a mass communication student and not a music student, ironically; and I’m suck in maintaining conversations!

Your major inspirations?

My family, of course. Also not forgetting, my fiancé. They give me so much love and supports. And Yuna, she’s such an idol. She was nothing before, but sis, she goes international now! I would like to be like her someday, but in my own version.

What can you say to the newcomers in the music scene?

Simple, don’t stop making music. Explore new music everyday.

Know her more by the music and movies that define Shu.

#1 Songs that make Shu cries? — Zenith by Pastel Lite

#2 Songs that make you feel in love? — Jikalau by Naif and Selimut Hati by Dewa19

#3 Songs that makes you laugh? — Work by Iggy Azalea

#4 Your favorite movie that you find relatable with your life? — It’s Kind of a Funny Story

#5 All-time favorite movie? — Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Listen to Shu’s “Aku Seekor Ikan” performed acoustically for the readers of The Underground Archives:

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