WE’RE COMING FOR YOUR GUNS! 
AEW Dark Taz/Excalibur moment of the day
Short Thanksgiving-eve episode. Taz misspoke a few times, but nothing outrageous.
- Taz says “Krenalin” when referencing Soviet wrestler Alexandr Karelin.
- Ex tells Taz “Never apologize for being yourself.”
- After Sonny Kiss performs a standing somersault attack on Alex Reynolds, Taz says “Kiss has been watching my old matches.”
Wheeler Yuta vs KM
Wheeler mounts on the turnbuckle, then KM sweeps his legs, causing Wheeler to crash.
Taz: Yeah, Wheeler took a couple extra too long bunch of seconds there, that probably didn’t sound right, regarding English, even though I’m one half of the English commentary team here on Dark. You get my drift.
Ex: Barely. Just barely.
Taz: I speak for a living.
Today I learned that Rey Mysterio wears his mask at home at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
I predict that Rey and Dominik will meet at WrestleMania.
I’m excited about War Games. I requested today off from work to watch it live.
Sami Uso saves the day for The Bloodline.
Survivor Series was a pretty good show. The quality of WWE’s programming in general has gotten vastly better since Hunter started calling the shots.
all the industry insiders are saying wait until after WM and backlash because that’s when everything Vince had going is cleared out and they’ll plan the general storylines for the next year and then trips and crew will have a brand new slate
Scotty 2 Hotty has pulled out of an indie show in England, which he’d sold meet-and-greets for, because his opponent, James Stephanie Sterling, who he had already agreed to wrestle, is non-binary and he apparently didn’t know this when he agreed to the match.
So I guess we can add him to the list of veteran wrestlers who have turned out to be pieces of shit.
AEW Dark Taz/Excalibur moment of the day
From New jersey, the Garden State. Fun fact: The nickname was coined by Abraham Browning in 1876, who said “Our Garden State is an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and New Yorkers from the other.” That was before the gardens were replaced with factories, I reckon.
- Ex references Tim Gunn of Project Runway. Taz clarifies “no relation to Billy.”
- New Jerseyans hate QT Marshall. Even his own mom boos him.
- New Jerseyans also hate the Jersey Shore, Zack Clayton’s stomping grounds.
- “Hate’s a strong word, but I’m a strong man.”
- Taz is protected from flying debris to his eyes because he wears his sunglasses at night. (Corey Hart reference)
- Ex calls Angelico locking in the Navarro Especial Dos Sientos y Tres. Taz says "I can’t even get you to say “T-Bone Suplex!”
- Ryan Nemeth stole a dress and sold it to Dasha Fuentes.
- Ethan Page joins commentary, notes Ex isn’t wearing a tie. “You embarrassed?” Taz replies, “He wears a mask. You can’t tell!”
Emi Sakura w/Baliyan Akki vs. Tiara James
Taz: Now I was in catering earlier today. I was getting coffee and Baliyan Akki was getting some tea and we had a conversation. It was very interesting, Excalibur, about hair products.
Ex: Did you say about hair products?
Taz: Well, Baliyan Akki’s got amazing hair.
Ex: He certainly does. Was Akki asking about what your favorite hair product was?
Taz: My back. I don’t have a lot of hair on my head, but I got a very hairy back. Bush on my back.
To put a fine point on it, Emi’s first hold is to grab Tiara’s hair.
I’m thinking of ordering this, just because it sounds like something Taz would say.
you know sometimes i think taz’s ecw years has caught up with him
Juice Robinson is in AEW!
When he was CJ Parker in NXT he was never more than a jobber to the stars, but he was really good in that role, and he really grew into a star in his own right during his time in NJPW. I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with him.
Maybe they can get the rights to his old NXT theme music, which is an absolute old-school punk anthem;
Juice made some one-off appearances on RoH and Impact. I was amazed at how he was able to rebound from such a dismal angle in NXT.
One advantage to not using one’s indie name in NXT. But I do not have high hopes for most in AEW right now. AEW needs to find a direction, and has far, far too many performers for 3 hours of television (and 2-3 hours of YouTube) per week.
One advantage of having such a large roster is that, if one of your top stars gets injured or decides to throw a temper tantrum at a press conference and then beat up his boss backstage, there are several people ready and waiting to put into their spot and you’re not left in a situation like when Roman Reigns was on the shelf and every single episode of Raw seemed to consist of everyone standing around and saying “Where’s Roman?” while the main event storyline treaded water waiting for him to get back. The disadvantage, as you point out, is that you can’t possibly fit everyone into every show, and some of them are going to wind up getting underused.
Hopefully Tony Khan isn’t being frivolous with his money like late '90s WCW was and flying all 300+ signed talent to every single show regardless of whether they intended to use them or not.
I know. When was the last time we even saw Hook? He’s been averaging one match every 2 months. And they never put him on Dynamite or the YouTube shows, or the main PPV cards. Just Rampage and sometimes a PPV pre-show.
I want to see how he’ll do in a 20-minute match instead of squashes.
Send Hook, goddammit.
That was far more a Vince problem than a problem of not having talent ready, willing, and able to fill the void. Hell, you could have written a storyline about everyone trying to fill the void. But Vince spent so long killing the momentum of…well everyone who wasn’t his #1 (including, for quite a while, Roman) that he created his own problem, then blamed the talent.
AEW Dark Taz/Excalibur moment of the day
We start off with Dalton Castle and The Boys, who have stolen the Flamboyantly Homosexual Crown from Sonny Kiss. We finish with a fucking awesome match between Trent Baretta and Anthony Henry. I believe in Anthony Henry. CLAP CLAP!
- Taz’s goal is to never meet Dalton Castle’s Boys backstage.
- The two goof on Defarge’s name, referencing 80’s band DeBarge. Taz later describes Defarge entering the ring “like the Rhythm of the Night.”
- Ex notes that Taz’s orange and black are Denmark’s colors, who recently eliminated the US from FIFA. Taz can’t really heel on the US team, so he lets that line of conversation fizzle out.
- Taz laughs in approval when Ex calls Leva’s Bates’s awkward running corner kick as “multi-segmented.”
- Leon Ruffin, soon to take on Brian Cage, hangs upside on the ropes after making his entrance. Ex says “Taz, I remember when you used to hang on the ropes like that.” Taz replies, “Well, at the end of this match, Ruffin might remain hanging off the ropes.”
- Brian Cage flexes, and Ex makes reference to the IFBB. Taz calls him “Dory Hageman Jones.”
- Taz: “Sonjay Dutt has got that Ticonderoga in his ear. That’s a pencil for you mere mortals.”
- Satnam Singh roars after smashing his opponent. Taz exuberantly imitates the roar. “I love that giant yell from that giant man!”
- “Any time Tony Schiavone 's away from the announce desk, I look forward to that.”
- References Dayton Ohio where he and Bam Bam Bigelow crashed through the stage.
Athena vs. B3CCA
Taz announces B3CCA and pronounces every letter and number instead of calling her “Becca.”
Ex: I can’t believe you just announced to everybody my license plate number.
Taz: I thought it was your zip code!
…
Taz: Since when is 3 pronounced like E?
Ex: Since about 1994, the AOL Instant Messenger days.
Taz: I was too busy winning world championships to pay attention to grammar.
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Taz: I was gonna dye my hair red years ago. Gingerman Jones, that was my gimmick.
…
B3CCA botches a hand slap and the two goof on it the rest of the broadcast.
Mandy Rose has been fired for posting X-rated photos on a subscription fansite.
When you say X-rated, you mean more than just nude? Was she using dildos online?
Not a subscriber, haven’t seen them. According to the New York Post, there are pictures of her and Tino Sabbatelli, in the shower, doing… something. And if the Post isn’t willing to subscribe it, that says a lot.
There are photos of her nude with strategically placed championship belts concealing her naughty bits, but those have been out for months now, so it’s got to be more graphic than that.