Wednesdaymania 310: Light The Fuse Indeed

In Which There's A Few Things To Discuss

So, last week on Dynamite, one of the Executive Vice Presidents, Cody Rhodes, son of the American Dream, brother of Gold Dust, husband of the Chief Brand Officer, owner of Pharaoh, had one hell of a cage match against Wardlow, a sentient wall of meat and malice who we'd seen very little of in the ring up until this point.

It was, in a word, awesome, and not just because it was a really good match.

It literally inspired awe.

Like... Biblical awe.

Because that was a 23' tall (7m) cage, and he just...

He moonsaulted off the top of the cage.

And won.

Somehow no one died.

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, so what? Wrestlers jump off of stuff all the time, so what's so special about this?

Well, pooky, lemme tell ya:

Tony Khan told him not to do it.

That's right, the owner of AEW, Tony freakin Khan told Cody not to moonsault off the top of the cage, and the nutbar did it anyway!

AND IT WAS WORTH IT!

Usually, I have a very negative reaction to wrestlers endangering themselves like this, but the match literally demanded it, and it felt like exactly the kind of desperation move this new, reckless Cody would pull. He even used MJF's Ring against Wardlow, which I thought was an ingenious move.

So yeah, if you haven't caught up on Dynamite, do it now.

But that's not the only news we have to discuss right now.

No, we've got to talk about the elephant in the room: Coronavirus.

With public health and safety in severe jeopardy in Japan, how is DDT going to move forward, especially since Kenny Omega is doing some shows with them?

From what I've heard, that, at least, going to be alright: they'll be doing empty arenas and streaming shows from their dojo.

New Japan has cancelled what looks to be all of March's planned shows, but hopefully, they'll also run some shows from their dojo.

What interests me most about this situation is that Streaming isn't really that much of a thing in Asia - they prefer television to internet-based streaming (which is why NJPW does not currently have a Roku app, is my guess). However, with newly limited access to theaters and other issues with gaining access to entertainment, I'm guessing that streaming will finally find its place in the culture. Perhaps we'll be getting that NJPW app this year?

Not much of a silver lining, considering the terrifying clouds...

That'll about do it for me today, guys.

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