On this past Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision, Deonna Purrazzo and Thunder Rosa faced off in a Texas Bullrope Match in Arlington, Texas.
Taking to the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Bully Ray shared his thoughts on the match.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the execution of the match: “I think the effort was there, without a doubt. There were some shining moments. I think, execution-wise, [it] could have been a little tighter… Obviously, I love the women’s willingness to bleed. I love the physicality when they each brought it, but I saw a lack of physicality at times.”
On the match’s use of the stipulation: “What makes the finish of a submission match unique is that you can only win the match with a submission. What makes the finish of an “I Quit” match unique? You can only win by someone saying ‘I quit!’ There are no pinfalls. So, I wish — not just AEW, but any wrestling company that does a Texas Bullrope Match — would stick to the original stipulation of the [drag], because now, all I’m getting is a pinfall in a Texas Bullrope match…You’ve taken everything unique about this gimmick match, and you’ve thrown it out the window. All it is a glorified No DQ weapons match, where the girls are tied to a bull rope.”
On the pinfall finish: “Thunder Rosa gives Deonna Purrazzo a bulldog through the table. Is that not strong enough to pin her with? Like, that should be your finish. Like … that should be the agent saying, ‘Ladies, the table is your finish. Once you do the bulldog through the table, boom, there’s your 1, 2, 3.’”
During a recent interview with Kerrang!, Bryan Danielson gave his pick for the best wrestling entrance theme song of all time.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On the best wrestling entrance song of all time: “Besides ‘The Final Countdown,’ CM Punk in Ring Of Honor came out to this song [‘Miseria Cantare’] and it was perfect. I also think Steve Austin’s song is perfect. It’s all about it matching the character. Bullet Club Gold in AEW right now, their song gets stuck in my head. Minoru Suzuki’s song; he comes out and the whole crowd sings it. Wrestling songs are so cool when they gel with the person and the whole crowd really gets with it.”
On the album he listens to before matches: “I love Frank Turner’s Positive Songs For Negative People. I’m a pretty big Frank Turner fan and I find his music to be very much my vibe, in terms of something that pumps me up. It’s not as hardcore as it used to be as when he was with his previous band, but even the songs that are more acoustic, lyrically I find him very much in line with what I think or what motivates me.”
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