Current Events > A flamethrower was used in AEW PPV tonight

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fucking wild

Damn!

It's funny how you can tell he was gonna get lit on fire because of how shiny he was in the previous shot. That fire resistant gel is pretty noticeable lol

Would have been easier to maintain the suspension of disbelief if they had waited till after they cut away from the backstage bit before smearing him with the protective gel and hidden the fire extinguishers a little better.

That match was insane and fun.

I can't believe that PPV last five and a half hours.

Can't wait for this to get an 8.5/5 from Meltzer.

I do feel like the poor camera work hurt it, somewhat. The camera panned over too far and you could see the guys grabbing the fire extinguishers before the dude even used the flamethrower.

The only reason this isn't dimes is because Tony didn't get his ass beat

StealThisSheen posted...

I do feel like the poor camera work hurt it, somewhat. The camera panned over too far and you could see the guys grabbing the fire extinguishers before the dude even used the flamethrower.

Fire extinguishers are often used as weapons in pro wrestling so the Bucks going for the extinguishers before Allin appears could be explained as being a coincidence.

CountCorvinus posted...

Fire extinguishers are often used as weapons in pro wrestling so the Bucks going for the extinguishers before Allin appears could be explained as being a coincidence.

Found Meltzer's alt

Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's funny how you can tell he was gonna get lit on fire because of how shiny he was in the previous shot. That fire resistant gel is pretty noticeable lol

To be fair he got dunked in a tub of ice water earlier in the match to explain why he was drenched so it helped not to put two and two together immediately

bah gawd!

CountCorvinus posted...

Fire extinguishers are often used as weapons in pro wrestling so the Bucks going for the extinguishers before Allin appears could be explained as being a coincidence.

Yes, when they're in a place that makes sense for fire extinguishers to be, such as backstage. You could literally see them just sitting next to the entrance, though. Two of them, just sitting side by side.

I assume the camera was not meant to pan over that far, and camera guy just screwed up.

Kai_Laguna posted...

Would have been easier to maintain the suspension of disbelief if they had waited till after they cut away from the backstage bit before smearing him with the protective gel and hidden the fire extinguishers a little better.

Damn how dare they look out for the dudes life

@Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's funny how you can tell he was gonna get lit on fire because of how shiny he was in the previous shot. That fire resistant gel is pretty noticeable lol

@Kai_Laguna posted...

Would have been easier to maintain the suspension of disbelief if they had waited till after they cut away from the backstage bit before smearing him with the protective gel and hidden the fire extinguishers a little better.

If you had seen the entire match, he was already wet because he got dunked into a tub of ice water by Darby Allin earlier, so at least they tried to cover it.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Damn how dare they look out for the dudes life

What the hell did he mean by this?

The post was talking about AEW's shoddy camera work which is a constant issue that ruins spots.

Auto_Chrisbot posted...

If you had seen the entire match, he was already wet because he got dunked into a tub of ice water by Darby Allin earlier, so at least they tried to cover it.

That's fair, I don't usually watch wrestling, so I only saw the clip. It makes more sense in context. At least they tried lol

Next time he should use a fire extinguisher instead that look like it did way more damage

AEW the t-shirt! AEW the coloring book! AEW the lunch box! AEW the breakfast cereal! AEW the flamethrower!

i know people love it but I really do despise wrestling where they have weapons I'm not sure who to be mad at for it, backyard wrestling always had it, which was why they got the crowds they did, then WWE/ECW and others adopted it to make weaponry a staple to the point certain performers had signature weapons like Triple HHH's sledgehammer, The Dudley boys tables and that guy who liked use chairs and old trash can lids. Wrestling by itself is pretty dangerous doing stunts like this just escalates the dangers and more often then not someone gets hurt and in most cases end up with life long problems and injuries threat just never heal because of this all in the endless pursuit of profit and recognition.

I can't help but but hope they told the human torch to immediately and constantly keep his eyes shut when the fire extinguishers hit him because the effects it can have on the eyes is pretty dangerous,too.