Tiffany’s AEW YouTube Takes: Mississippi Mayhem

Tiffany MC is here with your look at the AEW YouTube content for the week, including their tribute to the Memphis legends of wrestling!

Being the Elite #185 –  The One with the Weird Courtship

• Love the Bucks trolling the smarks by using landscaping as a metaphor. I honestly don’t buy either of these guys as gardeners, but that’s fine.
• Glad they updated for Revolution.
• MEMPHIS!!!
• Okay, so the superkick at the Grizzlies game was a sketch.
• Orange Cassidy. Eh.
• The Bucks going to Graceland on Elvis’ birthday and they didn’t bring the Elvis gear.
• I’ve never been to Graceland, but it looks…cool.
• OOH, arcade! Lany Poffo, aka, the Genius.
• Hangman getting some suds. THE BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN, JIMMY VALIANT!!!! Oh, Page was trained by Valiant!
• This got awkward in a hurry. Love Jimmy giving Page a pep talk, Page needs a pep talk right now.
• Okay, Statlander is leaning into the whole alien thing…I think. Cassidy showing her how to sit in a chair. Uh…yeah.
• Is Page the mysterious Exalted One?
• Kenny and Nakazawa! Page is SLOSHED.
• I have a BAD feeling about Bash at the Beach.
• Lemme guess, vodka. At least, liquor before beer…I hope.
• Page needs a BIG intervention.
• Where’s Brandon been?
• Page didn’t notice Kenny wasn’t behind him? This is going to end badly.

AEW Dark – Legends Night

• I like this opening video.
• DAVE BROWN!! Too bad Lance isn’t here.
• Tony and Dasha. Dasha seems to be channeling hot Elvis in the black leather jumpsuit.
• Love the tribute to Lance.

Legends of Memphis

I love that they’re showing this segment, but I kind of wish this had been on Dynamite since it was so heavily hyped. There are some GLARING absences: Jerry Lawler, Midnight Express and Jim Cornette, Bill Dundee, Jerry Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett’s father, who ran Memphis Wrestling for decades).  I appreciate Lawler being mentioned and Brian Christopher getting honored.

I never knew Dave Brown never broadcasted on LIVE TV. Good for AEW for giving him the chance!

I must say that a lot of of these guys don’t look NEARLY as rode hard and put up wet as some legends from the 60s-90s. I love how these guys are still pretty over, especially the Rock n Roll Express. Also, kudos to Justin Roberts for pausing to let the Express enjoy the chants of the crowd.

Didn’t know that Macho Man worked in the Memphis territory. Great tribute!

Darby Allin vs Brandon Cutler

I’m not sure what to make of Cutler’s get up. He looks like a Damien Demento cosplayer. Bugs Bunny mention!

This was a pretty good, if rather standard, if anything Darby Allin is involved in can be called standard. I really want to get behind Brandon Cutler, but he’s not an outstanding talent. He’s really good, but he doesn’t scream ‘future big star’. Allin doesn’t either, come to that, but I don’t feel it with Cutler.

Okay, this was better than I’d expected. Allin won, no big surprise, but I’m wondering why Cutler hasn’t gotten a victory over ANYONE.

Nyla Beast vs Shanna

Okay, I’m impressed with Shanna attacking Nyla from behind. That was unexpected. This match never really got started, but the brawl was pretty good. Let’s have more of this, less Nightmare Collective, or at least hit ‘restart’ on the Nightmare Collective. The table spot was AWKWARD, but given the size difference between Nyla and Shanna, I’m not really surprised it didn’t go smoothly. Still cool, plus them fighting in the back, I like that.

Gunn Club (Billy and Austin Gunn) vs Shawn Spears and Peter Avalon (with Tully Blanchard and Leva Bates)

Okay, this match was supposed to happen in Jacksonville, but didn’t air for some unknown reasons. Now, with a new name that isn’t really linked to WWE or any 90s era factions, we’re giving this another go.

So, it seems like Gunn Club’s gimmick is basically being DX and Bullet Club, without mentioning either of them, with a dash of the HORRIBLE Billy and Chuckie gimmick. Austin looks SO much like his dad, it’s creepy.

Sigh. There’s a lot of references to DX and I’m kind of not here for it. I get it, Billy Gunn will always be linked to DX, but I didn’t need to be reminded of it every few minutes of this match.

Other than all that, it wasn’t a terrible match. Billy Gunn can still go for a man his age and with his past issues. Austin did a great job selling to both Spears and Avalon. Gunns got a win, though it’s annoying that their previous match was mentioned even though it didn’t air.

That’s it for Tiffany’s YouTube Takes! Stay tuned tomorrow for Bash at the Beach coverage!