#I’ve just seen soooo many posts today bc the ratings dropped and it’s like no one cares

[spinetacks]

there just aren’t many darby guys around so I have to complain extra, but my ongoing grouchiness about the match is that it did darby such a disservice. the more defence I see about why it was a good match actually because it served so much purpose for jack, I’m just over here really frustrated because it was the opposite for my guy. it’s neither of their faults that they had to work with such limited time, and while I’m sad he lost a coffin match it was always going to be the result and happened for a clear reason. but the spots, the chanting and general vibe of the match (a coffin match, darby’s specific thing) were all about the haunted narrative, and a lot of those spots literally did not make sense in a darby match. these are things we’ve been shown for years that darby can handle. powdered (real) glass as a threat to him felt stupid after his own glass spot. he can quite famously fight with his hands tied behind his back, let alone in front. he can fight tied up, endure beatings, he can survive huge drops. hell, he can fight from INSIDE a body bag. these are things he’s spent his entire aew run demonstrating he’s good at, and to see him essentially get squashed and become useless at all of his own tricks was very disheartening. it’s disheartening that most people don’t even care enough to question how jack could achieve it all. the title didn’t even matter, the loss..feels bad, but I understand the choice they made, I’m just bitterly disappointed that it’s how his singles match in wembley turned out, especially with him being a contender for the world title. like, good for jack and getting that venue out of his system and rip to them both for having to speedrun that match and just make the best of it, but I’m not seeing anyone care that there are two sides involved in having feelings about it. so here’s more of mine ig :s