Five questions: Are these pants?

Happy Thursday. I watched AEW Dynamite last night. The show featured segments to move things along to the upcoming Forbidden Door show, a really fun match with a bunch of boys, and an emotional moment for fans of a certain age.

I've got five questions about what happened on Dynamite. Let's get into them.

Is it too soon for the Edge and Christian reunion?

For the rest of this post, I will refer to these guys by their proper AEW names. But in terms of why this whole story matters, let's call it what it is.

Given some of the compelling stories these two have delivered over the course of their respective careers, I'm certain they could have taken us along on a compelling, slow-burn journey to their eventual reconciliation and reunion.

But we don't have time for that.

Besides the breakneck pace of stories in the world of monthly-ish pay-per-views, I can see the urgency to pull the trigger while the story is available to you. More specifically, I understand the instinct to go with it while both men are healthy and able to wrestle.

That's the background behind the scenes that we all know. I can make a case for the story itself, too. When it comes to disputes between close friends with long histories, sometimes it's just as simple as both parties shrugging, saying sorry, and agreeing to move on.

Even if those parties spent months viciously attacking each other, up to and including with actual hockey equipment.

However you want to look at it, I'm not afraid to share that I teared up when Adam Copeland and Christian Cage hugged in the ring during last night's episode. I'm just going to enjoy that moment and whatever lies ahead.

Bonus question: are we done with the thing where his name is just "Cope?" I sure hope so.

Did MJF know how Seabiscuit ends?

Alternate question: did I remember how it ends?

Answer to alternate question: no.

The names for race horses are famously absurd. Sometimes they are cool and absurd. Sometimes they are just silly.

The insult never would have landed if the horse in the famous movie was named "Thunder" or something like that. But it absolutely fit right in for MJF to derisively call Hangman "Seabiscuit" over the course of their interactions.

It also set up one of my favorite lines ever from the Hangman, and that's saying something:

"And do you know how Seabiscuit's story ends, you dumbass? He wins."

"Dumbass" doesn't work as an insult from just anybody. But it works from the Hangman.

I'm intrigued by everything that happened between Hangman and MJF on Wednesday to set up their PPV match. I like the wrinkle of MJF getting outsmarted. I like Hangman's continuation of the story that led to his second championship reign, where he is still reckoning with the dark parts of his past and coming out on the other side.

And I like the development that the events of Wednesday night brought out MJF's vicious side.

That's going to be a great main event, and it's going to be a fun story to watch over the next year or so. Because methinks the Forbidden Door show is the just beginning of what's in store between MJF and the Hangman.

Are these pants?

Wednesday night saw the the return of New Japan star Hiromu Takahashi on AEW programming. I always enjoy his gear. However, I don't know if these are pants or shorts.

I really enjoy the idea of wrestlers wearing their gear all the time, moving through their day to day in the same clothes they wear in the ring. This is a favorite idea when it comes to guys like Randy Orton and PAC, who are seemingly always in nothing but a pair of black briefs.

I'm going with the story that Takahashi wears those pants/shorts everywhere.

Does hair gel serve as a helmet?

During that same match, the Young Bucks took out their frustration with their lack of respect on ring announcer Justin Roberts.

This moment raises a number of follow-up questions. And we're nothing if not curious and willing to ask questions in these entries.

• Does Justin Roberts' hair gel protect his head from a concussion, serving as something like a helment, as Tazz claimed on commentary?
• Is there a code of conduct somewhere that lays out the punishment and fines for these actions, such as the $10,000 fines that Tony Khan apparently handed out to Matt and Nick for this attack?
• If there is, who is in charge of updating it?
• Does the process of constantly updating that code comprise someone's full-time job?

This was in the opening moments of a match that was a whole lot of fun, by the way. It always feels like it's the best version of Dynamite when there's a wild, action-packed multi-person match. We got that on Wednesday.

Similar to the changes over the course of the night with MJF, I am intrigued to see where things go as the Young Bucks express anger over their treatment. They are entertaining as comedic heels. They might be even better as vicious heels.

Am I going to be able to watch the entire Lights Out Cage Match at Forbidden Door?

Unlikely.

The reason, of course, is the high likelihood of weapons, blood, and overall crazy person behavior.

One last follow-up question: will they actually stay in the cage?

Also unlikely.

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