Couldn’t agree with this post more. Pretty much exactly the way I see it. I’ll just add that AJs backed into a corner here, and he has to do everything in his power to be as ready as he can be. He’s not a wimp. He has enacted the rematch clause and he’s going to try.
The black hood is the icing on the cake. He looks like some time traveler warlock/assassin who's been sent into the future to assassinate AJ. It's such a great and now iconic photo.
I had to delete your link and post the photo in a separate post because it didn't work and it wouldn't even if I did so with my mod powers unless I deleted your link
Absolutely ahaha, the foreshadowing element of it is definitely iconic.. cracks me up though, because I always think of this meme Thank you kindly good sir!
AJ is going to learn the same painful lesson LeBron learned: You can't teach an athlete to be a "dog". It's either in you or it isn't. It may be lurking somewhere deep down in AJ's huge impressive frame. Or maybe it isn't. Maybe he's doomed to being Bruno 2.0, or maybe he'll turn his career around and rekindle that spark that allowed for him to get off the floor to beat Wladmir. Only he can find it, no trainer can teach heart and willpower.