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Random memory: People telling me I didn’t understand video games and that the AEW video game would be fun. :lol:
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Where are those people right now?
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I don't think I've watched AEW now since All In 2024, and even then I've been sporadic since World's End 2023. Nothing makes me feel invested in it... I like MJF, but even he can't keep my attention because nothing in that company seems to matter.
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MJF feels like a try-hard edgelord. The act is tired. I’m pretty sure the face turn was done to sabotage him. And it worked.
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So their former World Champion Samoa Joe comes back from being off filming Twisted Metal, and they think the best use for him is...
In a tag team match against Kip Sabian and Nick Wayne :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: |
Joe’s going to be an interesting case when his contract is up. Artistically, people would assume he’d go back to WWE, but Tony must pay him by the truck. Plus he gets to serve as a spy for Triple H and Nick Khan.
I can’t believe Kip Sabian still works there. Joe vs. Christian reeks of TNA. Taz being on commentary cheering Joe on doesn’t help. |
I don’t know if Tony is really trying to make a big deal out of Collision or if he’s trying to destroy the show. They announced a Ricochet interview, a Chris Jericho match, a Harley Cameron segment and a “Mid-South Street Fight” between the most boring heel faction of all-time and the most boring face faction of all-time.
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AEW couldn’t sell 2,200 tickets for Dynamite and Collision this week.
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Joe vs Christian reeks of good TNA though.....
Back in its golden age when Christian was a main eventer.... |
Had a lot more potential then than now. I might go back and watch some. TNA have a lot of their PPVs up on YouTube. Better Joe/Christian, less Wayne/Sabian.
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Big Boom AJ copping flack from the sicko squad because he appeared in a toy company spot wearing a WWE belt. :lol:
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I hope he’s one of the “WWE super fans” they show in the crowd at the Royal Rumble cheering on all his favorite WWE Superstars.
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GCW sold more Hammerstein tickets than AEW. :lol:
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AEW so deadly
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Tony Khan trying to do damage control on the Brisbane show. Says it was always scheduled to be a TV show. Why wasn’t it advertised as that then? He said TNT came to them about airing after the All-Star game and they saw it as a tremendous opportunity. So why was it advertised by AEW in its regular slot?
The whole show is going to get clowned. TK also says that they don’t have “all the numbers” yet, but they’ve been told they’re doing better than some other sports. Yeah, by Sean Ross Sapp. They know they are doing better than some things…but they don’t know what the numbers are? Dead in the water. |
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Now that Johnny Curtis is making appearances in NXT again, the game is truly over.
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Chris Jericho refutes the notion that he hurts careers. He then went on the list a bunch of derailed careers he claims to have helped.
Has ANYONE from an AEW Chris Jericho faction ended up better for it? Not Sammy, not Hager, not Santana, Ortiz, MJF, Sammy again, 2.0 or whatever they were called. Daniel Garcia has been pushed down people’s throats, but he’s arguably in a worse spot creativity. No one benefits from working with the guy anymore. |
I read that Mark Davis randomly turned heel and became part of the faction he had turned against on Dynamite so I just had to watch some clips for a laugh.
Cope is wheezing and pointing to a tiny crowd they can’t show in wide shot referencing himself as being the only guy over. He challenges Moxley to a PPV a month away…because. Gotta give the guy time to prepare, I guess. Jay White cuts one of the worst promos I have ever heard challenging Moxley’s group to a “good ol-fashioned Brisbane Brawl.” Ah yes — that old classic. It’s going to be “2 on 2, anything goes” against a faction with 5 people in it. White is also teaming up with long-time friend Edge, as opposed to HIS ACTUAL FACTION. Can Juice Robinson and The Gunns get out there please? |
Nah, I can’t anymore. This show is fucking unwatchable. I was going to do a point-by-point thing but it’s not even worth watching the clips. Much more fun to comment on the news and high school drama.
Jimmy Korderas pointed out that MJF’s promo on Dustin Rhodes (oh yeah, he’s feuding with the other Last Outlaw now — yes 2 guys in AEW have the same nickname) reminded people that Cody left and went to the other company. Any other promotion in history would have (and did) cop shit for that. WCW and TNA used to get roasted for channeling the spirit of more over WWE guys. MJF lashed out and called Korderas a “bald grifter” and said he had been brainwashed by his old boss into pretending other companies don’t exist. Not sure MJF should be going after people’s hair. And now they don’t just look like the drunk ex leaving voicemails for Cody and Punk, but they’re also displaying small dick energy against former WWF refs. Did anyone have “Stone Cold” Jim Korderas on their bingo card? |
It looks like Elias is going to AEW with a knockoff Wyatt Family gimmick. :lol:
This promotion is the gift that just keeps on giving. |
Was just thinking of Elias the other day and what a big spotlight/push he got... only to never win any titles or really do anything but lose...
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He wasn’t the worst wrestler that ever lived, but the whole Elias gimmick was really overrated.
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James Romero is posting some great AEW-related content. A lot of Aussies upset about having their seats downgraded with Grand Slam being moved to a smaller building.
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The sickos tried to do AEW a solid by blaming the confusion around Grand Slam’s PPV status on fans. AEW then sends out a tweet (which they have since edited) calling it a PPV. :lol:
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AEW's in-ring product is still very much what I enjoy in my wrestling and I still watch Dynamite most every week. But I'm more in the "DVR and just watch the matches" territory now.
The promos/segments are largely just not doing anything for me at all. Like MJF/Jarrett as a match interests me because I've come to appreciate Jarrett so much more as time has gone on, he understands the assignment better than just about anyone in wrestling. But watching them try to out-edgelord each other in promos is just intolerable. Death Riders just make me groan. Actually liked like they got their segment over with very quickly last week, and I shouldn't feel that way about the world champ. A stable that includes Mox, Claudio, and PAC shouldn't make me feel dread but it just feels like the same fucking thing every week with them and it's getting go away heat. |
TK's worst moments as a booker are when he gets so insistent on following through the angle he wants to do regardless of crowd reaction, roadblocks etc. It's very obvious Death Riders are deadening the crowd and yet he keeps ramming ahead with it.
I assume he wants Darby to take the belt off Mox to "save" AEW from this terrible reign and bring the title out of the briefcase. Except Darby's not going to be back for months. So that means this terrible angle is just gonna keep going even though the crowd is rejected it at every turn. Balls. |
Tony says he is a stats guy. He said ratings are the best indicator they have as to what fans want. Nope.
Dude’s a liar. Also, can you remember the last time TK said anything intelligent, witty or insightful? He’s not very talented when it comes to wrestling. It’s a bought position in a vanity project. AEW’s legacy will be that it was there for a bunch of wrestlers and dirt sheet writers working to tell this guy with all the money in the world that he has talent. Wrestling fans used to get upset John Cena and Roman Reigns were “shoved down their throat.” That language doesn’t pop up as much anymore, but it would be appropriate to say that Tony is trying to shove a lot of less talented people down our throats. AEW is a lot of things people claimed they used to hate about WWE. And the wrestling is ass. |
It looks like Ricky Starks and Miro might have gotten free of the company.
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Ricky Starks will go straight to WWE, the writing's been on the wall for a while there. Feel like Ethan Page is getting moved to the main roster soon, which would leave a nice vacancy for Starks to come in and do his thing.
Miro I'm less sure of because it's seemed he's had a lot of personal shit going on. If he wants back in WWE I'd be surprised if they said no but I could just as easily see him exploring opportunities outside of the business, doing streaming or other things. Or just getting paid bank to do signings and work indy squashes. Hopefully he's happy wherever he ends up. |
Random "unrelenting passage of time" factoid: As of April 1st, Cody's announced departure date (February 15, 2022) will be the exact midpoint of AEW's company history.
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Pretty sure Rusev could easily walk back into WWE if he wanted to... and he'll probably end up in the exact same position as Andrade....
Guy who leaves WWE for AEW because he's unhappy with his position.... but then is unhappy at AEW and comes back to WWE to find themselves now not in as good a position and possibly worse than before they left. |
Between WWE releasing a bunch of people and now AEW releasing a few, it seems like Tiny Khan will overpay for some new toys for sure!
Seriously though, AEW will likely sign Cedric so they could have the whole Hurt Business collection. Maybe Blair Davenport depending on if her and Will Ospreay dont have bad feelings. I could also see giving the Good Brothers another run. Tony is also likely to sign whoever best convinces Tony they think he is a cool guy and they should be friends. For THE WWE, Triple H loves Black, and Starks will certainly get a shot. Not too sure about Miro. Yes he started in NXT, but he was a tailor made Vince push until he lost weight and got himself over as a babyface, so not sure if Triple H will want him. |
Tony is going to give Cedric a 7 figure deal.
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WWE is rubbing their hands with glee.
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Starks, Black and Rusev would all be good WWE additions.
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