TheVileOne

I would love to see an animated 90s Spider-Man revival, but they kind of already resolved the big issue with Peter reuniting with MJ. Also, Captain America now hanging around in the present day. The next animated Spider-Man series is Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man which was originally designed as the Freshman Year prequel to the MCU before it got rewritten. So basically like an AU MCU version of movie Spider-Man.

If he doesn't wear the mask or only wears the mask for only 30 seconds, I'm still going to be pissed.

They already went ahead and aired the CM Punk footage from All In and tried to play it off as Young Bucks were distracted because CM Punk tried to strangle their little buddy. All because Tony Khan probably threw a tantrum over Punk's interview with Ariel Helwani. You don't get much kookier than that garbage.

They shouldn't be and that's a self-defeating prophecy. These were designed to be quarterly primetime TNT specials and big events similar to Clash of the Champions.

I'd say it's a good number. Significantly up is better than significantly down. The problem is they gave away a huge first-time matchup on TV. This is not something they will have an opportunity to do a lot. Not to mention, they've completely neglected and practically killed off the Battle of the Belts series. Failing to make those destination shows proves that no one should invest their time in watching them, so they don't. A match like this should be on Battle of the Belts. But AEW refuses to make those shows bigger.

Jinder Mahal vs. Hook.

https://youtu.be/TihulMCrss8 Jinder Mahal is now a free agent. Tony Khan knows what he has to do. It's about what's best for business.

It just feels like AEW's TV product is starting to become more like WWE was pre-Triple H.

So basically Adam Cole was correct for preemptively betraying the bastard scumbag MJF.

But winning the tournament grants you a guaranteed world title shot.

The closest thing AEW had to a Stone Cold-like talent or rise was MJF. He had a meteoric rise, and AEW leaned into that whole worked shoot thing of him being a disgruntled worker. Except they did that angle with MJF. They made him the champion. He had his run and they did all they can with it for like a year, and it ran its course. And now MJF has significantly cooled off as well. So they did stay the course with MJF, and it worked for a little while, but it didn't push AEW to a higher level. Clearly, MJF and Punk were going to pick up where they left off when MJF came back. That got re-worked too, and I think AEW re-worked that well enough under the circumstances. They invested heavily in Undisputed Kingdom, but once it became clear that Adam Cole was hurt and couldn't really carry anything out there, they really needed to pivot or re-work that angle.

I just don't get the Wyatt/Bo Dallas thing and where they are supposed to go with this? Like when it comes time to get in the ring with someone, who is he getting in the ring with? Who is he feuding with, and who is he going to beat? I just don't get how they can have a long-term future with this using a bunch of guys who were treading water beforehand on the main roster. The whole angle doesn't sit well with me, and I realize Mike Rotunda and Bo Dallas are on board with it, so it's not like much can be said in that regard. It's more like there's a part of me that's greatly bothered by the whole alternate-history ending of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. My understanding is Quentin Tarantino sought the approval of Tate's family and living relatives for the movie, so I can't really condemn anything in that regard. But it still bothers me nonetheless. When Bray Wyatt came back, the whole viral campaign angle and his initial return were great. But then he just meandered and said nothing of consequence after that. They pushed him into a feud with LA Knight, and the feud and match were garbage. The reason I mention that is just because all this looks really cool doesn't have me convinced they have a great plan here that will be this masterpiece of wrestling cinema. For whatever reason, the only guys they've targeted so far are Pat McAfee, who's an announcer, and Chad Gable, who always loses his biggest matches. So maybe that will lead to something and they can create some kind of interesting rivalry there. But the whole thing and how they are working this with Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt's death still makes me uncomfortable.

One thing I do want to highlight during AEW's run is those kind of happy accidents, like Jamie Hayter getting over and becoming a top star. Also Rusev of all people striking gold with his whole Redeemer thing. It didn't last that long, but there was that short stretch where it finally felt like Rusev was back where he needed to be. Also, Eddie Kingston probably one of the most genuine and believable guys on the roster. I think Eddie Kingston coming in to answer Cody's open challenge and managing to earn his spot in AEW was pretty incredible.

Evan Husney and Jason Eisener badly missed the mark here. I get that this was a co-production with The Rock, but this docuseries doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know or heard ad nauseum before. Some of the interviews are interesting, but no one gets called out on their BS. And that's a failure on the guys creating it. I respect Husney and Eisener as creators a lot, but this is a recurring problem in Dark Side of the Ring as well. They put these outrageous and weird thoughts out there and they have access to some amazing talents, and they don't really address these outrageous things that get brought up. Instead of asking why all of Earthquake's friends didn't go to his funeral when his family felt very depressed and shunned by that, they made sure to showcase The Shockmaster story in an episode that really had nothing to do with the Shockmaster and was an unnecessary tangent. They don't really counter any of the stupid claims made by Russo or Bischoff at all. They just let them talk their heads off.

The Premier Athletes are a jobber stable, and they weren't built up. They won one throwaway match on Collision and then lost all their subsequent matches. I think they formed on ROH. There's no direction here. There's no buildup here. AEW will build guys up and put them on TV for a few weeks, then we will never see them again for two or three months. "Oh they're probably hurt. Oh they're injured." "No I'm not injured." Tony Khan bragging about this being a show for sickos doesn't work because he's not gifted like Paul Heyman. Calling out WWE doesn't work because he's the son of a billionaire. You're not Paul Heyman, Tony. He brags about having more money and not sitting back and taking this f'n shit and yet he continues to take it and act like an idiot. Having more money than Jim Crockett don't mean diddly squat when you act like an ass.