TheVileOne
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4 hours ago, Cliff Hanger said:
WAIT WHAT
https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/9/12/new-fist-of-the-north-star-hokuto-no-ken-anime
I am shock!
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1 hour ago, Technico Support said:
Those are Punk and Miro problems, not AEW problems. You can’t cherry pick two malcontents as your examples of AEW poorly booking former WWE talent.
Those are very much AEW problems.
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On 3/7/2024 at 7:23 PM, Kang said:
Akira Toriyama passed away. He was 68 years old.
https://twitter.com/DB_official_en/status/1765935471971213816
Toriyama is probably one of the best and most influential creators of the last 50 years. Returned to Dragon Ball long after it was finished and I think told even better stories for the franchise. And he was still working constantly until the end when he could've easily coasted and rested on his past success.
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1 hour ago, Death From Above said:
I was a huge proponent of Miro to AEW but even I'd admit, it just didn't feel right almost from the start. Sometimes we're wrong.
I think AEW needs another charismatic top woman more than it needs another top male star so in this case I can definitely see good things.
It didn't feel right because they were struggling to figure out what his niche was post-WWE when he couldn't do Rusev Day anymore and there were no fans in the arena. Then they pivoted to the Redeemer and that worked much better for a while. At first, they tried to make him the Best Man and be a cool big guy who likes anime and video games and stuff.
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Here you all go. Some new footage.
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4 minutes ago, Infinit said:
I think that with the proper promotion and support, Mercedes could be a phenomenal asset for AEW, moreso than alot of/most of the former WWE talent they have signed. I'm really looking forward to seeing if they can capitalize on her fully.
Same for CM Punk, and look how that turned out. Did the short-term gains with CM Punk outweigh the long-term damage? I think you can make an argument they did.
I mean I think with the proper promotion and support Miro could've been a phenomenal asset for AEW, and he does when he was operating on full cylinders as the Redeemer. But he had no idea what to do with Miro after he lost the TNT title. I think a lot of guys have that potential. But they also need that sustained creative push.
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IMHO Rampage was a solid B-show last night. B-shows can be good too, and we need B-shows.
I hope they continue going somewhere with Saraya and Ruby Soho's feud. Saraya's segment was one of her more effective heel promos, and I got a kick out of setting her feral brother on hapless bystanders. I also had a drink going up my nostrils moment when Ruby said, "You and your inbred family are going to get what's coming to you!" Ideally, this should lead to some sort of mixed tag match with Saraya and Zak Knight vs. Ruby and Ang on PPV or some such.
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We will see how Mercedes does in AEW. The key is not the debut. The key is the follow-up. Tony Khan got way too comfortable signing as many former WWE guys as he could so he could say, "Look who we have now!" Only to promptly forget about them or stop booking them for weeks if not months, or guys will fuck off to ROH after a notable win or loss.
Not bringing in any of the guys cut by WWE last year was smart, even though the rumor was that people were pushing for AEW to sign Nic Nemeth. Nic Nemeth brings nothing of actual value to AEW right now that they don't have with a dozen other people. Not to mention he's 43. Meanwhile, Nemeth is someone New Japan and TNA can actually use at the moment. Same with Mustafa Ali. AEW's roster is bloated enough as it is and could stand to lose more guys.
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"I f'n told them to fire me! They refused!"
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IMHO if you are running with Roman vs. Cody again, I genuinely don't think you can have Roman retain or do shenanigans again.
I think you could get away with it last year because many people were shocked by it and were just automatically assuming Cody would get the win. But a part of me still believes Triple H won't be able to resist Roman surpassing Hogan's title reign.
The only way Roman retaining would make sense at this point is if he beats The Rock.
Secondly, what else can you really do with The Bloodline anymore? You already did Sami Zayn rebelling and breaking away. You did the Usos breaking away. Roman has beaten everyone else. The last challenge was really The Rock, and the fans rejected it and they pivoted back to Cody. At some point, you have to pull the trigger. Cody isn't getting any younger either. If you want him to have his title run it pretty much has to happen now.
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On 1/21/2024 at 4:19 PM, Stefanie Sparkleface said:
Yeah, and there's also the problem where the people making the series probably want to do more with the subject matter but are limited to that amount of time, so they have to decide what's the most important and what can be cut, but it's either take the time you're allotted or the story doesn't get told.
The Benoit story was done in two parts. So they could do two-parters if they deem it necessary.
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1 hour ago, zendragon said:
What’s the word on The Rock?
Meltzer is reporting that it's Cody and Seth vs. Rock and Roman on Night 1.
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9 hours ago, odessasteps said:
As I said in another thread, I think a Gunter multi man title defense isa way to get the belt off him without him getting pinned.
But why would you do that? Whoever beats Gunther can become a made man. I don't think you can have him end his epic title run like this without an emphatic victory.
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Collision was a solid show overall last Saturday. The main event angle between Danielson, Akiyama, and Kingston I thought was executed perfectly. You can't watch a segment like that and say there was no storytelling or character work.
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I'm assuming all these challengers for the IC title popping up tonight means there's either going to be some big scramble or cluster to produce a contender for Gunther, there's going to be a multi-man ladder match at WrestleMania 40. Something of that sort.
I liked Rhea and Becky's segment tonight. It definitely gives me hope that their match will get the build this year that Charlotte/Rhea last year did not.
Frankly, got to give it up to Drew McIntyre. The way he's evolved and just made slight tweaks to his character have been utterly fantastic. As a babyface he was OK, but as a heel who speaks the truth and rationally, he's doing the best work of his career. Now, if there's any likelihood of Priest cashing in on someone, it's in the outcome of McIntyre/Rollins. McIntyre seems like the logical choice to win this one, but then you have all this business with Seth and the Bloodline. Is this meant to be a tag team match at WrestleMania? Are you going to have the Bloodline tag team match on Night 1 and Night 2? That basically eliminates anyone else from getting the main event slot on Night 1. But if you have the opportunity for The Rock to wrestle at WrestleMania you have to take it for box office and the PR alone.
Raw is far too long, and my hope is that when they transition to Netflix they return to a two-hour format. There's no reason they need to be three hours every week. I don't really feel like three hours showcases more talent. It just kills the show's pacing. What they should do is add a secondary show to SmackDown. Make Main Event the B show for Raw and something like Superstars or some other unused name the B show for SmackDown.
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On 2/23/2024 at 4:43 PM, Curt McGirt said:
I watched a fair amount of Sinclair ROH but really don't remember much of anything from it. Just solid, plain-jane wrestling to stick in your eyeholes. Who were the big champs and angles from back then?
Matt Taven, Dalton Castle, Cody Rhodes.
Pre-AEW, they did a lot of crossover between New Japan and the Bullet Club, which played out a lot over NJPW and ROH. And they did basically produce the original All In event.
The formation of AEW and then the pandemic were huge blows to any type of chance of ROH had of becoming a challenger brand.
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13 minutes ago, The Natural said:
https://twitter.com/yuhkidemers/status/1759965713719235056
Gutted. We've all wanted Warner Brothers to do Batman Beyond.
I'm not gutted because this was for an animated feature. Which is fine and all, but I see no point to that, especially not with Bruce Timm and Paul Dini involved. If it was live action, that's another matter, but that's not what they were going for here.
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1 hour ago, Kang said:
I can't see what Bix posted. But I know what you mean, I read the replies.
Here's what he wrote:
QuoteRocky's only ever been nice to me and I've never heard a bad word about anyone's direct dealings with him. But bringing in the guy who tried to sneak Marty Scurll back into the mainstream of wrestling as part of your front office, esp. iIn Our Current Moment, is a terrible idea.
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15 hours ago, Kang said:
From Dave Meltzer
Rocky Romero joined the AEW front office.
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I quite like Moana, and I think Rock did a good job singing as Maui.
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11 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
If I had to guess, I think Vince was roughly panicked (as much as he gets) and did it for at least two reasons:
1) He didn't think Becky/Ronda was big enough on their own and felt he needed to add a big star.
2) She got added because he didn't want her jumping ship to Japan, or worse, Jacksonville.
Not that I agree with either assessment...
I recall rumors from Dave Meltzer that Charlotte Flair was promised that slot or something, and considering many of Vince's broken promises and failed favors over the years, I wonder why he was so adamant about supposed promises to Charlotte about main eventing WrestleMania. So maybe there was a genuine fear she'd leave or some such. Also, I think if you look at history, she's clearly Vince's type.
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48 minutes ago, The Natural said:
You've reminded me of Charlotte Flair's WrestleMania history of winning some matches she should have lost:
Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, WrestleMania XXXII. Sasha Banks should have won.
Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka, WrestleMania XXXIV. Asuka should have won.
Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley. WrestleMania XXXVI. Rhea Ripley should have won.
Sasha and Rhea were the worst two.
Looking forward to Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch.
Charlotte shouldn't have even been in the WrestleMania 35 main event. That was Becky and Ronda's match, and we never got the opportunity to see Ronda vs. Becky one-on-one again after that.
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I would like to see a one-on-one women's singles match at WrestleMania without a title involved, but I very much want a women's title bout between Rhea and Becky. That's a potential classic, generational match. They are already giving it the build worthy of a WrestleMania match that Ripley vs. Charlotte never had, and they wrestled each other at WrestleMania twice.
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AEW - MARCH 2024
in ALL ELITE WRESTLING
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Miro beat him at Worlds End, and CJ turned on Andrade, helping Miro win. Tony announced Andrade was leaving right after that. And then there was this: