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  1. I kinda grimace when I hear people talking about AEW as competition or that it's another version of the Monday Night Wars.  Let's just wait and see how the next set of shows does and how they handle the TNT show.  I think the biggest hurdle will be how many viewers they're doing by February.  Sure, this show was real good but wait until they have to do 52+ shows a year and be compelling too.

    I wouldn't mind Marvez being gone.  He comes across like a better third wheel than Saxton or Renee but he didn't really add too much other than to set up the other guys for talking points.  Another thing is that I was disappointed in the little backstage interview segment they did with Kylie Ray as I thought it looked a little low-rent.  

    I should mention that I really got a kick out of the Cody throne thing and what it represented.  The Attitude Era of the WWE was garbage, to me, except for the really good angles, and there were definitely less of those than bad shit thrown against the wall and sleaze.  I tend to separate the AE of 97-99 from the overall wrestling boom of 95 onward, in my mind.  I generally like the latter but not the former.  It was a good message and a great symbol for forward thinking.

    BTW, does anyone know if they were using a 20x20 ring?

  2. I don't really want to go into too much detail but I really enjoyed the show, and I could maybe see myself buying more shows in the future.  I subscribe to the Network but I never watch their shows and lord knows how long it has been since I actually paid for a show.  IMO, none of the matches were bad and I really enjoyed the Joshi match and Cody/Dustin.  I thought production was pretty solid and commentary was pretty decent too.  I actually liked Marvez the least, which is surprising.  I liked JR's enthusiasm for the main and Excaliber was amazing, if not channeling Mauro's over-announcing things.  Most of the guys in the matches looked like stars, and even some of the battle royal guys were decent.  The ending was a bit overbooked but it was still pretty exciting even as I figured Moxley would show up at some point.  By the end, Jericho seemed like an afterthought after the heat was seemingly put on Moxley, then Omega, and back to Moxley.  Admittedly, I'm just nitpicking.

  3. Yea, I'd like to know those ideas too.

    I've come to accept the belt for what it is, a fun, useless title that will give some scrubs tv time.  Plus, we've gotten R-Truth calling it the Euro title.  Assemble the geeks.

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  4. I can't fathom Omega losing in his first match.  Really, Jericho shouldn't lose either but someone has to.  Losses can be ok, and Jericho can still look pretty damn strong if he loses.  I don't really think Page will be in the Battle Royal, and I pretty much expect Moxley to be 21 since it would be the biggest surprise they could pull off for Saturday.  Then, they book Omega/Moxley for All In 2 and spend the months in between giving Moxley wins and propping up Omega too, and Omega wins the belt.  Hands down, Omega should be the first champ, IMO.  Hell, Moxley could win the battle royal, come out and attack Omega after the win, and Jericho could help him and form a bit of an alliance, and then do tags or something until All In.  Jericho/Moxley v. Omega/Cody with Cody taking the fall for Moxley, etc.

  5. I loved Beefer as a kid but I can't see his career path being much different than how it ended up.  I can't picture Vince actually belting him, just a chase at Slaughter or something.  It's not like Brutus was so amazingly talented that he'd be able to draw.  Nowadays, he'd probably get one of the belts though, maybe.

  6. I noticed that Renee Young, Saxton, and Otunga are now the Main Event announce team.  For anyone who watches, who is the play-by-play guy?  Is that group any good at all?  it just seems like they threw all the third-wheel losers out there to call the show no one cares much about.  Or is everything just really silent with occasional really general observations about the matches?

  7. I'm not sure if this has been covered but how in the world is Roman the face when he beat up a defenseless senior citizen unprovoked?  Hell, Elias didn't even provoke him and he got beat up twice.  Then, Elias looked like a Giant geek putting down his guitar as Roman came out.

    In the WWE Universe, everyone is an.idiot.

  8. Styles was super overrated, IMHO.  He sounded great when Heyman was producing him, like in the original ECW and ONS 05 and 06 but when he announced anywhere else, he was just kinda bland.  Plus, sure he knew the move names in ECW but isn't there more to being a play-by-play guy then just knowing the moves.  Say what you want about Vince but he certainly knew how to put guys and stories over more than he ever called moves by their technical names.

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  9. Lately, I've been thinking how Tony Schiavone should be in the WWE HOF, and I was wondering who you guys thought were the five greatest play-by-play (not color guys unless you want to list them too) guys in history

    My Top 5

    Jim Ross

    Vince

    Tony Schiavone

    Mauro Ranallo

    Gordon Solie

    I haven't really seen a lot of matches where Gordon announced but I feel he should be on there, out of respect maybe.  Was he good or was he just a fan favorite?

  10. 2 hours ago, RIPPA said:

    I am trying to figure out what I watched that keeps making Cultaolic videos show up in my recommendation list

    Yea, that's pretty much my situation.  I think I watched one shitty Whatculture video and now all I get is more videos like that in my feed, and then I continue to hate-watch some of them.  What is wrong with me?  To be fair, Wrestling with Wregret did have some cool videos on defunct promotions, that beneath all the shitty, obnoxious humor, had some good footage and basic info.  Who knew that the Warlord was in the AWF?

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