Kang Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Rebel just works in the back now https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1216734/rebel-reportedly-no-longer-being-used-by-aew-in-wake-of-bakerhayter-face-turn/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Want LuFisto...but will end up with KC Spinelli or Nicole Matthews. I'd mark out for either of them, big fan of both. KC did work Dark last time they were in Canada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I'm kinda sad about Rebel/Reba. She was around for soooooo loooooong in that position and her genuine enthusiasm and dorkiness (and hotness) will be missed. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Could Jade's opponent be Gail Kim? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Red King said: Rebel just works in the back now https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1216734/rebel-reportedly-no-longer-being-used-by-aew-in-wake-of-bakerhayter-face-turn/ Yea i read this in advance of making my post. Doesn't mean she can't or won't be back tomorrow though, that's kind of the usual way of business in AEW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 HERE YA GO! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Ha, I want her husband to show up on the tron and CUT A PROMO then Gail runs in. You know you want to see Robert Irvine pretend to be a wrestler. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 40 minutes ago, EVA said: I really enjoyed Wardlow/Hobbs until the finish. I like QT, but Hobbs does NOT need him, and the 10-count KO finish in a falls count anywhere match felt weird. It was just an awful lot to protect a guy who couldn’t even cut a fired up promo on whoever legit broke into his car. Right, so, this is the setup that I needed to get my negative take out of the way before I get positive. Wardlow has killed his own heat by continuing to be a subpar promo. Lord knows he's been given every opportunity. I'm really really sorry to say this but you have to be two out of these three thing to sustain main-event level heat in 2023 - #1) Capable of having AND/OR capable of being lead through whatever we currently define as a "five star match" #2) A very good promo AND/OR being physically charismatic enough to do really high end character work #3) Tall AND/OR "Legit". Wardlow is not terrible at #1 or #2, but he really only nails #3. And I'd say it would be easier to teach him to be a high-end workrate guy than to hope he'll come into his own as a natural, inspiring promo. Again, not that he's TERRIBLE and not that he has to be great. We live in a world where Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada and Sasha Banks are legitimate draws. He's just destined to be exactly a half a step behind on the stick and it kills me to see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) EDIT: tomorrow i edit this and say something nice EDIT 2: where one falls on the QT love/hate divide probably has to do with how many live shows one has attended. Have you seen him get heat at a NJPW Strong show? Or during a commercial break at a Dynamite taping? He's really quite the natural. Edited March 10, 2023 by John E. Dynamite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Ha, I want her husband to show up on the tron and CUT A PROMO then Gail runs in. You know you want to see Robert Irvine pretend to be a wrestler. Robert Irvine showed up in TNA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 40 minutes ago, JLowe said: People were clowning AEW on Twitter for the International Women’s Day post showing a bunch of women who rarely make TV because they never show more than one women’s match. Yeah, before the show I was thinking of posting here speculating whether Tony would celebrate International Women's Day by having two women's matches. But I knew he wouldn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Shit, really? I need to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 So what does Shazam! have to do with renaming the All-Atlantic to the International title? Especially since “international title” is about as generic a name as there is. I was confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yeah I agree Wardlow has both 1) been chumped and 2) proven that he isn’t capable - at least not yet - of being able to execute in the spot he was being positioned for, so the pivot away from him was strategically correct (albeit chumpishly executed) He needs to go to learn a new hold. Bring on Wardlow/Hammerstone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Just now, John E. Dynamite said: Right, so, this is the setup that I needed to get my negative take out of the way before I get positive. Wardlow has killed his own heat by continuing to be a subpar promo. Lord knows he's been given every opportunity. I'm really really sorry to say this but you have to be two out of these three thing to sustain main-event level heat in 2023 - #1) Capable of having AND/OR capable of being lead through whatever we currently define as a "five star match" #2) A very good promo AND/OR being physically charismatic enough to do really high end character work #3) Tall AND/OR "Legit". Wardlow is not terrible at #1 or #2, but he really only nails #3. And I'd say it would be easier to teach him to be a high-end workrate guy than to hope he'll come into his own as a natural, inspiring promo. Again, not that he's TERRIBLE and not that he has to be great. We live in a world where Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada and Sasha Banks are legitimate draws. He's just destined to be exactly a half a step behind on the stick and it kills me to see it. If this was 25-30 years ago, he would be in Japan like Doug Furnas or The Gladiator and making good money. I know that there are plenty of foreigners working in Japan now, but it ain't like it was before when guys could legit have a star look but still have a career somewhere other than the big two. We didn't know Furnas or Awesome or Bognar or some of the guys didn't have charisma or a major presence until they came over here and it was firmly established. I mean Doug had more charisma than his brother Mike so Cornette brought him over to cut promos, but there is a certain level he wasn't able to achieve over his career. I mean Del Wilkes had that fired up babyface Southern rasslin shit going on, but it probably wouldn't have worked in the long run even without injuries and the subsequent substance issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Guys - we might have a future where Double J wins the International Title and produces MMA-esk vignettes touting his puro, lucha and world of sport stylings. Edited March 9, 2023 by For Great Justice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Shit, really? I need to see that. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5tuydv 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said: So what does Shazam! have to do with renaming the All-Atlantic to the International title? Well, the movie is subtitled "Fury of the Gods". And, like, more than one country has gods. So, you know... international. ... It makes sense! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said: So what does Shazam! have to do with renaming the All-Atlantic to the International title? Especially since “international title” is about as generic a name as there is. I was confused. It has as much to do with that title as Mountain Dew has to do with someone's supernatural pissed off uncle. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I’m glad they opened up the All-Atlantic to the other oceans. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 If next week they don't refer to ALL weapons as international objects, I will refuse to support AEW anymore. It's TBS and it's right there, bruh. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Have Arn or someone be the Bockwinkel in WCW type figure. I like the awkward Tony and his middle school presentation style of announcements but it’s time for a change. The All-Atlantic Era is over. Enter the Dawn of the International Age. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I wasn’t really paying attention once I realized it was a match announcement for OC, but wasn’t it just that the match is sponsored by the Shazam movie and they’re also rebranding it? Either way, don’t care, I’m excited for OC vs Jarrett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Corporate synergy at its finest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 New title lineage just dropped. Rick Rude in now a former AEW International champion, it’s canon 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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