The Natural Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 3 hours ago, The Natural said: Hope this will help you: https://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9128-best-aew-matches-ever/page/6/#comments Looking back at this, it's amazing how many TV matches there are. I really need to do my WWE one, few if any TV matches would make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 don't know if this is a real photo, who do we have in France who could verify this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I saw earlier today that AEW is on International Max but not USA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I just hope this doesn't screw up the fite deal and my beloved international feed. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 17 hours ago, zendragon said: don't know if this is a real photo, who do we have in France who could verify this? I VPN’d to France yesterday to check and didn’t see this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FZLHxAQXjDU Dax Harwood's 40th birthday surprise... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 AEW injury bug. F4wonline.com: – Bryan Alvarez has confirmed that Skye Blue suffered a broken ankle while facing Hikaru Shida on AEW Collision this past Saturday. Just minutes into the match, Blue hurt her right ankle while catching Shida on a crossbody to the outside. The match was stopped, Blue received medical treatment, and she was helped to the back. Blue’s significant other Kyle Fletcher shared a photo to social media on Sunday where Blue’s leg was in a cast. – Dalton Castle is set to miss the remainder of 2024 after being injured while facing Roderick Strong in a match for Collision that was taped on July 10. During the bout, Castle was knocked out with a flying knee. It caused the match to end earlier than expected when Castle was unable to kick out of Strong’s pin attempt. Alvarez notes that Castle did not suffer a concussion. It’s a different injury, and Castle will need to undergo surgery – Jay White’s injury that caused The Bang Bang Gang (White, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) to vacate the AEW Trios titles is a legitimate foot injury, but White is not expected to miss a significant amount of time. – After the titles were vacated, The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch & Nick Wayne) defeated Juice Robinson & The Gunns to become the new AEW Trios Champions. Killswitch (the former Luchasaurus) hurt his arm in that match, but it’s expected that he’ll work through it. The injury appears to be a partially torn biceps. --- Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 So seriously, does god hate the legs of AEW wrestlers or something? It'd be a lie to call all the ones we've seen over the past year or so to be flukish (Kingston's and Copeland's were fairly reasonable consequences of what they did sadly) but it feels rather excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Something in Jay's lower body had to give carrying Billy's fail-sons for the past year. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 7 hours ago, Go2Sleep said: Something in Jay's lower body had to give carrying Billy's fail-sons for the past year. Both Gunns are better than their dad in-ring and Austin is way more charismatic. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Hurt Business properly invading AEW sounds like money to me. Replace Cedric Alexander with a suitable young or underutilized talent. I’d love to see AR Fox get another bone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 9 hours ago, username said: So seriously, does god hate the legs of AEW wrestlers or something? It'd be a lie to call all the ones we've seen over the past year or so to be flukish (Kingston's and Copeland's were fairly reasonable consequences of what they did sadly) but it feels rather excessive. Based on Jay White and Switchasaurus, God hates the AEW trios title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 29 minutes ago, HarryArchieGus said: Hurt Business properly invading AEW sounds like money to me. Replace Cedric Alexander with a suitable young or underutilized talent. I’d love to see AR Fox get another bone. I know who Bobby Lashley and MVP are but can someone tell me what Hurt Business is and why this could be exciting/money? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Moose Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 32 minutes ago, JLowe said: I know who Bobby Lashley and MVP are but can someone tell me what Hurt Business is and why this could be exciting/money? Lashley, MVP, Shelton, Cedric - pandemic-era WWE stable, the vibe was Black Four Horsemen. Tweeners, looked great in suits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 (edited) 37 minutes ago, JLowe said: I know who Bobby Lashley and MVP are but can someone tell me what Hurt Business is and why this could be exciting/money? I didn’t watch wwe during their short lived run, but ppl seemed to think it was great use of the talent. Because it was so short lived, a lot of vocal fans wanted to see them return with the current regime. I could be wrong on the money, but seems like an opportunity for aew to ‘give fans what they want’. And something wwe wouldn’t. They don’t have a great record pushing monsters, but Lashley being a former wwe top guy would prolly give them some eyeballs for the experiment. Edited July 23 by HarryArchieGus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 1 hour ago, HarryArchieGus said: Hurt Business properly invading AEW sounds like money to me. Replace Cedric Alexander with a suitable young or underutilized talent. I’d love to see AR Fox get another bone. Hard agree. I was already done watching WWE by that period, but based on what I picked up from social media, the video game, and the occasional FS1-rerun-drop-in, they had a killer vibe. AR would be awesome in that spot, no doubt - four other names I'd add to the list of candidates: a returning Will Hobbs, a returning Keith Lee (though I read his deal's up soon), a newly-turned Samoa Joe, or a debuting Ricochet. Also, idk how to say this without sounding crass-ish: though I know a little bit about THB from the stuff I mentioned above, I'm honestly not familiar enough with the gimmick to know whether or not suggesting non-POC would be offensive or not - so in the event they are good with a white dude in that Owen-joins-the-Nation role, I'd suggest Bryan Keith AND Big Bill leave Jericho laying. Or shit, you could do Joe/Hook as a similar package without even turning anyone (again, as long as it's cool with everyone involved - if the mission statement is, you know, very explicitly to elevate Black talent or something, then forget I mentioned those guys). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 In my ongoing quest for AEW to have a Road Warriors/Skyscrapers type team who wrecks fools, I think a Lashley/Hobbs combo could fill that role nicely. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I'm sorry, but AEW cannot add another mid-card heel stable until they figure out what to do with the ones they already have. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourPostMassacre Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I would replace MVP because it made no sense for him to be in the group aside from a mouthpiece and I think Lashley is better on the mic then people know because most people didn’t see his TNA run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 7 minutes ago, Zimbra said: I'm sorry, but AEW cannot add another mid-card heel stable until they figure out what to do with the ones they already have. I agree in principle with that, but by the same token, imagine the WWF kicking the Revolution/Radicalz out of bed because they aren't committed enough to Los Boriquas or Too Cool, ya know? Like no argument from me that AEW should probably get their current stables sorted - that's a good booking practice regardless of anything else going on, or anyone else coming in - but to me, the "optics" of landing those guys, the audience they'll bring, the social media buzz, the merch sales, and yes, not to be tRiBaLiStiC but the negative press it may bring to the competition, outweighs all that stuff by a ton IMO - no disrespect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Ditch the Premier Athletes stable, throw Woods in with Lashley and Benjamin for a little run. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Log said: Ditch the Premier Athletes stable, throw Woods in with Lashley and Benjamin for a little run. I'm definitely digging that idea - Lee Moriarty would be another great pick in that style - hell, a full Shane Taylor Promotions-Hurt Business merger could work awesomely, too, now that I think of it. MVP on the mic could be just what a guy like Lee or Ogogo needs to get to the next level. Or what the hell, if it's "all shooters on deck" sitch you can always call Hagar off the bench, too, assuming he's not yet committed elsewhere ETA: This whole deal could also be a nice spot for a returning Scorpio Sky, whether its your shooter idea (playing off the old Dan Lambert stuff for the long-timers) or whether it's something more like Hurt Business. Edited July 23 by Zakk_Sabbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 25 minutes ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: I agree in principle with that, but by the same token, imagine the WWF kicking the Revolution/Radicalz out of bed because they aren't committed enough to Los Boriquas or Too Cool, ya know? Like no argument from me that AEW should probably get their current stables sorted - that's a good booking practice regardless of anything else going on, or anyone else coming in - but to me, the "optics" of landing those guys, the audience they'll bring, the social media buzz, the merch sales, and yes, not to be tRiBaLiStiC but the negative press it may bring to the competition, outweighs all that stuff by a ton IMO - no disrespect Picking up two pushing-50 guys who got voluntarily dropped by the WWE ain't in the same ballpark as the radicalz. It's barely even the same sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 10 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Picking up two pushing-50 guys who got voluntarily dropped by the WWE ain't in the same ballpark as the radicalz. It's barely even the same sport. Ok, I concede that may have not been the best comparison - historically speaking it's just tough to come up with a group of guys jumping together in such a way outside of them or Hall/Nash (and I'm certainly not nuts enough to think these signings would result in an NWO -level spike in business). Maybe that Cole/Danielson/Keith Lee/Jeff Hardy triumvirate a couple summers back might've worked as a better example, idk. But to refer to a piece of my original argument, the social media outpouring specifically for Bob Lashley over the last few days has been pretty fierce - now, it's totally plausible that it's fleeting, and my whole thing is blinded by recency bias - but I think it's worth a go. Sting's got like 15 years on those guys and just wrapped up an insane run. If age is a concern, let Ricochet or whomever be the Darby of the group, run em in tags/trios or plunder matches only... I don't think it's an issue personally, but even if it is, there are tons of ways around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 22 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Picking up two pushing-50 guys who got voluntarily dropped by the WWE ain't in the same ballpark as the radicalz. It's barely even the same sport. Sorta agree, but as great as I thought those guys were prior, none of the Rads were actually money drawing stars upon entering the fed. Sure they had potential, but who could be sure they’d be handled with any kind of respect. Saturn and Malenko were not. It’s amazing that Eddie and Benoit were. Not overstating him as a draw, but Lashley is a former Wwe champion and a pretty well protected top star for a long portion of his run. Also, his contract ran out - he didn’t get fired if that perception of being released even matters (not to me). I’m not a huge Bobby fan but he’s pretty well rounded. Considering his health and ability, Is his age really that big of deal? Further, I would gladly welcome Tag team legend Shelton Benjamin as part of a new duo. We need some new teams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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