AxB Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Nov 6th TV location to be revealed in 24 hrs. Or 23 hours and forty something minutes, anyway. I wonder if they'll keep this business model going throughout the life of the company, making TV announcements and ticket on sales as events that are built up in advance. Most companies just announce shows, they don't tease that there will be a show announcement. Makes sense though. Fyter Fest and FftF didn't do the immediate sell out thing because they didn't make a big deal of when tickets would be available, they just started selling them. Everything else has sold heavily first day (I don't think Pittsburgh or West Virginia sold out yet), so it looks smart to keep hyping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I read the responses to the Twitter question and came away with two immediate reactions. 1. People really don't want Brandi anywhere near the woman's title. 2. These people have no idea who owns AEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Well, Khan (or rather, Tony's Dad) owns AEW, but everyone knows the EVP's and Brandi book it. Ir doesnt help Brandi's case when shes basically been playing Great Value Steph on camera, giving herself the same corporate title Steph has IRL, and Cody has Triple H on the brain. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Dave said Pittsburgh sold about 4.000 tickets the first day. I have to assume they will end up selling out or close to it. Charleston sold about 3,000 tickets. It's setup for 9,000+ I don't know if they'll be able to sell that one out, that's a small area too. I'm not sure why (outside of PPV buys) they wanted to go there when they could have easily sold out somewhere in the New York area and kept the streak going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 So we can start "is AEW dying?" talks already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 44 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Dave said Pittsburgh sold about 4.000 tickets the first day. I have to assume they will end up selling out or close to it. Charleston sold about 3,000 tickets. It's setup for 9,000+ I don't know if they'll be able to sell that one out, that's a small area too. I'm not sure why (outside of PPV buys) they wanted to go there when they could have easily sold out somewhere in the New York area and kept the streak going. This is where the tnt exposure hopefully comes in. They will have way more access to eyeballs on tnt than their YouTube channel. We have to hope they make a great show and create new fans and bring back some old ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, Archibald said: So we can start "is AEW dying?" talks already? Why? Impact’s still not dead and we’ve been having that conversation for 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 The Pittsburgh and Charleston ticket sales numbers may be a sign that scalpers have decided that AEW tv isn't attractive to them to price gouge, which is a good thing for actual fans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, Raziel said: Well, Khan (or rather, Tony's Dad) owns AEW, but everyone knows the EVP's and Brandi book it. Ir doesnt help Brandi's case when shes basically been playing Great Value Steph on camera, giving herself the same corporate title Steph has IRL, and Cody has Triple H on the brain. Yeah, I could pretty much do without both of them. It's a bummer watching this and getting excited for fresh new company and then we get this monotone charisma vacuum who's just "WWE HHH WWE HHH Dusty Dusty Dusty Dusty" every god damn second. It's like finding the person of your dreams, just perfect in every way, and you're looking forward to this great life together, and then all they talk about is their ex. I understand that pain and rejection can be motivators, but this is a new wrestling company and it's feeling so bogged down by Cody's bullshit and his desperate need to troll the company who saw him as nothing but a midcarder. Edited August 26, 2019 by Technico Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, Technico Support said: his desperate need to troll the company who saw him as nothing but a midcarder. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 To be honest, the stuff with Cody doesn't bother me in the least. To an extent, and I think they're at that extent now, you need to let the audience know that you respect them and their other option on national TV has very little respect for them. You need to create that sort of buzz and get people talking and convince them and let them know that you care about them. Very rarely does WWE actually talk to its audience. The last time they did and when it was sincere was forever ago when Vince gave his address in front of Raw where he said WWF would insult the viewers intelligence anymore. Now though, the product is so homogenized and stale that any sort of address would just ring hollow. And seeing as how Cody is the most passionate person about these differences and the best talker it makes sense to have him saying what he's saying. On the other hand, Brandi I really don't care for. She's not that good in the ring, she's playing the same character Steph plays, and I would almost prefer if she weren't even a character on TV at all. Unfortunately, the women's division for AEW feels pretty threadbare so I suppose you have to keep her around for now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 DX invading WCW was at least entertaining. Cody smashing a throne with a sledgehammer was goofy and labored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 The issue with Cody's shots at WWE is that they're almost all directed at Triple H, not Vince. Vince =/= Triple H, and most people that follow and know "Vince runs RAW/SDL, Triple H runs NXT, and NXT is usually better and more "fan oriented"", Cody's shots at Triple H in the "WWE abhors its fans" category rings Hollow, since Triple H is the guy that hires the people that Full Sail chants "Please sign ..." at during the invitational Tournaments and he's doing the Facebook lives post Takeovers and stuff, being more accessable to fans that Vince ever was. Cody's obsession with Triple H gets even weirder considering the reverence that Trips holds Dusty in, it comes off more a jealously issue with Cody because Dusty taught Triple H how to book and produce a show and not Cody. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 31 minutes ago, mattdangerously said: DX invading WCW was at least entertaining. Cody smashing a throne with a sledgehammer was goofy and labored. What did you think of HHH vs Sting at that Wrestlemania? Because "goofy and laboured" sounds pretty accurate to me. WCW was nearly twenty years dead at that point, and he still had a desperate need to prove he himself was better than a WCW Main Eventer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Two great promos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Oyaji said: Two great promos. So Johnny Mundo is pretty much confirmed for AEW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Would seem that way. I loved him as Mundo but it doesn't feel like a great signing if this is a thing. He's the opposite of the "fresh" approach they want to present. Edited August 26, 2019 by Oyaji 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Does he become Johnny Elite? Johnny Elite Wrestling even has a nice ring to it, except for the acronym. Edited August 26, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Johnny Dynamite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, D.Z said: Johnny Dynamite. Johnny TNT, he's dyn-o-mite. Edited August 26, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 BTW, that Omega promo was fire. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Omega/Moxley when it happens is going to be awesome, and it should be a hate filled brawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Craig H said: BTW, that Omega promo was fire. Fuckin A right it was. I want him so badly to be the heel final boss in AEW, at least to start out. I love him and his super dismissive, "fuck all you lames" attitude. I want more of that. I would be crazy juiced about a Hangman - Omega program that was just absolutely fucking hate-filled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Why would you promote the Charlotte show with a picture of Moxley? There is no way he is going to be ready by early November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Moxley claims he'll be ready for Bloodsport in mid September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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