Zakk_Sabbath Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 1 hour ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Jericho: The still undefeated Jake Hager. If you question that, then ask Anthony Garrett’s balls. Dude I really have to give you credit, that is an awesome line. Off topicish: if anyone was in the building Wednesday in Pittsburgh, or knows anyone who was there, I'm looking to buy one of those AEW terrible towels, PayPal or venmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Any guesses as to who it might be? I have no guess as to who it might be, but I'd love to see Rampage Brown in AEW. I always enjoyed him as a monster heel as part of The Control in New Generation Wrestling, which aired on the Fight Network under the title of British Wrestling Weekly. He would definitely offer something different for AEW. Edited October 26, 2019 by Nice Guy Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 It is Anthony Ogogo, the British boxer who had to retire because of an eye injury that's left him "registered" blind (is that the same as legally blind?). He was featured on an episode of Road to or BTE way back in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Oyaji said: It is Anthony Ogogo, the British boxer who had to retire because of an eye injury that's left him "registered" blind (is that the same as legally blind?). He was featured on an episode of Road to or BTE way back in the spring. Really fucking interesting. He’ll be what I said they needed, and that’s a homegrown talent. He literally just made his debut this year, so he’s still green as grass. This will be a good opportunity to prove they can develop their own talent, and not just sign indie guys, and former WWE talent. Not that there is anything wrong with the later two(They’ll need to do that as well), but it’ll be more important in creating loyalty on the roster. Also is it okay to dub him Anthony “Columbo” Ogogo due to his permanent squint? Edited October 26, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Anthony "Just One More Thing" Ogogo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) You know Jericho is going to hit that first. Jericho: Listen up, Anthony Columbo! Anthony Ogogo: The names, Ogogo! Jericho: Yeah whatever, Captain Ron. Edited October 26, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriusvig Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Having Hager go no contest was a great booking decision since it protected him without having him get his first loss. Excellent writing and character development. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Just now, notoriusvig said: Having Hager go no contest was a great booking decision since it protected him without having him get his first loss. Excellent writing and character development. AEW! AEW! AEW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 In all seriousness though, I think it's going to be mighty hard developing talent like this with their current schedule. Meltzer was talking about this a week or two ago in that 1 show a week is perfect for established stars, but for young'uns still honing their profession it's not nearly enough ring-time in front of a paying audience to develop. And even then, you're lucky to get a match once a week with two hours of TV and one hour of Dark. I remember TK was talking about doing one or two house shows a week back in the promotion's infancy but I remember hearing Dave say no house shows recently. They're going to have to sort that out. It's way too soon to be expanding television, so that leaves house shows which aren't usually profitable OR loaning talent out to indies and that's fine but also opens them up to working with even greener workers and shitty rings (like EVOLVE's ring having a bunch of issues when WWE was starting their partnership with them - that one promising Scott Steiner mulleted dude still isn't back/left wrestling due to that as far as I know). If money wasn't a thing and I were running them, I would legitimately think about buying out Impact once they've gone through the initial wow phase of being on AXS and still aren't making money (good on them for giving their talent pay rises tho). You'd get the pick of their women's division, a handful of really good men to add to the roster and could use that as your developmental territory. Also that library has some great stuff both in terms of so bad it's good and outright good shit. Yes, I know TK has said he's not interested in buying another company but if they're serious about developing talent from the ground up, it's not going to happen doing one or two matches a month and training in QT Marshall's facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I thought they had already acquired the TNA library or at least a portion of it. Did they just license certain footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Not that I'm aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, odessasteps said: I thought they had already acquired the TNA library or at least a portion of it. Did they just license certain footage? When did they ever use TNA’s footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Oyaji said: If money wasn't a thing and I were running them, I would legitimately think about buying out Impact once they've gone through the initial wow phase of being on AXS and still aren't making money (good on them for giving their talent pay rises tho). You'd get the pick of their women's division, a handful of really good men to add to the roster and could use that as your developmental territory. Also that library has some great stuff both in terms of so bad it's good and outright good shit. Yes, I know TK has said he's not interested in buying another company but if they're serious about developing talent from the ground up, it's not going to happen doing one or two matches a month and training in QT Marshall's facility. M-L-W! I sometimes wonder if Brian Pillman Jr, Alexander Hammerstone and Jacob Fatu aren't, in a way or unofficially, their first developmental projects working off their green shade down there. I expect all three on Dynamite within the year. I suppose MLW, running 1 or 2 shows a month, isn't getting anybody substantial ring time. I suspect they're already thinking on this. But clearly they don't need to take over an exisiting promotion to execute such an idea. Starting from scratch and sprinkling a little of their current booking magic over top would be far superior to MLW, Impact, etc. Edited October 26, 2019 by HarryArchieGus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Likely, yeah. And you're right, MLW would be the obvious choice. There's often talk of the two promotions being friendly, so yeah... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriusvig Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I imagine Jacob Fatu is going to get offers from everywhere, especially WWE. I seem to remember Dave speculating on that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 The second he's available he's going to WWE or AEW. He's a stud. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Absolutely. Saddens me to think he'd choose WWE. I suppose, obviously, money talks. I'm still sad over Jake Atlas taking the Titan Sports contract. Seeing Pillman Jr hanging around backstage during Jericho's 'iconic' post title win bubbly celebration, and his participation in the Casino BR I'm assuming he won't make the same horrible mistake. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) This was the angle to setup his signing today. Edited October 26, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoFistsJustFlips Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 3 hours ago, HarryArchieGus said: I'm still sad over Jake Atlas taking the Titan Sports contract. Funny foot note to the Jake Atlas signing... he was on that episode of Undercover Boss WWE did last year. You know who else was supposed to be on that episode? Wardlow. His segment got cut from the show. But they rented out a gym for him to train a female wrestler. It was Stephanie in her disguise. When they do the finale in the performance center you can see there's 4 people there even tho only 3 segments aired. You can see him when Steph does the big reveal. How any of them were fooled by her disguise is beyond me. It looked like Stephanie with the big nose fake glasses deal. So obvious lol. Wardlow got a tryout at the performance center after that and they didn't sign him. In a few years they're gonna look back and kick themselves for that one. Dude is the real deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoriusvig Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I saw Wardlow at a NEW show over the summer and he seemed to have potential. He did a lot of big man stuff and has a great look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) He comes off like Brian Cage but without the years of injuries. Edited October 27, 2019 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 That was terrible. Sammy Guevara just cut the worst promo I've heard years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I know who Ortiz has been reminding me of now! Puerto Rican Urijah Faber. It took seeing him in an MMA setting for it to click. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Edwin said: That was terrible. Sammy Guevara just cut the worst promo I've heard years. Ha, not really good but not that bad. I like Sammy, Ortiz and Santana as a wolf pack, if you wheel, to the 5 man Inner Circle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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