Craig H Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 This is the Freya I'm familiar with. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, matt925 said: Threatening to pull future ads = all bad. Hopefully this doesn’t snowball more. AEW and Tony Khan had to have known this was a possibility and a risk. If they didn't, they they are just stupid and naive. Tony Khan was talking about this before the TNT debut at Fyter Fest in 2019. They might want to avoid something the level of a Death Match other than for PPV only. Or increase the rating level appropriately. Edited July 30, 2021 by TheVileOne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 18 hours ago, ChrisPBacon said: Been going over in my head who would be the right guy to dethrone Miro. I've heard Jungle Boy tossed around a lot, but I'm thinking how awesome it would be for the "Spanish God" to beat "Gods favorite champion". Sammy is red hot too, if they keep his momentum up, the pop would be huge for that win. Eddie Kingston, at the New York show 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AxB Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Lol 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 hours ago, Technico Support said: You know some snitch-ass Twitter jackoff @'d Dominos, sending them the offending video. Like Bix doesn’t do the same shit about anything and everything WWE might do that is shades of grey… Hell, Bix narcs out indies who might be exceeding building fire code capacity. /rant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Friend-of-AEW, Shaq is on the board of Papa John’s. They could probably get some new shitty pizza ads. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 That front office article is hilarious. In one paragraph they say how AEW's bloody matches are turning off fans and in the next one the mention the amazing ratings they are currently pulling 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 While I think the whole Dominos thing is crap and resulted from a bunch of Cornette cult members trying to appeal to him, it is time for AEW to calm down on the blood. Or at least make them more important. I mean I fully expect at least Cody to bleed against Malachi Black and wouldn't be surprised if Black does the same thing. Why because why not 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Dave Meltzer star ratings: The Elite vs. Adam Page/The Dark Order, ****1/2. Chris Jericho vs. Nick Gage, ****. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 12 hours ago, Technico Support said: You know some snitch-ass Twitter jackoff @'d Dominos, sending them the offending video. 10 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: I don't know how much I'd really blame Twitter hall monitors for this. Running this kind of content at this level will always pose a risk for backlash. Either they're prepared and willing to withstand it, or they don't run it. Hope they stand their ground, the network doesn't pitch a fit, and they run another in a few months. Y'all consider the possibility that multiple people at Dominos tuned in at the scheduled time for their ad to make sure it went off without a hitch? I think there are two chances that "cancel culture" had anything to do with this, and Slim just left town. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 WON: Quote Chris Jericho beat Nick Gage in a no DQ street fight in 13:35. This match was insane. I hated it personally but it absolutely worked to the live crowd and you really have to go **** or even more for it because it both worked for the audience and as far as the execution and building it was great. Oh, Meltz. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I didn’t realize that building was located in the Little Tokyo district of Charlotte. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, Pete said: WON: Oh, Meltz. Yeah, I read that last night and rolled my eyes. I'm fine with the star ratings he gives stuff. It's his opinion. But he can also maintain negative opinions of stuff and not give it a star rating... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Bones Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 So one potential positive in this is if this scandal is henceforth referred to as “PizzaGate”… fewer Googling morons will be fed bizarre conspiracy theories. 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 That opening video + the ramp/light entrance + ring apron introduction for Hangman & Dark Order is arguably my favorite moment in wrestling from 2021 so far. I didn't know just how invested i was in this story until that moment. When Page fully goes over the roof will blow off whatever arena they're running. On 7/29/2021 at 9:39 AM, Eoae said: Crowd was primed for Dark Order & Page to go over. I assume the story will continue somehow, but it took me out of the rest of the show some. Weird booking. same for me. I was really looking forward to FTR/S&O, but felt very deflated after the elimination tag and never got back into the show fully. @S.K.o.S.is right that based on the story they're telling, Page SHOULD fail and the Dark Order should stick by him, but man, it really did take a lot of the energy out of the crowd. On 7/29/2021 at 8:02 AM, Technico Support said: The hair makes him more Dashing than his bald teammate You have to have Cash to get haircuts. That's seriously how I remember, because I'm a fucking lunatic. my stupid pneumonic device for FTR: Bald may be beautiful, but Hair is CASH money. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Pete said: WON: Oh, Meltz. Reminds me of Meltzer having the Lights Out match between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega at Full Gear 2019 and still giving it ****1/2. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) All I know is that I loved that match this past Wednesday. Technically I’m considering this a bounty hunter story, so I feel like this might be the best one in quite some time, at least since the 90’s. Edited July 30, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Like, what do star ratings mean if they’re not even representing your opinion anymore? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Full Gage. Full Cage. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, EVA said: Like, what do star ratings mean if they’re not even representing your opinion anymore? Completely see your point, but at the same time, I kind of respect Dave's willingness to admit it wasn't his thing but the crowd loved it. But yeah, I don't know what the right answer is either, truthfully. "I gave it 1, the crowd acted like it was 5+... let's settle at 4." I guess the comparison would be something like Rock/Hogan at Mania that year: not necessarily a technical classic, but they were spoon feeding it to that whole arena so brilliantly you kinda have to acknowledge it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 While the end of the elimination tag was where the show peaked in ratings, the main event saw a big increase. People certainly weren't tuning out. Fuck Domino's. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Honestly, the social media “controversy” probably made that ad spot worth more than whatever they paid for it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 As The Bisch would say, "Controversy Creates Cash" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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