The Green Meanie Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 One of the most important questions regarding this month - what talent from the Covid era is going to be signed? Fuego has to be a shoe-in eventually, right? I saw so many people I'd want to stick around for good, I hope they'll be given a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) I don’t know their names off the top of my head but the big dude that looked like a young Vader, and the Scott Norton looking guy with the half checkered tights are two I wish were signed. Also Madi Wrenkowski should be a shoe-in for a contract. Edit: Speak of the checkered pattern devil, he’s actually on Dark this week. Edited August 1, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Faulconer Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 4 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: AEW have had like 15 things already that gave you an immediate title shot. One more on the pile wouldn’t hurt. Fifteen? That seems like an exaggeration for the purposes of making a smaller point. Let’s see how many we can name… - win a battle royale and earn a title shot - win a single elimination tournament for a title shot ala the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament - win a tag team eliminator match (non-title) against champs and earn an actual title match -TNT Title matches are nearly always challenges by someone -Miro, who only answers to God and his hot wife, challenges challengers for shots at his title. He is a little impatient for a challenge. That gives us five match stipulations. There is also the Top 5 Rankings but that is implied for most title shots. Are there any other unique stips I am forgetting? AEW seems to have focused on only a handful of ways that title shots can be acquired. That is an admirable attempt to limit cheap booking or thinking things up on the fly. That’s the way most mainstream North American wrestling promotions did it for close to the last forty years or more. Making up rules at the convenience of the booking situation annoyed me as a kid in the 1980s. AEW using the bare minimum of standards or rules has cut down on embarrassingly inconsistent storytelling that was the norm in WCW…and WWE…and even ECW, who had the goofiest “rules” of any popular promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) AEW has a constantly expanding roster and a seemingly younger fan base. Do you think that they could capitalize by adding some weekend programing? Either morning or afternoon? Maybe no swearing, blood or over the top violence. Thats how a lot of us got into wrestling. Edited August 1, 2021 by zendragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Faulconer Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, zendragon said: AEW has a constantly expanding roster and a seemingly younger fan base. Do you think that they could capitalize by adding some weekend programing? Either morning or afternoon? Thats how a lot of us got into wrestling. They could, for once, benefit from a weekly wrap-up show. Normally I find wrestling clip shows like WWE does redundant. AEW probably could use such a program on weekends. I don’t know how licensing works with YouTube since Dark and Elevation aren’t shown on TV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Dynamite/Rampage highlights and the top matches from the youtube shows could work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ryan Faulconer said: Are there any other unique stips I am forgetting? I feel like they’ve had three battle royales with a shot at a belt. They had the ladder match with the poker chip for a title shot. They also had the ladder match with a Sonic ring for a TNT title shot. I have to admit, I’m not a fan of them. I can tolerate the battle royales, but the best stuff has always been when they built off the rankings. Edited August 2, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, zendragon said: Dynamite/Rampage highlights and the top matches from the youtube shows could work. 1 hour ago, zendragon said: AEW has a constantly expanding roster and a seemingly younger fan base. Do you think that they could capitalize by adding some weekend programing? Either morning or afternoon? Maybe no swearing, blood or over the top violence. Thats how a lot of us got into wrestling. Kids just watch YouTube on phones/tablets these days from what I see with my friends' 5-10 year olds. I love the idea, but maybe the modern approach might be a separate, kid-focused YouTube channel or a YT show where it's re-packaged versions of matches from the other shows that are clipped to remove anything too violent or sexy, with re-dubbed commentary Edited August 2, 2021 by Zakk_Sabbath Edit: another idea for this, if they ever did anything like this it would probably be a great opportunity to leverage the Khans' NFL/EPL relationships 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I don't think kids want a sanitized repackaged version of AEW. There's probably a huge thrill to see some of the shit on Dynamite and PPV for kids. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 As much as I would love an AEW style G1 (god I would) I just don't think it could happen properly. NJPW has this tournament go over a month and they have 3-4 2 hr shows a week to run matches. AEW would have to have every match on Dark and Rampage be a part of the tournament and even then would need to have both youtube shows have matches too. The issue is not everyone watches the You Tube shows and people would lose track/focus easily. Depending on Covid I wouldn't be shocked to see a few AEW guys enter the G1 this year. There may be a deal in place already for all we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Id like a show modeled a bit after the original WCWSN with the sit down interviews, guest hosts, and a few original matches. It would be more a way to get to know the wrestlers and their lives than progressing angles. Like a Day in the Life of Jungle Boy. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Jiji said: I don't think kids want a sanitized repackaged version of AEW. There's probably a huge thrill to see some of the shit on Dynamite and PPV for kids. Oh yeah, I absolutely agree with you, I'm talking about something like that short lived Saturday Morning Slam for like suuuuper young kids. Like basically a toy commercial. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, paintedbynumbers said: As much as I would love an AEW style G1 (god I would) I just don't think it could happen properly. NJPW has this tournament go over a month and they have 3-4 2 hr shows a week to run matches. AEW would have to have every match on Dark and Rampage be a part of the tournament and even then would need to have both youtube shows have matches too. The issue is not everyone watches the You Tube shows and people would lose track/focus easily. Depending on Covid I wouldn't be shocked to see a few AEW guys enter the G1 this year. There may be a deal in place already for all we know. Isn't the G1 usually in August? Should be starting in a few weeks then, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, AxB said: Isn't the G1 usually in August? Should be starting in a few weeks then, surely? usually July-Aug but this year is going to be like last year and they are having it in October due to Corona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Actually it’s because of the Olympics(both last year, and this year). It was all for not both times sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 You know, if they're going to pull more than one labour from memory lane for Jericho (and I'm not convinced they are, it's only 1/3 so far), they've already got a former tag partner of his doing commentary on Elevation... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 When did Tony Schiavone team with Jericho? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 46 minutes ago, kafkonia said: You know, if they're going to pull more than one labour from memory lane for Jericho (and I'm not convinced they are, it's only 1/3 so far), they've already got a former tag partner of his doing commentary on Elevation... Great use of him but I question having Show lose in his first match in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) I don’t know if anybody has brought it up, but that coming segment with QT & Schiavone screams for Paul Wight to come in, and chokeslam The Factory for Tony. This can’t be anything else, but that. Edited August 2, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Casey Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: I don’t know if anybody has brought it up, but that coming segment with QT & Schiavone screams for Paul Wight to come in, and chokeslam The Factory for Tony. This can’t be anything else, but that. Jokes on you, Bryan Danielson is gonna debut and feud with that up and comer QT Marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Rad. Edit: with regard to Cult Of Personality Edited August 2, 2021 by John from Cincinnati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Malakai Black must be going to a juice bar now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 47 minutes ago, The Natural said: Dooo what you want to do! In living color! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krone Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1422060948009984003?s=19 Judging from the information I can gather, Adam Cole's contract is set to expire this month? Surely there is no way right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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