The Natural Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 AEW and CM Punk are draws. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Added 19 hours ago to AEW Music on YouTube. Edited August 22, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Setting a PWTees sales record is pretty impressive, considering how the site was down for quite a lot of those 24 hours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red King Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Final rating should be out on monday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Yeah, hope some fans switched on after seeing who's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Z Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: Yeah, hope some fans switched on after seeing who's there. I think that cutting to a quick commercial after Punk's entrance was a sneaky good move, as it gave people time to tune in knowing that they will see Punk now (and selfishly allowed the diehards to catch their breath after the amazing initial reaction). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 It's just an A+ spot for a commercial regardless. Ex gave it the great sell of it's been seven years, what's another ninety seconds. I hate sitting through commercials as much as anybody, but you'll never have people on the hook to that extent again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Oh, there will be plenty of people on Hook in the future. 3 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red King Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Some people are expecting 1 million plus, others think around 900 000 is more realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, D.Z said: Some people are expecting 1 million plus, others think around 900 000 is more realistic. I would be disappointed with anything under a million. It had a shit tonne of buzz, death slot or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 CM Punk Shirts ordered. First wrestling Shirts since 2000. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Pete said: Love the haters saying WWE blew AEW out of the water last night because Brock had 50,000 for his return vs 15,000 for Punk's. Like Brock sold one fucking ticket out of that entire building. That's because those 50,000 were there for Becky. *runs away* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Dave said in the top ten markets, it was on in 50% more households than last weeks rampage, which did 740k. But those results are skewed by a ridiculously high 1.6 rating in Chicago. I think 1 mil is a lock though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: CM Punk Shirts ordered. First wrestling Shirts since 2000. Nice! I'll be getting Bryan Danielson's first AEW merchandise. Hoping there's a full zip hoodie. If not, I think there will be one at some point. I think they'll be one for CM Punk as well as there's a number of AEW hoodies including Kenny Omega, The Dark Order and Sting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: To be fair, nobody has ever accused the WWE of being art... or professional wrestling. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 2 hours ago, The Natural said: Nice! I'll be getting Bryan Danielson's first AEW merchandise. Hoping there's a full zip hoodie. If not, I think there will be one at some point. I think they'll be one for CM Punk as well as there's a number of AEW hoodies including Kenny Omega, The Dark Order and Sting. Dragon's shirt better be made out of hemp or bamboo. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Meant to originally post this here: CM Punk footed the bill himself for the ice cream bars that were given at AEW Rampage this past Friday. In an Instagram post, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, a local ice cream shop in Chicago, said CM Punk footed the bill himself for the ice cream that was provided at the end of the show. “Since we have been getting a lot of questions, yes the ice cream was on him- it wasn’t a publicity stunt dreamed up by promoters,” they wrote. “He came to us on his own and asked us to help him do this 2 years ago, and finally the moment was right. Our small team worked tirelessly to hand make every bar, and CM Punk wrote the check for the entire bill himself.” Punk made his debut for AEW at Friday’s Rampage: The First Dance, held at the United Center in Chicago. Towards the end of promo, Punk said that seven years is a long time to wait for someone, and said that fans could pick up a free ice cream bar on the way out of the arena. During the promo, Punk also called out Darby Allin for a match at All Out, which will take place on September 5 in Chicago. Allin accepted the match. Good on CM Punk. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I'm back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 5:01 AM, DreamBroken said: Welcome back to the team! I was so glad this place is still around! God, I must have started coming here in about '99.. I remember having a summer office job in high school, and and I spent most of the time reading DVDVRs and studying the Big Big Book of Wrestling Moves. I even used to print out reviews and kept them in the john for reading I totally forgot Punk posted here back in the day! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eikerir Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, The Natural said: I'm back. I loved this, not bullshiting around, he's back for good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 5.1 million clicks now on the return entrance from CM Punk! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 4 hours ago, eikerir said: loved this, not bullshiting around, he's back for good. Off topic tangent incoming: The great thing about this gif, and really AEW itself: if there weren't any logos visible, that could have easily come from an old Nitro. Yeah, they have production snafus at times, but hands down, AEW definitely runs the best-looking shows (or to put it another way, their shows run closest to my own aesthetic preferences for wrestling). Like, if I hit lotto and started WrestleLicious II, it wouldn't look far off from Dynamite/Rampage, save for the dual tunnel which has never been my thing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) If they could only get the NJPW quality camera work and hold their shots longer, I'd be there with you. They feature way too much camera cuts for my taste. Not Kevin Dunn level but it can be pretty bad. Edited August 23, 2021 by Jiji 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, Jiji said: If they could only get the NJPW quality camera work and hold their shots longer, I'd be there with you. They feature way too much camera cuts for my taste. Not Kevin Dunn level but it can be pretty bad. I'm gonna keep an eye out for that tonight on Elevation. I think you're probably onto something, I bet I just don't notice it as much because it's not Dunn-level bad as you noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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