Horatio Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Dirty J. said: The thought of Gargano potentially signing with AEW annoys me. His upside could end up being his absolute twerpishness. I could see The Young Bucks inning him into the Elite while Adam Cole can just get miffed and paranoid about his big dumb friends faction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I would love it if this trend of "omg I can't believe this person kicked out" closeups would stop. It was beyond ridiculous with Ruby Soho's googily-eyed selling, and last night's multi-cut back and forth between Adam Cole and Britt Baker went from comical to sad right around camera cut #3. Presentation-wise, it just looks silly. Especially when people are over-emoting in a way that no rational human does. Now if the next time they go to a closeup after a close kickout and the person on offense proceeds to shake their head and beat the living heck out of their opponent for daring to kick out? I could get into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Just now, Stefanie the Human said: I would love it if this trend of "omg I can't believe this person kicked out" closeups would stop. It was beyond ridiculous with Ruby Soho's googily-eyed selling, and last night's multi-cut back and forth between Adam Cole and Britt Baker went from comical to sad right around camera cut #3. Presentation-wise, it just looks silly. Especially when people are over-emoting in a way that no rational human does. Now if the next time they go to a closeup after a close kickout and the person on offense proceeds to shake their head and beat the living heck out of their opponent for daring to kick out? I could get into that. Hunter's double agents are tearing this company apart from the inside out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Just now, Jiji said: Hunter's double agents are tearing this company apart from the inside out. I KNEW IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Why you gotta be like that? Stop it. "I'm sorry, I love you," is the single worst thing to happen to wrestling fans in the last 13-14 years and I say that as somebody who loves Omega/Bucks hamming it up, but wish they'd do just an teeny bit less of it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I mean I love goofy things in wrestling. I really, really do. But that? ... I can't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) To me what Cody's doing now isn't WWE stuff. It's Jeff Jarrett in TNA booked by Vince Russo and Dixie Carter-type stuff at this point. Nonetheless, I'm happy and excited to see the numbers grow this week. Even putting aside any Raw comparisons: * AEW topped their TBS debut numbers * No. 1 in the ratings for Wednesday * Beat the NBA * Drew their best numbers in several months As I recall, the last time AEW basically beat Raw in the ratings, it led to Big E cashing in MITB and winning the title. Edited January 20, 2022 by TheVileOne 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Sammy must be really tight with TK if he can get a break, and head to Brazil with his bombshell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I generally agree on the "omg I can't believe this person kicked out", but the match was so heavy on melodrama/comedy that when Baker/Cole wrenched it up a notch it worked just fine for me. A nice laugh in fact. My only complaint was the (rarely ever good) 'stereo' aerial assault that had Baker clearly waiting far too long to catch Statlander. But the closing stretch was a ton of fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Sammy must be really tight with TK if he can get a break, and head to Brazil with his bombshell. Considering Cody and Moxley were back this week, it was probably a good week for him to take some time off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I hope the camera zoom-in’s on the kick out face aren’t because someone on the roster has gotten into the ear of the new show director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafkonia Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Mentioning of Adam Cole's eyes made me think of something else... did he have shoulder injuries in his past? Because they seem remarkably slender in proportion to the rest of his body (or more accurately, remarkably normal-sized when compared to the oversized pro wrestling standard.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, JohnnyJ said: I enjoyed the Cody promo. I understand it is a thing where the fanbase soured on him. However, I don't 100% understand what is going on or why it happened. Performers like Cody and Bucks deserve all of the credit in the world for creating a ton of buzz and that buzz culminating in the creation of AEW. But I wasn't part of that groundswell. I was never seeking out Bullet Club footage or watching Being the Elite. I'm a johnny come lately. Someone who jumped on the bandwagon once AEW started to regularly producing quality matches. And the Punk/Danielson signings were just the cherry on top. So I'm a little out of the loop. Do we have any diehard AEW fans on the board who can breakdown what is going on? It's actually pretty simple, in my opinion. Cody just takes himself too seriously. He could stand to lighten up a little. Edit: That being said, "Gunnar McGillibuddy" was pretty funny. Got a laugh out of me. Edited January 20, 2022 by Gordlow That being said... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Gordlow said: Cody just takes himself too seriously. He could stand to lighten up a little. The golden shovel guy who's taken to teasing going down the wrong tunnel? Yeah, I'm sure that's it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 For starters, I would prefer if he could pick one topic and focus on selling that one topic. And drop the smark insider BS. He's not good at it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Britt making sexy pouty faces during that “zoom-in shocked kick out face” section saved that bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chriskbrown50 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Sammy must be really tight with TK if he can get a break, and head to Brazil with his bombshell. Reality is not being there was ok; I wish I could be on a beach right now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Britt making sexy pouty faces during that “zoom-in shocked kick out face” section saved that bit. What got to me was Britt not just playing possum for a sec before no-selling the table bump. People in this fed are always going head-first through these things and here she takes a trust fall onto a piece of breakaway balsa wood and they treat it like something she wouldn't immediately get up from? Edited January 21, 2022 by Curt McGirt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 GOAT tweets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 So Lance Archer lands on his head and gets injured, is off TV for a few weeks, comes back looking physically larger and is put in an angle with the World Champ. Wrestles at the Dark tapings and looks tired. Then has a long match on TV with cardio machine Frankie Kazarian. I think that as part of his injury recovery, he was ordered to stop working out for a while, and now he's come back and realised he's not in peak ring shape. So he went long with Kazarian basically as a "work your way into Main Event shape" match. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John from Cincinnati Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 13 hours ago, Shartnado said: This was the first time I've actually heard a Cody promo in AEW other the promos before and after the Dustin match, but there was plenty going on. At face value, I think I can see where he is going with this, but I can't really tell if he's trolololling or not. What I can tell, however, is the load of BS with the "I was talking about all of you!" Cut the crap, Cody! You weren't talking about me! You don't even KNOW me! I just got here! Been thinking about him last night soliciting credit for doing what Punk threatened to do and how that promo works in concert with that time he wanted credit as the man who built this bank. I offer this up for you to sample as a newcomer to Codyworld. Trollololol The haters may not like it, but craft is occurring and it's hitting the way it's meant to. The best right now. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I really felt like OC/Stat should've won. OC is supposed to be the non-jobber in Best Friends and even he's getting dominated in this feud. The finish with Adam raging over Britt going through the table was ripe for an overzealous mistake leading to a flash pin. I guess the other option is maybe OC goes over in the unsanctioned match so Cole can take a loss and not have his title push derailed much like Britt with Rosa. I liked the way Hangman was booked in the post-match with Archer. Lance is obviously a filler program, so don't have him beat up Page every week to pretend he has a chance. Book it as a big man taking his shot, but the champ is the champ for a reason. AEW needs women's tag titles, because a Serena/Leyla team would rule. Caster's line about Starrcade 97 was great. Sting/Darby team continues to deliver. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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