Krone Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, The Natural said: I've a sneaky feeling CM Punk wins the AEW World Championship from Adam Page and goes into AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door held in Chicago as AEW World Champion. Punk then drops it to MJF in the third match of their trilogy. I agree with your sneaky feeling, but I'll be damned if I'm uncertain whether that's the right move or not. The fact of the matter is, CM Punk is a bigger star than Hangman Page is right now. CM Punk is a more "mainstream" (god I hate to use that word, but here we are) name and putting the belt on him could only be a good thing one would have to imagine for AEW. I also need to say, I just looked up Hangman and he's only THIRTY?!?!?!? I agree with @eikeriron this one now. Hangman could have big time bragging rights for the rest of his AEW run. Some of you will say he already has been, but I think a win over Punk here solidifies this title run for Hangman. I'd be cool with him losing to whoever after Punk, but let the man get one more "big title defense" under his belt before having him drop it please. Side note, I think whenever Hanger get's his second run with the World title, he will be hotter than he is now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eikerir Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Krone Meltzer said: I agree with your sneaky feeling, but I'll be damned if I'm uncertain whether that's the right move or not. The fact of the matter is, CM Punk is a bigger star than Hangman Page is right now. CM Punk is a more "mainstream" (god I hate to use that word, but here we are) name and putting the belt on him could only be a good thing one would have to imagine for AEW. I also need to say, I just looked up Hangman and he's only THIRTY?!?!?!? I agree with @eikeriron this one now. Hangman could have big time bragging rights for the rest of his AEW run. Some of you will say he already has been, but I think a win over Punk here solidifies this title run for Hangman. I'd be cool with him losing to whoever after Punk, but let the man get one more "big title defense" under his belt before having him drop it please. Side note, I think whenever Hanger get's his second run with the World title, he will be hotter than he is now. My mind was blown when AEW started and I realised Hangman was as old as my little brother. I always bring up his age when people talk about the four pillars and the future of the company and what not because this guy is just getting started. I agree I rather have Page retain so his reign can be looked back as a dominant one no question about it, have him drop it to MJF or Punk in a rematch. Edited April 25, 2022 by eikerir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_K Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Punk takes the title through rest of ‘22 while they try to renegotiate the TV deal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Can we retire the phrase "Forbidden Door" after this show ends, because the door isn't really Forbidden if a fuckton of people have been walking through it over the last 2 years. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 There's no door on the hinges anymore, it's just an open entry way now. Really opens up the floor plan too. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: There's no door on the hinges anymore, it's just an open entry way now. Really opens up the floor plan too. It’s now the Forbidden Hole 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 "Welcome to Lowell Maximum Security Prison. There's only two ways outta here. One is DEAD IN A PINE BOX, and the other is through that big, wide-open gate right over there, which we'd like you to please consider 'off-limits.'" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Octopus said: It’s now the Forbidden Hole They hired Nia Jax??? 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 12 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: FTR help Punk win the title against Hangman, just to make sure he had the title so Owen Hart tournament winner, MJF could beat him for it, which he does when FTR turn on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 1:44 PM, Raziel said: Can we retire the phrase "Forbidden Door" after this show ends, because the door isn't really Forbidden if a fuckton of people have been walking through it over the last 2 years. Not before they do a skit where they have Yano in Japan walk by a door with "Forbidden Door" written on it, he walks through it and magically pops out of the entrance at a live Dynamite. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 We will see if below has any effects on AEW https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ Then again they might just ask for more AEW on TBS tv like the old WCW days. AEW is still part of the "sports" section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 No more scripted promos or choreographed matches. Call it in the ring and cut promos on the fly. Book the shows in the car. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue Dragon said: We will see if below has any effects on AEW https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ Then again they might just ask for more AEW on TBS tv like the old WCW days. AEW is still part of the "sports" section. TBS was dead to me when WCW died and it was no longer The Braves Station. Then they got rid of the Beverley Hillbillies! What a pointless network TBS has been for 20+ years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Blue Dragon said: We will see if below has any effects on AEW https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ Then again they might just ask for more AEW on TBS tv like the old WCW days. AEW is still part of the "sports" section. If it means no more promos for that cringe Chad show during PiP, it's already had a positive effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatTCGuy Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Honestly I feel like AEWs in a pretty good spot right now. Every major network is looking for cheap, easy to produce content to fill ad space and this def fits that bill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Wyld Samurai said: TBS was dead to me when WCW died and it was no longer The Braves Station. Then they got rid of the Beverley Hillbillies! What a pointless network TBS has been for 20+ years. TBS has had a handful of good shows, but most of them came within the last 5 years. It's funny that they're starting to show some HBO Max originals a year after they started, since (arguably) TBS' best show - Search Party - was moved from the network to HBO Max for the last two or three seasons. They also had Conan O'Brien for like 11 years, so, y'know. I absolutely adored his Conan Without Borders specials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 OH NO! Takeshita is going to be a fat boy when he goes back to Japan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 This is fucking great. Moriarty in the BCC already. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I wouldn't mind Moriarty in the Blackpool Combat Club, but I kind of want someone that's a brawler like Mox so he can have his own young boy - in my mind, YUTA is more of a trainee for Danielson than Mox, since he's more technically based and whatnot. The only person I could really see joining that would fit that would be JD Drake, but I don't think that's going to happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Rip Byson from Limitless would be a great Mox protege if they were looking outside the promotion for such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, Casey said: I wouldn't mind Moriarty in the Blackpool Combat Club, but I kind of want someone that's a brawler like Mox so he can have his own young boy - in my mind, YUTA is more of a trainee for Danielson than Mox, since he's more technically based and whatnot. The only person I could really see joining that would fit that would be JD Drake, but I don't think that's going to happen. If Skye Blue keeps forearming people right in the face…. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 9:06 AM, southofheavy said: "Welcome to Lowell Maximum Security Prison. There's only two ways outta here. One is DEAD IN A PINE BOX, and the other is through that big, wide-open gate right over there, which we'd like you to please consider 'off-limits.'" VINCE: Welcome to WWE! Here you will be provided with ample opportunity to entertain me and the WWE Universe through various in ring events and backstage skits. We got midcards that need fillin', tag teams that need breakin' up, and 24/7 titles need winnin'! You will eat only what we serve in catering. You don't show up in a suit and shake hands, you go hungry. This here is the Performance Centre. The Performance Centre is for you "Indy Darlings". Whatever you done to get here, believe me, I'm not impressed. I've seen it all before. We ain't got no 'Forbidden Door' here at the Performance Centre. We don't need one. We got the Gunn line. NICK KHAN: Tell 'em 'bout the Gunn line boss! VINCE: This is the Bart Gunn line. It measures your popularity with the WWE Universe. You are now underneath the Bart Gunn line. You get over the Bart Gunn line without my permission, you will be shot. You trip and fall over the Bart Gunn line, you will be shot. You Tweet, Twitch... You so much as get a like on Facebook that takes you over the Bart Gunn line, you will be shot. * to Rex Steiner * And you, Breakker, don't try to run. Don't try to escape or one of my Attitude Era superstars will squash you on RAW for 6 weeks straight! You are now the property of World Wrestling Entertainment, which is to say I OWN YOUR ASS! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 10 hours ago, Blue Dragon said: We will see if below has any effects on AEW https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ Then again they might just ask for more AEW on TBS tv like the old WCW days. AEW is still part of the "sports" section. I’m worried about this more than some other people here for sure. What are the major non news cable networks? Tnt, Tbs, usa, espn. If discovery decides to be out the others are out as well. Of course someone like wgn america would pick them up and decide to make that the flagship. It wouldn’t be for more money and it would be a massive downgrade in promotion and prestige. This all strikes me as Not Good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 I missed this first time round. LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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