AEW - APR 2022

[Matt D]

So, my fine friends here at DVDVR, who in AEW would you like to see managed by Stokely Hathaway?

There is literally no wrong answer to this question. Abadon? Sure! Orange Cassidy? Hilarity! Marina Shafir? Why the hell not? Rusev? Perhaps a strange prophet but we'll take it. The entire Japanese contingent for Forbidden Door? Well the timing might not work great, but maybe next time! Wardlow? Maybe not Wardlow but it'd probably still be over! Private Party? Writes itself. Hardy Boyz? Give him one of those super tight Michael Hayes 1999 shirts!

Edited April 29, 2022 by Matt D

[Nice Guy Eddie]

I'd like to see Stokely with Ricky Starks and P-P-Powerhouse Hobbs. 

[zendragon]

1 hour ago, Matt D said:

So, my fine friends here at DVDVR, who in AEW would you like to see managed by Malcon Bivens/Stokely Hathaway?

There is literally no wrong answer to this question. Abadon? Sure! Orange Cassidy? Hilarity! Marina Shafir? Why the hell not? Rusev? Perhaps a strange prophet but we'll take it. The entire Japanese contingent for Forbidden Door? Well the timing might not work great, but maybe next time! Wardlow? Maybe not Wardlow but it'd probably still be over! Private Party? Writes itself. Hardy Boyz? Give him one of those super tight Michael Hayes 1999 shirts!

Tons of people. Him and Smart Mark co managing Jade ala Heenan and Perfect w/ Flair. The Acclaimed would work, Being the COO of the AFO. I don't want to sound like I only want him stuck with African Americans but AEW hasn't had a main event african american talent yet and I could see Stokley being the peice that gets Hobbs or Keith Lee there.

[John from Cincinnati]

I don't know if I should go with an act we've been saying could use a manager like Deeb, or an act I think would produce some fun vibes like Gunn Club. Like The Acclaimed above, the act kind of already functions effective without him, but it'd be a hoot. 

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

4 hours ago, Krone Meltzer said:

Speaking of, I remember watching American Gladiators on ESPNClassics before AWA on ESPN would play (this was like 06, I became an Unknown Soldier mark - sue me). Well, two years later they tried to reboot the show (in 2008) and it sucked. So if they do bring it back, they need that OG recipe.

Now. Let's talk the perfect wrestlers to double as Gladiators. Brian Cages new gig?

I'd like to think we could all get behind Jamie Hayter or Kris Statlander bludgeoning contenders with those Joust sticks.

[Elsalvajeloco]

1 hour ago, Stefanie the Human said:

I'd like to think we could all get behind Jamie Hayter or Kris Statlander bludgeoning contenders with those Joust sticks.

Yes, I vote for this political party.

[Elsalvajeloco]

1 hour ago, zendragon said:

Tons of people. Him and Smart Mark co managing Jade ala Heenan and Perfect w/ Flair. The Acclaimed would work, Being the COO of the AFO. I don't want to sound like I only want him stuck with African Americans but AEW hasn't had a main event african american talent yet and I could see Stokley being the peice that gets Hobbs or Keith Lee there.

I just pitched this in main discussion thread, but you beat me to it.

At this point, they may as well break down all the heels into different stables repped by a key group of managers trading contracts (when guys/girls start getting stale) ala Heenan, Hart, Slick, Mr. Fuji, and Luscious Johnny. 

[Jiji]

Rarely has there been such a no brainer pickup as Stokely. Easy money, let's go.

This Wardlow/MJF feud ends with Wardlow using War Pigs as his entrance theme, right?

[zendragon]

31 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

I just pitched this in main discussion thread, but you beat me to it.

At this point, they may as well break down all the heels into different stables repped by a key group of managers trading contracts (when guys/girls start getting stale) ala Heenan, Hart, Slick, Mr. Fuji, and Luscious Johnny. 

I just love the idea of Jade having this huge entourage, Red Velvet, Keira Hogan, two managers, maybe a movement coach or an athletic trainer the rest of the baddies. Like she's Mayweather or a 90's rapper

[Elsalvajeloco]

8 minutes ago, Jiji said:

Rarely has there been such a no brainer pickup as Stokely. Easy money, let's go.

This Wardlow/MJF feud ends with Wardlow using War Pigs as his entrance theme, right?

Tony Khan: I'm just one of the guys just like the fans.....so what I did last night is bought the publishing rights to the entire Black Sabbath catalogue. 

[Krone]

AEW has finally debuted the moving graphic!

[Matt D]

1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

I just pitched this in main discussion thread, but you beat me to it.

At this point, they may as well break down all the heels into different stables repped by a key group of managers trading contracts (when guys/girls start getting stale) ala Heenan, Hart, Slick, Mr. Fuji, and Luscious Johnny. 

It’s all fun and games until QT Marshall sells Comoroto to MJF.

[The Natural]

This is great.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

3 hours ago, Matt D said:

It’s all fun and games until QT Marshall sells Comoroto to MJF.

Does that make Shawn Spears MJF's Virgil?

[Cleavy]

22 minutes ago, The Natural said:

This is great.

Aww, here it goes!

[The Natural]

3 minutes ago, Cleavy said:

Aww, here it goes!

You know it! Break out the orange soda!

[The Natural]

Enjoy. One of the wildest matches you'll ever see, Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher.

[(BP)]

Joe vs Necro Butcher was my first exposure to both of them and also one of the things I downloaded from Limewire that helped murder my mom’s desktop computer. 

I remember the commentary being hysterical, but I didn’t realize it was Punk, Eddie, and Prazak. 

[Matt D]

It's a high bar to go to a show right now even without the pandemic. I'd have to probably bug someone from the board to meet up because I don't think Mark wants anything to do with AEW. That said, I don't feel too bad about not going to next week's Baltimore show. Jericho vs Santana, Jeff vs Fish, Wardlow vs Cass aren't exactly pulls. BCC vs Butcher/Blade/Angelico sounds like a ton of fun on paper but they do a match like that every week now. I have no strong feelings about Deonna vs Mercedes which I imagine will be good but I've never seen Deonna I think, so I have no personal connection there. They announced Storm/Soho vs Britt/Hayter for Rampage and again that's fun but it's not a Punk vs Dustin or Dax vs Cash kind of draw for me. Feels more like a show where AEW is the draw as opposed to one match. Maybe some other time.

[DEAN]

First you got this.

And then this:

Sooooo Yuka Sakazaki versus Hikaru Shida in the Owen Hart Cup?

[Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie]

21 minutes ago, DEAN said:

First you got this.

And then this:

Sooooo Yuka Sakazaki versus Hikaru Shida in the Owen Hart Cup?

If Sakazaki is missing shows next week for AEW, then the timing doesn't really line up, because Shida's in Japan next week (she's working Ice Ribbon 5/4, then I think I saw she's working WAVE on 5/5).

Could happen 5/11 though! I wouldn't complain, Shida vs Sakazaki would be a bunch of fun.

[Technico Support]

18 hours ago, Stefanie the Human said:

I'd like to think we could all get behind Jamie Hayter or Kris Statlander bludgeoning contenders with those Joust sticks.

I don’t know if it’s her athletic background or her prior career in stuntwork, but Statlander absolutely looks like an American Gladiator.

16 hours ago, Jiji said:

Rarely has there been such a no brainer pickup as Stokely. Easy money, let's go.

This Wardlow/MJF feud ends with Wardlow using War Pigs as his entrance theme, right?

Every fucking time I hear that song, I get hung up on the rhyming of “masses” with……”masses.”

16 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

At this point, they may as well break down all the heels into different stables repped by a key group of managers trading contracts (when guys/girls start getting stale) ala Heenan, Hart, Slick, Mr. Fuji, and Luscious Johnny. 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Technico Support

[Technico Support]

It’s been like 35 years and I still remember the Slick/Heenan backstage segment when Heenan got Herc’s contract.  “Hercalees Hernandez is a fiiiiiine ath-a-leet!”

[Craig H]

2 hours ago, (BP) said:

Joe vs Necro Butcher was my first exposure to both of them and also one of the things I downloaded from Limewire that helped murder my mom’s desktop computer. 

I remember the commentary being hysterical, but I didn’t realize it was Punk, Eddie, and Prazak. 

That’s what always made me think Punk and Eddie were boys until their feud with each other. 

[mystman]

23 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I'd like to see Stokely with Ricky Starks and P-P-Powerhouse Hobbs. 

I was fantasy booking this. I see Hook getting into a conflict with Team Taz, Taz siding with his son and Starks and Hobbs replacing him with Bivens.