just drew Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 SRS reporting that Buddy Mathews “needs to go away for a while.” He’d be another on the list of names I’d bet Triple H tampered with…
Jiji Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 lmao, he can't even fuck off in an original way, using Malakai's "recalibrate" verbiage. What a dork. Baaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1 1
HarryArchieGus Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) Are you enjoying Taz's random use of the term '(BLANK) Jones'? Reply in as few words as possible and as fast as you can. Edited September 25, 2022 by HarryArchieGus
JLowe Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, just drew said: SRS reporting that Buddy Mathews “needs to go away for a while.” He’d be another on the list of names I’d bet Triple H tampered with… If I’m being honest Brody King is the only one of them I care about and I think he can be a huge star without the HoB. 4 2
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 Realistically, AEW should be trying to re-shuffle the deck and try clearing out some dead weight. Serpentico, Angelico, Luther, Matt Sydal, probably, a number of others. They re-upped Brian Cage and did nothing with him. 1
Sammo~! Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, JLowe said: If I’m being honest Brody King is the only one of them I care about and I think he can be a huge star without the HoB. I agree on Brody being the breakout star but I also think that Julia Hart and her spooky pilgrim hat do add to the act, so maybe keep her. 4
JLowe Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 Just now, TheVileOne said: Realistically, AEW should be trying to re-shuffle the deck and try clearing out some dead weight. Serpentico, Angelico, Luther, Matt Sydal, probably, a number of others. They re-upped Brian Cage and did nothing with him. Angelico does nothing for me, but Chaos Project is important for the YouTube shows. 1
Jiji Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Realistically, AEW should be trying to re-shuffle the deck and try clearing out some dead weight. Serpentico, Angelico, Luther, Matt Sydal, probably, a number of others. They re-upped Brian Cage and did nothing with him. You make a point and then lose it immediately by including three of their finest. Both Luther and Serpentico have been coaching in AEW and Strickland just put em both over. Angelico is a god. 6 2
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jiji said: You make a point and then lose it immediately by including three of their finest. Both Luther and Serpentico have been coaching in AEW and Strickland just put em both over. Angelico is a god. Coaches can also be hired.
Matt D Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Serpentico How dare you. 3 1 2
Zimbra Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 Angelico should be out there doing seven minutes of weirdo llave shit every week on Dark as a palate cleanser between squashes. 10 3
EVA Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 Seriously, why do people always include Chaos Project on these “to be fired” lists? Who are they hurting by having fun undercard matches on Dark? Nobody. In fact, they actively help their opponents look great. 8
EVA Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 Send Buddy’s ass packing. It’s not really a stable without Malakai, anyway. Recalibrate around Brody and Julia as a pair. 5 1
Matt D Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, EVA said: Seriously, why do people always include Chaos Project on these “to be fired” lists? Who are they hurting by having fun undercard matches on Dark? Nobody. In fact, they actively help their opponents look great. They're also doing some agent work now on the side! 1
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, EVA said: Seriously, why do people always include Chaos Project on these “to be fired” lists? Who are they hurting by having fun undercard matches on Dark? Nobody. In fact, they actively help their opponents look great. Same logic can be applied to Joey Janela and Jack Evans.
Sammo~! Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Same logic can be applied to Joey Janela and Jack Evans. I guess we can reframe the question then: Who would be your ideal jobber tag team that consistently loses matches on Dark? 2
EVA Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Same logic can be applied to Joey Janela and Jack Evans. ??? Janela turned down an extension with AEW, and Jack literally did hurt himself and other people with his sloppiness and by his own admission didn’t have a good run in AEW and probably deserved to be let go before his contract was up. 2
NoFistsJustFlips Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, TheVileOne said: Realistically, AEW should be trying to re-shuffle the deck and try clearing out some dead weight. Serpentico, Angelico, Luther, Matt Sydal, probably, a number of others. They re-upped Brian Cage and did nothing with him. Bad take. The tippy top and the very bottom is not what needs to go. I'm not a giant fan of Serpentico or Luther. But they serve a purpose, take up ZERO main roster TV time, and have extremely cost effective contracts (we can assume). There's no need to clear out the contracted enhancement guys. They aren't taking TV time or pay or opportunities away from any of your favorites. Because it's not like Miro & Andrade would be working enhancement matches putting over 2.0 on Dark if Sepentico & Luther were released. But again, this talking point comes up far too much. Especially from you. TK isn't like some idiot that accidentally signed too many guys in this awww schucks I wanna collect them all sense. He is making a conscious decision to have a lot of cards in the deck to shuffle around. The big WWE talking point used to be why do they run so many house shows? How come guys have to work so much? Can they work in an off season? All because we'd like to see performers healthier and getting less injuries. AEW has instituted a structure that is paying their athletes as much or more as WWE for significantly less work. This is exactly what we had all been clamoring for. They aren't bloated. They are structured different than you're used to. There is a difference. I'm glad the internet wasn't a thing when I was a young kid first starting out watching. Hearing people constantly whine that Hogan doesn't wrestle enough on TV, or how you like Koko B Ware and he needs to be on TV more, or how Roddy Piper is getting wasted on by not being on TV enough and they're fucking him up would have drained allllllllll my joy. 6
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: Bad take. The tippy top and the very bottom is not what needs to go. I'm not a giant fan of Serpentico or Luther. But they serve a purpose, take up ZERO main roster TV time, and have extremely cost effective contracts (we can assume). There's no need to clear out the contracted enhancement guys. They aren't taking TV time or pay or opportunities away from any of your favorites. Because it's not like Miro & Andrade would be working enhancement matches putting over 2.0 on Dark if Sepentico & Luther were released. But again, this talking point comes up far too much. Especially from you. TK isn't like some idiot that accidentally signed too many guys in this awww schucks I wanna collect them all sense. He is making a conscious decision to have a lot of cards in the deck to shuffle around. The big WWE talking point used to be why do they run so many house shows? How come guys have to work so much? Can they work in an off season? All because we'd like to see performers healthier and getting less injuries. AEW has instituted a structure that is paying their athletes as much or more as WWE for significantly less work. This is exactly what we had all been clamoring for. They aren't bloated. They are structured different than you're used to. There is a difference. I'm glad the internet wasn't a thing when I was a young kid first starting out watching. Hearing people constantly whine that Hogan doesn't wrestle enough on TV, or how you like Koko B Ware and he needs to be on TV more, or how Roddy Piper is getting wasted on by not being on TV enough and they're fucking him up would have drained allllllllll my joy. It's not a working strategy when you see so many men and women disappearing from TV for months on end. If it's not the bottom guys that need to go, I'm fine with letting go of Tony Nese, Josh Woods, Ryan Nemeth, Varsity Blonds, and Peter Avalon...when their contracts are up of course. Pillman seems to be getting rather disenchanted with AEW at the moment anyway. 3 hours ago, EVA said: ??? Janela turned down an extension with AEW, and Jack literally did hurt himself and other people with his sloppiness and by his own admission didn’t have a good run in AEW and probably deserved to be let go before his contract was up. Did he now? Edited September 25, 2022 by TheVileOne
Sammo~! Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 The gotcha tweet being a link to Sami Zayn bragging about a new shirt is peak comedy 2
John E. Dynamite Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) "Fire The Jobbers" is easily one of the Four Pillars of Bad Takes, along with "It's A Work", "Eddie Loses Too Much", and "Meme Wrestler Bad" EDIT: Please do not mistake this as a pro-Luigi Primo statement. Edited September 26, 2022 by John E. Dynamite 9 2 1
TheVileOne Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, John E. Dynamite said: "Fire The Jobbers" is easily one of the Four Pillars of Bad Takes, along with "It's A Work", "Eddie Loses Too Much", and "Meme Wrestler Bad" Were all these guys brought in and signed for the express purpose of being jobbers?
A_K Posted September 25, 2022 Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, John E. Dynamite said: "Fire The Jobbers" is easily one of the Four Pillars of Bad Takes, along with "It's A Work", "Eddie Loses Too Much", and "Meme Wrestler Bad" No, friend, the central pillar of bad takes is thinking that re-embracing the indy jobbers and freak-shows that rooted them at the sub-1 million mark, slippy-sliding giving up viewership week after week for the 9 months straight from autumn onward is a good idea. It has demonstratively been shown that the active AEW roster is far larger per-minute of TV time than peak WWF/E/CW ever was with much of the talent narratively stagnant. That is inarguable. Unless they plan to bake suspensions of talent into the product week-to-week (if the suspensions are genuine), then the point will only be exacerbated further. As for AEW generally, given Punk's media comments on bringing 'realism' into the product (and his track record for that), alongside Khan's own comments on bad blood being good for business (words to that effect) and some on-screen items (MJF departing speech) I for one assumed they had a grand narrative direction planned out. Punk's latest injury may have put paid to that for the time being anyway (while Young Bucks are due time off too after working non stop since inception). If they do not have a direction planned out whatsoever, and they really are spitballing this shit week to week with a barrage of hastily made tournaments, battle royal and creative about-turns with 0 cohesive executive management other than Khan's singular word and lunatics literally fighting each other in the asylum then .. wow. What a carnival. I cannot imagine they are that inept given the level of investments, so assume there are ulterior motives at work still. We shall see where they go with the new title programs. At least the tags are now on Acclaimed (so long as they don't neuter them as pure-faces). Edited September 25, 2022 by A_K
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