goodhelmet
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18 minutes ago, Oyaji said:
A tragic waste of talent.
It is absolutely the one place they have dropped the ball. Tully has been great since the contract signing and they have done nothing with him. Part of that is because Spears simply hasn't gotten over in the ring. I don't know why they haven't moved him to someone else yet.
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Tully Blanchard is still the greatest...
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The 1st buildup hype video made me excited for a Jake Hager match.. I am looking forward to Hager-Moxley. Hager's wife was perfect "You win or you don't come home"
I can't wait for Jericho to retire and he and Tony become the best announcing duo ever behind Lance Russell & Dave Brown.
My favorite Jericho line for the entire night: "She went from Ace Frehley to Gene Simmons in one match"
Chris Jericho made me not care that this was an empty arena show.
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12 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
I honestly thought that was a Rhyno clip. Then I rewatched and realized it was from tonight. As an aside, Jeff Cobb is so good and a really nice guy in person. At least the one time I met him.
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Great show and I'm kicking myself for not going.
Britt Baker wants heel heat? Talk shit about Whataburger!!!
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15 minutes ago, sabremike said:
I marked out like crazy when Excalibur referenced a Dead Milkmen song on commentary.
I marked out when he dropped Toshiaki Kawada.
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I enjoyed last night's show. I'll add onto my dislike for Brandi Rhodes and her faction. everyone knows she is Cody's wife. She should be a face and being the Jack Tunney of the women's division, not the Stephanie McMahon. The entire Nightmare Collective is making me dislike the women's division as a whole. This is sad because I think they have some great talent in the division.
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6 minutes ago, Goodear said:
What would be the exciting next step for the Bucks though? They've worked the two big heel teams a lot in AEW so I'm not sure where they could go next that would be logical or interesting unless they pull a Jinder and elevate someone in a hurry.
They could give rematches to the SCU. I think if the Butcher and Blade start racking up wins, there is a program there. I wouldn't be opposed to a Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy mini-feud.
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2 minutes ago, J.T. said:
That looks like a solid card.
And yeah, you've spent a lot of time building up SCU, especially Scorpio Sky. It's too soon for them to drop the belts to the Bucks.
That Lucha Bros vs. Omega / Page match should be hot fire if Kenny doesn't goof off too much.
I think putting the titles on the Bucks gets the fans excited for what's coming after the New Year and ends the show on a high. I was against them putting the belts on SCU in the first place so that's just a personal preference.
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22 minutes ago, Technico Support said:
I think it's too early for SCU to lose the belts. I'd love to see Statlander pushed up the card at the expense of Baker, who has had enough chances and is not too great. Great question about the Cody/Darby vs B&B match. I'm doing my best to just enjoy the show and not try to wonder "how are they going to keep everybody strong???' because keeping everyone strong is lame. But I do get your point.
I think the subtle dissension between Omega and Page needs to be drawn out a bit longer. Someone else here said this would be the night Page turns, which seems WWE-quick.
I saw something in the rankings that really disturbed me. A ton of people have 3-2 or 4-3 records. It's not quite 50/50 booking but it's close. I want to see some of these teams/wrestlers create some distance from the rest of the pack. I am not opposed to drawing out the Page-Omega dissension but they need to lose the match.
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This looks like an exciting week of television. I am more interested in the booking decisions. Do they finally end the SCU reign and start pushing the Bucks? Do they end the Baker experiment and run with Statlander? I want them to let Butcher & Blade get the win but I don't want them to sacrifice Darby in order to do it. It's way too early to let them lose also. This actually feels like the right time to introduce their first DQ. Jungle Boy should go ten minutes with Jericho... or 9:50 before tapping out. Lucha Bros should defeat Omega and Page.
I can't wait to see how it all plays out.
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21 hours ago, Dewar said:
Lemon-Lime Kool-Aid was the shit when I was a growing boy.
I couldn't stand lemon-lime Kool-aid. That means it's bad and I'm right.
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11 hours ago, Goodear said:
This is bonkers. The production errors on Dark this past week made it look like no one bothered to watch their taped show. There's real and then there is unprofessional garbage that would be unacceptable on a broadcast of professional Cornhole.
Can we talk about how stupid the women's tag match was this week? Hiruka Shida is probably the hottest hand in the division as the new challenger to Riho. So they job her to the cold Emi Sakura (who is stupidly miscast as a heel) and Bea Priestly (who looks even worse than Britt Baker). And in so doing, you also make Stratlander lose her second match and her Dynamite debut making her 0-2 in meaningless tags with random partners. It's dumb, booking 101 stuff and AEW is too stupid to do anything than pull names out of the random tag match hat.
I was talking about Dynamite. I haven't seen Dark since the 2nd week. I'll take your word for it.
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I watched the show, enjoyed it for what it was but I want to address the production complaints. I will take flubs, miscues, audio issues all day long if I never have to sit through another over-produced, stale WWE production again. Production flubs make the show feel more "real" to me. It's refreshing.
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52 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:
Ehhhh... Another little bleach blonde lady. I’m with the perv from last week. Give me more tall-ish thick ladies.
Ha! The original statement wasn't perverted at all.
Then it slowly went downhill from there.
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2 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
That's why I said in a positive/divisive sense, I think Hell in a Cell was 100% "fuck this shit"
FTFY
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14 hours ago, just drew said:
Yep. Imagine thinking Seth Rollins is the guy to build around, rather than Mox. I’m not sure there’s an active wrestler on the planet who’s a more compelling combination of worker/talker than jon Moxley, and wwe was content to let him be Seth’s backup.
This really reminds me of the early idea of letting Moxley becoming the new Roddy Piper who is unhinged and brawls all the time. It never happened but, now more than ever, you can see it would have worked in a different company with a different vision.
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1 hour ago, Goodear said:
I don't understand the resistance to putting the number one babyface in the company in the hottest angle in the company over in the main event of their pay per view. I find it baffling. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel.
Agreed! I think when the company was formed, they thought Omega was going to be the #1 babyface but Cody has taken over and screwed up their plans.
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8 minutes ago, Casey said:
I think the idea is to have only 4 PPVs a year, isn't it? Double Or Nothing, All Out, Full Gear and ???.
Also they haven't done a Wardlow segment in a few weeks, right? Unless I missed it tonight.
I am speculating on the February date but it would make sense...
Double Or Nothing - May
All Out/In - August
Full Gear - November
??? - February
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42 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said:
Well... when you edit it that way... fuck it, I'll own it. I love thick women.
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37 minutes ago, Casey said:
I don't think any of these wrestlers are unknowns to most of the AEW audience watching at home. There might be those "lapsed fans" or casual WWE watchers or whatever that tune in, but I think what you're going to see going forward, for better or worse, is AEW digging their heels into the existing fanbase who watch stuff like Being The Elite or know of wrestlers from the indies, etc.
Second thing, I'm pretty sure there isn't a February PPV.
I thought they were doing a PPV every 3 months. February would be next on the schedule.
Also, I had no idea who Shanna or Hayter were last week. Just random women. It absolutely wouldn't hurt to give them a quick profile. Same thing for any wrestler or team that pops up... even the jobbers. They are doing this with Wardlow. Cut 3 or 4 minutes from each match (including a no dive outside rule for any match in the first hour) and mix in some vignettes/short interviews.
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14 minutes ago, AxB said:
You know how everyone who came through WWE developmental (and Tessa Blanchard) has a rehearsed ring entrance that's all about hitting exact spots on the ramp, at the exact moment to synch with the music? Jamie Hayter doesn't do that. Her trainer is a guy who insists that you should be interacting with the crowd from the second you go through the curtain, to the second you go back through it after. So as a heel, she's always getting in someone's face and talking, whether she's on the way to the ring, or in the ring, or on the apron waiting for the tag. Last week she stole someone's sign and they totally weren't expecting it, because wrestlers don't steal signs any more.
I thought Hayter was awesome.
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I have seen 3 episodes and this was my least favorite overall episode even if it had some of my favorite AEW moments. There were moments I felt like changing the channel and I haven't felt that way with AEW yet.
The Cody-Jericho feud is carrying this company and that's ok. It's the best thing going in wrestling today. I think Cody needs to win asap. My buddy thinks it is too soon for Jericho to lose. Imagine arguing over the finish of a match in 2019 where the outcome has actual implications. Amazing!
I really enjoyed the PAC match up until he hit the brainbuster on the floor and it didn't result in a countout and EMTs. The ending ruined this for me. Really enjoyed Beretta in this one.
I also thought the woman's tag was great. Aesthetically, I'll take 3 thick women and the little engine that could over the entire WWE women's roster.
Tully Blanchard is being wasted on Shawn Spears. He needs to be with someone else asap.
More than anything, these wrestlers that are unfamiliar to the people at home need personality profiles. 30 seconds to a minute explaining why I should give a shit.
The ending brawl was awesome. It needs to lead to a War Games match. Let this boil until the February PPV.
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12 hours ago, Craig H said:
I know the comparison was made already, but this shit all sounds like a plotline from Succession, which is apropos since Succession at times feels like it's about the McMahon family.
I just binged both seasons this past week. What an awesome show.
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Wrestlers are trash "Allegedly"
in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
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I don't know if you heard today's WOR, but he and Alvarez basically discussed this topic wrestler by wrestler with the information he had at the time. Quackenbush was not mentioned but Cornette, Guevara, Ospreay, Scurlii, Ryan, and more were discussed. Doesn't seem like he is avoiding specific wrestlers. Maybe he didn't react quick enough?