NoFistsJustFlips
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I wish they were more specific with the PPV component. Seems like an odd choice to be so intentionally vague. If you have a deal in place announce your deal. Even if they don't have a start date locked in give some kind of price point or clarity.
But this is a big win for AEW. Roughly double their yearly rights fees income, with an addition deal rumored for Fox possibly still to come.
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3 hours ago, Casey said:
It would be funny if that’s all it is. No PPVs, no back catalog. Just Dynamite and Collision airing the same day on Max.
The Variety article mentions "discounted PPVs will be available on Max later in 2025". That blurb is vague. Live PPVs? Discounted replays a week later? How discounted? Seems like an odd point to be vague on so hopefully AEW has a clear and concise announcement tonight that explains it all
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14 hours ago, Ace said:
Wardlow just ain't it.
I can appreciate this opinion and I think a lot of people agree. But he's capable of a lot more than he's been allowed to show. It feels like coaches or agents got in his ear and talked him out of doing a lot of what makes him special in the ring.
It's like the stories of Hogan pulling Big Show aside in his first year as The Giant and telling him to knock off the athletic shit he's supposed to be a big lumbering oaf. Wardlow hasn't even hit second gear compared to what he pulled off on the indies.
But until he actually puts some of that work on the screen I can understand why you wouldn't take my word for it.
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Just popping in to mention how tacky I think it is for a pro wrestling company to artificially extend a talent contract due to injury. I hate it when WWE does it. I hate it when AEW does it. Yet another reason why there needs to be a union in wrestling. These people get used & taken advantage of beyond the pale. The Jets don't get to automatically keep Aaron Rodgers a year longer just because he blew out his achilies last year. It's predatory bullshit and something I used to think AEW was above. TK is losing good will with fans & workers alike by fucking over Fenix. Your end date should be your end date, full stop.
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40 minutes ago, COLETTI said:
You know, Wardlow looks really good in a suit, is pretty tight with Hobbs off screen, and has been off TV long enough to grow back the hair...
Lashley, Wardlow, & Hobbs would be like an Evolution stable of all Batistas. I change my vote to this lol.
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I mean The Hurt Business was 3 swank well dressed black dudes just wrecking everyone. Would be a pretty bad recreation of that stable to not use the same format in AEW. Instead of Shelton & Cedric I pitched Hobbs & Lio. Lio has a history with Lashley (was his manager) & Hobbs would gain so much being in a swank stable and letting MVP do his talking. But sure reduce it down to a race thing if you want, instead of looking for good fits for the established stable they are recreating.
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I'm not feeling this Bryan & Mox match at all. So been there / done that. Bryan vs Darby was an exciting new pairing we've never seen, and it's pretty unlikely we'll ever get to see it now.
If I'm gonna be honest Mox doesn't do a lot for me. I do like this little character refresh for him but just do not want to see him in a top spot anymore. I may be in the minority on that.
Feels like a story they could have held the trigger on until Bryan was part time too. He loses the belt. Mox snaps and does the plastic bag deal. He's out for months. Comes back when the time is right, boom.
Give me a Hobbs, Lio Rush, Lashley with MVP Hurt Business please. Feels like a good mix and a way to elevate two younger current AEW guys. If Keith Lee ever gets healthy can come back to help Swerve. Add one more guy Swerve's side and there's a solid trios title feud that feels important.
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Gonna throw a wild speculation out there that I haven't seen considered yet. His young partner in crime Vic is actually... Victor Zsas. We'll see his devolution from innocent enough hoodlum to absolute bloodthirsty psychopath serial killer over the course of however many seasons this show runs.
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Plus it's not like they are exclusive to Netflix. There's still a show on USA & a show on the CW. If you can't figure Raw out you aren't totally boxed out of the product.
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There's too many first run products right now. With not enough differentiation on them. So what should we do? Add another show on the pile!
Things need restructured in a bad way. I still contend that's the main contributing factor to Dynamite ratings being down. Product fatigue. Collision & Rampage & Battle of the Belts & ROH. And potentially another Fox show. It's too much and watering everything down.
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1 hour ago, Just Adam Bay Bay said:
Come on. Noted Young Bucks hater @just drew and the voices in his head don’t count as a reputable source?
I’m sure now that you’ve called him out he’ll claim he was “over-served” again like he did after I called him out for being rude to everyone on Sunday.
Your hate boner for him is as annoying as his hate boner for The Young Bucks FYI. I'd dial back the smugness about 42 notches.
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It's kind of nice to already not have to mentally and emotionally invest in this season. The Giants stink and are going to have a really high draft pick. I can just sit back and spectate the whole season without the ups and downs of following a team, hoping for / expecting success. Hopefully Saquon can get a ring this year. I hate Philly but I always pull for former Giants. Although not a 1 to 1 comparison it's a little like a 'what if' for Barry Sanders leaving The Lions and getting a ring somewhere else.
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1 hour ago, BloodyChamp said:
Everything I’ve watched so far today stinks of week 1. I wouldn’t put any longterm stock in any results today.
Except that not only will Daniel Jones not start for The Giants next year, he won't even be in the NFL. Not a soul will waste even a backup spot on him.
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And just like that, I'm out. Fucking Patriots.
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4 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:
Needle spot was a work. Chair wasn't probably.
Sorry to be the guy over explaining and ruining the magic, and I'll stop if you guys want me to. But I think giving away some of the secrets to the super dangerous stuff is putting some people more at ease with the violence.
The seat on the chair was grinded down to the thickness / pliability of a cookie sheet or the aluminum trash cans. If you look the bottom of the chair leg had a pink sticker on it. So they guys would know it's the gimmicked one. They also took out the hinges that keep the seat connected to the frame. It was a nasty loud sound. But the seat gave immediately. And the thickness was no different than standard cookie sheet shots. It was just so well done it looked like death.
Kudos to the truck for doing the pull back wide shot at the exact right time too. Really added to the effect.-
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7 hours ago, just drew said:
There's not a bar in America that Nick and Matt could walk into and fight their way out of, no matter how close they are. They're flippy homeschooled weirdos with zero shoot experience. Why am I supposed to believe they can fight anyone who's actually been in a fight?
This is the dumbest fucking take. It's a fucking show. None of these guys are claiming to be bar fighters. They're actors / athletes / entertainers. Gal Gadot isn't winning any bar fights but she still wins in Wonder Woman movies. Bob Odenkirk is old as shit and couldn't win any bar fights. Didn't make Nobody any less of a fun action movie. Tom Brady couldn't win a bar fight, doesn't make him any less of an amazing athlete.
If you care so much about bar fights go watch bootleg bum fights videos down the rabbit hole and quite using this insane talking point as some sort of gotchya evidence to support your weird grudge.-
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9 hours ago, The Natural said:
That needle use was fucking disgusting.
Does it make it any less unsavory for you that it was a total gimmick? He stuck a rubber stopper in his cheek before Hangman pulled out his grill. The needle went into the rubber stopper in his cheek. It didn't penetrate his skin or even go into his body at all, was a work. Magic trick.
I'd understand if that doesn't make you feel any better about it. But it's not the same as a death match spot where they really do the needle penetrating the cheek.-
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15 hours ago, The Natural said:
This got me thinking, what's the biggest secondary championship in AEW? I'd still say the TNT Championship as it's the oldest but that doesn't necessarily mean the best. I think the AEW International Championship is neck and neck with it if not surpassed it.
Mox & MJF didn't slum it with TNT title runs. International is def #2.
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In for the first time. Will I be a contender longer than The Giants are? Oh snap, I'm already there. lol
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Caught this at the theater yesterday and absolutely loved it. Shocked to see such middling reactions in here. Lots of fun cameos. A fun story riffing on all the multiversity junk. Brutal action scenes with great fight choreography. Reynolds & Jackman played off each other perfectly.
Thought this one was just as good as the other Deapool movies and not a step down at all. Lots of heart with Wolverine's story too. Jackman's performance really elevated it above a normal comic book movie for me.
I have it in the top tier of comic book movies. Not the very top. But not far off either.
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There's a new Arkham VR game coming out (not made by Rocksteady). As someone who liked Origins just fine I wish I had a VR machine. Not gonna get one, even tho this looks pretty good. They gave it a proper story / FreeFlow / all the other Arkham bells & whistles too. Falls in the time line at year two of this Batman's run. So like a year after Origins. Wonder if they'll ever be able to convert it to a console game somehow down the line.
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Starting off with my positive comment, that main event was fucking great. Everything about it (except for how much it reminded me of exploiting Foley's kids in Beyond the Mat). That crowd was SO so hot for it too. The no selling kicks while looking at his family. Swerve getting to no sell the first knee. Having the level up the Lebell Lock to get the win. The post match celebration. Just fucking perfect.
Following it off with my most negative comment, and one that might get me almost as much heat as not liking Elton John songs for wrestling lol. Whoever is the production coordinator needs suspended without pay. How do you repeat the streamers getting stuck on the tron thing from last year? Baffling. The Buck's streamers last year and MJF's this year. WHY would you do streamers with such a low lighting rig? WHY WHY WHY would you repeat the same mistake two years in a row? My ADD concussion brain couldn't focus on MJF vs Ospreay at all. Just a really dumb self inflicted snafu that made them look low rent. They dangling down into the ring and the ref was trying to rip them down and they were interfering with spots. Hated it.
Random other thoughts. Shocked no Mox. Feel like they missed a story telling chance to add Pac to BCC by Bryan offering his spot, since he may have to retire. Since you were teaming him up with them anyways, and he needs new running mates without Lucha Bros, that story telling beat was a miss opportunity. Ricochet looked so fucking pumped. Blown away by the Nigel surprise. That never once crossed my mind. Christian winning was the weirdest result ever. Thought that match was super strong.
Britt didn't look great and I guess them burning off Hayter's return on the pre show (dumb) and not here confirmed their heat.
Tony & Marriah killed it.
Darby kinda got squashed. Odd choice when he's got a World Title Match in like 3 weeks.
Wonder how All Out shakes out. Think we'll get a Claudio vs Okada rematch. Ricochet will surely have a featured match. The women's divisions don't seem to have clear ideas for next contenders. Who does Bryan get? Don't think it'll be Christian, think they're saving that story for down the road for whatever reason. There aren't a lot of heated up heels right now. Could end up with no match at All Out maybe.-
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Yeah AEW does a commentary rotation. I'd be surprised if the main wasn't X, Tony, & JR. I personally don't mind the Nigel stuff but I think yall are out of your minds if you think Nigel plays even one iota of a part in the match.
I'm more interested in changing the conversation to who you guys think will be surprises in the Gauntlet. I think Ricochet is a lock. Mox too. Thinking Okada as well. Think Shane or Bobby Lashley would be fun ass moments, but not very likely. Wish Omega was healthy enough because that pop would be massive.
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As if we needed a new wrinkle in this conversation, WBD just installed a new executive to oversee all of the cable networks. If she comes in Jamie Kellner style all the months of negotiating could be tossed out the window.
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AEW TV DEAL
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Both of those are good points and realistic reasons to not announce all the details now. Doesn't make it less frustrating, but at least understandable.