Brandon Bones

I think it was Meltzer a couple of weeks ago that was trying to speculate that if AEWs recent turnaround was while Mox was champion. That maybe you keep it that way to keep things chugging along. I don’t really see much of what Mox specifically is offering as champion that has fed this turnaround. I’m not as down on the D Riders as some. But business guys that think money over everything demands they keep those Ds Riding. To me it seems like on a narrative level that the set up is for Hanger to win at the big blowoff show. At this point serving the story (in my view) is a better route to go to spend on all the investment in Mox to pass the baton and mix in Swerve and Osprey and others into the Main Event scene.

I’m am pleased. Alert the media! I heard somewhere… there are roughly another 2500 to 2700 tickets left unless they open another section. Things are looking good.

Totally works as that kind of storyline baked in “stamp of approval” that endorses Hangers title reign AND evolves Swerves character at the same time. It doesn’t mean the rivalry is over. But it’ll be different from that point forward with the threat of regression always dangling overhead.

I am persuadable.

Things could be worse. That Hogan Freestyle Whatever has a little more than 300 tickets out. So things are looking up. All kidding aside. Little did I know my thinking out loud about my reaction to looking at how the tickets sales were going would kick a hornets nest in the balls. Was I really dooming out? I’m baffled that my post was taken that way. Some of the posts here were certainly encouraging as far as having a successful outlook. Even while I guess, what I had to say wasn’t particularly respected? They can’t all be winners. I will say that over the years there has been an aspect to reporting on attendance in our little media that often times went out of its way to embarrass these companies. WWE used to get its pants pulled down on the regular as they herded what crowd they could muster to the front of the cameras. Meanwhile camera phone pics of large tarps and unlit empty seats show up in news feeds. It was meant to embarrass them. It at least made me embarrassed for them. WCCW was clueless to the point of incompetence in their day. I just recently watched a pair of those big shows after rewatching Flair vs. Kerry. It was tutorial in how not to shoot and present wrestling. It brought to mind how much respect I had for how AEW shot the second Wembley show. Sure… red seats were dotted throughout the upper deck areas and seen on camera but went largely unhighlighted enough to distract. Additionally, the week to week tallies seemed to have satisfied the critics and all with booking smaller venues. I guess that still doesn’t read for me that AEW is setting the world on fire. I love my starving artist federation. I KID FFS! I’m am really kicking myself for not going to those Boston shows. But I did go to the Manchester show. So I’m at least not a complete CM Punk level of hypocrite. *Wink* Hopefully, Drew doesn’t sue me for copyright/gimmick infringement. As far as my “esteem”? There is only one poster of “esteem”. That’s Octopus. I’m not on his level.

Phone froze. Didn’t realize this actually posted.

I guess I really fucked up. At least it’s good I’m considered esteemed. Even if I don’t know what that means.

Excuse ME… SIR! *I* smoke the WEED! AND I’m vegan.

I’ve been complaining to some of my buddies about ticket prices. Going back to the beginning of AEW IIRC… there was something in the early hype about them charging more affordable prices for tickets as something of a company policy. Am I crazy here or is this the Mandela Effect? I was looking at the ALL IN stadium graphic wherever they sell the tickets. The douche chill I got from what had been sold at that point gave me a WCCW Parade of Champions feel like they were going to be embarrassed by the turn out or at least the dotting of empty seats on tv. Some of those latter Texas Stadium shows were rough to look at. They did a good job of covering themselves for the most part at the last Wembley Stadium show. But I admit I’m a bit concerned how this is going to go. So why not just lower the cheap seats down to a price point that would actually draw? Better than nothing, right?

One of the details I really like out of an episode like this is how outside of the repetition it looks and feels. The cut and paste set ups in presentation I feel fatigues the eye and dulls the perception of the show. AEW producers probably didn’t even have to go that far out of their way (this time around) to achieve this CMLL feel with an AEW stamp on the face of it. Cool. I’m an old man who has watched a lot of wrestling. But I don’t HAVE to be walking around like I’ve “seen it all” if the variety keeps it fresh. I understand the need for table setting episodes. But what if they were most if not all EVENTS? Push Mark Briscoe. I’m not saying he should have gone over in most of the matches he has done the J.O.B in. But he is getting more and more over with no bearing on his record. He is incredible. I’ve also been convinced on Hechicero. Dude is super creative and I’m glad the announcers gave that aspect the spot light at various times. Okada is sufficiently warmed up. But AEW is betting huge on this one keeping up with a past that doesn’t necessarily belong to them. Is Ibushi available if Kenny goes over? At least for a hug? Score a point in the “I should have seen it coming” column. Ballads as entrance music. I’m honestly surprised how little this resource has been mined. Not everyone has to rock. We could all use a bit more earnest and heartfelt these days. As the show carried on. I was pleased with how the matches on this show had an appropriate amount of time to breath and build their stories. Example: Atlantis Jr. and his problems. I got dropped right in the middle of that with no prior knowledge. But it still added some meat to the bone on what could’ve otherwise been a too many random dudes becoming a blur. Plus… he looked like a chump. Mistico seems better cast in his role in CMLL as opposed to some of his outside ventures over the years. I say that in mostly ignorance of his history and position. But “Sloppy Sin Cara” made sense as far as I knew. Great sell post Tombstone on the ramp. Liked how his legs in standing up didn’t quite have the fighting spirit his mind had. Didn’t mind the DQ. AEW has plenty of credit to spend on the occasional but rare DQ. During a break: “We want to send our best wishes to Taz. There’s nothing wrong with him. We just want to send our best wishes to Taz.” - Excalibur The world delights in busting that guys balls man. It’s wild. Mone vs. Zeuxis: Liked that powerslam on the apron through the ropes. Familiar move, unique scenario. The Toni video and suplexing ALL the belts was a great visual once they got the camera shot. I wonder what the conversation was like when it was decided that The D Riders were NOT going to enter through the crowd. Different crowd security protocols? Streamers sure are messy. Just hanging from the lighting grid all conspicuous.

Totally amazeballs. Mostly in respect to those matches I didn’t have much investment still hitting it out of the park. I haven’t been a fan of the AITA over the years. And for a moment I thought the goofy aspects were going to ruin any violence based high water marks. Nope. No worries. I was indeed, excited and not hiding it. Got zero love for Nü Metal but whatever. The singalong was fun. I mean… Coach Tony spent all that money on licensing rights. Make the most of it. I’ve seen some feedback surrounding amazement over the lack of fatigue going into the main event. I can’t disagree. I was primed. Probably in part because Ospreay was forward thinking enough to cue me up for the expected marathon I guess. I was just ready for it and it was awesome. Now hopefully the ticket sales or the mid-summer Texas hot sun doesn’t ruin the biggun.

Oh. What can I get?

IIRC

Honestly, I’d probably look forward to it if it were just about every week. Those two could do the same shit a dozen different ways in each match. Bring it.

I’m looking forward to wondering why Beef Stroganoff is in the Dynamite Zone.