Coletti Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Oof, I forgot about Darby's face tattoo. Really, really not a fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 19 minutes ago, Coletti said: Oof, I forgot about Darby's face tattoo. Really, really not a fan Here's a list of famous athletes I'm fine with having a face tattoo: 1) Mike Tyson 2) Henare That is all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebreaker Chip Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) Hate these random no-context crossover matches, Tony should have done some vignettes to build up Ollie Watkins and explain who he is and why people should be afraid of him P sure Swerve was off camera to the right and they just didn't know who he was to include him in the shot, even though the TV commentary shouted him out Edited February 18 by Firebreaker Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Orange Cassidy showed up at RevPro (in the UK) this afternoon and defended his title. In a six-way scramble match, obviously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 So I was watching some old Ricky Starks promos from a couple years ago, and damn was Hobbs cool with the fur coat and no shirt. He would fit perfect with the Mogul Affiliates with that look. At this point, though, throwing him straight into another stable would be dumb. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Things I was not expecting today: a friend sent me a clip of Ice Cube’s son criticizing AEW’s booking philosophies (Something like that, I didn’t actually watch it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SovietShooter Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Cube's son seems to be a big wrestling fan, but partial to WWE. I don't follow him on any socials, but I occasionally see his Xweets in my feed that someone else re-xweeted, and he generally seems to be a tribalistic WWE stan. With that said, the clip going around is him criticizing AEW for announcing matches between "unknowns" and not doing UFCesque video packages to let you know who the wrestlers are before the match. I don't really watch UFC anymore, but when I did, they typically only do those packages for their headliners, and not prelim fights. And, although AEW does do packages like that on occasion, they do announce matches sometimes, like say Danielson vs Akayama, without giving the viewer any reason to know what that is a big match, or who Akayama is. Which is a fair criticism, but without seeing the full interview, I'm assuming it is being made in bad faith. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 It’s a Chris Van Vliet interview, and he’s very much decided to go the “Anything for Views” route. Like he had Velveteen Dream as an interview guest a couple of weeks ago, and totally soft served him. Hulk Hogan before that, and he did the whole “White guy absolves other white guy of racism” shit there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Yeah, I saw some of O'Shea Jr.'s tweets some months back on my For You Twitter tab. Yeah, he's a WWE fan more than a wrestling fan. Re: UFC video packages No, they really haven't changed in several years. Anything that's not a title fight or a notable non title five rounder gets the same video reel that they've been doing since 2002/2003. Even the ones that do get a video package, it's very basic and cookie cutter. It's very minimalistic at least compared to what they could be doing. Only for the odd big event here and there do they try to do something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo joe Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/17/2024 at 5:04 PM, Coletti said: Oof, I forgot about Darby's face tattoo. Really, really not a fan Well it’s not like Darby is known for making good choices 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Normally, a respectable tattoo artist won't go above the neck or maybe below the wrists so as not to hurt anyone's future employment prospects, social standing, etc. Darby walks in and the tattoo guy is like, "yeah, no problem." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Yeah, I saw some of O'Shea Jr.'s tweets some months back on my For You Twitter tab. Yeah, he's a WWE fan more than a wrestling fan. Re: UFC video packages No, they really haven't changed in several years. Anything that's not a title fight or a notable non title five rounder gets the same video reel that they've been doing since 2002/2003. Even the ones that do get a video package, it's very basic and cookie cutter. It's very minimalistic at least compared to what they could be doing. Only for the odd big event here and there do they try to do something different. Is there a good example that could be shared of what these UFC video packages look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 AEW hired writer Jen Pepperman https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/aew/aew-hires-emmy-award-winning-writer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokdoyle Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 20 minutes ago, Kang said: AEW hired writer Jen Pepperman https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/aew/aew-hires-emmy-award-winning-writer Looks like they may be all ready to do Big Bu$ineSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo joe Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 28 minutes ago, Kang said: AEW hired writer Jen Pepperman https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/aew/aew-hires-emmy-award-winning-writer I read that as J Peterman 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Darby probably just opened up a video of what he does for a living and for fun on his phone to the artist and dude said yes. "Hey, he won't live long enough to be employed by someone who'd care." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, HarryArchieGus said: Is there a good example that could be shared of what these UFC video packages look like? This one is for the first Israel Adesenya vs. Alex Pereira fight (technically like their third or fourth fight counting kickboxing). This is the infamous No Church in the Wild promo for Aldo vs. McGregor way back in 2015. This is for the PPV that happened last Saturday. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Zarian is usually spot on with his scoops 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Jesus. Arthur Ashe in June sounds like an awful idea. I just remember Roger Federer saying that when the roof is closed there’s hardly any air circulation and the humidity is insane. That was awhile ago, but probably not that long ago. Did they ever add actual AC to it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 The tweet has been deleted...looks like he wasn't spot on with this one lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 He also predicted AEW to HBO Max “soon”. Which was like a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Zahorian... Zarian... eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 10 hours ago, Craig H said: Jesus. Arthur Ashe in June sounds like an awful idea. I just remember Roger Federer saying that when the roof is closed there’s hardly any air circulation and the humidity is insane. That was awhile ago, but probably not that long ago. Did they ever add actual AC to it? When I went to the first Grand Slam, I can testify that I was sitting directly under an AC vent and was sufficiently cold. I like the venue. I just hate the walk from parking and the subway station to the venue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) On 2/21/2024 at 8:31 PM, Elsalvajeloco said: This one is for the first Israel Adesenya vs. Alex Pereira fight (technically like their third or fourth fight counting kickboxing). This is the infamous No Church in the Wild promo for Aldo vs. McGregor way back in 2015. This is for the PPV that happened last Saturday. These are terrific, and much of what I assumed they'd be. AEW would obviously benefit greatly from putting together similar packages for matches. Even a small amount context counts! Let ppl in on the secret. Especially with a meaningful cold match like Akiyama v Danielson. It's a blindspot that they don't. And a bit of a shame. Edited February 23 by HarryArchieGus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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