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The Natural

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8 minutes ago, zendragon said:

For a company that promised more focus on tag team wrestling they seem to have settled into a one at a time  mentality

Both divisions are weak right now, the tag team and the trios. One dilutes the other. Bucks need to drop the tag titles to the Outriders ASAP.

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HarryArchieGus

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3 hours ago, zendragon said:

For a company that promised more focus on tag team wrestling they seem to have settled into a one at a time  mentality

3 hours ago, The Natural said:

Both divisions are weak right now, the tag team and the trios. One dilutes the other. Bucks need to drop the tag titles to the Outriders ASAP.

Very true. Tho, in the case of the tag division, there's been moves to correct this in recent months. Most notably the rise of the Outrunners whom I too am all for strapping. I'm hoping they get a nice build to such a momentous occasion. I like the Fletcher-Ospreay team and would welcome them on top for a run. Not at all with the fantasy booking of an Aussie Open split. They're too good as a team (exactly what the division needs) to let them both flounder as a pair of midcard singles. Further, I like that Fletcher-Ospreay rep two singles stars coming together - this should happen more often. There's a lot of great wrestlers without momentum or a secure place on the card that could benefit from banding together with somebody in a similar place. Not that Ospreay is a good example. The Division needs some star power. Here's hoping Rush and the Beast or Roddy and the Beast become a real true threat.  

The trios titles always seemed like a weak idea. Trios matches don't need nor benefit a great deal from championships being passed around. There's little to no prestige. More often wrestlers end up seeming stuck in the pointless builds/feuds. It also never feels like there's actually a division. Number 1 contenders seem to happen from somebody randomly cutting a promo on whomever the title holders are. And as mentioned, teams are shoehorned into either Trios or Tags and unable to mix between. It also often messes with the booking dynamic of having a trios match to build to the more important tag or singles match. Said dynamic sometimes reveals far better trios teams than the ones battling for gold. All that said, more intrigued by the Pac/Claudio/Wheeler team than most any of the stories they've told. Curious who the mystery challengers might be. 

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Technico Support

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Six man tag belts need some sort of gimmick or hook.  Otherwise, they’re just “our regular tag belts with an extra dude.”  Off the top of my head, I’d go with actual trios rules or at least the “no tags” rules.  Or every match is tornado style or elimination.  Something.  Put he belts on some crazy highspot workers and make it the crazy ass PWG party match title.  Make it so you know that a six man title match means crazy shit is incoming.  AEW does enough multi man matches that they could defend it every week.  
 

And it goes without saying don’t let the Acclaimed and Billy Gunn anywhere near them.

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ChesterCopperpot

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14 hours ago, caley said:

Wait, is the UK Dollar store brand really called "Poundland"?!

I thought the Canadian one being 'Dollarama' was hilarious!

 

Wait til you hear about Poundstretcher 

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Zimbra

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Hell, just make the HoB House Rules thing permanent where the challenger gets to set a stipulation.

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Go2Sleep

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The tag division has booking issues due to the Bucks not doing anything with the belts, but the division is probably the deepest it's ever been.

Bucks, FTR, Acclaimed, GYV, BCC, HOB, Outrunners, MXM, Top Flight, Kingdom, potentially Aussie Open, various Conglomeration and Callis Family combos... If nothing else, Tony could fall back on the good old 16 team tournament, or the old All Japan style tag league.

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EVA

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I think the plan was clearly to do Bucks vs. reunited Edge & Christian at Wembley, and Copleand’s injury derailed everything. Seems like we’re in a classic TK holding pattern until he’s healthy and they can circle back around  to it.

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Nice Guy Eddie

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3 hours ago, EVA said:

I think the plan was clearly to do Bucks vs. reunited Edge & Christian at Wembley, and Copleand’s injury derailed everything. Seems like we’re in a classic TK holding pattern until he’s healthy and they can circle back around  to it.

Might as well give The Outrunners the belts and freshen things up rather than keep them on the stagnant Bucks. If re-uniting Cope & Christian is still in the cards when Cope returns, then so be it. Keeping the belts on the Bucks isn't helping anybody. 

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Gorman

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As a former editor on the Bleacher Report website in its early years (when it was written by fans - hence the name), I found it hilarious that later in its existence, you could actually WATCH sports on Bleacher Report.

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caley

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2 minutes ago, zendragon said:

I say let Shane book ROH for 6 months...

ROH Underground!

In all honesty, though, I actually thought Raw Underground (Shane's big idea) was kinda cool and, at least, a little different presentation-wise for WWE. I think if they had tweaked it and, more importantly, kept it separate from WWE they could have at least built up some new stars with it. I liked Shane as the mouthy Dane White-esque leader of the group and while the shootfights were..ehhh....they could have worked on the concept a bit. I think if the concept had been a little more "This is different" and less "This is really REAL" it might have stood a chance, plus keeping Vince and Dunn away from it.

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AxB

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Saraya re-signed for another year in AEW.

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HarryArchieGus

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On 9/25/2024 at 5:15 PM, Zimbra said:

Hell, just make the HoB House Rules thing permanent where the challenger gets to set a stipulation.

I assume we can agree to forego the bad lighting? I'm failing to remember an example where the stipulations chosen weren't a disappointment or a weak intrusion. The concept seemed, at times, confusing to the audience, and in need of Excalibur explanations. More than any of that, I never understood why the defending Champions would offer their challengers a potentially advantageous stipulation. Because they're so bad ass? A difficult concept for the chicken shit heel teams.

4 hours ago, AxB said:

Saraya re-signed for another year in AEW.

Saraya alongside Harley have been quietly killing it on Rampage. An incredibly fun heel duo. Looking forward to the Hayter bout on Collision. I still think Harley/Saraya would be better with a third - a stronger worker. Somebody lacking the charisma Harley/Saraya bring. 

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stuntmanc

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44 minutes ago, HarryArchieGus said:

 

Saraya alongside Harley have been quietly killing it on Rampage. An incredibly fun heel duo. Looking forward to the Hayter bout on Collision. I still think Harley/Saraya would be better with a third - a stronger worker. Somebody lacking the charisma Harley/Saraya bring. 

Leyla Hirsch immediately came to mind.

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Zimbra

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23 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

Leyla Hirsch immediately came to mind.

Nyla would also kill in that role.

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AxB

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Nyla and Saraya, in the same stable? They're not exactly politically compatible, on a personal level.

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