AEW - SEPTEMBER 2024

[twiztor]

On 9/15/2024 at 9:37 AM, The Natural said:

I miss Eddie Kingston.

i miss a lot of guys. in a rough order, this list includes:

Ricky Starks
Eddie Kingston
Kenny Omega
Samoa Joe
Powerhouse Hobbs
Switchblade Jay White
Kota Ibushi (i'm not sure if he actually signed a contract with AEW or just did a couple shows)
Wardlow
Miro (i guess? he's been pretty hit-or-miss in AEW)

[Shartnado]

54 minutes ago, twiztor said:

i miss a lot of guys. in a rough order, this list includes:

Ricky Starks
Eddie Kingston
Kenny Omega
Samoa Joe
Powerhouse Hobbs
Switchblade Jay White
Kota Ibushi (i'm not sure if he actually signed a contract with AEW or just did a couple shows)
Wardlow
Miro (i guess? he's been pretty hit-or-miss in AEW)

Looking at this list, you could start a show/ company around these guys alone, so at least it must be a bit less of a headache to book current shows without trying find a way to push all of these guys too, in a way that keeps them happy enough.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

1 hour ago, twiztor said:

i miss a lot of guys. in a rough order, this list includes:

Ricky Starks
Eddie Kingston
Kenny Omega
Samoa Joe
Powerhouse Hobbs
Switchblade Jay White
Kota Ibushi (i'm not sure if he actually signed a contract with AEW or just did a couple shows)
Wardlow
Miro (i guess? he's been pretty hit-or-miss in AEW)

Out of this list, I miss Samoa Joe, Jay White, Omega, and Eddie Kingston. I'm pretty sure Kota did sign. I remember him getting an All Elite graphic. I'd be fine with never seeing Ricky Starks, Wardlow, or Miro ever again. 

Edited September 17, 2024 by Nice Guy Eddie

[username]

Looking at that list and people don't even remember that a wrestler named Keith Lee once existed...

[The Natural]

2 hours ago, twiztor said:

i miss a lot of guys. in a rough order, this list includes:

Ricky Starks
Eddie Kingston
Kenny Omega
Samoa Joe
Powerhouse Hobbs
Switchblade Jay White
Kota Ibushi (i'm not sure if he actually signed a contract with AEW or just did a couple shows)
Wardlow
Miro (i guess? he's been pretty hit-or-miss in AEW)

I miss Samoa Joe, Kenny Omega, Samoa Joe, Jay White and Eddie Kingston.

[zendragon]

10 hours ago, AxB said:

That's easily fixed. The commentary team can just say they phoned up Jericho and asked him how the match went, and Jericho told them he won, and then sent them the clips they showed on TV (and nothing more).

this is probably shoot what happened

[twiztor]

7 hours ago, username said:

Looking at that list and people don't even remember that a wrestler named Keith Lee once existed...

his name crossed my mind, but i never saw him in WWE, and his AEW run never hit that higher gear for me. would be very receptive to him coming back!

on a more positive note, i'm glad that Thunder Rosa and Jamie Hayter are back on TV again! 

but Adam Cole can stay gone. 

[Technico Support]

1 hour ago, twiztor said:

 

on a more positive note, i'm glad that Thunder Rosa and Jamie Hayter are back on TV again! 

 

Hate to tell you, but she's dealing with concussion issues.

[EVA]

Very unfortunate set of circumstances for Keith Lee that A) the wrestling business as a whole was slow to come around to him, B) when it finally came time to cash in, he chose the promotion that didn’t value his skill set, and C) Covid impacting his health in such a way that effectively closed the window in which he was physically capable of using his full skill set.

Edited September 17, 2024 by EVA

[hammerva]

It might already be out there but the next NFL Films Presents will feature segments with Tony Khan on how he is juggling both the Jaguars and AEW.   It seems like it was film during that draft and his neck brace.   You know remember when the lead heels injured Tony Khan and stretchered him out  and it was completely ignored about 2 weeks later.  

[hobo joe]

12 hours ago, twiztor said:

but Adam Cole can stay gone. 

I’d honestly be surprised to see Adam Cole in AEW again given how nonchalantly they blew off the MJF angle. I imagine HHH will welcome him back whenever his contract’s up.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

2 minutes ago, hobo joe said:

I’d honestly be surprised to see Adam Cole in AEW again given how nonchalantly they blew off the MJF angle. I imagine HHH will welcome him back whenever his contract’s up.

Adam Cole is miscast so badly as a heel. If I were TK, I would turn Strong, Taven, and Bennett on Cole whenever he comes back. 

[KriskitaKoloff]

22 hours ago, twiztor said:

i miss a lot of guys. in a rough order, this list includes:

Ricky Starks
Eddie Kingston
Kenny Omega
Samoa Joe
Powerhouse Hobbs
Switchblade Jay White
Kota Ibushi (i'm not sure if he actually signed a contract with AEW or just did a couple shows)
Wardlow
Miro (i guess? he's been pretty hit-or-miss in AEW)

I think AEW is proof Miro just kind of sucks. Everyone swore he would run the world if he left WWE, yet hes been completely forgettable and apparently turned down plenty of storylines. Kind of seems like a headache to deal with(remember him announcing his Lana proposal mid storyline with Lashley?)and I've yet to see a single match that proves Miro is actually good, hes just a beefy dude with 4 moves. He apparently is signed for 2 more years, will be interesting to see if he actually wrestles in that time considering he's apparently injured every 2 weeks and since 11/21 he has wrestled less than a dozen times. 

 

 

[Nice Guy Eddie]

I seem to recall Miro having a good match against Eddie Kingston for the TNT title, but if he's a headache to deal with and turns down storylines, TK might be better off cutting bait. 

[username]

1 hour ago, hobo joe said:

I’d honestly be surprised to see Adam Cole in AEW again given how nonchalantly they blew off the MJF angle. I imagine HHH will welcome him back whenever his contract’s up.

I assume AEW can add all the time they want to Cole's contract but I think it has gotten to the point where we have to wonder both when will he actually returns and what he will look like as his injury is clearly worse than most anyone assumed it'd be.

I have an online friend who broke the hell out of his hand in a sparring accident (got tossed, hand planted and snapped a bunch of things) and ended up with a metal chain/plate put in and even with rehabbing as hard/early as he could the part near said metal bit is an issue. He pushed hard because he found out that if you don't get motion back soon with stuff like this it may not return.

I mention this as he read what got put into Cole's foot (feet?) and when he heard how close the metal bit was put to his ankle joint he said that he wouldn't be shocked if he was never the same, he couldn't think of a worse place based on his experience with one to have to put that kind of plate.

I dislike watching Adam Cole wrestle but I feel bad as he seems like a swell human being and I think we are now at live odds to his career being potentially forever changed.

[odessasteps]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Cole could make a decent living just streaming, given the way some of his fans on stream drop the coin while watching. And if is back living in central PA, the cost of living is probably better than living in Orlando or Tampa. 

[RazorbladeKiss87]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Adam Cole is miscast so badly as a heel. If I were TK, I would turn Strong, Taven, and Bennett on Cole whenever he comes back. 

I realize I'm in the minority but I could never buy Cole as a face. Just looking at him makes me want to see him get destroyed. People talk about "X-Pac" heat but for me it'd be more accurate to say "Cole and Rollins Heat"

[RazorbladeKiss87]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I seem to recall Miro having a good match against Eddie Kingston for the TNT title, but if he's a headache to deal with and turns down storylines, TK might be better off cutting bait. 

He had the Arcade Anarchy match too. I was one who thought he could break out in a new promotion but it's just never happened. 

[SovietShooter]

It's interesting... when it became clear AEW was a viable product, one of the first things people did was look at who was perceived as being underutilized in WWE, and wanting to see those guys get a shot in AEW.  And for every success like Swerve or Danielson, you have a Miro and Andrade. It just goes to show that sometimes the promotion/booker/company isn't the problem. 

Some guys just had bad luck with injuries... Cole headlined the first Wembley show, so it is hard to call his run a failure, but it is hard to call it a success either.  Keith Lee's run was short, but it was really solid; If this was the territory days and he came in for a run like that and moved on, I think it would be classified as a success... but by today's standards it is not. 

And guys like Wardlow and Starks... they're kinda victims of AEW's success. Yeah, Wardlow cannot stay healthy, but he also never really showed much progression.  He has been eclipsed in his role by guys like Big Bill and Hobbs.  It probably is time for those guys to move on, and see if they can get a fresh start.

[Casey]

Wardlow’s best shot at starting over would be TNA now, and maybe he gets a look from WWE that way if that partnership continues. But they’ve already got people that do stuff he can do (and more), are his size, and have a star quality about them. I’m not a fan of Ricky Starks, and see him as a dollar general Rock, so whatever.

To me, their best shots were in a place like AEW but we’ve already moved past what their roles would typically be. Why get behind Wardlow when you have Big Bill now? Why get behind Ricky when you have literally anyone else on the roster (I kid, but I really just don’t get the appeal).

Miro is a weird combination of AEW being too relaxed on things (at the time?) and him probably just being too difficult to work with when he’s outside of a place with an established, structured hierarchy like WWE. It’s one reason why I don’t think Punk is going to lash out there like he did here, because there are systems in place to keep people in check. AEW doesn’t (or didn’t) have that, so things just kind of ran amok.

[The Natural]

11 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I seem to recall Miro having a good match against Eddie Kingston for the TNT title, but if he's a headache to deal with and turns down storylines, TK might be better off cutting bait. 

AEW All In 2021. Eddie Kingston should have won that night.

10 hours ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

I realize I'm in the minority but I could never buy Cole as a face. Just looking at him makes me want to see him get destroyed. People talk about "X-Pac" heat but for me it'd be more accurate to say "Cole and Rollins Heat"

Yeah, I've never got Adam Cole either, face or heel. Can't stand him or the Young Bucks. Only time I found Seth Rollins tolerable was Shield Seth.

Edited September 18, 2024 by The Natural

[Go2Sleep]

1 hour ago, Casey said:

Why get behind Ricky when you have literally anyone else on the roster (I kid, but I really just don’t get the appeal).

Ricky's role has really been taken by Okada of all people. Cool, funny heel who can back it up in the ring. I mean, it's not really fair because of the resume Okada brought with him, but I'm impressed with Okada's dedication to trying the American style and it's paying off for him big time.

[SovietShooter]

3 hours ago, Casey said:

Why get behind Ricky when you have literally anyone else on the roster (I kid, but I really just don’t get the appeal).

 

1 hour ago, Go2Sleep said:

Ricky's role has really been taken by Okada of all people. Cool, funny heel who can back it up in the ring.

This is a great example!  Starks is alright, but would you rather have him, or Okada? 

You could kinda say the same thing about Adam Cole, and Jay White. I think Adam Cole is a solid worker and has a ton of charisma (that hasn't always been showcased properly, IMHO), but Jay White is probably better, and has just as much charisma. I mean, Bang Bang Gang > Undisputed Kingdom

[Casey]

The weird saga of Danhausen continues, with him getting a new Diamond Select statue that’s releasing this week. Take a moment to consider that the people that previously got one of these are Punk, Danielson, Sting, Jericho and Mox. The dude is obviously a moneymaker, and popular, but hasn’t been around in… months? A year? Not like he’s injured anymore, he’s doing the indie loops pretty heavily right now.

Now, granted, production on this likely started awhile ago, but still. All of those names are main eventers and big stars, and he’s the next one up.

(also those things are pretty cool, if you’re a fan of any of them and like buying their stuff, it’s a worthy purchase)

[The Natural]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQSnbjmA_M

11 hours Nigel McGuinness video by AEW.