Cobra Commander Posted March 5 Posted March 5 If the companies were as petty as they were in the “good ol days” then AEW would indirectly make fun of the “Hobbs has to be off TV for a month post debut to get acclimated” story there's probably a way to do that without accidentally burying your own company ”he’s not sitting in the back trying to get used to the action, he’s jumped in the deep end of the pool” 2
Technico Support Posted March 5 Posted March 5 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: “Hobbs has to be off TV for a month post debut to get acclimated” "We're already giving halfhearted pushes to like 3 other black guys, he needs to wait" --quote attributed to a "Paul L." Edited March 5 by Technico Support 1 5
NikoBaltimore Posted March 5 Posted March 5 2 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Aaaaaaaaaand I just got my ticket. Thanks a bunch for sharing this! Now I just need to see where to go to when making my day trip there. 6
Cobra Commander Posted March 5 Posted March 5 At least in the real old days, they could make the excuse of a new guy not being on house shows due to when those matches were booked. But for some reason filler/enhancement matches are just entirely out of style
Technico Support Posted March 5 Posted March 5 53 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: “Hobbs has to be off TV for a month post debut to get acclimated” Word has it Prichard and Hayes brainstormed and came up with Bearcat Keyes, Shaska Keyes, Keyesmala the Ugandan Giant, and Akeyes the African Dream, and Hunter told them to take a month off and come back with something fresh. 5
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 5 Posted March 5 We need more Bearcats. Been a long time since we had a Bearcat. Also "Sweet Brown Sugar" Royce Keys. 1 2
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 5 Posted March 5 2 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: We need more Bearcats. Been a long time since we had a Bearcat. How about a bearclaw? I could go for one right now. 1 5
Cobra Commander Posted March 5 Posted March 5 impressive restraint by some wrestling promoters to not pitch the name "Sweet Brown Sugar" to a women's wrestler in this century 1
Technico Support Posted March 5 Posted March 5 42 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: How about a bearclaw? I could go for one right now. I'm hungry, let's get a taco 3
Technico Support Posted March 5 Posted March 5 2 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: We need more Bearcats. Been a long time since we had a Bearcat. Also "Sweet Brown Sugar" Royce Keys. I'm imagining every time Hayes and Prichard come back with new gimmick ideas, they get more and more racist. It's pretty much a Key & Peele sketch. 1 3
The Natural Posted March 5 Posted March 5 4 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: Aaaaaaaaaand I just got my ticket. Thanks a bunch for sharing this! Now I just need to see where to go to when making my day trip there. Enjoy, my friend. Road Report please and thank you. 1
StevieNippz Posted March 6 Posted March 6 6 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: But for some reason filler/enhancement matches are just entirely out of style That is just wild to me considering Braun Strowman got super over doing squash matches for what felt like an eternity. No reason they couldn't throw Hobbs out there every other week and merc a dude. I generally don't care much about the guys who jump to WWE but it kinda bums me out that Hobbs is MIA 3
Casey Posted March 6 Posted March 6 every time they pitched something for Hobbs, Road Dogg chimed in and thought it'd be a great idea for his best friend R-Truth. After a few weeks, the creative team stopped trying, and then Road Dogg quit out of protest. Source: my ass 6
Curt McGirt Posted March 6 Posted March 6 I have no sense of Gabe Kidd yet. He's just a guy who runs in and beats people up. Did he do something particularly bad to an animal or something? Went looking on Wiki and the only interesting thing I found out is that his real last name is "McMinamin". 1
Casey Posted March 6 Posted March 6 (edited) He's not an animal abuser, but he did defend an abuser during Speaking Out. Mariah May outed Sid Scala as a manipulative, abusive trainer and all around shitty person. Gabe Kidd was a friend of his, and defended him on Twitter, saying Mariah was ruining people's lives and fans don't know the real story, etc. But he was also going through a mental health episode - this is the same time when he was pleading with The Rock to contact him so they can save the world or something. Eventually Mariah would be sued by Sid for defamation, she wasn't in AEW at this point yet, I think maybe just Stardom, so she had to open a GoFundMe to help with legal fees and what not. Ospreay would come to Gabe Kidd's defense and tell people Gabe's getting the help he needs etc etc and he deletes the tweets about Mariah. WWE didn't even release Sid Scala until 2024, I believe. And now Gabe uses mental health as a gimmick of sorts for his character. Of course, now she works for the same company that wouldn't lift a finger to punish the person she spoke out about, and everything related to Gabe's Twitter outburst in 2020 is memory holed - especially among female fans on Twitter from what I've seen (but they don't forget about the accusations about Darby, that's for sure). Edited March 6 by Casey 3 1
Curt McGirt Posted March 6 Posted March 6 (edited) People are just the worst. I mean in general. Or maybe I just mean wrestlers and their fans? EDIT: Also, I meant the cup emoji as a legit Thanks, not "that's fucking awesome" as I usually do Edited March 6 by Curt McGirt
NoFistsJustFlips Posted March 6 Posted March 6 19 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: We need more Bearcats. Been a long time since we had a Bearcat. I could be mistaken but wasn't Keith Lee given yhe Bearcat name for a bit in WWE when he got put on the main roster and made to wear a singlet? 1
AxB Posted March 6 Posted March 6 2 hours ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: I could be mistaken but wasn't Keith Lee given yhe Bearcat name for a bit in WWE when he got put on the main roster and made to wear a singlet? A Singlet and a Tennis Skirt. Mariah May hadn't started in Stardom when Speaking Out happened. It was during Covid, her only job was pro-wrestler. So she was unemployed, whilst Sid Scala had a cushy WWE contract (he was Assistant to the General Manager in NXT UK; He wasn't the General Manager, that was actual Britwres legend Johnny Saint. Scala's job was to stand next to Johnny Saint and nod. Or if Johnny Saint wasn't there, to pretend to be on the phone with him and recount his rulings). Sid Scala is currently a top guy at HUSTLE Wrestling in London, and is still a trainer at their school (which is where he trained Mariah May). So for him, the consequences of his real life actions were he had to turn heel, and be a bad guy on live events. 1 2
Zimbra Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Looks like AEW's streaming service has arrived: myaew.com Press release: https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/all-elite-wrestling-partners-with-kiswe-to-launch-myaew 2
Technico Support Posted March 9 Posted March 9 14 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Looks like AEW's streaming service has arrived: myaew.com Press release: https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/all-elite-wrestling-partners-with-kiswe-to-launch-myaew So from what I can tell, this is for live and PPV for viewers outside the US, essentially a Triller replacement, plus a FAST channel. 3
porksweats Posted March 9 Posted March 9 5 minutes ago, Technico Support said: So from what I can tell, this is for live and PPV for viewers outside the US, essentially a Triller replacement, plus a FAST channel. FAST Channel alone is a game changer, I know I'll be using it as a in the background kind of thing.
Zimbra Posted March 9 Posted March 9 11 minutes ago, Technico Support said: So from what I can tell, this is for live and PPV for viewers outside the US, essentially a Triller replacement, plus a FAST channel. Ah, people were talking about using it without a VPN but that must have just been the FAST channel. Assuming it does play well with VPNs I'll give up Triller just for the bonus Honor Club
Technico Support Posted March 9 Posted March 9 (edited) Reading more about it, it sounds like the FAST channel will only be on their service. Kind of counter intuitive. FAST channels should be on Pluto, etc as free advertising of your product. Can't link a pic...tiers of the service are here: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Faew-launches-a-streaming-platform-called-myaew-v0-x159qgy3o1og1.png%3Fwidth%3D1890%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D1505950528b21bff3ca7aeb7923c6b584de0ee54 Edited March 9 by Technico Support 2 1
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