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Wrasslin' Thread 20XX |OT| New Age WrestleGAF
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Labolas
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God I hope not. If they put the title on Punk I'd probably stop watching AEW.(I know, I'm one of the few long time wrestling fans that can't stand Punk.)
AJUMP23
Member
The best reveal other than Regal, was the new Women's championship belt. They finally made it look special.
The Table dive from Sting was a real highlight.
The best matches were early, the Tag Team match, and the Ladder match. The Sammy Darby Sting match was good. I thought they may bring out the other Hardy boy in that match and have the Hardy unite and turn on Andrade. But alas it did not happen.
Regal there to help develop talent and work as a manager is a good move for AEW.
The Table dive from Sting was a real highlight.
The best matches were early, the Tag Team match, and the Ladder match. The Sammy Darby Sting match was good. I thought they may bring out the other Hardy boy in that match and have the Hardy unite and turn on Andrade. But alas it did not happen.
Regal there to help develop talent and work as a manager is a good move for AEW.
Dthomp
Member
Couldn’t have said it better myself, love the Regal signing. He will make an impact for their company in so many ways, and could easily see him being the guy to run RoH as a development company for AEW as well as show up on screen.
That New belt is great! I’ve always hated that dainty tiny belt they had before, but new belt usually means new champ, so hella disappointed we have to wait til Texas.
I think Jeff isn’t able to be there til the 9th or 10th. I can see Andrade and co. Boot out Matt for losing the match and Jeff debuts to make the big save.
Georges Chiellins
Member
Isn't it the same kind of roles they brought in Mark Henry and Big Show? Because if it is...
AJUMP23
Member
Henry was brought in to help everyone on commentary sound better.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I really hope Stone Cold doesn't have a match with Kevin Owens. Stone Cold is a legend and he deserves someone better for a return or proper retirement match.
DKehoe
Member
If Stone Cold is going to have some kind of match I don't get why you wouldn't just have it be with Reigns. Like with the Cena/Rock you do your current top guy vs the all time great.
I'm assuming it's just going to be a short talking segment that ends up with KO trying for a stunner but Austin stunning him first then a bunch of beers. The one I'm surprised they're actually going for is Knoxville. (That's almost certainly going to be a match.)
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Nothing would make me happier (exaggeration) than Wrestlemania being half empty. They're really pulling out all the stops to try and sell these tickets.
Dthomp
Member
I'm in the same boat, if you wanted to do the title change in her home town you don't do the match at the PPV, and you wait til after that to introduce the new title. Britt needs to lose and honestly just go away for a little bit, come back and see if she can get over as a babyface, since her heel schtick of being a babyface but doing heel shit has ruined alot of wrestlers she's feuded with.
Your last comment is what bugged me about the PPV. Really nothing was put to bed or finished...other then making Adam Cole...your most over guy in the main event look like a dweeb. Tag title feud didn't really do much for any of them involved, Womens feud still going. Really all that feels like it changed is that now we will go into MJF costing Wardlow the TNT title and a small feud there?
Hinedorf
Banned
WWE and Wrestlemania has become completely bloated to the point where saturation is clearly in effect. Nobody needs 2 days of mediocrity. The whole point of Wrestlemania was the biggest card, the dream matches, the completion of stories.
What has WWE been for the past couple of weeks - Shit storylines of inner monologues of wrestlers questioning how they're getting to Wrestlemania's COMPLETELY SCRIPTED EVENT. Example: If RKBRO don't win last night they don't make it to Wrestlemania? What? You have 2 full days of wrestling but are creating a storyline you can't find room? It's just stupid......utterly stupid. Everybody knows it's not real, the story of getting to Wrestlemania exists within the show story it's not THE ACTUAL STORY. So now RKBRO are on to Wrestlemania to what??? Compete in the same storyline they're already in and were likely always going to be involved in come Wrestlemania time. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS????????
It's so very weird to me WWE's method of operations is to keep telling us this Wrestlemania is the biggest/best of all time while diluting the product in front of your fans eyes. The more you try to sell biggest/best versus actual existing quality of your content is an injustice to both themselves and fans.
If you don't have Stone Cold showing up and wrestling, you basically have the same PPV you've been giving us for months. Austin was the only major highlight to this event and you tried to sell him on a fucking untalented toad like Kevin Owens. I honestly don't know who likes KO and why, biggest waste of space on the roster as evidenced by using him more often than not to job to Shane.
Bullet Club
Member
Classicrockfan
Banned
And appropriately on Rusev day of all days.
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Fox Mulder
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Hope they do something with him.
Dthomp
Member
They will, they’ll build him up to job to the boring Cowboy Reigns.
Classicrockfan
Banned
Aew made wrestling fun to watch again,with the you never know who’s gonna show and title changes.
Naked Lunch
Member
One of the better Dynamites in the show's short history tonight.
Big time storyline shakeups were needed and thats exactly what happened. Some great moments on the mic, reveals, heel turns - some really solid wrestling matches all around. So much stuff packed in there tonight its hard to keep up with it all.
I liked the return to basics sportsmanship handshake angles - shown right off the bat with Page and Dante. Wardlow was suprisingly great on the mic - and Regal's speech seemed very genuine. Even the womens match was full of grappling which I appreciate. I hope Scorpio Sky isnt dropped in one week - that dude can wrestle. I have a feeling MJF will do something to screw over Wardlow.
Big time storyline shakeups were needed and thats exactly what happened. Some great moments on the mic, reveals, heel turns - some really solid wrestling matches all around. So much stuff packed in there tonight its hard to keep up with it all.
I liked the return to basics sportsmanship handshake angles - shown right off the bat with Page and Dante. Wardlow was suprisingly great on the mic - and Regal's speech seemed very genuine. Even the womens match was full of grappling which I appreciate. I hope Scorpio Sky isnt dropped in one week - that dude can wrestle. I have a feeling MJF will do something to screw over Wardlow.
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Classicrockfan
Banned
Is Paige Vanzant aew answer to wwe Ronda Rousey?
Bullet Club
Member
Paige is hotter and I think she gets wrestling more than Ronda. She's happy to be booed.
Classicrockfan
Banned
I hope with dark order getting turned down some one steps up and leads them into becoming a darker more evil stable.
Bullet Club
Member
Fantastic show last night.
Also, this is not a dig at AEW at all. Genuinely wondering how are they going to manage the amount of tag teams they have that everyone likes / respects / hates in the good way (for wrestling)? I am not even remotely suggesting the tag team division is bloated because there's no filler teams I am referring to. They legit have the best tag team wrestling division of, dare I say it, ALL TIME right now. And yes, I am including the two time periods I thought would never get topped (era of Hart Foundation, Rockers, Demolition and of course attitude era).
I'm dead set against having different belts for the main tv shows like WWE. But I do think they need some sort of secondary title, status, whatever. The division is that stocked.
Also, this is not a dig at AEW at all. Genuinely wondering how are they going to manage the amount of tag teams they have that everyone likes / respects / hates in the good way (for wrestling)? I am not even remotely suggesting the tag team division is bloated because there's no filler teams I am referring to. They legit have the best tag team wrestling division of, dare I say it, ALL TIME right now. And yes, I am including the two time periods I thought would never get topped (era of Hart Foundation, Rockers, Demolition and of course attitude era).
I'm dead set against having different belts for the main tv shows like WWE. But I do think they need some sort of secondary title, status, whatever. The division is that stocked.
Fox Mulder
Member
They’ll also introduce the trios tag title at some point.
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jufonuk
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Hinedorf
Banned
To me the Hardy Boys reunion feels like the worst possible idea. There's so much better, younger, healthier, sober talented tag teams. I want to see the Hardys job to everybody from the Bucks on down to the Acclaimed.
If I have to watch the Hardy Boys go over clean on the Young Bucks I may stop watching the promotion altogether.
If I have to watch the Hardy Boys go over clean on the Young Bucks I may stop watching the promotion altogether.
ManaByte
Member
Going to Rampage on June 3rd!
First West Coast show & the Young Bucks homecoming.
REALLY wanted floor seats, but even right when tickets went on sale at 10:00am they were already being scalped for $700-$1000. Settled for upper deck, but second row from the front, on-camera side facing the stage.
First West Coast show & the Young Bucks homecoming.
REALLY wanted floor seats, but even right when tickets went on sale at 10:00am they were already being scalped for $700-$1000. Settled for upper deck, but second row from the front, on-camera side facing the stage.
Dthomp
Member
I'm fine with a Hardy Boys reunion and final year or two run. They'll go over lesser teams now, maybe get 1 title run, and help the youth maybe learn how to fucking sell. My issue, is something just felt off about the big reveal for Jeff. Him stopping to do his weird arm thing was really weird considering his brother is getting beaten in the ring. Maybe it was Sting and Darby coming right before him, I think I'd have rather had Hardy being beaten by Andrade and PP, and Jeff makes the save. So many dudes, then adding Darby/Sting just so i could watch Darby get hard at the sight of Jeff. Jeff will be fine, for the same reason he was always kept around in WWE. Dude sells merch, and can put on a decent enough match. They both need eachother at this point though, so a final tour kind of deal. They will start with PP and Butcher/Blade, then do the "dream match" tour with Bucks/ReDRagon/Lucha Express/Lucha Bros, then go into put over teams mode.
Bucks would gladly take that loss, and wouldn't hurt them in the slightest...since sadly they haven't done shit since losing the belts to the Lucha Bros. I'm over their "look how annoying we are, boo us" gimmick. Cutler is just obnoxious, they need a run for a bit here without 12 guys around them to gain back some sort of credibility as they barely seem to wrestle or matter. They probably at some point here put over ReDRagon, and maybe take a small break. I'd prefer them taking a break and coming back with Kenny as babyfaces, cause lets face it...nobody is gonna boo Kenny upon return.
Khan needs to get better on giving breaks to some talent that just need it character wise. Britt is in desperate need to go away, cause she's just awful at this point. She's barely serviceable in the ring, and her gimmick has run it's course. Lose to Rosa, have Jamie take her out and give her a TV break to make people miss her. I had this same issue with Shida as champ. I got so sick of seeing her and her same blueprint matches that I was so glad when she was gone.
Fox Mulder
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Bullet Club
Member
Classicrockfan
Banned
Dumbest thing I’ve read on here.
Kagey K
Banned
What?
What?
Probably the worst thing to happen to wrestling and crowds, with the asking a question.
What?
What?
Probably the worst thing to happen to wrestling and crowds, with the asking a question.
Bullet Club
Member
Kagey K
Banned
Fuck neck breaks are always scary.
Probably the worst injury in the sport and there have been a lot of them.