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Wrasslin' Thread 20XX |OT| New Age WrestleGAF

MAtgS

MAtgS

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Bullet Club said:
Brock Wyatt

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Otis has been working out.
 
AJUMP23

AJUMP23

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OmegaSupreme said:
Lots of surgery would be my guess. She's not that young either. She's old enough to have been on Nitro for god's sake.
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I wonder if she is just insecure and keeps changing things. That won't bring you security, but Maybe Andrade can help her. He has a lot of confidence.
 
Dthomp

Dthomp

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Love Cole to AEW if true, mainly because he has more value then a midcard contender on Raw. The TNT title has more value and recognition to me at this point then the IC and US titles combined, and if that's Coles ceiling for the first year or two, he'll put on some good matches I hope. He outgrew NXT long before his contract was up, he's a very good promo, and is just fine in the ring, and unlike most of the WWE talent he has a connection with the fans. I'd love to have AEWs upcoming problem of using Punk/Bryan/Omega/Page/Cole/etc. etc. because so far they've done great at having storylines for EVERYBODY, and many that interweave between others.

I have no idea how I'd debut him, but likely showing up after Omega beats Christian, or showing up with the Bucks and costing them (I don't want this, cause this will be a big moment for Jungle boy winning his first title there at PPV).

The difference for me here, is I'm excited every time there is a potential debut coming in AEW, where as I have no hype for NXT callups anymore. Just hope more guys get smart that "getting to the WWE" isn't the end goal anymore and leave for other chances, whether that's AEW/Impact/ROH/NJPW, tons of chances out there, and if you're marketable then you can make bank on the indies with tons of shirts on PWT and bookings.

Here's hoping for a Wednesday night debut, but I'd expect they keep him for PPV or Dynamite after.
 
Classicrockfan

Classicrockfan

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Dthomp said:
Love Cole to AEW if true, mainly because he has more value then a midcard contender on Raw. The TNT title has more value and recognition to me at this point then the IC and US titles combined, and if that's Coles ceiling for the first year or two, he'll put on some good matches I hope. He outgrew NXT long before his contract was up, he's a very good promo, and is just fine in the ring, and unlike most of the WWE talent he has a connection with the fans. I'd love to have AEWs upcoming problem of using Punk/Bryan/Omega/Page/Cole/etc. etc. because so far they've done great at having storylines for EVERYBODY, and many that interweave between others.

I have no idea how I'd debut him, but likely showing up after Omega beats Christian, or showing up with the Bucks and costing them (I don't want this, cause this will be a big moment for Jungle boy winning his first title there at PPV).

The difference for me here, is I'm excited every time there is a potential debut coming in AEW, where as I have no hype for NXT callups anymore. Just hope more guys get smart that "getting to the WWE" isn't the end goal anymore and leave for other chances, whether that's AEW/Impact/ROH/NJPW, tons of chances out there, and if you're marketable then you can make bank on the indies with tons of shirts on PWT and bookings.

Here's hoping for a Wednesday night debut, but I'd expect they keep him for PPV or Dynamite after.
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He’s not going to be on Wednesday or Friday shows he’s still under contract till Friday.
 
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NickFire

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The younger posters might think this sounds crazy, but that energy during CM Punk's debut is what it was often like to watch wrestling 20 years ago.
 
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dave_d

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Classicrockfan said:
Man Booker T is the biggest wwe shill I’ve ever seen https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezo...s-aew-debut-promo-because-he-talked-about-wwe
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I'll admit I didn't watch him because I'm definitely not a Punk fan so I can give some perspective. The only things that matter are did the fans like it and did they react. From that point of view he did way more right than wrong. Hell, given what I've heard the only thing that they did wrong was not use his promo as an opportunity to introduce AEW ice bars. (From what I saw the bars they handed out were a form of chocolate cover that was actually made with good ice cream, not the garbage in the old WWF ice cream bars. Given that I'd rather have one of those chocolate covers than any AEW ice cream bar with the wrestlers faces on it made with cheap ice cream with artificial vanilla, lousy chocolate and a soggy vanilla cookie than the old WWF bars were made out of.)
 
Classicrockfan

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I’ve been really into toy hunts with wrestlers like Ethan Page,and Myers and Cardona,and they had this wrestler called Danhausen really like this guy.
 
gimmmick

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So I haven’t watched wrestling since the Attitude (when Nitro and raw were competing for ratings).

Is aew basically WCW? Rampage is nitro?
 
Bullet Club

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gimmmick said:
Is aew basically WCW? Rampage is nitro?
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Hmmmm, sort of. AEW don't want to really go head to head with WWE like WCW did, so it's not really a war like WWF vs WCW was.

Dynamite is their Nitro. Which I guess would make Rampage Thunder, but it seems unfair to call it that.
 
OmegaSupreme

OmegaSupreme

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Bullet Club said:
Hmmmm, sort of. AEW don't want to really go head to head with WWE like WCW did, so it's not really a war like WWF vs WCW was.

Dynamite is their Nitro. Which I guess would make Rampage Thunder, but it seems unfair to call it that.
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Thunder was good for a minute. Then it was sporadically good after. It was definitely a b show though. At least it was better than Saturday night which was a d- show lol.
Buddy to Impact is a really nice get for them if it's true. I can see him elevated really quickly. He'll also be available for AEW too then. He'll get to be a big deal in Impact and work in AEW when they want him. Win win.
 
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NickFire

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Bullet Club said:
Hmmmm, sort of. AEW don't want to really go head to head with WWE like WCW did, so it's not really a war like WWF vs WCW was.

Dynamite is their Nitro. Which I guess would make Rampage Thunder, but it seems unfair to call it that.
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How long would you guess before their Friday show overlaps with Smackdown (AEW starts during Smackdown second hour)?

I say within 1 year and cannot wait for it.
 
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Agent X

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NickFire said:
How long would you guess before their Friday show overlaps with Smackdown (AEW starts during Smackdown second hour)?

I say within 1 year and cannot wait for it.
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I feel it's a good thing that the WWE and AEW shows don't overlap. There are many wrestling fans that enjoy watching wrestling shows from multiple organizations.

It was good when WWE moved NXT from Wednesdays to Tuesdays. This was evidently a reaction to AEW Dynamite "winning" in the ratings most weeks. Now that both of these shows are on different nights, fans don't have to choose between one or the other. I think this is beneficial to both programs.
 
jufonuk

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Agent X said:
CM Punk, responding to chants of "Yes! Yes! Yes!" from the crowd:

"That's somebody else's schtick...and you might have to be a little more patient."
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Lol. Spoilers. *wink wink*
also I’m betting
Adam Cole
Bray wyatt
Brawn strowman
Are coming over at this point.

I hope Sadie Gibbs comes back Also.

Who I would love to see in AEW
Will Ospreay just going against some of the high flyers.
 
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Agent X said:
I feel it's a good thing that the WWE and AEW shows don't overlap. There are many wrestling fans that enjoy watching wrestling shows from multiple organizations.

It was good when WWE moved NXT from Wednesdays to Tuesdays. This was evidently a reaction to AEW Dynamite "winning" in the ratings most weeks. Now that both of these shows are on different nights, fans don't have to choose between one or the other. I think this is beneficial to both programs.
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I understand your reasoning, but have you considered how hard each company needs to work for eyeballs during the overlap? WWE took the easy way out to avoid NXT being second fiddle, but would have to actually compete (most likely) if a flagship show was getting less viewers due to overlap.
 
Agent X

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NickFire said:
I understand your reasoning, but have you considered how hard each company needs to work for eyeballs during the overlap? WWE took the easy way out to avoid NXT being second fiddle, but would have to actually compete (most likely) if a flagship show was getting less viewers due to overlap.
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That's a really good point. A good comparison would be the "Monday Night Wars" between WWF and WCW.

In a broader sense, though, you have to consider these shows are also competing with all of the other programming on television. It's still in their best interests to put out the best product that they possibly can.

Also, with the rise of AEW, I think professional wrestling is undergoing a sort of renaissance. AEW has ongoing partnerships with other wrestling promotions, which is raising awareness of those companies.

WWE already produces seven hours of televised programming each week for their three main shows (Raw, NXT, SmackDown), and now AEW has three hours (Dynamite, Rampage). That's ten hours of "sports entertainment", and that's not counting the content they produce for YouTube or other streaming services. If a fan starts seeking out some wrestling shows from other groups (Impact, ROH, NWA, etc.), then he might dial back on the amount of WWE or AEW that he watches. If he feels that WWE or AEW are slipping up, he could lose interest, and tune them out altogether.

The good news is that most of this stuff is available on some sort of streaming and/or video on demand services. If you miss a show, you might be able to catch up on it over the next few days. It's a great time to be a wrestling fan!
 
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Seraphym

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I like the Dark Order as they are, especially with the BTE stuff, genuinely funny in places so wonder if they will even use them with him.
 
DKehoe

DKehoe

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Seraphym said:
I like the Dark Order as they are, especially with the BTE stuff, genuinely funny in places so wonder if they will even use them with him.
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I think at this point The Dark Order have worked out their own thing that's working for them. They were so over in that ten man tag a few weeks back. So them going back to being a spooky cult with a dark leader would feel like a step back for them. Also, Wyatt's stuff doesn't really have a great track record of benefitting the people he works with.
 
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