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Meltzer shared a story from his trip to the mail with his wife this past weekend on observer podcast. He stopped by the Hot Topic store and asked to speak with the manager. The manager was a real nice guy he said, reminded him of Darby Allin and Jeff Hardy. Dave inquired about how sales of the Young Bucks and other wrestlers shirts were doing and he said the manager told him they were selling 'great, really great' and that the manager even joked with him about what size he would wear and told him he could sell him one at a discount if he'd like. Meltzer said he didn't end up buying a shirt but he expected the shirts are huge sellers at Hot Topics across the U.S. based on his conversation with the manager of his local Hot Topic.
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Is that the stupid shit people pay him to tell?
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So is Meltzer insane or just a spin artist?
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Sounds like he asked another human a question, then stated the answer that person gave him.
That's what that says up there. |
Lol, we don’t have Hot Topic over here. I always forget that it’s kind of a meme these days itself.
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lol meltzer what are you doing, guy?
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Yes to the first sentence. He's a sensationalist and always has been. Not defending him in any capacity, but you should be aware of this by now. Seriously, if this is the kinda content that people pay him for, then lofuckingl. It's dumb. Everything else after the 1st sentence is something you did yourself. |
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good thing you're here to hold him accountable!
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What would the world do without Noid NoidBlocking Dave Meltzer, the most prestigious journo to ever exist ever.
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Lol, Meltzer’s spin is that AEW didn’t go after Gargano.
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Lethal is teaming with MCMG.
I know the make up of the team isn’t the issue there. |
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So let me guess, Britt showed Tony her bra strap* so he's gonna give her the Women's Title back?
*the bra strap wasn't from the bra she was wearing. Nor was it attached to a bra. Nor was it even from her bra. It may not have even been from a bra. The fact is, Tony is a simp. |
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You care. |
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want in one hand shit in the other good luck brother
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Darby Allin crashed his jeep into a trailer that was stationed on his property. On purpose.
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oh that rascal meltzer
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I’m sure they’re selling like Nokias.
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Noid being mentally broken by an anecdotal story about t shirt sales. Incredible
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All the defensiveness means it’s time for your reminder that AEW sucks sweaty donkey balls. Y’all love the taste of sweaty donkey balls.
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don't kink shame
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As long as we all agree who the cool kids are...
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i've got a smart ass
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Everyone thinks their ass is smart.
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Selling out for AEW means they sold 6 shirts. |
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That is some FAN logic |
Tip of the day: Turning to trolling after you’ve been outed as a moron past the point of defense in order to pretend it was all just a game is not sly and does not make you seem smarter.
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Cumdorx trying to respond without proving my assessment right while also pretending he can’t read my post…
https://c.tenor.com/me1Yk0jRlHoAAAAC/huh-confused.gif |
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I’m sure that’s how all the sickos get what they want from Hot Topic.
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Loving the idea of Dave working his way around every Hot Topic in America on a one-man mission to collect sales data for AEW shirts.
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He'd probably get people to pay to watch that as a web series
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Confidential finances Lmaooooo dude just asked if the shirts are selling well. He’s not giving away sales figures and quarterly reports lol
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Dave talks to one woman about blood in wrestling, reaches a conclusion. He talks to one teenage kid about what wrestling they like, there’s his data.
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They had game play demo of Fight Forever at gamescom, and credit where it's due, it looks genuinely reminiscent of the old n64 games. Much more than any other titles that made the same claim. Of course looking reminiscent and feeling reminiscent are two different things, so we'll have to wait and see.
But I'm a little more optimistic than I was before. |
So much of the magic of WWF No Mercy was in the time. Wrestling was hot and people cared enough to play with you. It was also fitting for the N64 platform at the time. I get people want to go back, but trying to make a game that looks like that and mimics what would now be seen as limitations is not necessarily a good move. You take what works and move it forward appropriately.
Maybe this grossly over-budget game that has seen the lead developer jump ship is that? It does LOOK like a bare-bones, less colorful No Mercy. But it’s got a LONG way to go to capture the charm. And stupid mini-games aren’t going to do it. |
I understand the optimism. Hope in one hand…
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Well I'm just talking about the game play which is timeless really. People still enjoy playing those games today after all. Advancing the formula to modern times would involve the rest of the feature set, and it remains to be seen if it does that.
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No Mercy plays great to this day. Its fluid and responsive. Its easy to pick up and play. With a roster update wwe could release "wwf no mercy 2022" tomorrow and it would work. AEWs game look solid in presentation but im need to feel it. Like any fighting game it has to feel the way you intuitively expect it to. Cant judge that with my eyes.
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Wrestling games don't really make sense and can't be accurate because wrestling isn't real so therefore to do it accurately is basically like playing "Broadway the video game".
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You've not played the N64 games, I see.
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Wrestling gamed shouldnt be trying to be accurate. They should be arcade fighting games. The sim approach from the modern 2k games are awful because theyre sim and not arcade.
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William Regal: I don’t care if AEW fires me. Please fire me. |
I played one of the newer WWE games a bit a couple years ago and there was a “GM mode” that seemed to try to mix EWR-style stuff in while also making the events unscripted. It was a mess. Couldn’t get into it.
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It seems to be a common sentiment that AEW “used to be better.” I dunno — I thought it was always the shits. Orange Cassidy and goofy segments like magic cameras catching MJF hiring hitmen were barriers of entry for me.
A lot of the guys who were there at the beginning are either still in the same spot or in worse spots. The Acclaimed might be getting a title shot at the PPV, but who cares? AEW is not the place to develop. |
I think those comments on the segments are fair criticism. I also think in some ways it might be a function of them having more time than talent for a couple of years and now it feels like the opposite is true.
AEW were great at rotating talent in and out in the early days. You'd rarely ever see someone wrestle two Dynamites in a row, but with the size of the roster they were able to give pretty much everyone some shine in the 2 weeks. Now their roster has gotten to the point where they've clearly identified a handful of talents they want to feature every week, but the roster is so big now everyone else on the rotation is lucky to wrestle on TV once a month, if that. Some of their pre-tapes are cool and all of that, guys like Miro, House of Black, Andrade etc have all done good work with that. But it does get to the point where it feels like just stalling for time before they get them back in a match. 6 hours of TV across 2 weeks should still be plenty of time to get everyone important a match. |
Some guys don’t need the ring time. For me as long as there is some sort of feature for the talent between a match, in-ring segment, backstage interview, vignette, recap then you’re good to go. The issue is they’ve so many talents and so much to fit in it’s too much per episode and I forget what’s happened. It’s a very, very delicate balance.
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And while you’re right about not everyone needing ring time, from the talent’s perspective they might not be getting enough, which is going to cause problems when deals come up, etc. |
I don’t think it was posted here, but FTR are apparently not in the AEW video game. Former Tag Champs and guys currently with three different sets of belts — can’t get in. There’s continued scuttlebutt that the roster is not going to be very comprehensive.
The video game usually comes with some big licensing fees, so FTR are not happy about not being included in/being dropped from the game. |
The other place has the same problem with their roster by the time their games are available for purchase. This is not a new, nor unique problem to AEW.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FTR Is Not Upset And Does Not Blame Anyone For Being Pulled From AEW Fight Forever <a href="https://t.co/Ql2zR8kYxp">https://t.co/Ql2zR8kYxp</a></p>— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fightful/status/1564295830655614977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
FTR aRe UpSeT |
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Xavier Woods tweeting smack to ̶K̶e̶n̶n̶y̶ ̶O̶m̶e̶g̶a̶ ̶ FTR Hair and Bald...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Earned? Besides EARNING my crown I EARNED spots in Gears of War, Bomberman, Brawlhalla, and now Fall Guys. But congrats on being available in the 2K community creations. <a href="https://t.co/oqqBp2R9fE">pic.twitter.com/oqqBp2R9fE</a></p>— Austin Creed (@AustinCreedWins) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinCreedWins/status/1553022806765588480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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I don’t believe FTR are happy about missing a giant source of revenue at all. Unless they know the game isn’t going to sell. |
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Adadon is in right?
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Maybe she was confirmed and then cut and was happy about it though. |
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FTR seems like a huge omission. |
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I mean, I wouldn't blame anyone if the person to blame was in the ear of the guy who signs my checks, either.
Now, if Rosa suddenly gets omitted, I am gonna laugh. |
In the article FTR are quoted as saying they spoke to Tony and legal and understood once they spoke to them (paraphrasing).
So either theres a copyright issue or they will be DLC, or both would be my guess. |
Saw a full match of the game. Looks really cool. Very DoR
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They should troll everyone who gets the game a few days early by only having Kenny and the Bucks on the roster. That's the whole game. Until the release day patch enables everyone else. Would be kinda funny.
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Which tag teams would take priority over FTR?
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This I wonder how many extra eyeballs this little saga has got on the game from the cranky internet trolls tripping balls about it. Nothing like free publicity. |
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Tony also has the bad habit of waiting to announce ppv matches and they feel rushed instead of being built to. Hopefully they get their shit together after all out. I don’t know why guys like Hangman, Wardlow, FTR (who should be tag champs), Hook and I’m sure a handful of others aren’t getting more shine. They’re Darby, Miro and House of Black in there too. |
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Kind of makes sense if TK doesnt have a lot of booking help. |
What I see happening, since the beginning of this year, is that the Cucamunga Cliq is gonna run off anyone they view as a threat to them and their vision of what the show should be (PWG with a budget). And Tony, being a grinning idiot, will go along with it.
Cody is gone. Punk (for better or worse) is likely in a competition with Thunder Rosa over who is next out the door. From there, probably FTR. Then, in due time, Andrade, Miro, and even Jericho (again, for better or worse). |
THey were removed from the roster at release. FTR are the goods and they know it, so they will put them behind DLC for more $$$$.
Just like WWE2k19 when they put KO, Shinsuke, some women and The Fiend behind DLC, despite them being on the initial roster as well. Nothing new, just three different letters doing the same thing as the others. Cultists tho, amirite |
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A lot of the other guys seem like their “guys” and the kind of acts that they’d surround themselves with. But I’m probably being pretty naive with those types of egos. It isn’t a coincidence that a guy like Miro isn’t capitalized on. |
With FTR winning everything BUT the AEW titles, Punk being brought back just to be put back on the shelf and Samoa Joe being brought in and then just kinda disappearing, it SEEMS like Tony is putting a lot into the idea that ROH is gonna get a good deal and be a viable second brand.
Which is a terrible idea even if he does have a plan set for ROH. |
Lol, does All Out have a main event yet? Maybe they are going to not have a World Title match and just do the six-man belts as the main? Or Jericho/Danielson or the Ladder Match? All would be weird choices.
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Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii added to the All Out pre-show. Fuck that's gonna rule.
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lol Fuck Tony for putting Eddie on the pre-show. And fuck the Young Bucks in general.
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