Not a good comeback. Oof.

Dave is suggesting that things aren’t good under the hood in AEW. Could be a work, since there’s no business upside to faking that but they’re all idiots.

Can anyone tell me what the benefits are to this “AEW is working the sheets” stuff with Punk and MJF? A lot of people are claiming that it is obviously a work. To what end? Is it just the idea that this is allegedly “interesting?” They’re “building interest?” Because I just can’t see the sense in this approach.

Take MJF: As soon as that music hits, or he comes through the crowd, and he cuts that promo — he’s back. I don’t get what the “drama” of his absence achieved at all. The discourse between real/fake only exists for as long as it’s in this state of perceived flux.

Punk: Why is it worth faking that he’s a selfish asshole? If it turns out they’re all just pretending, that becomes obvious in the work. Wouldn’t it be better to just have him cut out and be a heel?

Feels like a kind of rebirth of Keyfabe going on atm, whether the issues in AEW are real or exaggerated there’s certainly an air of unpredictability to things kind of Since Cody went back to WWE.

I like it. I like the uncertainty it creates and I like how much it upsets a certain portion of fans.

It’s the opposite of kayfabe.

It's so true guys

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No lies detected.

When guys start asking for their releases we’ll know it’s really a work. Especially if they start showing up on WWE TV.

Would Tony Khan let a guy like Samoa Joe jump back to the WWE because of his age? Joe is playing the physical role of Sweet Tooth in the Twisted Metal adaptation for USA Network and Peacock. But he’s also lending a voice for King Shark in the Suicide Squad game. But they might prefer to work with WWE too because of exposure/a potential John Cena tie-in.

Clash at the Castle is probably going to upstage All Out. The card for AO looks like shit so far.

Also, why would they try and “work” people into thinking CM Punk is a conceited piece of shit as they are about to head into a PPV in Chicago?

Because it is not a work, Phil sucks

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Everything bad that happens in AEW is a work though. :(

lol that's definitely not because HHH is still butthurt about someone finally telling him he's shit.

Sheets are biased bullshit and not to be trusted.

Now here’s a screenshot of some words with no source from r/SCJerk and re-posted here by a guy who posted a video last week, lied about the content and refused to give a time stamp in hopes of not getting caught.

Let the good faith conversation begin.

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I don't think Kahn would ever do it but Gabe Sapolsky should be brought in to book. HHH gets the street cred but the "golden era" of NXT was Gabe as much as anyone and early ROH is the most consistently well-booked wrestling in the last 20 years. With the AEW roster, Gabe could put together something that REALLY works.

Tony could absolutely use some help. The roster is way too heavy for just one man booking.

Surprised he hasn’t been picked up already. Triple H has probably already called him.

I know that some will say AEW was never "cool" but, you know to it's fans that it is/was as a lot cooler than WWE.

AEW really has lost a lot of cool points as of late, and WWE gained them by Triple Haitch.

Interesting times.

Also, the cool AEW fans :lol:

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It’s certainly going to give WWE a chance with the internet crowd. I don’t know how you can watch someone like Gunther wrestle and then be like “Yeah, but AEW has the better wrestling.”

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lol

Yeah he is clearly working.

Joking. Working would be treating it like it isn’t all completely fucking fake.

AEW is a joke.

Alright.

Eddie is never out of character

Say it with me everybody, well everybody but Fan...

CREATIVE FREEDOM!!!

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It's actually crazy how AEW seemingly went off the rails as soon as MJF disappeared from TV. The booking has been all over the place, so many unused guys, so many titles, backstage drama, and no matter what Tony has up his sleeve on Wednesday, there's a PPV in 2 weeks with no main event and a hot shot title match on TV.

AEW has sucked since day one. Eventually people are going to catch on and realize lolAEW.

MEGAGAMECHANGINGSTARS!!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I don’t think hardcore fans appreciate how little people care about AEW

LOL so apparently No Way Jose got booked by some right-wing Anti-Vaxxers Canadian indie promotion...then exchanged the plane ticket the promoter paid for, for one to Orlando, and used that to appear on AEW Dark all while telling the antivax guy that he was gonna make it.

Excellent.

:rofl:

That's hilarious and probably the coolest think I've ever heard about No Way Jose.

Well... I don't know if I am a hardcore AEW fan any more but I do want them to do well so that I enjoy the show more like I used to when Cody was there.
Tony has soured everything by being such a weirdo, that trickles down and has affected everything.

I don't need AEW to compete with WWE but I hope they can get the good TV deals they need to thrive.

We’ll see. I’m of the mind that losing bad wrestling isn’t a shame. And I consider AEW bad wrestling. If they get shafted in the negotiations, it’s their own fault. Tony has the money to keep AEW open on public access forever. Well, he used to — who knows how much he has sunk into this thing by now.

grade a scum bag right there
Should be a really short court case at least

Yeah, I’m pro-science as much as the next guy, but ripping off morons isn’t exactly something I applaud. Just tell him you’re not going to work his show.