I absolutely do not see Bryan as a guy who cannot hack it anymore.

I absolutely do see CM Punk as an embarrassing failure at MMA. No matter how they book him, I can't forget that this is a dude that was so inept at real fighting he was unable to even defend himself from being pinched and tickled by a guy high on weed who was himself so bad Dana White fired him after a win!

If I watch any of the Naked Gun Movies, no matter how funny they are, when I see O.J. Simpson I remember that he murdered 2 people. When I see CM Punk talking tough to another wrestler, I see his destroyed face and horrible spinning kicks. He has no lore in my eyes.

Bryan is a much more important and better signing.

I can personally ignore the MMA stuff. Not saying everyone can, or that they’re obliged to. I can disconnect them as separate sports. But I don’t begrudge anyone for not being that into Punk. When he was gone, even his wrestling run seemed overhyped to me. It was largely based around him being an other to a frustrating product, more so than him being actually as good as I was trying to will him to be.

He was my Sunday Night Heat darlings getting a chance. I wanted something else so bad. But Punk was not the guy that John Cena was, for example. Although I was too in the bubble to see it at the time.

Bryan is one of my favorite workers ever. He’s just been featured in a prominent role on WWE TV and has never truly embarrassed himself. I’m genuinely not surprised if he were an actual bigger needle-mover. My problem with him in AEW is that he’s surrounded by a circus that makes what he represents so much more trivial, no matter how good he actually is.

I don’t blame people for still loving him, but I have actually seen people who feel that in their own ordering of kayfabe — trying to make this shit make sense — he got his ass kicked in WWE and went to AEW to be a big fish. People think way differently about professional wrestling than the Observer would have you believe.

I’m not saying this is a popular opinion or whatever. But there are a lot of people who just can’t seem to, at least at this point, get into the idea of Bryan Danielson vs. what he was as Daniel Bryan — right, wrong or otherwise. Meanwhile a lot of AEW fanboys are throwing their arms up like this is Nash and Hall joining WCW in 1996.

How did they mess up Rex Steiner’s name already? Bron Breaker? Lmaoooo that sounds like what a sitcom or kids cartoon show would name a wrestling character.

Tony Khan On AEW Audience: “We Have A More Affluent Fanbase”

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

All those middle aged white guys wearing sweatpants to AEW shows are SUPER AFFLUENT :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/20...luent-fanbase/

Yeah, citation needed.

AEW has teamed up with The Owen Hart Foundation

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> and The Owen Hart Foundation (<a href="https://twitter.com/owen_foundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@owen_foundation</a>) Enter Into A Relationship to Honor World Renowned Wrestler Owen Hart’s Legacy<br><br>To read the full release visit - <a href="https://t.co/Ba1WJx0PJS">https://t.co/Ba1WJx0PJS</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y43ZNydS9V">pic.twitter.com/Y43ZNydS9V</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1439967601854226434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If whoever wins "The Owen" doesn't carry it around everywhere and flaunt it as much as possible they should get it revoked!

agreed lol

This is fantastic news. Super pumped for the tourney and for him to be in the video game.

Tony Khan milking another wrestler death. At least Owen didn't die at the hands of Tony Khan like Brodie Lee.

Also this does seem to contradict the longstanding notion that Martha Hart hates wrestling. Seems she really just hates wrestling promotions that kill her husband. Imagine that.

It's really weird that they are doing all with for a wrestler who never stepped foot in the ring. Kinda like when the WWE inducts someone in their Hall of Fame who never wrestled there.

Hope Ricky Starks wins the initial 'The Owen' cup

Kevin Steen gonna be the first winner.

Whoever it is, they have to beat MJF for it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I hope Vince sues AEW for every dollar they are worth. Using Owen Hart like this is just taunting WWE. His family is sick for agreeing to this. He was a WWE guy no matter what.</p>&mdash; 41 Savage (@TheRedacted1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRedacted1/status/1439990919948914690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit!

This is really good for the memory of Owen.

Feels exploitative as hell. Surprised they haven’t used Vickie Guerrero to pump Eddie Guerrero’s image all over merchandise yet.

Ricky Starks is now permanently replacing Mark Henry on commentary for Rampage.

I’m so ready for this promotion to be cancelled and just go away. Fucking wrestling, man.

Don't think it is going to go away anytime soon.... if Impact wrestling can still be alive, then survival chances are good....

The Owen thing is very cool. Surprised they named a tournament for him over Brodie though.

Khan family need to sell off Fulham F.C. AEW is booming but Jaguars ....well, are the Jags.

they then could hire Noid in as an executive wrestling consultant

https://thespun.com/nfl/afc-south/ja...se-going-viral

I'm not a big fan of the guy but they're totally reaching. These college coaches get way outta their comfort zone, fo sho.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Haha! Awesome, <a href="https://twitter.com/Giannis_An34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Giannis_An34</a> TikTok with the caption “taking it with me everywhere” <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEWonTNT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tntdrama</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> <a href="https://t.co/Taa2xyntkU">pic.twitter.com/Taa2xyntkU</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Review Podcast (@AEReviewPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEReviewPod/status/1440107518047490053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And there you are. Negative Noid hates others' fun and wants to kill it.

Cornette praised this week’s AEW Dynamite. Gave it “2 thumbs up”. :y::y:

Hell has officially frozen over

Didn’t get through his entire review, so I don’t know what I disagree and agree with there, but I disagreed with him on NXT 2.0. Not so much the particulars, he and Brian made some great points about logic that could be tightened up, and he saw a lot of potential in the guys. But NXT 2.0 was a way easier watch than your average Dynamite.

Is he on the payroll?

Going by the past here, he MUST be a paid shill. Shame on him!!!




Cornette SouledOut?!!?!

Bryan Danielson pens a goodbye letter to WWE in the Players Tribune

And this is why he's one of, if not the most respected current wrestler in the business. Seriously a class act. Boggles my mind that anyone could actually be mad at him for leaving.

Arthur Ashe getting set up

cool @ big screens above the ring

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_1KBJKV...jpg&name=small

love that

That looks super cool, can't wait to see it in action tomorrow.

Show will be done around midnight assuming all of Rampage is being taped after Dynamite, the lights out match between Kingston/Mox and Suzuki/Archer will probably be the last match of the night then, and really Kingston doing the post-show speech to send everyone home will be super fitting.

I'd imagine a ton of people will be flocking to the Willets Point train after that. Subways heading into Manhattan every 15 min or so. My hotel is conveniently located a block away from both Penn Station and the end of the 7 line, so even someone who sucks at navigating like me can't possibly fuck up getting back.

Vito just jinxed himself into a night of wandering the mean streets of Metropolis into the wee hours of the morning. He will be telling us stories of how all the buildings looked the same and he thought he had slipped into a parallel dimension horror film.

I love you Vito. Please don't get accosted by wraiths and/or eaten by zombies.

Haha, generally when I've ventured into city public transport I'm always with a buddy that lives there and they know exactly what train to go on and when.

Leaving NXT Takeover at WM weekend in 2019, I made the mistake of getting on an express train instead of a local. My hotel was again right next to a subway station, that we then promptly went right past lol.

Feel like it's going to be really annoying to travel in and out of the venue

I drive past it every day on my way home and during the US Open there is always a massive backup of cars at the exit

My friend is driving in to Queens anyway so gonna drive with him

AEW told everyone to arrive early

Apparently everyone listened because there is exactly one line to get into the tennis center and it’s enormous 25 minutes before doors open

Hope you fellas have a great time. Hope to see some TPWW signage on TV tonight!

They gotta check everyone for vaccinations also... gonna be annoying waiting on that long ass line

The Rogers Centre did that at the Jays game I went to and it took two seconds.

jealous!

https://www.tpww.net/images/signs/raw6.jpg

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘AEW: Dynamite’ Sets January Date for TBS Move, ‘Rampage’ to Remain on TNT <a href="https://t.co/YmRfmOEtgH">https://t.co/YmRfmOEtgH</a></p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1441081280079216646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So the TNT Championship becomes the Rampage title for all intents and purposes? I can live with that.

They’ve said they will keep it the TNT title even with a move to TBS.

It's rumored the TBS Title will be the secondary women's title

So, with people all over the internet now going “See! AEW must be doing well for TNT to keep it in the slot!”, are people willing to admit that it wasn’t doing that well in order for it to be moved?

Of course not. Gotta have your cake and eat it too.

Moved to a Network that is in more homes than TNT, yes, huge failure indeed. On top of ratings or near the top every Wednesday night on cable. Giant failure. Massive.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;All Elite Wrestling (AEW) today announced the signing of Satnam Singh, an international phenom best known as the first-ever player from India to be drafted by the National Basketball Association. The 7’3” Singh was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in 2015&quot; via Press Release. <a href="https://t.co/QoMlur2h6R">pic.twitter.com/QoMlur2h6R</a></p>&mdash; Denise Salcedo (@_denisesalcedo) <a href="https://twitter.com/_denisesalcedo/status/1441116489772199949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was the 3rd-highest Dynamite ever in both total viewership and 18-49. <br><br>#1 and #2 are the debut episode (10/2/2019) and the post-All Out episode on September 8, respectively, in both categories.</p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1441129015394275335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Doesn’t matter how many homes TBS is in it it’s a comedy re-run channel, bro. TBS has been an elephant graveyard for years. Also, they’re nowhere near the most viewed showed on cable. Wrestling marks make a big deal out of an archaic demo in 2021 to make their favorite product look good. Advertisers care about way more, which is why AEW is still getting the boot for hockey (how’s its “key demo?”).

Their version of The Great Khali. Tell me how this product is different.

1.27 for Dynamite in Arthur Ashe. Hahaha, wow.

It’s their 3rd highest ever, but this was basically a free PPV. Realistically, this was their biggest round to fire. I don’t know if AEW can ever crack its debut rating. It’s just not good enough.

Vince McMahon vindicated again. Maybe in 10 years, Vince will run off Rex Steiner and AEW can make a big deal out of that for 800k viewers?

They just keep winning!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AEW Dynamite was #1 on the day among cable originals in 18-49, well ahead of Real Housewives on Bravo. The latter did a 0.39 demo rating.<br><br>There were many premiers on broadcast. The Masked Singer led overall with a 1.11 demo rating (4.7 million viewers total).</p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1441131286165274628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

NXT got 746k. The difference between NXT and AEW is about the same as the difference between Raw and AEW.

Raw beat them in that bullshit demo stuff too. Hahaha. “The steak...is over.”

This attitude is why this shit never gets any better, and why it doesn’t grow.

Third highest rating they’ve ever pulled. WHAT A FAIL.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dynamite this week led Raw in M18-49: 434,000 viewers to Raw's 419,000 in that demo. The lead was carried by Dynamite's M35-49 audience.<br><br>Full report is now up with analysis across more than a dozen demos and a full listing of the day's TV competition.<a href="https://t.co/2ewhqrT9ol">https://t.co/2ewhqrT9ol</a></p>&mdash; Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1441135535209189377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

If this doesn’t crack 1.4 million people, what will? This took their top acquisitions, put them in a giant building on a PPV caliber card on free TV. People would rather watch The Masked Singer.

And yeah, even their highest numbers are pretty measly when you take them in context. Just because Grandma Paula has the best radish pie in town doesn’t mean it’s a good meal.

But you’re just a fair and honest observer, right? Get off it. You suck their pond water like anyone else.

Hahaha, they’ve got to peel back every little detail they can to try and edge out any sort of positive news.

Since a bunch of fanboys were calling AEW’s arbitrary success in 18-49 the past two weeks “wins,” I want to hear them have the integrity to at least call Arthur Ashe a loss. But they don’t.

Demo doesn’t matter. Viewership barely matters. What matters is how much money a network can squeeze out of you for advertising. AEW is a immature, sweary, niche geek show. Keep telling yourself it’s kicking up a storm.

Because he’s tall and Indian, right? Yeah, you’re not a try-hard when it comes to AEW bashing at all.

God, Aussies are fucking dense!

just a little baby filling up his diaper

lol psycho...

Calling him the great khali cuz he’s brown and tall? That’s not racist at all.

The racism/xenophobia coming out on top of his freak outs at the mention of a wrestling company doing well in any area compared to WWE lends credence to my theory that Noid handed his account over to CyNick.

Are AEW Execs hi-fiving in the hallways??????

They’ve continually pulled 1m views and good demo numbers, their merch is red hot, they’re taking in money at the turnstiles, and they just got a TV deal extension and raise after adding an hour and getting moved to a channel with slightly more availability across the country. Oh and they just topped their own PPV buys on top of Jim fucking Cornette praising what they’re producing and more.

How anyone can try and call them a failure is beyond me. Just being an idiot for the sake of it.

Please tell mad this is false lol

I am so tired of these supposed journalists "moving the goalpost" as they say. So they lose the demo they have been crowing about forever, and suddenly its "Well we still won Men in that demo". If that is the important demo, why wait until now to bring it up?

Wrestling would be so much better without these turd reporters.

TitsBeShowing Title :drool:

That’s literally what the press release says, dude. They’re making a big deal out of him being Indian. Got to love that critical reading the US school system teaches.

they aren't the ones who called him the great khali, though.

I said it’s their version. WWE hired Khali because he was tall and Indian too.

Lol, and there are the insults. People very uncomfortable with the truth.

They made a big deal about him being the first player from India to be drafted by an NBA team. That’s not the same as “making a big deal about him being Indian”. He’s a groundbreaking pro athlete. But you saw “tall” and “Indian” and decided to jump on another desperate “AEW bad” gripe.

Critical reading. Lol

Great Khali was jacked though. Sounds like this skinny nerd is just a failed NBAer. He is their El Gigante.

Bit surprised Rampage is staying on TNT since the whole purpose of moving Dynamite was due to preemption issues with NBA and NHL games, especially during the playoffs.

Guess Rampage's late time start and having less preemption issues made TNT way more willing to digest that problem whenever it comes up.

The true mark of a winner!

For real want to see a behind the scenes video of WWE or AEW employees high-fiving each other after someone comes up with a really dumb idea. This would be funnier if it was at WWE HQ, but I'm not picky. Suits celebrating mediocre shit would be hilarious.

Suits celebrating SUCH GOOD SHIT.

:lol:

I'm voting for "or something" being what's taken place.

STD signed in to rep me and let me know AEW is failing in the rep comment. Thank you Slicky lol.

Damn. STD said that?

RIP AEW

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brett Weitz, TBS/TNT/TruTV General Manager is very happy with AEW. <a href="https://t.co/JIoffvkBLc">pic.twitter.com/JIoffvkBLc</a></p>&mdash; The Macho Beard (@Machobeard4life) <a href="https://twitter.com/Machobeard4life/status/1441197886704734211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not sure what would possess someone to spend a bunch of time and energy trying to tell an enthusiastic fanbase that &quot;actually AEW is bad bro.&quot;<br><br>It's like the UFC fans who defend poor fighter pay. Going to have to further cull WWE cheerleaders from the timeline.</p>&mdash; TheRealSnowden (@JESnowden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JESnowden/status/1441459212257665026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/solomonster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@solomonster</a> clips have made it on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TicTok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TicTok</a> <a href="https://t.co/rMvTY0BKBm">pic.twitter.com/rMvTY0BKBm</a></p>&mdash; Austin Saxton (@austinWolf223) <a href="https://twitter.com/austinWolf223/status/1441254618848120832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They’re trying to sell subscriptions, I guess. WWE = bad and Not WWE = good is the easiest way to milk money from marks. You can see through any of this bullshit, but you’ll have people like Smeat who regurgitate it as fact even if you can think past it in a second, and you even have people like #1-wwf-fan who will sea lion the shit out of this company.

In viewership they lost. In the alleged “key demo” (absolute bullshit pushed by the newsletters) they lost. The way they gather the information for Raw is false on its face. Anything to spin a story and make the “babyfaces” look good. And very few people have the integrity to admit it, and will insult the people who point it out.

Why would you even bring this up? Why would you check your rep? Insecure as shit.

Criticism and opinions bad. Where was this logic when people were bashing the WWE for 20 fucking years? Goddamn it, this fanbase is sooooo insecure.

Take shots at WWE and it’s all gravy. Insult AEW? “Why would you do that, bro?” Fuck off. AEW sucks. It isn’t popular. It isn’t good. It’s funded by a billionaire who gets his blood money from dirty places just like Vince McMahon. And celebrating this shit as special holds everything back.

Slik told me SlickyTrickyDamon is shaving his head?

That’ll draw more than Matt Hardy vs. Orange Cassidy.

It seems like Noid has reverted back to trolling people for enjoying AEW. I thought he was making some progress, being a decent human being and just enjoying bits and parts.

You want good wrestling takes? TPWW says avoid the Noid…

He's not that bad. A little aggressive at times because wrestlers and promotions don't cater to his preferred style of wrestling. Seems frustrated...that's all.