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xrodmuc316 02-09-2022 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5522470)
Matt Hardy on his brudder

At this point I can't even say who the biggest AEW shill is. Matt Hardy and Chris Jericho are neck to neck on who gets that crown.

Maybe they should redo the old Stone Cold/Kurt Angle/Mr McMahon story of fighting over who gets hug the boss, only updated to who gets to suck Tony Khan's dick longer, Jericho or Hardy.

Damian Rey 2.0 02-09-2022 03:08 PM

I’ve seen some of Keith Lee’s promos from nxt. He comes off as very articulate and isn’t a traditional good promo but idk where this idea that he can’t promo comes from. He’s comfortable and sounds natural. And he’s unique how his talks. What’s the problem there?

XL 02-09-2022 03:34 PM

Racism. We have preconceived notions of what a “black dude” should sound like. Lee goes out of his way to not fulfil that stereotype. We can’t cope with it.

drave 02-09-2022 03:56 PM

fits in line

xrodmuc316 02-09-2022 04:07 PM

Racism is how Tony Khan books some of "certain" wrestlers, and how he buried Big Swole. Racism is how Tony Khan just swaps black wrestlers in and out like nobody would notice, Remember when he replaced Lio Rush with Jay Lethal, because they are all the same to Tony.

slik 02-09-2022 04:22 PM

Cannot wait for Gail Kim to debut tonight and advance in the tourney to face Sammy G

slik 02-09-2022 04:23 PM

Hoping for Keith Lee though and maybe Swerve Scott (sorry Gail!!)

ron the dial 02-09-2022 04:27 PM

swerve :y:

Mr. Nerfect 02-09-2022 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5522503)
Racism. We have preconceived notions of what a “black dude” should sound like. Lee goes out of his way to not fulfil that stereotype. We can’t cope with it.

Love you, but this is a load of shit. I hope it was a joke.

Keith Lee describing himself as an “intellectual” on his Twitter page is like a woman having a gimmick where she’s rubbing a college degree in people’s faces like it’s some surreal achievement. Yeah, black men can be intelligent. No shit. It doesn’t mean you have to act like a total toss putting weird inflections on things to “subvert” the idea that you’re supposed to be in a business where you fight for your money.

There are plenty of black wrestlers who can talk articulately and still cut good promos in a wrestling context because they get where they are and what their goal actually is.

If the dude was really smart, he’d put that intelligence into not sucking as a wrestler to the point he got fired despite allegedly being such a progressive fucking hire. Glad we’ve FINALLY got a smart black man in wrestling. Fuck all that noise.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-09-2022 04:39 PM

Wow, that’s racist.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-09-2022 04:40 PM

Maybe we should make two Dynamite threads tonight. One for racists and one for non racists.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-09-2022 04:40 PM

I’ll be in the non racist one, thanks.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-09-2022 04:41 PM

Gonna be pretty funny when it ends up being white ass Will Ospreay showing up.

slik 02-09-2022 04:50 PM

I feel like we're getting more than one surprise tonight tbh

Supreme Olajuwon 02-09-2022 04:54 PM

Could definitely see them doing the double debut again. The Brodie/Hardy and Cole/Danielson double debuts were a lot of fun.

Sepholio 02-09-2022 04:59 PM

Can't wait for Rockstar Spud to debut tonight!

Sepholio 02-09-2022 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 5522531)
Gonna be pretty funny when it ends up being white ass Will Ospreay showing up.

I wish it was tbh. Him or Bray would both get me hyped.

Mr. Nerfect 02-09-2022 05:29 PM

Lol if it turns out to be Swerve and it’s a disappointment on purpose.

I also think they’re going to do more than one person now. They kind of forced themselves into that position.

Damian Rey 2.0 02-09-2022 06:00 PM

I was see Ospreay after Omega makes it back.

Jeff Hardy and Keith Lee would be fun I think.

Sepholio 02-09-2022 06:02 PM

What would you do if it was JOHN CENA!!!?

#1-norm-fan 02-09-2022 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner (Post 5522466)
Keith Lee is Brodus Clay with more high spots

I feel like you meant this as an insult but it is not…

Jordan 02-09-2022 11:26 PM

Goddamn Noid was right!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I didn’t secure <a href="https://twitter.com/JayWhiteNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JayWhiteNZ</a> until Sunday. I realized after the fact that Friday night I butchered my own definition of Forbidden Door in hyping tonight. I heard the fans’ feedback, &amp; wanted to ensure that tonight was a special <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> for all. Thank you everyone who watched!</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1491616155554963462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mr. Nerfect 02-10-2022 03:11 AM

I’m right about most things.

Mr. Nerfect 02-10-2022 03:37 AM

I just can’t believe Keith Lee is supposed to “change everything.” Holy shit.

XL 02-10-2022 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5522868)
I’m right about most things.

Apart from the debuts of Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Rowan, Marina Shafir, and Mia Yim. :shifty:

Mr. Nerfect 02-10-2022 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5522872)
Apart from the debuts of Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Rowan, Marina Shafir, and Mia Yim. :shifty:

I was wrong about it being Jay White and not Bray Wyatt.

Sting Fan 02-10-2022 04:53 AM

Double debut. Awesome on both counts.

Hyped for Keith Lee… imagine how he’s gonna rag doll Sammy and Darby.

Sepholio 02-10-2022 07:25 AM

Just wanna say that bit where Matt Hardy walked out through the crowd and they said his behavior was erratic or whatever? That was pathetic. That's the kind of stuff that makes AEW annoying to me.

Jordan 02-10-2022 07:28 AM

Somewhere in Florida Paul Wight has pulled Keith Lee into a private area to discuss "the proper way for a big man to move" in a match.

Jordan 02-10-2022 07:59 AM

Thinking about Jay White right now. Matt Jackson made sure to remind Adam Cole and us that White is/was arch rivals with Kenny, furthering the gap between Cole and Omega that had already been established. Clearly Cole/Kenny is the ultimate goal. More on that in a moment.

So the appearance of Jay White is interesting because it unbalanced the odds. Before Jay, we were pretty clear to see a 6-Man program between the Elite. Omega & The Bucks vs O'Reilly, Fish & Cole. This whole story may even be getting the label of The Elite vs The Bullet Club. There is another name out there beyond the door that can be of interest here.

I am seeing a Revolution PPV where we see Kenny return to action against Jay White and Adam Cole challenging Hangman Page for the AEW Championship. If Cole, White, Fish & O'Reilly were a "Bullet Club" alliance there is one more spot on The Elite to even the odds. I wouldn't go with Cutler, how about Tama Tonga? He's been the leader of The Bullet Club for a while, you could have Kenny bring him aboard and what a difference that would make for them huh? His ultra intense promo style and his ring work is 100% different than the rest of The Elite.

That way we could keep the faction war going until the next PPV and do a Stadium Stampede with The Elite (Omega, Tonga & The Bucks) vs The Bullet Club (Cole, O'Reilly, Fish & White).

Back to the ultimate goal of Kenny vs Cole. I think this could easily be an AEW Championship match with Cole taking the belt from Hangman but that isn't a lock obviously. I could even see a play where Cole gets attacked by a debuting Tama Tonga during his match with Hangman to lose his chance at gold, thus fueling this proposed Stadium Stampede I've come up with.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-10-2022 08:06 AM

That sounds like a pretty good undercard to whatever Keith Lee is doing in the main event.

Maluco 02-10-2022 11:04 AM

Glad Tony hyped this so much…

Flair to WWE
Hall/Nash to WCW
And now, bah gawd, White/Lee to AEW.

The business has been shaken and I, for one, and glad that Tony made sure I didn’t miss a thing!

slik 02-10-2022 11:30 AM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact checking standard for <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProFootballTalk</a> reporting is far lower than that of <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a>’s roving reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyschiavone24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tonyschiavone24</a>. I’m definitely not running for Congress; this filing is faker than Eddie Gilbert’s apology to Tommy Rich in 1984. PFT sources as trustworthy as <a href="https://twitter.com/The_MJF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_MJF</a>. <a href="https://t.co/HPdU53GrfY">https://t.co/HPdU53GrfY</a></p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1491808035366391819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jordan 02-10-2022 12:25 PM

Quote:

“When we started a lot of people had contracts that were a couple of years long and a lot of them are coming up. I have really tried hard to be very considerate of the people on the roster, especially going through the pandemic. That encompassed a long period of time where we were still in our first year of television and going into our second. I kept a lot of people under contract even though I wasn’t necessarily using them on television because I wanted them to still have paying work, which was hard to come by for wrestling during the pandemic where there weren’t any independent shows. Really only two places were running and the other place was cutting people left and right. I did want to give some job security to people. Now with so many wrestlers coming in, I can’t renew all the contracts. I’ve had to make some tough choices based on ability, fan response, or both. I try to maintain the best roster I can for the company and fans.”
Tony Khan

GD 02-10-2022 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5522788)
What a creepy bastard


Lock Jaw 02-10-2022 12:52 PM

CLB

Triple A 02-10-2022 01:02 PM

Hope Keith Lee can "drop a few lbs" so it would be easier for him to be more agile... Seems like he's gotten way bigger

Pic from like 4 years ago

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fz1K54mQ_08/maxresdefault.jpg

Wehttam 02-10-2022 01:04 PM

his weight is limitless

bask in his buffet

Lock Jaw 02-10-2022 01:05 PM

Never understood how someone who told people to "bask in his glory" was a face.....

Mr. Nerfect 02-10-2022 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5522890)
Thinking about Jay White right now. Matt Jackson made sure to remind Adam Cole and us that White is/was arch rivals with Kenny, furthering the gap between Cole and Omega that had already been established. Clearly Cole/Kenny is the ultimate goal. More on that in a moment.

So the appearance of Jay White is interesting because it unbalanced the odds. Before Jay, we were pretty clear to see a 6-Man program between the Elite. Omega & The Bucks vs O'Reilly, Fish & Cole. This whole story may even be getting the label of The Elite vs The Bullet Club. There is another name out there beyond the door that can be of interest here.

I am seeing a Revolution PPV where we see Kenny return to action against Jay White and Adam Cole challenging Hangman Page for the AEW Championship. If Cole, White, Fish & O'Reilly were a "Bullet Club" alliance there is one more spot on The Elite to even the odds. I wouldn't go with Cutler, how about Tama Tonga? He's been the leader of The Bullet Club for a while, you could have Kenny bring him aboard and what a difference that would make for them huh? His ultra intense promo style and his ring work is 100% different than the rest of The Elite.

That way we could keep the faction war going until the next PPV and do a Stadium Stampede with The Elite (Omega, Tonga & The Bucks) vs The Bullet Club (Cole, O'Reilly, Fish & White).

Back to the ultimate goal of Kenny vs Cole. I think this could easily be an AEW Championship match with Cole taking the belt from Hangman but that isn't a lock obviously. I could even see a play where Cole gets attacked by a debuting Tama Tonga during his match with Hangman to lose his chance at gold, thus fueling this proposed Stadium Stampede I've come up with.

None of it is your fault, but that sounds terribly boring. Jay White may have just been be one-time deal. Omega/Cole has no remaining appeal. Cole lost to Orange Cassidy and looks like a drowned rat that’s been put under the hairdryer. Do people even miss Omega? No one wants Tama Tonga to come in.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maluco (Post 5522913)
Glad Tony hyped this so much…

Flair to WWE
Hall/Nash to WCW
And now, bah gawd, White/Lee to AEW.

The business has been shaken and I, for one, and glad that Tony made sure I didn’t miss a thing!

Everything is forever different.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5522929)
Tony Khan

In other words: I’ve made a huge mistake and people are now going to get their asses cut.

Mr. Nerfect 02-10-2022 01:39 PM

Something to point out: firing Joey Janela and Brian Cage doesn’t do anything to help the bloat. They’re not even featured on television anymore. Cutting them is inconsequential. The bloat comes from acts like Matt Hardy, Chris Jericho, Adam Cole, Orange Cassidy, Red Velvet and things that are actually on your TV turning away viewers. You can hire as many people as you want for Dark/Elevation.

GD 02-10-2022 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5522963)
Something to point out: firing Joey Janela and Brian Cage doesn’t do anything to help the bloat. They’re not even featured on television anymore. Cutting them is inconsequential. The bloat comes from acts like Matt Hardy, Chris Jericho, Adam Cole, Orange Cassidy, Red Velvet and things that are actually on your TV turning away viewers. You can hire as many people as you want for Dark/Elevation.

I wasn't aware that these acts were turning away viewers. So weird.

XL 02-10-2022 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5522868)
I’m right about most things.


Frank Drebin 02-10-2022 04:24 PM

They should cut Adam Page, Moxley, Omega, Punk and Miro. No one wants to watch them. It is known.

drave 02-10-2022 05:00 PM

They are stars. You turn on the show and you see them. People are tuning in to see them.

GD 02-10-2022 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Narafet

What they need is an unofficial technical wrestling division with Matthew Riddle, Timmy Thatcher, Chadwick Gable and the WALTER. That's what the people want to see, ya dig?

Australia #1 > USA


xrodmuc316 02-10-2022 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5522929)
Tony Khan

So he is patting himself on the back for not firing people before, while also bragging about signing better people, so that now he can let go of the people he kept before???


Wow

Frank Drebin 02-10-2022 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dravehausen (Post 5523001)
They are stars. You turn on the show and you see them. People are tuning in to see them.

You missed the joke I think.....

Mr. Nerfect 02-11-2022 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5523045)
So he is patting himself on the back for not firing people before, while also bragging about signing better people, so that now he can let go of the people he kept before???


Wow

He’s also pretty quick to point out he was paying them to suck if they have anything negative to say about the culture there. Shut up, collect your paycheck and stay in anonymity. Much nicer than what the WWE does, right?

Jordan 02-11-2022 11:06 AM

To all the fucking haters out there...

The Boss -

Quote:

“The Adam Cole that’s here has main evented numerous Dynamites and Rampages, has been one of our biggest drawing wrestlers. The Adam Cole versus Orange Cassidy program is one of the biggest drawing programs we’ve ever had in the history of AEW. They have done big numbers on every show they’ve been on. And it’s been a big part of our rating success in recent months, has been the matches they did with each other.


Before Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends, Adam Cole wrestled a number of matches also against Jungle Boy. He beat Jungle Boy. Of course, Orange Cassidy and Jungle Boy, both number one contenders. He beat both of them and he’s beaten everybody else he’s wrestled in a sanctioned match. Including a lot of main events. So wherever he’s been before this, he’s never been presented to as wide of an audience as consistently as a main event wrestler.


The lights-out match being an exception to that, but that was not a sanctioned match, did not go on his record. You mentioned Britt Baker. Britt Baker had a similar arc where Britt Baker had really come into her own as a wrestler. She had won a match against Thunder Rosa under kind of dubious circumstances. But that’s a win on her record,” he added. “So she had beaten Thunder Rosa, ironically at Beach Break in 2021, and then later at the St. Patrick Day Slam, Thunder Rosa won the lights-out match. But it wasn’t long after that where Britt Baker ended up with the best record and went on to Double Or Nothing and won the world championship.

Of course, this is coming off just weeks after losing this lights-out match. And it hasn’t slowed down Britt at all. Frankly, Adam Cole, all the great matches and all the great wins he’s had. I don’t think that’s going to slow him down at all. We saw on Rampage, he looked better than ever. I thought his promo was very strong and I expect more of that from him, convincing performances, strong promos. So he is a very highly regarded person who has been incredibly valuable since he arrived in AEW.”

XL 02-11-2022 11:13 AM

They need to do a better job of getting this stuff across on the show/s. That’s a lot of “telling” not “showing”.

xrodmuc316 02-11-2022 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by XL (Post 5523156)
They need to do a better job of getting this stuff across on the show/s. That’s a lot of “telling” not “showing”.

Naw, the only storyline they do on the actual show is "Fed Bad".


ron the dial 02-11-2022 11:52 AM

kinda like the only posts you need to make are "phil said fed bad :rofl:" :rofl:

xrodmuc316 02-11-2022 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ron the dial (Post 5523165)
kinda like the only posts you need to make are "phil said fed bad :rofl:" :rofl:

Maybe, but also what happened to the rest of his teeth :rofl:

ron the dial 02-11-2022 12:44 PM

tooth bad

XL 02-11-2022 01:31 PM

I think we need to refrain from saying Fed. They haven’t been a federation for 20 years now.

Sepholio 02-11-2022 01:46 PM

Ex-Fed bad.

xrodmuc316 02-11-2022 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XL (Post 5523176)
I think we need to refrain from saying Fed. They haven’t been a federation for 20 years now.

Entertainment Resentment?
Entertainment Complacent?
Entertainment Disengagement?

Quick, somebody tweet Phil!

GD 02-11-2022 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5523191)
Entertainment Resentment?
Entertainment Complacent?
Entertainment Disengagement?

Quick, somebody tweet Phil!

:rofl:

Mr. Nerfect 02-11-2022 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 5523155)
To all the fucking haters out there...

The Boss -

Lots of things wrong with this. Seeing a loss is more important than whether or not it is technically on someone’s bullshit record or not. People saw a skinny white guy lose to another skinny white guy. There’s also a big difference between pushing your female star with the most commercial potential by having her do an unusual style of match in a losing effort to someone with credibility. That helped get Britt over in what is, let’s be honest, a mid-card role.

And can we please stop using the word “draw” when it comes to these car wrecks? 1 million people is not drawing. How can there be “no one cares about WWE” memes when it is watched by several times the number of people that watch AEW? It’s like when Mick Foley defended the sex offender by saying his shtick puts a smile on every face. Yes, on the 50 faces an advertiser wants to avoid being associated with their product. People are not tuning in to see these acts. They are laughing at them and then switching off to the product and likely wrestling forever. Causally linking attention to approval is such a Vince Russo trait. These acts are not growing the promotion. They are getting comparative attention compared to a flat product no one watches because they cannot sincerely emotionally invest.

This is why Danhausen’s merchandise selling (allegedly) very well by AEW standards is an indictment. It’d be like Kaientai’s “Indeed” shirt doing well compared to The Rock’s and people saying “Wow! Kaientai is over!” No. What the fuck have you done to The Rock?

There’s a reason they don’t give you the actual numbers for these shirts. And there’s a reason people check out of this product.

slik 02-11-2022 03:50 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She’s a shooting star, and now <a href="https://twitter.com/_AQA10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_AQA10</a> is All Elite! <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://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWRampage</a> <a href="https://t.co/LZ7ocHROhC">pic.twitter.com/LZ7ocHROhC</a></p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1492219979734798337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mr. Nerfect 02-11-2022 03:51 PM

No clue who that is, and since she’s a woman signing with AEW, I can only assume she is the shits.

Triple A 02-11-2022 03:57 PM

She debuted on Wednesday and seemed bad... match was a mess

ron the dial 02-11-2022 04:01 PM

yeah i don't understand why they used/signed her when they already have someone way better like say kiera hogan already on the roster.

ron the dial 02-11-2022 04:02 PM

i mean they coulda used diamante ffs

Mr. Nerfect 02-11-2022 04:43 PM

Tony Khan is looking for those diversity hires.

It would help if AEW actually had ties to a proper school.

slik 02-11-2022 04:46 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who knew the forbidden door led to the GLAAD red carpet…we look ���� <a href="https://t.co/TEPWUSEab2">pic.twitter.com/TEPWUSEab2</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Bowens (@Bowens_Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bowens_Official/status/1492215598721298432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

XL 02-11-2022 04:52 PM

Kayfabe is alive!!

xrodmuc316 02-11-2022 05:03 PM

Man WWE is savage!!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Sepholio 02-11-2022 05:38 PM

Its petty when they do this shit too but will agree that that's pretty damn savage.

Supreme Olajuwon 02-11-2022 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by slikhausen (Post 5523207)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who knew the forbidden door led to the GLAAD red carpet…we look ���� <a href="https://t.co/TEPWUSEab2">pic.twitter.com/TEPWUSEab2</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Bowens (@Bowens_Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bowens_Official/status/1492215598721298432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yo this dude wore pleated khakis to an award show

Fignuts 02-11-2022 07:09 PM

Adam Cole losing to Orange Cassidy, clean on tv is not good. No amount of mental gymnastics can excuse that.

These are the kind of decisions that are holding AEW back. And the fact that Tony khan is so committed to it that he's willing to write an essay defending it, doesn't give much hope that he's open to change.

Mr. Nerfect 02-11-2022 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5523250)
Adam Cole losing to Orange Cassidy, clean on tv is not good. No amount of mental gymnastics can excuse that.

These are the kind of decisions that are holding AEW back. And the fact that Tony khan is so committed to it that he's willing to write an essay defending it, doesn't give much hope that he's open to change.

:y:

AEW and its most hardcore fans start from the position that AEW = good. Everything is then forced to fit that paradigm.

Damian Rey 2.0 02-11-2022 10:11 PM

Sonia Deville so damn hot

xrodmuc316 02-12-2022 02:43 AM

Why are they putting Jay White's debut match on Rampage next week? That seems real shortsighted to debut him on a taped edition of their B Show. Also, if they want him to be a big deal, couldnt they have done better than Trent Beretta?

Jordan 02-12-2022 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5523426)
Why are they putting Jay White's debut match on Rampage next week? That seems real shortsighted to debut him on a taped edition of their B Show. Also, if they want him to be a big deal, couldnt they have done better than Trent Beretta?

When you sign with AEW you get to have you're first match with a buddy.

Frank Drebin 02-12-2022 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5523250)
Adam Cole losing to Orange Cassidy, clean on tv is not good. No amount of mental gymnastics can excuse that.

These are the kind of decisions that are holding AEW back. And the fact that Tony khan is so committed to it that he's willing to write an essay defending it, doesn't give much hope that he's open to change.

Yeah. OC should not be a main player. I liked him best when he was more on the fringes like that one match where there was a brawl backstage and someone gets tossed through a bathroom door and OC is just standing there.

I get that those are the things that get him popular enough to be featured but he's basically a comedy act like Santino. He can have a moment or two but he should not be involved in title matches and main events with main event guys on a regular basis. He should top out at things like his match against PAC at Evolution a couple of years ago.

Vastardikai 02-12-2022 04:19 PM

He shouldn't be beating top guys. End of story.

One of the biggest things that pissed me off was comparing it to Britt Baker's loss in a similar match. The difference being that one of them lost to an opponent who's greatest career accomplishment prior to AEW was winning titles while dressing up as an ant in a comedy promotion. Britt's opponent's biggest accomplishment prior to AEW was being the NWA Women's Champion. Only way it would be comparable is if Orange Cassidy falls off the face of the earth for months at a time, and that isn't happening.

Sepholio 02-12-2022 04:25 PM

They would have to strip OC of the things that make him OC if they really want him to be a serious main eventer. You get rid of the lazy gimmick and he's just meh.

Mr. Nerfect 02-12-2022 06:01 PM

Orange Cassidy is the worst and there’s no place for him at all. He defeats the purpose of even trying to do this shit.

Lock Jaw 02-12-2022 06:11 PM

Comedy acts have their place in rassling. OC has definitely gone above that place when he shouldn't have.

Triple A 02-12-2022 06:28 PM

https://i.imgur.com/SIjTsbZh.png

xrodmuc316 02-12-2022 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5523514)

Pretending Tony Khan DOESNT pay clickfarmers in Bangladesh to inflate his youtube numbers :rofl::rofl:

GD 02-12-2022 06:46 PM

:rofl:

Mr. Nerfect 02-12-2022 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5523516)
Pretending Tony Khan DOESNT pay clickfarmers in Bangladesh to inflate his youtube numbers :rofl::rofl:

AEW must be selling 30 million t-shirts, doing massive international PPV buys and have skyrocketing ratings, right?

Attention is not approval.

Mr. Nerfect 02-12-2022 06:48 PM

And yes, Tony Khan and probably does pay for that attention.

Damian Rey 2.0 02-13-2022 12:19 AM

I agree they Cassidy shouldn’t be beating Cole under any circumstances and that he was way better when he was a side show act. It’s fine if he gets plugged in as the plucky underdog every now and then but he shouldn’t be beating guys they view as main event level talent.

Destor 02-13-2022 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5523514)

being over doesnt mean youre not a comedy act.

Sting Fan 02-13-2022 01:34 AM

OC for champ… he should dethrone Hangman after a 1 year hangman run then Go on to be champ for 18 months.

slik 02-13-2022 02:06 AM

17 year old Nick Wayne offered an AEW contract


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darby just presented Nick with an AEW contract <a href="https://t.co/AAwA9VyrLU">pic.twitter.com/AAwA9VyrLU</a></p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1492754624964530179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Mr. Nerfect 02-13-2022 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by slikhausen (Post 5523553)
17 year old Nick Wayne offered an AEW contract


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Darby just presented Nick with an AEW contract <a href="https://t.co/AAwA9VyrLU">pic.twitter.com/AAwA9VyrLU</a></p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1492754624964530179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

AEW exploits their second child.

Triple A 02-13-2022 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Destor (Post 5523546)
being over doesnt mean youre not a comedy act.

He is a comedy act, of course. That was responding to Noid's "nobody likes him, there's no place for him at all, he should be fired" stuff

Mr. Nerfect 02-13-2022 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5523558)
He is a comedy act, of course. That was responding to Noid's "nobody likes him, there's no place for him at all, he should be fired" stuff

What does a watches YouTube video prove? I click on YouTube and I see a cat climbing a screen door has millions of hits. Where is the evidence this is helping them?

Frank Drebin 02-13-2022 06:27 AM

Which cat?? AEW need to hire it.

Mr. Nerfect 02-13-2022 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin (Post 5523563)
Which cat?? AEW need to hire it.

The cat has too much dignity.

Lock Jaw 02-13-2022 01:33 PM

Wish Ernest "The Cat" Miller would come back

Mr. Nerfect 02-13-2022 01:53 PM

If he fell on his ass and it got 30 million YT views we could call it a giant success.

Mr. Nerfect 02-13-2022 01:54 PM

Ernest Miller & Brodus Clay should come back with Cameron and Mo Green. Finally time for them to get used right.

Sign Melina and Alicia Fox for the Women’s Division and you can finally compete with WWE. No one can rip on you about diversity then either.

Damian Rey 2.0 02-13-2022 01:55 PM

Cassidy it’s ridiculously over and has been since debuting. He absolutely has a spot in the company. He just shouldn’t be hanging with the likes of their world champions. I said this way back when he got a ppv match with Pac. It was way too competitive given that Pac had beaten two future world champs and worked a draw with another. You don’t give a comedy act 15 minutes with Pac. You give him 5 work some shine and a decisive loss.

xrodmuc316 02-13-2022 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect (Post 5523607)
Ernest Miller & Brodus Clay should come back with Cameron and Mo Green. Finally time for them to get used right.

Sign Melina and Alicia Fox for the Women’s Division and you can finally compete with WWE. No one can rip on you about diversity then either.

Luchasaurus vs Funkasaurus :eek:


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