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Young Bucks are pretty cool and GREAT. There is no more entertaining duo in the greatest sport on Earth. |
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ive been saying they should do smaller venues for years. youll get more energy from a crowd of 10000 packed tight than 10000 with elbow room. that energy translates to the tv product. and there's nothing lost from the smaller venue since the scale is completely lost on the tv viewer anyways
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Sucks but they rolled with it and maybe it helps build Stat up for the long- run |
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HAHAHAHA Jimmy Butler ruining Tiny's genius Grand Plan to crown loser CM Phil :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: <iframe id="reddit-embed" src="https://www.redditmedia.com/r/SCJerk/comments/uzeu10/that_face_you_make_when_you_force_a_game_7_and/?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups" style="border: none;" height="449" width="640" scrolling="no"></iframe> |
i do love jimmy butler
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that second picture looks like if ricky starks and powerhouse hobbs were one person
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excalibur: "i see you've added a tea kettle under the desk."
taz: "yeah, it's for soup. i am the human soup-lex machine." |
Meltzer and Alvarez are now reporting that way more talent are open to leaving AEW if the situation becomes available. Meltzer is an AEW shill. He wouldn’t be reporting this if it didn’t have weight to it. He’s probably understating it.
AEW has really shot itself in the foot. This is what I’ve been talking about as mindless dolts get on me for rooting against wrestling or for the WWE or whatever. They only had a finite window to do this thing in. Now the young guys that can be stars are going to go to places where they can actually be stars. Soon the older talent is going to leave after being paid a cool couple of million and do their own ego projects or go back to Vince. AEW is going to be left without some key identity players. There will be no way for it to make back the money that has been sunk into it. Pulling the plug will make total sense. This is what you asked for. |
The only place people can become stars is outside of wrestling.
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Lol, the number of people calling the MJF situation a work is astounding. What is the benefit to this being a work?
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None, which is why I could see it being a work.
MJF wants to "live the gimmick" as I said before, so I could very well see him going to Tony with this idea and since he doesn't say no to anything, he agrees. Then MJF can go with the "unhappy with being in AEW gimmick, thinking his star is too big for them" after losing to Wardlow. Doing a Russo-esque "trying to blur the lines between reality and kayfabe" story seems like it would be right up MJF's alley. |
depends on who wants to leave alot of the aew wrestlers wwe don't want, mjf is stuck for a year and a half he could sit that out, like wwe would make him do.
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MJF could just as easily put the focus on himself as the centerpoint of the company, instead of emphasizing how he’s got one foot out the door because it sucks.
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Looks like we might get Roman Reigns vs. The Rock, Cody vs. MJF and AJ vs. Omega over the course of Mania weekend next year. |
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Of course, I'm not saying the whole thing just isn't real either. It could all very well be legit.... in which case MJF is even dumber because not fulfilling your professional commitments is a great way to show your professionalism to potential new employers. |
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I’d imagine that a WWE would be aware that he’s tried to get out of his contract and have proper conversations with Tony Khan plenty of times, and that there is correspondence proving this — and TK repeatedly blowing off MJF. |
Rumor has it that there are NJPW guys there tonight to promote forbidden door. If MJF no shows, they should let Wardlow and Ishii kill each other for no reason.
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I'm not sure why my posts are getting debleated
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dunno wtf is wrong with your image rez.
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Sometimes it can be tough after an AEW PPV to predict who is in line for the next big spot opposite the champ. We've done a lot of World Championship rematches to my memory, I'd like to see Hangman get into a different story rather than do a rematch with Punk. Not sure what he's going to do but I'd like to see him start drinking again and that can cause whatever feud he's going to have next.
BCC ... Well it's pretty easy to see that BCC and Kingston's crew are going to split from the short DON alliance. You'd have Danielson/Mox/Yuta going against Kingston/Ortiz/Santana. That could provide 6 weeks or more of programming. Wardlow probably isn't completely free of MJF, I can see a case for the story continuing, but also we could completely move on after last night as well. Not sure that there is a way to end a long running program more definitively than they did last night. I can see Wardlow quickly regaining the TNT Championship from Sky and finding a new big challenger on his journey defending the belt. Punk ... You can easily write an arc for Punk where he defends against each former AEW Champion until finally the showdown with Omega comes. I think the most natural program though is with MJF. But I think that's the program where Punk loses the belt so I'm expecting a bit of a run for Punk before that happens. |
Idea for Hangman... beaten down and in despair after his Championship loss we see Hangman back on the drink, but encouraged to keep going by his former bretheren The Undisputed Elite. With Omega still out, there will be a spot needed for a big 10-man tag team at Forbidden Door in an Undisputed Elite match vs Bullet Club. Hangman will end up taking Kenny's spot and uniting with Undisputed Elite but unfortunately he will clash with Cole and there will be a rift that causes The Undisputed Elite to lose to The Bullet Club and more than that a BLOOD FEUD between Cole and Hangman. They can work towards a big singles match at All Out.
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If this leads to Hangman back on the sauce, it’s a win/win.
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Fan??
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what does the masterminds think, indeed
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Thanks for asking.
Any other resident masterminds wanna take this softball or should I? |
Punk can do more in the ring now than goldberg could in his prime.
So not the best comparison. Especially if you've seen the last few Goldberg matches. |
I’m more lenient than most when it comes to how much people can do in the ring so that would be a little lower on my list of reasons why it’s a bad comparison. But it is up there.
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The last few Goldberg matches were absolutely horrendous... And Punk is still a lot younger than Goldberg as well
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Merch Mover :rofl: |
Goldberg is 55 and Punk is 43
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You use that :rofl: smiley face waaaaay too much for your dogs at CM Punk. They are not always "ROFL", you are taking away from its value!
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How long do you think Punk's title reign will last?
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That being said, Punk doesn’t HAVE to be a transitional champion. He’s young enough and capable enough of working a full-time schedule where he can just BE the guy for a while. So if, God forbid, Wardlow doesn’t work out for whatever reason, they can just keep the title on Punk and not have to freak out and rush it onto a full-time guy who may not even be deemed worthy of a roster spot a year later and ends up in CYN. :shifty:
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If it’s coming up to the end of the first set of deals and it’s more Janela’s leaving then that can’t be a bad thing in terms of “trimming some of the fat”. If it’s some bigger names, then again it’s going to create some space on the roster. The roster is far, far too big to be serviceable and thinning it out will help refocus. Obviously if it’s bigger names such as “The Pillars” or more of the EVPs it’s bad optics/more damanging for the brand overall. |
Yeah, for all the shit Tony gets for overcrowding the roster, he’s brought in a lot of good pieces while phasing out friends of Cody and the EVPs who never should have been there in the first place.
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Joey Janela not getting renewed is not opening up a spot for somebody else. The Forbidden Door PPV is likely to have half NJPW people, so even if they throw out the same number of matches and people, 25 AEW wrestlers are getting left off the card. They need to cut a lot more than just trimming the fat off, they need to cut half of the roster before there will be any meaningful room to grow. |
I saw the story about people seeing how cody is being treated and wanting to leave AEW.
That is a massive lapse of judgement on their part. Cody is not like anyone else in AEW. He began his career as a WWE guy. In many ways, he never stopped being a WWE guy. Thats what made him stand out in ROH, NJPW, and AEW. You're talking about a guy who was born and bred in the WWE training program, and never lost or stopped using the fundementals learned there. Never picked up any bad indy habits, and only improved his work and overall image by leaps and bounds. One has to imagine that is a major factor in not only his return but also in how much hes been pushed. They trust him with this spot because he's been here before. And we know enough about Vince to assume he respects Cody for betting on himself and accomplishing what he did outside of WWE. What have any of these other guys done that would be equally impressive to vince? Cody is in a completely different universe from anyone else looking to get out, and if they think the machine will get behind them half as much as it has Cody, they're out of their minds. Better to stick with the incompetent, yet more pliable billionaire you already have, rather than trade him for another who may just give you some horrible 90's gimmick and call it a day. |
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That said, MJF would get a great spot as an occasional wrestler, but his spot would be somewhere between a Bobby Heenan manager type and a guy with a talk show spot to set up other matches by stirring the pot. I also think there is a solid first AEW original to make the jump, whoever that ends up being, and I think MJF is smart enough to know that. I also have to think cokehead Tony has to be afraid of another person leaving looking like a much bigger star with WWE's presentation. Vince has done this before, he lets the competition "steal" a bunch of talent, bloat their roster with ex WWE guys, and then cherry pick a few disgruntled originals and leave the mark company with egg on their face. |
Goldberg drew more in one year than Punk has done over an entire career. The apologetics will fly, but it’s the same principle. Put the belt on an older and more established guy because it’s the best thing you’ve got running. If you want to lob criticism at that, be fair.
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Are Adam Cole and Baker going to wear those Owen Hart titles? Will there be anyone on the roster without a title? Samoa Joe didn’t have his ROH title with him at the ppv, hope that’s all being phased out and off the show.
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Lmaooooo at anybody reasonably believing any of the young guys in AEW are going to be stars anywhere else including WWE. The WWE themselves can’t make any stars and the one they had flopped for years until they finally turned him heel, and even then their incompetent owner couldn’t build a new star for Roman to put over, thus creating a second star and not being overly reliant on old farts 20 years past their peaks.
I love a lot of the talent in AEW, but the majority would be nobodies in WWE. Wardlow is probably the only guy I think Vince would go all in on because he’s big, good looking and athletic. Hobbs could have a shot for similar reasons, maybe. Nobody else on the ppv last night has any chance at being more than a midcard nobody in WWE. As already mentioned, Cody is a far different and exceptional circumstance. |
The only way guys in AEW would have a real chance is if Triple H was running the show and that ship was nuked a long time ago.
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We're talking about the Goldberg who almost paralyzed Undertaker, put on numerous stinkers, and at that point didnt really do much to move the needle. |
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Did ratings and profits skyrocket last time he showed up? Cause I don't remember people really givving a shit.
They pop for the entrance, cause thats still cool. But I feel like once the match starts everyone is like "Oh. Right." |
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Do a Google trends search between the two. Of course CM Punk has the Rampage spike. But…yeah…
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Goldberg’s colonoscopy footage is more valuable than CM Punk.
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Putting his name on the marquee certainly means something (especially when no other stars have been built to compete with him) but its appeal is VASTLY overrated by certain people. How much do you think his last run as champion ACTUALLY drew eyes to the product? How much less money would the Saudi deal have ACTUALLY brought WWE if Goldberg weren’t available? |
If you’re starting a wrestling promotion and you have a choice between CM Punk and Goldberg to be associated with it, don’t try and convince me you’d take Punk, lol. You wouldn’t build around Goldberg in 2022/2023, but you would absolutely kill for the attention and merchandising options he opens up for you. And the credibility.
Punk has longer dances. Good for him. That’ll appeal to a smaller percentage of people and you can get a bunch of younger people to do it better without the baggage of being a known bitch and malcontent. |
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I should have been clearer from the start, but the reasons some fans disliked Goldberg's more recent runs and title wins, are factors that aren't shared with CM Punk. In that sense, the meme, which is intended to label AEW fans as hypocritical, falls flat on its face. Not saying Punk is a bigger draw than Goldberg or that there aren't hypocritical AEW fans. Just saying that meme is hot garbage. |
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You don’t have to like the meme because you can distance the two, but there’s definitely a comparison to be made that is applicable to some. The irony of “Lol, WWE pushes old guys!” wasn’t lost on me when Chris Jericho was champion either. |
We’re just going to have to agree to disagree on this, Fignuts lol
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I still think the meme is 3 days old, spoiled dumpster chicken.
Would have made more sense to replace Punk with beer belly jericho now that you mention it. |
Homeless Punk looks like he would scavenge for 3 day old spoiled dumpster chicken. Chris Jericho definitely did eat the chicken.
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Goldberg won the title so that he could pass it on to Braun fucking Strowman. The idea in both cases could have been to make money but that doesn’t make the situations comparable. |
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Tiny can say whatever coked up thing he wants to pretend say he can say " LETS FUCKING GO", money from daddy is not income earned by AEW. AEW would be a hell of a front to launder money, alas just infusing outside funds to appear profitable does not make it so, even if the money was not from an illegal soirce. |
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Carry those loads Phil, you super accomplished athletically skilled fighter, just don't let anybody talk about Mike Jackson, amirite??? |
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Wanna talk about it? |
Goldberg and Punk were put into different spots. Goldberg isn’t going to wrestle every week, but if he were a heel “where have all the real men gone?” with the belt or decided to pick up more dates because he wanted a proper “run,” then it does better business than Punk.
You don’t need to be in the ring for 20 minutes a week doing wristlocks to carry the load. You shouldn’t confuse “isn’t” with “can’t.” |
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Disappointing to hear
I believe he's been dating NXT's Duke Hudson for a few years so I'd assume that's who the battered party was <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jake Atlas was arrested on 5/23 in and charged with misdemeanor battery (domestic assault) on his partner of several years.<br><br>He was released from jail the same day he was arrested and is set to appear before Orange County, Florida court on 6/28,<br><br>- PWInsider <a href="https://t.co/3h5RAqbe7X">pic.twitter.com/3h5RAqbe7X</a></p>— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlePurists/status/1531432189187043328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Meanwhile, WORLD Champion...
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I'd beat CM Phil in a fight no doubt.
Mainly because I have no honor and I would throw sand in his eyes and kick him in the balls. It's a fight, rules are for idiots and losers. |
In fairness this all assuming that Philadelphia Brooks doesn't also fight dirty. He could always counteract my sand toss with a salt throw and then chop me in the Adams apple. I'd be boned then and also have more respect for CM Phil.
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Take note fan because if we ever go one on one in the ring your perfect record will receive a permanent blemish.
You'll put your hands up and wait for the bell and I'll clap and a sandbag will fall from the rafters and knock you out. Boom. 2-1. Just like that. |
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WORLD Champion...
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lol @ the fan logo
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All I got to say is CM Punk better be dropping the title clean to a Nick Jackson, Rey Fenix, Darby Allin, Jungle Boy, MJF or a Orange Cassidy.
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Oof. Some horrible options right there.
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I think AEW has kinda booked themselves into a corner with the world title right now. Most of the credible world title contender talents are all older ex wwe guys (Mox, Danielson, Cole, Black, PAC, etc) and Punk has already worked programs with some of them since his return. Omega still out, Page just dropped the belt, so taking them out of the conversation who else is there? Wardlow obviously, but do you pull the trigger on him so soon after he worked a program with MJF vs Punk? Maybe Jay Lethal? It seems real thin at the top over there.
WWE has a similar issue with a lack of true main event talent right now but they have a bunch of midcarders with enough credibility to shove into a main event feud if they need to. |
I wonder if they thought they'd get a potential main event run out off Jeff Hardy at some point too when they signed him. Think that ship has probably sailed though.
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Having already beaten Xrod in a real fight despite executing 0 flips, I can tell you it’s a cakewalk.
Tony Khan could take him without breaking a sweat. The only bump he’d take is… well… |
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