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Pretty sobering to read how close Trips was to not being here. Happy to see he has the sanity to step away and enjoy his life.
With him and Taker now done, I think the old-school mentality is pretty much done.
FTR is in that mold, but....'Young Bucks' are evp's
With him and Taker now done, I think the old-school mentality is pretty much done.
FTR is in that mold, but....'Young Bucks' are evp's
I think we have Jericho's next entrance song...
And that is Eddie's daughter Shaul as one of the fire artists in the video...
And that is Eddie's daughter Shaul as one of the fire artists in the video...
I’ve been tuning in since Wrestlemania. Stopped watching around the time Vince bought WCW but they hooked me again with the Austin thing.
And few random thoughts after being away for 15-20 years:
Randy Orton is SO over with the crowd right now. He needs a title push.
Not sure about the Cody Rhodes thing. He just doesn’t seem to have the personality or mic skills. Guys like Rollins and Miz are so much better.
Don’t understand the Roman Reigns appeal. His move set is so limited, he’s almost like Samoan Goldberg. Spear and “Superman punch” …is that seriously a real move? Hopefully the Rock comes back and beats his candy ass.
Women’s wrestling is a lot more entertaining than I ever expected it to be.
There’s too many belts. They’re watered down. Need to unify the tag belts like they did with the championship belt. Dump everything except for Champion, Women’s Champion, Intercontinental and Tag. Also bring back the old school belts.. these news things are butt ass ugly.
I love Otis from Alpha Academy. We need more Otis.
And few random thoughts after being away for 15-20 years:
Randy Orton is SO over with the crowd right now. He needs a title push.
Not sure about the Cody Rhodes thing. He just doesn’t seem to have the personality or mic skills. Guys like Rollins and Miz are so much better.
Don’t understand the Roman Reigns appeal. His move set is so limited, he’s almost like Samoan Goldberg. Spear and “Superman punch” …is that seriously a real move? Hopefully the Rock comes back and beats his candy ass.
Women’s wrestling is a lot more entertaining than I ever expected it to be.
There’s too many belts. They’re watered down. Need to unify the tag belts like they did with the championship belt. Dump everything except for Champion, Women’s Champion, Intercontinental and Tag. Also bring back the old school belts.. these news things are butt ass ugly.
I love Otis from Alpha Academy. We need more Otis.
They've really done Drew a disservice by sticking him with Moss/Corbin for so long. Reigns vs Drew should be a money feud. Instead it felt overshadowed by Randy last night. Agreed Legend Killer vs God Mode is the way to go. Think u underestimate Reigns. He's wrestling a style in terms of trying to be booed. Similar to Hollywood Hogan. That's really the sweet spot he's aiming for.
It is a on-going stable in NJPW that was started/led by Balor, comprised mostly of foreigners to Japan. Balor left and AJ took his place as the leader...they copied the NWO too sweet thing, not sure why, I didn't follow it much. They were/have been all the rage of of the internet wrestling community, which is pretty much AEW's core audience.
AJ and Gallows/Anderson played off it with 'the club' when they were in the WWE. Guessing they brought Liv into the fold to counter Rhea in Edge's new brood group, to set up a program.
Watching the WWE Villains on Peacock, during the beginning of the Sasha Banks episode they talked about how she grew up in Iowa and started watching Raw and instantly got hooked. Didn't say which town, but that she was the only kid of color in the town and she did online school.
No clue she spent time in Iowa.
No clue she spent time in Iowa.
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5 hrs for Double or Nothing. Tony is starting to fall into the WCW trap in throwing out as much content as possible. The build for most of these matches just isn't there. Page vs Punk should be really good. But Page's motivations are all over the place. MJF vs Wardlow has been fantastic. Little worried about MJF pulling a Shawn Michaels though. Cole vs Joe should steal the show. The rest will be fine. Just nothing to get hyped for.
He has too much time on his deal with AEW left to do this right now, leaning twards 'worked work shoot', but he did screw some meet and greet customers....which isn't an option for him or AEW.
Contractually obligated ass kicking...
And the stretcher out to write him off TV while the real life drama plays out...or Max works the hell out of everyone
Either is fine. They're both entertaining. At least he's never boring.
Tony really needs to find a TV home for ROH...this roster is getting too big for 3 hours...
Already is too big. I think a streaming deal would be better. It's enough of a niche to be worth it. I'd drop Netflix in a heartbeat for it.
It will be interesting to see Tony's next move as he continues to stock-pile talent, he signed Jericho, Sting, Punk, Bryant, Joe, Regal....all pop a rating but never sustain, or let alone grow it, and I think with the money TK is tossing out, it needs to grow, and it's not.
He has a core fan-group, that loves everything they do, but will not grow. If he makes moves to make it grow, the hard-core group is going to groan and eventually bail.
Content is king as ATM Eric says. Get a streaming service and u lock in revenue. If it fails it fails. Not the first or last promotion to die quickly. As long as it doesn't suck.
Tony is already having issues with a pillar star. So it could all unravel in a hurry. WCW tried to out WWE Vince. And that only lasted 5 yrs at most depending on how u count it.
Tony has talent, but that doesn't equate to content...I know he is booker of the year, but yeah...how have the youtube shows grown? When you have a set 800,000-1,000,000 audience that never grows, something is gonna falter.
You may not like Bischoff, but he is correct in this case....when he signed Hogan, Savage, Hall, Nash etc, he grew his audience....couldn't sustain it long-term, but had a moment in the sunshine.
Tony has signed Jericho, Punk, Bryan and dozens of others, he doesn't even grow his audience, let alone sustain the growth. Adds another promotion and cast of talent, no place to display them?
I hear he is a genius , but his audience is pretty limited for the amount of cash he is dishing out.
I don't begrudge AEW fans, and I am a fan of everyone having more options to work, but not sure TK has a sustainable business plan?
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