Sun
2-Oct-2019(#1)Other thread was closed...so here we are.
Anyone else excited for AEW Dynamite tonight?
Y2k
* 28-Feb(#6)Maxine basically seems like Lana 2.0. I don't hate her or anything...but the in-ring stuff has a ways to go.
I hope they get a good turn out for Sting on his last match. He deserves it. I still question how the Bucks are involved. It seems there would be better guys for him to end it with than those two goobers.
AEW is coming to Winnipeg May 1st. I wouldn't hate going if Mercedes and Ospreay are on the card. It's interesting, though. I was just checking tickets (not much has sold yet). The Canada Life Center here holds around 20K people for an event like this.....but 90% of the seats aren't even available to purchase. Most of the lower sections are also marked as 'unavailable'. WWE usually sells around 10K tickets for their shows here. If every available seat for AEW sells, it's maybe 2000. Why do they do this? I'd attach a picture but it's kinda a hassle on here. It seems kinda dumb to rent a huge arena but then say, "We only want to use 1% of it."
On the bright side, there's a seat right by the railing where they enter a couple rows from ringside for only $317
Y2k
28-Feb(#9)theJaw wrote:> When it comes to the venues AEW uses, they’re going to keep booking bigger venues
> for presentation alone. It doesn’t hurt the budget enough to warrant moving to
> more intimate venues when they want their TV show to look “big.” No one watching
> at home would ever know how many people are in those buildings without Twitter/looking
> up attendance numbers. As long as it looks fine on TV, it’ll likely remain a non-factor
> to Khan’s decision making (being a millionaire and all lol).
>
> Those ticket prices are fudging ridiculous though. No thanks. Love the show, but
> I’m comfortable on the couch haha
Call me old fashioned, but it seems odd to not even attempt to sell more tickets. I can't imagine how much of a change it is for the ex-WWE guys he collects to walk into arenas constantly with only 1400 people when they're used to 10x that or more. I have to assume, that, at the end of the day, it's supposed to be a business. If businesses don't make money, they're not in business. I think even 'Billionaire Ted' had to throw in the towel back in the day because he couldn't make 5 cents on a show, despite having a sick stacked roster.
theJaw
* 1-Mar(#13)PizzaTheHutt wrote:> "Now go home and smoke some more crack" wtf
> I bet that line gets removed from the YouTube recaps. Good promo by Rocky, I didn't
> catch him having to peek at notes written on his wrist, so that's a plus.
>
>
Feel like 25% of the promo got edited live considering it blacked out roughly 425 times haha
Edit: looks like the blackouts are because of a fan with a classic 90s-style “Die Rocky Die” sign in the crowd.
shadyfozzie
1-Mar(#15)theJaw wrote:> Ol’ Rock just called out Cody and Seth - Rock/Reigns vs Rollins/Rhodes, if Rollins/Rhodes
> wins then the Bloodline will sign contracts to be banned from Night 2 for the WWE
> title match. If Rock/Reigns win, the WWE title is “Bloodline rules” - they can
> do whatever they want.
>
> I dig the idea honestly. Bloodline wins Night 1, then they all try to help Reigns
> - then all the folks Bloodline have fudgeed over find a way to help Cody. Would rather
> a straight up 1v1 so Cody can get a fair win, but they gotta protect Reigns somehow.
>
> The “acknowledge me” bit at the end was real good too.
Or, Rock/Reigns win night 1, and then Rock screws Reigns over in night 2.. Then, Rock/Reigns for Summer Slam
shadyfozzie
1-Mar(#18)theJaw wrote:> @shadyfozzie Yah that’s totally also a possibility, I’d just hate for Cody’s
> “story” and Roman finally losing the title to depend on Rock interference after
> all this time. At least with two “armies” of guys coming to back both dudes,
> they could make it come off even. Reigns could always still blame Rock as being a
> distraction without it being deliberate or something.
>
> Unrelated: I still hate the name “Bron Breakker” especially considering he legit
> just has the Steiner gimmick.
Or, the Rock can even screw over Reigns night one.. that would be interesting...
theJaw
1-Mar(#19)This is pretty neat, from @TheSJC on Twitter:
"For @Sting‘s final match at @AEW
#AEWRevolution
I have recreated the event flyer from his first match (almost) into the event card of his last match"
image"Here is my reference flyer, It is my understanding that Sting (then called “Flash”) debuted in November of 1985 so I am assuming that the design of the flyer didn’t change much.
Flyer photo from Classic Memphis Wrestling Facebook Group"
image theJaw
1-Mar(#20)shadyfozzie wrote:> Or, the Rock can even screw over Reigns night one.. that would be interesting...
Yah tbh I'd rather that. Rock doesn't think Reigns appreciates him enough, costs them the tag match which leads to Reigns losing the WWE title. SummerSlam with Hollywood Rock vs. an actually-over face Reigns. I could get into that.
theJaw
* 3-Mar(#29)I don't imagine anyone here is watching tonight, but I am jazzed up for Revolution. The card looks crazy stacked and Sting's last match is gonna be emotional as hell.
For those wanting to watch but not wanting to drop the $$$, snag a VPN and pay $25 on Triller (FITE) via an international connection. Or just find a janky stream, either works.
This was awesome of the Player's Tribune to do:
https://projects.theplayerstribune.com/sting-aew-w...Apparently fans can leave a VM at the number at the bottom too.
theJaw
* 3-Mar(#32)PizzaTheHutt wrote:> I'm gonna hunt down a stream and hope at some point this year AEW gets on a proper
> streaming service or something, because the idea of paying for individual PPVs in
> 2024 feels so...archaic.
>
>
Worth the money for some good wrasslin'. Though I do expect them to link up with Max or something in 2024.
Garcia/Christian was an awesome opener.
Also to the negger: keep it coming lmao. Wah wah wrestling, etc etc.
theJaw
* 3-Mar(#46)BucketofJustice wrote:> Every time I see his name I remember someone pointing out on Twitter before I left
> that his name is TAKE CRAP A and I can’t unsee it. I haven’t been on Twitter
> for about a year, maybe more.
I’m pretty sure Jericho or some other heel said that on AEW TV lol. Maybe Nigel. Whatev, Tak is fudging awesome. That match ruled so hard.
Time for Sting’s finale. Oughta be emotional.
theJaw
* 4-Mar(#50)BucketofJustice wrote:> I’m sure it’ll pop up online soon if it hasn’t already. I also believe 100000%
> Sting found a way to turn back the hands of time as he’s done for like 20 years
> it seems.
Dude… he did so fudgein good. Everyone involved exceeded expectations. Gonna miss the ol’ Stinger.
Also Darby Allin is a fudging mad man.
Justin
4-Mar(#53)Sting is the best wrestler of all time.
Y2k
7-Mar(#56)For future reference, Nia Jax is the unstoppable force.....unless Becky Lynch attempts a drop kick from the top rope and misses...then she stumbles back stunned and out of the ring.
Other random thoughts....
Bull Nakano....meh. My feeling is there are many far more deserving retired WWE wrestlers who did far more than Bull's forgettable run in the early 90's. She didn't even have her own ice cream bar like Bam Bam Bigelow, Demolition, or Koko B. Ware.
I also really enjoyed Revolution. I'd give the show an over-all 4/5. Women's match felt rushed for all the promotion and build up they had for it.....so now Deonna can disappear into the netherworld with everyone else to make room for Mercedes next week. I also found the 8 man scramble a bit meh and comical seeing guys just standing around outside waiting to be queued back into the ring. Everything else was awesome.
Darby Allen is a bit nuts with his spots. Hopefully he accomplishes a lot in the next few years. His style absolutely does not lend to longevity. It's more likely to cripple him young. Personally, I'd prefer to see him stick around for awhile and become the star he could be. I'll take it over seeing him in a wheelchair all gibbled.
Will Ospreay is by far the most exciting wrestler on the planet today. Nobody can touch the quality of his matches and how he can make anyone look top tier.....I worry if he can adjust to working like that every week, though. AEW isn't Japan or the indies where he can show up once every couple months and go away and rest.
It's good to see AEW using the Bucks as the evil EVP's and buttoning up a lot of loose ends of things that didn't make any sense.
I watched the 'Trilogy' video on youtube on the Briscoes and FTR. I never saw much of the Briscoes other than a match in AEW last year and don't get ROH here so I really wasn't terribly familiar with them. Their stuff was really really very good. Jay was an absolute artist during that feud. Mark is good but he seems to excel being in a solid tag team with someone to offset his wackiness.
Why does it feel like FTR has disappeared from any sort of title picture since Punk left last year? I'm not even sure who the ROH and AEW tag champs are anymore. They don't seem like important titles anymore. All I hear about is the trios thing that nobody cares about.
It was nice of Cole to mention Sting's retirement.....but it felt like he shut down McAfee when he started saying the match was epic.
I'm sensing a double turn at Wrestlemania with Rock turning on Roman and Rollins screwing Cody. Rollins will be upset after losing his belt to McIntyre the previous night.
Please don't let Sami Zayn win the gauntlet next week. Ugh.
The landscape in AEW has changed quite a bit this year with the huge signings. Absolute game changers. Really need MJF and Omega back, though. It'll be weird when they do the Forbidden Door PPV and there's nobody left to come through it, though. >
PizzaTheHutt
7-Mar(#57)Y2k wrote:> Bull Nakano....meh. My feeling is there are many far more deserving retired WWE
> wrestlers who did far more than Bull's forgettable run in the early 90's. She didn't
> even have her own ice cream bar like Bam Bam Bigelow, Demolition, or Koko B. Ware.
Whoa whoa whoa, I'mma let you finish but I gotta stop you right here.
I don't see how Bull Nakano's run in WWF was forgettable, it's how a lot of people watching in that era even know who she is. But even still, she's not getting into the HoF just from her brief WWF run. She accomplished far more outside of WWF and that's what is getting her in the HoF. Sorry, but I disagree as she's every bit as deserving of her induction as Liger and Muta were, and they managed to get in without
ever wrestling in WWF/WWE (minus Liger's one single match at NXT nearly a decade ago).
I won't disagree that there are lots of deserving people who still need to be inducted, but that's not Bull Nakano's fault. And a lot of the people who still need to be inducted are also ones who accomplished more outside of WWE than in it. Like, how is Lex Luger still not in it? I never liked the guy, but taking into account what he achieved outside of WWF you can't deny he deserves it. Ultimo Dragon is another one who deserves it, but it sure ain't based on his WWE run. Even Sting got in and we know how his WWE run went.
theJaw
* 7-Mar(#62)Tony Khan confirmed there would be a Kingston match at the next ROH PPV - I forget if he mentioned whether it’d be for the “triple crown” or just the ROH title.
I think the Continental Crown is its own specific championship and the other two can be separated from it. The concept of the Continental Classic wasn’t originally supposed to be for the ROH or Strong titles, but Eddie (kayfabe obv) offered them up to the tournament because he held both heading in and said if he lost, he wouldn’t be worthy of the belts. A little confusing naming convention for sure, but Eddie is the Continental Crown champion because he won the Continental Classic - and he’s a “triple crown” champion because he now holds 3 titles at once. At least that’s how I’ve come to understand it.
That Darby spot was crazy but the dude is also a trained stuntman and - while obviously mega dangerous - that’s sorta what stuntmen do. I’ve always been of the mindset to not to judge a wrestler for wrestling the way they want to as long as they’re safe to their opponents. If Darby wants to do wild stunts, that’s on him. I wish him all the best and hope he stays as safe as possible doing it. That said, the crazy fudge is about to climb Mount Everest at the end of the month. That’s literally defying death considering plenty of people die attempting it. Best of luck to the ol’ boy.
Anyhow - Okada in AEW officially now. Ya love to see it. Okada, Ospreay, Omega, Takecrapa, Mercedes, Deeb, Shida, etc etc. AEW is fudgein stacked tight now, and if the build to Revolution + the show itself is any indication, the stories are about to be that much better from now on. Cool new stage for Dynamite too, always love a good ol’ switchup.
Y2k
8-Mar(#63)It's smart to set up Okada, Ospreay, and Takecrapa with solid mouthpieces like the Bucks and Don Callis while they develop that skill. Ospreay's talking isn't that bad so he'll probably ditch Ol' Don sooner than later.
Heh, I still remember when Callis was an actual wrestler in Winnipeg and his stupid gimmick of 'The Natural', dressing like the lovechild of Randy Savage and Ric Flair and copying their mannerisms. He's come a long way. His actual in-ring stuff wasn't terrible. It was just a weird trying to get behind someone cosplaying as two other current wrestlers. Back then, they had Jericho, Lance Storm, (HA) The Natural, and a couple jabronis called The Male Nurse and Sexton Hardcastle that seemed like they could go far. They had a few former AWA/WWE guys like Jim Brunzel wandering around from time to time, as well. I think most of them became singles and/or tag team world champions in the big leagues (WWE, WCW, ECW) at the time. I'm not sure there's anyone wrestling in there (CWE) now that shows much potential to go big but I might go check out their show on the 30th since it's only 10 minutes away from my home in the bush. $20 for a VIP ticket...a little different from the $300 AEW ticket and $250 WWE tickets....and Savio Vega's on the card so there's that.
BloodPuppetX
8-Mar(#68)BucketofJustice wrote:> Pretty sure X-Pac was part of the nWo induction.
He was. I remember that because it was kinda weird.