02-10-2022, 02:39 PM | #7841 |
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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.
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02-10-2022, 04:19 PM | #7842 | |
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02-10-2022, 04:47 PM | #7843 |
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02-10-2022, 05:24 PM | #7844 |
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They should cut Adam Page, Moxley, Omega, Punk and Miro. No one wants to watch them. It is known.
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02-10-2022, 06:00 PM | #7845 |
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They are stars. You turn on the show and you see them. People are tuning in to see them.
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02-10-2022, 06:24 PM | #7846 | |
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02-10-2022, 10:47 PM | #7847 |
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02-10-2022, 11:00 PM | #7848 |
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02-11-2022, 03:37 AM | #7849 |
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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?
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02-11-2022, 12:06 PM | #7850 | |
It's a blood match!
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To all the fucking haters out there...
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02-11-2022, 12:13 PM | #7851 |
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They need to do a better job of getting this stuff across on the show/s. That’s a lot of “telling” not “showing”.
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02-11-2022, 12:48 PM | #7852 |
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02-11-2022, 12:52 PM | #7853 |
the heartbreak king
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kinda like the only posts you need to make are "phil said fed bad "
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02-11-2022, 01:01 PM | #7854 |
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02-11-2022, 01:44 PM | #7855 |
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tooth bad
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02-11-2022, 02:31 PM | #7856 |
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I think we need to refrain from saying Fed. They haven’t been a federation for 20 years now.
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02-11-2022, 02:46 PM | #7857 |
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Ex-Fed bad.
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02-11-2022, 03:44 PM | #7858 |
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02-11-2022, 03:49 PM | #7859 |
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02-11-2022, 04:38 PM | #7860 |
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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. |
02-11-2022, 04:50 PM | #7861 |
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02-11-2022, 04:51 PM | #7862 |
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No clue who that is, and since she’s a woman signing with AEW, I can only assume she is the shits.
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02-11-2022, 04:57 PM | #7863 |
Triple A
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She debuted on Wednesday and seemed bad... match was a mess
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02-11-2022, 05:01 PM | #7864 |
the heartbreak king
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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.
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02-11-2022, 05:02 PM | #7865 |
the heartbreak king
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i mean they coulda used diamante ffs
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02-11-2022, 05:43 PM | #7866 |
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Tony Khan is looking for those diversity hires.
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02-11-2022, 05:46 PM | #7867 |
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02-11-2022, 05:52 PM | #7868 |
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Kayfabe is alive!!
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02-11-2022, 06:03 PM | #7869 |
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02-11-2022, 06:38 PM | #7870 |
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Its petty when they do this shit too but will agree that that's pretty damn savage.
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02-11-2022, 06:56 PM | #7871 | |
You know that’s right
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02-11-2022, 08:09 PM | #7872 |
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Adam Cole losing to Orange Cassidy, clean on tv is not good. No amount of mental gymnastics can excuse that.
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02-11-2022, 08:32 PM | #7873 | |
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02-11-2022, 11:11 PM | #7874 |
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Sonia Deville so damn hot
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02-12-2022, 03:43 AM | #7875 |
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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?
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02-12-2022, 08:03 AM | #7876 |
It's a blood match!
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When you sign with AEW you get to have you're first match with a buddy.
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02-12-2022, 04:57 PM | #7877 | |
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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. |
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02-12-2022, 05:19 PM | #7878 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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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. |
02-12-2022, 05:25 PM | #7879 |
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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.
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02-12-2022, 07:01 PM | #7880 |
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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.
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