05-19-2019, 03:17 AM | #1121 |
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I already have someone I am probably doing w/ this -- but if anyone is curious -- up to two different devices can stream a BR Live live event at once per their site.
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It's not always about winning and losing when it comes to happiness. Moxley can make good money with AEW and probably get to cut his own promos and have a say over the direction of his own gimmick. And he probably will be treated as one of their biggest stars early out the gate. I don't have problems seeing him there at all. I think you might be taking the wins and losses thing a bit too seriously. But then again, I think AEW might be doing that too. I also don't think it's a problem giving talent more autonomy over their creative direction. Wrestling has needed that back for a long time. This is just bad planning and perhaps a bad overarching philosophy. Quote:
I accept that they are going to have growing pains, and if this were an injury or some sort of wanky contract thing that has blind-sided them, I'd be more forgiving. But if this is just them being dumb fucks and having an impossible planned finish, then I chalk that up to stupidity as much as I would WWE. I do hope fans are more patient with them than they are WWE. Especially early days. But they're not entitled to that, nor guaranteed it. Quote:
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05-19-2019, 03:48 AM | #1123 |
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They need to announce something pretty big for Hangman Page, and they should make an angle out of the visa thing, with Page suggesting that PAC didn't file the right paperwork to get in the ring with him. There needs to be some sort of thread to this so there's the implication it's going somewhere.
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05-19-2019, 03:53 AM | #1124 |
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And clearly Trrump knew AEW was working with China so hes like, "fuck them they can't work with China if China won't work with me on Tariffs" and is trying to wreck their promotion because Vince McMahon paid him off to do it. Someone call The democrats to launch a conspiracy hearing in Congress
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05-19-2019, 04:05 AM | #1125 |
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I don't think anyone is suggesting it's an active agenda against AEW...
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05-19-2019, 04:12 AM | #1126 | |
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Someone like CIMA will be treated less harshly for visa stuff since he has a full-time contract with AEW unlike PAC. Same for Lucha Bros likely won't have any problems even though they will be splitting time with AAA since they have also full-time contracts in the US. |
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05-19-2019, 04:25 AM | #1127 | |
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Politics thread in casual often enough to keep me away from there |
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05-19-2019, 04:28 AM | #1128 | |
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Pac is a great hand to have, he is amazing in the ring, but nobody would be surprised that he isn't instantly booked in the top matches, whereas we would all be saying what the hell is AEW doing if they brought Mox in to job to like Christopher Daniels or Jimmy Havoc. |
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05-19-2019, 11:01 AM | #1129 |
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I am truly excited to see Moxley and Havoc cut each other up, they need to have an Abudullah/Brody, or Cactus/Vader level rivalry. Just with lots more light tubes, thumb tacks, barbed wired and the like.
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05-19-2019, 04:06 PM | #1131 |
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ITV will apparently be showing an AEW: Before the Bell special or something of the like. Their programming is not restricted to ITV4.
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05-19-2019, 04:46 PM | #1132 |
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Apparently the match with Page wasn't the issue, but rather an upcoming match with Omega in September.
Plan was for PAC to beat Hangman, lose the DG belt sometime before September, then lose to Omega. However DG office now wants to keep the belt on PAC through september which fucks up AEW's booking. |
05-19-2019, 05:36 PM | #1133 |
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I don't really buy that. I mean, I'm sure that's the story, I just don't buy that as a good reason to pull the match. Just put PAC over and then don't do the Omega match?
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05-19-2019, 05:51 PM | #1134 |
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I imagine their thought process is that they don’t want Hangman to job right away if it’s not leading to something for PAC.
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05-19-2019, 05:59 PM | #1135 |
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I...get that. I just don't like it.
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05-19-2019, 05:59 PM | #1136 |
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Exactly what I was thinking. Page is a full time guy. If they think he has a future, jobbing him to a guy who's going to be a one off doesn't do them any good.
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05-19-2019, 06:02 PM | #1137 |
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It's not the end of the road for Page if he loses though, lol. He can cut promos about how devastating a loss out the gate is when he has his sights set on championship glory. It can build to an eventual redemption match with PAC when the DG belt isn't involved.
I'm happy that they want wins and losses to matter, but this was always going to be the problem: taking that too rigidly and booking yourself into corners because you are too petrified to have guys take losses. You can always bounce them back. |
05-19-2019, 06:03 PM | #1138 |
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Just not there with them on this one. Them fucking around with their card has done more damage to my interest as a viewer than Hangman Page losing one fucking match.
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05-19-2019, 06:04 PM | #1139 |
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Like, they don't need to book Omega vs. PAC either. Just don't book the match.
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05-19-2019, 06:06 PM | #1140 |
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The biggest issue is it seems this has nothing to do with Page himself, meaning he didn't refuse to do the job. The company not wanting to book him to lose, draw, win by DQ, or have a no contest to the point they would pull the match a week out is just poor management.
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05-19-2019, 07:01 PM | #1142 |
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AEW is fine.
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05-19-2019, 07:15 PM | #1143 | |
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They've made it clear in a bunch of interviews that they value long term planning to avoid the problems that plague WWE's Creative and want to avoid repeating TNA/Impact's problems when it came to botching the development of Styles as their top star. Supposedly their creative mindset is a lot similar to Gedo, who is well known to plan things out as far out as a couple years in advance and then tweak things to keep those plans on course. |
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05-19-2019, 07:25 PM | #1144 |
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I'm still not buying it. They just can't have PAC lose. Good? At some point he won't be Dragon Gate's champion and he can lose. They might even be able to get him under exclusive contract then.
Long-term planning is good, but this is just inflexible and lacks creativity. Cancelling a match in May because you can't put over someone in a particular match in September, even though it's not hyper-critical that be the scenario? This is just a mess to me. |
05-19-2019, 07:28 PM | #1145 |
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Imagine the shit WWE would get if it cancelled AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins this month because they couldn't put Roman Reigns over Seth at SummerSlam because 2K don't want Seth losing big PPV matches since he's on their cover or whatever. People would be bitching non-stop.
AEW has a lot of good will because they present themselves as babyfaces and they're the other and we all need something else, but they can't be pulling this shit all the time because they've booked themselves into corners. |
05-19-2019, 07:30 PM | #1146 |
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FFS, just have PAC beat Page and then don't do Omega vs. PAC in September. Easy.
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05-19-2019, 07:45 PM | #1147 |
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Why do you think you need to tell them how to book a show when you have no idea what their plans are.
Stop playing fantasy booker for a product that hasn't aired. D o N will be just fine. People need to chill more & bitch less. |
05-19-2019, 07:49 PM | #1148 |
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Because they advertised something they aren't delivering and now I'm not going to give them my money. I'm the dude who started this thread with all the optimism I could muster. I want something different. This is WWE-type shit.
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05-19-2019, 07:57 PM | #1149 |
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Apparently PAC vs Hangman happened last night at a show in England. PAC got himself DQed and then cut a promo saying he isn’t going to AEW.
If it’s not a work already, they could make a decent angle out of it. |
05-20-2019, 04:54 AM | #1150 |
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I'd be fine if they turned it into an angle and actually delivered some stuff out of this.
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05-21-2019, 08:50 PM | #1151 |
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05-21-2019, 09:54 PM | #1152 | |
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05-21-2019, 09:58 PM | #1153 |
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Not surprising seeing Shawn Spears in. He's hardly a huge signing, but the perception is that he was misused by WWE. It does make AEW's general "we're not going to take everyone" stance on former WWE talent pretty silly, but that was always the case. It's a good spot for him.
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05-21-2019, 10:04 PM | #1154 |
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He's perfect for them honestly. Solid, over midcard talent that can help get talent over and be a useful hand. As long as they don't push every ex wwe guy to the moon, picking up the lesser guys here and there are fine.
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05-21-2019, 10:06 PM | #1155 |
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Eh, I wouldn’t say AEW is at TNA level yet in terms of signing WWE castoffs. WWE haven’t released all that many people in the past few years.
If they sign TJP or some shit then yeah, that’s a problem. |
05-21-2019, 11:58 PM | #1156 |
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He just opened his school too in Florida. So now AEW has more connections to things.
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05-22-2019, 12:09 AM | #1157 |
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AEW isn't taking cast offs. Its taking defectors. Thats what makes this new territory. Highly talented performers in their prime back by real money and a seasoned creative.
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05-22-2019, 12:37 AM | #1158 |
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When AEW starts signing "WWE rejects" solely to have them hog the spotlight or be put over at the expense of their own home grown and/or developed stars, then people can start to become worried over AEW's future.
Impact's problem was never them signing stars released by WWE but their constant habit of tossing their own stars to the side just to cater to whatever was the newest shinny toy dumped by WWE or old star(s) looking for an easy paycheck. Joe's star status in Impact took a big hit when they signed Angle and Hogan's notoriety with hogging the spotlight once caused a TNA title change to be delayed because he refused to be outshined at an event. |
05-22-2019, 12:41 AM | #1159 |
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Curious about how they will deal with the lower card guys if they have true win/loss records. Like if someone has a 5-25 record or something, going to "look bad"... I guess they could always just have them have a winning streak if they want to give them a push.
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05-22-2019, 12:51 AM | #1160 |
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I miss the days when you could say you had some matches in a made uo town and everyone went with it
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