New Interim Champion

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Well Sammy Guevera became The Interim TNT Champ tonight and is making his first defense this coming Wednesday against Daniel Garcia.

It is curious if he would've won tonight against Cody who I guess by Revolution will have a match to unify both belts and decide the true Champ

I would've gone with using the original TNT Title for the Interim Belt

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You mean by Revolution I assume, not November lmfao

I like this way more than doing Cody/Sammy immediately like the plan was. Sammy gets a TNT Title redemption arc and we get some meat to this feud.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Nah, I don't think Cody would have dropped that quickly, much less back to Sammy. I feel like AEW really wanted to have a TNT title match in some fashion on the show given Battle of the Belts and it specifically being the TNT title, and this was how it was possible while not stripping Cody.

[Cyno]

I like the whole Interim championship thing. Better than outright cancelling a match or stripping a title from someone who can't make a defense because of outside circumstances. This is the "real sports" style of booking that I like, since boxing and MMA do similar things. Now you can have Sammy fill in as TNT Champion for however long Cody will be out and then a nice buildup for a Champion vs Champion match between him and Cody for the undisputed championship.

[Facetious]

Brodie destroyed the OG TNT.

[Jindrak Mark]

Sammy is atrocious at psychology/selling. He’s just all cool moves. I know a lot of people think this is a problem with modern wrestling in general but he has to be one of the worst offenders. You can’t be taking a Canadian Destroyer through a table, kicking out then acting completely fine a minute later and still doing your flippy stuff no problem. Also took an earlier piledriver on the floor too and kicked out of 3 Cross Rhodes. It’s just weird that this peak Hulk Hogan/John Cena power level was used in an interim midcard title match with little build.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I thought it was a pretty fun match in a stupid car wreck sort of way, which it should've been since it had no real build or significance. Didn't do anything to make me actually want to see Sammy / Cody though and still find Sammy pretty dull as a character and pretty easily the weakest performer of the pillars.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Fun match.

I f***ing loved the Garcia-Sammy face off after the match. Very realistic. Looking forward to that match.

[asuka007]

I was not fond of the finish of this match. Sammy took a code red off the apron through a table to the floor, then two straight cross Rhodes. Then he wins a roll up exchange like a minute later anyway. Then brawls after the match? And that does not even consider the punishment he took earlier in the match as well.

He should have been WAY more exhausted and beat up than he sold here.

[Celgress]

Sammy's shirt in the hype video was pure gold. What a nice little Easter egg for us smarks. I love his troll job, bravo.

[ISO Mid Thigh Pull]

Someone needs to edit that GTH on Dustin with the sound of an anvil falling on the ground or something cause good god

[lavelleuk22]

Jan 8, 2022 21:59:07 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Sammy is atrocious at psychology/selling. He’s just all cool moves.

He's one of my least favourites in AEW, his matches are terrible to me, his interviews are awful and his love actually notepad stuff is even worse

There's very few people I AEW I actively don't like watching but he's one of them (actually off top of my head I can't think of any others)

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Sammy just looks like a chump. Has done since losing to Cody. Now he is just keeping the belt warm until he loses to Cody again.

[Kalmia]

I like the idea of interim champs for non-long-term absences. Keeps the titles going and you get the fun unification match out of, too. I hope they continue doing it.

I do think AEW should have better explained what an interim champ means though. We don't all watch boxing and MMA and it's a new concept to western wrestling.

[smokinvokoun86]

The Sammy hate here makes me kinda sad, considering how great he is, at least to me.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Jan 9, 2022 10:58:53 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

The Sammy hate here makes me kinda sad, considering how great he is, at least to me.

Have your own opinion of him. I’m a little bit of both words, the guy is sensational and fun. I’m also nit-picky in regards to some of his in-ring stuff and character work but he’s young. Guy isn’t going anywhere as long as he keeps his head on straight.

[Facetious]

Jan 9, 2022 10:58:53 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

The Sammy hate here makes me kinda sad, considering how great he is, at least to me.

I think he's a terrible face lol. He plays the annoying douche who shows off so well, but as a face he's dull.

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That match is everything that's wrong with wrestling today.

How the HELL does a Canadian Destroyer off the apron, through a table not end the match?

Come on man.

To make it worse, it ends in a roll up. And he has more than enough energy to brawl with another guy after the match.

The psychology here is just f***ing woeful, let's be honest.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Jan 9, 2022 11:12:49 GMT -5 Facetious said:

Jan 9, 2022 10:58:53 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

The Sammy hate here makes me kinda sad, considering how great he is, at least to me.

I think he's a terrible face lol. He plays the annoying douche who shows off so well, but as a face he's dull.

I was screaming “turn this guy heel again” in my head during the Dustin match.

Shit, do the Jericho thing already. Could get him some character development.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jan 9, 2022 10:58:53 GMT -5 smokinvokoun86 said:

The Sammy hate here makes me kinda sad, considering how great he is, at least to me.

I love Sammy. He has been booked atrociously for months though.