Congrats to the New Tag Team Champion!

[Mayonnaise]

Vacant! Way to go to this legend. A Tag Champ in WWE, WCW, TNA, and now AEW!


Anyway, Tony announced during SCRUM that the AEW World Tag Team Titles are now vacant and a tournament is too be held to decide the new champs. I'd love to see them go round robin but it's probably too soon after the CC.

What teams we got available?
EVPs
Slapnuts Inc.
Private Party
Hardys
Kingdom
Righteous
Big Bill and Ricky
FTR
BCC
Dark Order
Death Triangle
BCG
Acclaimed
House of Black
Best Friends
Don Callis Family


The tag scene is deeper than I remembered and I know I forget some.

[Mozenrath]

I really do hope that they take this opportunity to go with someone off the beaten path.

[GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY]

I'm sure it'll somehow end up with the EVPS but I wanna see it go to someone new!

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

If we do a tourney, the favorites might be Mox and Claudio after tonight

[CeilingFan]

The Kingdom all the way!

[Lizuka #BLM]

This is definitely going to be the Kingdom since they're all in on the they win all the belts crap.

[Glitch]

Orange and Hook. A good jump to another title for Orange and finally some actual AEW gold for Hook (since FTW isn't sanctioned).

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Mar 4, 2024 4:04:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

This is definitely going to be the Kingdom since they're all in on the they win all the belts crap.

It's me, the only person who won't be mad if The Kingdom win the belts

[Fundertaker]

Abeyance, champion of champions!

[Soultastic]

Bryan and Yuta so Bryan can teach Yuta how to be a proper shitty little gremlin.

[Kalmia]

The tag division has been a bit poor over the last few months so having a tournament where (hopefully) several teams will be able to shine is a good idea, IMO. Let's get it back on track.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Vacant’s been politicking ever since he stole the title from Hogan, Dibiase and Andre the Giant in 88. Three dudes in one night! He tried to pull the same crap in 1992 before Tunney busted his ass and then Flair beat him in the Rumble.

[eJm]

Mar 4, 2024 8:49:53 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Vacant’s been politicking ever since he stole the title from Hogan, Dibiase and Andre the Giant in 88. Three dudes in one night! He tried to pull the same crap in 1992 before Tunney busted his ass and then Flair beat him in the Rumble.

It’s worse than that.

Vacant has only worked one match ever. For Progress. In a Rumble. They keep getting given belts like they’re Pokemon cards despite not working as hard.

They make Roman Reigns look like 2010s era Dean Ambrose in comparison.

[ariestheram]

I haven't been an AEW watcher in a couple of years, but it seems to me you could have gotten heat on the Bucks as heel EVPs if they had come out on Dynamite and stripped Darby of the titles since he doesn't have a partner. Tony just announcing it in a scrum seems like a misses opportunity.

[daaave]

I think has to be Mox and Claudio. They are a superb team with great chemistry and innovative offence. Fresh team to rebuild tag division around for next 6 months.

They could play back BCC/FTR in tournament final but be weird beating FTR again. Unless they really think Cash is going down

[Mayonnaise]

Mar 4, 2024 9:16:07 GMT -5 ariestheram said:

I haven't been an AEW watcher in a couple of years, but it seems to me you could have gotten heat on the Bucks as heel EVPs if they had come out on Dynamite and stripped Darby of the titles since he doesn't have a partner. Tony just announcing it in a scrum seems like a misses opportunity.

Yeah but I think that falls too much on a heel authority thing which they seem intent (thankfully) on avoiding. They just seem to want to use the EVP thing as "better than you" thing, like a modern version of a rich person gimmick.

But the scrums tend to live outside kayfabe most of the time so they could easily take credit for it.

[eJm]

Mar 4, 2024 9:24:03 GMT -5 Mayonnaise said:

Mar 4, 2024 9:16:07 GMT -5 ariestheram said:

I haven't been an AEW watcher in a couple of years, but it seems to me you could have gotten heat on the Bucks as heel EVPs if they had come out on Dynamite and stripped Darby of the titles since he doesn't have a partner. Tony just announcing it in a scrum seems like a misses opportunity.

Yeah but I think that falls too much on a heel authority thing which they seem intent (thankfully) on avoiding. They just seem to want to use the EVP thing as "better than you" thing, like a modern version of a rich person gimmick.

But the scrums tend to live outside kayfabe most of the time so they could easily take credit for it.

Yeah, that's my take on it, too. I think the EVP characters work because they're acting like they have power and authority without showing it off if that makes sense. Like, threatening to take action rather than actually doing it. So them trying to act like they got in TK's ear to make it happen makes sense on TV especially if they're in an easy first round match or something.

[FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM]

Considering the "Turner" networks are also carrying wall-to-wall coverage of March Madness, I think this is a pretty cool bit of cross-promotion from TK here. I wonder if they'll buy ad time to advertise their own tournament during the games that air on TNT, TBS and any other d-list networks Zaslav owns.

Hell, I'd go all out. Do a "Selection Saturday" show on Collision. Bring in Greg Gumbel and Clark Kellogg to announce all the teams like it's College Hoops 2K8 all over again.

[eJm]

Mar 4, 2024 9:41:36 GMT -5 FALLOUT Goldashausen #BLM said:

Considering the "Turner" networks are also carrying wall-to-wall coverage of March Madness, I think this is a pretty cool bit of cross-promotion from TK here. I wonder if they'll buy ad time to advertise their own tournament during the games that air on TNT, TBS and any other d-list networks Zaslav owns.

Funnily enough, TK actually made comparisons to March Madness during the press conference for the tag tournament so I think that might be an idea.

[Dub H]

Mar 4, 2024 8:57:46 GMT -5 eJm said:

Mar 4, 2024 8:49:53 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Vacant’s been politicking ever since he stole the title from Hogan, Dibiase and Andre the Giant in 88. Three dudes in one night! He tried to pull the same crap in 1992 before Tunney busted his ass and then Flair beat him in the Rumble.

It’s worse than that.

Vacant has only worked one match ever. For Progress. In a Rumble. They keep getting given belts like they’re Pokemon cards despite not working as hard.

They make Roman Reigns look like 2010s era Dean Ambrose in comparison.

Eeh...some say it was Vacant under the mask of God on his match against the McMahons