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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 17:46:10 GMT -5
Having rankings doesn't mean it wint be fun. The C2 was fun and that was pretty much rankings Ahh, but a lot of people didn’t like the C2 because they couldn’t tell who was winning and losing even though the most popular sport in America is all rankings.
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 16:05:43 GMT -5
I think people need to remember that rankings are just another story tool and they're just as worked as any other system in wrestling. AEW should kinda acknowledge that as well and make it clear that wins are weighted, so beating a wrestler ranked no.2 means more than winning five matches against wrestlers that always lose. Maybe even establish a rankings committee who have the job of deciding the rankings each week instead of it being purely scientific or mathematical. You can integrate it into some of the stories, too. Stokely could be rejected as Kris’ manager and get his way to the Rankings Committee because of his experience as part of the ROH Board of Directors and basically fudge Kris a way to a title shot over Willow and build more tension between the two, as one example.
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 11:31:30 GMT -5
The funniest result would be Mercedes showing up at the Rumble, everyone reporting she's signed with WWE, only for it to be a one-off appearance and she signs with AEW. That's probably the unlikeliest scenario because I can't see WWE putting her in the Rumble without a guarantee she's not AEW-bound, but it'd still be the funniest. The closest we got to something like that is WWE booking Christian to appear at the 2021 Royal Rumble, showcasing that his ring rust was almost non-existent and then backstage shipping him gift wrapped first class from St. Petersburg to Jacksonville for AEW to take advantage of. Not saying that would have been the scenario here, just funny that one of AEW’s hottest acts came about because WWE went “Nah, we’re good”.
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 8:37:08 GMT -5
To take the headline at face value on the internet, no. That opinion relies on the fact of the Bucks' current incarnation being all-encompassing for AEW when there's actually so much more going on. To say that AEW will "never grow beyond their core" is beyond ignorant. The weirdest thing about the core audience argument is the counter argument is literally "Warner Bros Discovery do not care". Like, when Collision was announced, they wrote about the fact they love the "hardcore fans", in those words, and the fact they watched week after week. So if the people broadcasting the show don't care, why should we as fans care?
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 7:54:52 GMT -5
It's insane to see: It's 2022, I'm watching Clash at the Castle with my flatmate and Edge teaming with Rey Mysterio against the Judgment Day and Dominik Mysterio just kicked his Dad in the dick. If you said to me "Hey, two years later, Edge isn't going to be in the company and he'll be facing Minoru Suzuki on Dynamite", I'd wonder what kind of Tom's Custom ass match you're booking.
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 6:56:38 GMT -5
Why not have him go after GUNTHER for the one title he has never won? If it were literally anyone else other than Gunther as the IC Champion, I’d be all up for that. But I think whoever beats Gunther needs to be around to get the benefits of that. Also, like, there's no believability in him actually beating Gunther for that belt. If Cena can't beat Austin Theory, you think he's going to beat the guy who made Drew, Sheamus and others his punch bags?
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Post by eJm on Jan 21, 2024 6:38:43 GMT -5
But if he were so over as people claim he is, then losing wouldn't really matter, would it? It should roll right off him. Yet...? Turnabout is fair play. I hated Cena's booking and gimmick from late 2005 until I stopped watching wrestling in 2016. That's more than a decade. Y'all can take a few more Cena Ls. Hey, if you look through my post history, I was one of the firm critics of Cena's run just because it felt like they were pushing through something that shouldn't be happening in wrestling crowds, where they're not invested in your story and hijacking matches. Sure, yeah, they made it into his thing but man, that just shouldn't be a thing you do with your top babyface. It doesn't make a lick of sense. Also didn't help he was basically adjusting to being a main eventer on the fly rather than progressing in a fashion that suited his abilities back then. Some of those first matches in his title runs do not particularly age well. Having said all of that...he's still the dude they built. Through thick and thin, that is what they did and he basically dragged the company out of the doldrums almost single handily to where it is today. If all you're going to use him for is to lose to guys you're not going to have any real follow through for, you might as well not have him there. Especially when the only story you have for him is "If you beat me, it'll mean nothing because I'm still the guy that drew PPVs and ratings" or whatever the f*** they think that approach is.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:21:19 GMT -5
Shane now enters himself a spot in the Runner Uppiest and the Royaliest of Rumbles!
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:18:37 GMT -5
Farooq becomes WWE/IC Champ.. Steals it from Jeff. And Jeff got it back!
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:16:44 GMT -5
Jesus, this trip down forgettable 2010s tag teams. I hate that I knew Jericho was correct.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:13:41 GMT -5
3 members of the Nation in the ring at once.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:10:47 GMT -5
Porn Star Stone Cold is my favorite new bit.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:06:54 GMT -5
PAUL BEARER LET’S GO!
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:05:46 GMT -5
“Jericho, stop sending me pictures of the BASHAMS!”
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:05:04 GMT -5
I think they forgot that this match has 36 people in it. It’s better that they haven’t to be honest.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 17:01:30 GMT -5
I love the Rumbleton mostly because it brings these guys together and I always forget just what an absurd collection of individuals they are. There’s a world where they do one of those video podcasts and it’s both the least “Alpha Male” soaked and most absurd thing possible.
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Post by eJm on Jan 20, 2024 16:05:42 GMT -5
That tangent from Jericho about how you’d want to kill someone with your finisher might have been too surrealist and weird for even New Legacy IncI mean this with absolutely no disrespect towards anyone, but I do wonder if Jericho is on the spectrum. Jericho’s very much welcome in the Autism family.
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Post by eJm on Jan 19, 2024 23:01:11 GMT -5
I’ll say about Punk what I said before;
You think if HHH got him signed, sealed and ready to go for the show we’ll ahead of time, he wouldn’t have gone out of his way to gloat about it at the press conference and decredited reports? He went out of his way to disprove all the Drew stories earlier that year so in this case, and with Punk having signed a contract last minute for AEW when he came in, I can believe nobody knew until they did.
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Post by eJm on Jan 19, 2024 17:42:44 GMT -5
That tangent from Jericho about how you’d want to kill someone with your finisher might have been too surrealist and weird for even New Legacy Inc
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Post by eJm on Jan 19, 2024 17:35:54 GMT -5
Rhyno's about to kill both Bashams! And then himself, apparently
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