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Post by TGM on May 27, 2019 9:18:07 GMT -5
I think it's good. It gives we the fans more wrestling to watch that isn't WWE or NJPW. It gives the wrestlers alternative places to work that weren't available this time last year. Wrestlers that WWE may not see any value in can perhaps make a career for themselves elsewhere.
What do you guys think?
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 9:34:40 GMT -5
Just curious. How could anyone ever think it’s bad for wrestling?
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Post by TGM on May 27, 2019 9:37:31 GMT -5
That's what we're here to find out.
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Post by fw91 on May 27, 2019 9:44:12 GMT -5
Just curious. How could anyone ever think it’s bad for wrestling? yeah. I'll admit that if I have to chose, I'm team WWE and that I'm not to happy with AEW can do no wrong sentiment after one show, but two companies is great for wrestling
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 27, 2019 9:56:36 GMT -5
Competition is always good for the consumer
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 10:01:01 GMT -5
All depends
WCW was good for a moment but the aftermath is what alot including myself look back on and go maybe it wasn't worth it because for a long time we were left with pretty much nothing but WWE as a result and it has taken almost two decades to finally get back to a potential competitive televised wrestling scene.
Who knows what it will look this time when this is all said and done because like any competition one has to inevitably lose.
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Post by toodarkmark on May 27, 2019 10:01:12 GMT -5
Is there another industry where the idea of an alternative being a bad thing has been so conditioned into a fan base?
I guess sports? But even there, there are many owners. How can anyone believe an alternative to the number one product in a geographical region be a bad thing?
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Post by kingoftheindies on May 27, 2019 10:02:47 GMT -5
If it continues to do well it is good. It is always good for there to be more places the wrestlers can get good paydays.
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Post by Tenshigure on May 27, 2019 10:03:54 GMT -5
Just curious. How could anyone ever think it’s bad for wrestling? You'll never get a logical answer from anyone who thinks a second major competitor is bad, if any. The only people who think it's bad for wrestling are those who have a personal distaste for those involved. I'd say more than anything, those who claim it to be a bad thing are likely too young to remember just how good it was having legitimate choices back during the Monday Night Wars. You grow up with only the WWE as a 'major player' in pro wrestling, you may get the mentality that it's like people competing against the NFL or the NBA. If they had been around when the ABA and the AFL were a thing, it wouldn't seem as impossible as it does today.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 10:06:58 GMT -5
Just curious. How could anyone ever think it’s bad for wrestling? yeah. I'll admit that if I have to chose, I'm team WWE and that I'm not to happy with AEW can do no wrong sentiment after one show, but two companies is great for wrestling To be honest I like them both equally. Growing up I was always a WWE guy over WCW... now realize how stupid blindly supporting one company over the other instead of just sitting back and enjoying them both was. I’m not a big Indy/NJPW guy. I watched some matches but overall I’m just a casual in that market. I liked TNA from 2005-2011 and was really pulling for them, but it became evident it was never gonna happen around the time they started handing the World Title out to guys like Sabin, Young and Magnus. There’s a bunch of AEW guys I never saw before. I am familiar with Pentagon, Fénix, Kenny and The Bucks having checked out their matches before. But I never saw Adam Page, MJF or Jimmy Havoc before. I’ve heard of them though. Right now... I don’t really care if AEW overtake WWE or whatever. I just want them both to bring the best out in each other. That’s it. It would be awesome if they rivaled WWE in the ratings. Seeing Vince panic and revamp the entire company is exactly what’s needed.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 10:09:14 GMT -5
Just curious. How could anyone ever think it’s bad for wrestling? You'll never get a logical answer from anyone who thinks a second major competitor is bad, if any. The only people who think it's bad for wrestling are those who have a personal distaste for those involved. I'd say more than anything, those who claim it to be a bad thing are likely too young to remember just how good it was having legitimate choices back during the Monday Night Wars. You grow up with only the WWE as a 'major player' in pro wrestling, you may get the mentality that it's like people competing against the NFL or the NBA. If they had been around when the ABA and the AFL were a thing, it wouldn't seem as impossible as it does today. Monday Nights in the late 90s... nothing will ever top that. That was the peak of wrestling fandom. And I’m gutted these younger fans never got to experience it.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on May 27, 2019 10:11:29 GMT -5
Good. Competition will bring out the best for both major brands and it gives the viewer a choice on what to watch. The fans are the real winners in all of this.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 10:14:56 GMT -5
Good for major league competition bad for companies like Impact and ROH.
Overall good though. Gives wrestlers leverage where the E has had them under their thumb for too long and gives fans options and a way to voice their displeasure with a product by watching something else. Ideally it will force the WWE to get it together, but I think that Vince is washed up at this point and little will change other than stupid BS like WILD CARD!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 10:15:27 GMT -5
Good.
It is good to provide opportunity for wrestlers to make a good living and provides ratings and sponsorship for them and Cable stations.
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Post by eJm on May 27, 2019 10:35:30 GMT -5
As others have said, if this gives power to the workers again, I’m all for it. Not everyone is going to work out everywhere and not everyone in AEW is going to click in the same way not everyone in WWE clicks but if WWE, say, allows people who aren’t working to venture to a WWE affiliate like PROGRESS or ICW or Fight Club Pro for a stint to build themselves a reputation to take to WWE, in the same way AEW might partner with indies to fill gaps in between potential off seasons or if they’re not being used, that’s a win for everyone in the industry.
Competition is bad if the terms are dictated across the industry because a leader does it (I.e. Netflix’s non compete clause for shows it might want to cancel so another network doesn’t get them but that seems to only apply to them for various reasons).
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on May 27, 2019 11:07:05 GMT -5
yeah. I'll admit that if I have to chose, I'm team WWE and that I'm not to happy with AEW can do no wrong sentiment after one show, but two companies is great for wrestling To be honest I like them both equally. Growing up I was always a WWE guy over WCW... now realize how stupid blindly supporting one company over the other instead of just sitting back and enjoying them both was. I’m not a big Indy/NJPW guy. I watched some matches but overall I’m just a casual in that market. I liked TNA from 2005-2011 and was really pulling for them, but it became evident it was never gonna happen around the time they started handing the World Title out to guys like Sabin, Young and Magnus. There’s a bunch of AEW guys I never saw before. I am familiar with Pentagon, Fénix, Kenny and The Bucks having checked out their matches before. But I never saw Adam Page, MJF or Jimmy Havoc before. I’ve heard of them though. Right now... I don’t really care if AEW overtake WWE or whatever. I just want them both to bring the best out in each other. That’s it. It would be awesome if they rivaled WWE in the ratings. Seeing Vince panic and revamp the entire company is exactly what’s needed. This sounds exactly like me. I always flicked between WWF/WCW but preferred WWF. It was just cool to have something else with a different vibe going on. The "golden era" of TNA with AJ/Joe etc was cool too although it was obvious they were never going to "compete" with WWE as it was a small company and WWE didn't really care about them. I'm not some weirdo hoping/thinking WWE will suddenly go out of business but hopefully AEW can bring that feeling back and stop WWE being so complacent and assuming people will watch no matter what. (Even though I WILL watch no matter what haha)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 27, 2019 11:50:36 GMT -5
More good paying jobs for wrestlers, actual competition for WWE. Not sure what would be the downside. They're attempting to de-monopolize mainstream wrestling in the US. That can only be good.
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Post by Prince Petty on May 27, 2019 11:57:54 GMT -5
The only way it could be bad is if it flops horrendously, thus increasing the WWE's stranglehold on North America, and the complacent way they approach that.
Any level of competition and alternative to the WWE is good. For fans and wrestlers, who will gain power simply by having the option of going somewhere else.
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 27, 2019 12:00:51 GMT -5
Competition is not bad.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 27, 2019 12:03:02 GMT -5
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