Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Sept 17, 2020 17:43:29 GMT -5
Considering it's history, it's not all that surprising.
And yeah, if it means bringing people like Thunder Rosa in to wrestle, I'm not bothered in the slightest.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Sept 17, 2020 18:06:22 GMT -5
WWE, WCW, ECW, TNA, ROH and AEW all worked with the NWA since 1990. Its funny how no matter how far things fall for them they get themselves in there To be fair, 4 if those 6 promotions started as members of the NWA. In fact outside of a few Indys, damn near everyone has worked with the NWA. From Deathmatch Insanity like IWA Japan to Rasslin as it used to be as you liked it, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. As well as both All Japan and New Japan at various points. Both companies were founded by dudes who cut their teeth in JWA, the NWA’s Japan representative originating in the 1950s. The NWA is like chocolate. It ages well and makes permanent marks on everything.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Sept 17, 2020 18:17:28 GMT -5
I give them a pass since they've openly mentioned many other promotions like AAA. AEW acknowledges other promotions in a way that makes sense to me as a viewer. Like, you can't follow the Premier League without acknowledging the other major leagues that exist.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 17, 2020 19:58:05 GMT -5
If the partnership wasn't doing anything or wouldn't give anything to AEW, I get it
But it might have just given them one of the best women's wrestlers on the planet right now on an eventual full time basis thanks to this deal... so you absolutely cannot say this was a bad thing for AEW to do.
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Post by toodarkmark on Sept 17, 2020 21:26:42 GMT -5
The answer is no. The NWA will be used by promotions, forever.
Why would anyone even care? It's professional wrestling, you have titles, you have storylines, you have history. It's literally all 3.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 17, 2020 21:58:45 GMT -5
I don't mind it a bit. AEW has been good at juggling tradition and new school.
Besides, Cody winning the NWA title at All In was one of the highlights of the night.
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 17, 2020 22:02:54 GMT -5
NWA is just like any other indy to be at this point. They do business with them all so it makes sense they'd do business with them as well.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 18, 2020 17:20:41 GMT -5
Dude, you say this like this is still 'The NWA.'
The last time the NWA was still relevant, Billy Corgan was still busy overdubbing his bandmates' tracks for Siamese Dream, not owning the place.
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Post by sportatorium on Sept 19, 2020 12:51:47 GMT -5
Aldis & Rosa both do a great job getting the NWA over. I’m sure Cody would love to promote the NWA somehow within AEW. I know Aldis isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he does a great job promoting the NWA while promoting himself. He still puts Tim Storm over.
If someone had no idea who ThunderRosa is, but they hear JR & Tony say “NWA champion”, it lends tons of credibility.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 19, 2020 15:25:05 GMT -5
It's not harming AEW or the NWA in any way, it's giving the NWA some needed exposure at a time they need it and are genuinely are trying to be the best promotion they can be within their means, so I'm all for it. It's not some huge invasion angle, they're not wasting silly money andb they're not putting over another promotion so much it hurts their brand like TNA and GFW, TNA and ECW, TNA and Bellator, TNA and the WWE, TNA and the Hulkamania Tour... So they're good.
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Post by Barry Jobber 81 on Sept 19, 2020 15:58:30 GMT -5
NWA/UWN: Primetime is airing its pay-per view on September 22 and 29 for $11.99 per show. I'm thinking, NWA hasn't been relevant in the business for over 30 years so where does it have the gall to charge marks twelve bucks to watch this show?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2020 17:34:01 GMT -5
What kind of dude is Billy Corgan? I don't know any trivia about him as especially those years when he involved w/ TNA ('15 and '16), ' did not see > I've seen only some NWA POWER! episodes. And the newest Smashing Pumpkins song(s), just started listening 'em.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 19, 2020 18:18:16 GMT -5
What kind of dude is Billy Corgan? I don't know any trivia about him as especially those years when he involved w/ TNA ('15 and '16), ' did not see > I've seen only some NWA POWER! episodes. And the newest Smashing Pumpkins song(s), just started listening 'em. Long story short, he is a musician who has been at it a long time and is pretty rich from that. He's a longtime wrestling fan, and had done some guest spots like in ECW. Eventually, he became involved in Impact. Anthem, the company behind Impact, came into conflict and they went to court, where Anthem had to pay him out, and he bought NWA. I guess he wanted to be involved in wrestling, but didn't want to start from the ground up, taking at least some infrastructure and rolling with that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 10:48:38 GMT -5
I kind of think it's appropriate. Like, the NWA seems to be the glue that connects the pro wrestling universe and continuity.
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Post by eJm on Sept 21, 2020 11:49:09 GMT -5
I kind of think it's appropriate. Like, the NWA seems to be the glue that connects the pro wrestling universe and continuity. That’s...actually pretty true. Like, even with the promotions that have spun off, we wouldn’t have a WCW, ECW or even a WWE (and in turn, 99% of wrestling promotions on Earth) if there was no NWA at all in wrestling history.
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