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Post by toodarkmark on Jun 30, 2021 21:22:04 GMT -5
No one on social media is going to talk about anything but this botch. After that tribute. He's an embarrassment to the company. That's a bit of a ridiculous panic. Yeah some people will talk about it but after that Sammy/MJF match? It's not gonna detract from the entire show. It was one little flub. Let trolls have their jollies if they want and don't let it bother you that much. AEW's gonna keep on truckin into next week and they ain't gonna worry about it. If anything it'll be a BTE gag on Monday. It's more than just a BTE gag, or AEW going on. This was an insult to everyone who worked there that whole time. It was an insult to the memory of Brodie Lee. It was an insult to all the blood, sweat and tears people put into making the company. I am always seeing the positive in everything, but this is too much. This was an unacceptable botch in my opinion.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 30, 2021 21:22:51 GMT -5
No one on social media is going to talk about anything but this botch. After that tribute. He's an embarrassment to the company. That's a bit of a ridiculous panic. Yeah some people will talk about it but after that Sammy/MJF match? It's not gonna detract from the entire show. It was one little flub. Let trolls have their jollies if they want and don't let it bother you that much. AEW's gonna keep on truckin into next week and they ain't gonna worry about it. If anything it'll be a BTE gag on Monday. This isn’t an isolated incident though. He messes up to the point that it derails the flow of the show. It was also a pretty high profile place to make that mistake. I’m not saying they should can him, but they need to move him to a special analyst role and let Excalibur, Tony and Taz be the full time team. It’s time.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jun 30, 2021 21:23:48 GMT -5
Just let Schiavone and/or Excalibur close out shows now.
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Post by toodarkmark on Jun 30, 2021 21:23:49 GMT -5
No one on social media is going to talk about anything but this botch. After that tribute. He's an embarrassment to the company. So is it equivalent to the botched Pyro Explosion? I think in some ways it's worse. The botch was just the equipment not working, which happens sometimes. If he said this last week, oh well, who cares. This was after that tribute, after seeing everything they did, after seeing Brodie Lee, after everything, for him to botch like that? I'm sorry. Unacceptable to me. I don't even care if he announces for another decade, I will always think about this.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 30, 2021 21:24:12 GMT -5
That's a bit of a ridiculous panic. Yeah some people will talk about it but after that Sammy/MJF match? It's not gonna detract from the entire show. It was one little flub. Let trolls have their jollies if they want and don't let it bother you that much. AEW's gonna keep on truckin into next week and they ain't gonna worry about it. If anything it'll be a BTE gag on Monday. This isn’t an isolated incident though. He messes up to the point that it derails the flow of the show. It was also a pretty high profile place to make that mistake. I’m not saying they should can him, but they need to move him to a special analyst role and let Excalibur, Tony and Taz be the full time team. It’s time. I do agree he's been letting things pile up too much. They might be best to just let him do the backstage interview sitdowns and let commentary be different if he keeps messing up to this grand a scale.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 21:24:42 GMT -5
Ross messes up a lot. This ain’t an isolated incident.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jun 30, 2021 21:25:10 GMT -5
Lmao yeah JR continues to be an embarrassment.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 30, 2021 21:25:36 GMT -5
So is it equivalent to the botched Pyro Explosion? I think in some ways it's worse. The botch was just the equipment not working, which happens sometimes. If he said this last week, oh well, who cares. This was after that tribute, after seeing everything they did, after seeing Brodie Lee, after everything, for him to botch like that? I'm sorry. Unacceptable to me. I don't even care if he announces for another decade, I will always think about this. Man... I really dont think it's that serious at all. Like it was a botch and it was goofy and JR's topic of stepping down has been prevalent for a long time, but for it to be some sort of stain on AEW's legacy? Like in the end it's not even gonna be close. People won't even be talking about this tomorrow.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 30, 2021 21:26:08 GMT -5
This isn’t an isolated incident though. He messes up to the point that it derails the flow of the show. It was also a pretty high profile place to make that mistake. I’m not saying they should can him, but they need to move him to a special analyst role and let Excalibur, Tony and Taz be the full time team. It’s time. I do agree he's been letting things pile up too much. They might be best to just let him do the backstage interview sitdowns and let commentary be different if he keeps messing up to this grand a scale. Yeah. Like people will forget about tonight, sure, but it also took away from a feel good moment on one of the better Dynamites of late. If I was in the back when that happened I’d be pissed.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 30, 2021 21:28:06 GMT -5
I do agree he's been letting things pile up too much. They might be best to just let him do the backstage interview sitdowns and let commentary be different if he keeps messing up to this grand a scale. Yeah. Like people will forget about tonight, sure, but it also took away from a feel good moment on one of the better Dynamites of late. If I was in the back when that happened I’d be pissed. It really comes down to do they want to replace JR cut and dry or do they want to ease him out of it. JR doesn't want to quit and won't because it's just what it means to him. But you gotta think about the commentary quality and the ever growing brand. JR's a great voice of wrestling nostalgia but every other week it feels like he says something dumb like tonight. When you can have someone like Taz or Jericho commentate who won't.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Jun 30, 2021 21:28:55 GMT -5
Yeaaaah.....I have to agree. That botch was unacceptable. It doesn’t ruin anything for me because that’s something that can be edited out someday for the future and only a few smart asses will remember that botch. It’s not quite as bad as the Revolution botch, because that can’t ever be edited out.
But yeah, I don’t know how you can let him continue to do this. I love the guy and he’s one of the greatest to ever do it. But come on Jim, it’s time to end it.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jun 30, 2021 21:28:59 GMT -5
A lot of you are getting WAY too judgmental over something that was a 100% accidental flub.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 30, 2021 21:29:46 GMT -5
Yeah. Like people will forget about tonight, sure, but it also took away from a feel good moment on one of the better Dynamites of late. If I was in the back when that happened I’d be pissed. It really comes down to do they want to replace JR cut and dry or do they want to ease him out of it. JR doesn't want to quit and won't because it's just what it means to him. But you gotta think about the commentary quality and the ever growing brand. JR's a great voice of wrestling nostalgia but every other week it feels like he says something dumb like tonight. When you can have someone like Taz or Jericho commentate who won't. I’d like to think he knows he’s near the end of doing this full time, but who knows. He’s had some really good nights but it’s just not worth mess ups like WWE Dynamite.
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Post by Fade on Jun 30, 2021 21:33:34 GMT -5
A lot of you are getting WAY too judgmental over something that was a 100% accidental flub. Yes. “Accidental”
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 30, 2021 21:34:26 GMT -5
A lot of you are getting WAY too judgmental over something that was a 100% accidental flub. I agree in the sense that people think this is worse than Revolutions ending or some grand embarrassing stain on AEW. Like it's not even close to that. I also don't think JR did this on accident whatsoever. But one does have to ponder how many flubs they're gonna keep letting JR get away with that are either badly timed or don't come off well.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jun 30, 2021 21:35:01 GMT -5
JR having his best night in eternity and then slipping on a banana peel just before the finish line is the funniest shit.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 30, 2021 21:37:53 GMT -5
JR having hsbest night in eternity and then slipping on a banana peel just before the finish line is the funniest shit. That's another thing people will ignore for that comment. JR works so well with Jericho it's astounding. He was having a really good night and calling everything just fine and then when it literally was flashing the copyright lettering on the bottom... he flubbed lol.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jun 30, 2021 21:39:26 GMT -5
It's a bad flub, yes, but some acting like it's some great stain that's gonna kill the company miiiiiiight be stretching it a bit far.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Jun 30, 2021 21:41:38 GMT -5
Its not like he said XPW Dynamite.
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Post by Venti on Jun 30, 2021 21:42:33 GMT -5
Yeah it's really not that serious lol. It's just a wrestling commentary flub, shit happens
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