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Post by Bo Rida on May 8, 2021 12:40:41 GMT -5
The other reason to do it on tv was the time it took to set-up. It's fine on tv,video packages breaks and promos can stall things and be accepted. On ppv it would be much more of an issue having so much dead time.they've
Also makes sense to cement homegrown talent as top guys/girls with as many eyes on it as possible. I think more people are going to be willing to pay to see MJF, Britt, Darby and even Best Friends after their big TV matches.
Anyway great start to the match, was great to have a decent crowd and the feeling they were there to fight not just show off. Shame the ad-breaks and badly shot end spot hurt it. I think it still could have worked better even with ads if they timed things better.
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Post by y4j1981 on May 8, 2021 15:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by The Ichi on May 8, 2021 15:09:01 GMT -5
That's gotta be one of the weirdest out of context shirts ever.
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Post by Dub H on May 8, 2021 15:09:17 GMT -5
I will say that while I generally consider Spears to be one of the mehest wrestlers, he looked good here - performance wise and aesthethically. The dark hair and beard is his best look by far and the white trunks popped on him. And I liked him going into a state of euphoria after nailing the chair shot. They need to keep that character trait and then maybe after two years his chairman schtick will finally be kind of neat. His promo bit in the parley was also good. Also the Thank You was a really nice cherry on top
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on May 8, 2021 15:56:15 GMT -5
I think that would a much better poster than a t shirt. Like I would never wear that, but it would be a badass thing to hang on my wall.
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Post by Andy Martin on May 8, 2021 20:55:59 GMT -5
I think that would a much better poster than a t shirt. Like I would never wear that, but it would be a badass thing to hang on my wall. Agreed. Think it would look great as a poster. It looks dreadful as a shirt.
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Post by toodarkmark on May 8, 2021 23:02:18 GMT -5
I think that would a much better poster than a t shirt. Like I would never wear that, but it would be a badass thing to hang on my wall. A poster? Is this 1999?? You'll buy the shirt and cut out the image and frame it like all good DIY types!
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 9, 2021 14:37:43 GMT -5
I think that would a much better poster than a t shirt. Like I would never wear that, but it would be a badass thing to hang on my wall. Agreed. Think it would look great as a poster. It looks dreadful as a shirt. TBH, a lot of AEW's shirt have that vibe.
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Post by bog on May 9, 2021 15:34:45 GMT -5
I loved it. The finish was super silly but didn't take away from my enjoyment of it. Agreed Spears looked great, and Sammy too.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on May 9, 2021 20:15:11 GMT -5
I watched it again and yeah that's my takeaway honestly. Ending could have been better but the match was still tons of fun.
And yeah Spears was surprisingly great in this match.
The Jericho stuff was still funny to me but as shown, it looked so much better from a different angle. And kudos to him for actually doing some shit like that at his age.
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Post by bog on May 9, 2021 20:27:26 GMT -5
I watched it again and yeah that's my takeaway honestly. Ending could have been better but the match was still tons of fun. And yeah Spears was surprisingly great in this match. The Jericho stuff was still funny to me but as shown, it looked so much better from a different angle. And kudos to him for actually doing some shit like that at his age. I think the best approach would be him falling completely out of view. WWE did this a few times recently and I really like how it looks
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on May 9, 2021 20:33:52 GMT -5
I watched it again and yeah that's my takeaway honestly. Ending could have been better but the match was still tons of fun. And yeah Spears was surprisingly great in this match. The Jericho stuff was still funny to me but as shown, it looked so much better from a different angle. And kudos to him for actually doing some shit like that at his age. I think the best approach would be him falling completely out of view. WWE did this a few times recently and I really like how it looks Fall out view, then cut to the aftermath.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 9, 2021 21:11:31 GMT -5
Spears is going to be such an unsung part of this match
The dude gets ragged on because he isn't a main event guy and doesn't do a ton of flash but the dude is a head trainer at a wrestling school for a reason, same as QT Marshall. They do a lot of fundamental stuff real damn well.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 5:48:06 GMT -5
Spears is going to be such an unsung part of this match The dude gets ragged on because he isn't a main event guy and doesn't do a ton of flash but the dude is a head trainer at a wrestling school for a reason, same as QT Marshall. They do a lot of fundamental stuff real damn well. Honestly the only things I remember Spears doing in the match are when Jericho stuck his head through the bars and when he tapped.
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Post by lucas_lee on May 10, 2021 15:24:38 GMT -5
I rewatched it again and honestly the ad breaks are really annoying and took away from this tremendous match more than Jericho fall
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Post by mrpeacock on May 10, 2021 15:29:03 GMT -5
Spears is going to be such an unsung part of this match The dude gets ragged on because he isn't a main event guy and doesn't do a ton of flash but the dude is a head trainer at a wrestling school for a reason, same as QT Marshall. They do a lot of fundamental stuff real damn well. Honestly the only things I remember Spears doing in the match are when Jericho stuck his head through the bars and when he tapped. He also did the lock up on the ropes with Sammy which led to the Spanish Fly but those were really the only memorable things he did in my opinion.
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on May 10, 2021 17:41:52 GMT -5
Watching it back, it’s the ad breaks that detract a lot from the match. The wrestlers are able to get you invested, but the ad breaks sort of take you out of the moment, which hurts the overall flow. I think that was my biggest issue with the match, especially since they were working their asses off to really make this a big feel.
I still wish they didn’t go out of the cage at all, since to me that’s where they really showed their ass, but what’s done is done. Hopefully the camera crew look back and this and note where to film so we don’t get a lot of the snafus we got this time around. Kudos to whoever suggested the fall out of view, I think that would have added to the whole thing.
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Post by markymark on May 12, 2021 10:09:56 GMT -5
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on May 12, 2021 10:37:40 GMT -5
At the end of the day, the whole criticism was still vastly overblown. The show and match was a huge success despite the minor issue of bad camera. Didn’t take anything away from the match.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 12, 2021 10:56:08 GMT -5
Props for him taking the fall, but this definitely reads like him trying to convince himself that it looked good. It most definitely did not look good when he landed. A breakaway steel grate with the same crash pad/cardboard underneath the grate out of sight of the camera would’ve been the best way to go.
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