lucas_lee
Hank Scorpio
Heel turn is finished, now stripping away my personality
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Post by lucas_lee on Sept 13, 2021 7:28:43 GMT -5
I hope this is a false feeling and I'm perfectly open to that being the case but I still want to say it: Something feels fairly racist about AEW and I just can't exactly put my finger on why. I just feel something wrong. I'm not going to pretend like I know what the solution is yet because I'm still not convinced there's a problem. It may have been if you were on social media last week and saw the discourse on the AEW diversity issue and saw how some of the AEW diehards tried to downplay and talk down the concerns of minority fans
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Sept 13, 2021 7:51:57 GMT -5
I miss Lil Bran Bran.
Kenny Omega’s heel work is very underrated. It’s partly because MJF and Baker are heating up, but he’s a fun maniacal version of a throwback Bockwinkel-ish skilled champion. It’s not a Flair ripoff either, he’s got a creepy Pillman Sr. edge to him (the hair adds to it, yes). He’s a big timer who feels like he should be committed.
Private Party are better as heels and they could probably lead their own faction in the future.
Still, the show needs to slow down sometimes. A lot of the constant dives have gotta stop. They’re getting generic and I’m burnt out on the constant go-go-go pace sometimes. I get they want to cram in as much excitement into two hours as they can, but that and some of the run-ins give the show a feel like it’s on too much sugar. I hope Okada does come in through the Forbidden Door, because he’d bring a more even-paced style to the show for a change.
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mc74
Samurai Cop
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Post by mc74 on Sept 13, 2021 7:55:03 GMT -5
I like QT Marshall. He's a solid wrestler.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2021 7:55:36 GMT -5
To kind of piggyback off of an earlier (and totally true) unpopular opinion, I actually enjoy all of AEW’s production “gaffes” and the lack of polish. I don’t know, I guess it makes it feel more like a real sport to me and makes it easier to suspend my disbelief.
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 13, 2021 8:08:27 GMT -5
Some former stars in WWE now in AEW so far have been used better in WWE. PAC, Andrade, Miro(being used well now), Matt Sydal
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kidkamikaze10
Dennis Stamp
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Sept 13, 2021 8:09:25 GMT -5
My favorite women on the roster are the ones that got some actual impact in their moves.
Deeb, Hayter, Statlander, Nyla, especially Hayter. Those four need to be wrestling each other more. Makes the division look more hard hitting than any women's division in the US.
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Post by Edge of Insanity on Sept 13, 2021 8:16:27 GMT -5
I don't like Excalibur, I prefer JR and Tony
I don't get the appeal of Darby Allin at all, and don't understand why the accusations against him were ignored.
Luchasaurus works fine as a midcard comedy act, but should be nowhere near the main event. And his work is crap. He looks in Slow mo.
Now that Punk and Danielson are here, I think Adam Page is gonna get lost in the shuffle.
The idea of bringing Ric Flair in at all is a joke to me. Have no interest in ever seeing him again.
Has nothing to do with her being trans, but Nyla Rose isnt a good worker, and I think her character sucks.
Moxley feels like an after thought to me with all the new additions.
Have no interest in all the garbage and death match wrestling they do, makes me instantly change channel.
Don't understand the appeal of Eddie Kingston.
Good brothers need to go away and never come back.
Tony Khan just comes off as a mark sometimes
Don't think they should bring in Wyatt.
Christian should be a midcarder now they they have Punk and Bryan.
Rampage feels like Thunder compared to Dynamites nitro
Completely don't get all the love for Ricky Starks. I don't understand the Rock comparasions.
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Post by mrpeacock on Sept 13, 2021 8:31:22 GMT -5
As someone who’s listened to a lot of What Happened When, the idea that Tony Schivone is some sort of like protective father figure to the girls is laughable. Tony is seemingly an enormous creep and has made way to many sexual comments about almost any women he’s talked about in wrestling on his show.
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Post by Mike Strike on Sept 13, 2021 8:35:03 GMT -5
Have no interest in all the garbage and death match wrestling they do, makes me instantly change channel. All....one of them?
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kidkamikaze10
Dennis Stamp
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Sept 13, 2021 8:40:46 GMT -5
Have no interest in all the garbage and death match wrestling they do, makes me instantly change channel. All....one of them? I mean, Rosa vs Britt was a deathmatch in all but name. (IMO, I hope their title match is a Deathmatch)
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 13, 2021 8:42:24 GMT -5
To kind of piggyback off of an earlier (and totally true) unpopular opinion, I actually enjoy all of AEW’s production “gaffes” and the lack of polish. I don’t know, I guess it makes it feel more like a real sport to me and makes it easier to suspend my disbelief. That's where I am. I enjoy the lack of polish. Feels real and not sterile. That exploding ring tho... but hey, mistakes are fine. That's what makes us human.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 13, 2021 8:43:06 GMT -5
CM Punk doing his "aw shucks, it's just so great to be back in front of fans who appreciate me, hi April!" schtick is getting old real fast. Dude badly needs to go back to being a heel or find something interesting to say as a face.
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lucas_lee
Hank Scorpio
Heel turn is finished, now stripping away my personality
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Post by lucas_lee on Sept 13, 2021 8:45:45 GMT -5
I find weird we just let AEWs PR statement of Darby Allin slide while we assumed Velveteen Dream was guilty(which he was judging by the texts.) I know the company up north has shady history but if what the world has taught us we shouldn't be relying on the word of a billionaires PR people.
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Post by Edge of Insanity on Sept 13, 2021 8:49:37 GMT -5
Have no interest in all the garbage and death match wrestling they do, makes me instantly change channel. All....one of them? Moxley vs Archer, Jericho vs Gage, Omega vs Moxley are just a few examples.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Sept 13, 2021 8:55:13 GMT -5
I find weird we just let AEWs PR statement of Darby Allin slide while we assumed Velveteen Dream was guilty(which he was judging by the texts.) I know the company up north has shady history but if what the world has taught us we shouldn't be relying on the word of a billionaires PR people. I think the texts/multiple underage accusers coming out is the deciding factor here. Originally I remember people giving Dream the benefit of the doubt when he claimed he was being targeted by hate groups trying to frame him I didn't follow the Darby story too closely, but was there any evidence of him doing the thing he was being accused of?
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Post by Edge of Insanity on Sept 13, 2021 9:01:26 GMT -5
I find weird we just let AEWs PR statement of Darby Allin slide while we assumed Velveteen Dream was guilty(which he was judging by the texts.) I know the company up north has shady history but if what the world has taught us we shouldn't be relying on the word of a billionaires PR people. I think the texts/multiple underage accusers coming out is the deciding factor here. Originally I remember people giving Dream the benefit of the doubt originally when he claimed he was being targeted by hate groups trying to frame him I didn't follow the Darby story too closely, but was there any evidence of him doing the thing he was being accused of? All I saw really was what she and some of her friends have said about the whole situation. But I tend to believe I her.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Sept 13, 2021 9:03:33 GMT -5
I find weird we just let AEWs PR statement of Darby Allin slide while we assumed Velveteen Dream was guilty(which he was judging by the texts.) I know the company up north has shady history but if what the world has taught us we shouldn't be relying on the word of a billionaires PR people. I think the texts/multiple underage accusers coming out is the deciding factor here. Originally I remember people giving Dream the benefit of the doubt when he claimed he was being targeted by hate groups trying to frame him I didn't follow the Darby story too closely, but was there any evidence of him doing the thing he was being accused of? As far as I remember with Darby the complaint was an anonymous individual who seemingly disappeared the minute anyone tried looking into the claims. IMO it's not really the same thing as what happened with Dream, where there were a lot of receipts and accusers whose actual existence could be verified.
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Post by Edge of Insanity on Sept 13, 2021 9:07:31 GMT -5
I think the texts/multiple underage accusers coming out is the deciding factor here. Originally I remember people giving Dream the benefit of the doubt when he claimed he was being targeted by hate groups trying to frame him I didn't follow the Darby story too closely, but was there any evidence of him doing the thing he was being accused of? As far as I remember with Darby the complaint was an anonymous individual who seemingly disappeared the minute anyone tried looking into the claims. IMO it's not really the same thing as what happened with Dream, where there were a lot of receipts and accusers whose actual existence could be verified. She's actually identified herself a while ago. She didn't want all the b.s. from people accusing of lying, which they were. She's an independent wrestler from the Pacific Northwest
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Sept 13, 2021 9:08:35 GMT -5
I think the texts/multiple underage accusers coming out is the deciding factor here. Originally I remember people giving Dream the benefit of the doubt originally when he claimed he was being targeted by hate groups trying to frame him I didn't follow the Darby story too closely, but was there any evidence of him doing the thing he was being accused of? All I saw really was what she and some of her friends have said about the whole situation. But I tend to believe I her. It's definitely possible something happened, it's kind of a grey area where someone can feel like they were manipulated in a relationship without anything actually illegal happening I don't know if there's any Employment lawyers in the house, but would Darby have a wrongful termination case if AEW fired him without any evidence?
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Zone Was Wrong
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Currently living off the high that AEW brings every Wednesday and Friday
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Sept 13, 2021 9:16:07 GMT -5
I don't know, I think most of my AEW opinions are pretty in line with this board for the most part. Diversity issues, yes (though I think it's getting there and there are some great prospect in the pipeline). Women still need actual storylines outside of Britt (though Diamante and Swole's feud on Dark has been good). Etc.
Though one I guess could be unpopular and say that The Pinnacle is boring as hell most of the time and barely feels like a faction some of the time.
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