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Post by bob on Sept 13, 2021 9:23:17 GMT -5
I really like QT Marshall and The Factory
The Elite have steamrolled the company since Kenny won the world title, they need to job like all hell after Hangman beats him for the belt
I also think they might be being overexposed with Dynamite, Rampage, Dark and Dark Elevation
I also don't like that it seems whenever a new top heel comes in they lose their first big feud
I think Jericho vs Gage was a bit much....
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Post by Venti on Sept 13, 2021 9:23:20 GMT -5
Omega and the Bucks are awful.
I'm so happy to see CM Punk back and happy as ever, but I'm beyond excited for more snarky pissed off Punk. We got a little bit of it when Tazz interrupted him.
I still been liking AEW, but it feels extra hard to critique them without people jumping on you to defend their honor. Or accusing everything of being a "bad-faith" argument, whatever that's supposed to mean.
If WWE did a former women's champion like AEW has with Shida, people would be all over them. Where tf has she been? I miss seeing her on Dynamite lol!
I "get" Orange Cassidy. But I still think it's a stupid character.
Maybe not an unpopular opinion, but besides CM Punk and Bryan Danielson, Team Tazz is probably my favorite thing going on AEW TV. Powerhouse Hobbs is gonna be a huge star imo.
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Post by Edge of Insanity on Sept 13, 2021 9:25:55 GMT -5
Omega and the Bucks are awful. I'm so happy to see CM Punk back and happy as ever, but I'm beyond excited for more snarky pissed off Punk. We got a little bit of it when Tazz interrupted him. I still been liking AEW, but it feels extra hard to critique them without people jumping on you to defend their honor. Or accusing everything of being a "bad-faith" argument, whatever that's supposed to mean. If WWE did a former women's champion like AEW has with Shida, people would be all over them. Where tf has she been? I miss seeing her on Dynamite lol! I "get" Orange Cassidy. But I still think it's a stupid character. Maybe not an unpopular opinion, but besides CM Punk and Bryan Danielson, Team Tazz is probably my favorite thing going on AEW TV. Powerhouse Hobbs is gonna be a huge star imo. I completely agree about it being hard to critique them without people jumping on you for it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2021 9:37:45 GMT -5
AEW is just fine.
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Post by avenger on Sept 13, 2021 9:38:34 GMT -5
MJF is the biggest channel changer in wrestling, to me.
When I first saw him at the battle royal on the All In Buy In, I thought he was a breath of fresh air as a shithouse heel, but he's so generic and 2 dimensional, and hasn't evolved the way that the other AEW originals have.
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Post by lucas_lee on Sept 13, 2021 9:40:35 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. I do dislike the Pinnacle. I keep forgetting theyre a thing too. Thanks for reminding me hahaha
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Post by lucas_lee on Sept 13, 2021 9:41:57 GMT -5
MJF is the biggest channel changer in wrestling, to me. When I first saw him at the battle royal on the All In Buy In, I thought he was a breath of fresh air as a shithouse heel, but he's so generic and 2 dimensional, and hasn't evolved the way that the other AEW originals have. I've seen MJF when he was starting out at CZW, his schtick is pretty much the same in terms of tone and such in his promos he just changes the words around. I won't be shocked if he pulls a Max Caster and says something really dumb
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 13, 2021 10:00:15 GMT -5
- I really don't want to see Bray Wyatt and will audibly grown if I see his lame 2spooky5u routine
- Agreed on QT Marshall. He's a good heel wrestler and the fact that he's surrounded by more impressive looking dudes is supposed to be the point
- I don't get the appeal of Abaddon and find her look silly
- I think AEW right now are firing on all cylinders, but if Hangman Page isn't champ by the end of the year I will consider it one of the great disappointments of our time
- Cody Rhodes is the man
- The Bucks are the men
- Criticisms about the above two are more often than not ridiculous and easily debunked. It has nothing to do with an apparent echo chamber hivemind. When you're compairing them to HHH or the NWO at their worst, of course you're going to be corrected.
- Jericho still entertains me and should wrestle at least another 2 years
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Post by markymark on Sept 13, 2021 10:05:46 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. I only remember when he did that in his only TNA appearance 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. He wouldve been fired if he was found guilty, seems that he was involved in a toxic relationship while Dream was accused by several people. Omega and the Bucks are awful. I'm so happy to see CM Punk back and happy as ever, but I'm beyond excited for more snarky pissed off Punk. We got a little bit of it when Tazz interrupted him. I still been liking AEW, but it feels extra hard to critique them without people jumping on you to defend their honor. Or accusing everything of being a "bad-faith" argument, whatever that's supposed to mean. If WWE did a former women's champion like AEW has with Shida, people would be all over them. Where tf has she been? I miss seeing her on Dynamite lol! I "get" Orange Cassidy. But I still think it's a stupid character. Maybe not an unpopular opinion, but besides CM Punk and Bryan Danielson, Team Tazz is probably my favorite thing going on AEW TV. Powerhouse Hobbs is gonna be a huge star imo. Shida is overhyped tbh, as a face she already got surpassed by Kris, Ruby, Rosa, Riho, TayJay, her lack of charisma is what has hurt her.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Sept 13, 2021 10:11:05 GMT -5
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? Depends. Florida is a at will state I believe so they could fire him consequence free at any time (which IMO is bullshit but that's not the question). If that's not the case, you bet your ass he could sue. I know of that happened where I worked the union would be on the employer's ass immediately. Even vague insinuations aren't enough. There'd need to be hard evidence he did something absolutely wrong, which hasn't happened. No employer with half a brain would fire someone over a he said she said situation. You don't have to like it but them's the breaks.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 13, 2021 10:11:37 GMT -5
I appreciate AEW referring to the history between wrestlers but I think sometimes they go too deep and expect too much of the audience -- e.g. the references to Darby vs. Page in EVOLVE from their build.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Sept 13, 2021 10:23:16 GMT -5
I like Shawn Spears a lot and I feel he’s been red hot lately when it comes to having great matches. Plus his new character or being practically in with chairs is the best things he’s done. I agree he isn’t the most charismatic, but the dude has had a lot of great matches this year and is on the run of his life. I see his match with Darby also being a great match.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Sept 13, 2021 10:25:45 GMT -5
While I understand why people don't like Dark and agree that it's an issue that certain acts are confined to it (and am pretty loud myself that wrestlers only winning on Dark and losing on Dynamite is a significant issue), I personally prefer when matches are on Dark or Elevation. The matches have a better pace most of the time, they don't get interrupted by commercials, and I can rewatch them whenever I want.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2021 10:48:48 GMT -5
Mark Henry and Big Show add nothing to the company and have no business being in AEW.
Gallows and Anderson are the drizzling shit's everywhere they've been and have been riding the Bullet Club hype train since 2015. Nobody cares about them and they're only in The Elite to be 2 extra bodies. They don't actually add anything to the group.
Eddie Edwards might be decent on the mic but no casual fan would be leaving the TV on to see this guy who looks like he manages his local KFC.
Jake Hager is one of the most pointless signings they ever made. Nobody wants to see this guy.
All of Cody's "students" or whatever have no business being on TV until they find themselves an actual gimmick and personality.
There's too many wrestlers in the company with no gimmick or personality. I get they want to go for an 80s wrestling kinda feel where everyone was a "normal guy in trunks" but you need more than that in 2021. QT Marshall and The Revival especially are complete channel changers. And the amount of "flippy guys in tights" they have is crazy. These guys need a distinctive look at the very least if they want to break through the ceiling.
Overall, I love the company and think it's miles better than WWE right now. But there is a few things they're doing that makes me think "Well, I wish they did this instead..." - It's nowhere close to how I feel when I'm watching WWE but it's still there.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 13, 2021 10:51:16 GMT -5
I like Shawn Spears a lot and I feel he’s been red hot lately when it comes to having great matches. Plus his new character or being practically in with chairs is the best things he’s done. I agree he isn’t the most charismatic, but the dude has had a lot of great matches this year and is on the run of his life. I see his match with Darby also being a great match. My problem with Spears for a while is that he couldn't seem to figure out what his character was. I swear there was a brief period where he went through multiple changes within a month. He seems to have finally found the right one though. Could do with a high profile win.
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Post by polarbearpete on Sept 13, 2021 10:56:17 GMT -5
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? They’re not employees so it really would depend on what their contracts say, but if they were employees almost every state in the US is an employment at will state which means that the default is that you can be terminated for any reason or no reason as long as it’s not a discriminatory reason (meaning due to a protected category such as race, gender, disability, etc) and as long as it’s not in retaliation for protected activity (such as filing a harassment complaint, being a whistleblower, taking protected leave like FMLA, filing for workers comp, etc.). The default of at-will can be modified by things such as union contracts or employment contracts giving employees more rights than the at-will default.
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Post by RKTaker on Sept 13, 2021 10:56:32 GMT -5
probably one that will get some heat but as much as i get people wanting to see more women wrestlers on Dynamite I don’t think every faction needs a female wrestler in it some factions it just doesn’t fit
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 13, 2021 11:08:26 GMT -5
Shida is overhyped tbh, as a face she already got surpassed by Kris, Ruby, Rosa, Riho, TayJay, her lack of charisma is what has hurt her. I think it would help if AEW lets Shida make use of her acting experience like on the Neo Izanagi series that's uploaded to her YouTube channel, and the Makai shows.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Sept 13, 2021 11:41:44 GMT -5
I don’t hate the Elite OR the way they’re booked. It’s Wrestling 101 shit…the overly strong heel stable that eventually eats shit.
Woulda happened already if not for the Cowboy using…uh…live rounds instead of blanks 🤷🏼♂️
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Sept 13, 2021 11:46:00 GMT -5
Kenny Omega is (in my very subjective opinion) like a solid mid-carder who somehow tricked his way into the main event, and everyone's too embarrassed that it happened to put him back in his proper place.
I enjoy QT a lot, he's great in the ring.
If you don't have any possibility of a DQ, then you're not protecting anyone with dirty finishes any more, they just make the loser into the guy who was too dumb to cheat first.
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