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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Oct 22, 2021 22:23:13 GMT -5
Emis reaction when the brackets were released, she looked close to legit crying(I was watching her stream) Emi's constant feeling of feeling ignored or looked over could lead to a good storyline down the line
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Oct 22, 2021 22:35:49 GMT -5
With two matches announced for Dynamite and the rumor that TNT has been the roadblock to more women's matches per episode, I must speculate that the TBS title is partly a bribe to Turner to get more women's matches on the show.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Oct 22, 2021 23:01:21 GMT -5
With two matches announced for Dynamite and the rumor that TNT has been the roadblock to more women's matches per episode, I must speculate that the TBS title is partly a bribe to Turner to get more women's matches on the show. Well the women needed another title to fight over anyway so if it's a win-win scenario it's as good as it gets imo
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Post by markymark on Oct 22, 2021 23:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 23, 2021 1:16:31 GMT -5
I love Jamie, but she straight-up shouldn't be in the tournament, kayfabe-wise. Emi's record is better and she's got more of a valid claim.
I imagine that's the point, though, Emi being disrespected and wanting vindication, especially since her character has felt slighted and that people focus on her success as a trainer (especially Riho and Hikaru Shida), and are counting her out as an active wrestler.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 23, 2021 2:46:57 GMT -5
I don’t trust AEW’s women division enough to assume the Emi stuff is a storyline, but she’s apparently making a stable with members I assume are Nyla and Ryo, and I don’t think you make a stable without using it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 23, 2021 2:55:35 GMT -5
I don’t trust AEW’s women division enough to assume the Emi stuff is a storyline, but she’s apparently making a stable with members I assume are Nyla and Ryo, and I don’t think you make a stable without using it. I do think it's a storyline just since I otherwise feel like it'd be unlikely they'd be bringing it up on commentary for her online matches like this. Like a one-off mention, sure, but I think they've mentioned it in like at least 3 of her last matches. At the very least, followup or not, she's looking to command more respect. I do think a group would be fun. She's tagged with Nyla a few times for 6-woman matches recently, Ryo's been a face but I wouldn't mind seeing her heel it up, too.
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Post by clifford on Oct 23, 2021 5:19:38 GMT -5
God I love tournaments in wrestling. Great to have two going on concurrently in AEW right now.
And the Owen Hart Cup on the horizon (which I'm hoping is round robin and not single elimination but that's me being greedy)
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Post by markymark on Oct 23, 2021 10:01:55 GMT -5
I love Jamie, but she straight-up shouldn't be in the tournament, kayfabe-wise. Emi's record is better and she's got more of a valid claim. I imagine that's the point, though, Emi being disrespected and wanting vindication, especially since her character has felt slighted and that people focus on her success as a trainer (especially Riho and Hikaru Shida), and are counting her out as an active wrestler. Someone like Swole wouldve made more sense kayfabe wise because she won the feud vs Diamante, and after he beat Katch on Dark she has disappeared. Bunny is another one who kayfabe wise shouldnt be in the tourney but I kinda understand she is there because of the ratings.
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Post by Macho Pichu on Oct 23, 2021 10:25:54 GMT -5
Wasn't Skye Blue in the promo for the tournament? I get why she isn't in the real thing, but seems odd they'd film that before having finalized the participants.
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Post by TheMediocreWarrior on Oct 23, 2021 11:24:06 GMT -5
I don't like four byes in the tournament. I would have rather seen Skye Blue and Julia Hart in the tournament, even if they get squashed by Nyla Rose and Jade Cargill. Make it seem like it's a big opportunity for the whole division. Although it's refreshing in a way to see AEW do something I don't like. Sometimes I feel biased bashing WWE all the time while loving AEW.
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Post by chrom on Oct 23, 2021 12:40:52 GMT -5
So they couldn't book Emi, Leyla, KiLynn or Ryo for it to make it an even 16?
Again they do what barely qualifies as the bare minimum for the women
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 23, 2021 12:44:57 GMT -5
I believe this is the largest stateside tournament they've done so far.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Oct 23, 2021 12:46:03 GMT -5
Im predicting an 8-10 minute average for round one matches with some of them going longer depending on the people involved. Like if they do Shida/Deeb 2? I see that being a 15 minute match whether it's on Dynamite or Rampage. That being said that will still blow the Queen's Crown Tournament times out of the water... which only had like less than 30 minutes of ring time TOTAL. Less than 20 minutes. Hell, the first two 1st round matches in the Knockouts Knockdown Tournament(Ellering vs. Frost & Green vs. Michelle) went longer than that entire tournament.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 23, 2021 13:15:14 GMT -5
Looking at the brackets looks like it will probably be Ruby against Jade in the finals. Jade definitely looks like a lock for the top bracket. Ruby or maybe Nyla will be the bottom bracket winners. Depends on what direction they want to go in I guess. Either the David vs. Goliath story with Ruby being an even bigger underdog with her not being one of the byes or a heel vs. heel clash of the titans with Jade and Nyla which has been teased in the past. Nyla also eliminated Jade in the battle royal so I could see them wanting Jade to get her heat back for that.
Going by how it's set up I'm going to say Hayter over Anna, Velvet over Bunny, Deeb over Shida, and Ruby over Penelope for round 1. Rosa over Hayter, Jade over Velvet, Nyla over Deeb, and Ruby over Statlander in round 2. Jade over Rosa and Ruby over Nyla in the semis and then Jade over Ruby in the finals.
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Post by Kalmia on Oct 23, 2021 14:19:19 GMT -5
I get the thought process behind the byes, but I'd have preferred a 16-woman bracket, even if the extra four matches were foregone conclusions and run on Dark. It just looks better to have a women's division deep enough to pull 16 wrestlers for a tournament.
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Post by Cyno on Oct 24, 2021 0:12:57 GMT -5
For anyone wondering, Ruby Soho vs. Penelope Ford went about 8:30. That's roughly 43-44% of the combined runtime of the Queens Crown matches.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Oct 24, 2021 0:18:39 GMT -5
For anyone wondering, Ruby Soho vs. Penelope Ford went about 8:30. Longer than any of the Queen's Crown matches and longer than like three of them combined I wanna say. That's the statement you send. And Shida/Deeb is probably going 15 minutes.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 24, 2021 5:43:39 GMT -5
So they couldn't book Emi, Leyla, KiLynn or Ryo for it to make it an even 16? Again they do what barely qualifies as the bare minimum for the women While the men are having an 8-guy tournament? That's quite a stretch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2021 6:30:38 GMT -5
So they couldn't book Emi, Leyla, KiLynn or Ryo for it to make it an even 16? Again they do what barely qualifies as the bare minimum for the women While the men are having an 8-guy tournament? That's quite a stretch. If you look at the original TNT Tournament, there was only 8 wrestler in that one compare to the 12 in the TBS Tournament.
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