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Post by 4real on Mar 8, 2022 13:35:54 GMT -5
It was ok. I’m just not a fan of Cole at all but they had me biting a couple of times that he could win. Ready for this to be over now assume Punk is next for Hangman.
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Post by chronocross on Mar 8, 2022 13:38:46 GMT -5
I wasn't interested in the match at all, as it felt like filler for Page to get a victory on before probably he loses at the Double or Nothing PPV.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Mar 8, 2022 13:41:59 GMT -5
It's weird, because it's one of the most over faces in AEW wrestling one of the most over heels. But that's literally all it had going for it, which is especially disappointing since Elite drama has usually added complexity to the world title scene. Here, there was just never a hook that made the history feel like it mattered.
Oddly, I was wondering if Cole would win simply because it seemed like that was the one way this build could have had more going for it.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Mar 8, 2022 15:38:14 GMT -5
This is literally just how AEW books their world title. It's not a promotion where The Most Important Thing is always the most important thing. Case in point, Omega literally defended against PAC and Orange Cassidy in a triple threat with like... one promo of buildup. That Page had the Danielson feud to start with is more than what Mox got until he faced MJF.
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Post by sportatorium on Mar 8, 2022 15:46:59 GMT -5
I feel like Hangman’s reign has suffered from two things; 1. Predictability. It has not felt like any of his challengers so far had a real chance of beating him. 2. He has not had that truly compelling feud/story to really run with yet. Page needs to get stretchered out of an episode of Dynamite or have someone get into his head creating self doubt. We need to care for him as the babyface champion on a personal level, and right now he's just presented as "best wrestler".
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Post by Cyno on Mar 8, 2022 15:53:01 GMT -5
It wasn't a match I was very hyped for (most of my hype was saved for MJF vs Punk), but it was a great match and thought it delivered. I also didn't think that Hangman's win was a foregone conclusion either. Like, I thought there was a real chance Cole could win especially if ReDRagon interfered. Really, Cole was a single mistake away (not lowering the kneepad for the Boom) from being AEW Champion now.
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Post by Blade on Mar 8, 2022 16:30:41 GMT -5
At the very least, the crowd chanting made it unique and memorable. But yeah, Tony's booking does have a significant blind spot when it comes to making most title matches seem important and like either could win.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 8, 2022 16:37:28 GMT -5
I feel like Hangman’s reign has suffered from two things; 1. Predictability. It has not felt like any of his challengers so far had a real chance of beating him. Agree completely with this. I think, to really put his reign over the top, he needs to beat CM Punk if that's the next feud they're going with. I do think that's much more likely than him losing it to Punk, and is a face/face title match they could definitely do without really harming either guy one bit.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Mar 8, 2022 17:07:55 GMT -5
That's just a testament to how good the rest of the show was
You had Punk/MJF which was a story line a few decades in the making,
Eddie Versus Jericho, Kingston finally got his big win on PPV after all this toiling in the Indies
You got the intrigue of Mox/Danielson and then Regal showing up,
On a lesser show that main event would have been more of a highlight. Being the last match on a 5 hour show probably didn't help, I checked out after that MJF/Punk match, I need to go back and re-watch this
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Post by Chiral on Mar 8, 2022 17:14:44 GMT -5
Going by BTE the last few weeks and the brief shove to Reynolds in the match, they are ramping up Hangman's self doubt again via that angle it seems, a self imposed "it's lonely at the top of the mountain" deal.
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Post by lucas_lee on Mar 8, 2022 17:47:00 GMT -5
Hangman has had an amazing run. But the PPV had so many bangers that honestly if it was on another card wouldve probably been MOTN
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 8, 2022 17:55:17 GMT -5
I do feel like they could have tapped more into their history besides a few references. Maybe it's not over between them though.
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Post by flowercity on Mar 8, 2022 18:21:38 GMT -5
Okay, so I've not actually watched this match yet What are we doing here?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 8, 2022 18:27:13 GMT -5
Okay, so I've not actually watched this match yet What are we doing here? Not reading the original post, evidently
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Post by Kalmia on Mar 8, 2022 18:27:21 GMT -5
Going by BTE the last few weeks and the brief shove to Reynolds in the match, they are ramping up Hangman's self doubt again via that angle it seems, a self imposed "it's lonely at the top of the mountain" deal. Yeah, it does seem that way and I think it's a good idea. The crowd was with Hangman because we wanted to see him win the big one, despite his self-doubt and anxieties. But it seemed that AEW never really had a plan of what to do with his character after that, and that's affected his title run so far, IMO. Plus, Hangman isolating himself from the Dark Order would be totally in character and a neat circle, because he kinda did the same with the Elite (although of course, the actions of the Bucks and Kenny didn't exactly help, either)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2022 19:10:52 GMT -5
It was a good match but yeah, was really obvious Hangman was winning.
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Post by markymark on Mar 8, 2022 21:07:26 GMT -5
It was pretty much like Mox vs Jericho that you knew the babyface was going to win tbh
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Post by kingoftheindies on Mar 9, 2022 9:40:03 GMT -5
I think there were two problems... well three kind of as the first I'm going to mention is 2 blended in.
They stretched out the Adam Cole/OC feud a bit too long. While thr lights out natch was a lot of fun stretching it as long as they did resulted in Cole/Page feeling fairly rushed.
The second thing was matches like Mox/Danielson, Punk/MJF, and Kingston/Jericho just had more heat as the thread title indicates.
Now I don't agree with any notion that Page's title reign has been a bust... rather i think the whole point of the reign is showing Page can hang with a variety of different opponents (and all his title matches have been great), nor do I think this is an indictment of Cole, who despite what many think has been very over since coming to AEw. I think it was just a timing issue.
Hell, should have just done an Eliminator Tournament for Revolution then build Cole/Page for either Battle of the Belta. ST Patrick's Day Bash, or Double or Nothing.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Mar 9, 2022 11:42:58 GMT -5
Apparently, people were booing Hangman when he lowered the kneepad to Lower the Boom on Cole. I feel that's odd, considering the torture Cole and reDragon have put Hangman through. I saw it more as "Payback, bitch."
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 9, 2022 11:46:30 GMT -5
I was totally fine with the Bryan feud because while it was predictable to some, I felt like it was probably the strongest challenger possible for him. Out of everyone on the roster, Bryan probably created the most doubt in your mind that Page would win. The Archer feud was fun but short. I think the Cole feud is the big misstep because it was a little rushed and Cole needed a bigger win going into it. But for the most part, I've enjoyed it. I do think his next challenger should probably be more of a Punk level guy as opposed to an Archer level guy (the Andrade and Malakai types). If I was booking, the next two challengers would be Jericho and Punk, with the latter being the PPV match. It's tough with Chris coming off a loss but there's a story to be told there with their first match going the way it did.
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