The Owen Hart Tournament booking

[Bo Rida]

I essentially said the same thing as Kris did in her promo earlier in the week, it should be those long-term roster members who haven't had a title that won these. Kris and Silver would have been ideal winners to me (or at least one winner and one heroic losing effort respectively).

Tag guys getting to shine as singles or a more international flavour is also good but feel that aspect ended too early.

Some good matches early on but massive disappointment as it progressed. Feels very NXT too which isn't inherently bad but just highlights those that have been there through the pandemic and earlier not getting that thank you reward.

[lucas_lee]

May 28, 2022 20:27:05 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

I don't think the booking of the tournament has been bad. I can see where AEW is going with it all and why they're pushing the people they're pushing.

It just happens that the majority of the winners have been the people I care the least about, so it hasn't had much interest for me personally. I have zero interest in Cole vs. Joe and only slightly more interest in Britt vs. Ruby. I'd rather have seen some fresher talent be pushed to the finals than people who were mainly established elsewhere. A win in a tournament like this could have pushed a guy like Ricky Starks to the moon.

Thats where I'm at with this tournament. Its had great matches but the booking has been weird. Also I honestly don't think Cole needed the rub here just my two cents.

[chrom]

And in the end it all turns out to be a giant waste of time.

[Lizuka #BLM]

These tournaments were a three month long fart. Please never waste screentime on this nonsense again.

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Cole and Baker are talented but what a gigantic waste of time this tournament has been.

[chrom]

As I said in The Double or Nothing thread, let this tournament never be held again and have it rot and be forgotten about like The WCW 6 Man Tag Titles.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 29, 2022 21:14:12 GMT -5 chrom said:

As I said in The Double or Nothing thread, let this tournament never be held again and have it rot and be forgotten about like The WCW 6 Man Tag Titles.

Honestly this is such a ridiculous take. Cole and Baker winning the thing are two high profile people to be the first winners

Baker just didn't NEED the win, is the issue.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 29, 2022 21:10:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

These tournaments were a three month long fart. Please never waste screentime on this nonsense again.

Great way to honor Owen's legacy, just say "F*** the Tournament" after one attempt lol

[Lizuka #BLM]

May 29, 2022 21:19:35 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

May 29, 2022 21:10:16 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

These tournaments were a three month long fart. Please never waste screentime on this nonsense again.

Great way to honor Owen's legacy, just say "F*** the Tournament" after one attempt lol

To be blunt, the tournament has absolutely nothing to do with Owen Hart, who cares. Saying this tournament sucks isn't any more disrespectful than saying the Andre battle royal is useless.

[clifford]

Martha's speech was nice. And I'm so happy she got that moment after all these years.

That's all I got.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 29, 2022 21:20:24 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

May 29, 2022 21:19:35 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Great way to honor Owen's legacy, just say "F*** the Tournament" after one attempt lol

To be blunt, the tournament has absolutely nothing to do with Owen Hart, who cares. Saying this tournament sucks isn't any more disrespectful than saying the Andre battle royal is useless.

The Andre didn't even try, like, Martha and her family seemed to greenlight everything about this down to the tribute belts

They've heavily hinted this isn't going anywhere, just learn and adapt.

[FinalGwen]

I'm happy for Martha and that Owen could get mentioned on TV. But as a wrestling product, that was utterly awful, with basically no redeeming qualities.

[Lizuka #BLM]

May 29, 2022 21:22:20 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

May 29, 2022 21:20:24 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

To be blunt, the tournament has absolutely nothing to do with Owen Hart, who cares. Saying this tournament sucks isn't any more disrespectful than saying the Andre battle royal is useless.

The Andre didn't even try, like, Martha and her family seemed to greenlight everything about this down to the tribute belts

They've heavily hinted this isn't going anywhere, just learn and adapt.

This shit didn't try. There were no actual stakes. There was no attempt to really have anything whatsoever to do with Owen Hart. The one dude who even passingly had anything whatsoever to do with the Harts was eliminated immediately. They gave the tournaments to the two people on the roster who least need it. The only overarching story was Britt saying the entire division sucks and then proving it.

If anything the first Andre that Cesaro won kicks the shit out of these tournaments both in quality and in feeling important.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

May 29, 2022 21:22:57 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

I'm happy for Martha and that Owen could get mentioned on TV. But as a wrestling product, that was utterly awful, with basically no redeeming qualities.

There were a ton of really great matches in this thing, imo, the winner wasn't what people wanted in Baker, but even her finals match I thought was really nice

[asuka007]

Don’t you just love it when the guy booking the show lets the heel bury the other women and call them losers, and the she just WINS in the end, clean!!

Told you this was coming.

[kingoftheindies]

Whether you agree with the results or not, at the end of the day they made the moment about Martha Hart and her kids. Do I get people not liking Adam and/or Britt winning, rather than making the moment them being their cocky heel selfs, they took that moment to be humble and let the ceremony be a celebration of Owen, so that should be celebrated

[Instant Classic]

Dax winning would have slapped.

[HMARK Center]

...the f*** is everyone bitching about? Jesus Christ.

[Blade]

Ultimately there was no real point to them. Yes, there were nice matches, but so what? AEW has many, many nice matches. There was no story, nothing to get behind.

Or rather, there WAS: Dax, Toni and Ruby were stories to get behind (and Statlander too to an extent, though she was a substitute). And all of them were sacrificed on the altar of two heels who have already been main eventers for months and a year, respectively.

Virtually the only thing new that came out of either tournament is that Kyle O'Reilly got a showcase for what is apparently going to be a singles push moving forward, and good for him and all, but maybe that inaugaral feelgood tournament in honour of a beloved figure should not have existed only to give accolades for heels that don't need it?

(Of course, Owen was a heel for the most highly regarded parts of his career, but that's rather irrelevant given how the tournament was presented and the footage they're able to use.)

It's even more irritating because AEW spams the heck out of tournaments, probably has another one coming for the trios titles, and yet still went to no effort to make this one actually memorable or interesting.

[Susan "Poison" Candy]

I just hated the speech by Martha. I don't know why I just found it long and didn't really do anything to celebrate Owen Hart. I mean us as fans have been celebrating his career since he passed and plus her laundry list of people she had to thank was on the level of Mr. T's Hall of Fame induction speech

Plus Adam Cole and ESPECIALLY Dr. Britt Baker did not need this win