Stokely new group

[markymark]

Last night, Ethan came out with his old theme song, no mention of Lambert and American Top Team/Men of the Year, and we saw Stokely watching his match(probably to scout him).

Thoughts of this? 

I think it was long overdue TK broke up MOTY, one of the most forced acts in AEW history that they helped in destroying the TNT title prestigue before Wardlow won the title, they couldve saved the act by having Scorpio leave the group but instead they did a double swerve and everything after that died.

Ethan clearly needed a reboot, and never needed Lambert, and speaking of old Dan, I see him returning only to manage Scorpio.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Ethan Page is in the top 3-5 underused guys in AEW. It’s about time.

[Cyno]

We'll see if they're actually broken up or not. There could've been a scheduling conflict with Lambert and I think Scorpio is injured.

[dbrussel]

There is no breakup. Scorpio is injured & PVZ is getting ready for her Bare knuckle fight in august. Lambert is probably at home doing... whatever.

they could still be back in the near future

[Gerard Gerard]

Jul 30, 2022 10:56:44 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Ethan Page is in the top 3-5 underused guys in AEW. It’s about time.

Tremendous talent, would tune in to watch him any day of the week.

[Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV]

That like 3 minutes that Ethan Page was a face for was so f***ing sweet do that again

[ghost]

It still baffles me that they didn't keep Sky a face and have Page eventually turn on him. I guess Wardlow had to destroy a heel for his first TNT title win, but honestly, killing Sammy with Powerbombs instead would probably gotten a bigger reaction.

[Dub H]

Cant wait for the next Sky singles push where he fails to maintain a reaction for more than a week.

Maybe this time he will get a new hat

[Convoy]

Stokely was actually prepping Ruffin for a run as lead baddie.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Just put him on TV more so I can look at him, dammit

[Hypnosis]

Jul 30, 2022 16:05:56 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Just put him on TV more so I can look at him, dammit

Use a Randy Newman knockoff song for Ethan's new theme?

[Hypnosis]

Jul 30, 2022 13:25:27 GMT -5 ghost said:

It still baffles me that they didn't keep Sky a face and have Page eventually turn on him. I guess Wardlow had to destroy a heel for his first TNT title win, but honestly, killing Sammy with Powerbombs instead would probably gotten a bigger reaction.

Conti's horrified expressions would have sold that moment.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jul 30, 2022 16:07:33 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Jul 30, 2022 16:05:56 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Just put him on TV more so I can look at him, dammit

Use a Randy Newman knockoff song for Ethan's new theme?

This reference is completely passing me by. And I like Randy Newman!

[Hypnosis]

Jul 30, 2022 16:11:30 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jul 30, 2022 16:07:33 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Use a Randy Newman knockoff song for Ethan's new theme?

This reference is completely passing me by. And I like Randy Newman!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKJnq4_h1w

[Bo Rida]

Jul 30, 2022 10:56:44 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Ethan Page is in the top 3-5 underused guys in AEW. It’s about time.

He's a good talker and then has Lambert talk for him.

He's a good wrestler but they stop featuring his tag team and turn his partner into a singles competitor so he's mostly just left hanging around in the background. Despite the tag division being so face dominated. Then just as they start to salvage the mess they kill any character development that emerged from it.

I hope the poor guy does join Stokely and gets far away from that crap.

[dpg]

Jul 30, 2022 16:36:00 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Jul 30, 2022 10:56:44 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Ethan Page is in the top 3-5 underused guys in AEW. It’s about time.

He's a good talker and then has Lambert talk for him.

He's a good wrestler but they stop featuring his tag team and turn his partner into a singles competitor so he's mostly just left hanging around in the background. Despite the tag division being so face dominated. Then just as they start to salvage the mess they kill any character development that emerged from it.

I hope the poor guy does join Stokely and gets far away from that crap.

I never got how they've used him. In Impact he was in a tag team, but he talked a lot and the North were champs for months. He leaves, goes to AEW where he... gets a manager to talk for him and forms another tag team that does very little. Why do that with him?

[Cyno]

Stokely has presence in a way that lets his wrestlers feed off it. Lambert is a scenery chewer. The former works so much better for Page than the latter. Though I like the Men of the Year tag team and Scorpio Sky more than most.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I should note that the loss of their theme will be absolutely tragic

[Fade]

Anybody know how long Page signed for?

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Men of the Year was certainly a vehicle to get Ethan Page on screen, so while I think that giving the mic to Lambert instead of Page was a crime, it's not like he wasn't treated as a major part of the show.

But Page in AEW has been...weird. He's been well-featured, and he's good at every part of wrestling, but even before Lambert was a part of his act, he has always felt like he was missing something. I dunno if that's just that some of his heel shtick feels generic to me, or if the material he's had has left me cold (because it very much has), because I can't see anything about the guy that isn't main event level. He's even one of my picks for most attractive men on the roster. Maybe it's that he feels like a 4/5 in every category instead of a 5/5 in any one category?

So I can't help but feel like a change is needed to get him to another level, because he isn't already and there's nothing ability-wise to stop him, so a new direction is the best choice.