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Post by champchumpchange on Aug 7, 2022 11:19:05 GMT -5
Has there been any advancement to this storyline?
What was supposed to be a six woman tag match on July 20th became a regular tag when Statlander and Leila were removed, and Jade & Kiera defeated Athena / Willow.
Ok... surely they will keep the story moving, right?
Athena has not been on TV since. Jade has not wrestled on TV since - might have appeared in a segment, I'm not sure. Statlander hasn't wrestled on TV since the 13th of July.
Now Jade is going to face Madison Rayne? Huh?!
What is going on?!
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Post by chrom on Aug 7, 2022 11:23:19 GMT -5
This is advancing as fast as molasses in pond water
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Post by clifford on Aug 7, 2022 11:26:17 GMT -5
If one of Stat or Athena is injured just pivot the healthy one to dethrone Jade. This feud has dragged on far too long and Jade's reign and Athena and Stat's overness has suffered as a result.
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Post by markymark on Aug 7, 2022 11:26:57 GMT -5
It went downhill the moment Velvet got injured and now Kris tweaked her knee on Friday(there hasnt being an update yet if its a very serious injury or not)
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Aug 7, 2022 11:34:22 GMT -5
It truly feels like Khan can't decide what he's even doing with this. Like, he knows that at this point, Athena and Statlander both need a big win, but he's also putting off Jade's first loss despite both of them being A+ candidates for it. The whole angle has felt like procrastination.
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Post by chrom on Aug 7, 2022 11:39:49 GMT -5
If one of Stat or Athena is injured just pivot the healthy one to dethrone Jade. This feud has dragged on far too long and Jade's reign and Athena and Stat's overness has suffered as a result. Athena will become just another person on the roster if things don't pick up
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2022 12:05:46 GMT -5
“Long term booking”
Which just means nothing happens for months at time until three months of booking happens in one match or segment. Then a quick cut to Tony interviewing someone backstage that person is then jumped in a unrelated storyline.
I dunno maybe they are waiting for Red Velvet to get cleared? She’s injured right? I can’t keep up with if someone is injured or just not being used.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2022 12:11:47 GMT -5
It truly feels like Khan can't decide what he's even doing with this. Like, he knows that at this point, Athena and Statlander both need a big win, but he's also putting off Jade's first loss despite both of them being A+ candidates for it. The whole angle has felt like procrastination. He loves his long reigns it’s just the woman’s division doesn’t have the depth as the mens. Rosa was white hot but we had to sit through four more months of Baker. Then it finally happened it felt like a after thought. This booking as well as the lackluster title runs really hurts all the faces. Shida, Rosa, Ruby, the women mentioned in this thread should feel like stars on par with the men. When really it just makes them all look like choke artists or afterthoughts. Unless your Brit or Jade you can’t break through the ceiling even if you are champion.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 7, 2022 12:21:57 GMT -5
Terrible timing of Kris is injured. She had the momentum and imo should have been booked to keep that going and beat Jade.
Could have even tied it into Best Friends getting serious* about winning the trios title.
* Not to be confused with Jericho style SRS.
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 7, 2022 12:42:48 GMT -5
Madison Rayne is purely just a warm body to add another win to Jade's streak, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Hopefully Athena and the gang will come out to save Rayne from a Baddies beatdown and we'll get on track.
I maintain that part of the problem is the limited TV time AEW is willing to give to the women. It seems that either the TBS or World title get the focus, but not both at the same time. As the last few weeks have been focusing on the Thunderstorm/Britt & Hayter stuff to build to Rosa vs. Hayter at BOB3, it meant that the TBS title was on the back burner. It'll probably switch now and we'll see less of Rosa for a couple of weeks.
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 7, 2022 12:43:27 GMT -5
I think Rayne's just a stopgap for Cargill before Athena likely beats her for the title at All Out (Statlander could have been another option until the possible recent knee injury), but this storyline has been handled lazily nonetheless.
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Post by dbrussel on Aug 7, 2022 13:09:30 GMT -5
Jade vs Athena is 100% on for All Out. How they fill the weeks doesn't excited me seeing the lack of mic skills in this thing
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Post by Cyno on Aug 7, 2022 13:13:16 GMT -5
They're saving it for All Out. That'd be a good time to finally end the streak instead of a random Dynamite or Rampage.
The TBS Championship is also an open challenge title. So Madison isn't cutting lines or anything. I'm hoping when she loses that Athena and Stat (if she didn't get hurt) make the save and get the feud back on track.
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Post by Mecca on Aug 7, 2022 15:26:22 GMT -5
Jade vs Athena is 100% on for All Out. How they fill the weeks doesn't excited me seeing the lack of mic skills in this thing Lack of mic skills is why Britt is always around, she is legit the only woman they trust to carry feuds on the mic.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 7, 2022 15:44:21 GMT -5
It kind of floors me how utterly useless the TBS title is. It could have a place but it pretty much entirely exists as a Jade Cargill vanity belt. Still can't even fathom the idea of trying to do a workhorse belt with someone who can't have a match that goes longer than two minutes without it turning into a dumpster fire.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Aug 7, 2022 15:44:26 GMT -5
Jade vs Athena is 100% on for All Out. How they fill the weeks doesn't excited me seeing the lack of mic skills in this thing Lack of mic skills is why Britt is always around, she is legit the only woman they trust to carry feuds on the mic. I'd argue Ruby can do so as well, though Britt is more skilled still.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Aug 7, 2022 15:47:17 GMT -5
It kind of floors me how utterly useless the TBS title is. It could have a place but it pretty much entirely exists as a Jade Cargill vanity belt. Still can't even fathom the idea of trying to do a workhorse belt with someone who can't have a match that goes longer for two minutes without it turning into a dumpster fire. Still astounds me how Ruby wasn't the obvious choice to put the title on. She had the crowd behind her, is a much better in ring talent and you could have still had Jade beat her at some point if you wanted.
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Post by chrom on Aug 7, 2022 15:50:54 GMT -5
It kind of floors me how utterly useless the TBS title is. It could have a place but it pretty much entirely exists as a Jade Cargill vanity belt. Still can't even fathom the idea of trying to do a workhorse belt with someone who can't have a match that goes longer for two minutes without it turning into a dumpster fire. Khan believes she's gonna be a mega blockbuster movie star.
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Post by chrom on Aug 7, 2022 15:52:31 GMT -5
It kind of floors me how utterly useless the TBS title is. It could have a place but it pretty much entirely exists as a Jade Cargill vanity belt. Still can't even fathom the idea of trying to do a workhorse belt with someone who can't have a match that goes longer for two minutes without it turning into a dumpster fire. Still astounds me how Ruby wasn't the obvious choice to put the title on. She had the crowd behind her, is a much better in ring talent and you could have still had Jade beat her at some point if you wanted. Shida was also the obvious choice, or Kris. They could've even pulled off Abadon as the unexpected first champ, if they had remembered she exists
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Aug 7, 2022 16:15:08 GMT -5
Still astounds me how Ruby wasn't the obvious choice to put the title on. She had the crowd behind her, is a much better in ring talent and you could have still had Jade beat her at some point if you wanted. Shida was also the obvious choice, or Kris. They could've even pulled off Abadon as the unexpected first champ, if they had remembered she exists Eh, Abadon is cool but I wouldn't put that on them just yet. Still pretty green and I think they're doing fine by letting them get more experience and training in. Kind of what they SHOULD have done with Jade.
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