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Post by kingoftheindies on May 9, 2023 8:48:03 GMT -5
I get the sense All In is basically gonna be PWG at Wembley. And what I mean by that is it's going to be a balls to the wall supershow with big time matches. Maybe not fully canon but going to be a big time party.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 9, 2023 8:59:14 GMT -5
I hope they only have 8 matches. The British are strict when it comes to curfews for live events. Pretty sure Wembley is 10:30pm too - perhaps 11 at the latest. Who knows. Tony owns the city of London and the metropolitan police so its obvious it will go on until 11:30pm /s
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Post by Kalmia on May 9, 2023 12:38:56 GMT -5
I hope they only have 8 matches. The British are strict when it comes to curfews for live events. Pretty sure Wembley is 10:30pm too - perhaps 11 at the latest. Who knows. Tony owns the city of London and the metropolitan police so its obvious it will go on until 11:30pm /s Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's 10:30pm and the council isn't shy about fining people who go over it.
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Post by darbus alan on May 9, 2023 13:25:08 GMT -5
All In had angles going into it in various promotions, especially ROH and NJPW. And it was built a lot on BTE, too, especially stuff like the lead-up to the Amell vs Daniels match. Titles were defended, too.
AEW is (in?)famous for its really short PPV builds anyway. I think they could get away with having a lot of dream matches just because of the nature of the show where the spectacle and environment are the big selling points. But I don't think it will be "non-canon" either. Like, it's hard to say without knowing the matches one way or another, but I'm guessing it will be a lot like Forbidden Door in terms of structure.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 9, 2023 15:50:25 GMT -5
I get the sense All In is basically gonna be PWG at Wembley. And what I mean by that is it's going to be a balls to the wall supershow with big time matches. Maybe not fully canon but going to be a big time party. I think it'll be canon, they're gonna build to the matches on the shows and sell the shit out of this, but I feel like you're on the track that it might be treated like Forbidden Door but on a Mania scale, in that they're gonna give us their best matches with crossover potential for this show, and if All Out stays where it is, those might be the more storyline beefed feuds and matches as well.
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Post by jm on May 9, 2023 16:13:17 GMT -5
I get the sense All In is basically gonna be PWG at Wembley. And what I mean by that is it's going to be a balls to the wall supershow with big time matches. Maybe not fully canon but going to be a big time party. If All In is the same caliber of amazing show as for example Steen Wolf, that would be excellent to see.
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Post by rajaah on May 9, 2023 22:25:05 GMT -5
I don't know why people keep saying they're doing All In and All Out one week away from each other on PPV.
There is literally nothing to indicate that's the plan, except that they were interested in doing All Out at the United Center this year instead of the NOW Arena (which should have been done in 2021 and 2022 but better late than never). That (true) rumor pre-dated the All In announcement, and the United Center is now hosting the first Collision. All of these things came together at about the same time and All In / Collision both became a reality.
All Out is unlikely to happen this year and if it does it'll be moved. Of course, I could also turn out to be wrong, since decisions are being made as we go along and you never really know what the final choice will end up being.
Regardless of whatever ends up happening, it's grating after a while to see the constant references to "but how are they gonna do All In and All Out in the same week" as if that's something that makes any sense whatsoever.
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Post by darbus alan on May 9, 2023 22:28:18 GMT -5
Anthony Bowens is under the impression All Out is still happening a week after All In. Whether both are PPV or if All Out is even still happening with All In being as massive a success as it is, not sure.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 9, 2023 23:03:33 GMT -5
I don't know why people keep saying they're doing All In and All Out one week away from each other on PPV. There is literally nothing to indicate that's the plan, except that they were interested in doing All Out at the United Center this year instead of the NOW Arena (which should have been done in 2021 and 2022 but better late than never). That (true) rumor pre-dated the All In announcement, and the United Center is now hosting the first Collision. All of these things came together at about the same time and All In / Collision both became a reality. All Out is unlikely to happen this year and if it does it'll be moved. Of course, I could also turn out to be wrong, since decisions are being made as we go along and you never really know what the final choice will end up being. Regardless of whatever ends up happening, it's grating after a while to see the constant references to "but how are they gonna do All In and All Out in the same week" as if that's something that makes any sense whatsoever. Megha indicated that All Out would be a week later.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 10, 2023 2:09:44 GMT -5
I don't know why people keep saying they're doing All In and All Out one week away from each other on PPV. There is literally nothing to indicate that's the plan, except that they were interested in doing All Out at the United Center this year instead of the NOW Arena (which should have been done in 2021 and 2022 but better late than never). That (true) rumor pre-dated the All In announcement, and the United Center is now hosting the first Collision. All of these things came together at about the same time and All In / Collision both became a reality. All Out is unlikely to happen this year and if it does it'll be moved. Of course, I could also turn out to be wrong, since decisions are being made as we go along and you never really know what the final choice will end up being. Regardless of whatever ends up happening, it's grating after a while to see the constant references to "but how are they gonna do All In and All Out in the same week" as if that's something that makes any sense whatsoever. Considering nobody has been told anything different that's what we have to assume. Though, I too think it would be wasted to hold All Out a week after. Just move it to October.
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Post by clifford on May 10, 2023 5:20:15 GMT -5
They have a roster big enough to spread about 14 PPV caliber matches with storylines over the two shows.
Lets say 8/9 of them are saved for All Out; you could still have 5/6 matches at All In which are AEW 'canon', as in, built up over months on their tv shows, with the rest of the All In card being dream matches featuring the AEW talent that have a PPV match the following week at All Out. For instance, lets say Bryan Danielson has a scheduled match with Kenny Omega booked for All Out, which has been built on AEW tv for months, but for All In he faces Zack Sabre Jr. or Nigel McGuinness.
AEW's roster size is used constantly as a source of humor and a stick to beat the company with, but it will be its biggest asset if they are running two major shows back to back, with one of them being a 70k+ stadium event.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 10, 2023 10:06:36 GMT -5
Just saw Nigel McGuinness did legal paperwork for his ring name.
Please, for All In just give me Sabre/McGuinness vs. Danielson/Shibata, with AmDrag getting a Final Countdown entrance (by Europe, in Europe!). The universe will be righted if that happens.
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Post by Fake Jesus on May 10, 2023 10:15:38 GMT -5
I'd personally be very irritated if AEW ran Danielson vs Omega in f***ing Chicago and the stadium crowd got Danielson vs a New Japan midcarder or in a tag match. Forbidden Door is for that. A second rate card full of niche dream matches and dudes who happen to be English is not what we deserve and I doubt it's what we'll get
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Post by polarbearpete on May 10, 2023 10:24:47 GMT -5
I'd personally be very irritated if AEW ran Danielson vs Omega in f***ing Chicago and the stadium crowd got Danielson vs a New Japan midcarder or in a tag match. Forbidden Door is for that. A second rate card full of niche dream matches and dudes who happen to be English is not what we deserve and I doubt it's what we'll get Yeah in my opinion, All In should be about showcasing the best AEW stars and feuds, and not about shoehorning in random wrestlers from outside the company that happen to be English. Maybe put someone like Ospreay in a fun match in the middle of the card, but you should be main eventing with AEW’s biggest stars.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on May 10, 2023 10:28:51 GMT -5
I mean, AEW has done showcase matches all the time. There was a time Mox and Kingston would do that exact thing and have showcase matches on PPVs. Not exactly new. Osprey or ZSJ getting matches would not be out of character for them.
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Post by clifford on May 10, 2023 11:44:06 GMT -5
I'd personally be very irritated if AEW ran Danielson vs Omega in f***ing Chicago and the stadium crowd got Danielson vs a New Japan midcarder or in a tag match. Forbidden Door is for that. A second rate card full of niche dream matches and dudes who happen to be English is not what we deserve and I doubt it's what we'll get Lol
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 10, 2023 12:06:44 GMT -5
I'd personally be very irritated if AEW ran Danielson vs Omega in f***ing Chicago and the stadium crowd got Danielson vs a New Japan midcarder or in a tag match. Forbidden Door is for that. A second rate card full of niche dream matches and dudes who happen to be English is not what we deserve and I doubt it's what we'll get Genuinely if Ostrich is in the main event, I might leave early to beat the traffic
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Post by markymark on May 10, 2023 13:27:15 GMT -5
Zarian said All In is at 68k as of yesterday.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on May 10, 2023 13:41:52 GMT -5
I'd personally be very irritated if AEW ran Danielson vs Omega in f***ing Chicago and the stadium crowd got Danielson vs a New Japan midcarder or in a tag match. Forbidden Door is for that. A second rate card full of niche dream matches and dudes who happen to be English is not what we deserve and I doubt it's what we'll get If he's coming going to be making a 1 night return I could see them doing Danielson and McGuinness one more time. Maybe finally give Nigel a decisive win over Danielson.
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Post by Kalmia on May 10, 2023 14:17:22 GMT -5
Zarian said All In is at 68k as of yesterday. Even if they didn't sell another ticket, you'd have to call this a massive success.
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