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Post by markymark on Jul 27, 2023 14:43:13 GMT -5
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 27, 2023 14:48:23 GMT -5
I don't think Tony pulls cards out of his ass for PPVs. You announce matches when it's time and makes sense within the story. Especially since you have sold a ton of tickets, you have some additional leeway there. And it's also a company in a contract year TV wise which means your weekly shows needs some twists and turns to keep folks invested. We know MJF/Cole will be involved somehow. We know Punk is going to do something. We know the Elite will be there. Some intrigue until then is fine. Yeah it's a weird framing to say there's nothing being booked or built when like, storylines are progressing right now on television. MJF vs Cole might be at All Out. But maybe they win the titles this Saturday and it's the rematch. Maybe Roddy turns and some other tag match happens. Maybe they stay friends after the loss and the match is set, since MJF did say last night he'd give Cole his rematch. Whatever does happen at All In with them, we're seeing this story develop week by week and we right now have a lot of mysteries about the next step of this week's TV, and maybe nothing's really benefited by nailing down explicitly what these guys are doing until these plot threads resolve, because that's just like. How storytelling works. But even just with last night, we've got the BCC/Death Triangle/Best Friends thing where pieces are moving there and Orange Cassidy could be involved with that, or he could be involved in the stuff with Darby and Swerve and AR Fox that he's been involved with, too. And that story just got a huge wrinkle with the AR Fox turn that is just now breaking. AEW PPV cards don't get announced super long out, but that's because on a good day those stories are developing and shifting in the weeks leading up to them, letting what's clearly being worked up to becoming official in the final weeks, but where there's been substantial build. AEW's style has never been to give us foregone conclusion cards and them amble the pieces around with that in mind. I don't think this show being so large-scale really necessitates that they have to change that style and book/promote this in a wholly different way than what the audience is used to just because the show is big. Like, some people actually like that AEW builds its stories this way.
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 27, 2023 14:53:01 GMT -5
AEW wrestler: All In is the biggest show in AEW history! I can't wait for it!
AEW fans sitting at home: So how can I watch it?
AEW: silence
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Jul 27, 2023 14:56:18 GMT -5
According to SRS the match for All In is Ospreay vs……Jericho
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Post by markymark on Jul 27, 2023 15:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 27, 2023 15:04:56 GMT -5
AEW wrestler: All In is the biggest show in AEW history! I can't wait for it! AEW fans sitting at home: So how can I watch it? AEW: silence See, I will agree this is a bigger concern that I hope gets sorted out. Still hopeful for it airing on ITV4, *crosses fingers for people*
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jul 27, 2023 15:13:58 GMT -5
Holy shit, now that is how you waste an incredible talent like Will Ospreay.
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 27, 2023 15:15:36 GMT -5
AEW wrestler: All In is the biggest show in AEW history! I can't wait for it! AEW fans sitting at home: So how can I watch it? AEW: silence See, I will agree this is a bigger concern that I hope gets sorted out. Still hopeful for it airing on ITV4, *crosses fingers for people* I have a completely unsubstantiated theory that not having broadcast details confirmed is part of why they're not going all in (pun not intended) on the TV promotion yet.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 27, 2023 15:16:54 GMT -5
Ospreay - Jericho?! Lord, I hope that’s because Omega is getting Punk.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 27, 2023 15:17:26 GMT -5
We were never going to see Kenny vs. Ospreay, a feud about the mantle of New Japan's gaijin ace, resolve itself in an exhibition match at an AEW show in the UK. That just was actually always a weird nonsense.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 27, 2023 15:18:07 GMT -5
See, I will agree this is a bigger concern that I hope gets sorted out. Still hopeful for it airing on ITV4, *crosses fingers for people* I have a completely unsubstantiated theory that not having broadcast details confirmed is part of why they're not going all in (pun not intended) on the TV promotion yet. Honestly, that sounds logical if anything.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 27, 2023 15:19:09 GMT -5
We were never going to see Kenny vs. Ospreay, a feud about the mantle of New Japan's gaijin ace, resolve itself in an exhibition match at an AEW show in the UK. That just was actually always a weird nonsense. Yeah, it would have taken away from the entire point of the feud if it was done somewhere else entirely. That thing needs to be the main event of the Tokyo Dome in January unless something goes on fire in New Japan between now and then.
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Post by jm on Jul 27, 2023 15:27:51 GMT -5
Who replaced TK's regular batch with the batch that makes him book stupid matches?! And this is coming from someone who still enjoys Jericho.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 27, 2023 15:28:01 GMT -5
We were never going to see Kenny vs. Ospreay, a feud about the mantle of New Japan's gaijin ace, resolve itself in an exhibition match at an AEW show in the UK. That just was actually always a weird nonsense. Yeah, it would have taken away from the entire point of the feud if it was done somewhere else entirely. That thing needs to be the main event of the Tokyo Dome in January unless something goes on fire in New Japan between now and then. Omega’s impending free agency could change that as well.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jul 27, 2023 15:38:35 GMT -5
When they say the match was discussed, was it as an answer to the question "what would be the worst possible use of Will Ospreay at All In?"
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Jul 27, 2023 15:43:16 GMT -5
Ospreay v Jericho is the most Fight for the FAll In ass match I’ve ever heard.
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Post by The Ichi on Jul 27, 2023 15:43:54 GMT -5
Jericho: "What young rising star have I not had a random feud with yet?"
I'm guessing that's how this went down.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jul 27, 2023 15:48:33 GMT -5
Stolen from my buddy on Twitter: "Jericho when he sees another hot wrestler with momentum that he can latch onto and squander"
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 27, 2023 15:50:59 GMT -5
I'm fine with it, it's a big name who's open to putting over guys like Ospreay. Omega should have his eventual singles match with Takeshita at either All In or All Out.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Jul 27, 2023 15:52:52 GMT -5
Most of AEW's big matches will never happen because of how Tony books the show. Half these dudes will retire before you get something random and fresh like idk Miro vs Omega. All In is an opportunity to actually book some of those and not lame shit like Luchasaurus vs Darby. Christian vs Darby please.
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