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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 10, 2023 19:30:21 GMT -5
WHERE'S THE SIGN POINTING? They started the sign pointing!
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Post by Some Guy on Aug 10, 2023 19:34:08 GMT -5
I think Sammy will join the Callis Family and face Jericho at All In. They've been building that match since Dynamite started (hence Sammy wearing the IC jacket) and the motivation of JAS imploding and Sammy set to become a dad is the ideal time. The heat they'd get together will be insane. I really don't think a match between these two would get that much heat at all, honestly. Nobody really cares about this story except how much they hate Callis, and that tells in every single reaction they do for it. Also both singles Sammy feuds and singles Jericho feuds tend to sink hard unless there's a talent like Cody or MJF to drag them higher. That's been the case for like 2 years at this point.
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Post by clifford on Aug 11, 2023 3:44:22 GMT -5
The womens four-way is kinda cool in that it's a direct reference to the womens four-way at the first All In (and we'll definitely see Britt in it as she was in that first All In four-way), but its also real disappointing that we couldn't get a big marquee womens title singles match- you coulda done the four-way as well, for the TBS championship or as a no.1 contenders match for a title shot at All Out.
As vociferous as I've been against AEW and their handling of the womens division, I will say that injuries f***ed them here. The obvious plan was Jamie Hayter recapturing the title in London, and I'd wager the backup plan was getting Mercedes Moné to make an appearance in a title match. But injuries to both made that impossible.
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Post by lucaslawless on Aug 11, 2023 5:20:21 GMT -5
Id be happy for Punk V Joe to become a 4 way dance or triple threat.
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Post by markymark on Aug 11, 2023 7:05:57 GMT -5
What if the mystery guy is Nigel?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 11, 2023 7:51:33 GMT -5
What if the mystery guy is Nigel? I'd be shocked if the third man wasn't Shibata. Especially since it wouldn't even be the first time he'd be a drafted in partner for a team that weekend (He's also at the RevPro show as ELP's partner against Gabriel Kidd and David Finlay).
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Post by markymark on Aug 11, 2023 8:05:09 GMT -5
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Post by kingoftheindies on Aug 11, 2023 8:09:14 GMT -5
I like the idea of The Righteous getting a push but... yeah All In needed a bigger match
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 11, 2023 8:15:28 GMT -5
I like the idea of The Righteous getting a push but... yeah All In needed a bigger match I do too, but I can also imagine the backlash of people not getting most of the build because it was mostly ROH based. Honestly, the two six mans being proposed are much bigger on paper and get more people involved which, hey, that's sort of what you need to do for this.
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Post by markymark on Aug 11, 2023 8:21:15 GMT -5
Card getting reshuffled explains why the DO has been back to doing nothing since beating the Righteous outside of working dark matches.(AEW quietly dropped the DO/Elite feud, VOW said it was Righteous vs Elite feud was going to have DO involved, probably working together with Righteous to form a super group).
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Post by discoelysium on Aug 11, 2023 8:31:52 GMT -5
Yeah the righteous are fine and had a great match with dark order but that's not a match for your biggest crowd in history.
Also nuts that Page doesn't have a match for the show at present
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 11, 2023 8:42:51 GMT -5
I hope that Golden Elite vs BCG match happens because that'll be a banger. I was hoping Omega would get a singles match because there's probably nobody in AEW that's more consistent on a huge stage than him, but that trios match will do.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 11, 2023 8:56:40 GMT -5
I hope that Golden Elite vs BCG match happens because that'll be a banger. I was hoping Omega would get a singles match because there's probably nobody in AEW that's more consistent on a huge stage than him, but that trios match will do. I’m the same way. With how BCG have been and this modern iteration of the Elite and history with both sides, throw in Takeshita and tease for the singles match the week after, that sounds like a blast.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 11, 2023 9:01:07 GMT -5
The Righteous have really stepped their game up but putting them on this show would have been setting them up for failure. I like the idea of the angle though. It can be something they do along the road to Grand Slam or Full Gear.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Aug 11, 2023 9:48:46 GMT -5
It will encapsulate Tony Khan's booking if he sticks the international champion in a random tag match in their first ever show on a different continent. I want important singles matches. I don't want what reads like a house show main event. Run that match as two singles matches. It's already gimping the show to not have an Omega singles match, could only be tolerable if it really is against Bullet Club
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 11, 2023 10:04:03 GMT -5
It will encapsulate Tony Khan's booking if he sticks the international champion in a random tag match in their first ever show on a different continent. I want important singles matches. I don't want what reads like a house show main event. Run that match as two singles matches. It's already gimping the show to not have an Omega singles match, could only be tolerable if it really is against Bullet Club I really, really do not think it is that serious tbh
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 11, 2023 10:20:22 GMT -5
I’d assumed they were building bcc as an unstoppable force for a trios title match not to face some random team like it’s an episode of dynamite.
Multi person matches are a necessary evil but at least one of Omega, Takeshita, OC, Hangman and Mox should have a high profile singles match but ideally two of them against each other. Omega vs Takeshita is the the best option with what’s been built. If they are in trios at least make it top tier and meaningful. Osprey and Takeshita teaming would at least fit and feel higher profile.
If we get the trios and then they do the singles matches the next week I’ll be pissed off but at the moment its all rumours.
(Without Hayter it’s a good decision for the women to have a fourway though)
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Aug 11, 2023 10:32:55 GMT -5
It will encapsulate Tony Khan's booking if he sticks the international champion in a random tag match in their first ever show on a different continent. I want important singles matches. I don't want what reads like a house show main event. Run that match as two singles matches. It's already gimping the show to not have an Omega singles match, could only be tolerable if it really is against Bullet Club It's very head scratching to save both major singles matches for Chicago rather than what is being billed as the biggest show in wrestling history.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 11, 2023 10:41:24 GMT -5
I pretty much do not care.
Like, would I like more single matches? Of course. But in this scenario, I get to see a lot of my faves, more people get on the card and the atmosphere will be amazing. I'm not going down the path of "Oh no, I'm not getting an International title match?" or "Oh no, I'm getting interactions with the guy who sent Kenny Omega out of New Japan and more Takeshita/Ibushi goodness instead of a bunch of singles matches?" because it feels extremely silly to me.
Look, hey, if you're annoyed by some of the rumours, more power to you. But I just struggle to find a reason to be any way ungrateful with the builds we have so far.
And then there's some people like "Oh, they'll just call each other out on promos and there won't be much to it." Great! Give me cool combinations and build a story from it, that's what pro wrestling's about.
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 11, 2023 10:54:29 GMT -5
AEW has a tough job with Wembley. Do you load the card with singles matches, knowing full well that means many of your top wrestlers (that people have probably bought tickets to see) won't get a match? Or do you get everyone on the card by doing multi-wrestler matches and have people complain about the lack of singles?
I don't think there's a way to win this one unless they do a card that is ten hours long.
And then there'd be complaints about that as well, lol
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