Moppy
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Post by Moppy on Sept 11, 2023 9:42:50 GMT -5
Some seriously edgy 13-year-olds writing for NoDQ these days!
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Post by eJm on Sept 11, 2023 9:45:02 GMT -5
I thought it was worth mentioning here since it also references firing people (plus I just thought it was hilarious and needed a thread to post it in), NoDQ posted this whole article on fixing AEW (including hiring guys like Dutch Mantell and Al Snow) and it said they need to fire Action Brunson: Tell me you only looked at the roster page and the win/loss records without telling me you only looked at the roster page and the win/loss records. Surprised they didn’t think Shaq’s still under contract. But to address the rest of the article, having unfortunately seen bits of it, it was funny that a tweet went around about how people booking AEW have no real substantial success in the business when the people who lead WWE’s developmental for the longest time were Bill DeMott, Matt Bloom and Norman Smiley. And it isn’t like Jimmy Jacobs and RD Evans weren’t on WWE’s writing staff for the longest time or anything. Can’t also believe NoDQ forgot Bill Watts! He’s still alive, might as well be a candidate!
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Sept 11, 2023 9:53:41 GMT -5
It really used to be annoying when this c***, Nash, Booker or any of the other rent a dipshits chimed in with the same shit but it's helped me be a little more thankful that there's an alternative to WWE that doesn't involve bicycle riding dracula and all of his dickhead friends and that they're literally never going to need any of them for anything. All of them are locked outside forever and it gets funnier any time they cry about it.
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Hypnosis
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 11, 2023 9:55:16 GMT -5
Some seriously edgy 13-year-olds writing for NoDQ these days! The home of XMV. *shudders*
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Post by eJm on Sept 11, 2023 9:58:20 GMT -5
Some seriously edgy 13-year-olds writing for NoDQ these days! The home of XMV. *shudders* God, I used to be such a XMV mark and I literally remember the moment I thought "F*** this" and stopped watching (the episode after the "reboot" where they bitched about people bitching and Rift put a forum post about how he doesn't listen to fans which felt so weird considering how much they complained about WWE doing the same thing at the time).
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Kalmia
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Post by Kalmia on Sept 11, 2023 10:01:05 GMT -5
I thought it was worth mentioning here since it also references firing people (plus I just thought it was hilarious and needed a thread to post it in), NoDQ posted this whole article on fixing AEW (including hiring guys like Dutch Mantell and Al Snow) and it said they need to fire Action Brunson: They also misspelled Danhausen, so there's some quality journalism going on over there. Danhausen probably pays for himself just in merch sales.
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Post by MrElijah on Sept 11, 2023 10:06:41 GMT -5
I thought it was worth mentioning here since it also references firing people (plus I just thought it was hilarious and needed a thread to post it in), NoDQ posted this whole article on fixing AEW (including hiring guys like Dutch Mantell and Al Snow) and it said they need to fire Action Brunson: Tell me you only looked at the roster page and the win/loss records without telling me you only looked at the roster page and the win/loss records. Surprised they didn’t think Shaq’s still under contract. But to address the rest of the article, having unfortunately seen bits of it, it was funny that a tweet went around about how people booking AEW have no real substantial success in the business when the people who lead WWE’s developmental for the longest time were Bill DeMott, Matt Bloom and Norman Smiley. And it isn’t like Jimmy Jacobs and RD Evans weren’t on WWE’s writing staff for the longest time or anything. Can’t also believe NoDQ forgot Bill Watts! He’s still alive, might as well be a candidate! Bill Watts' AEW sounds like an insane alternative universe. Hangman would probably be the top guy along with Big Bill and Hobbs but we'll get Sheik Strickland and Miro Koloff, son of Nikita.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 11, 2023 10:28:39 GMT -5
NODQ is basically mobile Google fyp clickbait anymore. I remember them being somewhat respectable at one point. So it's kinda sad.
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KME
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Post by KME on Sept 11, 2023 10:30:50 GMT -5
"Danhaussen" and "Action Brunson" 🤣 I love a lot about AEW but one thing I really love it for is how easy it makes it to spot people who aren't worth listening to, almost everybody I've ever seen criticising the company come across as insufferable, thick as mince dipshits. Have never been on that website before but at least I know now to never bother in future either.
Just an embarrassing article really, the Action Bronson line is utterly ridiculous, he last appeared on screen the first night I ever watched AEW which was Grand Slam... a f***ing year ago. The person clearly doesn't watch the product based on the Bronson line alone and has conspired to write a wall of shite based on things they've seen from fellow smooth brains on Twitter and Instagram.
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mc74
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Post by mc74 on Sept 11, 2023 10:44:02 GMT -5
at least have the balls to say that is what you want instead of insisting hey guys everyone wants what worked 30 years ago I'll take it one step further and add 'what worked 30 years ago and what, 20 years ago, was wearing thin enough that the general interest in the product began to ebb, leaving behind an absolute graveyard of big muscledudes who failed to interest the remaining crowd and keep interest from dipping off further". Sometimes the size argument relies on pretending that wrestling history stopped between 2002 and 2016, and suddenly one day everyone was just small and the casual audience went away. And once again, I will point at the New Generation Era WWF as an example of what happens when you don't get with the times. In a time when wrestling was seemingly moving on from wrestlers having a certain look and gimmicks being less cartoonish in nature, the WWF never learned to adapt and instead doubled down HARD on keeping things the same.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Sept 11, 2023 12:28:05 GMT -5
NODQ is basically mobile Google fyp clickbait anymore. I remember them being somewhat respectable at one point. So it's kinda sad. I deserve an AARP card for remembering when NoDQ first started posting rly dodgy scoops when the guy who would go on to make Ringside News took over.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Sept 11, 2023 12:49:21 GMT -5
NoDQ was like *the* premiere spot for respectable thoughtful nuanced journalism when it comes to coverage in the form of Realplayer clips of backyard wrestlers getting hurt.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Sept 11, 2023 13:00:03 GMT -5
NoDQ was like *the* premiere spot for respectable thoughtful nuanced journalism when it comes to coverage in the form of Realplayer clips of backyard wrestlers getting hurt. Also Luigi vs. Frankenstein
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2023 13:09:31 GMT -5
Gonna go out on a limb and bet they meant Action Andretti but releasing him would be even more perplexing.
I do however think that Danhausen has been super overrated on whatever it is he is (a wrestler? a personality?) compared to the hype train that was behind him coming in but again why would people be calling for other people's jobs?
He seems to agree with me haha
The whole point of an alternative was so people had a place to try....
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Sept 11, 2023 13:19:40 GMT -5
Some seriously edgy 13-year-olds writing for NoDQ these days! I wrote for Prowrestling.com when I was 10 and even I made more sense.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 11, 2023 13:36:37 GMT -5
Danhausen sells a shitload of merch, like you don't give a guy at his prominence level this many variant action figures because nobody's buying them, particularly when they are ending up on backorder.
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KME
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Post by KME on Sept 11, 2023 16:03:19 GMT -5
Danhausen is over, sells merch and doesn't take a spot away from anyone in the ring, he's had like two matches this year, again it's plain ignorance naming him as some sort of issue at the moment when he's been injured since Double or Nothing but I find it unfathomably stupid to be talking about cutting someone like him to be honest. Whatever money he costs them is going to mean f*** all to people as rich as the Khan's.
Feels like a waste of time talking about it anyway, the whole article reeks of being in bad faith, people who write articles like that don't usually have any desire to have the product improve because it's usually clear they don't even watch it, it's just a chance to get some clicks and have a pop at something that isn't the company they like. The stuff about bringing in New Japan stars who don't have a following just sounds borderline xenophobic too, can tell what podcasts that guy spends his time listening too.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Sept 11, 2023 16:14:48 GMT -5
I can't stand Danhausen and don't like the gimmick at all, haven't enjoyed anything he's ever done but yeah, from merch and imagery alone he's massively valuable to the company
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 11, 2023 16:39:22 GMT -5
NODQ is basically mobile Google fyp clickbait anymore. I remember them being somewhat respectable at one point. So it's kinda sad. I deserve an AARP card for remembering when NoDQ first started posting rly dodgy scoops when the guy who would go on to make Ringside News took over. I deserve one for remembering when Jeff Meachem and Noah Donis had a f***ing street fight "match" for control of the website that they actually put on Youtube...
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Sept 11, 2023 17:04:47 GMT -5
What a dumbass article that is. Not everyone can be main eventers. The top talent need people to beat. If those people sell a lot of merch, fill a niche or appeal to a certain demographic while making others look good then they're valuable to a company. You need some variety. That's before you get to potential.
Also there's a difference between firing people for no good reason and not renewing contracts. The former should never happen and TK does the right thing in that regard. The later is usually fair enough. However if Perry or Danhausen's contract was expiring next month aew would be stupid to let either go.
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