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Post by CeilingFan on Nov 27, 2023 16:47:29 GMT -5
AEW will do better without CM Punk.
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Post by doomish on Nov 27, 2023 16:48:46 GMT -5
AEW will do better without CM Punk. If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful.
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Post by Dub H on Nov 27, 2023 16:57:10 GMT -5
AEW will do better without CM Punk. If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. MJF has draw viewers for his segments.But I agree the lack of storylines and pandering to former Roh/WWE stars has taken its toll
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Nov 27, 2023 17:00:18 GMT -5
Thinking about it there has to be one AEW to WWE flop just coz that’s the way things work. Your Austin/Foley/HHH have their Marc Mero counterpart, the Dudleys have Public Enemy and so on…
I don’t think Cody is going to be the flop as we’d have noticed by now. Jade has never irked me so I wish her success. Pillman is an idiot but he’s had a tough life and has never been malicious to the best of my knowledge.
I predict he will behave well and get his Mania main event, it’s when he has his feet under the table that trouble will occur.
Still security dragging Phil out of a Raw in mid June after a backstage fracas with I dunno… Ludwig or someone takes a lot of pressure off Ricky Starks, Wardlow or whoever the next Dennis Law is going to be as they know they won’t be the first Mero/PE.
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Post by doomish on Nov 27, 2023 17:00:27 GMT -5
If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. MJF has draw viewers for his segments.But I agree the lack of storylines and pandering to former Roh/WWE stars has taken its toll I was referring more to the goofy 'WWE-like' skits/characters that have made their way onto television more than the man himself. They have way too much talent to be squandering it on that junk. Hell, they just signed arguably the best wrestler on the planet right now.
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Post by HMARK Center on Nov 27, 2023 17:00:52 GMT -5
Nah, see, signing Edge meant that AEW is now a "retirement home", while bringing back Orton and Punk means WWE is "the place to be"! ...What do you mean, "we're just uncritically parroting something a source within WWE was trying to spread around as a narrative", that's not very brother-like of you, dude! And yeah, the whole "THIS is what matters in wrestling!" stuff as if wrestling is anything like actual pro sports in determining quality is something straight out of 1986. it’s optics. Randy and Phil came back to that crowd and reaction. Adam’s been doing poorly attended houses
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Post by doomish on Nov 27, 2023 17:01:30 GMT -5
Also, I don't for one second believe that Punk will cause as much shit as he did in AEW. He knows he won't get away with it like he did in AEW.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 27, 2023 17:02:31 GMT -5
The most likely thing that happens is within 2 months he gets injured and misses a bunch of time.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 27, 2023 17:03:58 GMT -5
So, what's for dinner?
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Nov 27, 2023 17:05:12 GMT -5
Basically the hope is that we've been through the darkest days but the fear is that this fire burns always
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Post by mcstoklasa on Nov 27, 2023 17:11:13 GMT -5
AEW will do better without CM Punk. If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 27, 2023 17:11:14 GMT -5
Thinking about it there has to be one AEW to WWE flop just coz that’s the way things work. Your Austin/Foley/HHH have their Marc Mero counterpart, the Dudleys have Public Enemy and so on… I don’t think Cody is going to be the flop as we’d have noticed by now. Jade has never irked me so I wish her success. Pillman is an idiot but he’s had a tough life and has never been malicious to the best of my knowledge. I predict he will behave well and get his Mania main event, it’s when he has his feet under the table that trouble will occur. Still security dragging Phil out of a Raw in mid June after a backstage fracas with I dunno… Ludwig or someone takes a lot of pressure off Ricky Starks, Wardlow or whoever the next Dennis Law is going to be as they know they won’t be the first Mero/PE. Mero was a good midcard/IC guy whose career was destroyed thanks to his knee exploding. He couldn't do his high flying stuff anymore after that, had to go more to a boxer and Sable lapped him in popularity. Mero doesn't tear his ACL and who knows what happens with him.
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Post by mistery on Nov 27, 2023 17:12:39 GMT -5
If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? I mean MJF made Jay White look like the biggest geek in AEW history at Full Gear so I would say yes. Despite MJF being so injured he had to be taken out on an ambulance, he returned later in the night to beat Jay White.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 27, 2023 17:13:39 GMT -5
Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? I mean MJF made Jay White look like the biggest geek in AEW history at Full Gear so I would say yes. Despite MJF being so injured he had to be taken out on an ambulance, he returned later in the night to beat Jay White. They're attempting to make MJF a homegrown star...this isn't exactly territory no one else has gone into.
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Post by doomish on Nov 27, 2023 17:16:23 GMT -5
If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? I am the wrong one to ask about this. I peaced out real quick when the Timeless Toni and awful, unfunny "ADAMMMM!!!!" skits started.
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Post by doomish on Nov 27, 2023 17:17:50 GMT -5
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Post by Mecca on Nov 27, 2023 17:19:50 GMT -5
If they go back to great wrestling and decent stories, yes. The MJF influence has been nothing but awful. Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? No one sells in modern professional wrestling, they just don't. AEW works a faster pace than WWE does, I mean I'm sure if someone flipped on Puro they could go crazy about no selling and high spot kickouts etc.
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Post by markymark on Nov 27, 2023 17:37:37 GMT -5
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Post by KingPooper on Nov 27, 2023 17:45:54 GMT -5
I always love a good WWE Copyright notice fake-out.
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 27, 2023 17:46:53 GMT -5
Do they still have a lot of awful selling and no selling? I mean MJF made Jay White look like the biggest geek in AEW history at Full Gear so I would say yes. Despite MJF being so injured he had to be taken out on an ambulance, he returned later in the night to beat Jay White. MJF did need to yambag Switchblade and use the Dynamite Diamond Ring to win, so there is that. It still didn't make White look good, but at least Jay can claim that MJF needed to cheat to win.
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