Official Wrestling News Thread

[OGDirtyD]

Uhhh folks tired of those matches in AEW?? That's news to me. Especially when muthafuccas are cheering "THIS IS AWESOME!" in a lot of those matches. And all those promotions you mentioned in that era of indy...hardly anybody was watching them. B/c most of them wasn't even being shown on mainstream TV. Or on networks folks didn't even know existed.

So for a die hard indie fan...yes those dream matches are nothin new to you. But for everyone else who wasn't exposed to that, AND just now seeing it on a mainstream TV show like AEW...then yes it's very much new. The fans don't seem to have an issue wit it.

Lets act like because we saw 19 year old Byran Danielson vs 21 yr old Seth Rollins in the early 2000s in a highschool gym it means we shouldnt care to see them against eachother now that they have primed up and are seasoned vets. Another wild statement.

 

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[Loneshot]

Lets act like because we saw 19 year old Byran Danielson vs 21 yr old Seth Rollins in the early 2000s in a highschool gym it means we shouldnt care to see them against eachother now that they have primed up and are seasoned vets. Another wild statement.

If the story makes it compelling. Though at this point, when it comes to people that have been around twenty years, the build up matters as much as the match-up because they aren't new faces with new moves. When the names are established, then that fame should be used better. That's why I don't feel like these free agents maintain their hype after their debut. We know they can wrestle, but this is a spectacle no matter how competitive it appears.

Idk...it just does not feel like the show is very planned out

 

[PhenomTheMac]

Christian is getting praise from every corner. That was happening before Edge showed up. Edges run is not being nearly as well received.

The feud is elevated based on their history, that has nothing to do with AEW. The story inside AEW is being propped up by that history, their story is not adding value. Unless you think Nick Wayne and his mother are somehow enhancing the story.

Now the matches being well received is separate from the story that ties the matches together. And that's the disconnect. AEW has lots of good matches. They just don't have good stories to back them up. They suffer from telling not showing. Oh, Bryan vs Shibata is a dream match. "Why?" "Google it."

It's this  super niche program, with a dwindling audience capable of keeping up. And rather than do literally anything to make the show more captivating, or interesting, or even understandable to anyone else, the owner and his cult fanbase are ignoring all criticism and ignoring all warning signs that what they're doing isn't working nearly as well as they think it is.

Edge vs Christian? With all of the built in history? Yeah, great story. But Adam Copeland vs Christian within the confines of the story told by AEW? It's a shit story. That Christian is performing at a high level despite the shit story is a credit to him to be sure, but it's a detriment to Tony et al. Want to give him a family? Give him compelling characters to play off of and not glorified stage props who detract from his act with their shitty acting.

 

[PhenomTheMac]

If the story makes it compelling. Though at this point, when it comes to people that have been around twenty years, the build up matters as much as the match-up because they aren't new faces with new moves. When the names are established, then that fame should be used better. That's why I don't feel like these free agents maintain their hype after their debut. We know they can wrestle, but this is a spectacle no matter how competitive it appears.

Idk...it just does not feel like the show is very planned out

You dropping science bro. You got some well thought out opinions and should post them more often. Salute.

 

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[BountyHunterRo]

NXT has a litany of stars ready to be the next generation of WWE superstars and one that has garnered a lot of fan support is NXT North American Champion Oba Femi.

Fans are not the only ones impressed with Femi however. Fightful Select's Corey Brennan was told that officials in NXT have been impressed with Femi's performances since becoming NXT North American Champion, with one NXT source noting Femi is expected to do big things in WWE, describing him as someone WWE view as a future WWE champion.

Officials have been surprised by Femi's development in the short time he has been on television, with the viewpoint of him being the "total package" being a common one backstage. One source also noted that WWE sees Femi as a source of untapped potential and do not have any plans to rush Femi to the main roster despite his surging popularity.

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

The irony of this being posted amongst the allegations that there’s no story is jokes lol

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

NXT has a litany of stars ready to be the next generation of WWE superstars and one that has garnered a lot of fan support is NXT North American Champion Oba Femi.

Fans are not the only ones impressed with Femi however. Fightful Select's Corey Brennan was told that officials in NXT have been impressed with Femi's performances since becoming NXT North American Champion, with one NXT source noting Femi is expected to do big things in WWE, describing him as someone WWE view as a future WWE champion.

Officials have been surprised by Femi's development in the short time he has been on television, with the viewpoint of him being the "total package" being a common one backstage. One source also noted that WWE sees Femi as a source of untapped potential and do not have any plans to rush Femi to the main roster despite his surging popularity.

OBA FEMINISTS UNITE!!!

 

[OGDirtyD]

NXT has a litany of stars ready to be the next generation of WWE superstars and one that has garnered a lot of fan support is NXT North American Champion Oba Femi.

Fans are not the only ones impressed with Femi however. Fightful Select's Corey Brennan was told that officials in NXT have been impressed with Femi's performances since becoming NXT North American Champion, with one NXT source noting Femi is expected to do big things in WWE, describing him as someone WWE view as a future WWE champion.

Officials have been surprised by Femi's development in the short time he has been on television, with the viewpoint of him being the "total package" being a common one backstage. One source also noted that WWE sees Femi as a source of untapped potential and do not have any plans to rush Femi to the main roster despite his surging popularity.

Femi got the juice

 

[Loneshot]

The irony of this being posted amongst the allegations that there’s no story is jokes lol

That only proves @PhenomTheMac right about AEW riding their WWE history to fuel the feud.

 

[Eyerone]

That only proves @PhenomTheMac right about AEW riding their WWE history to fuel the feud.

Now it’s special conditions for what a story has to be when initially, he said there were no storylines in aew.

Like I said earlier, if you don’t like the storylines, that’s fine. But you can’t outright say they don’t have them.

 

[Chi-Town B]

 

[Chi-Town B]

WWE signed Jade and she was treated like a star, everyone covered her, why didn't AEW go the extra mile to treat ol girl the same way?

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

Waking up thinking about another man’s money & how he spends it is a mental illness. And then talking to yourself about it afterwards solidifies that

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

 

[Chi-Town B]

Waking up thinking about another man’s money & how he spends it is a mental illness. And then talking to yourself about it afterwards solidifies that

What did I say about that man's money?

 

[Chi-Town B]

But didn't she take her ass over there for the pay check