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Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

I hope they're both out of their minds. I want Bryan wrestling bear style. I want CM Punk only doing shoot style MMA matchs and running a RAW Underground gimmick.

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Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

don't be willing to bet on wrestling

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

Barry Bluejeans posted:

I guess I don't see why the title needs to be in play for Punk / Omega or Bryan / Omega, either is a gigantic show-selling match on its own

Certainly both guys could be in the title mix immediately if need be, but there's already so many stories they can tell without having to involve any belts

Hell, either Punk or Danielson vs Omega writes itself considering both of them had the 'best in the world' moniker applied at different times. Best In The World/GOAT vs the Best Bout Machine. Boom. That's the angle.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

i hope cm punk feuds with jericho, then christian, then matt hardy, and finally jake hager, and retires on top after four consecutive dream matches that we never thought we'd see. same with bryan danielson but he can take the opponents in reverse order so that everyone has something to do. the prohibited egress

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

If they debut Punk at the dynamite before All Out, I want AJ as the wild card in the ladies Casino Battle Royal.

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007

I hope CM Punk comes out drinking a beer and Danielson walks out eating a huge deep fried turkey leg

A talking coyote
Jan 14, 2020

AEW weed belt when?

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

sportsgenius86 posted:

If they debut Punk at the dynamite before All Out, I want AJ as the wild card in the ladies Casino Battle Royal.

I sure hope not because I am much more interested in the long rumored wild card.

A talking coyote
Jan 14, 2020

Who’s the rumored wild card?

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

Kane

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

A talking coyote posted:

Who’s the rumored wild card?

Ruby Soho.

A talking coyote
Jan 14, 2020

MassRafTer posted:

Ruby Soho.

Is that actually rumored? All I’ve heard about it is people here just wanting it to be a thing.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

A talking coyote posted:

Is that actually rumored? All I’ve heard about it is people here just wanting it to be a thing.

ICR on the discord has said they're very far along in negotiations.

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

That would be better than AJ.

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Yea that would be better than AJ. I forgot she’ll be free by then

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

I don't want to see Aj wrestle necessarily but I wouldn't mind her replacing Vickie on the show completely, or with an announcing gig (or both, give her the Taz deal).

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
Doesn't AJ have some kinda injury that means she can't wrestle anymore?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Her spine is hosed, yeah, but we thought a lot of people wouldn't be able to come back. That said, I *think* WWE released her on the condition that if she could wrestle again, she'd need to finish out her contract.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
AJ never developed into the great wrestler people expected, probably for reasons out of her control. I wouldn't mind seeing her wrestle and show what she can actually do, but maybe a few months down the line.

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH

A talking coyote posted:

AEW weed belt when?

it's called the ftw world championship

yea ok
Jul 27, 2006

omega interview going up tonight. its a garrett show tho

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1418774570484436992

Might resub for this.

The Cameo
Jan 20, 2005


AJ seems pretty well off having rebranded herself as an animal rights and mental health awareness advocate, and working with Lucifer actress Aimee Garcia on writing comic books and other things. She actually made the Black List’s latin TV writer’s list for a spec script she wrote:

The Black List “Latinx TV List” posted:

HOME by AJ Mendez
A dark comedy about a young Latina who struggles to re-enter the world after surviving a suicide attempt, but uses her comatose Mormon roommate’s seemingly perfect identity to start fresh.

and just recently her and Garcia were announced as the screenwriters for a 47 Ronin sequel.

I mean she’ll probably feel the itch to come back if and when Punk works again, but I don’t think it’d be for much more than a proper retirement match, instead of having her last match literally be also known as the “YOU SUCK _____” match.

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

AJ seems like someone who lived wrestling and had that love killed. More than most.

Edge & Christian
May 20, 2001

Earth-1145 is truly the best!
A world of singing, magic frogs,
high adventure, no shitposters

fez_machine posted:

The Mat Men floated the idea of someone else (Punk or Bryan) beating Omega instead of Hangman. So the F4W group has some major brain worms about this.

I trust AEW not to put their ex-WWE guys straight into the title scene as that's been the pattern so far. It's worked! Even for lukewarm programs like the initial Miro run.
Bryan and Lance at least weren't saying that, in a vacuum it made [traditional wrestling booking unmarred by WWE PTSD] sense: doing Bryan/Kenny or Punk/Kenny for the world title 'makes it hotter/more of a dream match', neither guy would be hurt losing to Kenny, "there's a lot of mileage out of Kenny Omega as world champion" and Bryan in particular sounded convinced that Omega will be at Wrestle Kingdom to do a title match with Ibushi or Okada. Then you have Hangman take the belt off of Omega at Revolution, which sounds like too long away to me, but at least they weren't hotshotting anything away from Hangman dethroning Omega, which to me is the true brainworm option.

Bryan also was convinced that you have to have the Young Bucks turn face and cost Kenny the title and reunite with Hangman, which is maybe the most confusing booking I have heard from all of this. That and the assumption that Omega can keep doing a bunch of dream matches non-stop through next January without getting broken.

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
So basically they went Omega to do every single dream match he could possibly do in rapid succession and then.....do what for the rest of his career?

karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011
I think they want to burn through Omega's remaining dream matches while he is champion (an idea that has a certain appeal) leading to his slide into part-time/semi-retirement following his loss of the belt.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


In a vacuum a longer Kenny reign with Dream matches wouldn't be a bad idea, even if Travel is still gonna be a mess for awhile. But it's not a vacuum as it really does feel like Hangman's time and I think delaying the coronation would hurt more in the long run, especially since he hasn't won the big one . A big reason Okada losing to Tanahashi at the Tokyo Dome worked in storyline is cause Okada had won the title and beat Tanahashi before...Hangman losing here has the potential to Luger him

The Cameo
Jan 20, 2005


Yeah, one needs to remember that both Kenny and the Bucks are very much like "we're gonna retire sooner than people think". Kenny's whole entire title run is basically a set up to make Hangman the standard bearer of the company for a long time. It's been built off and on since May 2019. So the argument is like they say: does the title being involved add anything to the drawing power of a Danielson/Omega or Punk/Omega match? Which is very up in the air! Does Hangman need the extra rub of conquering Kenny when two all-timers can't? Maybe. I think, honestly, you only pick one of the two to be a challenger if you're keeping the title on Kenny past All Out, probably to anchor Full Gear or a TNT special, if they run one this year, and you save the other for a longer term build special attraction match in 2022.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
RoH killed itself through a staunch refusal on pulling the triggers on the people they needed to.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
Everybody is a critic of TNA but give them the fantasy book for five seconds and they're booking top WWE guys to come in and Bury the home grown talent.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

they should pull the trigger on Silas Young. an old sloppy veteran garbage can wrestler who sucks was really popular in 2018 and i think that's what they need on top. as a concept i meant, earlier. i didn't mean a specific guy. don't try to find out anything about me

Cavauro fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Jul 24, 2021

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

Cavauro posted:

they should pull the trigger on Silas Young. an old sloppy veteran garbage can wrestler who sucks was really popular in 2018 and i think that's what they need on top. as a concept i meant, earlier. i didn't mean a specific guy. don't try to find out anything about me

The last real poster

Arbite
Nov 4, 2009





Arbite posted:

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1409915208944943104

Can't put toothpaste back in the tube but you can put cum back in the truck.

I guess WWE's spite to prove Big Dave wrong is good for about a month these days.

https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1418695689442267136

A tragic discharge.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

yea ok posted:

omega interview going up tonight.

:mrgw:

yea ok posted:

its a garrett show tho

:mrwhite:

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
Garrett's boring but easy to ignore. He's in Da Semp Zone.

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
popped big when kenny said "wwe universe"

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

every single time Kenny gets interviewed by Dave he talks about how he wants to put more shine on the women’s div so I hope it works out for him with his ideas for Rampage

History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




He just means he literally wants glossier, more reflective wrestlers.

He’s going to make Shida come out and wrestle in that mirror suit from her tonytron.

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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

That would be cool ngl

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