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Lamuella posted:I find it difficult to understand how anyone could see skeeavone's time in AEW as anything other than superb. Never have I turned around on someone as fast or as completely as Schiavone on commentary. He's not doing it in WWE, that's why.
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Tony reminds me of a dad who tries to get into his sons hobbies to try and connect to him and ends up getting carried away and becoming obsessed about the hobby. It makes me happy.
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Davros1 posted:He's not doing it in WWE, that's why. Well, to be fair he became very bad at the end of WCW (who didn't) so I think a lot of people were unsure about him. His MLW work pre-AEW was great and it was the first time I'd heard him since WCW - it sounded like he was just having so much fun calling these young wrestlers' matches. Aside from TK obviously loving WCW, I wonder if he would have even been considered in AEW if not for that short MLW run reigniting his passion and showing people he could be a great wrestling announcer again?
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Jan 12, 2022 23:09
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schiavone's great. he's obviously enjoying himself and it adds a lot, and i love him getting absolutely vicious towards heels (mainly mjf)
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xbilkis posted:I think Tony is pretty lousy as a lead announcer on Elevation and sometimes he can be too corny/on the nose with the "Wow, We Are Watching A Great Match Right Now!"-type lines on Dynamite, but he's still a welcome presence It is a little much sometimes but I think in a lot of cases he's just legitimately marking out and I'd probably do the same thing
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Schiavone was very unhappy at the end of his WCW and was mailing it in, but honestly can you blame him? He had to share a desk with Mark Madden, probably the worst television commentator ever, plus the terrible company management and garbage booking. I think the combination of Madden and the terrible on screen product for most of late stage WCW tainted a lot of people's recollections of Schiavone so they remembered him as worse than he actually was.
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has Tony even dropped a "This is the greatest night in the history of our sport!" in AEW yet?
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Schiavone forever redeemed himself when he was legitimately pleasantly surprised at Excalibur calling the Vader Bomb during a match. "Is that what it's called now, the Vader Bomb? That is really cool  "
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I mostly like Tony, except when he is cheering for Britt Baker. When he does that, I wish Thunder Rosa or another tough/cool woman would brain him with a steel chair and leave him a bloody mess. The same goes for anyone else cheering for Britt Baker. But other than that I enjoy his commentary and I think it's fun to hear how excited he gets. He also hates MJF and Don Callis so much that it cracks me up.
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Schiavone referenced the Jerry Lynn - Steve Corino feud last week which means at some point he has watched a decent amount of old school ECW which makes him OK in my books.
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Saul Goode posted:Schiavone referenced the Jerry Lynn - Steve Corino feud last week which means at some point he has watched a decent amount of old school ECW which makes him OK in my books. He was watching the shows for his podcast with Conrad & while I've not checked in on it for ages he definitely dug it.
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dromal phrenia posted:I don't remember anyone saying that, and I doubt the tweeter actually saw posts like that, but 100% of the time the answer to "did anyone actually say this stupid poo poo?" is yes. It's a combination of confirmation bias, and that same clickbait thing from a few years ago where all religious people everywhere were supposedly flipping out over red Starbucks Christmas cups, when it was only like 2 people on Twitter complaining.
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Somebody wants Striker to replace Tony? LOL
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Ganso Bomb posted:Aside from TK obviously loving WCW, I wonder if he would have even been considered in AEW if not for that short MLW run reigniting his passion and showing people he could be a great wrestling announcer again? The whole reason he's in AEW is cause Cody loves him ever since he worked with Cody's dad so probably
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dromal phrenia posted:I mostly like Tony, except when he is cheering for Britt Baker. When he does that, I wish Thunder Rosa or another tough/cool woman would brain him with a steel chair and leave him a bloody mess. The same goes for anyone else cheering for Britt Baker. The bad takes are coming from inside the thread!
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IGgy IGsen posted:I like Tony. I prefer him over JR any day. It's not even that JR is bad. It's more that I really like the Schiavone, Taz, Excalibur dynamic. That’s a better dynamic but JR is much better with Tony, too. He was struggling a bit on those early PPVs.
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My favorite Schiavone moment was when Eddie Kingston was on commentary during Penta/Fenix II. Penta starts tearing Fenix's mask and Tony, heartbroken that these two brothers are brutalizing each other for no reason, just goes "Eddie, what did you do?" Really put over how senseless and tragic the match was, despite it being an amazing spectacle.
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Saul Goode posted:Schiavone referenced the Jerry Lynn - Steve Corino feud last week which means at some point he has watched a decent amount of old school ECW which makes him OK in my books. Yeah, that loving ruled and made me smile
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hell yeah dude just like the hulkster https://twitter.com/Blade__McG/status/1481234398494089218?s=20
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Destroy My Sweater posted:hell yeah dude just like the hulkster Ok that's the dumbest take of 2022 so far.
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https://twitter.com/HecBitw/status/1481382646735601667?s=20 I had to dig to find what this was in reference to and I guess the Wendy's and AEW social accounts were doing epic social media guy tweets at each other.
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Destroy My Sweater posted:https://twitter.com/HecBitw/status/1481382646735601667?s=20 Probably threw it out after this: https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1481409030505603072?s=20 https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/1481417661250605057?s=20
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Destroy My Sweater posted:hell yeah dude just like the hulkster Okay I know it's Gareth but the absolute mental gymnastics on display here is astounding. It's basically the same idea except the AEW one is bad because.....???????? Also the idea of comparing Hogan to someone with a "lazy wrestler" gimmick when Kevin Nash is right there, come on people
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It's bad because AEW, and this is good because it's NXT 2.0, which is better than 1.0 because that failed to kill AEW. It's very simple.
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Ganso Bomb posted:I'm sure there were pockets of this on the internet, but it seemed like most people here at least were disappointed he signed with them but completely understood it considering his visa situation? Were people really that bothered?
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Gonna post some bizarre fanart to save us from Lareth. https://twitter.com/FournierCarol1/status/1481464282365759490
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MassRafTer posted:Gonna post some bizarre fanart to save us from Lareth. Cool but also wha?
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Destroy My Sweater posted:https://twitter.com/HecBitw/status/1481382646735601667?s=20 I'm so mad at AEW I'm gonna... buy the products of the brands engaging them thus reinforcing the connection between promoting AEW and increased profits??? 
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Giving AEW money to own Tony Khan gottem
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Alaois posted:I mean he hates AEW so much he bought second row floor seats to one of their shows so i'm not sure he's fully aware of how money works I thought that was Danny Tejada
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Drakkel posted:Okay I know it's Gareth but the absolute mental gymnastics on display here is astounding. It's basically the same idea except the AEW one is bad because.....???????? Also it shows they don't actually watch OC but just parrot Cornette. When Orange does a fiery comeback, he's as good as any babyface. The one he did in the 3 way title match last year is one the best I've seen in a long time.
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Gaz-L posted:Also it shows they don't actually watch OC but just parrot Cornette. When Orange does a fiery comeback, he's as good as any babyface. The one he did in the 3 way title match last year is one the best I've seen in a long time. Him getting super worked up to motivate Statlander when she faced Britt was also a good example of this because it was literally the opposite of his normal personality but it worked so well.
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Hoss Corncave posted:Him getting super worked up to motivate Statlander when she faced Britt was also a good example of this because it was literally the opposite of his normal personality but it worked so well. I'm still bummed that it didn't lead to a Statlander victory. It was such a big moment!
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