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blunt
Jul 7, 2005

Team AEW has zero day-one AEW wrestlers?

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The Taxman
Jan 2, 2007

greetings sweeties, let me give you a back massage. for i am a whiz!



I'll be honest, I popped really hard when it happened

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 12 hours!

blunt posted:

Team AEW has zero day-one AEW wrestlers?

team AEW are the heels, team EVP saved us from CM Punk and beat the poo poo out of Tony Khan, babyface acts

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

blunt posted:

Team AEW has zero day-one AEW wrestlers?

What day one AEW wrestlers should be on the team?

Sandman from ECW
Sep 6, 2011

MJeff posted:

What day one AEW wrestlers should be on the team?

I looked up Double or Nothing 2019 and according to my research and who’s available the team should have been Dustin Rhodes, Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky and Britt Baker

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

blunt posted:

Team AEW has zero day-one AEW wrestlers?

Why do you guys think this is some huge gotcha when it's comprised of people from WWE and the indies who went "oh this place is dope" as if that's not a good thing.

Erin M. Fiasco
Mar 21, 2013

Nothing's better than postin' in the morning!



Darby would be perfect if he wasn't injured but I wouldn't replace Kingston or Danielson with him. The same goes for, say, MJF. FTR was sold as a choice immediately by the Bucks when they acknowledged that they're only there not because they like Kenny or are hardcore AEW stumpers but because they hate the Bucks, but I suppose they could have maybe had Top Flight make the save last week since they're a young face team who have been there since day one, but...well, I love them, but are you really going to say they're bigger than FTR? Nah. Danielson's addition adds a lot of intrigue as well, which is what they're going for. Eddie is basically as AEW-made as you're gonna get in the modern day considering his hiring saved him and how he ALWAYS gets absolutely massive reactions.

blunt
Jul 7, 2005

MJeff posted:

What day one AEW wrestlers should be on the team?

MJF, Hangman, PAC, OC, Lucha Bros, Mox, Jericho, Sammy, Wardlow, just put somebody on there who showed up before the pandemic.

To be fair a lot of my beef with it is that FTR loving suuuuck.

Eat My Fuc posted:

team AEW are the heels, team EVP saved us from CM Punk and beat the poo poo out of Tony Khan, babyface acts

This checks out

Pylons posted:

Why do you guys think this is some huge gotcha when it's comprised of people from WWE and the indies who went "oh this place is dope" as if that's not a good thing.

Because having all late-comers defend AEW against those dastardly EVPs is the opposite of restoring the feeling

blunt fucked around with this message at 16:09 on May 9, 2024

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

blunt posted:

Team AEW has zero day-one AEW wrestlers?

good, all those jabronis sucked poo poo lol

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

blunt posted:

MJF, Hangman, PAC, OC, Lucha Bros, Mox, Jericho, Sammy, Wardlow, just put somebody on there who showed up before the pandemic.

To be fair a lot of my beef with it is that FTR loving suuuuck.

MJF is injured, OC, PAC and Lucha Bros are all in different stories, Mox is on hiatus, Jericho is a heel, Sammy is suspended, Wardlow isn't day one.

blunt
Jul 7, 2005

Don't care, book better

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Watch better.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
Watching Daniel Bryan have a stadium battle with Okada and thinking the whole time "This should have been Joey Janela..."

blunt
Jul 7, 2005

MJeff posted:

Watch better.

Mox isn't on Hiatus, Wardlow appeared on AEW before OC, Sammy isn't suspended.

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

blunt posted:

Don't care, book better


MJeff posted:

Watch better.

the novel/TV adaptation debate rages on

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Tony should have booked Faboo Andre for the match

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Orange Cassidy's first appearance was in AEW's first match ever so that would be pretty hard.

Moxley is the world champion of another promotion and requested time off from AEW to work for that promotion. He just defended said title this past weekend.

Sammy was suspended for murdering Jeff Hardy. Jeff Hardy is loving dead.

Erin M. Fiasco
Mar 21, 2013

Nothing's better than postin' in the morning!



Lucha Bros would have been nice, but it looks like we're getting a Death Triangle reunion against the Bang Bang Gang so, hey, I'll take that.

Private Party would have worked in the tag team spot given the history but absolutely no one except me is popping for that I'll be real

Sandman from ECW
Sep 6, 2011

blunt posted:

Mox isn't on Hiatus, Wardlow appeared on AEW before OC, Sammy isn't suspended.

:wrong:

OC was in the original Casino Battle Royale on Double or Nothing ‘19

He was eliminated by Tommy Dreamer

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR

Erin M. Fiasco posted:

Lucha Bros would have been nice, but it looks like we're getting a Death Triangle reunion against the Bang Bang Gang so, hey, I'll take that.

Private Party would have worked in the tag team spot given the history but absolutely no one except me is popping for that I'll be real

Look I tried to hold on for a long time but it is what it is, those guys suck.

blunt
Jul 7, 2005

Sandman from ECW posted:

:wrong:

OC was in the original Casino Battle Royale on Double or Nothing ‘19

He was eliminated by Tommy Dreamer

Replace Eddie Kingston with Tommy Dreamer

Eat My Fuc
May 29, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 12 hours!
WHAT JUST HAPPENED
👀👀👀

Erin M. Fiasco
Mar 21, 2013

Nothing's better than postin' in the morning!



MJeff posted:

Look I tried to hold on for a long time but it is what it is, those guys suck.

You're absolutely right :( I'll love them forever nonetheless, suckage and all.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Tato posted:

Watching Daniel Bryan have a stadium battle with Okada and thinking the whole time "This should have been Joey Janela..."

Janela's doing the right thing (having an hourlong ironman match against Nick Wayne tomorrow) instead

https://twitter.com/defyNW/status/1788084144804913481

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

team aew dream line up for guys that were on DoN 2019: cody rhodes, sunny daze, joey janela, and the guy with no legs

panko
Sep 6, 2005

~honda best man~


does aew’s bushiroad partnership preclude the gleat boys from showing up? speaking of day -1 midcarders nothing would restore my feeling faster than seeing cima, thawk, and el lindaman again…

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
Marko Stunt should be on Team AEW

Fart Radio
Sep 7, 2010

@Therock hey man check it... You ever kill a man or no? Hit me up. ;)
yeah, get kingston and danielson outta there, lets get sammy guevara and scorpio sky, everyone agrees that would be better booking

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

sorry angelico maybe next year

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

https://wrestlenomics.com/tv-ratings/2024/aew-dynamite-may-8-on-tbs-711000-viewers-0-24-p18-49-rating-tv-ratings-attendance-analysis/

gettin close to the half a mill bucks

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010


holy moly

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009


Good number.

post hole digger
Mar 21, 2011

It’s so over.

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
#6 behind two playoff games of each sport and Inside the NBA. Basically what they've been doing all playoffs.

Pylons posted:

Good number.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

I think right now that number is fine but lmfao when TNT loses the NBA that number will suddenly be very bad for reasons beyond AEW's control.

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Great number!

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

MJeff posted:

#6 behind two playoff games of each sport and Inside the NBA. Basically what they've been doing all playoffs.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Competition was way up this week compared to last week.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Great number... compared to bullshit!!!!

maruhkati
Sep 29, 2021

NAZ REID
I was actually expecting something like 650k, .20. Being slightly higher than last week despite being up against a larger-market playoff game with only three non-marquee matches advertised is a little weird.

TBH I could just as easily see Turner losing the NBA as beneficial to AEW in its negotiations (doesn't have to worry about trimming the belt after throwing 3 billion at a live sports rights bubble on the verge of bursting, plus what the hell else do they have left) or detrimental (cash-poor company, might be tying itself to a sinking ship).

maruhkati fucked around with this message at 22:27 on May 9, 2024

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Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

maruhkati posted:

or detrimental (cash-poor company, might be tying itself to a sinking ship).

I know I like to joke about the death of AEW, but if anything actually worries me it's the brains behind the running of TNT. I don't trust that company for poo poo.

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