dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I didn't say it was someone here who said it.
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*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II
- Thread starter GIMH
- Start date
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Am unfortunately blocked by Big Dave
Bahseph
International Debutant
The more I watch AEW, the more I feel that Tony Khan really doesn't have a filter when it comes to booking or match layouts etc. What I remember growing up is the hard-core spots or angles felt huge because they happened so rarely. Now they are weekly on AEW TV and it's reaching the point where most moves don't mean anything. Would the sweet chin music mean anything if HBK was in AEW right now? Also MJF needs to be protected. A dislocated hip at 27? Doesn't sound good to me.
Aritro
International Vice-Captain
Yeah this all over.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Haha I think we just have different tolerance levels for these sorts of things I tbh.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Sweet chin music wouldn't mean anything in WWE right now either considering how One-Note Jey Uso hits it every two minutes. But I get your point; moves and concepts have to be protected for them to have any meaning.
I only skim the surface off wrestling television but good God Prince Nana has to be the best thing going around today. Full-on Eddie Murphy-Chris Tucker vibes. The way he goes from "that is not true!" to "no you're not gonna do that!" in this exchange
Bahseph
International Debutant
I think AEW has lost steam since HHH took the book in WWE. The stories aren't as nonsensical as when Vince was around and the Bloodline storyline was top tier television for a long time.
On a separate note, what do you guys think of the Orange Cassidy? He gets quite a heavy push on the AEW side but I've admittedly never been a fan. I definitely don't think he should be beating Mox. Or getting more TV time than someone like Ricky Starks. It feels like AEW has the roster and the means to be huge, but they aren't because of their own doing.
On a separate note, what do you guys think of the Orange Cassidy? He gets quite a heavy push on the AEW side but I've admittedly never been a fan. I definitely don't think he should be beating Mox. Or getting more TV time than someone like Ricky Starks. It feels like AEW has the roster and the means to be huge, but they aren't because of their own doing.
Aritro
International Vice-Captain
I bagged the **** out of him on here when I hadn't watched enough AEW to realise he was a comedy character. Just thought he was a bland af stoical figure who wore denim and said nothing as part of a silent operator type gimmick. Now he's my favourite character in the whole company. He's been consistently entertaining IMO and produces fantastic matches. Happy for him to be beating the big guys if it means he's on TV a lot.
Might not be everyone's cup of tea and his schtick might start to get stale eventually, but I still love it.
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
The problem for me at the moment is they are trying to simultaneously book him as a comedy character and as a serious wrestler. It kind of works I guess, but like athlai alluded to, it really needs to culminate in some monster dude absolutely crushing him at some point.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Somehow hes turned Luchasaurus his son Killswitch into this 90s Kane sort of figure. Silent bad ass that is eventually gonna do something insane.
And Nick Wayne seemingly is a made man with a serious future and I'm not even sure hes ****ing 20 yet.
It's a shame TK can't seem to get this kind of energy/storyline going elsewhere. Gotta imagine Christian (and probably Copeland) are the guys behind his character
And Nick Wayne seemingly is a made man with a serious future and I'm not even sure hes ****ing 20 yet.
It's a shame TK can't seem to get this kind of energy/storyline going elsewhere. Gotta imagine Christian (and probably Copeland) are the guys behind his character
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Quite a few of them came from the mind of Vince McMahon, for one.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Joe's promo skills are on par with Jake Roberts and Austin in terms of believability and intimidation. Makes even MJF look like a gimmicky hack.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Punk back in the WWE!!!!