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    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 General Discussions

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    YESSS FINALLY!

    After over four years of playing this TNA save I have had so much fun with, I have finally gotten a 100 rated match! I have had nine matches rate 99 and was getting a bit aggy, I just really wanted to break through to the big 100 and now I am so happy to have broken through with this awesome tag team main event :) 

    The show itself rated 99, my best ever show. So happy right now :D

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

    in The Dog Pound

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    On 8/31/2024 at 2:28 AM, alpha2117 said:

    Kyle Fletcher, HOOK, Darby Allin and a couple of other guys like that are stuck perennially in the mid-card right now but have the ability to break through due to their in-ring ability.

    I don't think Hook belongs in this sentence. I think he's actually very average and I'm starting to get worried he's not progressing or improving at all. He's also not really over. He feels like an old meme to me. Like a joke that used to be amusing but now it's just kinda like oh, we're still doing that are we? Are we still in 2021? No part of his act has evolved or developed even one step since that one Ricky Starks match.

    Darby Allin has main evented three AEW PPV's now.

    Kyle Fletcher is obviously quite good and AEW obviously quite like him so I am not sure what part of his booking draws criticism. Until a few weeks ago I don't think he had ever cut a promo in the ring by himself. He's taking his opportunities, he's getting exposure and he's attracting the right sort of talk about his abilities. 

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    All In absolutely ruled.

    Jamie is back YESSSSS MY GIRL MY BABE! I'm so glad she's returned.

    The Casino Gauntlet was crazy fun, Nigel McGuinness was awesome. Zack Sabre Jr. was superb. Not sure about Christian winning but, eh, it was probably match of the night for me...

    Until the main event. Which was absolute cinema. What a show overall! Brilliant stuff!

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    I only managed to catch the start of Dynamite with my family tonight before heading out to meet friends. But oh boy, that Ospreay and MJF promo that opened the show was bad. Then the Kyle Fletcher promo was really good and he said exactly what Ospreay should have been saying and delivered it in the manner Ospreay should have been delivering it! Brilliant stuff from the young Aussie.

    I like Ospreay the wrestler. He's obviously fantastic. But the rest needs work and AEW are smart keeping him away from the tippy top of the show whilst he hones the rest of his game.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    AEW definitely have this problem where you're either an experienced veteran with years in the business who is creative enough to pitch their own stuff. Or you're Tony's flavour of the month, he books your stuff for you and he moves heaven and earth to put you over strongly.

    If you're neither of those things, you're a guy like Hook and you spend 18 months doing a whole lot of nothing, which kills any momentum you may or may not have gathered beforehand. Or you're a guy like Bryan Keith and you get signed for being decent but they don't really have anything for you to do.

    I understand the criticisms of Chris Jericho but the alternative here is nothing because the likes of Big Bill are the sorts of talents that Tony forgets he has on the books. He doesn't prioritise creative for these guys and it takes a Chris Jericho to bring them into his loop so they can have a prominent position on the programme.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    Before this Learning Tree thing, Bryan Keith was a newly signed free agent who couldn’t get on the show. Big Bill was off TV whilst Ricky Starks tries to figure out whether he wants to work here or not. Hook was stuck on the Buy In and tagging in meme teams.
     

    Yes, the creative could be better but none of these guys were tearing it down before Jericho pulled them into his vortex. He does, at least, give other talents something to do.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    10 hours ago, Matt_Black said:

    They just had the Casino Gauntlet Match, the whole point of which is "put a whole bunch of popular guys in the ring at once". I mean, Ospreay was going to win regardless, why not prove one of the company's proven top merch movers in there?

    "Where The Best Wrestle" probably doesn't include Danhausen coming in to do some cursing.

    I don't know, I don't get the gimmick to be very honest and AEW have never done anything to explain it. I have been confused every time he appears. He was just some mascot for Orange Cassidy who wore face paint, he wrestled once, it kind of sucked and that's really been the sum of his time in this company.

    It's obviously some dumb funny thing from the indies that AEW assumed all their viewers would be familiar with. For those of us who are not, he's just a total goofball and a stupid novelty act. I'm pretty sure he's just waiting for his contract to expire now.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    I think it's more that several of AEW's more recent storylines just haven't been hitting the right notes. They are there but are they working for us as viewers?

    The Jericho and Hook thing is definitely a story. The issue is that Hook isn't making me care about it. He's phoning it in and Jericho simply cannot milk blood from a stone.

    They turned the Best Friends Breakup into a Don Callis recruitment campaign and I no longer cared to see either of them fight one another. They put Takeshita in an eliminator match for a New Japan title, booking I didn't like in the first place. But then he lost! And it was an awful finish, just really bad stuff all around...

    There are good things in AEW of course. Ospreay versus Strong ruled even though the build was a bit light. The Trios title match was super strong even though it could have done with more TV build but both matches still had their narratives.

    Swerve vs. Christian worked for me. The build being about Swerve's past sins was really really cool and felt like a reward for me having paid attention in the past. I liked The New Elite stuff and thought Anarchy In The Arena was the match of the night. Mercedes versus Willow was great. The contract signing skit was fantastic. "I walked out as Champion and you didn't walk out at all" was a wicked zinger. Willow has been elevated by the whole thing, she cut two or three promos in the build to this match that absolutely ruled. That storyline worked and both of the talents have new directions now. 

    But yeah, most definitely, some of it hasn't been working for me and I am definitely looking forward to a new cycle.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    8 hours ago, Matt_Black said:

    How is that ANY different than when the BCC teamed with former rivals PAC and Takeshita for last year's Blood & Guts?

    I think the primary difference is that three members of the BCC were still teaming together for that match. Neither of three were breaking ranks but Danielson is.

    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    18 hours ago, Matt_Black said:

    It makes Claudio look petty and dishonest, which is poor characterization given the finish of Grand Slam and his previous AEW booking in general.

    I don't think Claudio is being petty.

    The BCC is about loyalty, it's about exclusivity, it's about bleeding together and forging a bond in combat.

    By tagging with Kingston, his nemesis, and by tagging with FTR, BCC's very recent rivals, Danielson is going against the kinship and the brotherhood of the BCC. It wasn't that long ago that Claudio and Mox had a heated rivalry with FTR and I think he's justified in believing Danielson is out of order for breaking bread with them.

    He did the adult thing by walking away. Most wrestling bookers would have done a swerve out of nowhere and had Claudio jump Danielson six months later.

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    The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*

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    I thought Backlash was pretty good but the crowd got annoying to me during the second match.

    The opener was really fun. God bless Randy Orton and Kevin Owens if they have to work against Tanga Loa in the near future. As I said in this thread a few weeks ago, Solo Sikoa loses all the time. He really needed this win. Good for him.

    The women's triple threat was fine but it seemed to end just as it was getting going. Tiffany obviously has a lot of upside but seems very limited as far as doing things and I guess that's to be expected when you're 80 to 90 matches deep into your wrestling career. 

    The Jey Uso match was a Jey Uso match, he's just not very good to me gang. Damian Priest is a jumped up midcarder who should lose the belt in Scotland. It was a perfectly forgettable "World title" match where the main takeaway was Judgment Day drama. A perfectly fine TV match, the sort of thing you used to see in 1998 when they had the European title defended on PPV.

    The women's tag team title match was going fine until the ref told Kairi Sane she wasn't the legal woman. It just fell off a cliff and only recovered when they went to the finish. 

    I enjoyed the main event and thought AJ Styles was awesome. I guess I keep expecting him to slow down but I am pretty sure he's like Shawn Michaels. He will be doing the Springboard 450 Splash in his retirement match. He is a timeless wrestler, an exceptionally gifted performer who never seems to age. It's just a shame that the match happened with this timing because Cody was always winning here and I think AJ deserved better in terms of how you book this match and how you lead into it.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

    in The Dog Pound

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    My theory is that AEW's easier schedule is actually the reason for more injuries. Between WrestleMania 39 and WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes wrestled 129 matches. Sami Zayn clocked up 99 by my count and Finn Balor hit 96. Most of these cats in AEW are wrestling once a week or once every two weeks. I can well imagine that you get into the best possible ring shape by always being in there and taking bumps. You adjust to it and you get used to it and it's actually a problem when your body isn't going through the ringer as often as it used to be.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    I thought Dynasty was a really strong show overall. One of those 8/10 AEW PPV's where half the matches really shine. Ospreay versus Danielson didn't pop me out my shoes but I did think it had some superb sequences. The main event was all about Swerve, Joe deserved a run and belongs in the lineage but I think we all knew he was something of a transitional champion. It was wonderful to see PAC in fine fettle and I pray he stays healthy -- he is very underrated as far as the great wrestlers of this generation go.

    I do wonder what they do next. How long can they realistically keep Ospreay out of the title scene? It seems a given he should challenge at All In but I don't know who else should challenge Swerve at Double or Nothing. Yes, Hangman, but he's 0-1-2 against Swerve haha... Not exactly a super credible challenger even though the story is there and it's all very natural.

    I'm stoked for Moxley versus Hobbs on Wednesday. It briefly crossed my mind how awesome it would be if Hobbs has a strong showing and earns himself a spot in the G1 this summer.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    Airing the footage has made the wrestling journalists look like right fools. From monitors apparently being thrown about everywhere, to Tony being buried under monitors, to the rumour that Punk put his hands on Tony personally, to the report that Punk bloodied Perry up and beat him up badly... none of what they said happened actually happened. 😂

    If all your wrestling journo mates and all the sheeties are ragging on AEW, just remember that Tony showing the footage has made all of them look foolish. None of them reported it was a light scuffle and a bit of handbags. None of them reported that Paul Turner was the first to break it up. None of them said diddly squat about Chris Hero being on the scene either. They're all bound to be against it because the footage contradicts their reporting.

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    The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread

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    If they air the actual footage, that's stupid because it has to appear as though Punk deserved to be fired. If Punk just tried a guillotine that Perry easily slipped out of, nobody is going to think Tony 'feared for his life'. On the other hand, if Perry got his ass whipped they're playing a video that just absolutely buries him...

    If they air some dumb thing like The Young Bucks talking to Jack in a locker room, that's stupid because all the sheeties and journos have said this is the actual footage of the incident so then they're just doing a lame bait and switch to create a cheap promotional opportunity.

    I am trying to reserve judgment until I see the angle but right now I just think this is a lose-lose situation for AEW and it all seems really stupid to me.

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