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So, how long before Sami is All Elite?
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Again, from an in-ring standpoint, he's fine. Character wise, there's a very, VERY good reason they put him with a manager at the outset in both WWE and AEW.
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23 hours ago, St. Templar said:
And Andrade continued with that character on the main roster, and it worked. So have Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Sami Zayn.
Are you really comparing the Walking Valium Pill Andrade with Ucey In The Sky With Diamonds?
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You see, to me, Triple H's booking feels like it's competently wrestled matches that I just have no emotional investment in. And the wrestles he hires or have hired are like this. I even see this in AEW, as some of the people who've signed are... fine, I just don't care if they win or lose. Andrade, Toni Storm, Tony Nese, Adam Cole. They are very talented, and they are all dry as toast to me.
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The ripping the mask off bit got old the first 50 times AEW did it. It is super played out now.
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Then why on earth would Britt add fuel to those rumors with her wink wink nudge nudge bit on Wednesday?
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Jade made the stip on a previous show.
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35 minutes ago, Jaysin said:
You're misremembering.
No, I'm not. I remember when Jade made that stipulation that they were hampering themselves. I didn't expect them to ignore it, but then Jade storylines ignore a lot of things, like how she and Red Velvet hated each other, but then they formed the Baddies and ignored all of that.
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53 minutes ago, Dalton said:
What does that have to do with Britt/Jamie/Saraya/Shida?
I thought we were talking about confusing booking in the women's division that makes no sense.
Anyway, Skye versus Jade is tonight on Battle Of The Belts; earlier in the year, not too long after the TBS tournament, Skye lost a match on either Dark or Elevation against Jade with that stipulation.
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9 hours ago, Dalton said:
That's the story.
Britt and Jamie said that Saraya doesn't understand what AEW is about. Saraya then chose Toni over the one who carried the division through the pandemic.
Hmmm... Okay, now explain how Skye Blue can get a TBS Title shot despite losing a match last year where the stipulation was that if she lost she would never get a TBS Title shot?
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7 hours ago, Jaysin said:
Darby and Joe was a lot of fun. Sting and Darby celebrating was awesome too. Sting looked so genuinely happy for Darby.
I really dig the new stage and set. I wasn't paying attention, but are there still two entrances? I've always liked the double entrances for some reason.
I hope Toni being Saraya's partner is a swerve or something. Seemed weird to hold out naming her partner and then it's just someone already on the roster.
It also didn't make sense. "Hmm... Who should I choose? The woman who went undefeated in AEW for over a year, carrying the entire division on her shoulders through the pandemic? Or the wrestler who lost her first match after winning the Interim title? The second one. I'm going to go with her."
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9 hours ago, St. Templar said:
Vince?
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No, someone who's first exposure to Triple H's NXT was watching four guys fight over a plastic cup. That's practically Russo-esque.
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On 1/1/2023 at 4:21 AM, milamber said:
- Hogan vs Jade (c) was solid. Velvet about to turn on Jade.
Nope, not buying it. AEW has faked us out too many times this past year. Scorpio Sky, Jamie Hayter, Daniel Garcia, and MJF.
Credit where it's due, the match on Friday was one of Jade's best. While the outcome was never in any serious question, she did do a fair bit more selling than she usually does.
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Dragon Lee vs Triple H's Inconsistent Spotty Booking
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5 hours ago, Jaysin said:
Not gonna lie, I got goosebumps for the main event of Smackdown. Always seems like holiday episodes of WWE shows lack in real substance, but man, what a HUGE main event. I'm glad Cena was able to keep his 20 year streak in tact and a tag match with three of WWE's MVPs was definitely the right route to go. Cena was so animated and looked like he was having an absolute blast being back.
And the crowd was superhot for everybody.
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TayJay vs Ruby and Willow was good, but dumb finish.
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On Wednesday, didn't they announce that Jade's opponent was going to be Martinez? I didn't hallucinate that, did I?
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Like I said, he makes me yearn for Dan Lambert. LAMBERT, for pity's sake!
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I never, ever thought I'd say this, but Rick Ross makes me nostalgic for the charisma dynamo that is Dan Lambert.
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I don't know, that Texas crowd was pretty hot for a kid most of them have likely never heard of.
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56 minutes ago, Dalton said:
Hogan did not put Kidman over.
Jericho vs Andretti is the only match of its kind I can think of. An even match between a legend and a straight up unknown that ended with a clean pinfall after a move.
I think the closest you get in the modern Era is the first Cody vs Darby match.
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Say what you will about Jericho, he shows up almost every week and busts his rear in that ring, whereas as someone else somewhere else can barely be bothered to do pretaped segments for a show on Monday. Not naming names, mind you...
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5 minutes ago, The Swanton825 said:
See: Hogan putting Billy Kidman over.
Kidman pinned Hogan. I would NOT say that Hogan put Kidman over, considering HOW that pinfall occurred.
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Yeah, I watched that recently myself (the benefit of being approximately 6-8 weeks behind on Dark and Elevation). It was a good match, and they gave him a promo afterwards. Plus, PHILLY BOY, YEAH! Represent!
The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread
in The Dog Pound
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That women's match was a mess, story wise. A very well wrestled mess, but still a mess. Storm & Saraya were getting booed, and at times, they seemed to lean into that. But then Britt and Hayter were still doing the same heel shtick they always do.
I see a lot of people online blaming the fans for the poor reception to Toni, but it's really not their fault. If Toni was the plan all along they should have announced that at the get-go instead of teasing "Who's the partner" for several weeks. It's lousy booking, plain and simple.