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... Wasn't Danhausen supposed to come back?
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21 hours ago, Mootinie said:
Willow lost a number one contenders match for the women's title on Friday, but she's getting a title shot on Wednesday because... reasons? Tony Khan, you've done it again!
Wasn't involved in the pinfall.
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13 hours ago, Dawn said:
People complain when the Kickoff match means nothing, and they complain when WWE puts on a match with an actual storyline that is worth watching. Oh well...
Worth watching? I thought Sami Zayn was taking on the Cousin Oliver of the Judgment Day?
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Earlier in the year, Sami Zayn main evented Elimination Chamber (not coincidentally, the highest viewed Elimination Chamber event ever) and Wrestlemania. Now, Sami Zayn is doing the pre-show for Crown Jewel.
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Someone suggested that if you look at the first appearance of "The Devil" when this angle started, the build is rather small and slender, perhaps a woman. And Britt Baker has a vested interest in the MJF/ Cole bromance succeeding or failing, and we haven't seen her in some time...
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2 hours ago, willr0ck said:
But Pualie The Platypus is dead!
So was Adam Cole!
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18 hours ago, willr0ck said:
What about a real live flying squirrel?
Book that squirrel in a match against the platypus!
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The women's title match last night was a mess. Ruby pulls off the turnbuckle to distract the referee so she can grab the spray paint can to distract the referee while she grabs the title belt, which is a distraction for a rake of the eyes?!? Dick Dastardly didn't cheat as much in an episode of Wacky Races!
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14 hours ago, John Lions said:
The women's division isn't perfect by any means but it's in a MUCH better place than it was when Thunder Rosa was champ... We get 2-3 women's matches a week instead of 1 and a squash match, and the quality of wrestling is way higher.
The implication, whether intentional or not, is that Rosa somehow dragged the division down during her reign. Which I disagree with. Remember, that was the same time that Jade was TBS champ, and much of the division was sacrificed to boost her up. And what a great long-term booking plan THAT turned out to be!
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Maybe the reason it's taking Thunder Rosa so long to be medically cleared is because she's seen how the division is being booked. "Oh, um, doctor, I just developed this cough. Cough. Hack...."
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QAW December 2023, using the Women's Revolution mods from @willr0ck
The company is on the cusp of going from Medium to Big, as we just hit our fifth U.S. area that's 77 or higher. I'm keeping it capped for now, as none of my top stars seem capable of getting higher than 85 pop, and that will kill us in the Area Battles unless I change the preferences (which I might do). QAW got the "Company Of The Year So Far" back in June, and Penny Ramone got "Young Wrestler Of The Year So Far).
USPW got Foxxy LaRue away from me, but she was in time decline, so while that's disappointing, I couldn't justify giving her a big money, multi-year contract. I did manage to steal away Alicia Strong and Sara Marie York, both of whom seem to be full of vigor yet. Sara also immediately took on a protege in Felicia Luck.Ramona Diaz is currently my World Champion, who I turned face despite her being better as a heel. She was just too over and had too much Star Quality for me not too. I didn't have anyone else in the main event scene that came close as far as SQ goes, with the possible exception of Chris Amerson (who's 100% heel, if I'm not mistaken).
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6 hours ago, FellaLibby said:
Would be better if she beats out the mist crap and stays true to being a good person. That is character.
To be fair, that DOES look like how they're taking the story with Willow, who I think would be even less marketable as a heel than Skye Blue. Unless you kept her music and made her like Firefly Funhouse Bray Wyatt or Harley Quinn. (I don't think I ever noticed before, but her entrance video says, "Nothing Matters, Smile Anyway" which can be either really positive or really creepy depending on how you play it.)
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You know, they never do the "corrupted by the black mist" story with any of the male superstars who've gotten sprayed with the stuff in AEW.
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AEW: Look at Skye Blue! She's taking short cuts, embracing her dark side!
Me: ... She's literally dressed like the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine. Stop.-
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1 hour ago, guyver3 said:
With the exception of Omega vs Page every main event has had a former E guy so I think saying Tony is relying on older talent from other companies is spot on.
Unless we're counting MJF as an ex-WWE guy, then you're forgetting the 4 pillars fatal 4-way from earlier this year. I'm sure there are other matches too.
Regardless, I think a lot of this, "Oh, but they're from another company" is just modern internet echo chamber hype. Back in the day, were WCW fans really upset that the "ex-WWE guy" Ricky Steamboat came in and started tearing down the house with Flair? Maybe a few, but I can't imagine many were upset. If a guy can still work and still draw money, what's the problem?
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5 hours ago, ColdBloodedSausageMaker said:
Other than MJF, AEW hasn't pushed home-grown talent to the main event.
?!? Darby Allin main evented the last PPV. Adam Page is a former World Champion. Criticisms of the women's division aside, most, if not all, of the women's matches that have main evented TV events have featured the "homegrowns". The Acclaimed are arguably the most over stable in AEW. To even suggest that AEW and Tony Khan are relying on older talents from other companies is specious at best.
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In the case of the International title, it's understandable. Mox got hurt, forcing them to call an audible, and Fenix is apparently having visa issues again.
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They're a slow burn at the start of any game, but once they get going, The San Diego Girls (Coco Malloy and Izzy Quick) are terrific.
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On 9/10/2023 at 2:35 PM, Joshdb said:
Hey everybody! Just started a CWA save and got hit with the "not enough viewers to grow" after the first show. What broadcast path do you all take with CWA? Thanks.
Late to this, my apologies, but to grow in Canada, you're going to need a better broadcaster, and they only way that is happening is to build your pop in the U.S. The two feasible options at the start of the game are make your own broadcaster or make a second show and put it on OnDem.
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Main Event Jey Uso's first title since becoming a solo act, not connected to his brother or Roman Reigns is... the Tag Team Championship.
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Randy "Unleashed" seems to be the C-Verse equivalent of "Broken" Matt Hardy.
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Zombie Boy is totally Darby Allin.
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Alexis Lee Littlefeather is basically Trish Stratus. She was hired for her looks, but worked really hard and became a respected in-ring worker.
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3 hours ago, The Swanton825 said:
Skye's biggest hurdle with a gimmick like that isn't her height, it's her cute cherub face. She could take my head off with a kick and I'd still be thinking "d'aww!" the whole time. In comparison, Low Ki looks like the kind of person who is always plotting how to murder everyone in the room.
Yeah, it's the same reason I never bought Zelina Vega as a heel in WWE. She's just so tiny and adorable.
Besides, AEW has enough heels in the women's division who get screen time. They need more credible babyfaces. Well, credible faces who aren't hurt. Right now, they've got Stat and Shida and that's basically it. Britt shouldn't be a face, and who knows how long before she gets hurt again, they're content to have Willow job out to everybody, and they don't seem to know if Toni is a face or not.
The All Elite Wrestling Discussion Thread
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Willow Nightingale won 2 tournaments in 2023, one of which had her going over arguably the most popular woman wrestler in the world. A SMART booker would capitalize on that. AEW has instead decided to feed her to CVS Brand Alexa Bliss. TWICE.