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8 minutes ago, no user name said:

Eric bishoff seems to be continually insulting aew. I'm not sure if something has happened and that has caused it or if he's just trying to keep himself relevant. The thing is though when it is continuous negativity and nothing positive it's fairly clear he has a bias against them for some reason. Anyone know what it is?

He's an old hack running the same grift as every other old hack with a podcast. He knows it gets him in the clickbait headlines so he just keeps doing it. Same as Jim Cornette, Bubba Ray Dudley and the rest of those washed up old boot licking cunts.

Swerve beating Joe for the title isn't good enough. He needs to beat Hangman for the title. Anything less isn't good enough. 

Fantasy booking time (look away now). Here's how I would very loosely book the Spring/Summer:

- Hangman costs Swerve the match at Dynasty.

- a few weeks later Hangman beats Joe for the title on Dynamite. Possibly Swerve fucks up and accidentally causes Joe to lose the match in the process of attempting to fuck Hangman over.

- Hangman full heel Champ. Promises that Swerve will never be Champion as long as he holds the title.

- Swerve in full babyface chase mode. Eventually leading up to Team Hangman vs Team Swerve in Blood and Guts in July. If Swerve's Team wins he gets a title shot at All In. If he loses then no title shot til Hangman drops the title. 

- you have a few weeks of them putting their teams together. Hangman makes an offer: if you join his team and help him win he'll give you a guaranteed title shot. This naturally attracts the biggest scumbags so Hanger quickly has a team of say: Jay White, Trent Baretta, Takeshita and Samoa Joe (who still also wants revenge on Swerve for costing him the title). Swerve has to put a ragtag group of babyfaces together and finds guys who are coincidentally currently feuding with everyone on Hangmans team (lets say Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Will Ospreay - split from the Don Callis gang by this point and a final fan favourite Mark Briscoe or Daniel Garcia or Hook). 

- Blood n Guts. The super friends babyface Team Swerve win.

- All In is Swerve's big crowning moment. Wins the title in the main event at Wembley.

- Next episode of Dynamite, Hangman wants a rematch. One last match. Swerve agrees. On one condition. TEXAS DEATH 2.

- at All Out, Swerve beats Hangman to finish the story. The End.

22 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

See, it sounds awesome to me, and like a superb way to hit back at the otherwise-unaccountable arseholes who fuck up other people's livelihoods and creative directions on a whim - if there's anything that power fears, it's satire, and that seems like a supremely pro-wrestling way to do it. I love it. But I didn't see it, so I don't know how well or badly it was done.

Well TNN didn't fear this satire, they just cancelled the show because they wanted Raw instead.

36 minutes ago, andrew "the ref" coyne said:

Basically yeah. Old Cyrus the Virus was the Network rep and thus had control on their TV show. However he had no power on ppv because it wasn't on the Network.

People talk about how petty Tony Khan is. Paul Heyman basically ruined a years worth of TV with that shitty storyline just to publicly complain about the TNN executives.

So the mother-in-law is comig on Sunday and I've been given the afternoon off, I want to go to the cinema. I'm currently deciding to between either Monkey Man or Civil War...what say you UKFF?

I rarely get the chance to go to the cinema these days so I have to get my picks right to avoid crushing disappointment.

39 minutes ago, FLips said:

I can only speak for the first 40 minutes as we turned it off after absolutely fuck all happened for the full 40.

The first 40 minutes is the build to the rest of the movie when everything kicks off so maybe keep going with it. I haven't seen it in years but I remember it being pretty fun.

40 minutes ago, air_raid said:

There's enough lists going on out there. The "100 wrestlers better than Shawn Michaels" one gave me AIDS.

Mid-90s Shawn or mid 2000s Shawn? Because they would be two very different lists for me.

7 minutes ago, Supremo said:

his episode made me wonder if they’re building towards a Blackpool Combat Club vs. Don Callis Family Blood and Guts and/or Anarchy in the Arena match.

That's what I was thinking. I'd be fine with that if the Don Callis Family had been consistently pushed as a big deal and a major threat but they've been regularly forgotten about and ignored since the summer to the point they barely feel like a faction let alone a real threat.

Me personally, if they absolutely must do these annually then some kind of Team Hangman vs Team Swerve in Blood & Guts would fit the bill better. Fold in a bunch of singles feuds into one big bloody extravaganza.

7 minutes ago, Loki said:

Having cross-promotion stuff is fun to a point, but this seemed nuts to me, having your biggest star put over another company and title as his main goal.

Considering that title will likely be defended in the main event of Forbidden Door in a couple of months I'm fine with it being put over as a big deal, just not when there's a PPV a couple of days later.

I thought it was a pretty decent and solid, if unspectacular, show. Some thoughts:

- Mox coming out to the big babyface pop with a major singles title just feels right. Great promo and the best type of "rah rah" speech. He's the man and the heart and soul of AEW - imagine wanting to see him back in the 'E? Awful. My only problem with this is that it didn't build up Dynasty which should have been the sole purpose of everything on this show. They should have left his return to next week, post PPV.

- Mixed tag was fun with the clear highlight being Willow attacking Brody. What a star she is. Good bit of chaos at the end, but they should really of had the rest of the House of Black and Kingston and Mark Briscoe involved too. Nothing is better than when you overlap different storylines into one nice bit of TV and hit multiple goals in one segment.

- I think what we're seeing with Mercedes we are going to see more and more with ex-WWE people in the next decade. Wrestlers entirely trained in the Performance Center with absolutely no idea how to be realistic, natural or believable outside of the WWE environment. The PC prepares wrestlers perfectly for WWE but without getting that proper "get over on your own" experience that working indies and overseas tours gives you - they're going to be fucked.

- Look, we all know that Jericho is shit and needs to fuck off. We all know that the Hook/Jericho storyline is a terrible mess. HOWEVER. If you just watched this angle on this show as a singular bit of television it was pretty fucking good. Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. Good angle and Jericho was on point throughout. I have no interest in this rematch though, this feels like an angle they should have done a few weeks ago before they had their first match. What a mess.

- The EVP's bumping the FTR video package was hilarious and incredibly creative. More of this!

- I think every match on this show had a post match heels attack babyfaces angle. Not great.

- Shane Taylor vs OC was a great match and I'm glad to see Shane Taylor getting more TV time. Imagine if OC still had the International Championship, this feud with Trent would have even more juice (and also would mean Roderick Strong wouldn't be having his pointless nothing of a reign). Cool ending with Trent but again, they're not having a match at Dynasty so why is this on this show?

- Toni Storm is a heel but it's impossible to boo someone so hilarious. The heel/babyface divide in AEW is a bit of a mess right now actually and I think it's effecting the heat going into matches. Lot's of tweeners, the heels aren't heelish enough and that's affecting the babyfaces.

- Predictably great Ospreay vs Claudio match. My only change is if they could have had Danielson on commentary with Don Callis - that would have been a nice extra bit of spice to things.

- Swerve/Joe stuff felt like proper main event stuff. Not much cooler than Swerve stomping on everyone then still landing on his feet. Though I really think the contract signing angle from a few weeks ago should have been the final go-home angle before the PPV. Feels like they put the angles in the wrong order.

- Overall, decent enough show though perhaps they didn't do quite enough to get me excited for Dynasty. This felt like the show they should have had last week before pulling out some bigger guns for the final sell before the PPV.

incredible.

No, she's still there.

1 hour ago, air_raid said:

Where you go with Cody to create insurmountable odds now he's already outfoxed The Bloodline (or got lucky, depending on your perspective) - that's the question.

It'll be tricky for them. They don't have any monster heels on the roster for him to stand up to and he can't really do the every man under dog thing because he's kissed managements arses and he's very publicly the company favourite to lead the shows going forwards. I'm not really sure where there is to go with him that can maintain his current popularity. 

I doubt he'd go back into wrestling but I can definitely see him getting involved in some kind of live events promotion, concerts and the like.

The biggest problem with the Hook story is that they've already had a singles match and Hook beat him so what the fuck are we even doing here? The story they are currently telling only works if a) they haven't wrestled yet or b) they have and Jericho won.

With Jericho these days it doesn't really feel like he's building anything meaningful up or adding to his body of work. It just feels like he's coming up with stuff week by week as an excuse to desperately cling on to TV time. 

10 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

Make the Universal Championship exactly that. The top belt. The Champion of everything. The Champion of the Universe. Then the World Title is a slight rung below

I'm sorry but someone being Champion of the universe while also having someone who's "only" Champion of the world is just so insane and stupid I can't get my head around it at all.

8 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

The other problem is with having a "WWE Champion" (or Universal Champion)

I don't think there's anything worse than "Universal Champion". The stupidest title name in wrestling and it's their top belt! Inexcusable.

I'm two episodes in and struggling with it a bit. The sheer amount of slow motion and wacky humour isn't really working for me. I think the Fallout games managed to perfectly blend satirical humour and horror while the TV show seems to be focusing more on the humour and overlooking the misery and disturbing cruelty of the wasteland. I'll probably give it one or two more episodes.

Hook vs Shane Taylor was probably Hook's best singles match yet. Shane Taylor is really great. He's fat, talks trash and has spectacular punches and forearms - what more could anyone want from a wrestler? Really fun match with these two and worth seeking out.

Also the pre-match segment with Hook and Shibata was top stuff and these two need a proper tag run. Shibata communicating via a female voiced translator on his phone is such a goddamn clever and great idea and adds some much needed levity to his super serious intense character. These two together just work and I'd love to see them vs the Young Bucks or FTR which are matches that never crossed my mind before. But alas, Jericho will get in the way for fucks sake.

Collision is often a very easy, relaxing and satisfying watch and this weeks ticked all the boxes I want from my wrestling B shows.

Special mention for the fun main event which had a good story going into it of the Callis Family intent on wearing down Danielson and Castagnoli to protect the golden goose Ospreay. Then the match itself told a strong story where Hobbs/Fletcher are younger, faster and more physically and athletically gifted and focusing on big moves to take out their opponents but their opponents were tougher, more experienced and technically skilled that they were eventually able to overwhelm the Callis Family. Good shit, real graps.

1 hour ago, RedRooster said:

I honestly think it points to the level of defensiveness people have about anything AEW-related.

In the kindest possible way, I think you need to stop immediately assuming that every time someone disagrees with you or questions your posts it's because they are being over sensitive or overly defensive of AEW. Maybe they just disagreed with you, are making a joke or believed you have a bad or incorrect take on something.

As for your ten - Mox is the heart and soul of AEW and should stay there forever. Kingston, the realest man in wrestling, would never thrive in the artificial environment of WWE. I don't think Penta would get anywhere notable in WWE and would never mesh with the WWE ring style - he's being massively underutilised in AEW though for sure. And Jay White just needs the right push to get back on track in AEW, I can't imagine WWE doing much with him.

My ten:

1. Chris Jericho - obvious "he's shite now" jokes aside, I think he probably does his best work when he feels he has to prove himself. It'd be interesting to see him fight for a spot in the "new era" of WWE and what he'd come up with.

2. Wardlow - he's hit a ceiling in AEW but there feels like there's something there and he just needs experience to unlock it which WWE would be able to give him.

3. Adam Cole - MJF tag team aside, he's never worked in AEW but he seems to be well thought of by Triple H and HBK so he'd probably get a good push back in WWE.

4. Britt Baker - done it all in AEW while being also pretty shite in the ring but her personality could get her far in WWE.

5. Jeremy Bowens - I like him a lot. But I don't think he's ever going to reach the level of wrestling that AEW requires from its top stars. I can't see him putting on a 5 star match. But he's young, good looking, likeable, charismatic and in WWE, the land of 3 star matches, he could do very well.

6. Sammy Guevara - probably the most overpushed wrestler in AEW history but I reckon WWE could get something more out of him. With the right guidance and training could fit into a Dominic Mysterio or early Miz type slot and do pretty good for himself. Already pretty much wrestles the WWE style so would be up and running quickly.

7. John Silver - love him to death and a huge wasted opportunity by AEW. In WWE he could easily be a very successful modern day Crash Holly.

8. Ricky Starks - AEW for unknown reasons are never going to get behind him and he seemingly wants out so farewell. Can't see him doing anything but fill one of the experienced vets at NXT type roles though.

9. Preston Vance - bit of a nothing act but he looks good and is a solid meat and potatoes type worker. Maybe some time at the PC will bring something out of him.

10. All Ego Ethan Page - another guy I really like but they have no interest in pushing him for reasons unknown so yeah send him off to WWE. He'd fit in very easily and shine as a midcard heel there.

1 minute ago, air_raid said:

I think it will be Okada vs Danielson at Wembley. Ospreay vs Pac might be a shout for support but it doesn’t draw the house a match would that hasn’t happened over here before. Even I have already seen Ospreay vs Pac in person and I’ve seldom left my house in 5 years except to go to work!

They've already done Okada vs Danielson im AEW and it was bang average. I'd rather not see it again.

I'm assuming we have Ospreay vs Pac at All In to crown the Best British Wrestler or something along those lines.

19 hours ago, Chili said:

Simple question and I'm not being sarcastic here but, are we all fucked now?

No.