andrew "the ref" coyne

So apparently ole Platinum Max has been suspended from AEW for a rap on tv:

"Switchblade's what I switch. I'll fufill your fantasy and I'll make you my b****. Yo this dude's just making me sick. I'll violate you so bad you'll have to tell the legal team about the taste of my d***."

He certainly likes his gay sexual assault lines and storylines. 

Anyway just before this suspension, he decided to drop a terrible rap about his dissatisfaction about his role in AEW. 

42 minutes ago, Supremo said:

We’re back. What a business.

 

Im so proud of him.

2 hours ago, air_raid said:

Interesting. What’s often forgotten about the much-maligned 90 day clauses is that the wrestlers still get paid their downside throughout. So for every five instances of people frustrated to twiddle their thumbs instead of getting right back on TV with their new employer, there’s one that sometimes comes out and says “It gave me chance to heal up a bit.” So if WWE are made to adhere, while it would return to the wrestlers the right to jump straight back on the wheel, it would also deny them a little paid break while they court potential new companies to work for.

Gonna say, I'm not sure it's a true non compete... they are still employed and paid for 90 days.

Mind you I'm not a lawyer, so be interesting to see what comes of this.

Outside of wrestling that is fucking massive for the corporate world.

Also means McMahons non compete is non existent. 

I hope the next fued Brian Danielson is in sees this exchange...

"So if you wanna say your the best... then I need you to beat me to prove it. Cos I'm the best!"

"Mate you've lost the last 20 fueds you were in. Fuck off."

11 hours ago, Jazzy G said:

It started looking interesting, then suddenly takes this huge shift to bad jokes and I lost all interest. 

Spot on. 

"BAD-ASS-ATRON"

Megatron, a man destined to become a ruthless dictator and crime lord, who will happily enslave or eradicate an entire race to satisfy his people's need for energy "We'll call you B!"

21 hours ago, BigJag said:

Yep. They've taken some liberties.  Elita 1 has some cool moves.

Much more interested in seeing Arrival From Cybertron on the big screen.

https://go.hasb.ro/3PMSiZH

Not entirely sure, but would not be 100% surprised if the Transformers Movie was the first cinema film I ever saw. 

Add in Kenny Omega returning to try and convince Hangman to "do the right thing", only for Hangers to send him back on the injury list, and LaGoosh's story is spot on.

55 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Isn't it also a variant of the Network storyline? I never caught it at the time, but from what I could figure out, it seems like that.

 

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.

Just wanted to come on here to say that the new Transformer's ONE movie trailer is the biggest pile of steaming shit imaginable and I hate it. 

Have a nice weekend everyone. 
 

On 4/16/2024 at 11:15 PM, Infinity Land said:

Two people that have been nothing like Jericho. 

Picked specific acts to work with Gunns/Acclaimed and Darby. Played 2nd fiddle in-ring and promos for the most part. Could go months without doing anything on TV. 

With how blatant Jericho was during the Trios match, they're either going to tack on HOOK v. Jericho for Dynasty or get added to the card to set-up Double or Nothing. Either way I'd say get ready for an FTW title reign using the gimmick to have a bunch of TV matches. So he can pretend he can still hang with people half his age, before putting HOOK "over". 

This. I don't think I've ever seen someone so successful at putting people "over", yet somehow they end up worse off. Guevara, Garcia (seriously! how did they fuck that up so bad?), Hobbs.

The Garcia shit really annoyed me. The man is pulled between his mentor and his hero, and his mentor ROH champion Jericho needles him and tests him time and time again, then when it comes time to be the man..... he basically pussies out and Jericho can't be arsed with being ROH champion anymore.

Then he just kind of... walks away from his stable with a "yeah... Im bored of this now. Bye."

If ROH ever wanted to be taken seriously, having Garcia as the young "next Brian Danielson" figurehead of ROH would of been fantastic.  

They no it's not real yeah? Jesus.

Gotta say I dig the new tag belt design. Clearly taking design inspiration from the world titles and effectively making them a family of belts. Love it.

I think the main thing that disappointed me is that I would of liked to of seen Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens involved in that final match too. In fact I would of preferred them over the legends (though im probably in the minority here). They were so much more involved in the two year storyline and would of closed their arcs off nicely. 

Finally I would of done a failed cash in attempt that was a mirror of the "heist of a century" only for Damien Priest to be cut off by someone. Have Priest win the title Monday was a Rollins that is absolutely smashed up beyond believe to close out the post Mania Raw. 

52 minutes ago, Nick James said:

Roman sliding the table back under the ring was a fantastic bit of heel work.

Tremendous.

I have been waiting for *YEARS* for someone to do that. (Has anyone else done it that I'm not aware of?)

Random note, but considering the recent issue with wwe and aew, was amazed to see The Bucks and Kenny Omega referenced as aspect of Cody's journey in the hope package. Even referring to aew indirectly as "a revolution."

2 hours ago, TheScarlettChad said:

Solid enough show. Samantha is dreadful.  I'm glad someone said it. Rock looked good for what he was doing. He was sucking air tho by the end. 

Im convinced The Rock has pissed off Samantha. 

"FIrst.... weighing in a 5 million pounds of raw sex appeal, he is entering his ten thousandth day as the super mega heavyweight undisputed hyper champion, the head of the table, the sex god, the father of my future child (sorry Ricochet).... ROMAN.... MOTHER FUCKING...... REEEEEEEIIIIIIGNNNNS."

"And his partner... The Rock."

 

Man, the way they inducted Mohammed Ali was tasteless. How anyone in wwe couldn't see how that was going to be received is bizarre.

16 hours ago, air_raid said:

You've nailed it. WWE weekly telly is about advancing the story. AEW seems to be about putting on matches that fans will tune in to see. It's not entirely dissimilar to the difference between Raw and Nitro during the peak of the war, and probably part of the reason so many people see AEW as the spiritual successor to WCW. Well, along with little Tone getting Big Tone on board, by golly.

I think WCW had a better balance. Yes you had your TV title and Cruiser devision for rhe in ring, which wwe never had, and but you still had Luger, Sting, Macho, Hogan, DDP and nWo for the main narratives.

16 hours ago, Lorne Malvo said:

I don't mind Billy Gunn holding his own usually, he does tower over most of the roster so in kayfabe-sense, that size advantage makes up for his age. But having him completely destroy Jay White for about 15 minutes was ridiculous. Very weird match with Billy dominating the entire time then going for a DQ finish.

It was bad. And my theory was that this was something that sounded good on paper but in practice didn't work.

The "Gunn your so enraged with White you come and pound the crap out of him and in desperation to get away he hits a low blow" is a great way to further the story. But it ended up being "you beat the crap out of him for a prolonged amount of time, hit your finisher TWICE, have him dead to rights and refuse to pin him".

If it had been a case of Gunn runs out, throws him in and out of the ring for two / three minutes, White hits a low blow for the dq, and then the entire bang bang gang pile in to beat the crap out of gunn, it could of worked.

Essentially it needed to be less of a match and more of a glorified segment.

7 hours ago, FUM said:

Surely the story being built here is Chad turning and Gunther retaining though.

As much as I know people still love Sami, they’ve really taken away what got him to the level he did last year which was the comedy combined with the vulnerability for me.

He's still showing that vulnerability. He's definitely the underdog into the match. 

However now Im wishing they did Gunther vs Zayn in a Jackass match. I just want to see Gunther chopped with a giant novelty hand.

On 3/31/2024 at 9:28 AM, FUM said:

What an absolute shite announcement that tag match was. All primed for either Rey’s career being on the line or a hair v mask singles match. Crickets for Dragon Lee too - the kids good but the audience don’t give a shit for him yet.

Yeah was naf. Why they couldn't just go for some sort of Rey vs Escobar one of one, or some massive gang warfare match.

If they went with the latter, they could of done a much better job of building it up. Introducing new members and alliances over the course of several weeks instead of "OH HEY... DOMS ON OUR SIDE.... AND DRAGON LEE IS LWO?!?!?!?!!"

Ugh... I hate it when they try to shoehorn in a non sensicle match.

26 minutes ago, CharlesTuckerTheThird said:

Nice to see Jade on TV, always liked her work, but I have to wonder what there is for her to do on Smackdown. In my opinion the Smackdown women's scene has been pretty forgettable, so hopefully she can turn it around.

I wanna see her in a tag team with Belair.

Have them chased the belts for a few months, a solid run before losing them around Survivor Series, and after a Cargill heelturn, build for Belair vs Cargill for next year's mania.

1 hour ago, LaGoosh said:

Unrelated to the discussion at hand but fuck me, that initial Reigns/Strowman feud was just some of the absolute best stuff. It got Strowman over as an absolute killer and it was the only time Roman was even close to being accepted as a babyface.  

Who you kidding? Strowman was beloved and the fans were cheering as he smashed in Roman night in / night out. Didn't help that Roman had to get his SHIELD buddies to help him defend the belt against him like a heel.

At the time, I honestly thought they dropped the ball not making Roman the heel at that time.
 

Seriously... how is that not the start of heel champ Roman1?!?!

28 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

If they don't sort something for between the end of September when the TV deal ends and the beginning of January when the Netflix deal starts then Raw will be dropping to 0 hours. 

It'll still be a fucking slog to get through.

Seriously... worse comes to worse they stream it for free on Youtube? 

But surely... SURELY... someone will pay something to have Raw for 3 months?!?

On 3/18/2024 at 2:22 AM, FUM said:

I’d be surprised if many suffer that full 3 hours of RAW without fast forward use. I was hoping the Netflix deal would be the solution but I doubt it now Netflix has an ad tier.

Personally I'm hoping they drop Raw to 2 hours.