Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 17, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Does it though? This is the wrestling equivalent of Mrs Merton. Now, if this was on TV, I could see some of your argument, but this is supposed to be 10 minutes of fluff to be entertaining on a sunday morning which takes wrestlers out of their characters. If you watch it and then feel differently about a wrestler, I get it, but as long as it is not impacting the actual wrestling shows, who cares? Yeah, that's fair enough. It's not really canon so doesn't really matter. I just find the blokes whole act a bit insufferable and it's Monday morning so I'm allowed to be a bit grumpy. Quote
Loki Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, Lorne Malvo said: Is it only me who can't stand that RJ City act? I just don't know what the end point is. Him winding everybody up and making them look like dickheads without ever getting any comeuppance? Some handle it better than others (Regal compared to Ruby Soho, for example) but when even Eddie Kingston comes out of them looking a bit daft, it probably does more harm than good. I also think it's terrible, cringeworthy stuff. I don't find him funny in the slightest. So stilted and awkward. But I think we're very much in the minority. Quote
Paid Members Chris B Posted October 17, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 17, 2022 RJ City rocks. Hey EW has become a regular part of our Sunday morning viewing, and it's a consistently easy and funny 10 minutes or so. I'll give him a pass for most of the rest of the year for the 'All... That... TAZZZZZ' sign-off that got Taz to crack. It's also incredibly easy to avoid, so I'm not sure why it annoys people who don't have to watch it so much. Quote
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 17, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Chris B said: It's also incredibly easy to avoid, so I'm not sure why it annoys people who don't have to watch it so much. I mean, this stands for pretty much everything. If Adam Cole pisses people off so much, just fast-forward his segments. I will admit RJ City's line to Eddie Kingston along the lines of 'people say you're one of the most honest wrestlers, how do you fake that?' got a good laugh out of me. And the Taz episode was good, but Taz is always good value in AEW. I just find for every good one-liner there's 10 minutes of tedium. Quote
Paid Members Chris B Posted October 17, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Lorne Malvo said: I mean, this stands for pretty much everything. If Adam Cole pisses people off so much, just fast-forward his segments. If Hey EW was on Dynamite or Rampage, I would understand your point more. You're actively watching RJ City's output, deciding it isn't for you, and keeping watching every week by choice, despite knowing exactly what it is. I don't like Sammy Guevara's vlog, so I simply don't watch his vlog. This has a very easy solution. Quote
boyfriend Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 RJ is gold. Well he can be, depending on the guest. Naturally funny and sharp, he just needs the guests to play along. I think a talk show segment on Dynamite could work but that’s very WWE, which AEW are despite what they set out to be are. Also yeh fair point about not watching. Such an odd thing to sit through something you don’t find that much enjoyment in and then log into a forum to post about. Plenty of other awesome wrasslin going. Quote
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 17, 2022 Paid Members Posted October 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Chris B said: If Hey EW was on Dynamite or Rampage, I would understand your point more. You're actively watching RJ City's output, deciding it isn't for you, and keeping watching every week by choice, despite knowing exactly what it is. You're assuming an awful lot. When his stuff gets posted on here I skip through it. Other than that I've probably watched 2 full episodes. Quote
Merzbow Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Isn't there another thread for stuff like that anyway? Quote
Matthew Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 2 hours ago, RedRooster said: Oh yeah, I'd completely forgotten about that too. If they do this again next year, they really need to add some sort of added reward to the mix; such as a World title shot. While I agree about it needing a further reward, surely the same people wanting that, would only moan that it makes the ranking system worthless if it gives an instant title shot? Quote
Merzbow Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Matthew said: While I agree about it needing a further reward, surely the same people wanting that, would only moan that it makes the ranking system worthless if it gives an instant title shot? Stop making up negative people in your mind, this isn't the first time. With it being the Owen Hart cup and all I'd have thought they'd make nods to his Slammy winning gimmick a little, have an insufferable heel constantly carrying around the trophy and being a glorious dickhead with it. Dynamite's in Baltimore in a few weeks and with them using rappers more and more I'm curious if they'll work more with JPEGMAFIA, he's been in Darby's videos before and has dropped AEW references in his recent albums. Edited October 17, 2022 by Merzbow Quote
Infinity Land Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Matthew said: While I agree about it needing a further reward, surely the same people wanting that, would only moan that it makes the ranking system worthless if it gives an instant title shot? Casino Battle Royales, Royal Rampage, Golden Ticket battle royale, Casino ladder match. World Title Eliminator heading into Full Gear (thankfully doesn't look like it's happening this year). They've done plenty of match concepts that entitle a guaranteed title shot, and more often focused just on the Men's World Title. Hasn't really hurt things that much. Winners of the Owen Hart Cup seem pretty worthy of a title shot. They only leaned away from that idea because they wanted winning the tournament itself to seem like the reward. Quote
RedRooster Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 On the subject of the rankings, I wonder if they've quietly been dropped? They don't seem to have been updated on the AEW website since August. Quote
Merzbow Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 With so many titles now on the shows, people vacating etc maybe it's for the best that they move away from the rankings for now at least. I'm sure once things settle if they get a separate ROH show they can come back? Quote
Infinity Land Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, RedRooster said: On the subject of the rankings, I wonder if they've quietly been dropped? They don't seem to have been updated on the AEW website since August. There was a brief period where the site was out of date from what was posted on social media. People were asking about it and the usual news sites said the rankings were being de-emphasized. Since All Out there hasn't been any update at all. I can only assume adding the Trios division broke the system ? Quote
DavidB6937 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 Whatever they do, at least it'll never be as out of date as ITV's wrestling Twitter account. Quote
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