Paid Members LaGoosh Posted July 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 They are. He had knee surgery earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Vegas Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) When you contrast what WWE are doing just now and their levels of storytelling around The Bloodline storyline, along with how hugely over Cody, Dominik Mysterio, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn etc. all are right now with the AEW World Champ running a twitter storyline where he doesn't want to leave his cat at home, for me it really shows how much of a turnaround theres been in the two companies over the last few years. I was such a massive fan of AEW but it just feels so stale whereas it feels like WWE has so much good stuff going on all at once just now. Edited July 3, 2023 by Jonny Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyK Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Agree that the buzz is certainly more around WWE at the moment. Feels like AEW got to a stage where they felt like they needed to up the ante..new shows, new production, video games, new commercial deals, overseas shows, etc..which is all good in theory. But putting the energy into that levelling up has most likely taken away from the creative and engaging storylines, performances and development.  It felt like for a while that AEW had found a comfy niche which was drawing positive attention and it was flowing. Then perhaps they felt the need to push higher and go bigger..which is obviously still in the teething stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted July 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, Jonny Vegas said: When you contrast what WWE are doing just now and their levels of storytelling around The Bloodline storyline, along with how hugely over Cody, Dominik Mysterio, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn etc. all are right now with the AEW World Champ running a twitter storyline where he doesn't want to leave his cat at home, for me it really shows how much of a turnaround theres been in the two companies over the last few years. I was such a massive fan of AEW but it just feels so stale whereas it feels like WWE has so much good stuff going on all at once just now. There is nothing outside of the bloodline that I think is a good storyline right now. What else is there? Baszlar turning on Rousey, Dom being a chicken shit heel, Seth being a poor mans joker/social media influencer? I mean what are the actual storylines I am supposed to care about? What am I missing? AEW have The Elite vs BCC, Kingston and Mox, Jugleboy turning, Punk V Samoa Joe, FTR vs Bullet Club Gold, Owen Hart tournament, Tag Eliminator Tornament. You don't have to care about any of them, but you can't say there is nothing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted July 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 Sometimes, you can discuss WWE or AEW without referencing the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Supremo said: Sometimes, you can discuss WWE or AEW without referencing the other. There is very little evidence to support this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 58 minutes ago, Supremo said: Sometimes, you can discuss WWE or AEW without referencing the other. Sometimes, you can discuss WWE or AEW without watching the other, as well it would seem. I don't know why people feel this constant need to put down the one they don't like when there is just no need. It's worse than football fandom sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted July 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 The Bloodline storyline can be great at the same time as The Elite’s storyline being bloody brilliant, too. It’s amazing to watch one storyline grow and encompass half the roster, featuring a tonne of great angles and matches. You might not like The Elite’s style of wrestling but you can’t deny they can tell a fucking story. So many layers and interconnected threads, all plotted back to Moxley accidentally knocking Hangman out in a random tournament match. Mox and Hangman taking it in turns to murder each other, The Elite jumping in the ring to back up Hangman against the BCC, Danielson’s heel turn, the eventual Avengers Assemble reunion, the Omega vs. Mox cage match, the Don Callis turn, Anarchy in the Arena, Takeshita’s turn, that mental conclusion to Dynamite where everyone ran out, Omega and Ospreay having one of the best matches of all time, Dark Order being pissed off with Hangman, and now with the return of Eddie Kingston to turn the whole thing up to eleven. Masterful stuff. The only way it can improve is if CM Punk pulls something out of his bag that somehow pulls him into orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Supremo said: The Bloodline storyline can be great at the same time as The Elite’s storyline being bloody brilliant, too. No, one has to be better than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Don't know what all this shit about WWE or AEW being better when NWA's having bangers with Tyrus as champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I'm actually really looking forward to Omega vs Yuta tonight. I reckon it could be a banger, and a real coming out moment for Yuta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Any time Kenny wrestles a singles match it feels like something special now, there's not many people you can say that about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Yuta's pre taped promo was probably the best he's ever sounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted July 5, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 9:44 AM, Jonny Vegas said: When you contrast what WWE are doing just now and their levels of storytelling around The Bloodline storyline, along with how hugely over Cody, Dominik Mysterio, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn etc. all are right now with the AEW World Champ running a twitter storyline where he doesn't want to leave his cat at home, for me it really shows how much of a turnaround theres been in the two companies over the last few years. You say that but I tried watching a few Smackdown's and Raw's recently to see what all the buzz was about and outside of the excellent Bloodline stuff found them to be absolutely awful cheesy lifeless shows with corny one dimensional characters and pointless meaningless matches with little psychology. To you WWE may be on fire, but to me it's terrible and even worse than it was when I stopped watching properly years ago. However what struck me the most was how different the promotions felt from eachother. I genuinely don't know how someone could enjoy both. They both seem to cater to completely different tastes. So I guess my point is can we stop fucking comparing them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 minute ago, LaGoosh said: However what struck me the most was how different the promotions felt from eachother. I genuinely don't know how someone could enjoy both. They both seem to cater to completely different tastes. I mean that's like saying why would someone enjoy Beethoven and Slipknot or something. It's not really an either/or situation. People enjoying a variety of things isn't that unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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