Factotum Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 It does seem AEW need something big to kick things off again. Also put Omega in a fucking singles feud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 22, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted February 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: If viewers only watched nice people then the history of wrestling would be very different. I'm not sure there would have been anyone to watch in the 80s barring Steamboat and Sting. This reminds me of when I said something on Twitter about Brock Lesnar being a homophobe, and someone replied, "well, then you'd have to get rid of AJ Styles as well!", and I replied with something to the effect of "alright, yeah, go on then." Obviously flustered at not having tripped me up with obvious gotcha-bait, they replied, "well if you got rid of everyone who'd ever been accused of doing anything wrong from wrestling, you'd just end up stuck with Ricky Steamboat and Bryan Danielson". Oh no, that sounds fucking terrible, how could I cope? As for the topic - I don't care about ratings so long as they're high enough that the show continues to exist, and things like what Dave Meltzer says or what Tony Khan's like in interviews are so easily avoidable that they've never impacted on my enjoyment of anything. It doesn't look like a great episode, but you never know. I don't really follow along week-by-week at the moment anyway, and I'm not going to lose any sleep over a wrestling show being less than perfect for a little while. "Shit build, good PPV" has been the AEW formula for a while, so I'm sure things will pick back up, and if there's a time to sleepwalk through most of your TV booking, it's Wrestlemania season when all anyone wants to talk about is the other show anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted February 22, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted February 22, 2023 33 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: That's more than fair about Mox, and he was not part of the criticism I had. If viewers only watched nice people then the history of wrestling would be very different. I'm not sure there would have been anyone to watch in the 80s barring Steamboat and Sting. I'm not suggesting they fire everyone else. Just that having some likeable people on there isn't an automatic turn-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted February 22, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted February 22, 2023 Evil Uno vs Jon Moxley is something that would've been on the midcard of a reshuffled DGUSA show in the early 2010's. Mox is now a megastar and Uno is ten years past his sell-by date, especially when it comes to singles matches, and I say that as someone who took a lot of flack on here for championing the Super Smash Bros during their heyday. He may be a good lad and "one of the boys", but so was Colt Cabana and he stunk out the joint with Chris Jericho last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 If Eddie Kingston had won the interim title in the summer we’d have a new boom period by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 hours ago, BomberPat said: you'd just end up stuck Bryan Danielson". Oh no, that sounds fucking terrible, Agreed 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddymagic Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Thoughts on the announcement? An all access reality TV show staring Tony Khan, Saraya, Adam Cole, Britt Baker, the Bucks, Eddie Kingston, and Sammy & Tay. Starts next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Daddymagic said: Thoughts on the announcement? An all access reality TV show staring Tony Khan, Saraya, Adam Cole, Britt Baker, the Bucks, Eddie Kingston, and Sammy & Tay. Starts next month. Hopefully calms down the ratings worriers that that they are getting more content so relationship with network is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Considering at the moment it's not even guaranteed I can be arsed with Dynamite and Rampage, another show coming along right now is the worst timing. But I'm sure some people will enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Considering at the moment it's not even guaranteed I can be arsed with Dynamite and Rampage, another show coming along right now is the worst timing. But I'm sure some people will enjoy it. Do these reality type shows actually boost the ratings for the wrestling product though. Did Total Divas/Bellas actually create any more interest in Raw or Smackdown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted February 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted February 23, 2023 That was one of the best pull apart brawls in some time. It looked like they were absolutely battering each other. They probably were. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 21 minutes ago, simonworden said: Do these reality type shows actually boost the ratings for the wrestling product though. Did Total Divas/Bellas actually create any more interest in Raw or Smackdown? They tend to attract their own audiences and followers, it’s diversifying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Best MJF segments in ages as he was telling the truth in his eyes than trying to be edgy Jeff Jarrett is wrestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted February 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted February 23, 2023 I'm a little over MJF and his promos at this point. From the promo about a car crash to a promo talking about suicide and concussions. I get what he was going for with the concussion stuff, but it just didn't work for me and MJF is at the point where I roll my eyes when he comes out with a mic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Daddymagic said: Thoughts on the announcement? An all access reality TV show staring Tony Khan, Saraya, Adam Cole, Britt Baker, the Bucks, Eddie Kingston, and Sammy & Tay. Starts next month. Think it's been known to be coming for a while. It's the first thing people speculated on once Rhodes to the Top came to an end. There was even a survey on different names, and i'm glad that they went with something simple like All Access. It's shoulder programming and easy enough to do. One of those things that's good from a company point of view, but doesn't mean much to regular fans as it's disposable. ---- The possible names from a survey back in May * AEW: To The Top * AEW: Fight To The Finish* AEW: All Access * AEW: Breakout * AEW: Uprise * AEW: The Climb * AEW: To The Mat * AEW: Road to The Belt * AEW: Friends and Enemies * AEW: On The Ropes * AEW: Grit and Glory Edited February 23, 2023 by Infinity Land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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