Paid Members air_raid Posted July 27, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, jazzygeofferz said: It's the same train, just two tickets as Lond-Coventry and Coventry-Preston is cheaper than London-Preston. It's amazing. I'll never forget going to Cardiff on the train and the return was cheaper than a single. I wonder how many people only needing to go one way paid near double what they needed to instead of just buying a return ticket and simply not using the return. I assumed that Wales were simply imposing a surcharge to persuade the English visitors "Fuck off home, it's cheaper than if you stay." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Ospreay is now randomly the top baby face in New Japan, there wasn’t an angle to turn him back either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healy52003 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 26 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Ugh. Sting vs Jericho would be better and then have Osprey in another match Show is a month away today crazy how time flys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted July 27, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2023 Oh FFS. What a waste of Ospreay. And, to be honest, what a waste of Jericho too! Guess that means Ospreay / Omega III is being saved for Wrestle Kingdom then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted July 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2023 I laughed. Originally, I assumed the Jericho/Callis thing coming out of nowhere was a panicked pivot once Bryan Danielson broke his arm. More fool me. The answer was far more obvious than that. Jericho doing a Jericho. Of course he’s wrestling Ospreay at Wembley. Of course! I can one hundred per cent imagine him watching that Omega match at Forbidden Door, the lightbulb suddenly going off, realising Ospreay is British and they’re a few weeks away from Wembley. I bet he ran to Tony’s dressing room faster than his wife stormed the Capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 To be fair, if they're swapping the matches round (I know they're not) I'd be fascinated by Omega vs. Sting. I don't think it's be any good, and they don't have enough time for Omega to heel it up enough for that match, but I also just can't imagine what that would look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted July 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2023 The prospect of Jericho vs Ospreay is an awful one. Not just because as a match it is so unbelievably unexciting and uninteresting, not just because ofcourse Jericho would have the fucking hubris to do it, not just because it makes me massively question the sanity of Tony Khan and AEW management that they would think this is a remotely good idea but because Ospreay isn't even an AEW guy! This show should have the true AEW guys in all the top spots. Ospreay isn't some legend who deserves a singles match on the biggest show AEW will ever do, not a single ticket will be sold because of him. I don't want any of the AEW guys I've been following for years relegated to a battle royal or clusterfuck ladder match for some twat I can see at York Hall or wherever who doesn't even work for AEW. If they booked this and I was an AEW contracted talent I think I would go insane with rage. If we're looking at it from a storyline perspective they should book Jericho vs Guevara as that's been subtly building for years. Not that I really want to see that match either but I could live with it as at least it'd make sense. If only they could've held off and done the Sting/Darby vs Jericho/Sammy Tornado tag at All In rather than some random Dynamite everything would have been a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Chunk said: Guess that means Ospreay / Omega III is being saved for Wrestle Kingdom then. As predicted back in the Forbidden Door thread. No way were New Japan going to let the rubber match for one of their titles featuring one of their top stars happen on an AEW show. And Ofcourse Jericho has shoehorned his way into working with one of the hot acts again. “Hey Tony, you know who’d be great for working with Osprey in his home country?….” Edited July 28, 2023 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 He'll have been pitching it to the NJ office as well no doubt. Probably saying who better to have an IWGP US title defense against. Which would just make the match even more of a foregone conclusion. After his recent promo it makes it more likely the title will be renamed. Since two of the biggest defenses will have been in Canada and the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2023 The thing with Jericho too is he's clearly going to close his career out in WWE. I'm not saying you shouldn't invest into big talent you know won't be there forever, but you certainly don't waste opportunities with them like they constantly do with Jericho. Nobody in AEW has ever benefited from working against him and the amount of important matches and moments we could have had instead of Chris Jericho is worrying. The worst thing about it is he's not even that good anymore. Fair enough if this was prime Jericho where at least the output would be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I’m quite up for Jericho vs Ospreay 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Rob Lowe Posted July 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2023 Hopefully Jericho has enough of a spell over Tony that he can convince him to make this the main event. Then I can avoid the match, sing along and (most importantly) the night bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 G1 doesn't finish until the 13th August. Trying to build anything off the back of talent used there seems such a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted July 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 28, 2023 I don't particularly care for Ospreay, so putting him in a match that's actually less likely to play to his strengths and might force something more interesting is actually a better outcome for me than if they'd done Ospreay/Omega again. I'd rather see Omega against somebody else anyway, and am happier seeing Jericho against Ospreay than I would be against Sammy Guevera, which feels a far more self-serving match for Jericho. Just so long as they aren't Meltzer-brained into thinking the show needs Ospreay to be a success, and that Ospreay/Jericho doesn't main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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