Infinity Land Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 9 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Tony doesn't seem that bothered though. And if he's happy with the way things are going then I can't imagine things will change a massive amount. It's still his plaything at the end of the day. He's succeeding in some areas and that seems to be enough for him. I know there's this idea that he isn't bothered either because they can afford it or he's just oblivious. Problem is, this year especially, there's been significant changes made and they haven't been for the better. Whether that's been down to penny pinching or a failed strategy we'll probably never know. As the public response is always going to be "we're doing great! Best year ever" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 29 Paid Members Share Posted September 29 31 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: Tony doesn't seem that bothered though He probably is. No promoter of anything is going to publicly say they are worried or unhappy about ticket sales. That would be madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 He seems (as much as any of us really know) to have his main focuses which are PPVs and big shows and TV deals. He doesn't seem massively interested in regular touring or pushing those shows or anything like that. Or he just doesn't have the right knowledge to market them properly. I don't know really. It feels like he could throw more money at it if he really wanted to. But yeah he's never going to come out and say oh we're doing shit at xyz. So who really knows what's going on behind the scenes. It's definitely an interesting situation though. With a product that can be as great as theirs can it does feel like they should be doing better in certain areas. But if WWE are being massively successful then does it simply create a ceiling for AEW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jesse Posted September 29 Paid Members Share Posted September 29 (edited) This is real armchair psychology, so massive grain of salt, but I wonder if the biggest issue isn't actually control. You see it quite a lot in new/growing organisations where the person at the top wants to know everyone & know everything going on and isn't comfortable delegating responsibility & authority. So you get aspects of it that end up underfed because someone like Tony has limited time, energy, and even skills. Someone might nominally be 'in charge' of these areas, but without the delegated authority to work independently they can remain undercooked or always working on tight deadlines even still. Edited September 29 by Jesse Got my terminology messed up, no backseats here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Danielson v Okada announced for Dynamite. The Continental title only on the line for the first 20 minutes. Perfectly fitting convoluted last minute announcement to celebrate 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 7 minutes ago, Infinity Land said: . Perfectly fitting convoluted last minute announcement to celebrate 5 years. Exactly how massive rubber matches should be announced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted October 1 Paid Members Share Posted October 1 Feels very much like a "Danielson's body is about to collapse let's get it all in while we still can" type of match making to me. I'm fine with it to be honest. I don't really want to see a big build to Danielson/Okada 3 considering the first two were pretty average. It doesn't feel like a huge match anymore. The 20 minute stip is one of those things that's convoluted, pretty funny but actually kind of makes sense. A better way to announce the stip would be if it was announced by Okada followed with a massive shit eating grin at the end but you can't have everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Xtreme_lives Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Do we assume that danielson wins after making okada tap immediately after the 20 min mark to do some proper okada shithousery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 10 minutes ago, 2Xtreme_lives said: Do we assume that danielson wins after making okada tap immediately after the 20 min mark to do some proper okada shithousery Opens the show so it can go the 20+ minutes. Announcers remind us only the first 20 minutes are contested under Continental Title rules banning those from ringside. After 20 minutes Tony will feign surprise as the BCC or Elite come out, Excalibur explaining its fine now. Its only a World title fight after all! Leads to some bollocks finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Omega and Ibushi are due back so I could see them return to make the save on the 5th year anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted October 1 Paid Members Share Posted October 1 Get the Continental belt on Danielson. Lock him in for another Continental Classic. And then after that just keep putting new belts on him, so he can never retire. Finally, a good reason to have so many titles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 43 minutes ago, TildeGuy~! said: Omega and Ibushi are due back so I could see them return to make the save on the 5th year anniversary. I’d completely forgotten Ibushi was under contract. Hopefully he turns up looking better than he did last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JLM Posted October 1 Paid Members Share Posted October 1 He’s slooowly getting there. He‘s been working DDT shows and he looks a lot better than he did in the disastrous NOAH match. Still nowhere close to his peak but appears to be heading in the right direction. They’re keeping him in fairly light multiman tags at the moment, so hopefully he can continue getting healthier. He’s never going to be the majestic specimen he once was, but last time I saw him it didn’t make me feel desperately sad, so that’s progress right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted October 1 Paid Members Share Posted October 1 Beautiful promo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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