AEW TV 2025 Discussion

[Lorne Malvo]

1 hour ago, Ironic Indie Lad said:

It was a bit weird when Tony Khan came out and it seemed he was announcing something for the UK. He waffled on for ages about coming back but before next summer. He ultimately announced nothing.

I assume maybe something getting announced over the weekend? 

Yeah, this was very strange.

'Do you want another show in Scotland? Yeah? Do you want a show sooner than next Summer? Yeah? Okay bye!'

He didn't even mention Timecop!

[Ironic Indie Lad]

Just now, Lorne Malvo said:

Yeah, this was very strange.

'Do you want another show in Scotland? Yeah? Do you want a show sooner than next Summer? Yeah? Okay bye!'

He didn't even mention Timecop!

If you took a drink every time Tony Khan mentioned it was the first time in Scotland...well you would be fucking pissed basically. 

[Supremo]

Given current events, it’s no surprise at all that Tony doesn’t want to announce specific dates. WWE would immediately announce their own UK tour that coincidentally runs at the exact same time.

[Infinity Land]

1 hour ago, RedTwoster said:

To be fair, he might not have had anything to announce! It was such a hot crowd that he might have been pumped up, to the point he decided on a whim that they should be back sooner. 

Without knowing exactly what was said, i think is justva very common thing he does when trying to hype a crowd. Stateside it'd be teasing a ppv return. 

[Ironic Indie Lad]

2 minutes ago, Infinity Land said:

Without knowing exactly what was said, i think is justva very common thing he does when trying to hype a crowd. Stateside it'd be teasing a ppv return. 

You're wrong! We ARE the greatest fans in the world! He wouldn't just say this in every city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedTwoster]

1 hour ago, Supremo said:

Given current events, it’s no surprise at all that Tony doesn’t want to announce specific dates. WWE would immediately announce their own UK tour that coincidentally runs at the exact same time.

That’s actually a really good point. They probably would do something like that. I’m a bit fed up of the suggestion that it’s ’just good business’, it punishes fans and forces them to choose. Plus, any attempt to sabotage a rival has the potential - if it actually succeeds - to sabotage people’s jobs too, and for what, to make slightly more money when you’re already raking it in? Fuck that approach, and fuck the greedy arseholes behind it all.

[JLM]

Final train spot was Marina Shafir. She must be about 5’7-5’8ish as she wasn’t that much shorter than me. Like all the other wrestlers, an absolute unit in person. Walking down the aisles of the train they all just look so wide. Such shoulders on these people. Even Ian Riccaboni is jacked. Same with Yuta, where relative to many on the roster he looks small, but he is a very tall and broad fellow compared to most regular folk. 

[Infinity Land]

39 minutes ago, RedTwoster said:

That’s actually a really good point. They probably would do something like that. I’m a bit fed up of the suggestion that it’s ’just good business’, it punishes fans and forces them to choose. Plus, any attempt to sabotage a rival has the potential - if it actually succeeds - to sabotage people’s jobs too, and for what, to make slightly more money when you’re already raking it in? Fuck that approach, and fuck the greedy arseholes behind it all.

The amount of times WWE are over here these days you also don't know what restrictions are put on some buildings. Everyone knew the date & city for Forbidden Door a year in advance, but the o2 wasn't announced until April or May?

Does mean some extra work in figuring out dates. Made even more complicated by TK's insistence to be at every show. 

[The King Of Swing]

MJF threatens to burn Briscoe alive: Carry on lad. 

Hangman hits Ricochet with a chair: Get security out there now. 

Good show. Dogshit angle.

[ReturnOfTheMack]

Blows my mind how MJF goes from getting a double dropkick over so hugely, to this dross. Thank fuck Hangman is managing to mostly survive it

[Supremo]

Whisper it quietly. The Champion of the Fucking World was in the worst segment of the show.

I fucking hated that segment. In an all-timer year for Hangman, where he legitimate could win heel and babyface of the year, this was the first real mis-step for his character and story. I blame MJF. For someone so ridiculously talented, he’s proven to have a huge blind spot for where the line is and how quickly a gritty angle can turn into goofy, Scooby Doo bullshit.

They’d nailed it. Last week was a home run. We bin off the rubbish Money in the Bank concept, Hangman looks like the clever superhero, everyone’s a winner baby that’s the truth. Madness that they reneged on it, pulling back the curtain to reveal a river of shit. Max might as well have been wearing The Devil mask.

I wonder what’s going on with MJF. That’s two jarring, obvious pivots in quick succession. First throwing away everything they built up with The Hurt Syndicate, and now this, completely undermining that brilliant segment last week. 

I think it speaks to how much pro-wrestling has moved on from those pre-2019 years that pivots like this stand out so much more. It proves how much more respect these writers have for their audience. Ten or twenty years ago and this was the norm. Storylines would be dropped or switched at the drop of a hat because it’s only pro-wrestling, so who fucking cares. Now that bookers actually put some thought and effort into this stuff, it’s more annoying than ever when we get an echo of the Dark Days. Started to follow along and care did you, you idiot?

Granted, it’s nowhere near as egregious as John Cena switching back babyface with little to no pay off. It’s not as if it was the company’s major storyline of the year, and the swan song to one of their biggest stars of all time, but still. It’s depressing how quickly this type of storytelling is creeping back in across both companies. Plus, with Cena’s heel run, they at least pivoted because it was utter shit. Here, they’ve pivoting away from the good stuff! Unforgivable!

To be an AEW fan is to accept that Tony Khan goes through these weird kicks, where he comes up with an idea and then spams it to the point of parody, but even so. This might be the worst example yet. I have had my fill, Tony. Let’s not do another Disney Channel Movie kidnapping for at least two to three years. Your product will be improved ten fold.

[The King Of Swing]

Going back to my earlier post.The inconsistency when it comes to security breaking shit up, has been getting on my nerves for ages.

[Tennessee Moltisanti]

They'd never do it, but it'd be hilarious, if Hangman got Briscoe to accompany him to the ring for the match, and then he takes a slap from Briscoe at the bell, MJF gets DQ'd, so he loses his title shot. And then Hangman tells him to use his contract and he does, and then Hangman beats him.

[King Mal the Glorious]

5 hours ago, JLM said:

Final train spot was Marina Shafir. She must be about 5’7-5’8ish as she wasn’t that much shorter than me. Like all the other wrestlers, an absolute unit in person. Walking down the aisles of the train they all just look so wide. Such shoulders on these people. Even Ian Riccaboni is jacked. Same with Yuta, where relative to many on the roster he looks small, but he is a very tall and broad fellow compared to most regular folk. 

Wrestlers are so oddly proportioned. I've met a bunch over the years that I tower over height-wise but they're so weirdly wide it kinda morphs your perception of them.

I remember chatting to Drew McIntyre at an ICW show once and I had a couple of inches on him but he was like twice my width. If anything the TV cameras remove weight.

[Infinity Land]

As more time goes by it feels like there's more truth to the difficult to work with Hurt Syndicate rumours.

They haven't wrestled since All In. MJF split and rushed into a title contender spot, but making sure to keep his Gauntlet contract for whatever was originally planned. The 3-way to get the titles off them without being involved in the finish.