abucalves Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago Hoping for a Josh Alexander upset here, and maybe Ace Austin as well. The others I could see going the obvious way. Quote
jm29195 Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Supremo said: A real mystery who could possibly win these qualifying matches in order to participate in the Clockwork Carnage match. Impossible to call any of them. *So that’s them confirmed, then. Samoa Joe, Will Ospreay, Takeshita, Ricochet, Copeland and Darby. I wonder if they'll do one upset then, just because it looks so obvious. Quote
Paid Members RedTwoster Posted 18 hours ago Author Paid Members Posted 18 hours ago It’s been a while since AEW rammed a Dynamite full of predictable matches, and I hope Tony Khan doesn’t fall back into that dull pattern. I’m not even sure I want an upset. While it would be fun in the moment, there’s not really anyone in those matches who would make them more interesting than the obvious choices, as much as I like Hechicero. Quote
The King Of Swing Posted 16 hours ago Posted 16 hours ago No kink shaming here in AEW. Bloody love Excalibur. Overall a predictable but fun double header that managed to keep the crowd hot, throughout both shows. AEW have got a good routine nailed down with these mixed tag matches. Could get some mileage out of Divine Dominion, getting in on some of the action, now they are out of the tag title picture for the time being. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted 15 hours ago Paid Members Posted 15 hours ago Fuck's sake, so that's the TNT Champion, a Tag Team Champion, and the International Champion all most likely in the World Title match, with the World Champion having already beaten the Continental and International Champions, and the National Champion waiting in the wings for a title shot. Why should I care about all these belts when the people who hold them apparently don't? Quote
Paid Members RedTwoster Posted 12 hours ago Author Paid Members Posted 12 hours ago 3 hours ago, BomberPat said: Fuck's sake, so that's the TNT Champion, a Tag Team Champion, and the International Champion all most likely in the World Title match, with the World Champion having already beaten the Continental and International Champions, and the National Champion waiting in the wings for a title shot. Why should I care about all these belts when the people who hold them apparently don't? Who is the tag team champion that’s potentially in the match? Quote
BrodyGraham Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 4 minutes ago, RedTwoster said: Who is the tag team champion that’s potentially in the match? I think he forgot that Cope and Cage dropped them. I did for a second to be honest. Quote
Paid Members RedTwoster Posted 12 hours ago Author Paid Members Posted 12 hours ago 2 minutes ago, BrodyGraham said: I think he forgot that Cope and Cage dropped them. I did for a second to be honest. Ahhh right, I thought it might be an ROH tag champ or something like that. I think you’re probably right, though. Easily done. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted 4 hours ago Paid Members Posted 4 hours ago Predictable or not - Darby vs Hechicero is going to be a beautiful piece of work. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted 2 hours ago Paid Members Posted 2 hours ago Yeah, I forgot Cope and Cage had dropped the belts. We're still going to be in a situation where the World Champion has beaten every other singles champion, which is a really odd situation. Quote
Paid Members RedTwoster Posted 2 hours ago Author Paid Members Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 28 minutes ago, BomberPat said: Yeah, I forgot Cope and Cage had dropped the belts. We're still going to be in a situation where the World Champion has beaten every other singles champion, which is a really odd situation. The fact there are so many champions in these qualifiers does leave me thinking there surely will be a few upsets. I can't imagine we won't have any of the men's singles titles defended on that card outside of the National title, otherwise it'll be an extremely light card. I guess you could have someone pull double duty, but that doesn't seem likely either. EDIT: I forgot about the Continental title. Still, I could see either Darby losing by interference to set up a match at the PPV. Not a chance in hell Okada is losing to Myron Reed, though. Edited 2 hours ago by RedTwoster Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted 1 hour ago Paid Members Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 13 hours ago, BomberPat said: Fuck's sake, so that's the TNT Champion, a Tag Team Champion, and the International Champion all most likely in the World Title match, with the World Champion having already beaten the Continental and International Champions, and the National Champion waiting in the wings for a title shot. Why should I care about all these belts when the people who hold them apparently don't? Because the people who hold them are fucking awesome and have excellent matches for the belts with other fucking awesome people. I do get your point. There are an array of belts without tons of identity and champions who are a little bit interchangeable but, it's such a fantastic roster with so many people who make a fun dynamic in matches and when they're the champion that it hides any weakness in the booking. Also, I think Tony subscribes to the thinking that holding these titles should make you a contender for the World Title. We've heard that enough over the years as a criticism of the IC and US titles that they used to be a stepping stone to the World Title. Despite most people's ultimate example of an IC Champion being Mr Perfect who lost to Hogan & Warrior all the time when he was at that level. I'm really fed up with the fact there are qualifying matches. That's such a lazy trope that I hate. And the fact that they are so fucking one-sided makes me hate them and the concept even more. I'd respect this more if they just announced these guys, ran down their credentials and gave some time to why each guy is in and why he wants to win. If you must have qualifying matches to fill TV, and you really don't have to, then they have to be like Okada vs. Swerve. I don't want either of those guys taking an L on TV so I wouldn't do that but that's what you have to do rather than pretend Myron Reed or Ace Austin deserve a shot at this thing. Okada and Darby do, they are Champions in this promotion. Copland does, Takeshita does, he's a former Champion and G1 Winner. Josh Alexander wins less than Spurs. FFS. Edit: I'm not fixing that typo. Copland is Adam's new movie coming to Prime Video. Edited 1 hour ago by tiger_rick Quote
Paid Members RedTwoster Posted 21 minutes ago Author Paid Members Posted 21 minutes ago (edited) 59 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: If you must have qualifying matches to fill TV, and you really don't have to, then they have to be like Okada vs. Swerve. Totally this - going from a ranking system to Myron Reed, Lee Moriarty and Ace Austin in contention for a World Title match is quite something. The death of PAC has presumably affected planning, but they have an enormous roster and could still have gone with better qualifiers. Everyone is rooting for Daniel Garcia right now - give him a qualifier against Okada or Copeland and have him take them to the limit. Claudio Castagnoli is a perfectly feasible World Title challenger - put him in there. Maybe you do Darby vs. Nick Wayne, given that Wayne just defeated Jericho. Maybe you continue the friction between Fletcher and Knight by having one of them enter a qualifier, with the other accusing them of prioritising their singles career over their tag title opportunity. You have Orange Cassidy and Eddie Kingston - both credible options. I can't stand him, but Kyle O'Reilly has been presented as a credible force, what about him? Heck, Juice Robinson is a more interesting option than Ace Austin - put him in a qualifier. It's a very underwhelming line-up for Dynamite. Edited 20 minutes ago by RedTwoster Quote
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