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[Immortal Weapon]

Moxley and KENTA will be in the G1 this year. Hype!

[steve2275]

Moxley and KENTA will be in the G1 this year. Hype!

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[Punisher007]

Moxley vs. Suzuki.

Moxley vs. Ishii.

Moxley vs. Okada.

Moxley vs. Ibushi.

Moxley vs. Naito.

Those are my top five "want" matches.

[BeastieRunner]

Moxley vs. Suzuki.

Moxley vs. Ishii.

Moxley vs. Okada.

Moxley vs. Ibushi.

Moxley vs. Naito.

Those are my top five "want" matches.

I think Naito and Ibushi are in the same block this year. Might get to see 2 of them!

EDIT:
Blocks will announced next week officially but it sounds like Mox will be with Ishii and Suzuki out of your dream list.

And isn't Jericho in this G-1, too!? Might be the most stacked G-1 since 20! HYPE!

[godisawesome]

AEW giving Moxley the same contract flexibility that Jericho has to go to NJPW is whip smart right now. He’s in a high quality product right now while AEW’s TV show is getting set up, winning a belt and getting his reinvigorated persona fleshed out and exposed to an international audience against top notch competition. And drawing attention from WWE fans towards NJPW likely also plays a part in any future plans AEW might have to replace ROH as a partner should ROH become a less sexy partner.

It also makes sense considering the fact that AEW likely understands that it’s long term survivability might be located in convincing the hard-core, internet active smarks who already pay attention to NJPW to see AEW and it’s roster as something they have to pay attention to, once AEW actually premiers, even if Raw and Smackdown manage to pull out of its current deep dive and in spite of NXT probably being an equal or greater product thanks to HHH’s vision and WWE’s resources.

[XPac]

AEW giving Moxley the same contract flexibility that Jericho has to go to NJPW is whip smart right now. He’s in a high quality product right now while AEW’s TV show is getting set up, winning a belt and getting his reinvigorated persona fleshed out and exposed to an international audience against top notch competition. And drawing attention from WWE fans towards NJPW likely also plays a part in any future plans AEW might have to replace ROH as a partner should ROH become a less sexy partner.

It also makes sense considering the fact that AEW likely understands that it’s long term survivability might be located in convincing the hard-core, internet active smarks who already pay attention to NJPW to see AEW and it’s roster as something they have to pay attention to, once AEW actually premiers, even if Raw and Smackdown manage to pull out of its current deep dive and in spite of NXT probably being an equal or greater product thanks to HHH’s vision and WWE’s resources.

Yeah, I do think down the linke NJ will end up kicking ROH to the side for AEW. THey talk loyalty right now and I can respect that... but AEW seems like such the much cooler option.

I think AEW will end up hurting ROH and Impact more than it does WWE in the long run. It replaces their niche as the premier WWE alternative, and will likely draw away all the hot indy talent.

[Immortal Weapon]

Yeah, I do think down the linke NJ will end up kicking ROH to the side for AEW. THey talk loyalty right now and I can respect that... but AEW seems like such the much cooler option.

I think AEW will end up hurting ROH and Impact more than it does WWE in the long run. It replaces their niche as the premier WWE alternative, and will likely draw away all the hot indy talent.

When has Impact ever been an alternative? It's been WWE lite for years.

[Jcogginsa]

Woods, AJ, and Breeze had a cameo in Microsoft's E3 conference

[XPac]

When has Impact ever been an alternative? It's been WWE lite for years.

There were a couple years there pre-Hogan era which it could sort of say it was a WWE alternative. And even right now you can say it to a degree. Or at least you can say it to the same degree AEW is an alternative. If anything you can argue they're relying less on WWE star power than AEW is.

[Immortal Weapon]

There were a couple years there pre-Hogan era which it could sort of say it was a WWE alternative. And even right now you can say it to a degree. Or at least you can say it to the same degree AEW is an alternative. If anything you can argue they're relying less on WWE star power than AEW is.

I watch current Impact here and there and they don't differentiate themselves enough to be a true alternative. The angle they are doing with Su Yung feels like a cheap attempt to replicate the success of Broken Matt. They still depend on talent that largely made their name in WWE. If not WWE then Lucha Underground who they are partnered with. Moose is the best homegrown guy they got but they screw the pooch with him when he didn't beat Aries for the belt.

[XPac]

I watch current Impact here and there and they don't differentiate themselves enough to be a true alternative. The angle they are doing with Su Yung feels like a cheap attempt to replicate the success of Broken Matt. They still depend on talent that largely made their name in WWE. If not WWE then Lucha Underground who they are partnered with. Moose is the best homegrown guy they got but they screw the pooch with him when he didn't beat Aries for the belt.

Broken Matt was created in Impact though... so I'm not sure that counts as them copying the WWE. They technically did the Broken Matt stuff first.

[godisawesome]

There *was* a time where TnA was different enough and quality enough to at least exist in a niche underneath WWE as something that could produce quality wrestling with a different feel than WWE. The different ring and the X-Division, plus an eventually emerging women’s division gave it some genuine strength, just nowhere near WWE’s league. It was a welterweight compared to WWE’s superheavyweight... but you can survive there.

It’s when they tried to challenge the ‘E at the ‘E’s own game and with WCW tactics that they fell to their nadir.

AEW may have ambitions of becoming the Pepsi to WWE’s Coke (and more)... but long term survivability and a unique but profitable identity should be their pre-eminent goal. The good news is that there’s a chance they can do that while still portraying themselves as the underdog against WWE, provided they keep themselves entertaining and maintain an appeal to skilled wrestlers as a creative alternative to WWE. They can’t beat WWE at the ruthless businessman game... but they can at least survive as long as they maintain, at minimum, a profitable cult status, and if they can become the more entertaining product to a modern day mainstream audience (I.e., more towards the specific wrestling-friendly demographic rather than the “everyone” audience that’s disappearing for almost all forms of entertainment)... then they can go places.

[choptop]

INPACT has been better than WWE for a few years now.

[XPac]

INPACT has been better than WWE for a few years now.

I'd say Impact consistantly is better than RAW. But this year at least, I'd still watch Smackdown over Impact.

I think people tend to just think of RAW when they say WWE. But WWE includes Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, and NXT UK. Thats the cool thing about WWE, it's essentially it's own alternative.

[choptop]

I'd say Impact consistantly is better than RAW. But this year at least, I'd still watch Smackdown over Impact.

I think people tend to just think of RAW when they say WWE. But WWE includes Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, and NXT UK. Thats the cool thing about WWE, it's essentially it's own alternative.

There's good here and there but for me WWE really has been down all across the board.