I don't think this is necessarily Lashley's only reign, could easily see him dropping the belt later this year and picking it up (or the smackdown belt) again next year. He's a full time monster heel with a great mouth piece who looks like he at least a few years left.
That said I agree 100% he was wasted for most of his career, and should have had way more than the 2-3 world reigns I think he'll get.
Current Pull: Amazing Spider-Man and Domino
Bunn for Deadpool's Main Book!
One half of their first tag champions was Black. Their entire history of their women's championship goes Asian-Trans-Asian. Their current world champion (and former tag champion) is Bi.
AEW doesn't have a diversity problem.
And let's just ignore that the "historic first Mania headlined by two Black women" was co-hosted by a known racist.
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Again, Tony Khan came out with the diversity thing in booking. I’ve given WWE **** in the past but they’ve actually gone ahead and done what other promotions only pay lip service too.
And apart from the women’s division, there’s been a little of that on the AEW main roster. They really have to do better.
Has Kenny Omega actually confirmed that he’s bisexual? He’s purposely vague about stuff like that in the past.
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He's confirmed on Twitter that he doesn't know what he is and doesn't put much thought into it. Still basically puts him in the "non-straight" spectrum.
I'm not talking about booking. I'm not claiming that was great. But the topic was diversity and every women's champion they've had have been non-white and one was LGBT+. That's diversity.
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Noted. I admit fault on that. Still doesn't discount the other inclusivity in the company.
And them screaming "Look at us! We have the first _____ champion!" or "This is the first _____ main event!" is? Then you're just doing it as a PR move and not doing it because it's the right thing to do.
WWE's first full-Black WWE champion lost the belt in seconds in order to have a celebrity title match at a blood money show. They strolled out a self-admitted racist to host their biggest show of the year last night, after inducting him to their Hall of Fame for a second time. The same Hall of Fame that has an entire award named after a homophobe. Not exactly an example to show AEW of what "real diversity" is.
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I can't and won't defend WWE's shitty practices. Like I said, my post history has been me shitting all over them.And them screaming "Look at us! We have the first _____ champion!" or "This is the first _____ main event!" is? Then you're just doing it as a PR move and not doing it because it's the right thing to do.
WWE's first full-Black WWE champion lost the belt in seconds in order to have a celebrity title match at a blood money show. They strolled out a self-admitted racist to host their biggest show of the year last night, after inducting him to their Hall of Fame for a second time. The same Hall of Fame that has an entire award named after a homophobe. Not exactly an example to show AEW of what "real diversity" is.
But for a much younger promotion that went on record about diversity, AEW really needs to step up to the plate. Even Impact Wrestling has them beat when it comes to putting POC in main events.
I watched Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair get emotional about being the first black women to main event a Women's Championship match at Wrestlemania. This means something, it's not about words, its not about hanging minorities hanging around the roster, they have to do something.
That's what AEW NEEDS to learn from WWE.
Didn't watch the Women's Title match main event, but thought for the most part night one was pretty good.
Lashley - Drew was a good match and Lashley retained which is the best thing to do, He will hold it till Summerslam, I would guess.
Tag Team turmoil I enjoyed for what it was - Correct team one there as well. 2nd generation team winning belts would be a good story. I see Reggie costing Nia and Shana the belts.
Rollins - Cesaro was a great match, hopefully this pushed Cesaro towards main event statrus. The no hands spinning thing was crazy!
New Day - AJ / Omos was about what I expected, pretty much a joke. Omos is huge but very limited and stiff.
Braun - Shane - it was a typical cage match and shane took his yearly bump, that was about it.
Bunny / Priest - Miz / morrison was entertaning, Bunny can wrestle. Miz was his usual annoying chicken **** heel, the Easter bunny's entrance was stupid, some were missing ears. lol