My friend's take on AEW Blood & Guts -
My friend's take on AEW Blood & Guts -
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
Agree with Emerald Gladiator, AEW is going towards NWO territory when the entire roster was a member of NWO. They desperately need a big time main event face or two to be the face of the company. Way too many heels and heel factions. I really want to see AEW thrive and succeed, but the longer they go the more they are beginning to remind me of the end of WCW.
I love when people use "the end of WCW" as some measuring stick for "bad."
The last days of WCW pulled in higher ratings than Raw currently does.
The final days of WCW had fresh stuff like the Cruiserweight Tag Titles. It had new or underutilized wrestlers getting pushes.
There was a lot wrong with it, but there was also a lot of good stuff there.
Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
Monthly Pull List: Birds of Prey, Daredevil, Geiger, Green Arrow, Justice Ducks, Justice Society of America, Negaduck, Nightwing, Phantom Road, Shazam!, Space Ghost, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Thundercats, Titans
Agreed.
AEW’s booking lately has really started to deteriorate into nonsense.
It’s very apparent now that the shows are being booked by guys that aren’t very good at it. And the proliferation of factions means that a lot of guys aren’t getting over as solo stars outside of the Elite who are booking the shows. It’s become rather boring and I for one have been very disappointed.
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Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
Monthly Pull List: Birds of Prey, Daredevil, Geiger, Green Arrow, Justice Ducks, Justice Society of America, Negaduck, Nightwing, Phantom Road, Shazam!, Space Ghost, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Thundercats, Titans
i call bs on that. if enzo was that charismatic he wouldn't have flopped so hard as a rapper.
enzo=road dogg but slightly worse in the ring and at rapping.
agreed, hogan was out, there was the 2nd coming of the CW division, team canada, jersey boys, the thrillers, steiner, and booker were all fun to watch.
lots of dumb comparisons being made of late.
disagree, the wwe putting out a garbage product is what's lead to the closest thing to a boom period we've seen in years. there's wrestling shows on 5 days a week, 6 days on a ppv week. right now there's something for every type of fan imaginable.
Last edited by BigLbo; 05-07-2021 at 12:41 AM.
ECW never got permission for the licensed music they used. Being a small company they were able to get away with it as they weren't on the mainstream radar.
Puro has a healthier balance of face and heel factions. Also the factions mainly exist to make alliances make sense for tag matches.Originally Posted by BeastieRunner
I disagree. Some of the biggest draws in wrestling have not been the best wrestlers. They were able to draw because they can solicit an emotional response from the audience. It didn't matter what they did it will get a response because the fans were heavily invested. Enzo being the type of guy he is has a better chance of doing that than OC.Originally Posted by Jcogginsa
heel factions
elite
pinochle
hardy crew
taz team
night factory
face groups
mox/kingston
best friends
dark order
inner circle
nightmare fam
jurassics
in between
death triangulo
doesn't seem that off balance to me.
New Japan USA needs to work on their marketing.
That logo placing, sheesh ...
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
Rewatching some AEW over lunch and saw that Cody got juiced after applying a Figure Four. Ric would be proud!
On OC being #1 contender ... I think that is a by product of the "ranking" system with records.
AEW started weighting wins I think to avoid these type of feuds. But it feels a bit more organic than your random filler feud. IMHO.
OC will probably have a strong match and with Omega, it might help the OC detectors see him actually work.
I don't see OC as a MAIN EVENT talent but it does remind of the Zack Ryder days when he never got a break.
This feels a bit like a "bone" being thrown to the OC fans rather than strapping a rocket to the back of OC.
Kayfabe, OC has the record and he's over (the most watched AEW segments are his on YouTube, OC segments are the most shared via social media, etc).
Non-kayfabe, Kenny is holding the belt(s) for a while. Gonna need some sacrificial lambs sooner or later.
Last edited by BeastieRunner; 05-07-2021 at 12:35 PM. Reason: *POW*
"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium