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Old 12-05-2019, 02:59 PM   #8434
RainMaker
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by molson View Post
When you look at the Win/Loss records that AEW made such a fuss over, you see that there aren't a lot of stars by that metric. I've always thought that lack of clean finishes was an overblown criticism. There's a reason that just about every promotion in history had some variation of jobbers squashes and unclear finishes. Everybody is more of a star when true losses are more rare. I personally preferred the older style of jobber squashes so the fans got used to seeing ALL of a company's roster stars succeed all the time, but, I'm old.

Agreed. But I guess if you're in a "ratings war", you can't kill a quarter hour for a squash match.

As for the records, Jungle Boy is getting a title match in 2 weeks and is 0-8.

I think keeping records is silly. Highlight winning streaks and big victories unlike WWE. I love the idea of contender rankings. But you book yourself in a corner showing records and make top talent look weak.
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