Re: AEW Dynamite Thread
3 of them, one of her...IIconics debut tonight?
3 of them, one of her...IIconics debut tonight?
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Re: AEW Dynamite Thread
Nope. 100% accurate. Even if you like Punk, that promo was dumb and a waste of time. Use it to feature someone you’re building instead.
One of their biggest most high profile shows of the year and how many home grown guys did it feature? Darby, Britt and I know there was at least one more that I’m forgetting. But the rest were WWE names. And Omega but he’s kinda in his own special tier. I love how they’re using these talents and it’s helping them get more high profile. But that Miro/Sammy match should have been tonight with Sammy going over. Should have had a title change of some kind at a show like that and to do it with one of your hole grown guys would have been huge.
But instead you give Punk 10 min to self grandize and then remember to put over his match towards the end? Just stick him on commentary if you wanna do that. Or give him a quick back stage promo. Zero reason to give him a full in ring segment for that. Terrible.
And FTR are lame as hell. Pretty good workers. Cool that they’re the reincarnation of the Brain Busters. But nWo cool they are not.
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Re: AEW Dynamite Thread
Omega/Danielson was basically a top notch G1 match. Felt so New Japan.
Cody/Black was a weird one, but entertaining enough. Cody getting the heel treatment, but you know he loved it. Being a heel is what revamped his career post-WWE.
Baker/Ruby worked pretty well. Felt hard hitting for a women's match, especially some of those landings. Ruby is top tier when it comes to taking moves and selling. I'm impressed.
Didn't really like the LED entrance ramp, but it's it 2021 and that's what people want from their wrestling TV production values, I guess.Comment
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Re: AEW Dynamite Thread
What a great AEW Dynamite Grand Slam show. Felt like a PPV event for sure. The opening match between Kenny Omega/Bryan Danielson was a highlight. Great action and it was a fresh match up too. Not the countless rematches we see from the WWE. Didn't like this was the opening match of the show but I understand why they wanted the Women's Title match to main event. That CM Punk promo felt like a CM Punk promo so it was a good thing. I was fine with the MJF/Pillman Jr match. Let's not forget that MJF hardly wrestles on TV. I mostly remember him delivering promos.
Malakai Black/Rhodes was a nice match too. Can we finally have Cody as a heel now? The fans just want to boo him. Holy hell, Sting did a lot in that tag team match against FTR. I was shocked because he still looked good out there. With Darby and Sting winning the match, I dont mind seeing them become Tag Team Champs down the line. And the main event match. Let's not forget that Ruby Soho never got an opportunity like this in the WWE. Solid match against Britt Baker and the right decision to have Britt retain while also still protecting Soho. Just amazing show overall. Crowd was hot all night long. This is why I really feel like AEW can over throne the WWE someday.Comment
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Indeed he is. Then give him something interesting to do tonight. Advance that story a little bit more. You use your big stars to attract eyeballs to your homegrown or “lesser” stars. This show drew eyeballs to “hey there’s a bunch of WWE people here now talent” bring Team Taz back out for something so people get to know them more. Build them up as more than “oh that must just be some guy CM Punk is gonna beat on Friday” That promo was a clinical lesson in “it’s 10% what you say and 90% how you say it”
But all that aside, this show was going to get massive eyeballs anyway. CM Punk didn’t have to be there for new eyeballs to land on the product.Comment
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The dude hated pro wrestling. His resentment for wrestling made most believe he was never going to return in any capacity. His signing with AEW, along with Dragon jumping ship this early in AEW's lifespan make it huge. 20 years from now this stretch of signings will be talked about in the same breath as Hogan, Hall, and Nash jumping over. The difference being that WCW was already an established promotion, where as AEW is in year two.St. Louis Cardinals | Milwaukee Bucks | Los Angeles Rams
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I see what you're saying but I'm not sure how much weight the age of the promotion holds so therefore I'd argue Hogan to WCW will remain the biggest signing in wrestling history unless John Cena signs with AEW.
But you could argue Punk or even Danielson at #2. They're bigger stars than Nash or Hall were when they jumped ship.Comment
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In terms of the Hogan thing, I don't even think Hogan changed things as drastically as Hall/Nash did. Look at WCW up to 1995. They had Hogan for a while by then and I wouldn't say they were even close to being competitive or some top company. Imo, Hogan had the impact like Jericho did for AEW. If not for him, do they have the TNT deal or even some big TV show?
That was rough. Struggled to get around the turnbuckle, then just slipped off.I think the main reason they did so was because New Day (who I believe they're friends with) did the NWO Wolfpack gear.Don't think he does it much anymore, but the diving headbutt move sucks too. That more than the piledriver I think needs to be banned. We all know how much head damage it gave to the last guy to do that move lots. Not that anyone's head will ever be as messed up as that, but it definitely doesn't do it any favours.I wonder if that could happen down the line. I want to see them in AEW. Those 2 are way better than most others we see in AEW. A women's tag title would be good too.Last edited by Majingir; 09-24-2021, 12:11 AM.Comment
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Yes and no because the nWo doesn't reach the heights it does if it's anyone other than Hogan so he was still the most important reason WCW rose to the top and thus the biggest signing in wrestling history.
AEW is doing better with Punk but they're still not on WWE's level from a business standpoint.Comment
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