Or desperate for ratings. It's over nobody cares anymore. Our attention spans won't allow us to give af.
THE WRESTLING THREAD: HELL HAS FROZE OVER JOHN CENA HAS GONE FULL HEEL
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Or desperate for ratings. It's over nobody cares anymore. Our attention spans won't allow us to give af.
I thought the same thing. It would be a perfect swerve to throw the fans off.
Honestly that's gonna apply to any wrestling talent. Unless you actually watch the product the average person on the street isn't gonna know who Seth Rollins is or Sami Zayn, Cody, etc. They'll know who the Rock is because he's mainstream with movies and shit as well as John Cena but that's really it. I asked my cousin the other day who doesn't watch wrestling does he know who Roman Reigns is and he looked at me like who?
From a kid all the way up to my teenage years I was exposed to many styles of wrestling so I developed an appreciation for them. Lucha Libre style, NWA style, NJPW Strong Style, FMW Death style, AJPW Kings Road style, etc. AEW is like a hybrid of all those styles so when blended together it creates great matches.
They're chanting "this is awesome" because Kingston works a reliable blue collar gimmick where he doesn't look like your ideal wrestler but fans get behind him because he's the average guy breaking through the glass ceiling. People love underdogs.
You speak for the masses in U.S? By that logic wrestlers like Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Great Muta, etc would've never became great in the United States. A lot of the greats do the Cirque du Soleil shit. The problem isn't the Cirque du Soleil shit it's building stories around the Cirque du Soleil shit.
Stardom features the best women's wrestling on the planet so AEW, WWE, NXT, or whomever would've be able to match that level of skill. That's why AEW is forming a working relationship with them and why WWE plucked wrestlers from their promotion like KAIRI, Io Shari, and now Giulia.
I'm not seeing it bro but to each their own. Nothing on NXT/WWE is gonna trump the quality of a Ospreay/Omega match.
People seem to still care last week when Punk dropped that interview.
Eddie Kingston is a joke and I can't take anyone serious who takes him seriously
The masses speak for themselves, nobody watches aew, their ratings and ticket sales are embarrassing.
You're insulting Eddie Guerrero and everyone you mentioned by comparing them to these goofs lol sacrilege!!! Lol sure they can do some "cool moves" but the pacing of the matches, the in ring storytelling/ring psychology just plain sucks. Listen, at the end of the day im glad that those wrestlers are getting paid and I'm glad the people who enjoy it enjoy it. It's just not my thing, and it's not most people's thing either lol
Yeah it’s corny to do it now. The time to do it was when all of this occurred. Now they look desperate….
The thing is....I see this as a bad look on AEW.
Punk mentioned what happened on a podcast interview.
AEW is addressing it (for the second time in two weeks) on their Main Show.
Instead of focusing on their own product, they are still focusing time on Punk.
Right and not only that what can they do? What is this even going to do? Make Punk look bad? He doesn’t give a fuck lol. Make WWE look bad? They’re laughing and focused on their product. I’m not sure how this benefits anyone….
It's hilarious, not only are they not in competition with WWE, most people aren't even aware what an AEW is lmao
Like I said and I stand by it.
NXT>>>>AEW
I don’t like the Cyhi slug but you told no lies
How else could they get attention?
And never will if they keep acting like a third tier product…stop acting like IMPACT…suppose to be better than that but I mean NXT don’t stoop to this level.
I was gonna say man this not the chic yall been posting this chic in this video bad as hell she ain’t been over here nothing about a day and already looking like a sista. Looking good…Why she look Blasian in this video?
I won't believe it's legit until I see it. I was just reading comments on r/SquaredCircle and somebody said it's probably claymation footage like the old Celebrity DeathMatch. Hell get Seth Green to do the voices.
And there it is..... Doing this, they are painting themselves into a dumbass corner. Either put up or shut up.
It's a dumb move either way. If they do some lame re-enactment, they are the children Punk referred them as.
I mean I thought it was fun lol….this is what we get because everyone was crying about Cody not finishing his story so this what they get lol.
Yeah I asked earlier what does this do….but yeah if they do something that stupid then it does validate what Punk said lol. Guess there’s that as well.
I ask myself why would Cody leave something he helped built and I mean he’s clear why.
People are gonna hate them regardless. Whole point they're leaning into the EVP heels. Punk anointed them as childish devils so the IWC is gonna believe what Punk said and run with it and disregard everything else.
No shots to CyHi dude can really rap.....I don’t like the Cyhi slug but you told no lies
But you got the point.....haha
I acknowledge this man!
I can't wait for him to redirect that energy to verbally destroying Rock the Dwayne.
I hope they dont make us wait most the year until they pick the storyline back up. I mean both dudes are part timers, so we might not seeing them mixing it up seriously until like SummerSlam.
I have to disagree with you on this brother!!...People are watching and pay attention to AEW!!...The numbers and ratings might not be up as expected or they slack on storylines and the booking are messed up sometimes on their weekly shows but people is watching AEW!!...My thing is that you can't hate and talk bad about someone or something if you not pay attention to it or watch what that someone or something is doing!!..That's why I think people are watching AEW!!..
The BGOL fam on this thread knows I rolled with AEW and a fan cause I like their wrestling vibe they bring!!..I don't watch WWE no more and don't know what's going on over there but I don't hate on WWE and what they are doing over there....I always said that Wrestling is good when it's more than one successful Wrestling Company out there!!..My ol school heads that watch wrestling in the golden era of the 80's and 90's knows what I'm talking about!!..
Also, AEW PPV's from all last year of 2023 and this past ppv they had in Jan got nothing but good reviews and good ratings for their ppv's shows!!...
...You can't have that success if wrestling fans doesn't watch or attend your shows!!..Yes, their ppv's are packed and alot of them been sold out!!..AEW will be fine and people are watching it.....Also, Eddie Kingston is not a joke!!...He's a damn good wrestler!!..
But, to each their own..
Bro these are good damn.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on Kingston.
People watch AEW. They're regularly in the top three of cable shows on Wednesday nights. This whole narrative that if you're not getting ratings like WWE (a company that's been around for 40 plus years) then nobody is watching is tribalist nonsense. AEW's ratings and gates are reflective of a 5 year company.
Again different styles. Trying to apply the metrics/guidelines of one wrestling style to others is ridiculous. Different styles emphasize different things. Instead of trying to fit everybody in one box expand your mind. This is the problem with a lot of WWE fans. They think wrestling should only be done one way. A very narrow minded way of thinking.
It's not your thing and let's just leave it at that. You don't speak for the masses or any other wrestling fan.
They're working an angle out of it bro that's why they're addressing it on the main show. This is more to do with Jack Perry than Punk.
So Edge's promo on their Main show was working an angle?
I have to disagree with you on this brother!!...People are watching and pay attention to AEW!!...The numbers and ratings might not be up as expected or they slack on storylines and the booking are messed up sometimes on their weekly shows but people is watching AEW!!...My thing is that you can't hate and talk bad about someone or something if you not pay attention to it or watch what that someone or something is doing!!..That's why I think people are watching AEW!!..
The BGOL fam on this thread knows I rolled with AEW and a fan cause I like their wrestling vibe they bring!!..I don't watch WWE no more and don't know what's going on over there but I don't hate on WWE and what they are doing over there....I always said that Wrestling is good when it's more than one successful Wrestling Company out there!!..My ol school heads that watch wrestling in the golden era of the 80's and 90's knows what I'm talking about!!..
Also, AEW PPV's from all last year of 2023 and this past ppv they had in Jan got nothing but good reviews and good ratings for their ppv's shows!!...
AEW will be fine and people are watching it.....Also, Eddie Kingston is not a joke!!...He's a damn good wrestler!!..
But, to each their own..
Definitely agree to disagree, you two are cool Vs most AEW fans I've come across so I definitely don't want to disparage something you enjoy too much lol just some friendly shit talk and ribbing! it's definitely not for me but I'm glad you guys find enjoyment from it
I'll say this I'm glad old wrestlers like sting can have a place to go and make a shit ton of cash and get treated like royalty. I respect that.
Definitely agree to disagree, you two are cool Vs most AEW fans I've come across so I definitely don't want to disparage something you enjoy too much lol just some friendly shit talk and ribbing! it's definitely not for me but I'm glad you guys find enjoyment from it
I'll say this I'm glad old wrestlers like sting can have a place to go and make a shit ton of cash and get treated like royalty. I respect that.
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They've presented themselves as childish between the BTE stuff and a good amount of the stuff they've done on TV like their 1st heel turn where they became whiny goofs who superkick random announcers and other people that nobody gives 2 shits about.
They showed Chad Gable's finally when he faced Gunther and he lost so that's not an automatic thing. Sami's wife was also shown in the Roman Reigns match
Yep. No one is tuning in to see the Young Bucks. They'll tune in to see CM Punk's backstage incident involving one of the Young Bucks friends though....
I've never seen a tag team so over hyped by their fans in all of my time watching wrestling.
Yeah, I think this is work as well...That's why I see Jack Perry is going to be at Forbidden Door and back at AEW!!..
I'm talking specifically about what the Young Bucks are doing because it directly involves Jack Perry. What Edge was doing was just some typical rah rah shit. They did the same before with Moxley after Punk got suspended following the "All Out" incident with the Bucks.
Again, they are focusing attention on their main show to a guy who hasn't worked at the company since August.
Angle or not, shit is corny.
