THE WRESTLING THREAD: HELL HAS FROZE OVER JOHN CENA HAS GONE FULL HEEL
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Crackas gon crack
Speaking of pivots an unpopular opinion Willow should beat Mercedes at "Double Or Nothing" but I don't think TK has the balls to do that.
Is it too early to say she's been AEW worst high profile signing?
Ain't she also fucking with that neo Nazi looking motherfucker too?
Yeah, not surprised either.
I don't think it would be an unpopular opinion. It would actually be good booking instead of doing the expected thing and giving Mercedes the belt on her company debut match.
Willow is a little too bubbly for me and she needs work but she's getting better every time I see her.
On the other hand, Mercedes (promos) gets worse.
Unless she can turn all this backlash against her into some serious heat for an angle, I would have to say she's the worst AEW signing so far.
Paige/Saraya previously had that title but Sasha/Mercedes seems to be running away with it now, especially considering how much she's being paid.
The worst by far. She hasn't even wrestled a match yet and she's been on the payroll since December/January and people are already tired of her shtick.
She got a big featured debut in her hometown and numbers just have not improved after the small bump in ratings.
TK should have waited on her to be ready to wrestle before her debut. Having her debut on TV but still not being cleared was a dumb move. There is no really excitement and her showing up cutting cringey promos on television are all the more noticable when she isn't letting her in ring work speak.
Although the other two could be seen as bad signings due to poor return, Ospreay and Okada, while not helping the ratings all that much either aren't as bad since they actually wrestle. Additionally they were still relatively unknown to most American audiences.
Mercedes/Sasha was a WWE superstar for years and on one of the most popular TV shows in the last four years yet none of that translated well for her TV time on AEW.
She's been the drizzling shits.
To be fair to all the recent AEW signings, almost no AEW signing would be able to sustain higher TV ratings because of the poor booking.
It's not necessarily a knock on the talent.
At best they get a small bump for the debut and then the ratings return back to where they were or even get worse.
I see Ospreay as a good signing so far because he has good matches and can cut a decent promo.
Okada has just come off as so-so to me since he doesn't do promos and his matches so far in AEW have just been ok, nothing great.
Being a stooge for the Young Bucks doesn't exactly enhance his image.
Mercedes/Sasha will eventually go back to WWE and all this will be forgotten for the most part by the WWE audience.
It's clear she needs to be scripted and heavily produced to come off as the star she was in WWE.
In AEW, where talent are allowed to just do want they want, she's been exposed and probably reduced her value when she does sign with WWE.
But AEW hired a WWE writer specifically to work with Mercedes, remember?
She is being scripted, it just sucks because AEWs production is no where near as polished as WWEs, and it’s made her lack of acting/promo skills more apparent.
Brother Mastermind2002, I really hope that Willow win this match and keep the belt!!..It would be some bullshit if they put the belt on Mercedes Mone in her first match at AEW!!..
But, I have a feeling that something is going to happen in this match...Maybe Kris Statlander is going to turn heel and interfere in the match? or Someone is going to show up and interfere in the match!!..
We will have to wait and see!!.
But if Mercedes Mone wins then the fans in attendance and people on the internet will react negatively and nothing says heel heat like that according to some people. If nothing else Tony Khan can't be so stupid as to not have Mercedes be a full fledged heel by the end of that matchBrother Mastermind2002, I really hope that Willow win this match and keep the belt!!..It would be some bullshit if they put the belt on Mercedes Mone in her first match at AEW!!..
But, I have a feeling that something is going to happen in this match...Maybe Kris Statlander is going to turn heel and interfere in the match? or Someone is going to show up and interfere in the match!!..
We will have to wait and see!!.
I doubt people will care. Willow hasn't been given enough time with the belt to make a loss transform to real heat on Mercedes
Mercedes is not good enough to be a full fledged heel, especially if her recent promo work is any indication.
The audience has to care enough for her to get heat. The PPV audience may be different, but weekly TV show audience is so muted, it's going to be very difficult for her to get heel heat.
Yea him and Gunther do look like they could be SS officers in a WWII film..
EPDC, Bruh I have to agree with you on this one!!..
If he made the jump, he should stay in NXT for a long run. Especially if Rock is going to be in and out in WWE over the next year. He's too similar to Dwayne and would immediately be lost in the shuffle and labeled a Rock wannabe.
Have him run it in NXT and help build up that brand.
Can WWE trade her to AEW for Hayter or I'll even take Britt Baker
Nah, Britt and Hayter is AEW!!..We can't let them go!!...
This was the fans breaking character and showing love. I remember him talking about this and how emotional he was.
AEW "can't let them go", yet they're never on TVNah, Britt and Hayter is AEW!!..We can't let them go!!...
Yeah, keep him in NXT for at least a year so he can develop his own character instead of being a 'mini-Rock'.
He could also stand to put a little more weight on.
Eventually he could be the NXT champion and then go up to the main roster and be a player.
It's clear Starks is just waiting on his AEW deal to run out so he can bounce.
His boy Cody is there and I'm sure he's already put in a good word for him.
Starks was at WM to see Cody win the championship so not putting him on TV is probably AEW's passive aggressive way of punishing him.
I didn't even realize Britt was injured. Figured she just took a hiatus and focus on her dentist career. Her and Cole will probably get an additional year added to their contracts by Tony due to injuries.AEW "can't let them go", yet they're never on TV
I saw a tweet that there was no mention of AEW during WBD's upfront presentation today. I also saw other tweets that there is a new AEW show that is going to be announced soon and that WBD may want AEW PPVs on Max. Don't know what to believe but I imagine if WBD loses out on the NBA, it isn't going to be good news for AEW's TV deal.
I am LIVID y'all didn't tell me about Joe Hendry earlier! This dude be killing me
Bruh, they are injured!!..But they are coming back soon!!..AEW "can't let them go", yet they're never on TV
Britt would actually do extremely well in WWE but she doesn't like their schedule because it would mean she would have to give up her Dentistry practice. AEW allows her to do both.
I'm in a wait and see mode on all of this. I hope it works out for the best but if worse comes to worse TK will have to shop the shows elsewhere. Maybe take the shows to streaming.
