Truly -- even if the match is a slouch, that's not a problem. One of them had to be considering the card, right?
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All Elite Wrestling announced; bankrolled by Tony Khan, son of Jacksonville Jaguars and Fullham FC owner Shahid Khan
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I think Cody and Dustin are amazing talkers who could build a amazing feud but they simply wont have the platform to do that without TV yet.
Im sure the match will be fine, but those 2 could do a much better build if held off until they had a platform to do one properly.
Im sure the match will be fine, but those 2 could do a much better build if held off until they had a platform to do one properly.
Won't need it. Road to DON and BTE will fill that role more than enough. I'm sure some stuff will happen in kayfabe @ starcastt too.
I hope they integrate a lot of Road's style into the TV show.
More of a sports doc/authentic feel to it. Would be something different rather than angry or snarky promos back and forth backstage with an interviewer or in the ring all the time to get things across.
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They're the ones who've been doing the whole "Road to" series? If so yeah they've been doing fantastic.
That's my hope too. Really like getting to know the talent and keeping the grounded and real feeling will help make it work and get people over. I think it'll help get fans much more emotionally invested. A lot of the tertiary stuff WWE does for their roster has all been great! The episode of Photoshoot with Charlotte got me emotional in no time at all. Never mind I'm a big ol softy when it comes to seeing people grieve lol. Would be great to see stuff like that in place of the filler matches and unnecessary feuds people don't care for.
I am fine with Cody doing his thing as long as that keeps him away from the stuff I like. Call it the AEW bathroom break q:
I want an OWE match, man! GIMME THAT MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE SHIT!
Yeah, I'm disappointed the whole card isn't a stunner/showcase. Was so close to looking like a total package for the most part where every match would deliver on some level.
Cody can have this but I'm definitely going to continue to be butthurt about it.
We're getting that with the 6 man tag with SCU vs. CIMA and 2 OWE guys. Don't know who he'll be picking or if they'll announce them ahead of time though.
Kevin's the one that's not dead.
NJPW would draw a lot better than 3,000 a lot of places for a G1.
Cody vs Dustin will be a solid match. It won't be a classic, but it doesn't have to be. Dustin's a very good wrestler, and Cody gives his all even if he's limited athletically.
THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE
Oh shit, that explains so much.
I really hope they can keep that stuff on the TV show when the time comes.
In a perfect world I'd love to see them combine this HBO sports doc style of the "Road to" for video packages with the spontaneous, flowing segments of '97 WWF for the weekly show. A real interconnected feel, where the people backstage, interviews, and feuds are bumping up against each other realistically, and no single segment feels like it's in a pocket universe.
He looks like Rellik which is killer spelled backwards.
Yeah, but a much better group of people are handling the storytelling now, should be good.
It's not going to be Goldust v. Cody though. This is Dustin. Don't get hung up on the make-up. As long as Dustin comes in working as hard as he has the last couple years, this will be fine. It's not like Cody was this huge technical marvel to begin with. They'll put their heart into it to make it good. Aldis/Cody wasn't a technical masterpiece but it told a great story, even with a stiff like Aldis.
To be fair, 90% of the card is more than fine.
Show looks to be pretty damn good still but with one glaring exception.
In addition to Aja Kong and Yuka Sakazaki being advertised and Hikaru Shida signed/with nothing announced to do yet, the current card looks like
Hangman Page vs PAC
SCU vs CIMA and two TBA OWE partners
Kenny/Jericho 2
Britt Baker vs Kylie Rae vs Nyla Rose
Bucks/Lucha Bros for the AAA tag titles
Over the budget battle royal (confirmed participants so far: Sonny Kiss, Kip Sabian, Brandon Cutler, Ace Romero, Glacier, Brian Pillman Jr, Sunny Daze, MJF, Joey Janela)
Cody/Dustin
Cody/Dustin is easily the worst looking match on the card for me right now. If even that's "fine", it's hard to not say this is an impressive first show for a company. This is a very good card even with that match being the down point
Its definitely looking that way so far.
Both of those guys are almost guaranteed to be future champions if they stick around, especially PAC. Gonna burn it down at DON.
Still can't believe what WWE did (or rather didn't do) with PAC. He was always great in the ring but he found himself as a character at the end of his WWE run. Should have been in a better spot rather then stuck on 205 as he was. At least we're getting this now.
AEW booking so far is decent taking into account they have not established any division or belts. I do not mind the show having one or two mediocre matches (Cody and Brandi) as long as they give the rest their time.
One thing that I think AEW should strive towards is to keep their shows compact to further differentiate themselves from the WWE.
It's perfectly ok to have 7-8 matches on a PPV card and allow each match to breathe a little within a 3-3.5 hour period, rather than to shove 11+ matches onto a card in an attempt to put everyone and their mother on the card.
Overly long shows with too many meaningless matches was one of my biggest pet peeves with the WWE before I stopped watching.
It's perfectly ok to have 7-8 matches on a PPV card and allow each match to breathe a little within a 3-3.5 hour period, rather than to shove 11+ matches onto a card in an attempt to put everyone and their mother on the card.
Overly long shows with too many meaningless matches was one of my biggest pet peeves with the WWE before I stopped watching.
Punk is too stubborn to return at this point, I think.
Even if he wants to come back, think he'll keep doing the dumb masked indie spots to scratch the itch.
Not surprising. Only person outside of WWE that has both the name value to casual fans that Jericho has and could get hardcore fans more excited then the Elite since it'd be his big return and if he's motivated.
A year from now he'll still be getting his ass kicked in amateur MMA contests.
"I don't need wrestling, I can do this!"
*squashed*
"Aww shit....well, nonetheless."
If he comes to AEW he'll be a bad ass shooter. Could be the leader of the AEW wing of Suzuki-gun tbh
I absolutely think Punk will wrestle or be involved in AEW. Consulting or some kind of on-screen management role.
Think about it, be involved in what could be a major blow to WWE after all the bullshit he went through.
Think about it, be involved in what could be a major blow to WWE after all the bullshit he went through.
Yeah, I think this only works once though. The crowds will be on the lookout for this now.
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