@brit_figs
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Post by @brit_figs on Sept 6, 2019 16:29:46 GMT -5
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUBBLYYYY
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Post by LK3 on Sept 6, 2019 18:51:25 GMT -5
Jericho’s birthday is the same day as Full Gear.
He’s gonna have a lot bit of bubbly after beating Cody!
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Post by McBlake on Sept 6, 2019 19:32:31 GMT -5
Anyone think it might be time for AEW to have its own board, especially with weekly shows right around the corner? I mean TNA still has one, so why not? Hopefully it would spark more conversation and even interest in the product in here.
I'm very much a WWE/NXT guy, but I think I would be more obliged to follow AEW if there was more of a focus on it on these forums.
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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Sept 6, 2019 20:22:29 GMT -5
Anyone think it might be time for AEW to have its own board, especially with weekly shows right around the corner? I mean TNA still has one, so why not? Hopefully it would spark more conversation and even interest in the product in here. I'm very much a WWE/NXT guy, but I think I would be more obliged to follow AEW if there was more of a focus on it on these forums. Yes
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Post by The American Daydream on Sept 7, 2019 11:36:23 GMT -5
Anyone think it might be time for AEW to have its own board, especially with weekly shows right around the corner? I mean TNA still has one, so why not? Hopefully it would spark more conversation and even interest in the product in here. I'm very much a WWE/NXT guy, but I think I would be more obliged to follow AEW if there was more of a focus on it on these forums. this
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Post by greenjack1992 on Sept 7, 2019 16:58:18 GMT -5
I agree it needs its own board.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Sept 7, 2019 22:16:00 GMT -5
TNA is just not important enough to have its own board. AEW needs their spot, and honestly MLW and ROH are bigger than TNA right now.
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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Sept 8, 2019 8:34:37 GMT -5
TNA is just not important enough to have its own board. AEW needs their spot, and honestly MLW and ROH are bigger than TNA right now. Lol true
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Arik Cannon
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Post by Arik Cannon on Sept 8, 2019 17:44:25 GMT -5
Yeah I think it should have it’s own board too
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Sept 10, 2019 22:46:03 GMT -5
I have a feeling AEW is cashing in as quickly as they can before they go on a low. I just saw that they already have started face scanning for a video game. I might get comments like "you're looking too deep into nothing", but for a company that has had 4 shows, hasn't even debuted on TV yet, they're planning too much, too fast. I mean if the game happens and it looks good, I'll buy it.
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Post by BSR on Sept 15, 2019 19:59:04 GMT -5
Sorry for the late reply about it but I ing loved all out.
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Post by k5 on Sept 17, 2019 8:16:17 GMT -5
I have a feeling AEW is cashing in as quickly as they can before they go on a low. I just saw that they already have started face scanning for a video game. I might get comments like "you're looking too deep into nothing", but for a company that has had 4 shows, hasn't even debuted on TV yet, they're planning too much, too fast. I mean if the game happens and it looks good, I'll buy it. a lot of this generation of wrestlers are video game fans. wwe games have been dreadful for years. it could actually be a very smart marketing platform to produce a high quality unique wrestling game that crosses international markets and establishes their product and talent before one even watches it. could it be too soon? possibly. but it could also be very smart marketing that could result with additional interest and relevance in their product.
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Post by rkmo: 9 Month Warning on Sept 25, 2019 0:29:02 GMT -5
Just getting around to watching All Out and yet another one of Cody's self absorbed antics. Is he actually supposed to be trolling the McMahon-Helmsleys, because if not he can't talk about the stuff Hunter and Steph do to sell their importance. The match with Spears was supposed to be this long-simmering personal story with sore feelings and spilled blood. And he comes out with a f*cking Star Trek motif?! And I've already mentioned how I hate Brandi's on-screen involvement, playing up the heel in her role in the women's division but being the ultra supportive wife and being ready to tear into her husband's opponents, as seen during the All Out build.
Cody and his clan need to d*mn chill. Playing up the Common Man would do a lot more than doing bootleg imitations of the very power couple you are otherwise openly criticizing. You want to sell different, be different.
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Post by stc13 on Sept 25, 2019 18:19:40 GMT -5
I think AEW just needs to learn that less is more. They threw Spears and Hangman into the main event scene without building them for their audience (or you could argue before they even have an audience). Brandi is somehow wearing many hats as social justice champion via twitter, heel wrestler, and face cheerleader for Cody. Cody has been positioned as the talking head of the organization, but has come off as very egotistical imo. I wish they would just stop the trash talk, put out the best product possible, and build stars.
I'm still looking forward to seeing what a weekly product looks like. But beyond the newness of a mainstream wrestling alternative, there isn't anything that has really hooked me yet on the product itself. The idea? Sure, I'm all in. But the product has been sort of middle of the road for me thus far.
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banthafett
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Post by banthafett on Sept 26, 2019 9:46:04 GMT -5
We're cutting the cable cord on Oct 5. So we will be able to catch the first episode (cant wait), but will there be any way to watch the episodes other then on cable?
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Post by stc13 on Sept 26, 2019 16:06:09 GMT -5
We're cutting the cable cord on Oct 5. So we will be able to catch the first episode (cant wait), but will there be any way to watch the episodes other then on cable? Depends where you're located. In the US I believe Sling TV would is the cheapest legal option (I think it's around $25 a month). There will certainly be various pirated live streams of various quality and reliability, or torrents after the initial broadcast. In the UK, I believe there is a $5/month subscription plan on Fite that gives you access to the weekly show (but not PPV's) or you can buy episodes a la carte for $3 each. Nothing has been announced for Canada.
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Post by stc13 on Sept 26, 2019 16:42:31 GMT -5
So obviously some fans have put themselves into camps, and I know "Wednesday Night War" rolls off the tongue. But does anyone else feel like it's been way overblown?
Of course there is competition and the companies will try to undercut/out-do each other. But to me the magical ingredient in the MNW was the fact that both sides had many wrestlers who had worked for the other company and felt passed over or had an axe to grind with the competition. The fact that guys like Hogan, Macho, Luger, Austin, Pillman, X-Pac having history with both companies made it all the more compelling.
I think competition will bring out the best. But aside from a few ex-WWE guys in AEW I just don't feel that same "chip on their shoulder" aura between the companies.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Sept 26, 2019 19:09:37 GMT -5
So obviously some fans have put themselves into camps, and I know "Wednesday Night War" rolls off the tongue. But does anyone else feel like it's been way overblown? Of course there is competition and the companies will try to undercut/out-do each other. But to me the magical ingredient in the MNW was the fact that both sides had many wrestlers who had worked for the other company and felt passed over or had an axe to grind with the competition. The fact that guys like Hogan, Macho, Luger, Austin, Pillman, X-Pac having history with both companies made it all the more compelling. I think competition will bring out the best. But aside from a few ex-WWE guys in AEW I just don't feel that same "chip on their shoulder" aura between the companies. One thing I thought was interesting that I didn’t really think about is listening to Meltzer. He said that let’s say next Wednesday that the two shows split this million viewers that NXT has been getting these last two weeks. He said honestly 500k viewers just won’t cut it for TNT. He said he knows the weekly expectation for TNT is 750k-1million. So he said honestly this could either lead to a boom period or it won’t work and wrestling will be worse off in a year or two than ever cause if AEW doesn’t work no other company will ever get a big money deal ever again.
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Post by stc13 on Sept 26, 2019 19:37:35 GMT -5
So obviously some fans have put themselves into camps, and I know "Wednesday Night War" rolls off the tongue. But does anyone else feel like it's been way overblown? Of course there is competition and the companies will try to undercut/out-do each other. But to me the magical ingredient in the MNW was the fact that both sides had many wrestlers who had worked for the other company and felt passed over or had an axe to grind with the competition. The fact that guys like Hogan, Macho, Luger, Austin, Pillman, X-Pac having history with both companies made it all the more compelling. I think competition will bring out the best. But aside from a few ex-WWE guys in AEW I just don't feel that same "chip on their shoulder" aura between the companies. One thing I thought was interesting that I didn’t really think about is listening to Meltzer. He said that let’s say next Wednesday that the two shows split this million viewers that NXT has been getting these last two weeks. He said honestly 500k viewers just won’t cut it for TNT. He said he knows the weekly expectation for TNT is 750k-1million. So he said honestly this could either lead to a boom period or it won’t work and wrestling will be worse off in a year or two than ever cause if AEW doesn’t work no other company will ever get a big money deal ever again. I think that's what WWE is banking on. They have their established core audience. Kill AEW and they retain their virtual monopoly for the next 20-30 years. If AEW succeeds you could theoretically see Anthem and Sinclair pump money into ROH and Impact trying to ride a boom and further muddy the waters. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the numbers break down. Will a lot of those viewers move to AEW and watch NXT next day on the Network? How big are the core audiences that are exclusively loyal to one brand? Are there new audiences that AEW can/will pull in with the TNT lead-ins? I think AEW is the wild card. For most wrestling fans NXT is a known commodity. I've been a fan of the brand for years, but aside from Takeovers and a time during the Owens/Zayn/Horsewomen era has rarely felt like can't miss tv. I'm expecting AEW to have strong numbers out of the gate on hype alone. But sustaining or growing that? I honestly don't know. Weekly tv will have to be very different from anything we've seen from them. You can't just run constant 15-20 minute spot fests for 2 hours every week on tv like they've been able to do (successfully) on PPV.
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Post by k5 on Sept 26, 2019 20:34:04 GMT -5
the formula itself needs to be changed. every boom period directly reflects a massive change in formula. you cannot have the same formula for a show that they’ve been using for 20 years, over produce the crap out of it like wwe does, and expect it to retain any value.
what that change of formula is is up for debate.
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