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Post by hbkowns on Sept 19, 2021 13:06:20 GMT -5
I think fans are too smart right now to embrace anyone that was created through developmental. When I see the direction they’re going in developing talent, it looks god awful. Everyone is back to having a lame gimmick. That chicago Italian dude, Bron Breaker looks ultra green. They apparently love that Von Wagner guy even though he looks ultra vanilla and generic.
I have zero faith in this company to produce big stars. Just look at the past decade, other than Roman, who have they done even a half decent job with. There’s guys that climb to main event status but then they get shoved back down to mid-card. I think to myself how can it get much worse, but then I looked at NXT I’m like ohhhh boy, this is the future?
Thank God for AEW.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 18, 2021 23:07:07 GMT -5
I don’t think so
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 18, 2021 17:28:26 GMT -5
NXT has a new wrestler, Tony D'Angelo, an Italian mobster from Chicago. Maybe he will sellout the United center one day. Bring back the FBI
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 17, 2021 12:35:36 GMT -5
While I like Big E, he spent 9 years on the mid card. He lost at wrestlemania in his home town. Never got his comeuppance against Apollo. From a casual viewers perspective, why should they get invested in a guy who capitalized on Lashley when he was vulnerable. Doesn’t make much sense.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 15, 2021 12:55:54 GMT -5
Does anyone know the exact release date? I thought I read somewhere it’ll be April
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GameStop?
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 14, 2021 11:57:08 GMT -5
Is there a reason why elites aren’t sold there anymore? It’s not the end all be all of retail but I remember being able to pick up stuff there that I couldn’t find at any other store. Weird that AEW figs are now being sold there.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 13, 2021 13:27:45 GMT -5
While this wasn’t the best option for the crowdfunding. I still funded because I think next summer there will be something that I’m into. If this project didn’t get funded then I don’t think they’d ever attempt it again. I’m most likely going to sell this whole set once I get it. I’m hoping for a nice stage set next year from the RA era with a few figures. Smackdown fist, 02-07 Raw stage. Maybe a one-of wrestlemania stage.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 12, 2021 12:18:45 GMT -5
I remember about a year or so the roster being so bloated with main event talent. But now, how many full time “big” stars do they have, Roman Lashley Rollins Bálor McIntyre AJ Styles Orton Becky Those are literally the only stars I can think of. Belair and Flair are on the same level as Styles and Balor, at least. Sasha Banks is a bigger star than probably everyone there other than Roman, although she never seems to be around long anymore. I’m not sure why you think the main event pool was a lot bigger a year ago though? Bryan is a loss since then, Braun and Bray too I guess, but this time last year, they didn’t have Becky or Balor on the main roster, and Lashley and Belair hadn’t ascended yet. Although they did have Bayley, Sasha and Asuka going strong. Eh, the only AEW wrestlers that would be worthy additions to that list are Punk and Bryan, and neither of them are anywhere near Lashley or Roman’s level in 2021. Jericho and Ambrose too, actually. I didn’t consider them at first because of the rough shape they’re in these days, but then it’s not like Punk is in great condition atm either and I definitely would put him on the stars list. I don’t think those four are a more impressive list than the eight you had originally though. By stacked I mean there’s more than 5 guys you can plug into the main event scene and it would be believable. Nobody would bat an eye if someone other than established main eventer getting a title shot: MJF Sammy Guevara Jungle Boy Darby Allin Orange Cassidy Hangman Page PAC Eddie Kingston None of those guys are established Main eventers, yet all of those guys are waiting in the wings to get a shot and it would be believable. That’s a testament to how well AEW has been building talent. On the men’s side for WWE, other than the handful of guys I named, how many of them can you drop into the main event scene and it would be believable? Not a lot at all. Either they’ve been jobbed into oblivion or have been overexposed to the point where the audience isn’t engaged anymore. You named some female talent like Sasha, Bianca, and Flair which is good and I think the women arguably has more star power than the men’s side. BTW, to compare Lashley to Bryan or Punk is far fetched. Roman you can make the comparison because he’s been the only watchable part of the product. Not sure what you mean by Ambrose being in rough shape either. The guy is like 36..
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 9, 2021 0:55:56 GMT -5
Man WWE is really willfully letting go of top talent and giving AEW so much ammunition. I remember about a year or so the roster being so bloated with main event talent. But now, how many full time “big” stars do they have,
Roman Lashley Rollins Bálor McIntyre AJ Styles Orton Becky
Those are literally the only stars I can think of. AEW’s roster is stacked in comparison IMO.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 8, 2021 16:43:40 GMT -5
All jokes aside. It’s easy to drag Hunter because of his past, NXT, or his familial ties. But the guy loves wrestling and has been a huge part of my childhood growing up. As stated, it was a genetic heart issue. So let’s not all run to assuming roids and sh*t like that.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 4, 2021 13:11:10 GMT -5
I think Alastair Black was one of the best figures Mattel did across all his releases. It's gonna be a struggle for Jazzwares to top it... If they make him taller it will automatically be better lol.
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 4, 2021 13:02:19 GMT -5
In no particular order: Eddie Bam Bam Razor Nash
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Post by hbkowns on Sept 1, 2021 11:09:48 GMT -5
No. He ultimately failed miserably as a babyface in a few years back. A major major blunder in his career that I think he never recovered from was coming back from his knee injury in 2016 and they kept him heel. It made no sense whatsoever. The reaction he got was like triple h circa 2002. Everyone wanted that babyface turn so bad and then they finally pulled the trigger it was too late and was kind of lame.
It should have been Seth coming back and realizing he didn’t need the authority. The authority ending up screwing Rollins and him crawling back to the audience for support made him seem weak. Yeah, he got a decent match and win over Triple H at Mania, but I think the road to get there was not well executed at all. I think it hurt him long-term
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Post by hbkowns on Aug 30, 2021 23:46:33 GMT -5
Nia Jax is one of the worst wrestlers I’ve ever seen. She almost dropped Charlotte on her ing head and then proceeded to stiff the crapout of her afterwards. Absolute rubbish, the fact she’s still employed is beyond me. I don’t give a sh*t who she’s related to.
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Post by hbkowns on Aug 28, 2021 16:43:33 GMT -5
Because it’s a rather expensive arena to run. Plus I don’t think they would sell it out unless they ran a ppv there
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Post by hbkowns on Aug 28, 2021 16:42:48 GMT -5
How ing asinine. One of the only over faces in the entire company and you’re gonna turn them heel.
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Post by hbkowns on Aug 28, 2021 16:40:16 GMT -5
Vince will render him to 24/7 championship level if he were to stay. Even if they offered him more money, I don’t think the blow to his career would justify staying there. Most of his friends and his girlfriend are in AEW, plus he has more of a shot of being a top guy there. WWE is moving away from signing indie guys and reverting back to the developmental system it was 20 years ago. The writing is on the the wall, he needs to go.
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Post by hbkowns on Aug 28, 2021 12:27:37 GMT -5
Has anyone spotted the AEW Unmatched series
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Post by hbkowns on Jul 31, 2021 18:53:47 GMT -5
While I’m not the biggest fan, the guy was really popular and definitely had his place on the card. When you have a gimmick like that and such a a following, how can you screw that up? At the same time you’ve invested so much into it that character and you throw it away? This company is at an all time high financially, yet as low as they’ve ever been creatively. This is worse than the mid 90’s. So glad that AEW is around, and maybe that’s the next place Wyatt will land.
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Post by hbkowns on Jul 6, 2021 20:33:14 GMT -5
I’m kind of liking Hit Row, but I think this can work on the main roster but it’s not a good fit on NXT.
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