CI Wrestling Thread #56

[Nightwish84]

The arson scene happened during the overrun so maybe 600,000 saw it. SUCCESS!

AEW needs a middle ground because it's random matches and Russo-like storylines involving blood, fire, and glass. And yes, the over the top stuff is a mix of Russo and what Vince booked during covid. I'm aware WWE recently did a 'massacre' backstage but at least it was shot well and The Wyatt stuff is way more grounded now. It was one night while AEW has set people on fire, jumped into glass, done home invasions, drank actual blood, and set homes on fire. The fans who hated Vince's brand of sports entertainment now like it. In 2024, I don't see that type of shock booking working and the empty arenas prove it.

I won't even get into Okada saying 'bitch' for a pop every week. That's pure Vince booking because foreign man sounds funny making American insult.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Damn MJF is so good on the mic but the whole AEW obsession with talking about other people’s moms and extramarital sex is tiring to hear and completely misses the mark - that joke got old and stale by 1999.

and licking the blood off of his finger was just a little much for me.

 

[Wesley91581]

Here’s the aew logic here - this all happened in 10 minutes…

Here’s a promo on Purazzo on breaking her recent slide - 2 minute ramble about her getting back to winning

Purazzo vs Shida Friday on collision

Shida promo with Mone

Shida vs Mone Saturday for the tbs belt on all out live on ppv

So the 3 people you wouldn’t put purazzo against are shida/mone/may and somehow TK chose one of those 3.

 

[TCurtis75]

This trailer for the VKM doc looks pretty good.

 

[K-mac18]

The trailer for the Vince doc looks really interesting for sure.
To no one's surprise I thought the closing angle was really good. After their previous matches not sure what else they can do, but I guess we will see.
Jericho- Go Away, C-E-NO
Looks like Dynamite did 660,000 and a .19 which is not good.
The Collision rating could be an all time low Friday night.

Anyway news of another lawsuit.

Cody Rhodes, WWE, and Fanatics sued by musician Wesley Eisold over "American Nightmare" trademark

Cody Rhodes, WWE, and Fanatics sued by musician Wesley Eisold over "American Nightmare" trademark

t.co

 

[Nightwish84]

Netflix does incredible trailers. Gonna be awkward if someone like Cena is gushing over Vince and calling him a second father and then ep. 4 or 5 hits and Vinnie is shitting on heads and forcing a woman to be his personal call girl, to put it nicely. This could be this generation's Wrestling with Shadows.

Okada vs Fletcher lost 200K viewers alone and people also left during promos involving Mercedes and the Bucks. The problems and which wrestlers are ratings killers are clear as day yet Tony ignores it and pushes forward...just like Vince would. Sorry dude, you're not going to make people love AEW's version of Okada, Kyle Fletcher, Daniel Garcia, Mercedes, the Bucks, and Jack Perry.

Normally wouldn't do this but I'll copy and paste someone's comment from Reddit about AEW:

• Daniel Garcia isn't a draw yet he gets pushed in major angles over and over again
• Kyle Fletcher is a nobody without a character yet continues to go 50/50 with AEW's top stars for some reason
• Nyla Rose hasn't done anything interesting in nearly two years yet is inexplicably getting a world title shot
• The Elite vs. AEW storyline is in contention for worst wrestling angle of the year
• The cutbacks in production make the entire show feel lifeless

Gee, I wonder why interest in AEW is at an all-time low. By the way, where the fk did Ricochet go?

 

[Wesley91581]

🚨 Bret Hart Will Be on Raw

"When in Hart country… @BretHart joins us for #WWERaw’s massive season premiere, this Monday at 8/7c LIVE from Calgary on @USANetwork. You definitely won’t want to miss this. https://t.co/3ypa5Gsnpd" via Triple H on Twitter

bleacherreport.com

 

[K-mac18]

That will be cool, guess Bret doesn't hate everyone.

 

[Blueisbest]

AEW is at Rupp Arena next Wednesday. Anybody going? I thought about it, but I have minor surgery that morning and won't be able to make it.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Nope.

 

[GeraldV]

AEW is at Rupp Arena next Wednesday. Anybody going? I thought about it, but I have minor surgery that morning and won't be able to make it.

Waiting to see who is announced. I’d like to see danielson on his last full time go round.

 

[K-mac18]

I would really like to go but probably not going to happen.
Last update I saw they had sold 2,300 tickets.

 

[Wesley91581]

Will they be serving ice cream at rupp?

 

[Crystalglass]

I would really like to go but probably not going to happen.
Last update I saw they had sold 2,300 tickets.

Rent out Rupp for that? Was Gattitown not available?

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[GeraldV]

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I have to admit, my Outrunners gear makes me look both young and vascular.

 

[GeraldV]

I be damned if the Outrunners didn’t get a W on Collision tonight!

 

[Nightwish84]

Glad we're getting Cody and Solo out of the way next week. Solo is good at what he does but we're all long time fans and can recognize Roman has IT, Cody has IT, Fatu has IT. Whatever IT is, Solo just doesn't have it. I guess it'll work out though as Fatu likely turns on Solo at some point.

I'm gonna mark out for Bret Monday night. I know now he's seen as the guy who bitches about Goldberg constantly and tells it like it is during these various doc interviews but I wish he was around more often. I'd honestly love to hear or see footage of him at NXT talking to the younger wrestlers.

 

[Wesley91581]

Unbelievable

 

[Col. Angus]

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That’s some shit. I bet a dragon set that house on fire. Probably the dumpster too.

 

[Wesley91581]

I have to admit, my Outrunners gear makes me look both young and vascular.

It’s no wonder the young bucks won’t face the out runners - they are the youngest tag team in the world - keep putting them on collision until TK has no choice but to make that dream match happen.

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Wesley91581]

Where the best wrestlers wrestle

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Crystalglass]

What is that? Other than nuclear level cringe, obviously.

We need BKH back, desperately

 

[Wesley91581]

What is that? Other than nuclear level cringe, obviously.

We need BKH back, desperately

Bkh hasn’t been here for years but ya he was the king of the thread

I’m still convinced big Nash fan was his alter ego

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[Nightwish84]

"Best wrestling roster ever assembled" and they're choosing to be GCW. Lol.

It is what it is. Plastic bags, constant blood and cursing, barbed wire, tacs, explosions, chairs to the skull, people on fire, arson...all that does is make your audience numb. I get it - the Attitude Era did some of that too, and it made us numb to it. If it makes that audience happy though, cool. Just get used to small weekly crowds and NXT inching closer. The constant extreme stuff just makes your product weird and niche.

Maybe Swerve will throw Page into a wheelbarrow of animal blood mixed with diseased syringes next time. GCW! GCW!

 

[WildcatFan1982]

If I wanted to see crap like that I’d watch Saw again

 

[HeismaNole]

Went to All Out last night. So violent. Had a great time though.

Seems to be no communication between which matches are going to do the same spots though and AEW has to understand that color in four of your matches doesn’t have the same impact.

 

[HeismaNole]

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It was a lot. Maybe one of those work but combined it was a bit much.

Ospreay is the shit though.

 

[HeismaNole]

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I saw people taking pics with this guy last night and had no idea who it was.

Another stupid TikTok thing, I see.

 

[GeraldV]

Ospreay is incredible. Never seen a wrestler do what he can do.

 

[Wesley91581]

Pretty good little snip - says a lot about HHH

Arn Anderson Weighs A Potential WWE Return

"Never say never,” Arn told Adam Barnard of Foundation Radio. “They really treated Brock and I so well. Flew us in and they put us up at the Westin. They had somebody picking us up for all the places we needed to go. The treatment was first class. It’s stressful doing Raw and SmackDown every week. It’s a lot of stress with that company, [doing] live TV, it’s tough. It was a lot of pressure, and when I left [in 2019], it’s probably a good thing. I was probably on the verge of having a freaking stroke or a meltdown or something.”

“It’s just so much pressure, but when I got out of the car that they had, I started seeing people who didn’t know I was there backstage. We came in a ramp in the back of the building and they looked at me like ‘What are you doing here?” but it was a smile on everyone’s face. Everyone was hugging my neck and I was hugging their neck back. I saw Cody first and I saw The Undertaker. Then I saw Randy Orton. These are all people that that I was there for their growth and everything. It was a diff different atmosphere. Everybody was smiling, everybody was happy. It was a different company, so kudos to whatever changes Hunter and company that have made this the atmosphere that it is.”

 

[Wesley91581]

 

[HeismaNole]

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Didn't see anything like that. Saw production scrambling to clean up after the women's match that had thumbtacks and then prep for the cage match main event. Didn't see anyone running to go backstage and we were front row behind the ringside seats.