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I'm getting bored with wrestling, might take a break.
AEW:
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@stockcar86 said in WWE Network:
I'm getting bored with wrestling, might take a break.
AEW:
I got bored from about 1998. That’s when they cracked down on them and they had to stop taking roids.
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Just watched Summerslam, then watched the latest AEW Rampage.
The opening match from Rampage was so much better than anything in Summerslam. This is just from a weekly tv show, not a PPV.
This video just shows the last 5 minutes of the match, which had action like it for the full 15 minutes. The quality of wrestling is so much better in AEW than WWE at the moment.
Lots of reporting recently that WWE's strategy is to take big guys and teach them wrestling, and that they have ceded the recruitment from the independent circuit to AEW, and its partnerships with Impact and NJPW.
I know what I would rather watch
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@stockcar86 said in WWE Network:
Just watched Summerslam, then watched the latest AEW Rampage.
The opening match from Rampage was so much better than anything in Summerslam. This is just from a weekly tv show, not a PPV.
This video just shows the last 5 minutes of the match, which had action like it for the full 15 minutes. The quality of wrestling is so much better in AEW than WWE at the moment.
Lots of reporting recently that WWE's strategy is to take big guys and teach them wrestling, and that they have ceded the recruitment from the independent circuit to AEW, and its partnerships with Impact and NJPW.
I know what I would rather watch
Those guys are far too normal looking. Where are the natural Andre sized Giants and chronic steroid abusers ?
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@mn5 said in WWE Network:
@stockcar86 said in WWE Network:
Just watched Summerslam, then watched the latest AEW Rampage.
The opening match from Rampage was so much better than anything in Summerslam. This is just from a weekly tv show, not a PPV.
This video just shows the last 5 minutes of the match, which had action like it for the full 15 minutes. The quality of wrestling is so much better in AEW than WWE at the moment.
Lots of reporting recently that WWE's strategy is to take big guys and teach them wrestling, and that they have ceded the recruitment from the independent circuit to AEW, and its partnerships with Impact and NJPW.
I know what I would rather watch
Those guys are far too normal looking. Where are the natural Andre sized Giants and chronic steroid abusers ?
WWE, that's why they are going away from wrestlers from other companies, and training ex-footballers and other athletes instead. It goes in a cycle (every few years, Vince gets a bee in his bonnet), but never works that well because the great wrestling booms in the past have been built on experienced wrestlers from other companies, not home-grown athletes turned wrestlers.
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Watched AEW All Out. The best PPV wrestling show I have ever seen. So many amazing matches.
Here is the tag team match - Lucha Brothers v Young Bucks. Surely the match of the year so far. Damn, you can really feel the emotions in the crowd during that match. Match starts 5 minutes into the video
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This is a long thread to read, and some good videos to watch amongst the posts too
Second part of the thread is here
I am more invested in the Hangman Adam Page & Dark Order storyline more than any other wrestling, and more than most tv programmes I watch. To be honest, I will be gutted if he does not beat Omega at Full Gear in a weeks time
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Long read - article written by "The Mad King" Eddie Kingston, about his life up to and including how he was signed with AEW. Very down to earth and honest. I'm hoping he upsets CM Punk at Full Gear
Eddie Kingston Got No Business F***ing Being Here | By Eddie Kingston
The only reason I’m still doing this, and really the only reason I’m still on this earth is because of all the friends who never stop having my back.
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Great promo between MJF and CM Punk to kick off this weeks Dynamite. Bold programming move for the entire first segment to be a promo, not a match, but worth it
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Following the shock appearance of NJPW contracted kiwi wrestler Jay White earlier in the show, it was also a debut for Keith Lee in AEW Dynamite this week, after being fired from WWE.
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@stockcar86 said in WWE Network:
Great promo between MJF and CM Punk to kick off this weeks Dynamite. Bold programming move for the entire first segment to be a promo, not a match, but worth it
Hah had never seen MJF as don’t watch AEW but thought he looked like a wish version of the Miz. CM Punk always good on the promos
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Vince sex scandal. Is this kayfabe? A work? A shoot? What is real?
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Vince is stepping down. He just did a short appearance to introduce Smackdown, didn’t say much (maybe later in the show?), but he looked and sounded awful, looking very old, the bags under his eyes are startling. Been a very tough week doubtlessly, I wonder if he’s had any sleep. He looks defeated tbh.
“The most important thing is that we are in this together.”
Cryptic. What does this mean? Are Steph & Trips pushing Vince out of his own creation? Is Vince going to go scorched earth and risk burning it all down??
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@Kid-Chocolate said in WWE Network:
Vince is stepping down. He just did a short appearance to introduce Smackdown, didn’t say much (maybe later in the show?), but he looked and sounded awful, looking very old, the bags under his eyes are startling. Been a very tough week doubtlessly, I wonder if he’s had any sleep. He looks defeated tbh.
“The most important thing is that we are in this together.”
Cryptic. What does this mean? Are Steph & Trips pushing Vince out of his own creation? Is Vince going to go scorched earth and risk burning it all down??
It's all a work - Vince has 83% of voting shares in the company. He will not be stepping down. He is even still working there as head writer for Raw and Smackdown
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@Stockcar86 the old bastard is finally retiring as of today
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in WWE Network:
@Stockcar86 the old bastard is finally retiring as of today
and non-coincidentally, HHH returns immediately as EVP Talent Relations
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I saw this for the first time yesterday - we need more ref's doing this sort of stuff
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in WWE Network:
@Stockcar86 the old bastard is finally retiring as of today
Wrestling stopped being good about 20 odd years ago when all the massive steroid freaks got phased out….or died
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@MN5 said in WWE Network:
@FakatavaAllBlack said in WWE Network:
@Stockcar86 the old bastard is finally retiring as of today
Wrestling stopped being good about 20 odd years ago when all the massive steroid freaks got phased out….or died
I'm a fan of the lucha inspired westling that is becoming more common these days. Lots of high spots. One of the things I like more about AEW/RoH these days is they have a good mix - some big guys and slug fests and athletic aerial stuff too.
I think AEW does well showcasing all styles - Young Bucks (all high spots) and FTW (whose motto is fists not flips).
