One thing that stood out - Wardlow surprised me with how strong his mic work has progressed.
Few other observations:
- The Acclaimed/Bullet Club Gold team up is absolute cringe. - I don’t really get the whole Toni Storm gimmick, also quite cringey to watch. - Sting’s final match was fun. An impressive 3 year return capped off with a feel good moment. - Darby Allin. He needs a big singles push now. Has also come along really well on the mic.
- Swerve Strickland needs to get away from that awful manager with the idiotic dancing.
Impressed with how WWE have made the Cody Roman Rock debacle make sense and have it linked it to Seth and Drew, who has kept C M Punk involved. It's such a well oiled machine.
One thing that stood out - Wardlow surprised me with how strong his mic work has progressed.
Few other observations:
- The Acclaimed/Bullet Club Gold team up is absolute cringe. - I don’t really get the whole Toni Storm gimmick, also quite cringey to watch. - Sting’s final match was fun. An impressive 3 year return capped off with a feel good moment. - Darby Allin. He needs a big singles push now. Has also come along really well on the mic.
- Swerve Strickland needs to get away from that awful manager with the idiotic dancing.
True about Wardlow. Have always been a fan. Huge victim of AEW having too many people they want to push - he was huge at the end of the MJF storyline and went nowhere.
Don’t think Darby will be getting a push too soon unfortunately as he’s off to climb Everest in a couple of weeks…
I didn't watch the last AEW PPV but heard they ran over so the PPV cut off during Sting's retirement speech. They had one job to do.
Bang bang scissor gang is awful and Max Caster has messed up his rap twice now, the thing that got them over.
I love the Toni Storm gimmick and Prince Nana is decent.
Didn’t he mess up his rap once and then they’ve made it into a storyline (eg the second time was deliberate)? Seemed that way to me given the rest of his gang teasing him on promos about it and it seemed very staged the second time for him to flub his lines.
These two posts seem to prove the saying that “creative is subjective” (which I agree with in most cases but can call out rubbish storylines when they don’t actually make sense)
I’m not mad keen on the Toni Storm character anymore, but nout wrong with Prince Nana’s dancing 😂
It's an awful angle if it is an angle. Take away the rap and they have nothing special left IMO, the scissor gimmick is pretty stale. The team was super over when they won the tag belts, largely due to the rap which was often a show highlight.
Nana's dance is superb and although Swerve has gotten over due to his ability the dance hasn't hurt.
A lot of it will come down to personal preference, but I just don’t think comedy gimmicks should be anywhere near the main event picture. Especially when it involves someone who is meant to be a ruthless up and coming heel.
That and the Toni Storm gimmick feel a bit too “mid 90s WWF” for me. Same for The Acclaimed.
A world title match of Joe / Hangman / Swerve felt quite bland in the build. But then again we were spoiled for a long time with the likes of MJF and CM Punk doing some of their best work around the main event picture in recent years. AEW has dropped off since losing them both.
I might eventually get bored of Toni Storm but I'm enjoying it at the moment, especially the half black and white half colour screens. Could have some decent TV if a big star from Boston were to join.
With The Acclaimed the rap would involve current events so didn't get stale, seems they're now going to mess that up.
The deck maybe stacked, but I'm not sure Tony Khan knows how to play cards.
Seems the current theme is to chuck a load of dream matches together and little else
Exactly, they're getting 3k crowds for Dynamite now a show which is having matches like Edge V Christian in an I quit match. Completely unsustainable for Okada's wages. Only real long-term story seems to be the Ruby Soho and Saraya Knight.
What's it stacked compared to, TNA? Certainly not WWE.
Talking of dreams, having Mone say she has unfinished business in WWE seems to be a nightmare.
I can't see him staying in AEW given how they've been used the past year or so, but WWE don't need him at the moment, can see him and Jeff winding up in TNA soon
Matt's biggest success and best work IMO was in TNA, certainly as a single. Sadly I've given up with Jeff. Ignoring the extra curriculum, Jeff's prime was no where near the level of an Osprey or Ricochet etc. and at his age the high flying can't be what once was. Rey is understandably no where near the level he was 25 years ago.
I only saw the start before work, I'm finding Cody and his promos incredibly boring compared to the Drew stuff. Looking forward to the Punk stuff and reading in between the lines above there's probably some further Bloodline stuff as the opening segment didn't deliver anything.
Anyone else finding Rock to be very repetitive in his promos? He's still amazing on the mic but it feels like he's trying to fill a 10 minute slot with 8 minutes of material so he's just repeating himself a lot.
Also, just read that Rock is 2 years older now than Hogan was in their icon v icon match. Mind. Blown.
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I can't see Rollins and Cody flying all that way for an interview with some bloodline shenanigans, probably featuring The Rock.
Meanwhile over The Pacific.
One thing that stood out - Wardlow surprised me with how strong his mic work has progressed.
Few other observations:
- The Acclaimed/Bullet Club Gold team up is absolute cringe.
- I don’t really get the whole Toni Storm gimmick, also quite cringey to watch.
- Sting’s final match was fun. An impressive 3 year return capped off with a feel good moment.
- Darby Allin. He needs a big singles push now. Has also come along really well on the mic.
Bang bang scissor gang is awful and Max Caster has messed up his rap twice now, the thing that got them over.
I love the Toni Storm gimmick and Prince Nana is decent.
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Didn’t he mess up his rap once and then they’ve made it into a storyline (eg the second time was deliberate)? Seemed that way to me given the rest of his gang teasing him on promos about it and it seemed very staged the second time for him to flub his lines.
I’m not mad keen on the Toni Storm character anymore, but nout wrong with Prince Nana’s dancing 😂
Nana's dance is superb and although Swerve has gotten over due to his ability the dance hasn't hurt.
With The Acclaimed the rap would involve current events so didn't get stale, seems they're now going to mess that up.
AEW is stacked.
Seems the current theme is to chuck a load of dream matches together and little else
What's it stacked compared to, TNA? Certainly not WWE.
Talking of dreams, having Mone say she has unfinished business in WWE seems to be a nightmare.
https://wrestletalk.com/news/mercedes-mone-unfinished-wwe-business/
I can't see him staying in AEW given how they've been used the past year or so, but WWE don't need him at the moment, can see him and Jeff winding up in TNA soon
Then in a month he'll disappear and leave a bunch of nobodies behind in his wake. Passing the torch indeed.
WWE television hasn’t been this good for years.
Can't wait for the Rock v Cody Rhodes singles match.
Roman who?
Rock/Rhodes, Punk/Rollins/ Punk/Reigns, Rollins/Punk/Drew & Drew/Punk.
Also, just read that Rock is 2 years older now than Hogan was in their icon v icon match. Mind. Blown.