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AEW has needed some dangerous heels and I guess it turns out Shawn Spears is the guy. Young Bucks and Cody could only go so long without opponents, but we’re starting to see the shape of things now. The last BTE implied Road To is Codys baby, so its interesting to see Codys mind and vision for the business.
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Thanks to the people that pointed out the Road to All Out promo by Page because drat gently caress I'm gonna pay for All Out now
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Jul 18, 2019 10:48
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I bought into Shawn Spears the moment he called himself the Chairman. I'm glad I was correct to.
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Jul 18, 2019 12:52
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Natural 20 posted:I bought into Shawn Spears the moment he called himself the Chairman.
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Jul 18, 2019 12:56
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Dave says the Kylie thing is a medical issue and she's expected back soon
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Jul 18, 2019 13:08
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So, call me out of the loop, but had something been done to rehabilitate Tony Schiavone? Last I had heard, he was a bitter old fart whose lifeless commentary had walked WCW to a final grave. And since then, he had done precisely nothing. Did he do something good, and become an Always Good Commentator Actually?
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Jul 18, 2019 13:29
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rotinaj posted:So, call me out of the loop, but had something been done to rehabilitate Tony Schiavone? Last I had heard, he was a bitter old fart whose lifeless commentary had walked WCW to a final grave. And since then, he had done precisely nothing. He does a podcast with Conrad Thompson where they watch old PPVs & do commentary over it. Basically, his answer to the "he was a bitter old fart whose lifeless commentary had walked WCW to a final grave" criticism was "late WCW loving sucked at all levels" and upon reflection that's hard to argue against. That & the easier access to the old Saturday NWA shows on the Network has changed a few peoples' minds. He's also done work for MLW where's he's been decent, if not great. Certainly better than JR in 2019.
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Jul 18, 2019 13:37
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Yeah having to call WCW at the end must have been rough being that it was garbage on all levels
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Jul 18, 2019 13:42
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Id take death of wcw Tony over marvaez and the entire raw booth.
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Jul 18, 2019 13:42
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schiavone has a good voice for broadcasting and doesn't sound real old like JR does. i hope he does more stuff with AEW.
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Jul 18, 2019 13:49
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Tony was good at his job before WCW caught Hogan-itis, and from his time in MLW, I get the impression he's made peace with stuff, he seemed genuinely enthusiastic in both MLW and AEW, and enthusiasm is a big part of coming off as a credible, good announcer. And really, if he's just doing control center stuff, it won't be a huge problem if people don't take to him. Those segments aren't very long, and he's just introducing stuff.
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Jul 18, 2019 14:18
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Tony has also been doing baseball play by play for most of the last 20 years as well. The reason why MLW had to get Cornette is that Tony had baseball games on whatever night they do shows and couldn’t do MLW anymore.
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Jul 18, 2019 14:26
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Djarum posted:Tony has also been doing baseball play by play for most of the last 20 years as well. The reason why MLW had to get Cornette is that Tony had baseball games on whatever night they do shows and couldn’t do MLW anymore. And working a 2nd job at Starbucks. 
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Jul 18, 2019 14:30
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Court's bringing him back in August apparently
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Jul 18, 2019 14:40
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Dave gave the triple tag team 3.5 but Bucks v Rhodes 4. Big Dave is cancelled.
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Jul 18, 2019 14:44
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Bucks v Rhodes was a 4 alright... 4 hours long!
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Jul 18, 2019 14:46
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Lid posted:Dave gave the triple tag team 3.5 but Bucks v Rhodes 4. what were the other scores
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DLC Inc posted:what were the other scores Avalon/Sonny *1/4 Britt and Riho vs Bea and Shoko **3/4 Darby, Jimmy and Joey vs Shawn, Sammy and MJF *** Allie/Brandie *1/2 Page/Sabian ***1/4 Lucha Bros/SCU ***3/4 CIMA/Kenny ****1/2
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Jul 18, 2019 15:28
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instead of any real commissioner role they should just have a not really fully shaped Championship Committee and you can use certain old guys to act as representatives of the committee to deliver messages on its behalf. this way you can have your Bret Hart, Tully Blanchard, Gail Kim, or Jake Roberts or whoever issue match announcements without it feeling like its just coming from the wrestlers on the roster.
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Jul 18, 2019 15:38
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Chris James 2 posted:Avalon/Sonny *1/4 Yeah all those scores seem low. The woman’s tag was well over three stars. I didn’t think that Sonny Kiss match or the Allie/Brandie were anywhere near single star ratings. I’ll read WON in a bit after I wake up more.
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Jul 18, 2019 15:41
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Djarum posted:Yeah all those scores seem low. The woman’s tag was well over three stars. I didn’t think that Sonny Kiss match or the Allie/Brandie were anywhere near single star ratings. I’ll read WON in a bit after I wake up more. i think the ratings are maybe a 1/4* low for everything but i agree with the idea that CIMA/Omega was the best match on the card.
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Jul 18, 2019 15:42
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tbh aew's in-ring stuff has been mediocre across the board, to the point that it has me discouraged about the product overall.
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Jul 18, 2019 15:46
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shiksa posted:in the past day i have turned around on the new order because stu greyson is a vega guy and on hangman page because he is from the same hometown as me. If he lives in GSO I'm going to keep my eye out for him and let everyone know if he exudes "it" in person And if his height is gimmicked
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Jul 18, 2019 15:57
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I thought the Kenny/CIMA match was too slow and kinda too long. Seems like a higher rating than what it should've gotten but that's just me. Three way tag match deserved a higher rating. Best match of the night for me.
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Jul 18, 2019 16:11
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dsriggs posted:He does a podcast with Conrad Thompson where they watch old PPVs & do commentary over it. Basically, his answer to the "he was a bitter old fart whose lifeless commentary had walked WCW to a final grave" criticism was "late WCW loving sucked at all levels" and upon reflection that's hard to argue against. That & the easier access to the old Saturday NWA shows on the Network has changed a few peoples' minds. He's also done work for MLW where's he's been decent, if not great. Certainly better than JR in 2019. Are there people who really thought Schiavone sucked? I mean, the guy ruled when the product wasn't a complete and total poo poo show. How can you fault him for stopping caring when the product was a disaster?
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Jul 18, 2019 16:11
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cams posted:tbh aew's in-ring stuff has been mediocre across the board, to the point that it has me discouraged about the product overall. That is objectively not true.
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Jul 18, 2019 16:20
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cams posted:tbh aew's in-ring stuff has been mediocre across the board, to the point that it has me discouraged about the product overall. This is bait
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Jul 18, 2019 16:28
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i dont feel qualified to comment on any of this really but a) SCU is corny as gently caress, don't know how y'all are buying in to that schtick and b) if they wanna make page look like a badass they should make his silhouette take up more of the frame when they shoot stills of him 'cause he looks small on tv
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Jul 18, 2019 16:28
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SCU works because theyre a bunch of corny middle aged california guys driving convertibles and listening to van halen
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Jul 18, 2019 16:38
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shiksa posted:SCU works because theyre a bunch of corny middle aged california guys driving convertibles and listening to van halen i guess living here destroys the illusion :/
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Jul 18, 2019 16:39
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Also they're corny but they're fun, pretty tongue in cheek, and they put on good matches and aren't being pushed as top talent. In fact they've been pretty much used as enhancement guys thus far.
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Wezlar posted:Also they're corny but they're fun, pretty tongue in cheek, and they put on good matches and aren't being pushed as top talent. In fact they've been pretty much used as enhancement guys thus far. An extremely rich man's 3MB
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Jul 18, 2019 16:42
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ill try to look at them more as a tongue in cheek thing, i've only seen them on the three shows aew has run or whatever but i didnt get that its supposed to be being done winkingly and uh...jericho is gonna get off the sauce before his big match right alcodad is a bad look for putting over your first world champ
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Jul 18, 2019 16:43
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Imagine getting upset that wrestlers are corny. It’s wrestling.
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Jul 18, 2019 16:43
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The_Rob posted:Imagine getting upset that wrestlers are corny. i am pretty clearly teeth-grittingly upset, here
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Jul 18, 2019 16:44
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boar guy posted:i am pretty clearly teeth-grittingly upset, here Even when I was typing it I felt like upset was the wrong word. Still though, it’s wrestling. Shits corny.
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Jul 18, 2019 16:45
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The_Rob posted:Even when I was typing it I felt like upset was the wrong word. Still though, it’s wrestling. Shits corny. there's corny and there's trying too hard and what i get from scu is trying too hard. i like scorpio sky though
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Jul 18, 2019 16:46
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say what you will, you have to be fair to corny
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boar guy posted:there's corny and there's trying too hard and what i get from scu is trying too hard. i like scorpio sky though They aren’t trying to hard though. The fans pop hard for them. They’re over, pretty effortlessly too.
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The_Rob posted:They aren’t trying to hard though. The fans pop hard for them. They’re over, pretty effortlessly too. its just like, my opinion man
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