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| Cody vs Sonny |
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12 | 14.46% |
| FTR vs Lucha Bros |
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28 | 33.73% |
| Elite vs Dinosaurs |
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33 | 39.76% |
| Cage vs Mox |
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10 | 12.05% |
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I like that FTR are at least winning notable matches off of the bat instead of their usual strategy of squashing a bunch of jobbers.
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Jul 16, 2020 23:21
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explosivo posted:Agreed, although it feels like we've come a long way from tbf, that was quite funny. i don't care if they gently caress up as long as they do so in an entertaining manner
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Jul 16, 2020 23:23
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I think they've done a good job with FTR. I also think they've done well with Cage, Archer, and Brodie. If fans don't know who a guy is as soon as they show up there's not a ton you can do about that unless you want to do that WWE think of weeks of hype promos.Dr. Abysmal posted:I like that FTR are at least winning notable matches off of the bat instead of their usual strategy of squashing a bunch of jobbers. Yeah, there's a reason I'm really digging FTR and I'm still pretty cold to Archer.
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Jul 16, 2020 23:23
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The Kenny/Hangman stuff has been great, but I feel like you can only go "Wow, they keep on taking this in so many unexpected directions!" for so long. At a certain point you have to finally pull the trigger on telling the audience what the actual story is, and I would really prefer to have that happen sooner rather than later. Like maybe I'm just being short-sighted, but I kind of want to see Page/Omega drop the belts in the next few weeks, moving the fallout from that into the singles picture for the buildup to All Out. They really don't need the belts to shine and I think they've run through almost everyone in the division; let FTR beat em and move on
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Jul 16, 2020 23:24
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explosivo posted:Agreed, although it feels like we've come a long way from that was obscure even by hooked in standards
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Jul 16, 2020 23:24
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oh but seriously I posted:AEW are p. lovely at establishing who their new hires are to people not plugged into the indy scene Noted indy darlings The Revival
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Jul 16, 2020 23:32
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yeah not being plugged in to "the indie scene" has literally zero bearing on knowing who FTR are and what they do though I supposed that might actually be the greatest compliment to them, that a team that was built from the ground up by the WWE managed to transcend their system and build themselves up as a tag team well enough that people assume they must have been a thing on the indies prior
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Jul 16, 2020 23:32
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explosivo posted:Agreed, although it feels like we've come a long way from You mean The Blade! The Blade! The Butcher! The Butcher and the Blade!
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Jul 16, 2020 23:35
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I don't want Kenny and Hangman to drop the belts, I just wish they had another major program like they did with the Bucks, and this FTR tension seems to be building to that. At this point it's been like five months since the last tag title match that had any sort of extended build.
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Jul 16, 2020 23:39
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Benne posted:Noted indy darlings The Revival nxt does tna numbers, its an indy
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Jul 16, 2020 23:39
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Big Biceps Tony posted the full card for next week https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1283882497370140672?s=19
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Jul 16, 2020 23:41
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It's Ivelisse v. Diamante? I thought they were teamed up?
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Jul 16, 2020 23:42
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I Before E posted:I don't want Kenny and Hangman to drop the belts, I just wish they had another major program like they did with the Bucks, and this FTR tension seems to be building to that. At this point it's been like five months since the last tag title match that had any sort of extended build. Yeah, that might be contributing to my impatience. Doing a slow-build long-term storyline isn't an issue; doing it as the primary focus of a reigning champion while failing to tell any worthwhile medium-term stories with the belts is. I think building Omega/Page v. FTR until All Out could definitely work. Personally I'm hoping that PPV serves as kind of a seismic event story-wise for the whole company, so I would be happy with a lot of development packed into a relatively short period of time over the next two months Rarity posted:You mean The Blade! The Blade! The Butcher! The Butcher and the Blade! I'm sad the hashtag bug isn't included in the YouTube video of their debut, because my memory is that #TheButcherTheBladeTheBunny popped up in corner of the screen like, 2 seconds after the hole in the ring appeared which really added to the whole atmosphere xbilkis fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Jul 16, 2020 |
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Jul 16, 2020 23:43
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Lanky_Nibz posted:It's Ivelisse v. Diamante? I thought they were teamed up? It's one on one, which could be fun.
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Jul 16, 2020 23:48
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feels like Hangman and Angels might go really hard to start Hangman's brain into the singles direction Angels can work it, we've seen so
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Jul 16, 2020 23:48
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i think i am being imprecise. what i'm trying to communicate is that if you only watch AEW (and a bit of Gatoh Move and New Japan) you have no idea who these people are. I like FTR! but this whole thing with the Bucks is received wisdom rather than some epic feud years in the making from my perspective
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Jul 16, 2020 23:49
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It's definitely hard to divorce what I know through osmosis of being online vs. what's actually shown on the show, but yeah I think "Not assuming everyone immediately grasps the entire significance of what's going on" is still an area where AEW can improve. That being said, I think they have repeatedly established FTR as a team that's coming in laying a claim to being The Best Tag Team and bragging about elevating the division. They did a sitdown interview segment after their debut. The Young Bucks have cut a promo on em saying "No, we're the best tag team." I'm pretty sure commentary has talked about them having different styles and how people think it's a dream match. They've obviously had FTR come in and get meaningful wins. If they're failing to establish FTR as characters and as A Big Deal, they're not missing the mark by all that much. I guess the missing piece is maybe hitting FTR's history a little harder, and talking about why The Sanctity Of Tag Team Wrestling is something anyone should care about? I dunno; like I said I think it's more of a tweak than a big fix
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Jul 17, 2020 00:01
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oh but seriously I posted:i think i am being imprecise. what i'm trying to communicate is that if you only watch AEW (and a bit of Gatoh Move and New Japan) you have no idea who these people are. I like FTR! but this whole thing with the Bucks is received wisdom rather than some epic feud years in the making from my perspective Yeah, but the bucks did their "Let us introduce ourselves" promo and now I know who FTR is and what their beef is.
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Jul 17, 2020 00:07
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Jonny Nox posted:Yeah, but the bucks did their "Let us introduce ourselves" promo and now I know who FTR is and what their beef is. fair, but its not some dream match with 5 years of build. maybe it works on two levels
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Jul 17, 2020 00:14
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There is a middle ground that they have not found yet where they both do a good job at giving someone a strong intro AND make it feel like it's an athlete who now works in AEW but used to work in other promotions. In my head it shouldn't be too hard, just do a "for those who didn't know" promo or a video.
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Jul 17, 2020 00:17
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Gumball Gumption posted:There is a middle ground that they have not found yet where they both do a good job at giving someone a strong intro AND make it feel like it's an athlete who now works in AEW but used to work in other promotions. In my head it shouldn't be too hard, just do a "for those who didn't know" promo or a video. I feel like the Road To Dynamite videos have done a good job of this, like off the top of my head Sammy, Jungle Express, Darby, Scorpio etc all had decent packages about who they were. The problem of course is none of that actually aired on TV. Mr Brodie, Santana and Archer though, they had great packages on Dynamite. Jeff Cobb too if I remember correctly?
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Jul 17, 2020 00:24
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Gumball Gumption posted:There is a middle ground that they have not found yet where they both do a good job at giving someone a strong intro AND make it feel like it's an athlete who now works in AEW but used to work in other promotions. In my head it shouldn't be too hard, just do a "for those who didn't know" promo or a video. They 100% nailed it with Jeff Cobb, but he was a one-off appearance sadly.
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Jul 17, 2020 00:37
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History Comes Inside! posted:I said last week AEW should go to flavourtown and I maintain that stance. I would be able to go to an AEW show in Ohio's state capital, so I concur.
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Jul 17, 2020 00:45
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I have to take back all my eye-rolling and groaning at the ratings talk. I mistakenly assumed they were after NXT and not Guy Fieri 
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Jul 17, 2020 01:15
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Dango Bango posted:I have to take back all my eye-rolling and groaning at the ratings talk. I mistakenly assumed they were after NXT and not Guy Fieri If Jericho as the Demo God calls out Guy Fieri next week then he can talk ratings all he wants
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Jul 17, 2020 01:17
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lmao a lights out for Darby, gently caress outta here bad ep
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Jul 17, 2020 01:20
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I... I kinda want a Guy Fieri / Jericho program
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Jul 17, 2020 01:29
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FTR own. Happy to see the ratings go back up. Ready for next week. AEW makes me happy. I need it.
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Jul 17, 2020 01:29
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smarxist posted:I... I kinda want a Guy Fieri / Jericho program
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Jul 17, 2020 01:33
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Does anyone have that dark order/friends video?
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Jul 17, 2020 01:37
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Spiderdrake posted:For some reason I immediately picture the Dark Order backing him up and Fieri sitting on the human throne The Keep is in Flavortown.
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Jul 17, 2020 01:37
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Vince MechMahon posted:Does anyone have that dark order/friends video? I got you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqLK_hja0go
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Jul 17, 2020 01:52
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FTR back Guy Fieri because they can show up in that dumb truck that totally crapped out and refused to start after their match against the Lucha Bros. Also FTR are totally the guys that would love going to a Fieri restaurant; well, them and the Bucks.
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Jul 17, 2020 01:53
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Pentagon eat lots huevos
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Jul 17, 2020 02:40
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Did y'all really talk about ratings and demos without posting the shirt?? https://twitter.com/ShopAEW/status/1283837997830504448 I swear to god they came up with the shirt and the graphic, then worked backwards from there to make the segment.
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Jul 17, 2020 03:19
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I think like Hall and Nash courting DDP, Hangman is gonna get courted to join at least FTR, there'll be some doubt, and then he'll lariat someone's head off. It might be more drawn out than that, but that's the historical example I think Hangman's future is most like.
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Jul 17, 2020 04:20
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Robviously posted:Pentagon eat lots huevos Cuando Pentagon era niño Comió cuatro docenas de huevos Cada mañana para ayudar a ser grande Y ahora que ha crecido Él come cinco docenas de huevos Entonces es más o menos tan grande como una barcaza
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Jul 17, 2020 04:24
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Barry Bluejeans posted:Cuando Pentagon era niño Lol glad I could suss this out without resorting to translator
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Jul 17, 2020 04:30
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If AEW was hell bent on giving Nyla a manager, they should've grabbed Salina de la Renta. She's too entertaining to be stuck in MLW.
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Jul 17, 2020 04:36
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Ganso Bomb posted:If AEW was hell bent on giving Nyla a manager, they should've grabbed Salina de la Renta. She's too entertaining to be stuck in MLW. nyla isn't best friends with salina de la renta backstage
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