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GODZILLA VS KONG MATCH | 8 | 7.41% | |
TAY VS BUNNY MATCH | 52 | 48.15% | |
DARBY VS DRAKE MATCH | 28 | 25.93% | |
MOX AND BUCKS VS BULLET CLUB MATCH | 13 | 12.04% | |
HANGMAN VS MAX MATCH | 7 | 6.48% | |
Total: | 108 votes |
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SonicRulez posted:I will say I think part of the feeling on title reigns is the weird pandemic era of wrestling. So few people got to be champion in front of actual crowds. And while I think it's easier on heels, the babyface champions have had to do their best with no crowd response. That being said, the only title reign I've been entirely whelmed by was SCU's inaugural run and that actually was entirely in front of fans. Yeah I can’t actually remember any of their successful title defences. Same for Nyla’s run actually (was the one where Stat was sick a defence?). Uh, and FTR. Mox had a bunch of great defences. Cody had tons. Darby has some good ones. Jericho had some great ones. Riho had the Nyla series. Shida has actually had some really good ones too. Kenny has had interesting programs and great matches but the title has been the least interesting thing about him lately. I think the fact they’ve been in a pandemic and without real crowds can’t be overstated though.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:26 |
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Shard posted:Yeah I enjoyed the show and that's all I need. I don't care who beats who. The only reason I care about ratings in the slightest is I want the show I enjoy to stay on the air. And if the show becomes bad I won't care about the ratings then either because who gives a poo poo if a bad show goes off the air. I feel like the is is where I am too. Like, I’ll like the stuff I like and fast forward through what I’m not into. It’s not on me to fix anything or figure out why certain things may or may not land with other people. It also feels like my fandom might have crested for wrestling again and I’m ready for Dynamite to just be a TV show that I catch on the weekly rather than engaging in the discourse.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:30 |
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blunt posted:Please stop putting -1 on TV. I understand why he's at Daily's place, but a masked 9 year old leading a stable doesn't fit AEW's presentation the same way Matt Hardy teleporting doesn't. It's gone on long enough, please keep him backstage. I realise I'm probably in the minority on this point though. Lamuella posted:oh, in case anyone cares, Anthony Ogogo really did have a Subway ad in the UK nine years ago
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:33 |
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i don't mind -1 being around, like seconding Tay or being on Ten's shoulders for an entrance, but yeah if there's going to be a rumble or something keep him in the back
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:35 |
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Jordan7hm posted:Yeah I can’t actually remember any of their successful title defences. Same for Nyla’s run actually (was the one where Stat was sick a defence?). Uh, and FTR. In Nyla's case, Kris was her only defense. But in mitigation she was off TV for two months at the start of the pandemic, and the program with Bea they were building up for her ended up never happening.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:39 |
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Lead Pipe Cinch posted:I feel like the is is where I am too. Like so many of my hobbies, things ebb and flow. For 2 years I have been so happy to love wrestling again, but even though I still love AEW I know a lot of that comes from me and my wife getting take out, drinking and talking poo poo (good and bad) the entire time. I think the roster is getting bloated and some of the new wrestlers add very little when I really just want to see more of the people they already have more. I know there is 8 hours of Dark every week, but i cannot find the time or will to go over it all, which means I am not seeing A LOT of the AEW roster. I also think that many Dark matches makes the ranking completely useless as well. As far as discourse goes Rarity posted:Wrestling fans are broken
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:40 |
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Rarity posted:Just wait until this week's ratings come out and Dynamite dropped below 700k lmao i cant wait, im just gonna unfav the thread until monday
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:41 |
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https://twitter.com/RealJDDrake/status/1380197698016530435 Uh oh lol
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:42 |
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Lead Pipe Cinch posted:I feel like the is is where I am too. Wrestling to me is good when I'm enjoying it in the moment. I don't get how people can sit there and second-guess everything they see and fret about how it's going to play for women 18-49 from Idaho. There are people who are paid to do that, let them worry about it. Trying to watch something from the standpoint of somebody else is a waste of time especially wrestling when the entire act is predicated on how you personally feel about what's happening on screen.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:45 |
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I remember liking Nyla's win against Riho, being whelmed by her and Statlander, and then thinking the match where she lost it to Shida was an underappreciated banger. I don't remember much else. Another underappreciated AEW championship match is Brodie/Dustin Rhodes for the TNT championship.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:47 |
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WOAT
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:49 |
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Seams posted:Wrestling to me is good when I'm enjoying it in the moment. I don't get how people can sit there and second-guess everything they see and fret about how it's going to play for women 18-49 from Idaho. There are people who are paid to do that, let them worry about it. Trying to watch something from the standpoint of somebody else is a waste of time especially wrestling when the entire act is predicated on how you personally feel about what's happening on screen. yep. i like what i like and if i don't like it i'm gonna change the channel not write a treatise about it
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:49 |
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Lead Pipe Cinch posted:I feel like the is is where I am too. I'm getting there as well. The discussion really does nothing for me anymore. You have it exactly right - watch what I like and fast forward what I don't. The cool thing is that I usually like what's on. And the show never feels like a chore like WWE became for me.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:50 |
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More PPVs was the norm during a very successful time before, some were skippable, some were major, but it kept the product constantly moving towards an imminent destination. If you can do that with TV specials then great, but I haven't seen that happen yet, Dynamites like this week's suffer most from feeling like they're treading water until the build for the next major event starts. The Inner Circle vs. Pinnacle was announced, but Darby is defending his title against a no name, it's a six man tag in the main event furthering a feud that should have been definitively ended at the last PPV, who is Shida's next big challenger? Who's going to be facing the Bucks for their next defense? Dynamite, and wrestling in general, is way better when there's a destination approaching and we can build the matches that are going to be on that card. A more packed PPV schedule fixes that problem inherently, it forces things to be that way, where this loose schedule of TV specials sometimes when we feel like it and one PPV every three months isn't really cutting it in my opinion. If they would have one TV special in every off-PPV month and have it all laid out ahead of time, and announced early, that would work too.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:50 |
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Rarity posted:Just wait until this week's ratings come out and Dynamite dropped below 700k If this happens, and I’m not saying it will, it’ll be exclusively because of my list of nitpicks with the show
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:52 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:this bullet club stuff is stinking up the tag division A tale as old as time
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:55 |
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NXT was great this week, way better matches than Dynamite. First time I've watched it in months and months. I can see it doing well.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:56 |
No this time it really was Don Callis and plans didn't change cause they fired him. Or his goons at least.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 17:58 |
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Last post from me and then I’m stepping away from here for the year. Perma me if I don’t. Queen Aminata was also ringside for last night’s show and she is amazing. Vastly improved wrestler and I am so happy to see her possibly get a match on Dark or Elevation. She’s a nurse as well and a really strong woman who I hope looks good if she gets a match. Fingers crossed. Cheers.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:03 |
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smarxist posted:i don't mind -1 being around, like seconding Tay or being on Ten's shoulders for an entrance, but yeah if there's going to be a rumble or something keep him in the back do people really think they're planning to make the kid wrestle in the rumble
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:04 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:NXT was great this week, way better matches than Dynamite. First time I've watched it in months and months. I can see it doing well. I’ll take your word for it
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:05 |
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JUNGLE BOY posted:I’ll take your word for it Ciampa WALTER is worth watching
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:06 |
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ICR posted:Last post from me and then I’m stepping away from here for the year. Perma me if I don’t. You don't gotta go Let's all just post about all elite wrestling
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:08 |
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El Generico posted:who is Shida's next big challenger? Tay Conti with Britt waiting in the wings El Generico posted:Who's going to be facing the Bucks for their next defense? PAC and Fenix, literally next week
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:08 |
I almost watched NXT then saw how long just the first episode was and went "fuckin nope."
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:16 |
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A series of matches where Kenny demands Hangman beat every member of the Elite before he'll give him a match could be fun. Plus, there could be some weird poo poo like "Does Cody even count anymore?".
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:17 |
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Now that he can't post anymore, my theory is that ICR is Excalibur
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:19 |
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Bleeding hell the kid's dad died a few months ago, if they want to give him a David Arquette joke title reign I'm not going to complain about it
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:19 |
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"Takeover had better matches than a weekly Dynamite" is not exactly a shock.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:20 |
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I'm really, really looking forward to BTE next week, my duders.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:21 |
Pylons posted:"Takeover had better matches than a weekly Dynamite" is not exactly a shock. It would be for me. I'll take a series of matches the vary in style, even if they aren't all great, than the one single match everyone has at NXT every show any day of the week.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:21 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Ciampa WALTER is worth watching you can go ahead and CIAMP my WALTER bud
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:26 |
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Vince MechMahon posted:I almost watched NXT then saw how long just the first episode was and went "fuckin nope." Exactly the same length as dynamite??? Vince MechMahon posted:It would be for me. I'll take a series of matches the vary in style, even if they aren't all great, than the one single match everyone has at NXT every show any day of the week.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:28 |
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i stopped watching dynamite probably like 5 or 6 months into it being on the air and lost interest in AEW outside of matches involving specific talent I was already a fan of prior to their signing, I now pretty much watch it when it becomes a destination for good wrestlers to end up on TV but I have very little faith in them being involved in any form of well told angle that lasts beyond a match or two. I think there's a lot of reasons for this, from mediocre to bad match production (e.g. camera work and shot choice etc), the lack of PPVs punctuating storylines, the way both the women's division was treated and up until recently the lack of top level female talent, but mostly it's just that the young bucks are really bad at everything I think makes wrestling good and involve themselves in everything at all times and bring out the worst elements of Kenny too. I want to watch and enjoy the show, it's got so many wrestlers I think are absolutely fantastic and the future of wrestling, but there's no reason to watch it on a weekly basis when I generally only have time for one or two wrestling watching nights a week and DDT exists and is consistently great. A company that has a top end of Mox/PAC/Jericho/Omega and rising stars like MJF/Jungle Boy (please for the love of god push him as a singles guy asap)/Darby/Sammy as well as some of the funniest people in wrestling should be something i'm consistently interested in.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:28 |
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DeathChicken posted:Bleeding hell the kid's dad died a few months ago, if they want to give him a David Arquette joke title reign I'm not going to complain about it It's not even like he's doing anything major. He's not leading the Dark Order or anything, he just comes out with them sometimes and acts funny in the background, and for some reason he gets to be Tay's manager. It's not like he's giving them actual orders or cutting big tv promos.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:29 |
Quantum of Phallus posted:Exactly the same length as dynamite??? When I checked on peacock as Dynamite was ending it said it started 4 hours previously. So if it's not 4 hours long, that's on Peacock.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:32 |
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Getting to spend a couple of days each month with the AEW crew probably helps Brodie Jr feel more connected to his dad considering it was such a big part of Brodie Sr's life
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:33 |
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Vince MechMahon posted:When I checked on peacock as Dynamite was ending it said it started 4 hours previously. So if it's not 4 hours long, that's on Peacock. It's probably counting the preshow too.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:34 |
Vandar posted:It's not even like he's doing anything major. He's not leading the Dark Order or anything, he just comes out with them sometimes and acts funny in the background, and for some reason he gets to be Tay's manager. It's not like he's giving them actual orders or cutting big tv promos. That one promo he cut against Luther was great, though.
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:34 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:02 |
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https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1380205511019130881 trim that fat, tony
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# ? Apr 8, 2021 18:36 |