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Envisioned posted:Like 6 months ago I wouldn't have wanted Bray in aew, but they're just absolutely nailing everything right now so gently caress it why not. Genuinely curious what he comes up with in an environment with more creative freedom. Yep Even as a major Punk fan, pre-last night I was of the belief not only did the company not need him, but wrestling was kinda (at least pre-COVID) doing fine without him After that pop and promo? Nah. Let whoever wants to come and actually try something do it. We need more moments that are like that; I don't think it'll be topped, but drat do I feel confident the building will shake when Bryan first comes out, if nothing else
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Aug 21, 2021 22:46
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Husky Harris is All Elite.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:48
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AEW has really established a great template for guys past their prime to end their career’s on their terms, which I think makes them a great sell for those established names now, Jericho is the only one I feel like they’ve over indulged, and they really didn’t have a choice since he was the first one in the door.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:48
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My mindset has definitely shifted from "there's SO MANY OTHER GOOD PEOPLE on the roster, stop taking time from them!" to "everyone on the whole is so drat young, if you delay a bigger spotlight for them for a year while simultaneously getting 10x the eyes on the product that would have seen them otherwise hell yeah go for it".
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Aug 21, 2021 22:48
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Lead Pipe Cinch posted:If Bray can come up with something calibrated to the supernatural level Malakai Black is working with, he’ll be fine. Give him Bear Country and they can be mountain cultists instead of swamp cultists. Ok, I want this
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Aug 21, 2021 22:50
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Davros1 posted:Why do you hate Serpentico? He knows what he did.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:50
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Renaissance Spam posted:He knows what he did. Jon Cruz account spotted
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Aug 21, 2021 22:51
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I really want to see something completely different from Bray Wyatt and THE FIEND. I hope Rotunda, whatever he goes by, just completely reboots himself. He's a smart guy who can connect with a crowd. The work is a question mark but for someone like him is less important anyway.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:52
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MJeff posted:I really want to see something completely different from Bray Wyatt and THE FIEND. I hope Rotunda, whatever he goes by, just completely reboots himself. He is going to be Braydon Cutler and he is going to be Brandon's older brother
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Aug 21, 2021 22:53
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Black/Bray/Butcher/Blade/Bunny would make a pretty kickass stable. They wouldn't need to be supernatural at all, just spooky and mysterious.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:53
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He is the Butcher and the Blades best customer. He buys big piles of meat like Jake from State Farm
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Aug 21, 2021 22:54
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Envisioned posted:Like 6 months ago I wouldn't have wanted Bray in aew, but they're just absolutely nailing everything right now so gently caress it why not. Genuinely curious what he comes up with in an environment with more creative freedom. I want to see how bad a guy has to be for AEW not to be able to do something interesting with him. Like the apocryphal story that Vince signed Bastion Booger because he wanted to prove he could make #500 on the PWI 500 a star. Windham Rotunda has the ability to do interesting things too, he's just been doing very bad things for a few years.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:55
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Grant DaNasty fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Aug 21, 2021 |
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Aug 21, 2021 22:55
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MassRafTer posted:I want to see how bad a guy has to be for AEW not to be able to do something interesting with him. Like the apocryphal story that Vince signed Bastion Booger because he wanted to prove he could make #500 on the PWI 500 a star. Windham Rotunda has the ability to do interesting things too, he's just been doing very bad things for a few years. Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, not Bastion Booger.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:56
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Lamuella posted:I firmly believe that there are some die-hard WWE fans who AEW will never win over, and some lapsed fans who will never come back. And let's not undersell the potential to make fans of kids. Anecdotally, my six-year-old son has never been into WWE, but he is in love with Orange Cassidy and asks every AEW show if the Best Friends are wrestling. I think AEW being willing to embrace colorful and goofy gimmicks without making GBS threads on them is appealing to kids and acts as an on-ramp for the youth to get into more serious storylines or "legitimate" characters. I leave it to you to compare and contrast with Nikki A.S.H.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:57
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Lead Pipe Cinch posted:AEW has really established a great template for guys past their prime to end their career’s on their terms, which I think makes them a great sell for those established names now, Jericho is the only one I feel like they’ve over indulged, and they really didn’t have a choice since he was the first one in the door. Bringing in legends and pairing them off with the younger talent that's most like their style/persona is brilliant, I love Sting w/Darby, Jericho putting over MJF, and boosting Sammy as well, and Christian w/ Jurassic Express is super fun. it's not just "we're bringing in a legend to beat all our top guys and win the belt to squeeze some more juice from the fruit", there's way more emphasis on cultivation and collaboration, so the next few years are going to be awesome as poo poo, and then after that? even better. there'll be long term story telling hooks all over the place, it's a really healthy environment for creativity
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Aug 21, 2021 22:58
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sticklefifer posted:Black/Bray/Butcher/Blade/Bunny would make a pretty kickass stable. They wouldn't need to be supernatural at all, just spooky and mysterious. Would they be alltogether ooky?
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Aug 21, 2021 22:58
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Q7kid posted:And let's not undersell the potential to make fans of kids. Anecdotally, my six-year-old son has never been into WWE, but he is in love with Orange Cassidy and asks every AEW show if the Best Friends are wrestling. I think AEW being willing to embrace colorful and goofy gimmicks without making GBS threads on them is appealing to kids and acts as an on-ramp for the youth to get into more serious storylines or "legitimate" characters. I've got a bunch of friends who are brand new to wrestling and Cassidy is their biggest draw.
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Aug 21, 2021 22:59
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windham rotunda will join cody's stable of wrestle sons as a white meat southern babyface and never do anything spooky
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Aug 21, 2021 22:59
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MassRafTer posted:I want to see how bad a guy has to be for AEW not to be able to do something interesting with him. Like the apocryphal story that Vince signed Bastion Booger because he wanted to prove he could make #500 on the PWI 500 a star. Windham Rotunda has the ability to do interesting things too, he's just been doing very bad things for a few years. It's guaranteed to be entertaining one way or the other. Either he comes up with something novel and cool, or he goes Turbo Fiend and we get a month or so of hilarious awfulness before they try and course-correct.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:00
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STONE COLD 64 posted:HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post. hell yes!
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Aug 21, 2021 23:01
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smarxist posted:Bringing in legends and pairing them off with the younger talent that's most like their style/persona is brilliant, I love Sting w/Darby, Jericho putting over MJF, and boosting Sammy as well, and Christian w/ Jurassic Express is super fun. it's not just "we're bringing in a legend to beat all our top guys and win the belt to squeeze some more juice from the fruit", there's way more emphasis on cultivation and collaboration, so the next few years are going to be awesome as poo poo, and then after that? even better. there'll be long term story telling hooks all over the place, it's a really healthy environment for creativity Really good point. I wasn't on board with Christian/JE at first but in just a couple segments I love the dynamic of the Purest Boys being mentored by Mr. Bet on Yourself. And Christian being a Toronto boy it has a bit of that 2019 Raptors run.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:02
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Renaissance Spam posted:I've got a bunch of friends who are brand new to wrestling and Cassidy is their biggest draw. Even including Punk I think OC is their biggest draw. AEW knows exactly what they have in him.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:02
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I still can't get over that he was Fire Ant.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:03
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holy poo poo i just realized i get to see punk live when they come back to boston havent seen him since he was doing wwecw house shows
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Aug 21, 2021 23:03
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Bray can basically be the rich man’s version of what Matt Hardy is doing now. Let him lean heavy on character work, give him a squad of goons, only have him wrestle periodically in multiman matches or as the final boss of his stable
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Aug 21, 2021 23:08
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big money matt IS the rich man
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Aug 21, 2021 23:11
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Chris James 2 posted:Dave on Observer Radio says Bray's most likely coming too No thanks, I'm good.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:13
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vk wallstreet jr is all elite
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Aug 21, 2021 23:14
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Dimebags Brain posted:No thanks, I'm good. good at what
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Aug 21, 2021 23:15
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Bray was fine in the ring, even good!, as Bray. When he was the Fiend he was fiendishly dreadful
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Aug 21, 2021 23:16
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Couple of neat bits of info from the AEW panel at Comicon: 1. Before Punk went out on Friday, Thunder Rosa told him "welcome back!" and he was like "don't say that" because he was already on the verge of tears. 2. The DMD thing partially came about because audiences didn't like constantly being reminded she was a dentist when she was a face, so when she turned heel she just leaned into it. (Also "Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D." is redundant, both titles say the same thing, that's a nice heel touch.) 3. Leva is super nice and a huge geek.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:18
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My favorite guys are big fat agile guys like Kevin Owens so bray being all elite is cool with me. He’s also super creative so it will be funny to see him wash off the wwe stench while Alexa transfers the fiend or whatever to Eva Marie and Seth Rollins gets another Hershey syrup bath that only the 35+ crowd understands.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:18
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aew signing windham rotunda would be worth it just for the reactions on The Net
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Aug 21, 2021 23:19
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just buy him a lantern from Dick's and thats all the work you need to do
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Aug 21, 2021 23:22
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You know who I'd to see do pro wrestling vignettes? Kris Straub of Local 58 and other creepy things. He'd be perfect for Bray.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:24
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Bray I think would need a little work to get up to the standard of most of the roster, but he's not the absolute shits so I think he could get better. And WWE booking every one of his matches around some kind of supernatural craziness happening probably hasn't helped him. Like it's sort of a crap shoot with some of these folks since the WWE House Style is so restrictive you don't really know what they can do. One of the graces of AEW is that they really do let people work different styles a lot more distinctly.
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Aug 21, 2021 23:24
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Send Bray on excursion to Impact first
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Aug 21, 2021 23:25
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Bray finally has a chance to resurrect the greatest character of his career: Husky Harris is All Elite
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Aug 21, 2021 23:27
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Intruder posted:What it looks like to realize how much you missed something 
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