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One of the things that's great about the G1 and Cinderella tournaments (among others) is that there are usually a couple upsets and I wish AEW had more of those. I don't want upsets to be overused (especially because AEW would book them all as surprise rollups or some stupid poo poo) but the only "anything can happen" vehicle they have is the TNT title It would be really nice if these Owen tournaments had at least one big solid upset as a way to start building someone up from the midcard
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Nea posted:kind of hard to do in their format though, since you couldn't exactly do it in the weekly show because then that'd just be all the matches for ages. they'd need some sort of youtube event at least. They should just add a capybara tag team
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May 16, 2022 21:43
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Elephant Ambush posted:One of the things that's great about the G1 and Cinderella tournaments (among others) is that there are usually a couple upsets and I wish AEW had more of those. I don't want upsets to be overused (especially because AEW would book them all as surprise rollups or some stupid poo poo) but the only "anything can happen" vehicle they have is the TNT title I honestly found KOR going over JB was a bit of an upset.
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May 16, 2022 21:44
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I honestly found KOR going over JB was a bit of an upset. Jeff Hardy? I would agree. Hayter/Storm also seemed up in the air, particularly given the clear setup for Hayter/Baker as a second round match.
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May 16, 2022 21:46
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I honestly found KOR going over JB was a bit of an upset. That's fair
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May 16, 2022 21:49
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Thanlis posted:Jeff Hardy? I would agree. Hayter/Storm also seemed up in the air, particularly given the clear setup for Hayter/Baker as a second round match. I didn't think Jeff winning was out of the question (I thought maybe Darby and Sting would help out Eddie and PNP so Sting could be in a Blood and Guts but that went out the window earlier that show) but I was genuinely surprised when he did.
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May 16, 2022 21:51
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Elephant Ambush posted:One of the things that's great about the G1 and Cinderella tournaments (among others) is that there are usually a couple upsets and I wish AEW had more of those. I don't want upsets to be overused (especially because AEW would book them all as surprise rollups or some stupid poo poo) but the only "anything can happen" vehicle they have is the TNT title what
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May 16, 2022 23:34
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remember when Brian Cage beat Hangman Page in less than a minute with a surprise roll up
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May 16, 2022 23:35
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Remember when Hirooki Goto squashed Jon Moxley in less than 9 minutes during the G1 2019
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May 17, 2022 00:23
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Round robin tournaments make it easier to book upset wins imho
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May 17, 2022 00:33
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i'm trying to avoid the easy "E1" name and it's hard to come up with an AEW pun on Champions Carnival
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May 17, 2022 00:34
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Probably lean into the casino motif again. "AEW: Doing the Slots." Or "AEW: So Many Slots." You know, like that.
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May 17, 2022 01:17
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On one hand Jungle Boy is very over and very good. On the other hand his programs have not been memorable at all. And what is memorable about them have little to do with him. Kenny might as well have been screaming into an empty hallway.
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May 17, 2022 01:32
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Ana Jay had a different theme than the rest of the Dark Order on Elevation tonight. It's still a Dark Order theme but it's not the traditional "JOIN US" theme. Has she had this for a while or is this brand new?
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May 17, 2022 02:36
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Alaois posted:i'm trying to avoid the easy "E1" name and it's hard to come up with an AEW pun on Champions Carnival champions casino its exactly the same but with an aew logo in the corner of the screen
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May 17, 2022 04:14
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I'd just call it the Brodie Lee Invitational Round Robin Tournament you know, the BLIRRT
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May 17, 2022 04:25
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ChrisBTY posted:On one hand Jungle Boy is very over and very good. The feud with the Elite was extremely memorable and had some great Jungle Boy moments.
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May 17, 2022 04:30
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Ana Jay had a different theme than the rest of the Dark Order on Elevation tonight. It's still a Dark Order theme but it's not the traditional "JOIN US" theme. Has she had this for a while or is this brand new? she's had that literally the entire time
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May 17, 2022 04:34
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Has Terminus announced anything new? I was excited about the concept but the first event left me a bit cold.
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Lily Catts posted:Remember when Hirooki Goto squashed Jon Moxley in less than 9 minutes during the G1 2019 Remember when Shuji Kondo squashed KAI in less than a minute during KoG last week? 
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May 18, 2022 06:26
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disaster pastor posted:Probably lean into the casino motif again. "AEW: Doing the Slots." Or "AEW: So Many Slots." You know, like that. Two blocks of six. 12 Large, brother. But yeah the G1 also works because NJPW doesn’t have the same TV schedule that has existed for American wrestling since WWF Raw came on the first time. AEW doesn’t do that same insane loop, so it’s almost impossible to get 18 tournament days (alternating between blocks) into the same period of time. More likely is a couple notable guys doing the NJPW G1, and having reports come through on Dynamite or Rampage.
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May 18, 2022 14:39
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Was Jimmy Del Ray a nice guy? He was loving great.
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May 18, 2022 14:42
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Was Jimmy Del Ray a nice guy? He was loving great. There's stories about him spiking women's drinks, so uhh... No, he wasn't a nice guy.
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May 18, 2022 14:46
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Was Jimmy Del Ray a nice guy? He was loving great. The guy from the Heavenly Bodies? If so, no. He was an alleged date rapist.
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May 18, 2022 15:04
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Oh goddamnit, never mind. I need to stop asking these questions. I'm sorry.
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May 18, 2022 15:10
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Oh goddamnit, never mind. I need to stop asking these questions. I'm sorry. Every wrestler except Riho and Mick Foley are bad.
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May 18, 2022 15:16
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Fallah Bahh's a good dude, to the point when Speaking Out was a thing there were all these horrible stories with the addendum "Except Fallah Bahh, he tried really hard to stop this nonsense"
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May 18, 2022 15:17
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Oh goddamnit, never mind. I need to stop asking these questions. I'm sorry. If they're from a certain age just assume they were bottomlessly awful. It saves time and can be a nice surprise when there's nothing (at least nothing that comes out). Bobby Eaton seemed nice enough.
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May 18, 2022 16:01
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DeathChicken posted:Fallah Bahh's a good dude, to the point when Speaking Out was a thing there were all these horrible stories with the addendum "Except Fallah Bahh, he tried really hard to stop this nonsense" Eddie Kingston got mentioned a bunch too as someone who had no patience for that poo poo and as someone women appreciated for looking out for them. And there was that awesome story about Sheamus where Allison Danger said someone on a British show was making the women uncomfortable in the showers, and suddenly Sheamus showed up and yanked the guy out with him and nobody saw him anywhere at all for the rest of the show.
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disaster pastor posted:Eddie Kingston got mentioned a bunch too as someone who had no patience for that poo poo and as someone women appreciated for looking out for them. Colt Cabana protected someone from that awful Crist brother too; that was mentioned by someone who'd been assaulted by Crist.
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CommonShore posted:Every wrestler except Riho and Mick Foley are bad. Every regular member of Choco Pro is wonderful and I will hear no different.
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May 18, 2022 17:13
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Isn't DDP basically some kind of incredibly corny earthbound angel?
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harperdc posted:Two blocks of six. 12 Large, brother. This is all probably true, but hm. Two blocks of four, call it Hard Eight. Top four ranked singles competitors without a belt get in, so do four "randomly" selected wrestlers. Each wrestler has three matches for a total of 24 matches across both blocks. Two on each Dynamite, one on each Rampage. That would chew up six weeks. Winner gets a title shot of their choice, plus the point order plays into the ranking in the new year after the reset. It's the focus of the company during those six weeks but that seems fine to me! Downside: you don't have time to do both two of these at once and the women probably lose out. Unless some of the matches go to Dark/Elevation.
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Skulker posted:Isn't DDP basically some kind of incredibly corny earthbound angel? He's a carny huckster whose thing actually does good for people.
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Endless Mike posted:He's a carny huckster whose thing actually does good for people. Yea, in the grand scheme of things he's certainly one of the least problematic people in wrestling and getting people who are otherwise too bro-douchey to chill and try yoga is probably a net good, on the other he peddles a light amount of pseudo science when it comes to his nutrition advice and is definitely looking to make a profitable program that helps people instead of a program which helps people and also is profitable. So it's a wash.
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Having guys literally come live with him is incredible, but yeah, it is part of the sell.Skulker posted:Isn't DDP basically some kind of incredibly corny earthbound angel? I thought I heard/read Kimberly was upset Page didn't want to have any children, which was one of the reasons they got divorced - except that he had a daughter named Kimberly, born while together with Page, and I assume with her? It's confusing because I know I've seen Kevin Nash talk about how much Kimberly wanted kids. Red fucked around with this message at 18:55 on May 18, 2022 |
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DDP's yoga is definitely slightly huckster, and i ignore all the nutrition and diet advice entirely, but it definitely is helping me rehab my body, so i can allow it a slight huckster vibe.
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May 18, 2022 18:49
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Actually doing Diamond Cutters as part of your yoga routine is loving ridiculous, and if it didn't help my neck and shoulders I wouldn't keep doing it
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It can only be as good as the base material, and yoga at its base is going to do some good for you. DDP just puts a different coat of paint on it to appeal to a different type of audience. Not much different than like P90x or something where it's just specific types of exercises with some branding.
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DDP went from managing night clubs to pro wrestling, it'd be amazing if he weren't a huckster. DDP yoga also doesn't differ much from more traditional yoga besides different names for things, which is kinda nice considering how insufferably new age most yoga people are.
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