xbilkis posted:

It's incredibly funny that the bar is so low in professional wrestling that "A pre-announced list of 10 segments in a two-hour show" feels noteworthy. But, by contrast, so far NXT has advertised their men's champion appearing and that's it

ICR posted:

This is a long post, but I hope you read it. It’s therapeutic for me—I really love the community and I forget that sometimes. I’m a huge social and people person and things just feel good today. I like that feeling. Stay with me if you’re bored and looking for a read. There’s a lot of things I really love in my life and the world and wrestling is one of them. Here we go:

Let me add something as I’ve been getting up to speed with all the great posts here. It’s been awesome to read the past few pages I guess I missed as I cooled off on seeing Jaxson loving Ryker back in a WWE ring last weekend. Happy days happy days happy days, just keep saying that, me! You got this! Woo woo woo! Ok here we go:

I’m so excited to see a tide get turned in WRESTLING right now. I currently don’t see battles between brands as of right now. It just feels different.

I read some of the worst of the worst on the internet boards for wrestling and even lately, it’s been more positive than normal. More eyes have been on it than normal too. People are starting to pay attention to other wrestlers and get invested.

Most importantly in all of this, real, true alternatives exist for people to make a living and have fun making a living off wrestling. I never thought I would say that in 2020, and it’s not entirely true because indies are shut down right now. But wrestlers are really pulling for each other and people are reaching across the aisle to better one another.

It’s not as big of a joke as it has been. Somethings changing in the air as a whole. I attribute that to the executives at the companies who are putting it out there that they want to “save” wrestling and make it a better place than where it was. Stories are being told that are chapters in a book instead of a 16 page children’s book about caterpillars and if they go to heaven. Ok, that’s a stretch, they definitely do and I can prove it but that’s for a different day!

The authenticity of wrestlers finding their role and their niche is really being defined right now. I know there’s technically this artificial war between some brands right now, but that luster is wearing off, especially as we see programs like Dark say, “Come be part of our brand and get your reps in. Get your name out there. See if there’s a spot for you.” Wrestlers are paying attention to the Universe of Wrestling as I’ll call it here to see what’s going on around them. It’s like this whole other world and people are finding their place in it.

I know who guys like VSK and Dani Jordyn and Josh Alexander and Watts and Thunder Rosa and all these other talents that exist, are good at what they do, and they get to exist in a GIANT WORLD as opposed to a little, exclusive playground.

I’m going to look back on 2020 and feel as if wrestling got bigger. Don’t mind the ratings. Don’t mind what you read or see. It really did get bigger. Brands got bigger. Wrestlers got better. Things were discovered.

I said this about a week ago that many days, it’s easy to feel ashamed to be a wrestling fan. I remember when it used to be a shame to be a video game player. “Oh, that person is a nerd!” “Oh, they have no friends!” “What a dumb hobby to have!”

Now, you’re in the minority if you don’t play games. It’s not as weird, if weird at all! Wrestling has more growth ahead of it but this year took leaps and bounds over what it was.

It’s going to get better and better, I can feel it coming. This coming year is going to be a pivotal year for wrestling as a whole. Not sports entertainment. Not sports. Not entertainment. But wrestling, as a whole. We’re going to define it by the wrestlers themselves and not the brand they’re part of or this and that. It’s going to grow and so will the talent that are part of it because they are invested more and being invested in more.

Let’s just say with a fun little quote that many of us know: “We are just...getting...started!”

ICR posted:

Cavauro posted:

i read it. what now

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

I would bet either the 6-man or MJF/OC mains. Bucks/TH2 almost certainly opens.

yea ok posted:

xbilkis posted:

I would usually assume MJF/OC is the main event, but the Inner Circle Breakup stuff could make the order of operations there wonky.

I am very curious how they're gonna handle the Inner Circle stuff even if it's a lower-tier storyline right now. The two outcomes I'd want to avoid are "Inner Circle kicks MJF out and stays together" and "MJF/Jericho stay aligned through the dissolution of the Inner Circle," but that still feels like two pretty plausible outcomes based on what they've shown so far

Tato posted:

Any other Sting besides Crow sting exposes the fact that he's over 60 years old. Gotta stick with that.

Quantum of Phallus posted:

sting looking good

xbilkis posted:

It's incredibly funny that the bar is so low in professional wrestling that "A pre-announced list of 10 segments in a two-hour show" feels noteworthy. But, by contrast, so far NXT has advertised their men's champion appearing and that's it

dromal phrenia posted:

I also think the idea of Kenny going after women's titles is very funny.

Kenny: I want to bring intergender matches to AEW.
Me: Well as long as it's done respectfully, intergender matches can be very good and I trust th-
Kenny: *runs into a Yuka / Riho match and just v-triggers both of them so hard they fly offscreen like it's smash bros*
Me:

Barry Bluejeans posted:

tao of lmao posted:

it's one of the things i like most about AEW is they let you know what's coming a week in advance and lets you anticipate it.

ICR posted:

When things were at their very worst:
2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid – repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
The first sign - the Earth will spin faster.
The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin.
Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
Beaware – Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
After WW3 – rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist – the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
- will seem to rise from the dead
- will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
Benedict XVI is the last true pope – will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.

- banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist

- Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance.

- „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“

Barry Bluejeans posted:

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

https://twitter.com/refaubrey/status/1336733790035533824?s=21

Man, this feels like a lot of stuff for one show.

Shinjobi posted:

I want Kenny to get his poo poo kicked in, in international waters. Setup another cruise, no fans, just beat the poo poo out of each other throughout an entire ship.

ICR posted:

Let’s just say with a fun little quote that many of us know: “We are just...getting...started!”

Duke Pukem posted:

The matches were ok, the main event was pretty good, Kenny and Callis were great, but good lord, the announcing and the backstage segments were horrendous as was Sami Calihan.


Dark was so much more entertaining and it is mostly squash matches. Taz and Excalibur are really good

tao of lmao posted:

it's one of the things i like most about AEW is they let you know what's coming a week in advance and lets you anticipate it.

explosivo posted:

I had a similar realization watching takeover this weekend, like even at it's worst you could always make the argument that NXT is still the best WWE has to offer and takeovers will always have mostly quality matches, but AEW has truly flipped a switch in my head that made me realize there's nothing WWE can do to bring me back at that point. For the longest time I was tuning into Raw on Mondays and Smackdown on Fridays just because it's what you do, and even when it was real bad I kept tuning in but paying less and less attention to it. I like the people wrestling for NXT/WWE but the only thing I could think of the whole time was how much better these people could be outside of this environment. If it wasn't for AEW I would just not be watching wrestling anymore, I always liked the people who wrestle for NJPW and elsewhere but don't care enough to subscribe to the services to watch. I'm very happy to have a wrestling show to look forward to that doesn't think that I, the viewer, am an rear end in a top hat who doesn't know what I want and will just watch whatever slop they present us anyway.

Vince MechMahon posted:

He said it was related to Lex the same way the bus is. Did lex show up via chopper at any point? My other guesses are going to be a shocking debut like lex on nitro, or he's going to kill Ms. Elizabeth.

jesus WEP posted:

ive only seen like 3 joker sting things and they were all cringe af, is that representative of the rest of joker sting?

Mr. Squishy posted:

What do you think?

Gavok posted:

That reminds me. Really glad the AEW game is going to have intergender wrestling. I've always been annoyed by how the WWE games keep the rosters completely separate. What's the point of making a Sonya Blade CAW if she can't be in the same Royal Rumble as Scorpion?

Anyway, I hope Kenny's journey leads to him beating Jake Hager for the Aztec gold belt. And it leads to Hager explaining his Lucha Underground backstory to the other Inner Circle guys.

"So you know how Chris is a Demogod and Sammy is a Spanish god? I'm actually a god-god. Like, I'm an all-powerful Aztec god. Who wrestles. Cage can vouch for me."

"How has this never come up before?"

"I don't know. I don't talk much."

dromal phrenia posted:

I'm still thinking about the comparison to NWA Flair. Does Kenny have any friends left?

The Berzerker posted:

_{just a little Wednesday hehe for you all, no offense}

The Berzerker posted:

_{just a little Wednesday hehe for you all, no offense}

The Berzerker posted:

_{just a little Wednesday hehe for you all, no offense}