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BAKER VS TOO LEGIT 69428 99.80%
TEAM TAZ VS DARBY CODY 6 0.01%
BATTLE ROYAL 37 0.05%
KENNY VS MOX 99 0.14%
Total: 69570 votes
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The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
https://twitter.com/tonyschiavone24/status/1334319544916193281

Mox's wife also had quite the reaction "It's loving Sting".

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The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Renee's reaction in video form:
https://streamable.com/3jch34

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
The AEW game that's coming out might have just got a potential new bunch of adds as well. That's pretty awesome.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Somewhere you can hear Bischoff giggling and Cornette loading his guns.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

Shida wishing she hadn't seen all those Japanese horror movies now.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
BTW saw some people mention it, did Kenny get a black eye?

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
It's going to be nuts if AEW is able to pull off an invasion angle or team up with another wrestling group while WWE botched the biggest potential invasion of all time in such spectacular fashion many years ago.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Lets face facts, Impacts going to outlive us all.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

Le Saboteur posted:

Kenny Omega storyline buys his own promotion in Canada in Impact because AEW disrespected him or whatever, maybe thats where this is going.

Little known fact, the entire population of Canada is part of Kenny's new stable and you know what?

We got some mean rear end beavers.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Don't think anyone mentioned it but for the first time since AEW had the titles all the champions are non former WWE stars.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Last nights episode still has me astounded. Sting, holy poo poo. He'll finally be the true icon we all know him to be and be able to end his career on a high note. And that ending, Impact, WTF. Madness, absolutely madness. Crazy madness and I'm very curious how it's all going to go .

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

I'm part of those numbers. Glad to support AEW.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
AEW President & CEO Tony Khan hosted a media call this afternoon and was asked about the longterm use of Miro.

The former Rusev made his AEW debut back on the September 9 Dynamite show. Since then he has been in a team with Kip Sabian, and Penelope Ford. Miro’s gimmick shows off his real-life video game fandom, but hasn’t always received the best feedback from fans, some who expected Miro to receive a main event push as soon as he arrived. Khan said Miro will be a big star in the company.

“Miro’s going to be a big star here. It’s really hard for people to come into AEW when you have a ranking system unless they come in at the start of a new year cycle,” Khan said. “And I didn’t want to wait till January to bring Miro in. Brian Cage was the exception because Brian Cage, I booked him, he came in… I signed Brian Cage in January and he came in, I was going to do the Casino Ladder Match and Brian would be a surprise and we would build to Brian getting a shot but build up a record for Brian before we did Moxley versus Brian Cage.”

“But I can’t do that for everybody and I wasn’t going to do it again, and so I couldn’t just put Miro in the main event with no record and no history here.”

Khan said Miro is working with some of the best people in AEW, The Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, as he has to build up his status in the company.

“So he’s got to build up and build story, but he’s working with some of the top people in AEW, some of the people I regard as the top people — with the Best Friends and now Orange Cassidy in the story,” Khan added. “And so, we have great stuff going on the top of the card and I just couldn’t cast everybody aside. Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and MJF, Cody and Darby, Ricky Starks and Brian Cage. We have Will Hobbs moving up now. Hangman [Page].

“There’s so many great things going on in AEW, and Miro is now going to be a huge part of AEW, too, but, just like everyone else, he has to win matches and get involved in stories.”

Khan also talked about how AEW needs to rehabilitate Miro and his character after the way he was used towards the end of his WWE run. Khan said the Miro we’re seeing is the Miro he knows.

“Whether people know it or not, we’re re-contextualizing Miro,” Khan said. “I don’t know what Miro was supposed to be before he came to AEW. I don’t understand what he represented. And I think most of the great characters in wrestling have some element of their personality, where they bring themselves into it. And the Miro you’re seeing is the person I know.”

Khan noted that the initial feud with Trent was booked to show people that the new AEW Miro is who he really is, instead of some made-up gimmick. Khan also acknowledged some of the negative criticism from fans on social media.

“I’m just kind of rebuilding him, to be honest with you. I thought he got beat up so badly [in WWE],” Khan said. “I saw some jackass on Twitter was like, ‘This guy drove a tank at WrestleMania and now he’s doing this,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, and then he got kicked in the nuts and they treated him like s— for years. He drove a tank out five years ago. That’s not the guy I signed. The guy I signed had been abused for years. And he’s being rebuilt.”

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

DLC Inc posted:

I like how Tony's just like "yeah he drove a tank and then was hosed with for 4 whole years afterwards" lol

anyone who saw the battle royale knows they love the guy, he looked golden. I'd like him to get away from the initial arcade machine storyline with Best Friends asap though; I'm much more hyped for him getting in the crosshairs of people like Inner Circle.

Most people that talked about Miro when he was in the WWE were basically saying the same thing Tony did and wondering how the gently caress did the WWE gently caress it up.

Then towards the end of his run we learned Vince thought he was a loser and was confused why someone hot as Lana would ever settle for a guy like him.

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The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

Seams posted:

Why do we get mad at promoters for misusing wrestlers but we never question if the wrestler has bad vibes? Or if they're just unpleasant to be around?

Khan has said they were doing their best to avoid any wrestler with a problematic reputation that causes drama or brought about issues elsewhere.

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