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BLACK VS MARTIN 35 29.66%
LUCHA BROS VS FTR 9 7.63%
MOX VS YUTA 2 1.69%
SUPERKLIQ VS DARK ORDER (LOSERS) 51 43.22%
FORD VS HOGAN (NOT THE RACIST ONE!!!) 0 0%
BRYAN VS FISH (DANCE AWAY) 21 17.80%
Total: 118 votes
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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Hangman has a generational connection like Austin or Naito and that's almost impossible to force onto a performer.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Spermgod posted:

ive felt for a while now that TK is a little excessively hesitant to give away matches between pushed guys and it shows in that tournament bracket. the roster is so stacked right now, a Ricky Starks or an Eddie Kingston can afford to go to a tournament semifinals and lose to a Miro or a Moxley. it's fine and NJPW shows it's fine every year.

But.. Eddie is in the tournament.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I think it's a tournament set up for one very strong story beat which is one way to book a tournament, though I'd prefer it to start earlier and the field to be larger maybe next year.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Barry Bluejeans posted:

danielson/dustin is gonna be amazing, I'd put even money that it'll be a bloody southern-style brawl to show off a bit more of bryan's in-ring versatility

https://streamja.com/rdJpp

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Spermgod posted:

come to think of it so long as we get danielson/kingston i don’t care how weak the bracket is. traditional booking would dictate that archer gets his win back though.

Pissed off Mox who's mad that Bryan beat the poo poo out of Eddie would be a great finals and that's what I'm betting on.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

So, with Mox going heel, does he get a new theme? I like Wild Thing a lot but I think something a bit more chaotic would suit this new Mox well.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Lead Pipe Cinch posted:

Either of his indie themes work for a heel, I think (Hole-Violet or L7-Shitlist). Make it happen Tony.

I'd absolutely lose my poo poo if he started using Violet.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Ringo Roadagain posted:

will the g1 be over early enough for tana to come for full gear and celebrate with the hangman>

He could show up tomorrow if he wanted, it'd be getting back into Japan that would require him to quarantine.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I think it should be Andrade.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1450159291839782922

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

King Bahamut posted:

If he’s not in a program I don’t want to see Punk on every show because it emphasizes the limited number of actual matches in his deal which is not the WCW vibe they want. I think they picked up on this after a couple too many weeks of “CM Punk SPEAKS” and “CM Punk WILL ADDRESS” segments

On the other hand they’re running these towns for the first time and the crowd wants to pop for cult of personality, so what the gently caress do I know

Punk doesn't have limited matches in his deal.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/PWTorch/status/1450195273246990338?s=20

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1450200041889701895

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1450211491580420104

holy poo poo

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1450213297744084994

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Darren is struggling to Tweet Through It.

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1449444411989954560

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

AsInHowe posted:

I don't get it?

She moved the needle.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/sammyguevara/status/1450168869692248072

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Stab's boy's boy!

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Cael posted:

Anyone who doesn’t watch Dark regularly needs to this week for the POWERFUL combination of Taz and Eddie on commentary at the same time exuding big AEW Dark energy.

https://streamable.com/2tr6d7

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ovNcYzaGE This whole interview is tremendous.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFal73uWil4&t=1s They uploaded the amazing live performance/entrance for the Lucha Bros from All Out 2021 to the AEW Music channel.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Ruby is a face and MJF is a heel.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

quote:

Fightful spoke with Deonna Purrazzo ahead of Bound For Glory, who confirmed that she has spoken to Scott D'Amore about doing crossover work with All Elite Wrestling, specifically with Dr. Britt Baker DMD. She also confirmed that Baker has done the same with Tony Khan. We haven't heard of any progress on the potential, but it has been floated.

Purrazzo said as currently constructed, it would be hard to satisfy all the bookers with a match result between the two since they're both dominant champions. Purrazzo has pitched and mentioned working as a tag team and even competing for the Knockouts tag team Championships. She told us Baker and Chelsea Green are the only teammates she's interested in picking up.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

quote:

“For Eric Bischoff, of all people, the guy who got lowered down on a motorcycle from a ceiling, a guy who challenged Vince McMahon to fight him, to say that somebody should be quiet is laughable. Eric is doing an act and I respect it but let’s be serious. Eric used to be a wrestling company executive and now he is a commentator, and as a commentator, he’s trying to stir up controversy. I think it would be pretty naive of anybody to look at this and not examine that the person talking is Eric Bischoff who’s the most outspoken wrestling executive of all time and somebody who got a lot of heat. If we’re going to be honest, the things I’m trying to do in terms of balancing these great stars we have like CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson, and people who have come in with years of experience and they have lots of time on television as a big TV wrestling star. Then we have the people that have emerged here and have become TV wrestling stars in AEW like Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, and The Young Bucks. You also have a whole crew of people that are the young stars. A lot of them are becoming young, established stars on TV too. Whether it’s MJF, Britt Baker, Sammy Guevara, Jungle Boy, and so many others, Darby Allin in particular, these are stars I’m committed to keeping in AEW and not losing and building around. When Eric said, ‘Focus on the wrestling’, I am focused on the wrestling, pushing these people, and not running them out of the company like Chris Jericho who couldn’t get out of WCW fast enough. Eddie Guerrero was put in his place. The wrestlers were told by their boss that there were only three guys in the company, when Eric said that only Hogan, Savage, and Piper were the only three guys who had ever drawn money, of course, a slap in the face to a few other people in the room. But also, what does that say for the morale of the young wrestlers who are busting their a**es every week? It just doesn’t make sense.”


Jesus christ Tony.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Bright Future posted:

Serious question, is it worth watching other companies? Which ones and how do I watch with a minimum of fuss? I suffered through WWE for years as a casual fam, swore off wrestling after cool dudes like Owens and Zayn were treated like poo poo and recently checked out AEW and got HOOKed.

If you're okay with a language barrier, Japanese wrestling is probably the next best thing (when you take into account ease of access and price). Wrestle Universe is $10 a month and includes DDT, TJPW, NOAH, and Ganbare Pro, I'm not super well versed in Ganbare Pro but the other three are very solid and fun. DDT and TJPW are more comedy based (but with very good wrestling at the top of the card) and NOAH is full of old dudes beating the absolute poo poo out of each other. They've all got some free matches on youtube so I'd check out the top of the card of each of them to see if you like them.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7eTx7btsc

Road to soon.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

This TBS bracket segment is very good.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Really solid road-to. Maybe my favorite in a while.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

So, does Bryan Danielson vs. Suzuki get 5 stars from Dave?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Glad I got my Fite subscription so I don't have to wait until 10 PM for Dynamite.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

enigmahfc posted:

the Wednesday shows are going to come on at 10:00? I have Fite so it won't affect me, but that seems insanely stupid.

Can't wait for all the Number Bad and AEW Dead for 3 pages on next Thursday if that is case.

On the west coast feed, yeah. Not sure how much of an impact there'll be since I think whenever Meltzer has broken it down by big markets, AEW already does pretty badly in the west, but number will take a hit at least.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Jade is definitely getting a bye. I could also see Riho or Ryo getting byes.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Jackie D posted:

Riho Shida and Nyla as former champions, dunno about the 4th though

Could go with Ryo with the explanation of her winning the last tournament.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I think the men's division could do it but I'm not sure the women's division is ready for a G1-style tournament, they're absolutely grueling.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Jade vs. Rosa not being the finals makes the TBS tournament very interesting.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Yeah when Anna gets like, 10% faster she's going to be an absolute killer. As it is, still pretty drat good.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

SonicRulez posted:

That's a weird problem. I like that all the women in the tournament are the ones currently getting a push on TV. Much better than me wondering how 10 and Dustin Rhodes entered world title competition.

In kayfabe, the brackets for the World Title Eliminator were drawn at random.

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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Elephant Ambush posted:

Are they both still active?

If that's the case they need to figure out where Sara Del Rey went and hire her too. She's one of the best I've ever seen regardless of sex or gender.

She's a trainer at the PC, fairly sure.

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