NYChase718
Veteran
At the end of the day
What about Raven?
What about Raven?
AEW is gonna have Cage end up like Archer and Lee
- Thread starter MenacingMonk
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The Solid One
Superstar
Cage isn't beating Moxley...
...and they really could've been more graceful with the storytelling since it's kind of obvious but they felt a need to rush everything.
If what's left of logic prevails, he's losing due to distraction/interference from a returning Darby Allin right when it looks like he has Moxley beat.
Now it'd have made infinitely more sense for Moxley to conclude that he'd beaten Cage and that it's time for the next challenger...
...THAT'S when you have Taz give Cage the FTW title, to insinuate that he had Moxley dead-to-rights and that he's the rightful champion.
Then you advance the story by having Darby continuing to press by challenging Cage and build that feud...maybe you even put that FTW title on the line with whatever rules come along with it and have a big brutal, defining match between the two of them.
Giving Cage the FTW title now only a week before he cashes his guaranteed title shot in telegraphs that he's not winning. Doesn't make sense, because he's not going to claim two belts in his first title match with the company.
I 100% agree with this post. They completely fumbled debuting this title. This is the perfect scenario for CAge to debut the title. Its pointless to debut this title without having the first match. If he wins the heavyweight title, then what's the point of the FTW title. It also doesnt help that he doesnt have enough swag to hold a title like this. I'm thinking a tweener Omega that's half NJ Omega/1/2 RVD Tv title swag on 1 million could hold a title like this and make it mean something. Someone with the attitude of "I'm the main event and can make their title more valuable than the heavyweight belt." Cage unfornatelly aint the man for the job,
Tres Leches
Empire Business
Cage should at least get a small run with it moxley could get it back at the August ppv 
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Taz owns it
Taz has control of it
Taz can use however and whenever he wants to.
Tony probably can give a fukk since he got so many plates on the stove
And as long as it don’t crazily rock the boar he probably like
So I guess I’m due time we’ll all see what TAZ wants to do with it
NYChase718
Veteran
If you're asking about it's purpose historically, it was created (by Taz) because Shane Douglas (the ECW champ) was out with an injury, so Taz couldn't challenge him for his title. So Taz basically was like, " Bet...since you don't want smoke, I'M the real champion. Now what?" and gave himself the FTW title as a kind of fukk-you to the establishment...but like I said earlier, a gimmick like this makes more sense when there's more time to build heat with it and less predictability (since Cage knows exactly when he gets Moxley as it's really all on his terms).
It was kind of cool because it worked for Taz's character and he "defended" it (despite it being unsanctioned by the company) before he eventually got his match with Douglas later in the year and eventually 'unified' them (he dropped it to Sabu on purpose and then beat Sabu after he won the real belt from Shane).
It's kind of reminiscent to what Moose was doing with the old TNA title while Tessa was out and, come to think of it, it's kind of similar to what UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal had with the BMF title.
If he wasn't fighting on such short notice, him and Usman could've had some great press conferences around the titles before the fight tonight.
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
On the flipside..... maybe AEW doing the right thing
Cuz none of y’all talked about or cared about Cage, Lance, or Brodie until 2020
Cuz none of y’all talked about or cared about Cage, Lance, or Brodie until 2020
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
You ain’t TSC Fam because if you were you’d know Lee/Harper been getting praise for a long time, and Archer was getting props for his G1 work last year.On the flipside..... maybe AEW doing the right thing
Cuz none of y’all talked about or cared about Cage, Lance, or Brodie until 2020
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
The booking in AEW hasn't been that great these past couple months 
Gotta call it how I see it.... lol
Gotta call it how I see it.... lol
Peter Popoff
Baba Yega in black uptowns
They should make it like the hardcore belt.Taz owns it
Taz has control of it
Taz can use however and whenever he wants to.
Tony probably can give a fukk since he got so many plates on the stove
And as long as it don’t crazily rock the boar he probably like
So I guess I’m due time we’ll all see what TAZ wants to do with it
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
If you're asking about it's purpose historically, it was created (by Taz) because Shane Douglas (the ECW champ) was out with an injury, so Taz couldn't challenge him for his title. So Taz basically was like, " Bet...since you don't want smoke, I'M the real champion. Now what?" and gave himself the FTW title as a kind of fukk-you to the establishment...but like I said earlier, a gimmick like this makes more sense when there's more time to build heat with it and less predictability (since Cage knows exactly when he gets Moxley as it's really all on his terms).
It was kind of cool because it worked for Taz's character and he "defended" it (despite it being unsanctioned by the company) before he eventually got his match with Douglas later in the year and eventually 'unified' them (he dropped it to Sabu on purpose and then beat Sabu after he won the real belt from Shane).
It's kind of reminiscent to what Moose was doing with the old TNA title while Tessa was out and, come to think of it, it's kind of similar to what UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal had with the BMF title.
If he wasn't fighting on such short notice, him and Usman could've had some great press conferences around the titles before the fight tonight.
In AEW, storyline wise, it should have been given to Cody since he can’t go for the world title. He can’t go for the big title so he makes his own. Have him completely ignore the heavyweight champs existence. Even have him main event a ppv, which causes the heavyweight champ to get so angry that the champ challenges Cody to a title vs title match. However, Cody doesn’t have the swag to pull it off. AEW/Taz definitely rushed introducing this title into the storyline
