The "let's not take this shyt so seriously" AEW news & fukkery thread

[mannyrs13]

I hope it goes. AEW was best when it was Dynamite and Dark. AEW is not hot enough/good enough to spread over 5 hrs of content a week. At all.

unfortunate cuz they got the roster for it. they def need that brand split to make things better.

 

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Rumors circulating that Rampage may be gone with the new media deal. I know it's neglected but hopefully not true. They should just let it be an ROH show instead if need be.

If they do keep it and it's AEW, don't matter the network whether tnt, tbs, or tru tv, they def gotta make some changes.

It’s just going to end up being rebranded as Shockwave and put elsewhere. Which is frankly what it needs.

Rampage name is irreparable at this point and is in one of the worst primetime time slots it can possibly be in.

 

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unfortunate cuz they got the roster for it. they def need that brand split to make things better.

Brand split won’t fix anything if you think it’s a creative issue

 

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The pic of Hangman burning down Swerve’s house making it on CNN tech reviews lol

 

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[Jmare007]

I hope it goes. AEW was best when it was Dynamite and Dark. AEW is not hot enough/good enough to spread over 5 hrs of content a week. At all.

You are 100% right, I have no doubt ratings for Wednesday and ticket sales for TV would go up if AEW would go back to just having to book Dynamite.

Sadly, The business model for wrestling has changed drastically in the last 6 years, where now it depends almost exclusively on media rights deals. And those mandate more content and TV shows in order to get more money. So AEW Is "screwed" in terms of quality. They will most likely become profitable but they will have to put 5-7 hours of TV weekly to make it so

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

You are 100% right, I have no doubt ratings for Wednesday and ticket sales for TV would go up if AEW would go back to just having to book Dynamite.

Sadly, The business model for wrestling has changed drastically in the last 6 years, where now it depends almost exclusively on media rights deals. And those mandate more content and TV shows in order to get more money. Si AEW Is "screwed" in terms of quality. They will most likely become profitable but they will have to put 5-7 hoyrs of TV weekly to make it so

SRS has always said that some people within AEW never wanted to add Collision and would have preferred to keep Dark/Dark Elevation.

I can understand both sides of the argument. Only one can be proven to bring in money though (Collision) while the other is pure long-term conjecture (helping talent get more reps would theoretically pay off down the road as the talent improves).

But wrestling is a content generation business these days.

At the end of the day, the content that brings in money is going to win out almost every time though.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Swerve is on a crazy run right now. Despite all the hurt feelings out there, it'd be foolish to deny how great he's been over the past 16 months

 

[Reality Check]

I'm all for them having a C-show because it gets people reps, especially the younger wrestlers. However, I don't feel it needs to be on national TV. There's not a great track record of C-shows being viable post-WCW. Whether it's 'Velocity' or 'Main Event' or whatever, they always die out pretty quickly and end up being canceled or moved to streaming only.

Maybe they can get a YouTube show going again..

They had that with Dark on Youtube and then WBD put a stop to it.

Who would ever let go of that guy?

SRS has always said that some people within AEW never wanted to add Collision and would have preferred to keep Dark/Dark Elevation.

I can understand both sides of the argument. Only one can be proven to bring in money though (Collision) while the other is pure long-term conjecture (helping talent get more reps would theoretically pay off down the road as the talent improves).

But wrestling is a content generation business these days.

At the end of the day, the content that brings in money is going to win out almost every time though.

Having the second show helped greatly given people here were complaining about talent not being on Dynamite when they only had one weekly show. The problem has been the execution because it was essentially The CM Punk Show, which backfired spectacularly when he got fired. They need to figure out how the show can have it's own identity/feel to it compared to Dynamite.

 

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Looked like he dropped a bunch of weight due to the Diverticulitis

 

[Jmare007]

You can read the whole interview here The final countdown for Bryan Danielson moving at rapid speed.

Not a lot of new info -him noticing PAC smiled at All In was funny though- but Barrasso pushed the idea of Dragon lasting until the January Tokyo Dome shows a couple of times in his piece, which was kinda interesting to me because that seems like a long ass time for someone that really just wants to go home to fix his neck and be with his kids

 

[mson]

New TV deal sounds pretty good.

 

[King Sun]

Swerve is on a crazy run right now. Despite all the hurt feelings out there, it'd be foolish to deny how great he's been over the past 16 months

He is on a great run but he's still corny and that's ok.

 

[Art Barr]

Her barbed wire death match with Megumi Kudo was way more violent & way more believable than anything Moxley, Adam Page, Swerve, or any of those guys have done in their "hardcore" matches. Kudo & Toyoda didn't just do "look guys, I'm hardcore" spots, they had a fight. A violent, realistic fight that left Onita crying real tears.
If Tony Khan's guys can learn to have fights & not just do spots, then we'll finally get sicko mode.

streaming only could work. youtube live maybe. or if they going with max for streaming the ppvs, won't hurt to put it on there, especially if it wont cost them anything. wherever its on, it just gotta be a better product or just revamp it to focus on the younger wrestlers. like a separate booking area from the rest of the stuff. of course ran by someone else and not TK. give someone the young talent to work with and put that on youtube.

Rant the matches .

I can't believe or get behind y'all comments
Till y'all rant the matches.


Art Barr




Art Barr

Keep that bullshyt that ruined njpw over there Kenny. Do not bring that goofie shyt to aew.

There are no tongans to purge that bullshyt in aew. We raise children here in america. Keep that emasculation bullshyt over there.
Kenny do not come back with that ho ass bullshyt.
You ruined and buried njpw with.
You only have one persona that draws, the cleaner. Keep all them other.
ho ass goofie ass gimmicks to yo self.

Art Barr