No. I'm literally asking you why have you become obsessed with wrestlers physiques all of a sudden?Are you telling me you didnt notice a difference?
Great cinematic match Darby and Sting
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First time I watch AEW and their production is terrible compared to WWE. Probably to be expected though, given that nobody can compete with Vince on that front.
What an underwhelming surprise, though. Christian is who you bring out after all that hype?
What an underwhelming surprise, though. Christian is who you bring out after all that hype?
Are you trying to support Christian here? Because "not as bad as Koko B Ware" isn't the way to do it. I mean, "Out. Work. Everyone" isn't the best debut t-shirt ever, but it's better than "at least I'm not Koko B Ware"
I was gonna say that the vast majority of the guys I used to see in WWE look older and softer here. Jericho looks ridiculous. Sting looks awful. Matt looks as bad as he's ever looked. This isn't what everyone had in mind when they checked out this company. Seems to be TNA 2.0
61 year old Sting pinning 27 year old Ricky Starks.
It's fine when AEW does it.
It's fine when AEW does it.
Technical truths are the best truths.
Given the age of those guys, they're not going to look great.
AEW is now into its third year. I think people are past just checking them out. They're growing well.
Surely growth requires people checking them out?
I prefer R-Truth.
For sure. I was addressing the poster calling AEW TNA 2.0 after saying it's their first time watching the company.
This match would be a lot better without the shitty explosions.
And?
Theyre terrible aren't they?
Meaning that AEW already has a fan base. Most people watching this PPV are fans of the company and not just checking them out.
OK, I honestly thought Callis/Omega had set up those terrible explosions on purpose, so they could do the whole "haha trolled you, you thought you were going to die" thing.
But they're selling them like they weren't terrible explosions?
But they're selling them like they weren't terrible explosions?
Every company has a fanbase. But they constantly have new people checking them out. It was true or WWE when it brought in Tyson in 1998 and new fans checked out something they hadn't seen before, and it was true of TNA when it brought in some established stars.
I - myself - had never watched AEW before this event. So, I'm one of those who are still checking it out and aren't part of its fanbase.
This is embarrassing. Fecking sparklers
I can only imagine one of the "explosives" never went off?
I dunno, this is absolutely terrible though.
I dunno, this is absolutely terrible though.
That was fecking hilarious. Eddie Kingston saving Moxley from sparklers.
Better exploding match than I was expecting
Sounds like you've become obsessed with me
Miro was big but not in very good shape in WWE. Since leaving he's clearly in a lot better shape and put in the work to make it happen. If you dont notice these things its because you don't know what you're seeing
He's selling it like it was near death
Something must have gone wrong. Surely they would have practiced and if thats what they wanted to produce, surely someone would have spoken up and said It was shit? Right?
Did the explosive budget go on Cody's entrance or something?
So you can't answer the question. Cool.
Surely to do that better, you go big on the smoke machine (to cover it up), have a few proper pyros around the ring, and have the explosion sound effects to make it look like somethings happening, and rig the ring to collapse so when the smoke clears it looks like actual carnage has happened?
Not fecking sparklers.
Not fecking sparklers.
Why answer when dumb questions only have dumb answers?
How profound.
That's what I was thinking. Some pyros done right could have had a better effect, but this wasn't what it could and should have been, visually.
I think I misunderstood your post actually. But I do think it's a bit silly to compare it to TNA after your first viewing. It wasn't a great PPV and it's a shame it's your first one to watch.
They used pyros. Thats what they used
I'm sure Alexa Bliss doing magic would have made for a better main event
I'm sure Alexa Bliss doing magic would have made for a better main event
Theres no need to watch something you dislike. Thats the same reason WWE have record low ratings each year
Some people prefer magic to explosions. I'm not sure either are great but I liked the main event overall because of the story and the match. The explosions were safe (as far as im aware at least) and I'd prefer that to watching someone get hurt.
I'm going to disagree with the other poster, that was a great ppv
They used pyros. Thats what they used
I'm sure Alexa Bliss doing magic would have made for a better main event
You know there's different kinds of pyro, right?
That was Goldberg entrance level pyro. The kind of Goldberg stands in.
"We mustnt forget it's been raining" kind of vibes I'm getting right now.
For 2 seconds before normal pyro the same as the ones outside the ring on the coiled barbed wire tables
The tribal wwe v aew stuff is so weird to me. These companies don't care about you beyond your $. They're both run by people with dubious ethics. The wrestlers on both rosters get along. Fans just trying to insert themselves into the 'story'
That would have been better
Agree especially how defensive some get on here about any little criticism
Christian is a good get, but not one worthy of the massive hype in my opinion. When you go so big that people are expecting punk/brock and you deliver Christian, you’re going to get criticism. A lot of people will have bought the PPV purely for the reveal.
They really are in danger of being viewed by the casual fan as becoming TNA 2.0, which I assume is who they need to reach out to in order to grow.
They really are in danger of being viewed by the casual fan as becoming TNA 2.0, which I assume is who they need to reach out to in order to grow.
Thanks.