AEW / WWE thread - Real Fighting about Fake Fighting

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  1. Shawn Hunter

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    AEW nearly sweeped the top 5.

    Toni got best gimmick and third worst gimmick lol. As Danielson said, fickle

     
  2. Shawn Hunter

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    Won voters: WWE shows sucked, they had some bad PPVs, and they did some of the most disgusting stuff this year in wrestling.

    Also WON voters: WWE Best promotion, Booker, and Promoter of the year

     
  3. Shawn Hunter

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  4. ZeroPointZero

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    Will always watch this clip when it pops up on the timeline, nobody gave less fucks in any match than Hercules here. He literally sells nothing. (FF to 1:30)

     
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  5. Shawn Hunter

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    I am a big fan of cats
     
  6. Dan Kendra

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    Wow that is pretty stiff of the Observer readers to give the worst match of the year to Bray Wyatt’s last match when he was probably dealing with the same issues that killed him.

    No room for feelings when it comes to bangers I guess.

    Fucking ghouls.
     
  7. Dan Kendra

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    Man that Lou Gehrig really fell off on his last season. What a bum!
     
  8. DetroitNole

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    Lol the wrestling newsletter subscribers are starting to turn on their own product booked specifically for them?









    Some of their other winners are still hilariously indy, but surprised by those ones specifically
     
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  9. ZeroPointZero

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    who is House of Torture? is that like a gimmick that was kept entirely on Rampage?
     
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  10. UncleJesse

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    I think that is just what they call Rampage.
     
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  11. zeberdee

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    google tells me it's a sub-group of the Bullet Club in NJPW
     
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  12. Dan Kendra

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    I googled it and did not know Dick To Go was still an active wrestler .
     
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  13. dome foam

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    HANG THE BANNER
     
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  14. Shawn Hunter

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    It's a stable in New Japan that everyone hates but the New Japan booker seems to love.
     
  15. Bankz

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    19 Post in a row without a like... has to be some sort of record.
     
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  16. Bankz

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    Only thing worse is Shawn posted 48 tweets so we can see how terrible not only Dave but his shit tier followers are. I'm sure Shawn subs
     
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  17. Shawn Hunter

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    That shit isn't worth $12 a month
     
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  18. ZeroPointZero

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    Tony got bullied into finally giving Malakai a singles match. Just wish it was on the show people actually watch

     
  19. Shawn Hunter

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    Malakai wanted to work Collision because it fit his schedule better. I assume because he can spend Sunday-Thursday at home with his wife given she works Smackdown and the weekend house shows.
     
  20. ZeroPointZero

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    LA Knight finishing a distant 9th in the "Best on Interviews" award, as we all know he got over in 2023 because of his 5 star in-ring work
     
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  21. GrizzliesDrew

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    I imagine votes for Great Value-Rock went down after the original came back.
     
  22. ZeroPointZero

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    so you think Will Ospreay is a better promo than LA Knight?
     
  23. GrizzliesDrew

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    He’s more authentic at least. But, a Rock/Austin combo is better
     
  24. snowfx2

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    I know Meltzer has covered UFC for a long time, but grouping them in with pro wrestling on some of those ballots is dumb.
     
  25. ZeroPointZero

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    was Jon Jones really the "MVP" of MMA in 2023? Isn't he out with an injury?
     
  26. jrmy

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    Lesson: Adam Cole sucks
     
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  27. Shawn Hunter

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  28. snowfx2

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    Which is why MJF will be one of the best, if not the best on the mic this decade when the 2020s are done.
     
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  29. Bankz

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    With Elimination Chamber being in weird time zone... Can we avoid posting any spoilers, or conversate about the event till say 4pm tomorrow or spoiler the convo if you really want to speak about it?

    Thanks
     
  30. Bankz

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    Some of these guys wanting creative freedom away from WWE are proving why A) they didn't deserve it B) WWE was always right about them

    Very few WWE talent have thrived in AEW. People thinking Miro, Cesaro and others were future world champs and WWE dropped the ball were proven so wrong.

    Cole was fantastic in NXT, he was presented like a big deal.
     
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  31. Hank Scorpio

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    You mean you're not getting up at 5am to watch?

    Tbh, I would probably watch live if my son didn't have a 9am soccer game an hour away tomorrow.
     
  32. snowfx2

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    He fought once and won the Heavyweight title, then proceeded to get hurt again training for his next fight. Not egregious or anything, but not who I would've voted for.
     
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  33. snowfx2

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    Cody got his presentation right in AEW to where WWE was like damn he was right and we can take that presentation to another level, but Cody's booking of himself neutered him with the AEW crowd after awhile. He could've been over as hell in AEW had he embraced a heel role, but I think everything worked out for him.

    I don't think WWE dropped the ball necessarily overall with Miro, but Vince essentially cutting off Rusev Day because he was no longer the monster foreign heel was brutal for him and the fans.
     
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  34. jrmy

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    The only guy who has left WWE and been better for it is Swerve

    Can’t wait for Lesnar to make his AEW debut 5 minutes after he wins his first world title
     
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  35. Illinihockey

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    FTR? Roderick Strong?
     
  36. jrmy

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    Yeah that’s fair. I was mostly thinking of singles.

    I think if they made another run in WWE now they’d be presented as a big deal but I don’t know they’d be used as well as they were in 2022 - early 2023
     
  37. snowfx2

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    Samoa Joe's run in AEW has been better than in WWE, especially Joe's last couple years in WWE. On the women's side, Toni Storm easily. But other than that it's few and far between.

    AEW has plenty of talent (mostly on the men's side). Hopefully TK let's Jen Pepperman build some stories and don't override her, and also get all the non-AEW titles out of there.
     
  38. Bankz

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    Strong is a nobody in both companies
     
  39. Illinihockey

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    he’s on tv every week and is fighting for a title on a PPV next weekend
     
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  40. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Ali won the X Division title tonight for TNA
     
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  41. Bankz

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    he did the same shit in NXT
     
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  42. Bankz

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    hell to the no… I’ll check it out on demand from peacock after the event ends.
     
  43. Papa

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    You already know the results. One of the few PLE's that every result is so obvious that you second guess and wonder how they could possibly swerve.
     
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  44. Illinihockey

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    Developmental is not the same as the big show
     
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  45. snowfx2

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    Yeah the crowd should be hot, but a throwaway PLE for sure.

    Rumble winners gets their shot, but I’d love to see the other wreslters earn the other shot through a classic build. Not all world title challengers for Mania should be winning a gimmick match.
     
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  46. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Well worth the read. Died laughing a few times.

     
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  47. pearl

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    Bianca, my lord
     
  48. admiralawesome1

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    Roll call call for elimination chamber? Wasn’t planning on it but my body woke up at 4:51 so fuck it
     
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  49. pearl

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    Not the black woman being eliminated first …