Like I’m not saying he is or ever will be some main event star but he is a solid mid card guy with some up side. WWE would have him in a comedy act tag team
As much I think blading is really dumb, I am appreciating the blood in AEW these days. I think it could go overboard at some point, but it works right now. Of course, not all of the blood was from a blade. It’s definitely been ramping up though.
I always go back to Foley’s book, when he says no one teaches you how to swing a shovel in wrestling school. What he did is dangerous, but assuming that was a planned spot (and I have to assume that was the case), I blame Hardy and whoever produced the segment for even letting it happen. Any time you throw a chair, shit like that is a distinct possibility. Now maybe Sammy improvised and did it. If so, shame on him. I have my doubts that was the case though.
If it was planned I doubt you'd see reports about how people are mad at Sammy. That doesn't look like a planned spot to me.
Come on, that was planned. Maybe you could tell me that it wasn't a planned spot before the match when they were backstage but Matt would have called that in ring. You don’t just go throwing a chair at someone as an improvised spot without them knowing you are about to
we’ve seen plenty of people throw chairs, but they are folded and thrown flat, not like that. Matt looked pretty fucking surprised when it happened
Yeah, I’m not going to say he didn’t throw it fucked up but there’s no way Matt didn’t know a chair was coming at his dome right there. whether it was decided that morning in the locker room or 2 min earlier in the ring, Matt knew a chair was coming
Yeah I mean he threw it too hard but it goes back to my point that everyone involved is to blame. Who throws chairs? It’s a totally unnecessary risk that should have never been approved to begin with.
If the chair is flat, it’s easy to get your hands up and it’s a safe spot, we’ve seen it a million times
AEW's 10th time over 900k (NXT has done it three times; the first two weeks on USA and Nov 20, 2019). Last time AEW hit 900k was their last week of audience shows.
It’s nice to see the increase for both shows. For the most part both AEW and NXT have put on solid to great shows the last six weeks and momentum seems to be picking up.
**In a story that just broke Friday afternoon, several executives including Kevin Reilly are out at WarnerMedia. It was reported that Reilly and Bob Greenblatt are leaving the company with a reorganization coming down from the company’s new CEO Jason Kilar. Reilly’s significance is that he was the key executive at the network that worked with Tony Khan in securing a deal to get AEW Dynamite on the air. AEW President Tony Khan was friends with Reilly and first pitched the concept of launching a wrestling promotion in April 2018 and the idea of working together. AEW and WarnerMedia announced their distribution deal in May 2019 and launched in October. This past January, the sides agreed to a new deal that extended AEW through 2023 on the network. Reilly signed a new four-year deal with WarnerMedia, which was announced in May 2019, expanding Reilly’s role to oversee TruTV in addition to TNT and TBS and serving as its chief content officer. He was named president of TNT & TBS in November 2014. The executives being put in new roles include CEO Ann Sarnoff who will oversee a new Studios & Network group combining content studios and programming across WarnerMedia’s properties including TNT. HBO programming president Casey Bloys will oversee original content for HBO Max, TNT, TBS, and TruTV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
I don’t think AEW would be in jeopardy of losing its deal, but I do wonder if the product becomes tamed a bit.
A program who is growing recently in viewership and has shown it can get over 1m on a Wednesday night. Cutting its legs from under it isn’t a wise decision.
I just wonder if all the blood and the swearing gets toned down. AEW doesn’t need that to succeed, but it doesn’t hurt.