CI Wrestling Thread #56

American Dragon

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Also ya they need to go back to the old school 5v5 elimination style match - this version is just stupid thrown together nonsense
The extinction of elimination tag matches is something that I really don’t like about wrestling these days. Bookers trying to protect everyone (and their egos) instead of booking something good. Not that WWE would book it good at this point, but I don’t know any company that’s doing that anymore.

Unless it’s on the indies, but there’s not much tag team wrestling on the indies because of the finances behind it. Why pay for double the # of people for a match when they aren’t going to provide double the amount of work?
 

American Dragon

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Punk needs to call it a wrap on anything by that involves him having to leave his feet. Could have killed or paralyzed Bron here because he’s got no athleticism.

maybe they should send him down to the PC to learn how to wrestle lol

 

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I witnessed approx. 7,000 fans walk out very frustrated when the Yeeting began! Boy they were mad!!!

We just complaining to complain? The Yeet thing is popular in every arena and stadium all over the world. WWE gave fans what they wanted and set it up for Brock's music to hit killing the moment as he came out and started ragdolling everyone. JC, guys lol.

- Elimination Chamber for Feb has sold over 11k with nothing announced. It'll likely sell out. The cheapest available ticket as of now is $240.60.
- Worlds End is next month with over 5k sold. It may get around 7k. The cheapest available ticket as of now is $37.95.

I give that info because I've noticed in recent months a wave of fans online trying to will into existence an idea that WWE is terrible for a number of reasons and everyone should start watching AEW. Well, that hasn't worked. And when WWE is seeing this type of ticket movement, the idea that everyone is being priced out may not be completely accurate either. One event just did 45k and people there seemed happy. People aren't exactly gobbling up those cheap tickets to AEW but they're spending money for a PLE in Feb. So if WWE is practically unwatchable, why is demand so high? If AEW has perfect wrestling and it's a fan's dream, why is demand somewhat low? Why aren't fans running to Dynamite and Collision tapings? This tells me that WWE is still somewhat hot and grades from ESPN or Meltzer's ratings or a YouTuber ranting isn't changing that. And people are still paying the prices TKO has set.

That's my overall response to looking online today and seeing wrestling fans act like they witnessed a holocaust last night.
 
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American Dragon

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AEW needs to either establish the Continental title as on equal footing as the AEW World Title or the Continental Classic needs to be for a AEW World title shot. I’ve said it from the very first one and nothing has changed my mind on that

 
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I'm surprised they didn't want to move it to Wednesday's.
That's great news for TNA, hope it works out for them.