Wrestling Thread

[Glenn's Take]

Kurt angle/brock lesnar/shelton Benjamin?

Those three average being 5 years younger than me.

 

[GeraldV]

Mostly gymnastics but she's not wrong. I'm not even sure how amateur wrestling helps pro wrestling.

I would think that volleyball players' explosiveness could transfer over to wrestling really well.

 

[American Dragon]

Guess they need more people to sign that can pass as a Samoan

 

[American Dragon]

I would think that volleyball players' explosiveness could transfer over to wrestling really well.

I think it’s more athleticism and fluidity than anything else and some sports have more of that than others.

There’s a reason why almost every single former football player that becomes a wrestler isn’t a 360 tub of lard from the offensive/defensive line, a quarterback, or a kicker.

 

[Laparkafan]

I think it’s more athleticism and fluidity than anything else and some sports have more of that than others.

There’s a reason why almost every single former football player that becomes a wrestler isn’t a 360 tub of lard from the offensive/defensive line, a quarterback, or a kicker.

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[American Dragon]

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Pat’s a good example of why not to hire kickers

 

[American Dragon]

What purpose did it serve to have Baron Corbin and Cass beat Trick and Jevon?

Like they couldn’t find a single job guy across their 75 shows and TNA or a local jobber to take an L against Cass, it had to be a potential future centerpiece of the promotion?

 

[American Dragon]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

 

[Im The Village Idiot]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

Man. There was a point in like 2016, I started to realize, as a WWE fan, the high spots for me were mostly entrance, promo, finisher, and most of everything else was bleh. I started to wonder if I was just burned out and really didn’t love wrestling that much anymore. It took NJPW for me to remember “oh yeah, I actually do really love pro wrestling and not just the spectacle around it.

 

[Laparkafan]

I don’t really care about his larger point, I just find it interesting that anything not inside the ring loses viewers for AEW.

It’s why he gives away big matches on tv that’s what the fans want. I doubt the MJF promos drop ratings. Didn’t Alvarez blame the ratings dip on the overrun?

 

[American Dragon]

It’s why he gives away big matches on tv that’s what the fans want. I doubt the MJF promos drop ratings. Didn’t Alvarez blame the ratings dip on the overrun?

That’s part of the problem but the “normal” two-hour window was lower as well.

The show “only” had 1 hour of wrestling over 2.5 hours. Normally it’s right around 50%.

Ratings must have fallen off a cliff during that extended backstage segment with Kenny and Ospreay.

 

[Laparkafan]

That’s part of the problem but the “normal” two-hour window was lower as well.

The show “only” had 1 hour of wrestling over 2.5 hours. Normally it’s right around 50%.

Ratings must have fallen off a cliff during that extended backstage segment with Kenny and Ospreay.

It also doesn’t help they had to condense the storylines b/c MJF and Thekla lost the belts after the challenger was determined so it isn’t the usual storyline build after the Owen winner

 

[American Dragon]

OTM getting called up is a choice. They were lucky to get on TV in NXT with just 6 matches this year and 6 last year. Never tag champs. Only once did they ever win a #1 contenders match. They’ve largely been so irrelevant down there that I went “who?” when I saw the posts about them debuting.

 

[American Dragon]

It also doesn’t help they had to condense the storylines b/c MJF and Thekla lost the belts after the challenger was determined so it isn’t the usual storyline build after the Owen winner

Other than inserting DCF into the men’s world title story, I’ve thought the build of the two world title matches has largely been good to great with several non-match segments being standouts. Actually some of the best non-match segments in company history, in my opinion.

It’s the rest of the All In build that has largely been blah for me. I feel like they’ve just had too many PPVs/big Dynamites between Double or Nothing and All In, it’s hindered the booking for All In and all those other shows.

 

[American Dragon]

lol they called him Hobbs on commentary

 

[Laparkafan]

 

[Laparkafan]