Mad Dog

AEW can coast for a long time pulling such strong numbers in 18-49 plus they are hanging around in the top 5. There are things to be optimistic about with them vs. NXT. And things like the Rick and Morty announcement shows they have a good idea on the type of people they are catering to.

Shit just got real:

What I really loved about that brawl is that everyone that came out to stand with Cody were guys that were in his video package the week before. I love the little details that they pay attention to. It really feels like you get rewarded for paying attention.

I completely missed JR voicing his concern for the Dippin Dots the first time I watched the brawl.

I am really disappointed in AEW right now. You have Cody out there attacking paying fans that just want to eat popcorn and be sports entertained.

The Jericho stuff is just gold week after week.

I liked Smash Brothers but they need to kill this fucking Dark Order gimmick with fire.

We have a special guest this week. We're talking action figures, mostly wrestling, and what being a collector is like.

I would put Omega/Tanahashi against anything Rollins has ever done and say it is way better. And I wouldn't even say that was his best New Japan match.

I've noticed specifically in there the first two weeks with NXT/AEW that AEW would have like 8 times the comments in the threads but there would be gifs and stuff for every little thing that happened on NXT vs. AEW. But even if it was getting that way, WWE has been brutally bad the last year. I'm on a podcast and we just stopped talking about WWE for the most part after Mania because it became almost impossible to be positive about it and we don't like mindlessly bashing things.

I would take Jinder's reign over Rollins.

It wouldn't surprise me. I believe a couple of months ago Toni Storm had worked more matches for Stardom than she had for NXT UK.

Great Lakes Wrestling: 9/7/1984 live from Minneapolis, MN High Flyers defeated Doug Vines and Jeff Sword at 9:56 Scott Hall defeated Ray Stevens at 7:27 Masked Superstar defeated Lanny Poffo at 8:00 Buzz Sawyer defeated Thunderbolt Patterson at 15:09 Great Lakes Tag Team Title Match: Super Destroyers (c) defeated Ricky Gibson and Tommy Gilbert at 10:41 Great Lakes Heavyweight Title Match: Tommy Rich (c) defeated Rip Rogers at 18:29 Main Event: AWA National Tag Team Title Match: Rock N Roll Express defeated Mike Miller and Rip Oliver (c) at 16:03 to win the AWA National Tag Team Titles

Great Lakes Super Bowl of Wrestling: 9/6/1984 live from Chicago, IL Scott Hall defeated Dusty Wolf at 3:41 Masked Superstar Invitational Battle Royal: 19 men are in the ring for the battle royal. Suddenly Andre the Giant walks out to the ring. Masked Superstar and The Marvelous Masked Manager start arguing with each other. Barry 0 gets tossed by Andre the Giant Tommy Gilbert gets tossed by Jerry Brisco Don Carsen gets tossed by Ricky Gibson Ray Stevens gets tossed by Andre the Giant Frank Morrell gets tossed by Andre the Giant Jerry Brisco gets tossed by Masked Superstar Ricky Gibson gets tossed by Masked Superstar Charlie Fulton gets tossed by Roger Kirby Frank Dusek gets tossed by Brad Rhengains Tom Jones gets tossed by Jack Brisco Roger Kirby gets tossed by Shawn Michaels Brad Rhengains gets tossed by Masked Supestar Gerry Murrow gets tossed by Jack Brisco Larry Hamilton gets tossed by Shawn Michaels Jeff Sword gets tossed by Andre the Giant Doug Vines gets tossed by Masked Superstar Jack Brisco gets tossed by Masked Superstar Masked Superstar gets tossed by Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels gets tossed by Andre the Giant WINNER: Andre the Giant Angelo and Lanny Poffo defeated Danny Fargo and George Weingeroff at 8:47 Sgt Slaughter vs. Ivan Koloff - Double DQ at 7:45 Great Lakes Tag Team Title Match: Super Destroyers (c) defeated High Flyers at 25:01 Buzz Sawyer defeated Hawksaw Jim Duggan at 16:01 (TKO due to blood loss) Great Lakes Heavyweight Title Match: Tommy Rich (c) defeated Rip Rogers at 14:00 AWA World Heavyweight Title Match: Ted Dibiase (c) defeated Thunderbolt Patterson at 12:51 Main Event: AWA National Tag Team Title Match: Mike Miller and Rip Oliver defeated Rock N Roll Express (c) at 20:01 to win the AWA National Tag Team Championship

They are incapable of resolving anything.

I'm willing to listen to offers on the Poffos.

I believe WWE's plans were "oh, we'll figure it out later."

Great Lakes drops out of the draft.

And on top of that, NXT is going to have to slow down at some point and try to be an actual TV show. They have burned months worth of match ups for nothing.

I think they could get away with 4 hours across 2 or 3 shows. At the minimum they have to get an hour cut off of Raw and chop an hour off of NXT.

I always thought NXT would get treated like a B show. And the ratings are kind of reflecting that. I think Gargano/Ciampa ruined NXT ultimately. They have been chasing their first match ever since and destroyed the promotion in the process.

Great Lakes selects Rikishi.

I think you can blame them for spending the last 5 years chasing everyone away.

If you take TruTv out they essentially did the same number on TNT. What I found interesting is more women 18-49 were watching AEW than 18-49 men watching NXT. But NXT is just a massive failure on TV so far.

Ouch, NXT's rating are brutal. It's going to be interesting to see how long it can continue losing viewers like this before they make it more like the main roster.