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I hope we get a 5 way tie at 9pts for the Blue League, just to see how the hell they explain the tie breakers . Or maybe they just do a 5 way elimination match for the semis lol.

Kenny out indefinitely and now SRS reports this I'm pretty sure TK's booking would've made sure to kill Mercedes' drawing power rather quickly, but not even having the chance to at least take advantage of a couple of months of good ticket sales thanks to her, plus a couple of interesting matchups is gonna hurt.

Basically everyone that follows AEW agrees that 1) Swerve should be their world champ ASAP and 2) the Devil storyline has no possible good payoff, which is gonna hurt even more than usual considering it's a mystery angle that has ran for 3-4 months at this point. And still, I have very little faith Tony's booking will let 1) happen at an appropriate time and continue to push 2) as a huge angle even though there's no way to make it compelling or even have a good reveal.

Yeah, even if they have a rematch in the semifinals it feels like an unnecesary way to protect Mox. A draw would've been fine. I read that TK confirmed that the TC champion will defend the belts throughout the year (basically replacing the ROH champ) and now I don't want Swerve to win, but that L to Mox doesn't serve much of a purpose anyways.

So there are legit semifinals so everything I posted goes out of the table, lmao

If it's not about WBD, Meltz gonna get roasted again for being so coy about stuff he can't truly report yet but can't help but try to put out there in a vague manner.

If he likes going to night clubs and that life style, he should turn his character into a boxer/MMA fighter type were he lives the good life (dancing included) but when the ring bells he fucks you up. I feel his eureka moment shouldn't be choosing between "wrestler or sports entertainer" once again. He should realize he can do whatever the hell he wants as long as he's prolific in the ring and come out as a whole new character because of it. Screw what Jericho or Danielson think, find yourself young one.

And by lawd, this promo by Dragon!

Danielson vs García was really fucking good, very much worth watching.

How would a draw go against that though? If anything, it sets up a rematch down the line were he can get the W over Mox. The whole point of having a tournament like this one is that you can play with different results and not worry about protecting people so much. Swerve better get the world title belt by Revolution. I'm honestly kinda scared that this Triple Crown will be something that's defended regularly and if that's the case that's the last thing Swerve should be doing because that's the kiss of death in Tony's booking.

Wouldn't the Gold League be over one week in advance if either of them win? At most they could tie at 12 (which would require Swerve losing to Rush in the final week) and whoever wins next week has the tie breaker anyway. They kinda have to draw to keep things interesting.

Mox vs Swerve Is gonna be the first draw, right?

And now Narita joined House of Torture, lol. For the love of Terry Funk, someone take the fucking book away from Gedo.

Well, if WWE is not making good money on house shows given how well they've been doing for the past year, then I kind agree they have to change the model because it's not gonna get better than what they are making right now.

I mean, Okada becoming a free agent in February isn't really news. He usually becomes one considering how short term New Japan contracts are, lol. But with Bushiroad having a shitty year and wanting to cut costs, I guess this is the ideal time for someone to come in an snatch Okada away from them. It would be a heavy blow though, they have no one set up to become their next Ace. I have no clue why Tsuji, Umino and Narita are still booked as midcarders.

I feel like we should get Eddie vs Dragon III with Kingston finally getting the W, though at the same time they could save that for later on a PPV.

Has it been confirmed if there's going to be semifinals for the shows in Orlando? I think I heard Tony announce them but he could've just been implying that each block gets decided that week and not straight up semis.

And fuck Ric Flar man, it's 2023 let's talk about how awesome Eddie was yesterday. Dude screaming "no" to Danielson knowing he was about to lose and go 0-2 in the tournament before getting his head knee'd off was beautiful.

Yeah, the company is still in the red as far as we know. They just continue to get bigger revenue after a 2023 with more PPVs, the monster that was All In, a new TV deal for Collision (plus some international deals) and more shows because of that. I think it was Brandon Thurston who theorized that the only way for AEW to be profitable in the short term is that the next TV deal is indeed the big bump they are expecting it to be. Regardless, they are not in trouble and they'll more than likely come out of 2024-2025 looking stronger than ever financially.

Holy fuck, Dragon vs Kingston II might take it over Claudio vs Brody. Eddie was incredible in that one, my god.

Claudio vs Brody was fucking awesome. Match of the tourney so far.

Matt, I know you have. But you answering business/drawing arguments with your personal opinion on the product is always quite something

A part of me feels like the crowd that followed The Elite everywhere and spent money on them on a level we had never seen before on a niche product/act had their series finale once Hangman beat Kenny for the belt. I could be completely wrong but I feel those fans that started the wave in the mid 2010's and basically made it possible to create AEW and make it a viable n°2 option in the U.S weren't gonna stay by 2023 no matter what. At least not in a way that could've saved the company from falling to the level it's been at for the past year.

They better fucking pay Austin enough for him to be on a couple of TV shows in the build to cut some damn promos. I was so disappointment he never showed up to son Kevin Owens and do the type of shit he did to Miz and the students on Tough Enough.

Rock did say on Joe Rogan's podcast last week that a party approached him for a presidential run but he declined. Only saw the clip were he discusses that topic but from the feedback I read, it seems Rocky mastered the art of talking for hours and not say much of anything