tallmike

Pro Wrestling Sim. It's a far easier system to get into than TEW, and it's on Steam.

He's not a compelling enough talker or a good enough worker to get as much TV time as he gets. And out of his stable, Solow was just an awful signing that I don't see any upside to whatsoever, Comoroto looks like a million bucks but needs a lot of work still, and who knows if Ogogo will be back after injuring his eye again. It definitely feels like "he helps with training so he gets to play bad guy on TV" and not the best talent in the best spots.

How do you feel about the commentary in AEW? Jim Ross & Excalibur specifically. JR's an actively bad commentator at this point in time. It's clear he doesn't enjoy the product and he's more than willing to air that shit out. Excalibur is fine, sounds like Scott Hudson, but the mask is a total hat on a hat thing at this point in time. How do you feel about the ring style or the look of the show/arena? The in-ring style is what it is. I don't actively love the maximalist shit, but that's like yelling at clouds at this point. The look of the arena, I don't super care about. The production at times has been a little... off. They miss too many shots they shouldn't, and focus on shit they shouldn't too often. The house produced music is straight butt cheeks. I'm glad they're licensing more music for that reason. What are your thoughts about the talent that AEW has been bringing in like Jake Hager, Shawn Spears or more recently, Mark Henry & Paul Wight? Spears and Hager are total wastes of TV time, but then again, so is like Kip Sabian and half of the goobers that barely make it off Dark, but they didn't come from WWE. Do you think that AEW relies too heavily on comedy? Like I don't have an issue with the Dark Order being goofy or that kind of thing, but Jericho, Omega, and the Bucks are all "comedic" characters that desperately need to be told no. What about their abundance of factions/stables? It's just giving some people something to do, and the fact that it feels like every match ends with a brawl in the ring doesn't help the impression. It also doesn't help that a lot of the stables are full of dead weight talent. Your QT Marshalls, Aaron Solows, Cezar Bononi's, Dolph's dipshit brother, the 5 guy... Managers/Valets? I'll agree with a lot of other people, Taz and Tully are doing great work, but a lot of the other managers just, again, feel like they're trying to throw as many people on the screen as possible. How do you feel about the decisions Tony Khan has taken, or how Dave Meltzer seems to give AEW the constant benefit of the doubt where as Jim Cornette will barely acknowledge when something is good? I don't listen to either. Are AEW presenting the women well? How about the tag team division? The women are in a way better place than they were a few months ago, even if at times it still feels like Baker's the only character that gets any real shine. The rest of the women work matches, and they've gotten better and the matches are longer, but character-wise? Nothing. Tag teams desperately need more to do. Is AEW relying too much on gimmick/stipulation matches? They aren't great at making the stakes for them matter, or putting them as the blow offs when they should be. Most importantly, what do you think the greatest positive about current AEW is & what do you think is their biggest hindrance at this point in time? I wanted to get some conversation going outside of the AEW megathread to maybe just discuss what we like & what we're concerned about going forward. Greatest positive: Even though AEW isn't truly what I want from a wrestling company, I'm glad it exists, both as a place for talented people to find work and as competition to what's been the status quo. Greatest negative: Too much of the company feels like it's an entirely different universe than everything else. Cody's stuff and the Inner Circle stuff definitely don't "go with" the rest of AEW.

I genuinely don't know why you wave your ignorance around like a badge of honor.

Given that "Chris Hero" is an awful, awful name, maybe the guy just has bad taste when it comes to wrestling names.

That's something WWE does REPEATEDLY with their babyface champions. Which is why every babyface WWE run ends up feeling stale. They don't have a "rogue's gallery" of heels they've been heating up with the idea that these people will challenge the new champion. Instead, they'll just have midcard heels challenge like Ziggler, Lashley (he's been built up now, but when they did Lashley vs. Drew last year he was ice cold), Owens at his most overexposed, and sit back and pat themselves on their back. And then wonder why the babyface champion reigns don't go as well as they'd hope.

My guess would be the PPVs will be there Day 1, probably with a big chunk of Raw, SD, NXT, and the retro shows they're currently working on (WCWSN, Superstars, etc.) There will be other stuff that will take some time to move over.

A lot of arenas have the trough style urinals, and while some people will be mindful of other's personal space... others are just trying to piss and get back to the game and will basically go shoulder to shoulder to get in.

I think both what Cornette said was really gross, and that a lot more people know about what Cornette said today than they did a few days ago because by engaging, they gave him a MAJOR signal boost.

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Speaking of booking sexual harassers, this is not a good look, NWA. He's being sued for sexual harassment related to his FoxNation job. https://deadline.com/2019/12/britt-mchenry-fox-news-tyrus-1202805957/

This REALLY isn't the time or the place for your nonsense. Saw this being shared, really made me choke up a little.

Well, I wasn't expecting it to take this long... but we are back! APPLE | GOOGLE | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | DEEZER | PODCAST ADDICT | POCKET CASTS | PLAYER.FM | RADIOPUBLIC | RSS TWITTER | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE After a far too long delay, we are back with our tenth episode, and we’re going over Wrestle War '91! We’ve got War Games! We’ve got Lex Luger in a hell of a US Title Defense! Vader vs. Stan Hansen in a BIG MEATY MEN SLAPPIN MEAT EXTRAVAGANZA. The talented women from Japan. An INCREDIBLY racist Danger Zone. And… some matches that probably shouldn’t be on PPV. We’ll also talk about what caused the delay, some attempts at recording that didn’t go so well, go over our latest vinyl purchases, and much, much more! https://podcastle.podiant.co/e/the-podcastle-of-fear-episode-10-wrestle-war-1991-390cd88e1a3714/

This is trash and doesn't belong here.