Log Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hager looks like Andre in there. He’s huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I thought that as a really good debut episode. Felt very WCW in a good way. Definitely felt refreshing visually. I think they need to work on some pacing issues for future shows though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Cody really wants to do a War Games match to honor his dad, I think we might have just got the teams for one set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I was worried about the timings but they managed to cram two hot angles in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Somehow they managed to make Jake Hager look like a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I am unironically excited by the prospect of Jack Swagger vs. Dustin. Pretty great first episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Jericho with his own stable is pretty cool. And of course conspicuous by his absence MJF... I agree the pacing with the commercials wasn't great and they could've used more promos and a little less time on matches, but I liked this a lot. Some cool developments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Just now, Mad Dog said: I thought that as a really good debut episode. Felt very WCW in a good way. Definitely felt refreshing visually. I think they need to work on some pacing issues for future shows though. Agree with all of this. You could tell a few times that they weren’t sure where to go after a segment, but overall solid show. The He biggest plus for me was that it moved. WWE’s biggest issue right now is how much their shows drag. This was far from perfect, but it didn’t drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Swagger being aroung is not good. It's hilarious but not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Fuck, they used Hager about as well as possible. If he stays in his lane as a goon for Jericho, at least until he shows consistent improvement, I have absolutely no issues with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Yeah, post-match angle was great, and I'm far, far from a Hager guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Swagger is a very underwhelming choice for a reveal/surprise. Mox planting Kenny head first on a glass table felt more important and worthy of ending the show, imo. Having said that, it was a successful first show. They established Guevara, Riho and Swagger and started to promote the tag tournament, which will carry the show in the coming months. Did this show make me change and my mind and be interested enough to keep watching? Not really, but as I've said before, I'm not this show's audience. Unless MJF is on, I'm on anything they do right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Boss Rock said: Jericho with his own stable is pretty cool. And of course conspicuous by his absence MJF... I agree the pacing with the commercials wasn't great and they could've used more promos and a little less time on matches, but I liked this a lot. Some cool developments Yeah, I can understand wanting to go with action on the first night but they've got to get Cody, Jericho and others on the mic next week to get over their personalities. Plenty of time til the PPV though. Good show overall and they still have cool characters like Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus to be introduced. Tag tournament should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I'm happy to eat crow on what I said about Nyla earlier. At least for one night. It was far and away the best match on the show and they worked a really smart and fun match around the size difference. Involving Omega in the post-match didn't make much sense, but I really dug everything else. its not fair to say there's nothing they can do to make me care about Jack Swagger, particularly as I"ll be watching every week, but there's almost nothing they can do to make me care about Jack Swagger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jmare007 said: Swagger is a very underwhelming choice for a reveal/surprise. Give the cameraman a raise, though, for quickly locating fans who were shocked and/or excited by Hager's presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Swagger is a good wrestler. However, he is the absolute worst HW champion WWE has ever had. To have him as your big surprise resembles TNA in a bad way, ~BUT if they manage to avoid him turning on Jericho, and contain him to a henchman role, it won't do much harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Bologna Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 The people behind me were absolutely marking out about Swagger. I don’t know if that’s representative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Swagger is a good wrestler. However, he is the absolute worst HW champion WWE has ever had. Great Khali says hi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMKK Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Swagger is a good wrestler. However, he is the absolute worst HW champion WWE has ever had. To have him as your big surprise resembles TNA in a bad way, ~BUT if they manage to avoid him turning on Jericho, and contain him to a henchman role, it won't do much harm. It's hard to pick up anyone who's ex-WWE that hasn't been booked into absolute oblivion at some point tbf. Jericho has barely got his ass backstage and he's already retweeting every positive comment anyone has made about him tonight lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 That was really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I was sort of worried they were going to blow it and that the show would be an absolute mess. There's still kinks to be worked out, but I think they passed their first test tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 They HAVE to pull the trigger on Cody. He's by a massive distance the most over guy in AEW right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Yep for all the criticisms of Cody he was the most over on the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, C.S. said: Great Khali says hi. Khali was more iconic. Not a good wrestler, but has a charm to him that Swagger simply does not. 4 minutes ago, FMKK said: It's hard to pick up anyone who's ex-WWE that hasn't been booked into absolute oblivion at some point tbf. Alberto would be a better choice tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 I was flipping back and forth between this and baseball, so I wasn't locked in. It was a very good debut show, plenty to build on for the future. At the risk of committing the horrible crime of nitpicking AEW, there's some stuff not to like as well - Cody shaking the hand of the dude who pushed his wife in front of the tope, Moxley dragging Omega out of the ring right in front of the ref, awkward cuts to the audience in the middle of a match/angle, a lame bit with D-list celebrities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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