WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 6 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: Apparently they got quite the late rush for tickets and are up around 27,000 which is great for AEW. And the place looks great, but you’re right…either they didn’t do a great job getting mics placed in the crowd, or they’re kind of lukewarm. It looks great. Like a pretty full house. But it sounds like pretty awful. The company didn't do any favors letting the Casino Gauntlet run nearly twice as long as needed, or sending Cole out to read his career's death announcement (this is NOT at all a knock on Cole, who by all accounts is one of the best people in the business and if that's what he wanted I'm glad he and his friends got their moment) as that would kill even a hot crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Time management is an issue here. You don't get bonus points for eating into the SNME rating if you kill the crowd in the building and at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thread Killer Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 4 minutes ago, WingedEagle said: Time management is an issue here. But then we might have missed out on that song from JoJo Offerman and I enjoyed that almost as much as I enjoyed the performance by Jelly Roll on Smackdown last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 2 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: But then we might have missed out on that song from JoJo Offerman and I enjoyed that almost as much as I enjoyed the performance by Jelly Roll on Smackdown last night. That was an absolute highlight. The Bucks' entrance was long and grand for no reason at all. Casino Gauntlet was absurdly long. I get the Cole piece but you double the entrances for that match and give them full time and here we are 2+ hours into the show and not even halfway done. Never mind Zero Hour. Even Wrestle Kingdom has corrected course from that kind of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Plus straight to the heat here without any meaningful shine to warm up the crowd? Really odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 and the worst part is, if they do anything to save time, they'll shave the women's gauntlet instead of the tag title match that no one cares about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 It took a couple hours, but the show now feels like a goddamn affair with that match. Let's go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 Bucks-Ospreay/Strickland felt like a match more enjoyable in a stadium than watching on TV, but that is exactly what this show needed. Seems like they have backended the show with all the hot matches, instead of the usual "start with a couple of hot matches" style they use. The match was perfect for what it wanted to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 WILLOW POP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 ATHENA POP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Women's gauntlet was a million times better, and the absolute correct winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 FUCK YEAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 I don't know how much of a hot take this is, but this was the match of the night so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 So Mercedes is winning tonight, then taking the RoH title in the future as they play into all of this "Mercedes Hogan" and creative control talk that's been going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 14 minutes ago, MoS said: ATHENA POP ATHENA POP! Let's hope this isn't a false start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 This match is overdelivering. Now needs to end quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 Holy shit that German to the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 3 hours ago, MoS said: Mark Briscoe is awesome He sure is. But the constant "He's dedicated the match to his kids/ late brother!" and always losing stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Whoever keeps cutting to all of these wide shots needs to be fired immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 Great match, and right result. Toni Storm is one of the greats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 HELL YES TONI TIME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 What's the thinking with running what looks like a 5.5-6 hour show? Forget us jokers at home on the couch. You've got 25K people there who need to eat, use the bathroom, charge a phone, just fucking GET UP AND MOVE. How does this benefit anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 5 minutes ago, WingedEagle said: What's the thinking with running what looks like a 5.5-6 hour show? Forget us jokers at home on the couch. You've got 25K people there who need to eat, use the bathroom, charge a phone, just fucking GET UP AND MOVE. How does this benefit anyone? You had the Cope bullshit for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Kenny needs to pick a damn theme song already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 This is making me long for a HHH Mania entrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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