Edge enters the AEW ring. Tremendous pop.
“My ‘Edge’ days are over. From now on you can call me…”
*cue
@roderickstrong
* “Adaaaaammmmmm!!!!!”
3 months of promos about whose neck has been jeopardized more.
“I suspect you'll be looking for me. But that's alright, man, because I ain't never been too hard to find. Matter of fact, if you need me I'll be right here with all my friends.”
I hope she tries for a redebut since her debut got cancelled out Mercedes debuts against her and then 5 more women’s talents do and she blows a gasket.
“We want a second women’s match.”
“I can give you Jeff Jarrett challenging for another title.”
“Just another women’s —“
“Jericho + stables + ratio.”
“Begging you for more screen time for”
“WOOOO!”
@TonyKhan
@AEW
GEE can’t imagine why she didn’t feel heard.
“We completely respect Swole’s insights and appreciate her time with us. We have worked hard to make progress in many of the areas that she identified, and wish her all the best as she moves forward with her career.”
Fixed it.
Please please please have Samoa Joe cut a promo about how he doesn’t need a PowerPoint graphic outlining his heritage to make the championship mean something. Do it for the realest graps.
Bryan Danielson wrestled his ass off, broke his arm, came into the presser at like 1 a.m., answered every question as authentically and focused as possible, put over his company, NJPW, and the whole experience, and expressed gratitude to the media in the room.
The best,
Roman has defended his title 28 times in 1,050 days.
Orange Cassidy has defended his title 25 times in 277 days.
Completely different reigns. Completely different stories and ways of telling them.
Wrestling is cool.
There is something to be said for the way Jericho carried AEW as their first champion, lost in a vat of orange juice, crushed a musical number, was torn open with a PIZZA CUTTER, got dropped on his neck by Eddie Kingston a LOT, and had Cesaro swing him on top of a steel cage.
There are a lot of things Ronda Rousey has said that I don’t agree with and a lot of views that I don’t share but I appreciate her throwing her voice to certain things.
Bruce Prichard is basically Vince’s avatar, if he’s still around Vince still has a hand in the business. Vince was still running things through Bruce when he was “gone” before
Personally, I find it pretty neat that Eddie Kingston went from less than $20 to his name to fulfilling the life long dream of working the G1 and expanding his work portfolio to IMPACT, AEW, ROH, and NJPW. Legacies being built in real time is cool cool cool.
Hi
@CMPunk
,
I heard that you held a meeting about ways that Collision can differentiate itself from Dynamite. More substantive programming for women would be neat. You once responded to my tweet, which I’m pretty sure is a blood oath of friendship, so we should be good on this?
"I thought I was doing the responsible thing. I didn't punch anybody. I just choked somebody a little bit. Samoa Joe was there told me to stop, and then I quit.”
I thought choking someone a little bit was the responsible thing is insane😵💫
Also…Samoa Joe, ladies and gentlemen.
“Right now, AEW is in the middle of a full-blown crisis. They just had 300,000 PPV buys. Are rumored to be valued north of $2 billion. Had the largest gate in wrestling history. Matt Jackson just discovered tumblr is thirsting over him. Samoa Joe is walking away from everyone.”
"Right now, AEW is in the middle of a full-blown crisis and it’s not looking like there is an end in sight. CM Punk has been fired and is probably ready to go nuclear on the company in multiple ways."
One issue I have with the reported Punk news is that he said that when he came back, he apologized for putting Tony Khan in this position and then immediately put him back in that position two weeks before the biggest wrestling show in history.
Mox really said I’m gonna squash CM Punk and have insanely violent matches with some of the best talent that Japan has to offer and I’m gonna kiss and fight Effy and become the heart and soul of AEW and be a dad and get sober within like a calendar year. What a savage.
If you take Tony Khan’s tweets seriously, that’s on you at this point.
He’s a promoter! I wish Triple H would passive aggressively tweet a victory lap meme. Have fun, nerds.
Tony Khan’s response is exactly the issue. Women are something to be squeezed onto the card if convenient, not even close to anywhere near equal. Just sucks.
If your take away from this is that Bryan Danielson is less than for being part of a committee that has evidence to fire CM Punk with cause and not “Wow, it must’ve been really hard to be a part of the firing process of a long time friend,” you’re out your damn mind.
If you are screenshotting article(s) of the Vince McMahon sexual predation story, please mark them as sensitive content and use a TW in your tweet. It goes a long way in helping victims of sexual trauma.
Mercedes was obviously monumental and industry changing and Deonna was also a gamechanger, but Mariah May has done everything she's been asked to do extremely well since coming in.
@THEVinceRusso
• Less rematches
• Promos sound like they are being delivered by human beings
• Midcard titles matter
• Utilizing talent fans like
• Following their own rules (booking heat on wrestlers, not shitty booking)
• Less DQs
• Better pacing (nobody in the ring during commercial)
AEW really working hard on this women’s division and it’s showing up. Better rotation of talent, major signings, better time slots, more main events, new stars, and non-title stories. Still not a lot of screen time, but much, much better use of it.
I understand why some people are upset about Jungle Boy using the phrase “banging the hottest bitch in this entire place” but we can’t tell men to get bitches and then get mad when they pull Anna Jay.
Hire Diamante
Hire Willow
Hire Miranda Alize
Hire Jody Threat
Hire Janai Kai
Hire Trish Adora
Hire Kilyn King
Hire The Hex
Hire Maria Kanellis
If you’re hiring for your oversaturated men’s division, hire for the thing you’re constantly neglecting.
Dana White hit his wife and says reflecting on his actions is a waste. Nick Khan calls Vince’s rape allegations an encumbrance. Joe Rogan referred to Vince’s victims as floozies. Michael Elgin just did whatever the fuck that was. Banner week.
If you’re wondering why more women don’t come forward, the
@THETOMMYDREAMER
clip is a pretty good indicator. Rooms of people saw Flair do this and laughed it off. Literally witnessed this. I understand a lot of people are extremely angry at him, and I SO get that reaction.
I really try not to call out other publications because there are people that work hard and are nice at a lot of places, but it’s SO corny to pretend you know what would make a stranger happy better than they do. Acting like people don’t get injured in any promotion? The pits.