AEW Rampage 10/1/21

[Evil Vito]

Let’s gooooo

[Evil Vito]

Danielson vs Nick Jackson is gonna slap

[ron the dial]

nick so unbelievably smooth

[ron the dial]

I HAVE TIL 5

[ron the dial]

this crowd knows what's up

[Damian Rey 2.0]

YOU’RE GONNA GET YOUR FUCKING HEAD KICKED IN! FINALLY!!!

[Evil Vito]

I think Matt Jackson’s all but said he’ll be done wrestling in a couple of years and will want to spend time with his kids. Nick is 4 years younger, has a nice singles run in him I’m sure.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure what was more impressive, Nick's spin on the ropes to setup his clothesline or Bryan's spinning sell of the clothesline.

[Evil Vito]

Bah gawd he’s Dragoning up!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Nick's chest turning bright red from Bryan's hard chops and kicks.

[xrodmuc316]

Either the crowd is dead after Dynamite, or AEW is dimming the crowd noise on Rampage for some reason I can't fathom.

[Emperor Smeat]

Nick probably getting some PWG flashbacks with this beating Bryan is giving to him right now.

[slik]

Nice match so far

[ron the dial]

cutler took that right in the face lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Either the crowd is dead after Dynamite, or AEW is dimming the crowd noise on Rampage for some reason I can't fathom.

Probably the former since they would have also taped Dark Elevation earlier in the night.

[ron the dial]

nice end

[Damian Rey 2.0]

CATTLE HAS BEEN MUTILATED

[Evil Vito]

Warms my heart to see Cattle Mutiliation

[Damian Rey 2.0]

lol Omega getting the fuck outta dodge

[Evil Vito]

Fucking adore Omega just bailing the second the brawling started.

[Emperor Smeat]

That was a great hard hitting match.

Bryan wasn't joking when he said he wanted to destroy people in AEW for his main reason for signing.

[slik]

Hook has CENA NUFF

[Evil Vito]

Does Ricky Starks live in the tutorial house from Hitman 2?

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Starks calling Brian Cage a cornball.

That was a cool promo vignette for him.

[slik]

Good Starks promo

[Evil Vito]

Say it every time but god damn Jade makes me feel inadequate

[Evil Vito]

Feel like I got gypped by getting Thunder Rosa in long pants last week

[slik]

I don't always pay attention to the announced card so I didn't know this triple threat was happening, hope Jade wins

[slik]

hope we get to see the head shaving tonight and it's not saved for Dynamite

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Jade's neck after that rough looking neckbreaker from Nyla.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

#JADEBRAND baby.

[slik]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Women's 3-way was pretty good despite a big chunk of it happening during the commercial break.

[Jordan]

So far a really good show. I joined in about 8 minutes into the opening match so I will end up rewatching the match in full. Danielson came off very strong.

[Jordan]

I actually enjoyed the 3-way as well.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I guess I’m not gonna lose then Lmaooo

[ron the dial]

lol @ bryce just standing there with a near blank expression holding scissors and clippers

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Orange just finding out now what was the stip of his match tonight.

[slik]

Lineup for the Ladder Match on Wednesday is terrific.

[Emperor Smeat]

Can't tell if Jack Evans has gotten fatter recently or his all black clothing has suddenly become unflattering for him.

[slik]

Jack Evans not very good tbh

[Evil Vito]

I love the pre-match main event interviews on Rampage.

[ron the dial]

first aew match in a while i have absolutely zero interest in

[slik]

STD really hating on AEW on twitter...not sure why he doesn't just come here and hate on it...

[slik]

folding phone commercial dumb...folding phone dumb in today's world

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Not into this match at all

[slik]

I wonder if anyone is eating GUAC while reading this thread

[Evil Vito]

Angelico is way better than Jack Evans

[slik]

would be insane if Arn Anderson came out and pulled out his glock in this match for no reason

[Evil Vito]

LMFAO Butcher in a Mickey Mouse shirt

[ron the dial]

:lol: evans sold that punch

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy crap at that Orange Punch sell by Evans.

Did the spinning thing guys do now for clotheslines while spiking his head at the end.

:lol: at Hardy and Pals bailing on Evans after the match.

Match itself was all right but something that wouldn't be main event worthy if it wasn't for the stip.

[Evil Vito]

Matt Hardy: worst manager of all time is such a great gimmick

[Evil Vito]

That was the only way the Rochester taping could’ve ended. Go Negative 1!!!

[slik]

wish arn anderson posted on tpwwforums

[Bad News Gertner]

Wow, pinned post and the Smackdown thread outgrows Rampage by 15 posts

R.I.P

[Jordan]

I really think AEW needs to assess how they do their tapings. Rampage when at the end of nearly 3 hours of Dark and Dynamite is just too much for an audience. AEW takes a lot of energy from you as a member of the audience. It's a very engaging experience and with all that taping it's really just asking too much from people.

They need to figure a way to stop taping Dark/Elevation before Dynamite. It would probably be best to book like this...

7:15 - 8:45ish, tape two matches for Rampage. 8pm shoot Dynamite. 10pm shoot one final match or angle for Rampage, then send everyone home.

When I was at Grand Slam, the Dark matches just seemed so extra considering I was about to have 4 hours of tapings ahead of me. Making it 4 hrs and 45 minutes kind of pissed me off.

It's one thing for say Anthony Agogo to be in a Dark match in that spot, it would put him over slowly but surely. But to have some random trio's match with Dark Order and 3 guy you've never heard of for 10 minutes matches zero sense. Put that shit in the studio.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Danielson vs Jackson was a banger. Wooo. Good thing they worked a Danielson style match. Didn’t watch beyond that tho.

[Jordan]

I wish that AEW would do something a little stronger with The Dark Order. Maybe they run angles on Dark/Elevation, I'm not sure, but if they do I've not seen them. But this whole angle has been so up and down from the start.

We need some change in The Dark Order. If it's going to be a thing then make it a viable thing not just a job squad. We've already got a few other jobber stables. Let's see some progress in Dark Order! Hell even at this point I'd be down with Bray taking leadership. Or have Hangman actually lead the group on his quest to beat Kenny.

[Jordan]

Wow, pinned post and the Smackdown thread outgrows Rampage by 15 posts

R.I.P

Nah you've got it wrong. The majority of the AEW fanbase was out last night at parties, on dates and getting mad pussy. We are the coolest fan base in the business and gotta get that ass.

[Bad News Gertner]

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[Evil Vito]

I wish that AEW would do something a little stronger with The Dark Order. Maybe they run angles on Dark/Elevation, I'm not sure, but if they do I've not seen them. But this whole angle has been so up and down from the start.

We need some change in The Dark Order. If it's going to be a thing then make it a viable thing not just a job squad. We've already got a few other jobber stables. Let's see some progress in Dark Order! Hell even at this point I'd be down with Bray taking leadership. Or have Hangman actually lead the group on his quest to beat Kenny.

The Dark Order tension stuff was pretty much all played out on Elevation. They did matches against each other where they were usually reluctant to fight only to start slugging it out.

I do wonder if their reunion is a sign that Hangman’s finally coming back, maybe as the Joker in the ladder match.

[Lock Jaw]

Gonna watch this now I guess. Have some time before I gotta go to work and sit there doing nothing.

[Lock Jaw]

Once again opening the show with Daniel Bryan, not giving anyone a reason to stick around for the rest of the show

[Lock Jaw]

Fans seem dead for this match

[Lock Jaw]

Ok, they just chanted something long that I couldn't hear. Not completely dead.

[Lock Jaw]

Nice at Bryan with the hammer lock in the ropes while punching the dude.... nice move...

[Lock Jaw]

Nice at Bryan no selling... but he needs his longer hair still....

[Lock Jaw]

Can't tell if fans are chanting "Daniel Bryan" or "let's go Bryan"....

[Lock Jaw]

Decent little match.... good showing for Bryan, even though I feel like maybe every match of his shouldn't be so "hard fought"....

[Lock Jaw]

Christian should snap and beat up the other faces...

[Lock Jaw]

Whoa at not forcing Punk to appear live... but nice video promo... maybe they will figure out what to do with him soon.

[Lock Jaw]

So many people in AEW who do the half face painted.....

Thunder Rosa's is real nice....

[Lock Jaw]

Enjoyed the women's match...

[Lock Jaw]

Malamar Black's facepaint terrible, though....

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at Sammy Guevara being champ.... still, just damn... so dumb

[Lock Jaw]

Why would Daniel Bryan not be included in a match to find out the #1 contender..... the whole "sometimes records matter" thing?

[Lock Jaw]

Damn at Orange Cassidy main eventing a show, and also not surprisingly being a bad promo.....

[Lock Jaw]

Why in the world is this the main event.... either of the other two matches would have been better....

[Lock Jaw]

Is it because they think if they opened the show with this that any potential new viewers would turn it off?

[Lock Jaw]

Tiny l'il Orange Cassidy winning with a Superman Punch.... seems like a move a small guy shouldn't win with...

[Lock Jaw]

OC and Matt Hardy fighting for a world title shot.... makes sense....

[Lock Jaw]

Overall not a great show. Was what it was I guess.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Why would Daniel Bryan not be included in a match to find out the #1 contender..... the whole "sometimes records matter" thing?

Yeah, it’s terrible booking.

[slik]

Why would Daniel Bryan not be included in a match to find out the #1 contender..... the whole "sometimes records matter" thing?

I am guessing he will be one of the two jokers in the ladder match

[XL]

2 jokers??

[Emperor Smeat]

Is it because they think if they opened the show with this that any potential new viewers would turn it off?

I'd assume it was because of the stip since it made the match more special than the other two which were just normal matches.

Plus crowds really love watching Orange whenever he's around on shows.

[Triple A]

Watching now... crowd seems very quiet/tired again... seems like a common problem with the Rampage tapings after Dynamite

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Decent little match.... good showing for Bryan, even though I feel like maybe every match of his shouldn't be so "hard fought"....

lol he took like 3-quarters of the match from Jackson, who is pushed as a top-ish guy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<600k for Rampage. Those are some NXT-like numbers.

[James Steele]

https://i.ibb.co/pRSgRMY/noid.png

[Mr. Nerfect]

I have taken the absolute biggest break from watching wrestling ever. Can’t remember the last show I actually watched. Probably highlights from SmackDown or something. I watched an individual clip from Dynamite, which was an awkward promo between Omega and Danielson where they kept saying “shit.”

Not very good anymore. And it doesn’t seem to be getting better.

And with all that, I’m still one of the most valuable posters here. Keeping the job squad in line and making sure people’s bad takes don’t get past without a scalding.

[Mr. Nerfect]

622k for Rampage. So Grand Slam did way more damage than good.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If you think about it, putting that main event on first is probably a fine cap for two hours of wrestling on a Friday night. It’s like the frosting on a Roman Reigns/Paul Heyman cupcake. It might serve them better to put on something to just whet the appetite at 10pm to try and keep people hanging on, even though the logic seems to be start off stronger earlier.

And never, ever do a two-hour show that late on a night with an earlier two hours again.

[Vastardikai]

To be fair, the only time that would be worse for AEW than 10pm on a Friday Night is 8pm on a Friday night.

[Mr. Nerfect]

7pm Friday might be better for them. Try and get ahead of SmackDown. They’re airing Shazam! this week in that slot. So it’s a movie block. Just try and sneak in 7-8pm in there, then push the movie back to go against SmackDown (which it kind of is anyway). An 8pm movie slot seems marketable too.

I dunno, they probably don’t have the pull for that. Hence the slot in the first place.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Why are they doing Dark AND Elevation still? It’s so much content that just tires everybody out and stretches attention. I can understand doing a match/presentation for YouTube. Do an interview or two. Maybe a prelim match. Then a spotlight match. Get out of town. You can tape it before Dynamite.

Too much content.

[Triple A]

They're taping Dark separately from Universal Studios now, which is good... Helps a lot of the roster get some "reps" in... but yeah I've never seen the point of Dark: Elevation in addition to Dark... basically the same show with squash matches, pointless to have two of them

[Mr. Nerfect]

I get that guys need to work, but I think they may be better outsourcing talent to places like the NWA than doing Dark in such a long format. I can understand the YouTube show idea, honestly. Make it an hour, feature guys who can work against green guys, film it in the studio and maybe do one match from the arena.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

They're taping Dark separately from Universal Studios now, which is good... Helps a lot of the roster get some "reps" in... but yeah I've never seen the point of Dark: Elevation in addition to Dark... basically the same show with squash matches, pointless to have two of them

They have 3 hours of TV and don’t do house shows. Have another 3 hours of TV for YouTube helps get their whole roster more reps and helps the younger inexperienced guys learn to work in front of a camera without the pressure of being live or on actual TV. I practically like it. It’s good background noise and it serves a purpose.

[Triple A]

The problem for the past couple of weeks though is that the crowd seems really tired and way more quiet for Rampage after being "fired up" on Dynamite, which ends up hurting Rampage

[Mr. Nerfect]

Is Rampage the more important show? I would have thought it was still Dynamite.

I think stretching your content out is just going to have negative effects any way you cut it. There’s only so much emphasis you can place on different things. Interest is a finite resource. Even if you make Rampage more effective, I think that’s going to take away from Dynamite, because it’s just so much content.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don’t think Dark or Elevation help either. Or Rhodes to the Top, for that matter. Even auxiliary content in different genres is just demanding too much of even a loyal audience.

I don’t know if they HAD to do Rampage. You heard it when the TV deal was upgraded. TNT was getting more content on the cheap. But it feels way too ambitious to me. Focus on doing one show that is your priority content. Once a week. Be firm. Even if you get paid less for it, there’s just more chance for overall growth. Especially in a marketplace that is ALREADY flooded with content. So many people still watch WWE. That’s just more hours a week a fan has to devote.

But I guess they may not have had a choice, which is why I think it was important to be way hotter earlier — because then you have more leverage in those sorts of negotiations. It’s kind of like where Bischoff found himself with WCW. But because Warner owned the promotion, they just had to do it. At least Khan could have had the advantage of owning AEW and being like “No, seriously guys. This is a bad idea. Here are historical examples. Let’s build this show first and if there is ever proper timing for a second show, we can do it then.”

[Triple A]

Is Rampage the more important show? I would have thought it was still Dynamite.

I think stretching your content out is just going to have negative effects any way you cut it. There’s only so much emphasis you can place on different things. Interest is a finite resource. Even if you make Rampage more effective, I think that’s going to take away from Dynamite, because it’s just so much content.

More important than Dark: Elevation*, not Dynamite

And yeah I agree tbh... too much content could lead to burn out and/or Dynamite being watered down... It's not as bad as having 3 hours of Raw all at once, but same idea on a smaller scale imo...

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The problem for the past couple of weeks though is that the crowd seems really tired and way more quiet for Rampage after being "fired up" on Dynamite, which ends up hurting Rampage (their more important show)

I don’t trust the crowd noise on the taped shows. It’s been brought before that the crowd sounds muted or muffled. It sounds the same on the YouTube shows. For whatever reason AEW taped shows sound like shit.

I see the crowd go ape shit on Dark for Thunder Rosa but I can barely hear them.

[Lock Jaw]

AEW live shows usually sound terrible too.

Before improving any other production aspect they really need to work on that.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I’ll take the live feed audio over their taped shows any day of the week.

[Mr. Nerfect]

AEW live shows usually sound terrible too.

Before improving any other production aspect they really need to work on that.

This has been an issue from the start, hasn’t it? I don’t get how a company with so much money and some legit legends of wrestling production can’t get this one area right. I’m not even saying that snarkily — I actually don’t understand how there isn’t a money wand that can be waved to fix it.

At least they’re not making the ridiculous directorial cuts WWE makes. It’s a hilarious image to imagine Kevin Dunn actually calling the cuts between two cameras as Drew McIntyre swings a chair down on Shanky or whatever. I want to see that footage so bad.

[drave]

Their sound definitely sucks. Just like WCW's sound sucked too. Definitely don't have the audio ear of Lock Jaw - Reporter Extraordinare, but it is very noticeable. Music never loud enough.

[Jordan]

I really like AEW, by far the best wrestling on TV!

[James Steele]

I have taken the absolute biggest break from watching wrestling ever. Can’t remember the last show I actually watched. Probably highlights from SmackDown or something. I watched an individual clip from Dynamite, which was an awkward promo between Omega and Danielson where they kept saying “shit.”

Not very good anymore. And it doesn’t seem to be getting better.

And with all that, I’m still one of the most valuable posters here. Keeping the job squad in line and making sure people’s bad takes don’t get past without a scalding.

...so you admit that you don't watch the shows but still have the need to shit on anything and everything because people like something you don't (even though you don't watch it).

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I really like AEW, by far the best wrestling on TV!

I'm growing to enjoy it more.

[Sepholio]

Dale sighting!

[Mr. Nerfect]

...so you admit that you don't watch the shows but still have the need to shit on anything and everything because people like something you don't (even though you don't watch it).

The shows are unwatchable dude. It’s the shows fault. And there’s evidence in the data that shows this shit ain’t sticky. Which is what I usually talk about.

Does everyone here watch all three hours of Raw. Who the fuck would do that? And why is it cool to shit on WWE but not AEW? It’s only when it’s AEW that people go up in arms about it. WWE has been shit for years and years and it’s fine to tear them apart for it.

Wrestling is bad, which is why people don’t watch. Which is why wrestling fans are frustrated at it. Not that hard to get. This whole “Don’t say anything then, wah!” mentality is all really new.

[Jordan]

No it's not unwatchable for me especially since they started touring again. I look forward to the shows and at least half the time I watch them (pretty much every week) I really enjoy it. Sometimes it's not "the best show they've ever done" but even that kind of show feels a lot more entertaining than any other product out there.

Dynamite is awesome!

[Jordan]

Also the reason the Rampage rating was a little low was cause all us AEW dudes were out Friday night gettin our DICKS SUCKED ON. We had a build up after Arthur Ashe and brother let me tell you that went right on upstate to Rochester and we all got hard for Brodie Lee and we could only stand it but another day before we had let it out and we all have DVR so we set that up from start to finish and went out and got OUR DICKS SUCKED ON.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Everyone knows AEW fans are the sort of people who think the person giving actually blows in a blowjob.

[Sepholio]

Spoken like a man who has never gotten a real blowjob!

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah that doesn’t sound so bad, Noid.

[ron the dial]

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I'M CUMMING

[ron the dial]

dreaming? they are out of their damn MINDS.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Spoken like a man who has never gotten a real blowjob!

Have you ever been to Australia?

[#1-norm-fan]

If they can’t give a proper blowjob, who would wanna go?

[James Steele]

The shows are unwatchable dude. It’s the shows fault. And there’s evidence in the data that shows this shit ain’t sticky. Which is what I usually talk about.

Does everyone here watch all three hours of Raw. Who the fuck would do that? And why is it cool to shit on WWE but not AEW? It’s only when it’s AEW that people go up in arms about it. WWE has been shit for years and years and it’s fine to tear them apart for it.

Wrestling is bad, which is why people don’t watch. Which is why wrestling fans are frustrated at it. Not that hard to get. This whole “Don’t say anything then, wah!” mentality is all really new.

It's fine to shit on AEW...if you actually watch it you stupid fucking twat. You admitted to refusing to watch Omega/Bryan. You don't want to give AEW a chance at all. I shit on both products. I was not a very big fan of AEW until recently as their product has improved in a lot of ways and as a result I praise it more than I have in the past and its the same with WWE. It is a whole next level of mongoloid to openly admit you don't watch the product but still shit on it constantly and then whine when people call you out for being a dipshit.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The guy who doesn’t watch the shows and tells you you’re allowed to like whatever you want is also telling you the show you like is unwatchable and making up claims that people get up in arms when you don’t like AEW, even tho he’s been told countless times everybody criticizes them and it’s not an echo chamber. But facts be dammed for noid trump

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's fine to shit on AEW...if you actually watch it you stupid fucking twat. You admitted to refusing to watch Omega/Bryan. You don't want to give AEW a chance at all. I shit on both products. I was not a very big fan of AEW until recently as their product has improved in a lot of ways and as a result I praise it more than I have in the past and its the same with WWE. It is a whole next level of mongoloid to openly admit you don't watch the product but still shit on it constantly and then whine when people call you out for being a dipshit.

Yeah? And what were comments about Omega & Bryan? I said that I’m not interested enough to watch it. Which I’m not. It’s a wrestling promotion’s job to make their show interesting enough to lure people in. They failed with me. I don’t have to go out of my way to bend my lack of interest to cater to them.

Where does this idea that you can’t judge highlights, clips or how something sounds come from? That’s just plain stupid.

[James Steele]

Yeah? And what were comments about Omega & Bryan? I said that I’m not interested enough to watch it. Which I’m not. It’s a wrestling promotion’s job to make their show interesting enough to lure people in. They failed with me. I don’t have to go out of my way to bend my lack of interest to cater to them.

Where does this idea that you can’t judge highlights, clips or how something sounds come from? That’s just plain stupid.

When you go on long-winded rants multiple times per day it is fucking stupid..

[Mr. Nerfect]

When you go on long-winded rants multiple times per day it is fucking stupid..

And sometimes I’m not here for weeks at a time. Because this shit is boring. Be thankful for the Noid wisdom you get.

[XL]

I think there’s definitely some “grading on a curve” when it comes to AEW where it gets directly compared to WWE, and for this audience they get it right more often than WWE. Is it stuff that would bring in this (largely theoretical) casual audience? Probably not.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think there’s definitely some “grading on a curve” when it comes to AEW where it gets directly compared to WWE, and for this audience they get it right more often than WWE. Is it stuff that would bring in this (largely theoretical) casual audience? Probably not.

I agree with this assessment. Except I don’t think the audience is theoretically. They exist, they’re just not interested in this stuff.

[Mr. Nerfect]

They did it! They managed to climb past the overnights and managed to get an estimate of over half-a-million people!

502k for Rampage.

It beat Rugrats Shorts on Nickelodeon by about 9k people. There is a show called “Proof is Out There” on the History Channel that did 676k and 720k in the same slots. Ancient Aliens did 580k at midnight.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Forget baseball and football. The true competition are alien documentaries.

[Triple A]

Congrats bro

[Mr. Nerfect]

Congrats bro

I have no stake in alien documentaries, unfortunately. I have probably missed a golden opportunity.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, conversation about this rating has killed AEW discussion in lots of different places. People are running out of excuses.

[James Steele]

Taking the absolute biggest break from wrestling that I ever have in my life. It was probably the thing I loved most. People don’t get it and say “wah, wah, wah — don’t watch then.” Well, it’s finally happening. Fuck wrestling.

Fuck AEW.
Fuck WWE.
Fuck the NWA.
Fuck New Japan.
Fuck classic wrestling.

It’s been easier than I suspect. I’ve checked the news a couple of times and listened to some Cornette YouTube clips (not his full show, I’m even off criticism of wrestling). I think I might be properly done soon.

Thanks for the memories, wrestling. You got me through some weird times growing up. But it’s time I realized you haven’t been good to me in a long, long time. Fuck off and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

The WWE surely gets a lot of the blame, but AEW was it for me. I just can’t. The self-indulgent disregard of there being any sort of art to this. The complete waste of potential. I went from being optimistic about wrestling to seeing so clearly that this is not going to be something a reasonable person can enjoy in record time.

So a special big fuck you to AEW for that. And also fuck TPWW for housing some of the most insecure and gormless little marks. I was right when I said WWE sucked way back, and I am right when I say AEW sucks right now.

I’m off to read some books or something.

I have taken the absolute biggest break from watching wrestling ever. Can’t remember the last show I actually watched. Probably highlights from SmackDown or something. I watched an individual clip from Dynamite, which was an awkward promo between Omega and Danielson where they kept saying “shit.”

Not very good anymore. And it doesn’t seem to be getting better.

And with all that, I’m still one of the most valuable posters here. Keeping the job squad in line and making sure people’s bad takes don’t get past without a scalding.

[XL]

This is going to be a bleak place when the ratings from Friday’s “head to head” come in. Regardless of who “wins” it’ll be 3 days of dissecting how important/unimportant, reliable/flawed the ratings system is with whichever side “wins” going on about it.

[drave]

We already know though don't we?




lolololol.




Just gonna continue to watch what I enjoy and doesn't simulate having a seizure every time a punch is thrown.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Ratings can be fun discussion but honestly if you enjoy the product who gives a shit how many other people watch? It’s so meaningless at the end of the day for fans.