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Old 07-29-2019, 01:46 AM   #1701
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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin View Post
They were practically house shows. That was intentional. They were both free for fucks sake. What do you want them to do? Blow their load on a charity event and have nothing left for the PPV and TV debut?
Why can’t they just put on good wrestling? Why does something need to be shit just because? And not charging for it is not an excuse to not try. And they didn’t charge for it because they couldn’t get away with it.

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Stop watching only the Young Bucks.

Seriously though, I get what you're saying and I can get behind some of it. They've had brawls n stuff too like Cody/Dustin so it's not like the Buck's style rules the roost. Got to have a little variation in the match type to reel in various types of fans and keep things fresh so it isn't a standard Raw tv match.
You don’t need to have your philosophy all over the map. It’s just not true. You don’t need an action film interrupted by a musical number. You just don’t need to do it. I’m more frustrated that they seem to know what is good and how that emotionally hooks people. But then they just...choose not too.

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Look, they've got word of mouth and more momentum behind them than anyone has ever seen since the deaths of WCW/ECW to counter WWF/E. Just enjoy the ride for now and see how far they can take this.
That’s by default though. And that’s what I’ve always supported about them. The Khans have got the money to actually do this. My concern is that when their stuff gets out there and let’s say it flops — we’ll have another period where it is only WWE. That is why it is heartbreaking to think about how WCW fucked up.

They’ve got this golden opportunity, and if they miss it, I’m worried that no one else is going to try. If they succeed, maybe someone else will invest and then we can get AEW vs. something else. Maybe something better or just something different?

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If the dude can entertain, put him on camera. If we can endure year after year of Hornswoggle antics/matches this guy should be given a shot to do something people have yet to see.
I don’t see how WWE doing something bad means we have to like it when someone else does something bad. I just don’t get that at all.

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Isn't all of this pure bullshit?
You can say that about anything though. Aren’t movies just bullshit? Guess we shouldn’t try and make a good one. Sorry if it sounds like I’m picking on you, but the apologetics for AEW coming off like a wannabe WWE in certain ways is pretty wild.

Shit like The Librarians, whatever the fuck that means, is easily as bad, possibly even worse, than WWE shit. It’s fucking atrocious. If that was a WWE gimmick, everyone would roast it and you know it.

I want them to do well. My fandom kind of needs them to. But I’m fucking terrified that they’re going to get the world watching and there will be lots of bad comedy and “look at us being too cool to try” shit and the first wave of reviews are going to be “more of the same.” People are forgetting that just having good wrestling is even possible.
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