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10-10-2021, 02:21 PM | #281 |
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Destor also doesn’t yell at people that they’re wrong for liking something and go on and on and on about something he hates but still can’t stop talking about. You can have a convo with destor.
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10-10-2021, 02:34 PM | #282 |
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If nothing else, even if it’s not to his tastes, Destor appreciates AEW existing and giving guys and gals a chance to make a living in the business, and by most accounts be happy where they work.
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10-10-2021, 04:28 PM | #283 | |
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If they closed down I wouldn’t be sad though. Just like TNA, I believe that more bad wrestling is going to diminish the spots in wrestling over time, and people’s ability to enjoy it as fans. I don’t really fall for the whole “they’re having fun!” and “at least they make money!” smokescreens. I don’t like quackery or charlatans either. Earn your money because you’re talented or there’s an actual market for it — not because a guy with a rich daddy blows up the pay scale to get a chance to play. Think it’s kind of disgusting how much some of these people get paid while some others are struggling. Dr. Luther is probably getting paid more than a real doctor. There’s lots of downsides to this stuff long-term and I don’t have to kiss the ass of the gimmick of opportunity like you do and appreciate a company just existing as being some sort of blessing. |
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10-10-2021, 04:31 PM | #284 |
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Isn’t it great how the WWE signed all that talent and paid them consistently and so many of them didn’t even need to take that many bumps or wrestle much? It’s so great they’ve given people a place to be employed. We should never take any shots at them.
Oh wait: WWE bad, I forgot. |
10-11-2021, 08:20 AM | #285 | |
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They aren’t allowed to fill these roles though because they are, IN YOUR OWN FUCKING WORDS, “washed up WWE guys”. Who gives a fuck? They’re playing veteran roles. That’s where veterans come from. But you have to bitch and argue the point because you’re Noid and every discussion must turn into an awkward, desperate attempt to shit on AEW. You’re a try-hard and I do not care about your personal opinion of anyone on the AEW roster at this point. Last edited by #1-norm-fan; 10-11-2021 at 12:51 PM. |
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10-11-2021, 03:45 PM | #286 | |
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Matt Hardy is NOT useful in 2021. He cannot cut an effective promo, his ring work has been bland at its very best since way before 2010 (which is when even I, a former Matt Hardy fan, had to admit it). And no, Chavo Guerrero is NOT my “second best example.” That’s your sea-lioning again. Chavo Guerrero is an amusing example of how anybody can get a job, whether or not it compliments the show at all. Some people don’t want to see these acts on their TV at all in 2021, wouldn’t have been keen for them in 2012. And Matt Hardy has not been strictly confined to the mid-card. He’s been featured in the main event of a PPV, currently manages three tag teams and had a recent edition of Rampage basically built around him, and was just in a main event for a World Title shot this week. Tony Khan has also spent millions humoring his terrible ideas with remote shoots. Don’t give me this bullshit about him being a generous veteran talent trying to help young guys. He’s gotten no one over, is incapable of it and doesn’t deserve any spot on television in 2021, unless it was as Jeff’s brother. The whole show matters. Top-to-bottom. Some internet fans have this idea that you can just put anything on before the thing they think justifies everything. It doesn’t really work like that. Some of their choices, many of them in and around the main event, are fucking horrendous. They aren’t choosing the right people for the right jobs, which is what disconnects people. They aren’t obligated to buy a promotion that pushes Matt Hardy in 2021 because of your forced logic to try and win an argument you’re secretly embarrassed you got into. Yes, AEW should hire the most talented people for jobs. Great insight, #fan. Good things. We all like good things. You know what? I think AEW should stay away from bad things, regardless of whether they have been in WWE or not. Smart stuff, yeah? |
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10-11-2021, 03:48 PM | #287 |
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Lol, you’re now stuck defending Matt Hardy in 2021 because you’re too stubborn to admit “Ha! You know what? Me saying hiring the best talent for the job regardless of where they come from like it’s a counterpoint to anything anyone’s actually saying was a bit hollow.”
Do you really think Matt Hardy is the best person for the job? Do you really think their hiring patterns have reflected that modus operandi anyway? |
10-11-2021, 04:04 PM | #288 |
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Matt Hardy doing his Broken gimmick is hilarious to me. I was surprised that it was given such a main event push initially but now I would love to see it in a much more scaled back way. I think it's hilarious.
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10-11-2021, 04:11 PM | #289 | |
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If he directed Plan 9 from Outer Space it would absolutely suck, but not in the timelessly good way. Trying to be bad on purpose always leads to bad. |
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10-11-2021, 04:25 PM | #290 |
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If they brought it back it has to be as a gag where everyone recognizes its stupidity
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10-11-2021, 04:26 PM | #291 |
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oh i think everyone already recognizes that
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10-11-2021, 05:13 PM | #292 | |
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10-11-2021, 06:04 PM | #293 |
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You can go down the list of the ROH, MLW and NWA rosters and pick out who you like. There’s a bunch of scuttlebutt about a bunch of guys from those pockets being ignored because of some EVP insecurity. Some won’t believe it, but I do. Keep in mind this is the promotion was that quite rude to CM Punk in the beginning too.
There’s also no reason you can’t go down the main Japanese rosters and find guys to pluck either. Shad Khan has the money. The only deals that you can’t really get out of are WWE ones. I’m not avoiding the question. I can list a bunch of names — some guys I love and some I don’t but can see appeal in. Jacob Fatu, Sefa Fatu, Kota Ibushi, Alexander Hammerstone, The Briscoes, etc. But everybody knows them. Just like everybody knows the WWE guys of value who got away. Orton, Mysterio, The Usos, Nakamura, Styles, Goldberg, Edge. And the guys that have eventually ended up in AEW, or are likely to, that they missed first go around. Danielson, Punk, Steen. And then you’ve got guys that were free agents and eventually got picked up, and are now praised — Eddie Kingston and Ricky Starks from the NWA, for example. Matt Hardy and Chavo Guerrero are not value adds over many of them (any of them?). And the point is more that people are complaining about the sheer number of people getting a shot, taking time away from content they’d prefer, than the really big names being given spots because it helps. Very easy to say “they should make the best signings possible.” Yeah, they should. But no one is saying don’t hire stars or guys that are really, really good. That’s the easy way of getting past the “I really don’t like seeing this flavor perpetuated by this TV program” argument. |
10-12-2021, 08:07 AM | #294 |
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Is that factual news though, or just speculation and rumor that some internet neckbeard is posting?
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10-12-2021, 09:42 AM | #295 |
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It’s a lot of Noid basing facts on the dirt sheet writers because it happens to fit his agenda and a lot of his opinion on the ex-WWE guys which, like I said earlier, isn’t something anyone should take seriously at this point. Gotta shit hard on the ex-WWE guys just there to put new guys over and hype the no-name indy guys because it makes it seem like they’re over-pushing ex-WWE guys who people actually know. Gives him a chance to needlessly argue my original point and bitch about AEW all at the same time.
A little off the path but saying “I’m not avoiding the question” and then directly answering the question is an odd thing to do before even being accused. Lol |
10-12-2021, 09:52 AM | #296 |
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I just wanna know how angry to be.
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10-12-2021, 03:53 PM | #297 | |
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They should try signing the best people for the job. |
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10-12-2021, 04:11 PM | #298 |
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So internet rumour and conjecture should be ignored as just that…unless it suits your view?
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10-12-2021, 04:37 PM | #299 |
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10-12-2021, 04:40 PM | #300 |
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The only thing that I’ve brought up that is internet speculation is whether or not the EVPs have avoided signing guys because of insecurity. I believe it, because I don’t trust them and it’s the most logical explanation. But I didn’t assert it as true and even called it speculation myself. It’s really immaterial to whether or not they’re making good decisions. They’re not, for whatever reason you choose to believe.
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10-12-2021, 06:08 PM | #301 |
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10-13-2021, 02:20 AM | #302 |
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