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Lol all the constant AEW digs and yet the video package for Cody vs Roman features a line about starting a revolution and pics of Cody with Jericho/Omega and The Bucks. You can't have that shit both ways, mayne.

Rhea/Becky was brought to you by Dude Wipes so I wouldn't look too much into it. WWE is ultra ad based now, to the point where every match has a different sponsor on all LEDs. Plus now the mat and buckle pads. Even peak WCW "sponsored by" whatever, I don't recall so much aggressive advertising. I would love to know how much Wheatley paid on this show, that ad was on every break (unless you sub to the double special premium on Peacock) for 6 fucking hours, including a match where it was on all the LEDs, had a corner graphic, and had announcers talking about it.

That does not sound like a positive line

WWE owns essentially all footage in US wrestling from the 60s to today, considering the storylines with Cody/Roman/Bloodline, it actually is kind of strange they aren't exploiting the hell out of that footage for the match. There's so much footage of generations of family matches between Rhodes and Anoa'i from Dusty vs Wild Samoans up to Cody/Goldy vs Shield and Cody vs Roman.

Queen Aminata rules, need to get her in a prominent role in AEW division ASAP. AEW time line is so bizarre where we get shit like Minoru Suzuki beating the shit out of Billy Gunn's kids who for some reason dress like 1992/1993 HBK, in 2024.

But also lmao that Rock has been management for 4 months and in that time he: Forced himself into a WM main event, when fans rejected it, he worked around it and still got the WM main event and win over the top face, got his grandma into the HOF, got his own title belt so he could have one to bring out for WM.

Considering all the hype and good will heading into this, show was real just fine outside of Gunther/Sami. Surprised Rock did as much as he did and his presentation and literal size made him seem so much bigger than the other 3, which I don't think is great. Finish was lol but of course will only make Cody more over for tomorrow, but extra lol if they rerun the finish from last year and keep Bloodline going.

He is, he's had multiple bad knee injuries, just returning from one in the last couple of weeks, working with a back injury for a while, had a beat up neck before he even got to WWE, now in his late 30s. But also having to slow down for Rock and even Roman stuff usually goes slower with lots of downtime drama.

The Rock is physically so huge he makes the other 3 look like teenagers. Dude moving with Resident Evil tank controls.

Fucking sick Rock entrance

No. First time. He teased it a handful of times, and it has been in the video games for years, but that was the first time he's actually hit in in WWE.

Maybe KO can blast Logan Paul with a package piledriver tomorrow

There's also giant space heaters above the ring in the lighting grid, and I'm pretty sure in most years they have some under the ring with hidden tubes to pump heat into the ring, too. But imagine getting chopped by Gunther in 45 degree weather.

These weak fucks, I went all fall and winter without heat so my house has been 45-50 degrees inside for 5 months. I know they got space heaters all around like any outdoor stadium show in the North East. It's currently 47 in my house, it is fine, wear some thick socks.

Show has been pretty mid, I think the cold is fucking with talent and fans alike.

It's fascinating how every person talking in all these segments are just "god it is so much better without Vince" without actually naming Vince, which both seems genuine but also like a peak HHH ego trip at the same time.

I don't think it's that weird. There have been AEW talent at every HOF since AEW started, usually WWE makes sure to not get them on camera.

It is funny how many WWE people doing media week for the biggest WM of all time keep talking about AEW

The difference here is Austin never wore out his welcome and kept his aura, and Rock has been a huge star outside of wrestling longer than he was in wrestling and is absolutely in a bag he's never been close to in any of his post 2004 appearances. I think Hogan/Savage interaction at WM 20 would have had a huge reaction and been an all timer moment even after the horrible final run for Macho, and Hogan nostalgia run having peaked by then. Especially in a tag match that no doubt will have lots of fuckery, the glass shattering after a bunch of interference and a ref bump and Rock doing the wide eye stare and tearing all muscles doing a classic stunner sell would be an awesome moment, c'mon man.

It's wild there needed to be a promo like that, but at least it wasn't the TNA special of a former WWE guy shitting on WWE and their booking. It's a literal WWE hall of famer who basically was an anchor main event for 5 or 6 years, who has consistently said nothing but good things about WWE and his WWE career. The negativity about AEW has been baffling to me the whole time. It's a hardcore promotion for hardcore fans that actually pays well and puts on consistently great shows and matches and promos for years now. The same weirdo AEW haters are also hyped for Cody and Jade in WWE so the whole thing is so dumb. It isn't like the late stage WCW or the worst eras of dogshit TNA programming. Guys like Cornette and Bischoff are making their current living shitting on AEW because it gets the views and clicks, because their statements are obviously dumb trollbait. A lot of AEW's crowd size problem is ticket price related, imo. AEW running smaller venues than WWE but ticket prices for most seats being like double the price especially when WWE is so hot is wild.

Dasha is the only real weird one of the bunch. Everyone else is almost exclusively online only talent, a number of which haven't been used in months on top of that.

Something lol that Andrade tried to quit and/or get fired to head back to WWE and he's already pre-WM Smackdown battle royale like he never left.

Whole thing seems needlessly petty, but keep in mind Punk spent a decade talking that same shit about WWE before re-securing the bag, and now his whole AEW run feels like he was just trying to get big money to get back into ring shape (which lol, that lasted so long) to get a bigger WWE deal (which lol, also lasted so long). Punk is a multi multi millionaire who lives in the same building as fucking Oprah, the idea of him talking shit about AEW crowd sizes and guaranteed contracts ruining the biz is even pre Kevin Nash shoots type bullshit. Punk never would have signed with AEW without a guaranteed contract, never would have gone back to WWE without the same thing. Dude is probably making more than 90% of the roster to be injured and talk shit and even if healthy, would be doing minimal dates. Every line of the interview makes him seem like more of an asshole than long term indie fans know him to be, but it is all completely hollow because he said the same shit about WWE for years and literally sat in the ring crying when he joined AEW because he left pro wrestling when he signed with WWE, and was finally back. Dude is a total fraud when it comes to anything but getting that paper.

Bruv vs Shibata ruled. TK gonna wild out and do Shibata/Okada rematch on a random Wednesday or Saturday and it will also rule. Side note, Matt Sydal replacing Yuter for the CMLL match is hella random. Should be Shibata replacing Yuta altogether in BCC.

They should be default on every forum and platform on the internet :pacspit: