June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983290 1 minute ago, strobogo said: Titles currently active in AEW AEW World Championship AEW Women's World Championship AEW World Tag Team Championship AEW TNT Championship AEW TBS Championship Owen Hart Foundation Men's Championship Owen Hart Foundation Women's Championship ROH World Championship ROH Pure Championship ROH TV Championship ROH Tag Team Championship AAA World Tag Team Championship and now the AEW All Atlantic Championship that features brackets from countries in the Pacific. Not to mention the NJPW titles defended at Forbidden Door. Lmao. The Owen belts aren't titles to be defended, it's just part of the deal for winning the tournament. Also we all knew AEW is modern day JCP, are we really surprised they have their own Mid Atlantic title now?
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983291 Just now, sek69 said: The Owen belts aren't titles to be defended, it's just part of the deal for winning the tournament. Also we all knew AEW is modern day JCP, are we really surprised they have their own Mid Atlantic title now? I would be amazed if the Owen titles don't get defended
June 9, 20223 yr Author comment_5983292 Nick Jackson looks way too much like one of Bolsonaro's sons for me to not hate his guts. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus not having a fucking word is, intentionally or not, the perfect encapsulation of their fucking title reign.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983293 If they are going to be the company with a shit ton of belts, I wish they'd get the RoH and AAA belts off TV, and just make a secondary tag title. Fuck it, bring in Trios Titles too. I really hope the Owen titles disappear sooner than later.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983296 I'm fairly certain once ROH gets TV or whatever the hell the plan is, we won't see those belts on AEW as much as we do now. Also the only reason AAA titles get on US TV (anywhere) is because Konnan wants to remind people in the US that AAA exists since they keep fucking up their plans to get actual coverage here.
June 9, 20223 yr Author comment_5983297 They have given Thunder Rosa fucking nothing for her reign, huh?
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983298 3 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: They have given Thunder Rosa fucking nothing for her reign, huh? Probably should just toss Tay and Sammy at her at this point.
June 9, 20223 yr Author comment_5983299 Welp. Storm is a good name, but this might mean the end for Rosa's reign.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983300 8 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: They have given Thunder Rosa fucking nothing for her reign, huh? That's been my biggest issue with AEW. They do a great job building people up for title wins, then they do nothing in their reigns. Thunder Rosa, Jurassic Express, Lucha Brothers, etc.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983301 I think they have enough wrestlers to create a Face Paint Title. It's like every third person on their roster.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983304 1 hour ago, sek69 said: He's also wildly popular so you might as well let the people do their BAY BAY chant even if we don't like it here on PWO. Adam Cole may be popular, but I have no evidence that he's over, as in actually drawing people's eyes to the TV. Hell, NXT 1.0 was built around him as it was getting killed by AEW when Joey Janela was still a major part of it's shows and ratings have stagnated as he's been pushed at the top of the card, so much that so that even Reddit is daring to critizing Saint Tony, savior of wrestling. The reality is, yes, I don't doubt he gets a giant pop when he shows up. But, in reality, and this is not an insult becuase you need people like this - he's basically a Jim Duggan for the 2020's indy crowd - an over chant, but not appealing to anybody not already watching.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983307 13 minutes ago, Jesse Ewiak said: Adam Cole may be popular, but I have no evidence that he's over, as in actually drawing people's eyes to the TV. Hell, NXT 1.0 was built around him as it was getting killed by AEW when Joey Janela was still a major part of it's shows and ratings have stagnated as he's been pushed at the top of the card, so much that so that even Reddit is daring to critizing Saint Tony, savior of wrestling. The reality is, yes, I don't doubt he gets a giant pop when he shows up. But, in reality, and this is not an insult becuase you need people like this - he's basically a Jim Duggan for the 2020's indy crowd - an over chant, but not appealing to anybody not already watching. I think if we're being fair, that applies to all but like maybe 5 people on TV in American pro wrestling in 2022.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983308 2 hours ago, strobogo said: Titles currently active in AEW AEW World Championship AEW Women's World Championship AEW World Tag Team Championship AEW TNT Championship AEW TBS Championship Owen Hart Foundation Men's Championship Owen Hart Foundation Women's Championship ROH World Championship ROH Pure Championship ROH TV Championship ROH Tag Team Championship AAA World Tag Team Championship and now the AEW All Atlantic Championship that features brackets from countries in the Pacific. Not to mention the NJPW titles defended at Forbidden Door. Lmao. It's not like New Japan doesn't have about the same amounts of belts than AEW has and they have half their roster.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983309 I think Tony Khan is overwhelmed. Between AEW, the ROH acquisition, Forbidden Door, the MJF situation (depending on what if anything is real there), the Warner/Discovery merger, injuries, plus having a hand in running their sports teams and other businesses it’s too much for one man to handle. Hopefully he can find some people he trusts to help before he burns out. I think we are seeing signs he’s taken on too much, and AEW is starting to suffer for it.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983310 19 minutes ago, SirEdger said: It's not like New Japan doesn't have about the same amounts of belts than AEW has and they have half their roster. Yeah even after combining the IWGP and IC titles they have IWGP World IWGP US IWGP JR IWGP Tag IWGP Jr Tag Never Never 6 man Rev Pro UK title is defended here a lot New Japan Strong (even if it's technically their version of the NXT title) KOPW is basically treated like a title
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983312 1 hour ago, Jesse Ewiak said: Adam Cole may be popular, but I have no evidence that he's over, as in actually drawing people's eyes to the TV. Hell, NXT 1.0 was built around him as it was getting killed by AEW when Joey Janela was still a major part of it's shows and ratings have stagnated as he's been pushed at the top of the card, so much that so that even Reddit is daring to critizing Saint Tony, savior of wrestling. The reality is, yes, I don't doubt he gets a giant pop when he shows up. But, in reality, and this is not an insult becuase you need people like this - he's basically a Jim Duggan for the 2020's indy crowd - an over chant, but not appealing to anybody not already watching. Cole and company had been on top in NXT for a really long time when AEW first started. They were already tired as top guys along with Gargano and Chiampa. AEW was hot and new and Janella wasn't on top. Omega, Jericho, the Bucks, and Cody were. No offense, but it's getting to be hilarious to read people walking tightropes trying to reconcile their hatred of Cole with his popularity. I think people should just admit that they're projecting their HBK hate onto him. Especially cause he looks like him if he was shrunk in the dryer.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983313 AEW is getting to Crockett 87 level of belts. As a fan of 87 Crockett, I'm all for it.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983314 Tony Khan is proving himself to be a fine matchmaker. I'm no longer convinced that he's a particularly good booker. All the really compelling and logically-booked stuff seems to always revolve around Punk and/or MJF (and I say this as someone who hated MJF's promo last week--both the material and the delivery itself). O'Reilly-Moxley was a great match, hands down, no questions asked. "Great matches" in the star-rating sense are a dime a dozen nowadays. Give me a match that I'm compelled by and invested in who wins or loses that's *almost* as good as that one instead.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983315 And it's not just that Adam Cole sucks, which he does--it's that he's horribly, horribly, horribly overexposed. AEW usually cycles guys off TV for a bit if they lose big blowoff or gimmick matches, but Cole was right back on TV after both Revolution and his Texas Death Match, none the worse for wear either time. When was the last time he wasn't on a damned Dynamite? Is he still popular? Fuck if I know or care. When has PWO ever concerned itself with who's popular when actually reviewing shows?
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983316 It's Pro Wrestling. Since when do we discount the most important part of pro wrestling? No one chants "Adam Cole Bay Bay!" just because of a Pavlovian response. He's fucking over and being over is the most important part of being a pro wrestler. And lots of folks do think he's great. I think he's great. I hate the Panama Sunrise but he's great. He takes an ass kicking better than most guys, especially heels. Coles selling is fantastic.
June 9, 20223 yr comment_5983317 Booing the content of Cole's promos and then chanting right along with his catchphrase seems pretty Pavlovian to me.
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