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The Starks stuff is beyond silly...and someone (lots of people?) are flat out bullshitting.
Supposedly AEW people say they pitched him an idea that Big Bill would turn on him when they were tag champs, splitting them up, and Starks would win the feud. Further speculation is that Starks turned it down because he didn't want to be a babyface. Starks has apparently said he's never turned down a single creative pitch to him.
There's also some bullshit about him having heat because he went to the Rumble to watch Cody, he was seen on a security feed, and someone leaked the photo. Yet he & someone else (I forget who) went to Mania to see & support Jade, yet nobody cared?
The GCW stuff is weird, too. One story is that the whole Starks appearance was a work a la Jack Perry in NJPW. Another story is that was originally the plan, but then he went off script in his promo and it pissed people off. Yet *another* story says the *actual* issue is Effy's comments about not having family money or a "dad that pays me to go away" and that's what riled TK up. Then there's all the Hammerstein shit.
It's more drama than a fucking high school commons area.
I hope Kamille is getting paid, because she'll 100% get wasted in AEW - like most of the rest of their talent, but especially the women.
Speaking of which - can we all just laugh at Sasha Mone and admit her AEW debut, run, & everything else has been one enormous bust that literally NOBODY cares about?
Supposedly AEW people say they pitched him an idea that Big Bill would turn on him when they were tag champs, splitting them up, and Starks would win the feud. Further speculation is that Starks turned it down because he didn't want to be a babyface. Starks has apparently said he's never turned down a single creative pitch to him.
There's also some bullshit about him having heat because he went to the Rumble to watch Cody, he was seen on a security feed, and someone leaked the photo. Yet he & someone else (I forget who) went to Mania to see & support Jade, yet nobody cared?
The GCW stuff is weird, too. One story is that the whole Starks appearance was a work a la Jack Perry in NJPW. Another story is that was originally the plan, but then he went off script in his promo and it pissed people off. Yet *another* story says the *actual* issue is Effy's comments about not having family money or a "dad that pays me to go away" and that's what riled TK up. Then there's all the Hammerstein shit.
It's more drama than a fucking high school commons area.
I hope Kamille is getting paid, because she'll 100% get wasted in AEW - like most of the rest of their talent, but especially the women.
Speaking of which - can we all just laugh at Sasha Mone and admit her AEW debut, run, & everything else has been one enormous bust that literally NOBODY cares about?
Sasha has had some solid matches... (which is all AEW cares about)...
But giving her fucking talking segments every week is retarded. The entire idea is to accentuate strengths and hide weaknesses... and Sasha sucks on the mic.
And now... half of the men's roster is off in a tournament for the next month...
Tony NEEDS a fucking booker. Without one, he's just playing universe mode on WWE 2k.
But giving her fucking talking segments every week is retarded. The entire idea is to accentuate strengths and hide weaknesses... and Sasha sucks on the mic.
And now... half of the men's roster is off in a tournament for the next month...
Tony NEEDS a fucking booker. Without one, he's just playing universe mode on WWE 2k.
A tourny for a championship where the champion is *in* the tourny, can lose matches, yet won't lose the belt if he does makes NO fucking sense.
Looking at the brackets, Mark Briscoe is about to lose every match he has in the entire tourny, just like he did last year. So he goes from losing every match for months, to winning the ROH title, to likely losing every match again (not to mention getting pinned in multi-man matches *while* he was champ).
I loved him winning the belt and it was a great story & homage to Jay...but the booking before & after makes it and him look stupid.
And why TF would you have Jay White and Juice Robinson in the same bracket when they're in the same faction? Split that shit up.
Saying TK is playing "universe mode on WWE 2k" is generous.
More like he puts the entire roster's names / pics on a wall, does a line, then starts throwing darts with his eyes closed.
Looking at the brackets, Mark Briscoe is about to lose every match he has in the entire tourny, just like he did last year. So he goes from losing every match for months, to winning the ROH title, to likely losing every match again (not to mention getting pinned in multi-man matches *while* he was champ).
I loved him winning the belt and it was a great story & homage to Jay...but the booking before & after makes it and him look stupid.
And why TF would you have Jay White and Juice Robinson in the same bracket when they're in the same faction? Split that shit up.
Saying TK is playing "universe mode on WWE 2k" is generous.
More like he puts the entire roster's names / pics on a wall, does a line, then starts throwing darts with his eyes closed.
He looked to book from the compilation tape days.
Weird that the only talent who is being booked properly is Mariah May! I like the physically attractive, violent psychopath gimmick she's working. Helps that she's a very competent worker in the ring and very good on the mic. I think May is the best female heel in AEW with 2nd place going to Marina Shafir with the silent, but deadly, mean mugging enforcer gimmick. So far so good for the both of them.
I like Shafir's mean, "edgier" heel gimmick. She started it quite a while back in Josh Barnett's Bloodsport - the promotion that's more like old school catch style / pancrase-based pro-wrestling. She ran through a few opponents there with this gimmick. Shayna Baszler competed in Bloodsport 2-3x, as well. Regardless of Shayna's gimmick, her bigger name & being a fan favorite placed her as a babyface.
It looked like they might be building to a Shafir / Baszler match, woulda had a good story going in considering first their Four Horsewomen roots, then Shafir being one of Baszler's supporters (or whatever you wanna call it) with Jessamyn Duke in NXT.
Not sure what ever ended up happening with any of it, though. I don't think there's been a Bloodsport show since July, and I don't think Shafir has been on one since maybe spring.
Marina just did a Bloodsport match on the 24th.
Isn’t Bloodsport run by GCW
"Bloodsport" is promoted by GCW. It's operated as a separate entity and booked by Josh Barnett. No connection to GCW "story lines" or booking. Cool that it's treated as neutral territory. WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA et al have all let Barnett use their talents.
Oh shit, nice - thanks. I'm gonna have to watch the whole event.
I fucking love Bloodsport events.
It's cool (and different) watching some of the talent in their matches. People with extensive grappling / submission / MMA / catch backgrounds really get to shine. On the flip side, seeing high fliers adapt their style is fun, too - no rope or top turnbuckle type flippy spots.
Johnny Nitro/Impact/etc was interesting to watch, but I was legit impressed with Speedball Bailey. He was just as impressive in this type of match as he is in his "normal" type match.
Yeah, saw some clips from Starks' CVV interview. He was laughing off the supposedly having backstage heat for being at the Rumble or Mania, or having to ask Tony for permission to go to those shows, as he wasn't even the only AEW talent there.
Apparently Dustin Rhodes has removed mentions of AEW and ROH from his Twitter bio fueling speculation a move to WWE is in the cards, as he is currently not under contract.
A good move... get in WWE and transition into a backstage role for a long term paycheck.
Also... he'll never eclipse him vs Cody in early AEW. That shit was a masterpiece.
And opens the door for a 2025 or 2026 WWE HoF induction for him.
Wow. Just in time for WrestleMania season! Good 4 him.
I'm assuming if he is jetting, he'll "do the right thing" with the belts he is currently holding...but we shall see.