Wrestling thread

With Shotzi and Tegan as well as Natalya and Tamina being broken up in the draft, there are now officially no women tag teams on the main roster except the women’s tag champs.

I really like Tony D’Angelo. I think he could really be something special.

AEW Dynamite: 2 Year Anniversary tonight, should be pretty Fun overall!

The Joker in the Casino Battle Royale Ladder Match will be “Hangman” Adam Page, Will Ospreay or “Switchblade” Jay White in my Mind! ;)

#AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT #AllEliteWrestling #ImWithAEW

Reggie Parks, the maker of many classic wrestling belts such as The Winged Eagle WWF Championship belt, has passed away

Here’s the bracket for the King of The Ring tournament

Rey Mysterio vs. Sami Zayn

vs.

Cesaro vs. Finn Balor

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Kofi Kingston vs. Jinder Mahal

vs.

Xavier Woods vs. Ricochet

In another timeline, this would be some epic shit because all talent is properly built

A WCW legend showed up on Raw tonight. Chucky, the evil doll. Yes, that actually happened.

…………

I fucking swear if Robocop OR David friggin Arquette show up

The four women’s King of the Ring quarter final matches combine for a total of 8:14, making them an average of 2:03.

The men’s King of the Ring quarter final matches combine for a total of 40:44, for an average of 10:11 per match.

So apparently Dynamite is moving to TBS whereas Rampage will remain on TNT.

Huh, must be some miscommunications, leading to the assumption that both would move to TBS.

@Background Pony #E823
Because TNT championship.

Rampage was originally supposed to move to TBS also. However, TNT decided to keep Rampage because the ratings were better than expected. Dynamite is still moving despite better than expected ratings to prevent it from being interrupted by basketball playoffs.

AEW just announced that at 9:00 on Friday, on their YouTube channel, they are going to be doing Bryan Danielson Vs Minoru Suzuki.

I repeat

BRYAN DANIELSON VS MINORU SUZUKI

@Holofan4life
Not surprising, considering the ratings for the first dance.

Related, we have the TNT Championship for men and the TBS Championship for women. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got the truTV Championship for tag teams.

Then they’ll introduce the TCM Championship for the legends that are in the company.

@Nodqfan
The CN Championship for Comic Reliefs, The Space Championship for Luchadores and The CW Championship for Cruiserweights.

HOLY F#CKING GOD OF EQUESTRIA!

Bryan Danielson vs Minoru Suzuki on the Rampage Buy-In(for YouTube exclusively) Friday!?

TK you Insane MOFO! :D

#AEWRampage #BryanVsSuzuki #AmericanDragonVsTheKing

Apparently WWE isn’t gonna hold a TLC PPV this year.

BRYAN DANIELSON vs MINORU SUZUKI on the AEW Rampage Buy-In tonight, should be damn Excellent Folks! ;)

#AEWRampage #AEWonTNT #BRYANvsSUZUKI #AmericanDragonVsTheKing #AEWxNJPW

Bryan Danielson Vs Minoru Suzuki and Sasha Banks Vs Becky Lynch are why I love wrestling so much

F#CK YEAH! Bryan Danielson vs Minoru Suzuki was just pretty Excellent as Imagined it to be & CM Punk vs Matt Sydal was really damn Good, pretty Fun Friday Night for sure heh! :D

#AEWRampage #AEWonTNT #AllEliteWrestling #DANIELSONvsSUZUKI #ImWithAEW

I thought Roman Reigns made some excellent points in the interview he did, talking about how AEW is given more of a pass because it’s newer and that unlike WWE, it appeals more to a hardcore wrestling fan. A lot of that is covered in truth, as AEW is still very much a relatively new company and therefore has been given the benefit of the doubt. I do think AEW CAN appeal to a more mainstream audience with enough time and build, but when you bring guys like Nick Gage and Minoru Suzuki for one shots– even though both are incredible in their own special ways– a majority of the mainstream audience will be like “Who the hell is that?”

All these wrestling fans being up in arms about Roman’s comments kinda feel like AEW fanboys with their heads buried in their pillows. Like, “How dare you try to criticize the competition?” Ironically, they’re in essence proving Roman’s point right. Then again, you could say the same with WWE fans. It’s far from being just an AEW thing. All those stans you see when you criticize something Alexa Bliss did or Sasha Banks did, it’s downright embarrassing. Nobody is incapable of not messing up, so why put on such obsessive behavior?

I know fan tribalism was rampant during the Monday Night Wars, but I find it hard to believe it was as toxic as it is nowadays what with the advent of social media. It’s just exasperated the problem so much. It’s like if you criticize AEW in any specific way, you get labeled as a hater. Likewise, if you mentioned something you dislike about WWE’s product, you’ll get labeled as an AEW bootlicker. It’s just all so incredibly stupid.

Oh no it was just as bad, to the point it permated the roster itself, only difference is now everyone gets in on it with social media. But back then it was not just someone calling you a peepee poopoo for liking or disliking, you were a target for the other side and Matsuri help you if you switched companies in the middle of it.

Tirbalism will always be a thing in sports, but specially in wrestling, because the sport itself was built on that with the territories. Nowadays just replace it with different brands and companies with their own talent that makes people show blind devotion to one side while considering the other unworthy of anything except vitriol.

Welcome to the rice fields motherfucker!

Wrestling fans are the worst