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Can tell @Baby Shoes just read a recap cause if he had watched, he definitely would have mentioned this segment.
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Impact Wrestling Winter/Spring 2020-21: Swann Diving Into a New Era
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Wait... Brian Myers renamed his lariat finisher the Roster Cut? I’m not sure if I like it or hate it. In some ways it is a somewhat clever name but in same ways it just feels like a bitter ex thing to be a long term name
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Do you think Tommy Dreamer was in tears while tweeting this?
He's technically right but getting mad at wrestlers going from Impact to AEW is like a Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders fan getting mad over their best players leaving the team for the Yankees. This interpromotional war just really illustrates what a minor league Impact has become.
He's technically right but getting mad at wrestlers going from Impact to AEW is like a Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders fan getting mad over their best players leaving the team for the Yankees. This interpromotional war just really illustrates what a minor league Impact has become.
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Yeah, the idea of what he's saying is spot on. There's a reason the great commentators, even if they are heel, will put over the other talent to build them up as someone worth going against. The fact that Impact hasn't had any response to anything AEW has done, other than sending The Good Brothers over, is really telling. I wish there would be a response from them, whether having talent go over there, or having their own paid commercial.
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While stuff on the Tony promos has entertained me, it helps no one the more it goes on. No way Impact is going to get anything meaningful after this. They can pop the shows AEW talent works but I really can’t see AEW talent putting them over. Whichever Impact executive has green lit this caused a big problem I think. Now it’s gone on too long to stop but there is no real payoff in sight for Impact either.
Seems especially odd for Impact who tends to be one of the promos to acknowledge tropes and booking flaws more in recent times. I did get a chuckle when D’Amore told Myers he was being booked in an “Eye for an Eye match” and then when Myers was concerned, D’Amore rambled about how stupid and illogical doing that match would be.
Seems especially odd for Impact who tends to be one of the promos to acknowledge tropes and booking flaws more in recent times. I did get a chuckle when D’Amore told Myers he was being booked in an “Eye for an Eye match” and then when Myers was concerned, D’Amore rambled about how stupid and illogical doing that match would be.
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Impact seems just happy to have the exposure, no matter if that exposure involves the #2 promoter in that country shitting all over them.
I think the only longshot way to salvage this (and I'll admit I was wrong and MY FELLOW NEW ENGLAND MAN (in Tennessee) @Laz was right) is have Sami Callihan go on AEW Dynamite and beat the shit out of someone. But I doubt AEW has any interest in featuring any Impact talent on Dynamite beyond the Good Brothers.
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Sami is stuck in feuds as a midcarder at best right now. No disrespect to Trey Miguel but it doesn’t feel like the guy feuding with him should go get shine on a national level. Now, you got guys like Ace Austin who has potential. But I don’t know if Ace Austin smacking around Brandon Cutler means much.
Shocking that these people had no long term foresight into their booking. Khan booking philosophy is “I saw this when I was a kid so I’ll just do it too”
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That D'Amore bit was pretty great. I laughed so hard when he was rambling as he walked out the door.
I think in the long run, this will be similar to the NJPW/ROH partnership. Talent will go to the other promotion, but it won't be a serious invasion or anything. I really like the idea of sending underused talent back and forth to get more time.
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Most certainly I had different expectations for this AEW/Impact thing. What it's ended up being is a one-sided situation, and I'm sure the stuff with Guevara isn't going to help the partnership moving forward. Will be interesting though to see if this heats up post-Revolution and Sacrifice as the next step would logically be to turn up the interpromotional feud to lead to Rebellion in April. Who knows though, I'm not holding my breath about it.
The NJPW stuff with Impact too has been underwhelming so far with FinJuice not really adding much to the show, and seems more like a preclude to Good Brothers just going back to New Japan more than anything.
That AEW "ad" on Tuesday was funny for sure, but certainly counterproductive long term. Seems like so many possibilities are teased with all of this, and it feels like the trigger will never get pulled on things for one reason or another.
The NJPW stuff with Impact too has been underwhelming so far with FinJuice not really adding much to the show, and seems more like a preclude to Good Brothers just going back to New Japan more than anything.
That AEW "ad" on Tuesday was funny for sure, but certainly counterproductive long term. Seems like so many possibilities are teased with all of this, and it feels like the trigger will never get pulled on things for one reason or another.
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Impact getting pantsed will never get old, but this is just sad now. Dreamer's "I'm rubber you're glue" thing makes it that much more pathetic because you know the odds of Dreamer showing up on Dynamite are much higher than someone like Swann.
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Have Cryin' Tommy Dreamer get squashed by Paul Wight on an AEW show.
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Give me Dreamer vs Luther you cowards
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Everything happened at such a weird time. With Impact, it started between tapings, and with AEW, they had their own stories to build to their next PPV. I can't fault anyone for not wanting to just throw away stories that are moving to just put wrestlers from one show or another in their stories. Once AEW has their PPV, I think we'll see some more talent (hopefully). I'm with you on this. It seems like AEW is the top, NJPW on the second level, and Impact is at the bottom, in this deal.
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Big Cass showed up as a surprise mystery partner for Hernandez at an Indy show taped for Impact Plus and my god I hope that is not canon.
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No one had heard from him after he got into that fight with Joey Janela over a year ago so glad to see he's doing ok now.
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New boom period confirmed
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Not just Cass, but Enzo, too.
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Cass, Enzo and Hernandez will form ITALAX.
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Very timely Captain Phillips reference
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After eighteen and a half years, Xplosion has been put on "extended hiatus". Really an absolutely incredible run considering I haven't even heard people who love TNA and love B/C/D shows like @The Valeyard let alone casual fans talk about Xplosion much.
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Xplosion was a show they used for the international market more than anything. They had it on their app, but it was really produced for outside of the Us purpose.