AEW 2025: Who will save us from the Deathriders?

[Valeyard]

Honestly I'm not too surprised since he finished up with all his indie dates a few months ago, so he was going somewhere.

Push that dude.

 

[Brocklock]

Another guy like Bailey who can stand out more in AEW than WWE where he would be random Chad Gable henchman or something.

 

[909]

Yeah it’s a surprise because at one point he was definitely going to WWE. Instead they wind up signing the ex-AEW guys and repeating the mistake Tony made when he signed them as ex-WWE, which allowed WWE to shift to more unknown talent and get hot. Literally the same mistake! That kind of talent exchanging strategy between these two companies has a ceiling.

Bailey is definitely going to AEW, I think they’re just waiting on the visa. A lot of people in the business think WWE ratted on Bailey in the first place to get him deported and banned from the country.

 

[Valeyard]

WWE is probably also not the best place for the openly bi guy and his non binary partner.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Wherever Bailey goes, just bring in Veda as well. That's all I ask.

 

[Valeyard]

She should at least be in ROH by now.

 

[Gary]

Josh Alexander is signing with AEW. That’s a surprise.

I can't imagine him going anywhere in WWE, so it's for the best

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

More matches confirmed for Revolution: Omega/Takeshita for the title and Ospreay/Fletcher in a steel cage.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

great show. I wish Harley had won but every match was very good.

 

[Tino Standard]

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Live crowd singing "Metalingus" >>>> live crowd singing "Judas."

 

[Valeyard]

Harley should've gone over. If not win then go the distance.

 

[claydude14]

Not a ppv, but it was presented like one. Absolute classic show, crowd was lit. Interested to see where they go with Buddy from here, absolutely looked like a star.

 

[Valeyard]

They can build the TNT title around Buddy any time. He's a backbone Arn type who can work with anyone and be seen at any level you want him to be.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

I enjoyed Grand Slam and wanted to see the reaction online but couldn't because everyone was arguing over the size of the ring and the type of ring steps used. The goalposts are all the way on Saturn at this point.

 

[909]

If you actually argue about that shit you're a stupid motherfucker

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

It depends. A 12x12 ring deserves to be laughed at, but 16x16 is the industry standard, so folks griping about that are being silly.

 

[Valeyard]

Yeah ring size matters but unless it's jarringly small I don't care. You wanna argue about presentation, start with the color scheme and lack of ramp connected to ring.

 

[909]

It depends. A 12x12 ring deserves to be laughed at, but 16x16 is the industry standard, so folks griping about that are being silly.

The argument is ‘they forgot to ship a ring’ which is total dumbassery. Nobody ships the ring.

 

[Tino Standard]

AEW normally uses a 20x20. For this show, they used a locally sourced 18x18. Yes, it was smaller than normal, but it was perfectly acceptable, especially when factoring in the logistics of working a show on the other side of the planet.

For what it’s worth, I’m pretty sure AEW also used a smaller ring for Dynamite on the Jericho Cruise and those early pandemic shows taped at the Nightmare Factory in 2020.

 

[Tino Standard]

BazmanAEW (@bazmanaew.bsky.social)

I have just had a revelation with the Ospreay/Kenny Fletcher/Takeshita match of a subtle story they might be telling between Ospreay and Kenny. I went back through and watched the match closely and I cannot help but think future seeds are being planted. This post will explain more below!

bsky.app

Shifting gears to much more worthwhile topics, I found this thread on Kenny and Ospreay interesting.

These kinds of things are why I want to bang my head against a wall when WWE drones say AEW doesn’t do storytelling. AEW absolutely tells stories. They just don’t always bludgeon you over the head with obtuse plot developments.

 

[Valeyard]

WWE fans are more likely to have modern ADHD vs the AEW fans who just have the more traditional obsessive autism. I feel like i could probably show my work with enough time.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I've got all the love in the world for storytelling like that, but it NEEEEDS to be acknowledged on-air. Don't just let fans put it together on Bluesky or reddit, actually have the commentators talk about it, have the talent bring it up in a promo, make it a thing.

 

[Tino Standard]

Double or Nothing will be in Glendale, Arizona this year. Tickets go on sale Monday.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Very smart of them to move it out of Vegas since Wrestlenania is a month prior and the attendance there dips every year.

 

[Tino Standard]

Megan Bayne vs. Statlander tonight. A little surprised they’re running that already, especially with it being announced only this afternoon.

 

[Valeyard]

TK isn't known for patience when it comes to that sort of thing.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Missed the show tonight but saw Gabe Kidd is coming in fora Collision. fuck yeah.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Good show minus that awkward Thunder Rosa run-in. Bill/Hobbs was a great MEAT fest.

 

[Tino Standard]

Hangman’s performance in the opening segment was terrific. He is probably the best wrestler on the roster at conveying nuance with his character.

Toni Storm declaring that Mariah May had been “compromised to a permanent end” like Cena talking about Bin Laden was hilarious.

Also: I don’t know what happened to Thunder Rosa, but that run-in was a mess. She looked like she had no idea what she was doing.