AEW in March 2024: Thank you, Sting

[King Kamala]

Obvious news but WON is reporting that Sting’s last match will main event Revolution on Sunday.

 

[BUTT]

“Sting was back in his old surfer gear. Allin and the Bucks no-showed so Flair took their place. The two went 45 minutes with lots of near falls. The video quality was far below usual AEW standards, resembling a 1988 NWA broadcast.”

 

[BruiserBrody]

“Sting was back in his old surfer gear. Allin and the Bucks no-showed so Flair took their place. The two went 45 minutes with lots of near falls. The video quality was far below usual AEW standards, resembling a 1988 NWA broadcast.”

Holy shit. A rare moment I don't regret dipping into the AEW thread. Well done!

 

[Valeyard]

I really wish it wasn't with the Bucks. Especially pedostache Bucks.

 

[King Kamala]

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Least surprising company departure ever.

 

[Epic Springs]

Makes sense now why they blew off the Ortiz feud on Rampage.

 

[King Kamala]

He should be glad that Tony brought him back at all (and put him over in his last angle, even if it did air on the C show) with as much public bitching that Santana did.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764658867122602009

Watch out for the lights, @tekcop

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764658867122602009

Watch out for the lights, @tekcop

Wow St Louis and Memphis are a lot further apart than I thought.

 

[tekcop]

Lol yeah. Probably not going.

 

[909]

Lol yeah. Probably not going.

Yeah as someone who did about six hours of driving on Sunday, then fucked around with the race car simulator for two hours at the NASCAR hall of fame, I’m not sure I’m ever doing that kind of driving again lirl.

I should have gotten a different hotel each night. That would have made things better in terms of not being stuck with a bad bed. Lesson learned. But then maybe I’d have three different bad beds. Idk.

One of the big differences between the west and east, is that from out here it‘s literally too far to drive from one city to another. So I am not used to driving five hours on the highway cause I just don’t have to. But if you live east of Dallas everyone does it all the time. We have worse traffic but we’re too weak for that endurance shit and I’m not the only one. I know very few people who would drive further than Vegas.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

i dont mind driving long distances for this stuff but i also go with people so I have someone to talk to/split the driving with, which makes it a lot easier. I'm willing to drive a pretty long ways for even a tv taping or a good house show just because we don't get a lot of big shows here.

 

[King Kamala]

It’ll be interesting to see how AEW draws in a weaker market for them (that it previously burned) less than eight weeks after their last PPV.

 

[Tino Standard]

They also just ran a Collision in St Louis in January. Other than Chicago, they never come back to a market that quickly.

 

[Epic Springs]

The building they're running the PPV only has a 7K capacity so wondering if this will be an easy sell out for them.

 

[King Kamala]

This is their first time running a less than 15k seat venue since All Out 2022 and less than 10k seat venue since the pandemic.


Although I feel like PPV attendance is less the issue than attendance for TV tapings. Even the Vegas PPVs that everyone hates have always drawn over 10k.

 

[Tino Standard]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1765095810289561771

 

[Hawk 34]

Everyone wants to punch Sammy and Sammy keeps doing and saying dumb shit.

Cut him loose, there’s a hundred dozen acts like him already on your payroll and out in the world.

 

[909]

Well now we know whose fault it is for finishing the match after Jeff got KO'd. That's pretty bad.

 

[Epic Springs]

This is like his 2nd or 3rd suspension (Kingston comment, Sasha comment, etc.). Either fire him or send him to ROH.

 

[Valeyard]

Fuck him, they got Osperay now who can do everything Sammy does better.

Sammy and Riddle for the IWGP tag titles.

 

[King Kamala]

Sammy Guevara could be the new Austin Aries in TNA.

Sorry @Laz .

 

[Valeyard]

Straight trade him to TNA for Speedball.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1765070520977113412

 

[King Kamala]

I was kind of surprised when I saw Sting’s sons that they had never tried their hands at the biz but they heard all about David & Reid Flair (if they didn’t know them personally) and probably knew best to stay the frig away from Papa Stinger’s work.

 

[Hawk 34]

I was kind of surprised when I saw Sting’s sons that they had never tried their hands at the biz but they heard all about David & Reid Flair (if they didn’t know them personally) and probably knew best to stay the frig away from Papa Stinger’s work.

Also probably important that unlike the Flair boys, their dad hasn’t pissed away the majority of their inheritance either.

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

Sting's also been very vocal about how bad his life got toward the end of WCW, and how the time taken away after WCW closed and finding his faith saved his life. It's entirely possible that he warned his sons not to follow in his footsteps and that he was only sticking to it because it was all he knew.

Regardless, Stinger is an all-timer, and that someone who persevered through bad booking almost his entire career could still be so iconic is amazing.

Sammy and Riddle for the IWGP tag titles.

...now I want Guevara in MLW.

 

[King Kamala]

Even putting behavior issues aside, Guevara hit his ceiling in AEW a while ago. It wouldn’t be a bad thing for him to go somewhere else and get a new paint of coat.

 

[909]

WWE needs quality in ring talent more than most are willing to acknowledge. If Tony let Sammy go, HHH should sign him instantly. And he probably would! So he’s not being released.

 

[Valeyard]

It's more about not wanting to lose another Pillar.