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Almost everything the man has been up to has been calculated to a T. People call Cody Rhodes a politician, but Hendry might be an evil genius. His perfectly calculated earworm of a theme song, his natural charisma, and strong work ethic. He knows who to schmooze and what side his bread is buttered.
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Currently? Jacob Fatu
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They are doing these European shows to accommodate John Cena's shooting schedule. The movie is shooting in Europe so it's easy for him to fly out to whatever city in Europe Raw's in then for him to go back and forth to the US.
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They should be studied in a lab. I say that tribalism is counterproductive and that a rising tide lifts all ships, and they act like I said WWE should buy TNA and turn it into NXT 2. We have so many promotions, all doing really well. Wrestling fans are spoiled for choice this past year!
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No worries! I've seen multiple people say this unironicaly. I like AEW, my first wrestling show was AEW, but I swear some AEW fans act like it's on the verge of bankruptcy at all times
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A house show in a different city and different region of England will not hurt Forbidden Door. AEW isn't some struggling NWA territory in the 80's, and WWE is not the monopoly it once was. AEW and NJPW are both big enough that a WWE house show almost 250 miles away is not a threat to Forbidden Door
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He was released back in May
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There was always demand for true competition to WWE. The audience was always there. AEW was the first promotion to both find that audience and sustain it. AEW never had a finger poke if Doom, no bash at the beach fiasco. They're good and always have been. WWE marks rooting for it to fail are fools
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Exactly, AEW at this point is healthy. They've got a huge fan base, a great relationship with their media partners, and a stacked roster. Sure they've had a handful of odd booking decisions. But they are as close to too big to fail as a promotion can be at this point
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Again, you're arguing with hypotheticals. Yeah, TKO would love to control all of wrestling, but they can't monopolize wrestling. Vince tried and failed. The only reason WWE became a monopoly was because WCW and ECW failed independently of WWE's actions.
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If B shows like those a threat to a threat to AEW or any other wrestling promotion, then those promotions have bigger problems then counterprograming.
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WWE has three shows a week because the roster size and audience demand. Yet each show has its audience and style. Sure no one has the time to be watch every show every day. But the wrestling ecosystem is healthy enough to support them all, plus local Independent wrestling companies.
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That if is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. AEW is too successful to fold anytime soon. It would take multiple finger pokes of doom levels of bad booking to push the audience that they've built away. If TNA can survive this long then AEW's future is secured.
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Yeah, you could practically see the teleprompter for poor Tiffy. But Charlotte was yes anding everything Tiffany said, will Tiffany was sticking to the scriptm Maybe they should teach improv at the performance center on top of the physical training.
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Yes, and my overall point is that they should be watched and supported. Their continued success is good for the industry. And if one grows it creates interest in the others. While I don't watch them regularly, when I do watch them more often then not I like what I see
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My point is that there needs to be multiple big accesible promotions for the industry to remain healthy.
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That's fair TOK itself I have little faith in. And I do have my limits on what I will put up with. I don't watch the Saudi shows and the second they put an official from the Trump administration on screen at an event I'm out.
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Neither, wrestling has always had room for a true competitor for WWE even after WCW and ECW both folded. AEW has successfully been just that. Unless AEW makes multiple bad booking and business decisions for multiple years straight, there's nothing WWE could do to hurt them.
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How is me saying that wrestling is big enough to support two big promotions doing shows in the UK at the same time a lie? WWE doesn't need my protection. Nor does AEW, TNA or NJPW. Wrestling is probably in the best place it's been since the 90's.
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TNA has it's biggest stars show off their titles to a larger audience, bringing more eyes and interest to TNA. If someone big in NXTA comes on to TNA then it would look like the bigger promotions is invading the smaller one. It makes WWE look bad and TNA look weak.
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Top talent going to a bigger promotion when their contracts end is nothing new. Sure they want Jordynne Grace and Joe Hendry on their show since they're both good in ring performers who are over with the fans. But they are also highlighting their TNA titles as well. The relationship isn't one way
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Going from TNA to NXT gets more eyes on you in the mainstream. Going from NXT to TNA gives greener talent a chance to work in front of a new audience. Both benefit. Now if WWE absorbed TNA and made it a feeder system that would be bad. But the current relationship is healthy.
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If events are booked in close proximity to each other like the house shows leading up to Clash at the Castle and Forbidden Door this summer both being in the UK, the wrestling ecosystem can support both in the UK. And the audience is diverse enough that they'll all be well attended
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How so? Since TNA got it's act together in the past few years. Rather then try to sink it WWE I instead of squashing it, has instead started sharing talent. They have moved to recognize and talk about other promotions on their shows rather than act like they're the only game in town.
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What can I say, dyslexia a bitch. Autocorrect can only help so much
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That was true when Vince bought out the regional promotions 40 years ago. But the failures of WCW and ECW are dur to internal mismanagement In the current wrestling ecosystem the only way to fail is to alienate your audience and talent. Something no promotion has been doing on a large scale.
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Neither am I, but just as a rising tide lifts all ships, a sinking ship drags everything around it down with it. AEW being a monopoly would be bad for the industry.
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There are legitimate reasons to like and dislike all promotions for both on screen and behind the scenes. But damn there are people in the IWC rooting for the promotions they dislike to fail, and that's odd. A rising tide lifts all ships. I watch more WWE then AEW, I prefer their in house style.
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That promo yesterday was tough to watch. Say what you will about Chatlotte, but she destroyed Tiffany. Tiffany looked uncomfortable repeating memorized talking points while Charlottt came off as a natural. In ring Tiffany is ready for her main event push, but on mike she's not quite there yet.
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Bron Breakker has the potential to be a modern day Stone Cold Steve Austin, where he's booked like a face but talks and wrestles like a heel. We're at the start of something really special with him.
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4) Davel Meltzer's tastes in wrestling is so predictable that his star rating system is pointless to engage in. Reviews are not just a yay or nay if something is good or bad, they should stand as a writen work on their own. Ebert's movie reviews are good because he's a good writer not star ratings
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3) While Vince McMahon's aggressive push to go national hurt the industry. WCW and ECW's failures and TNA's struggles are not just due to WWE's efforts to monopolize the industry. Bad management did more harm than any counterprograming from WWE could
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1) Jay Uso has more than earned his push
2) Tribalism in Pro Wrestling is stupid and counterproductive. Unless you have a financial stake in a promotion, attendanc, ratings and PPV buys are immaterial. For wrestling to remain healthy we need every promotions to have it's audience and grow
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3) I applaud Moxly for taking that hit. I'm equally terrified and impressed. But being impressed at his guts is not a substitute for a lackluster feud.
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2) But this just makes me think, "Damn he's just here to hurt himself" and I'm now thinking about his safety, not the match I'm watching. In a strange way spots like that make the match feel less realistic. I don't know where the line is, and the only way to find the line it to push it.
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1) My issue with this spot in particular is that it takes me out of the match. Violence that makes me go "Oh fuck, these dudes really want to kill each other!" enhances the match, like what we had with Toni Storm and Mariah May, or CM Punk and Drew Mcintyre's Hell in a cell last year.
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I think the IWC marks are wrong. Dude's over as hell, and live he's got the crowd eating out of his hand. He's charismatic, sincere and his ringwork is good. Sure he doesn't have a large moveset, but he does his moves well. He just lacks iconic finisher, otherwise he's great.
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From what I've heard, London trends to rev up its indy shows as well in the lead up to AEW PPVs. Having to choose what show to go to seems like a good problem to have honestly! Like there's a lot to criticize WWE for, but this feels silly.
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Honestly pro wrestling tribalism needs to be studied in a lab. This isn't like sports team loyalty where it's tied to the city or region you're from. A rising tide lifts all ships. The more eyes on wrestling whether it's AEW, WWE, or a local indy promotions, the better for everyone.
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But it's hard for me to see either as counterprograming for each other. Wrestling has always had enough room for big promotions. WCW didn't die because the ecosystem couldn't support two massive promotions tanked because of bad booking, mismanagement and the fallout of the AOL-Warner merger
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Admittedly I'm in the US in a major city so I get AEW, WWE, TNA and indie shows fairly regularly so I know that's something I can take for granted. While I've heard good things, and like what I've scene from the UK indies. I don't know how big they are, or hour big wrestling is in general.
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Does it though? I feel like casual wrestling fans and families will go to the WWE house shows. AEW fans and people following the indies will go to the indies and Forbidden Door, and people who are fans of both would choose Forbiden Door as well as that's a PPV not a house show.
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Dude, it's a house show in a different city, in a different region of the country. Both will sell well and only IWC smarks will care. The wrestling ecosystem has been supporting both promos fine since 2019. Unless you are a shareholder in either company their success is utterly immaterial to you
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There clearly was a lot of backstage tension, and it was reaching a boiling point. Since returning to WWE he's clearly been happier, had great bookings and an all timer fude with McIntyre. I think AEW was not the right fit for him and HHH's WWE is.
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His matches with Breaker and Gunter are all fantastic, and his Wrestlemania 41 match will be a excellent, one that I imagine will open either night 1 or night 2 and get the crowd going. The IWC is a bigger joke than Vinnie Russo, and at least that clown got paid to make bad booking decisions.
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He's fun to watch, he's sencire as hell on the mic, always wearing his heart on his sleeve. So what that he has a small moves set, so does Randy Orton, and like Orton he does all his moves perfectly. So what that the Uso v Uso match was a dud?
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You know what? This is such a terrible take that I'm going to keep commenting on this. Uso isn't even in the top 5
1) Vince McMahon (1999)
2) Roman Reigns (2015
3) Brock Lesnar (2022)
4) Tripple H (2016)
5) John Cena (2013) And he better not win at Elimination Chamber.
Uso is over as fuck
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No, not even close
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I believe!!
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youtu.be/UaDAzXVycR4?...
This video explains the ongoing soap opera of pro wrestling perfectly. It's on the long side, but it breaks it down better than I ever could