Official Wrasslin' Thread (renamed to reflect the discussion) (2 Viewers)

[GrandAdmiral]

 

[DaveXA]

Well sheet...

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I think it has to do with the audience being primarily composed of (at the time) "newer" wrestling fans (post-nWo, post-Attitude era, post-Goldberg, etc.). Among long-time wrestling fans, the scissors story is famous.

But did you know about it as it happened? I knew folks still in the business at the time and didn't know until a week later.

 

[Sun Wukong]

They're very bad. First 900k was their typical. Then 800k. Now we're regularly getting upper mid 600s.

 

[Mamba]

But did you know about it as it happened? I knew folks still in the business at the time and didn't know until a week later.

No, but the actual event happened many years before the Russo-WCW era that was referenced.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So happy this is the last week on FOX. They were seriously blacking out Tiffany Stratton's top because of her breast. forking idiots.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Theory sold the sheet out of that stunner.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So in one night, it seems Hangman drugged Swerve before taking him out with a headshot with a chair. Then Moxley tried to murder Danielson ala Terry Funk with a plastic bag. What in the hell?

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

So in one night, it seems Hangman drugged Swerve before taking him out with a headshot with a chair. Then Moxley tried to murder Danielson ala Terry Funk with a plastic bag. What in the hell?

The facepalm isn't towards you, it's towards them for doing that bullshirt. It's like Abyss in TNA when he got his two by four with nails on it that he named after Dixie Carter's mom Janice and would hit people with it. There's no room in wrestling for that type of thing to me.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

The facepalm isn't towards you, it's towards them for doing that bullshirt. It's like Abyss in TNA when he got his two by four with nails on it that he named after Dixie Carter's mom Janice and would hit people with it. There's no room in wrestling for that type of thing to me.

Khan will claim the chair was doctored, but so what. sheet is just dumb.

 

[DaveXA]

Khan will claim the chair was doctored, but so what. sheet is just dumb.

Yeah, regardless what people think about wrestling, kids and dumb adults will watch this thinking they can safely do this at home. Drugs, concussions, blackouts, whatever else that are outcomes that can be severe for someone, all for entertainment. Some would say it's not real, like a movie, but kids and adults do role play and do sheet like this at home and don't understand how risky it is.

And I get that AEW is trying to be edgy, but that was beyond edgy.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

I, too, found it odd that the blood feud b/w a man who stalked the other and cut a promo over his infant's crib and the man who burned down the childhood home of that same man would lead to such a violent match.

 

[DaveXA]

I, too, found it odd that the blood feud b/w a man who stalked the other and cut a promo over his infant's crib and the man who burned down the childhood home of that same man would lead to such a violent match.

Oh, so you're excusing this nonsense? I see how it is.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Damn...

 

[Loco Hornet Fan]

Oh, so you're excusing this nonsense? I see how it is.

To be fair, why is it nonsense? I would argue that it was very consistent to the feud and story being told, complete with Hangman’s post-match breakdown (seemingly uncomfortable with who & what he’s become- “was ‘vengeance’ worth it?”).

It is certainly not new to wrestling, or even all parts of modern wrestling. And to that poster’s point, this particular feud didn’t disguise the type of match it would be.

I am not saying that anyone has to like it. It is more than fair for that type of match to not be for someone, or that person to even hate it.

But I think it is becoming almost automatic for ppl to be like “this is nonsense/garbage/etc…just look at the ratings”, or even insulting people who enjoy AEW.

The domestic attendance (outside of PPVs) has been very bad. I am not saying that isn’t fair to call out.

Even though I think the creative and on-screen product is in a really good place, the product as a whole is absolutely fair to criticize. But I feel like it has gotten ugly, even at specific members sometimes.