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American Dragon

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WWE workers are saying things about their opponents that usually don’t get said out loud. I wonder if that is a company strategy to go along with their reality show or if h has just loosened the rules on promos.
Probably a TKO thing. They don't seem to give any crap what their UFC fighters say. Either that or they are sacrificing harmony for Unreal content.
 

American Dragon

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Call me weird but I wouldn't bother a celebrity if they were sitting next to me on a plane. Much less go out of my way to get an autograph that I would throw away and a picture I wouldn't show anyone.
At most I would be like "Hey thanks for insert something they did that I like" if It was someone I liked then walk away.
 

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I honestly think Jade has trouble getting along with people b/c she didn’t grind in the business and has been given things instead of earned b/c of her looks. She can’t mic or wrestle more than a 10 minute match and wants to be an actress.
She comes across as an arrogant and stuck up *****. Maybe that's just because she was a heel her entire time in AEW and I don';t remember anything she did outside of kayfabe.

Kind of like how you'd think MJF is an as*hole because he lives in kayfabe.

But MJF is way better as an actor based just on wrestling because I haven't seen any of his movie stuff. I can't currently be convinced that Jade is just good at playing the part. As the trope in wrestling goes, often times the best character a wrestler can have is just being themselves dialed up a few notches.
 

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She comes across as an arrogant and stuck up *****. Maybe that's just because she was a heel her entire time in AEW and I don';t remember anything she did outside of kayfabe.

Kind of like how you'd think MJF is an as*hole because he lives in kayfabe.

But MJF is way better as an actor based just on wrestling because I haven't seen any of his movie stuff. I can't currently be convinced that Jade is just good at playing the part. As the trope in wrestling goes, often times the best character a wrestler can have is just being themselves dialed up a few notches.
Like I said Jade didn’t hit the grind so 2 lockerooms resent her

MJF grinded and it pays off he has the total package and dynamite was 710k I don’t think it’s a coincidence there recent surge is with him and omega back they “move the needle” on that roster.
 
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American Dragon

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Like I said Jade didn’t hit the grind so 2 lockerooms resent her

MJF grinded and it pays off he has the total package and dynamite was 710k I don’t think it’s a coincidence there recent surge is with him and omega back they “move the needle” on that roster.
Hold up now I never really heard of her having any problems in the AEW locker room. I'm not saying she didn't but I don't recall hearing anything about it.

Speaking of Dynamite numbers for this week...

Darby Allin's AEW YouTube videos from Dynamite drew big numbers (for AEW). Last PPV/Dynamite/Collision highlight video to beat that one with 443K was when Cope and Christian made their return at Revolution. For the TV only highlight videos, Tommaso Ciampa's debut.

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And Dave saying Dynasty had the second highest PPV buy rate since All In, only surpassed by Revolution. So the B-level PPV Dynasty that had a mostly mediocre build had more buys than the A-level Full Gear.

TV-taping attendance figures haven't really been moving the needle much but everything else that's measurable has been moving in a very clearly upward direction for AEW for a while now.
 

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And Dave saying Dynasty had the second highest PPV buy rate since All In, only surpassed by Revolution. So the B-level PPV Dynasty that had a mostly mediocre build had more buys than the A-level Full Gear.

TV-taping attendance figures haven't really been moving the needle much but everything else that's measurable has been moving in a very clearly upward direction for AEW for a while now.
B/c MJF and omega
 

American Dragon

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180 minutes in and 63 minutes of wrestling. This is disgraceful.

Congrats to Bianca and Montez. Hopefully that prevents Montez from being one of the post-Mania cuts since WWE doesn't seem to have any interest in doing anything with the Street Profits anymore.

Unless she takes a short maternal leave after giving birth, she's going too end up being gone for at least two years when including the time she's already missed with her last match being at WrestleMania 2025.
 

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The last what 2-3 weeks of all this Pat McAfee idiocy was all for nothing.

Ready turns on McAfee in a babyface move in a match where Cody was getting booed and working as a heel and then Randy attacks Cody after the match.

Is Vince Russo booking this?
 

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The last what 2-3 weeks of all this Pat McAfee idiocy was all for nothing.

Ready turns on McAfee in a babyface move in a match where Cody was getting booed and working as a heel and then Randy attacks Cody after the match.

Is Vince Russo booking this?
It may have been worse than last years Cody match?

I have no clue wtf that shtbooking was
 
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Since Triple H likes keeping so much stuff off PLEs so they can put it on TV. Randy turning on McAfee couldn't have been saved for Smackdown next week?

Oh right it's because Triple Russo sent McAfee out there to say if Randy loses then Pat is gone so they couldn't.
 

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I’ll be honest I don’t have Netflix so I don’t have raw and would rather watch diners drive ins and dives on Friday instead of sd. So ya there’s no real appeal after that sht show tonight to remotely care until summerslam unless they put something worth caring about.
 

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If Pat McAfee comes back tomorrow night under a mask as the Midnight Rider and helps either Reigns or Punk win I will never watch wrestling again. That's the only thing I can think of as to the ending of that. Deep down I'm hoping he is gone forever but I don't buy it.
 

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AEW Dynasty had 93 more minutes of wrestling. I followed WM thru social media clips and commentary, but based on what I saw at Dynasty, I'm going to say 99.5% less ads. And I might be underselling that percentage.
 

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Bron's spear has looked like that for awhile. He stopped connecting as if he was breaking someone and began darting forward from several feet away. Do it that way and you lose most of your momentum on the connection and it looks weak. He doesn't do it like he did to Speed anymore. Wonder if they told him to change it up because he might've connected too hard a time or two.

The RKO to Pat probably signifies they know this hasn't worked. Pat said he's gone if Orton loses and they made him look like a chump tonight. So that celeb tag for next month must be off. Match itself didn't make sense. Orton slow and selling his back, heelish Cody, Pat as a ref and RKO, Orton loses, does the punt afterward. Best guess is they run it back soon with no outside nonsense. They're in a situation where if Ari wants something added, they gotta add it and attempt to make it make sense and it never makes any of it better.

Triple H isn't getting fired. The internet wanted TK to fire himself for like two years too. But with his heart, family, and TKO's outside interference, he'll likely walk away in a few years. I never believed he'd stay head of creative until he's 70+ anyway.
 
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