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All Elite Wrestling |OT9| Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Rhodes
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I can believe it since Ultimate Warrior was his best friend back when Sting started wrestling, and they trained together for years. I'm just glad Sting finally got away from that stuff.
That's brilliant. I hope it happens. Have Spears come out with Wardlow's stuff in a garbage bag
It's fun to joke about, but I think actually seeing it on tv wouldn't be very much fun. A little TOO insider, where the reference overtakes the plot.
Correction: Sky is the first person to hold both the TNT title and Tag Title.
I don't want Scorpio to lose the title, but a different take on MJF and Wardlow, would be MJF playing mind games and helping Wardlow win matches with interference, instead of losing. MJF being a scorned ex gf that can't let go would be great. "I'm helping you win, you still NEED me" kinda deal
You're overthinking this. Some times the simple stories on wrestling are the best ones.
MJF costs Wardlow the title next week and Wardlow begins his quest for revenge/redemption.
Having your stuff given to you in a garbage bag is something everyone can understand regardless of the true story behind it.
So which webite do we use for this code for the LA show? Ticketmaster?
Oh I miss Taz coming out every week yelling at Darby and Sting "HEY SHUT UP QUIT DISRESPECTIN TEAM TAZ!" before either of them got a word in.
If I am booking this (and I am not) - I book it in a few different ways:
1) MJF costs Wardlow the TNT title
2a) MJF wins the AEW championship.
3a) Wardlow destroys the entirety of The Pinnacle culminating in him taking the belt off of MJF.
2b) You build towards MJF/Hangman
3b) Wardlow costs him the title.
4) Feud like hell.
Thank you! I never in a million years would have figured that out.
Man, that was a jam-packed Dynamite.
- Always a pleasure hearing Kingston on the mic but I'm not excited for Inner Circle 2.0. I like Garcia and, to a lesser extent, 2.0 but I'm not hopeful about Jericho being able to give them a big push.
- Hangman/Dante was a fun little match that I had no idea was on the schedule. They seemed to have decent chemistry and the frantic finish seemed to highlight Dante's inexperience with him being unable to avoid what was a pretty obvious buckshot lariat. Hopefully this isn't the last time we see them in the ring together.
- Not necessarily a fan of Adam Cole still hanging around the world title scene after his Revolution loss. Was hoping they'd shift him solely to the Elite drama but here we are. Both him and Britt seem cut from the same cloth in that they have a hard time admitting when they lose cleanly or how often they have to cheat to win. He's starting to get some go-away heat form me.
- I liked the Mox/Danielson vs. Workhorsemen match a lot. JD Drake has grown on me quite a bit and Anthony Henry had a moment or two of innovation. Mostly, though, this was about the brutality of Mox and Danielson and they delivered. Great first showing for them as a team.
- The William Regal promo had me grinning from ear to ear for almost the entire time. It's great to have him in AEW!
- Pac/Yuta was a nice bonus match. I really do like that we're getting more and more of Yuta across all programs (televised and on YouTube) and he's continually getting better. I would imagine he'll be a major player down the road.
- FTR promo went so quick I almost missed it. They fired Tully? Curious to see where this goes since there was almost no build to it.
- AHFO meeting - I mean, I can see how it was exciting for a lot of folks but I'm not a huge Matt Hardy fan and was not really looking forward to Jeff showing up. So, this gets a bit of a "meh" from me.
- Wardlow seems pretty comfortable on the mic, which was nice to see.
- JE v Acclaimed was really enjoyable and I thought the booking was on-point to make JE seem like they could lose. The Acclaimed looked really good here and I actually felt like Bowens didn't have to carry them like usual... Caster seems to be improving (IMO). This hasn't been an all-time great tag title run but I would say that JE's run has been pretty good and it's because they're consistently having entertaining matches like this.
- Leila/Rosa was good but something is just seeming off to me about Rosa these days. Can't put my finger on it. The superplex attempt seemed very awkward but glad they still pulled it off. Hopefully, we continue to see Leila. She makes a good heel and is really solid in the ring.
- I always get worked by Sammy's injuries! I sat with my jaw open for a good few minutes when Scorpio won - did not expect that. I would've liked to see Sammy last a bit longer as champ - sure, his first run wasn't great but I think he's a much better second run as champ and there were more good matches to be had. We'll see what Scorpio does with it.
- I don't know much about PVZ but she seemed good on the mic during the Inner Circle/ATT feud. Curious to see her in the ring.
Yes they fucking are. You can add that Regal promo from last night too. Heck, you can add the promo Moxley did when he came back as well. They've been excellent with this stuff.
Ok - I have to say - AEWs ticket prices are insanely stupid. Ringside tickets for the show in San Antonio are 1,200 dollars each.
Its not a PPV. Its a fucking Wed night show. If they can get it good for them, but to me those are PPV prices. 2 years ago I was buying ringside seats for 150 bucks a pop.
I think its the fucking "platinum tickets" that dynamically fluctuate in price shit that TM pulls that is causing it, but its fucking stupid and needs to stop.
Its not a PPV. Its a fucking Wed night show. If they can get it good for them, but to me those are PPV prices. 2 years ago I was buying ringside seats for 150 bucks a pop.
I think its the fucking "platinum tickets" that dynamically fluctuate in price shit that TM pulls that is causing it, but its fucking stupid and needs to stop.
Think they should be happy with that considering the lacklustre builds for a fair chunk of the big matches.
Yes! I fucking love how many guys we've seen crying in the past few days. Punk in the media stuff, Kingston, Regal. People who you know are tough as hell letting their emotions out is something many of us needed to see growing up. Fuck that "you gotta look tough, pal!". Give me real people feeling real stuff.
That's exactly what it is.
I got my tickets for front Row in Boston next month for around $500 each. The seats next to those (which are more towards the corner post than ours) were $1200 each last I looked. The person sat next to us on the other side, is a friend (randomly, we didn't coordinate) and they spent something like $800 or so.
Yeah it sucks that these ticket companies fuck with the prices like that. Shit like that should be banned.
I mean, there is a solution to the problem. For the Dallas and Houston shows the tickets are through the venue only. TK could just cut TM out of the entire thing, but I am guessing AEW gets a cut of the platinum pricing.
From Wardlow's promo, the way I understood it, he wants to be released from his contract and they go their separate ways. Obviously, MJF won't respond kindly, costing Wardlow next week. That plus they congratulated Sky on becoming the first person to hold both the TNT and Tag Team titles. I highly doubt, after that, have him drop it a week later.
Jeez yeah that could've been rough for Wardog. They should probably send Eddie out first every show to get the crowd in check.
Also, want to acknowledge again that Tony Khan has largely addressed the representation issue in AEW. We don't point out problems when they're not there anymore (or at least not as glaring), so want to give some credit where it's due.
Always more work to be done. Still feels like we're a long way away from a non-white men's world champion, and gotta keep working on the women's division. It's in a muuuuuch better place now, but still has a ways to go.
Always more work to be done. Still feels like we're a long way away from a non-white men's world champion, and gotta keep working on the women's division. It's in a muuuuuch better place now, but still has a ways to go.
This was a sensational read and continues the high quality of these Player's Tribune articles covering AEW/wrestling.
Sting is probably my favorite wrestler ever, mainly because of his late 90's run in WCW. I always knew Sting went through a period of struggles but I had no idea it completely coincided with the NWO stuff. Definitely puts a different spin on everything. So glad that he came through it though and is such a prolific player in AEW now as well as helping the next generation of wrestlers.
Are these prices right after the pre-sale begin? Because for the 3 events I've been to (FftF 2021, Rampage and Revolution) *at least during the pre-sale* the prices were less than $150 for ringside tickets. Hell, I just paid 400 and change for 2 lower side sections for the whole Revolution extravaganza, and it wasn't a combo ticket. The reseller prices ARE insane as fuck, so for my next event (hopefully Grand Slam) is either get them tickets on the presale or don't even bother.
*this is my experience, and I'm not saying it's necessarily yours.
I've never tried to buy tickets for this before, but I was going to try and get some ringside seats for the LA show because this is a one-time only thing for me. Looks like everything is unavailable on my end. Do they open up sections periodically or have I missed out?
These are not resale tickets. These are tickets whose prices fluctuate based on "demand" - though a block of 8 front row seats have been on sale for 2 weeks at 1200 dollars, so I think the prices only fluctuate in one direction.
The floor section usually is completely gone in the first hour. You can come back as people will have tickets in their cart that they abandon so you can sometimes get better seats if you are patient.
Damn. I thought this opened at 10am, and I got in not long after. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, given how many people have been waiting for them to come out this way.