There are a ton of women better than AQA TK could sign. I feel like he only signed her because she's from Booker's school in the hopes Booker will stop talking bad about AEW lol
Eddie winning it from MJF is like my dream scenario. The underdog babyface winning it from the ultimate asshole. The pop would be insane.
Lucha Underground had a great balance to make sure enough stars shown even though not everyone has matches or even appears every week. The fanbase is rowdy enough to make sure the wrestlers don't lose their steam. They have much more time to kill as well. Having a promotion where almost everyone is beloved would be a dream come true.For me as long as someone I like isn't sidelined for months at a time I don't mind too much. I don't need them to be there every single week as long as it doesn't feel like they are being forgotten about.
I don't think AEW has quite got this balance right yet though. There have been times when I felt like certain feuds got spots on TV for 3 or 4 weeks in a row without progressing when one of those spots could have been given to another feud to develop and give someone else TV time. Like, I don't need a Sting and Darby appearance every single week.
I'm strictly speaking from the selfish perspective of a TV viewer who isn't going be buying tickets to a show and expecting certain talent though, and I'm aware that has to be a big factor when booking a show if you want to fill seats on a consistent basis, so I do get why it has been this way to a degree.
I agree with what you are saying. It's especially weird that Hangman doesn't feel like the main character of the show at all, because every past champ has.I don't agree with Wade Keller on everything, but he brought up a recent quote where Tony Khan talked about the size of the roster and how he can now put on consistently fresh matchups on Dynamite and Rampage. Keller was annoyed because despite of course liking good in-ring action, he wishes Tony would worry more about consistently presenting a handful of people as stars and putting in the booking and production work to tell the audience "This is someone you need to pay attention to, and this is someone you can invest in." Because fresh matchups are cool and all, but if someone has a couple of matches but then just goes back to feeling like everybody else on the show, or disappears (Where's Tay Conti?) it's going to be hard for the audience to get into someone, and for new fans to grow.
Now, I think MJF feels like a star, Punk feels like a star, and even Darby feels like a star. And AEW DOES create stars! But I do sometimes feel like a character I like could be taken off TV at any moment. Or just be relegated to a quick segment that doesn't do them any favours. Tangentially related, I kind of agree with this second part as it pertains to Hangman…whose title run I've really been enjoying from an in-ring perspective, but I feel the booking/presentation side is letting him down a bit with him not feeling like the centrepiece of the company, or just being thrown out there in segment 7 to run in and beat up Lance Archer and then move on to "We'll see you after the break for more great action!"
When I was a kid, Bret Hart was my fave. He was also on the show every single week and was either talking, wrestling, or was just being shown or talked about. If I'm a kid who's really into Andrade, I'm kind of happy to see him on TV every week right now, but I'm also wondering why he hasn't wrestled in what feels like too long, and if he'll even be on TV in two months.
This turned into a bunch of word salad, but maybe there's something there? Probably just goes back to the "Is the roster too big?" / "Does Tony just get excited about new toys?" / "Do things get dropped too quickly or don't get thought about enough?" (What's up with Men of the Year? The TNT title thing? Why is Lambert still floating around Archer?) discussions.
That's the one that got me 😂
Fuck. I really want to dive into this, but work is just starting. I've said it before and I know there have been conversations here where folk have agreed, but the heart of the problem is that Tony is just not a very good booker outside of giving his biggest talents lots of TV time and a ton of creative freedom. Anyone from the mid-card down? Expect to be booked poorly, if at all. Expect to be swapped out as Tony books like a bird collecting shiny things. Expect Tony to react slowly and poorly to criticism. And worst of all, expect Tony to not care about mid card or below storytelling, especially should it come in conflict with one of the 10 or so upper card wrestlers.I don't agree with Wade Keller on everything, but he brought up a recent quote where Tony Khan talked about the size of the roster and how he can now put on consistently fresh matchups on Dynamite and Rampage. Keller was annoyed because despite of course liking good in-ring action, he wishes Tony would worry more about consistently presenting a handful of people as stars and putting in the booking and production work to tell the audience "This is someone you need to pay attention to, and this is someone you can invest in." Because fresh matchups are cool and all, but if someone has a couple of matches but then just goes back to feeling like everybody else on the show, or disappears (Where's Tay Conti?) it's going to be hard for the audience to get into someone, and for new fans to grow.
Now, I think MJF feels like a star, Punk feels like a star, and even Darby feels like a star. And AEW DOES create stars! But I do sometimes feel like a character I like could be taken off TV at any moment. Or just be relegated to a quick segment that doesn't do them any favours. Tangentially related, I kind of agree with this second part as it pertains to Hangman…whose title run I've really been enjoying from an in-ring perspective, but I feel the booking/presentation side is letting him down a bit with him not feeling like the centrepiece of the company, or just being thrown out there in segment 7 to run in and beat up Lance Archer and then move on to "We'll see you after the break for more great action!"
When I was a kid, Bret Hart was my fave. He was also on the show every single week and was either talking, wrestling, or was just being shown or talked about. If I'm a kid who's really into Andrade, I'm kind of happy to see him on TV every week right now, but I'm also wondering why he hasn't wrestled in what feels like too long, and if he'll even be on TV in two months.
This turned into a bunch of word salad, but maybe there's something there? Probably just goes back to the "Is the roster too big?" / "Does Tony just get excited about new toys?" / "Do things get dropped too quickly or don't get thought about enough?" (What's up with Men of the Year? The TNT title thing? Why is Lambert still floating around Archer?) discussions.
That's the one that got me 😂
Was hoping he was looking for Vic Mackey for help!
Gotta disagree Tony Khan is an incredible booker and I think of everything as a super long term plan as opposed to consistent television.Fuck. I really want to dive into this, but work is just starting. I've said it before and I know there have been conversations here where folk have agreed, but the heart of the problem is that Tony is just not a very good booker outside of giving his biggest talents lots of TV time and a ton of creative freedom. Anyone from the mid-card down? Expect to be booked poorly, if at all. Expect to be swapped out as Tony books like a bird collecting shiny things. Expect Tony to react slowly and poorly to criticism. And worst of all, expect Tony to not care about mid card or below storytelling, especially should it come in conflict with one of the 10 or so upper card wrestlers.
I don't think Kenny felt like the main character of the show in the majority of his run, tbh.I agree with what you are saying. It's especially weird that Hangman doesn't feel like the main character of the show at all, because every past champ has.
Who's going to be the third man?
The one and only
Only Munch would believe in the conspiracy of one man launching another into space.Also tagging Mariska Hargitay, lol
Benson's not going to be able to help you, Isaiah
Who's in now?DDM is now 8 members deep. Surely there's still room for Jade, right? Going to continue to try to will this into existence like I did Penta Dark.
Giulia
DDM has more in their group than any other group in STARDOM. I only know of Momo join Odeotai and Lady C joining Queens Quest.Giulia
Syuri
Himeka
Maika
Natsupoi
Thekla
Mirai
Mai Sakurai (just joined today apparently!)
<3Personal history/trauma:My parents did give me up for adoption after I was diagnosed with autisim. They did take me back after like a month or so, I don't remember much I was a toddler...
So yeah, fuck you Statlander, Hirsch is 100% the face in my eyes