I really think they should of went with him as the first champ. I get Jerhico that he is a name for the casuals, but it kinda has that TNA vibe to it with him being an ex WWE guy. And you also have Tye, Pac, Mox getting big roles as "ex-WWE" guys.
I would of had Omega win the championship at the first PPV against Jerhico instead of waiting all summer to crown a champ. Omega was hot enough at the time. It would of also really shown that AEW is different from WWE. Here is the guy that WWE was dying to sign, but now he is the AEW champ, see what all the buzz is about.
Let him put on 6 star matches with everyone on the roster. When Vince expanded in the 80's he put the rocket on Hogan and didn't look back. Hogan was what the WWE was all about. Over the top Americana good guys, with big muscles and cocked out promos. Kenny would of been the Hogan of AEW. AEW is about wrestling and athleticism. He would of set the tone of AEW.
Why not Kenny beats Jerhico, then beats Rhodes last nite, and beats Mox on the debut show on TNT. That would of really established Kenny and he would of beaten 3 "WWE" guys.
As for AEW, I think they need to reign in their wrestlers. I know its the style but the matches are just overly long and too many of them just have the false finish kick outs. Almost all the matches I watched last night I felt should of ended 5 minutes earlier. Not every match needs to be 20 minutes with false finish after false finish. Sometimes a 10 minute match with a finish works too.
I don't like this "woke" direction they are taking with Nyla Rose. Ya I feel bad for the women in the back. I know its a fake sport, but there are only 3 belts in the company and someone like Britt Baker should be getting that spotlight. I mean 98 lb Riho vs essentially a man just doesn't work for me. Yes suspension of disbelive and everything but I feel that this is even more of a mockery than Pockets or Jelly Janela that Cornette likes to complain about.
Dark Order are a total bust so I hope they retool and move in a different direction. Private Party should be in their spot.
Does anyone see Hangman as a beefier Adam Cole. All he has to do is go Adam Page BAY BAY LOL.
MJF is being totally underused. I get they are setting up a long term storyline, but he should be someone who is 3-0 in singles matches, not spending the PPV as a second to Cody.
I also think that they need to do something with their production. Its still top notch, but there is just too much "downtime" where nothing is happening. How many crowd shots do we need? Why was there like 10 minutes on the pre show of the announcers killing time. In between matches have an interview or something instead of 5 minutes of crowd shots. The rest of the production is top notch, even having pyro!
The Hogan comparison in the 80s is brilliant. It would have made Kenny this companies stud, and it's easy to get the belt off of a face with distractions, interference, etc. Having him win at Double or Nothing for the title would have given viewers two free shows (Fight for the Fallen and Fyter Fest) to see what this guy who didn't go to the WWE is all about, and you put him over Moxley like you said at one of those and Cody at the other. He opens AEW on TNT as the world champ with a promo and is cut off by whatever surprise heel you want to bring in (Pac would be great there).
Matches are another thing I agree with, I HATE false finishes on finishers and big moves. I don't care if you don't use your whole arsenal every match. Did Hogan/Rock/Austin/Cena/Roma any of the guys seen as larger then life superstars bring out every move every match? That's a big reason I just don't care about the Young Bucks, I know they are talented, but how many times last night did Matt Jackson get almost murdered, and then was up doing MOVEZ two seconds later? These spots make everything feel meaningless when you don't sell it. You cannot even remotely compare them with the Hardyz because Matt and Jeff actually sold and got the fans behind them to overcome. With YB it's just MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, False Finish, repeat...for twice as long as any of those matches should go. Pentagon and Fenix are completely wasted as a tag team as well IMO, look back at S1 Lucha Underground Pentagon Jr....
The Nyla stuff is odd to me, as I stated I didn't even realize she was trans, and I guess I don't overly care since wrestling is fake BUT there are multiple other MONSTER females if the goal here was big vs. small. Awesome Kong for example could have been held off for this show and won, Aja Kong even since she has some times to Riho I believe. I actually really like Riho, but JR couldn't have done more to bury her during commentary last night in my opinion. The womens roster is actually decent, but Rose is nowhere near the top of it. Britt should easily be being built up alongside Shida early on in this division. Allie is somebody that I think can do fine growing in her program with Brandi, and they have alot of solid midcard women to build, and that's where Rose belongs. Smiley Kylie, and any of the women from the battle royal last night that are signed.
100% with ya, I hate the Dark Order. They are right there with Baron Corbin levels of walk away from my TV when they are on. Immediate repackage for these guys if you want them to be a team, and not be the reason people turn the channel to NXT come October, because every match of theirs so far has been AWFUL.
Don't you say bad things about Adam Cole BAE BAE!, Hangman wishes he could cut a promo like Cole. Send Hangman down to the MJF/Cody/SCU midcard and let him grow organically.
MJF might be the biggest whiff so far outside of Kenny. This guy has it. I love the Miz, but MJF is the Miz with an actual wrestlers body who can get legit heel heat without just being obnoxious. He should be at the top of the midcard trying to break through to the main event, and yeah it's clearly the slow burn heel turn on Cody (Cause Cody needs more forced babyface reactions).
Production goes from great to WTF in such a hurry. I'm ok with crowd shots as long as crowds are hyped and full, I'll take that over WWE needing to show 1000 replays of last weeks Raw or SD, or replay earlier in the night crap, but they could cut some of that time down. I think we are seeing a live work in progress, I can't remember anymore what the shows looked like when Nitro and then Raw went live but I'm sure they had their growing pains too, I believe they'll get there.
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post below and they are doing the boring losing streak before he finally gets it and overcomes them odds.
