Red Mosquito

JuanHamm wrote:I didn't watch it. The stream I had didn't work very well. I'm glad it was a good show though. AEW are doing a lot better than I thought they'd be doing at this point. It seems like they're actually going to be real competition for the WWE, which will hopefully spur them on to become more creative.

it worked fine for the pre-show then would never connect

i was messing around on a wrestling website's comments section later and someone mentioned another stream...the picture quality wasn't great, but i'm glad i ran across that...came in about halfway through the cage match

so i'm assuming you heard what happened or saw a video, tom?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:I didn't watch it. The stream I had didn't work very well. I'm glad it was a good show though. AEW are doing a lot better than I thought they'd be doing at this point. It seems like they're actually going to be real competition for the WWE, which will hopefully spur them on to become more creative.

it worked fine for the pre-show then would never connect

i was messing around on a wrestling website's comments section later and someone mentioned another stream...the picture quality wasn't great, but i'm glad i ran across that...came in about halfway through the cage match

so i'm assuming you heard what happened or saw a video, tom?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of clips. The Punk/Darby match actually looked really good. Punk is such a good in ring story teller. I hope he can pass that skill onto some others on the roster. I'm interested in seeing the Main event and the Miro / Kingston matches as well.

The cage match looked like a big spot fest, so I'll give it a miss. I really don't like the Young Bucks.

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:I didn't watch it. The stream I had didn't work very well. I'm glad it was a good show though. AEW are doing a lot better than I thought they'd be doing at this point. It seems like they're actually going to be real competition for the WWE, which will hopefully spur them on to become more creative.

it worked fine for the pre-show then would never connect

i was messing around on a wrestling website's comments section later and someone mentioned another stream...the picture quality wasn't great, but i'm glad i ran across that...came in about halfway through the cage match

so i'm assuming you heard what happened or saw a video, tom?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of clips. The Punk/Darby match actually looked really good. Punk is such a good in ring story teller. I hope he can pass that skill onto some others on the roster. I'm interested in seeing the Main event and the Miro / Kingston matches as well.

The cage match looked like a big spot fest, so I'll give it a miss. I really don't like the Young Bucks.

agreed on Punk

you don't like Omega either, right?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:I didn't watch it. The stream I had didn't work very well. I'm glad it was a good show though. AEW are doing a lot better than I thought they'd be doing at this point. It seems like they're actually going to be real competition for the WWE, which will hopefully spur them on to become more creative.

it worked fine for the pre-show then would never connect

i was messing around on a wrestling website's comments section later and someone mentioned another stream...the picture quality wasn't great, but i'm glad i ran across that...came in about halfway through the cage match

so i'm assuming you heard what happened or saw a video, tom?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of clips. The Punk/Darby match actually looked really good. Punk is such a good in ring story teller. I hope he can pass that skill onto some others on the roster. I'm interested in seeing the Main event and the Miro / Kingston matches as well.

The cage match looked like a big spot fest, so I'll give it a miss. I really don't like the Young Bucks.

agreed on Punk

you don't like Omega either, right?

Omega is fine.i need to watch more really.

I'm just not a huge fan of the main event NJPW style of Big move - near fall - big move - near fall...etc

It works sometimes,but mostly I just find it tiresome. I'm probably the only one here who doesn't think the HBK vs Taker WrestleMania matches were any good. Give me 97 HIAC Taker vs HBK

are you going to watch sting vs. arn anderson vs. marko stunt on Dynamite this week?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:are you going to watch sting vs. arn anderson vs. marko stunt on Dynamite this week?

Is that a real thing that's happening?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/ ... ich_match/

I love this. Paying tribute to the GOAT.

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:are you going to watch sting vs. arn anderson vs. marko stunt on Dynamite this week?

Is that a real thing that's happening?

it is...#1 contenders match for the TNT championship

The Cage match wasn’t just a spotfest like most Bucks-Lucha matches. It was incredible, match of the night on a show that had a shitload of great matches.

Sounds like the whole show was really great.

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:I didn't watch it. The stream I had didn't work very well. I'm glad it was a good show though. AEW are doing a lot better than I thought they'd be doing at this point. It seems like they're actually going to be real competition for the WWE, which will hopefully spur them on to become more creative.

it worked fine for the pre-show then would never connect

i was messing around on a wrestling website's comments section later and someone mentioned another stream...the picture quality wasn't great, but i'm glad i ran across that...came in about halfway through the cage match

so i'm assuming you heard what happened or saw a video, tom?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of clips. The Punk/Darby match actually looked really good. Punk is such a good in ring story teller. I hope he can pass that skill onto some others on the roster. I'm interested in seeing the Main event and the Miro / Kingston matches as well.

The cage match looked like a big spot fest, so I'll give it a miss. I really don't like the Young Bucks.

agreed on Punk

you don't like Omega either, right?

Omega is fine.i need to watch more really.

I'm just not a huge fan of the main event NJPW style of Big move - near fall - big move - near fall...etc

It works sometimes,but mostly I just find it tiresome. I'm probably the only one here who doesn't think the HBK vs Taker WrestleMania matches were any good. Give me 97 HIAC Taker vs HBK

The HIAC match is the best match of both of their careers.

numbers wrote:The Cage match wasn’t just a spotfest like most Bucks-Lucha matches. It was incredible, match of the night on a show that had a shitload of great matches.

Agreed.

BurtReynolds wrote:Sounds like the whole show was really great.

A couple less than stellar matches, but the overall feel after finishing the show, was really good. Great ppv.

We just bought n watched it.. but yeah it was a really good show from top to bottom

I'll never get sick of hearing Punk come out to Cult of Personality...it's just perfect

Hoping to find a stream this evening...

That was a great pvv. One of the best ever from AEW.

Another great show, Punk-Kingston was perfect. AEW is as good right now as any wrestling promotion has ever been for me.

haven't posted in here in awhile, but i went to rampage and full gear here in minneapolis. i don't think i've watched a full episode of any aew show in the two years or whatever since it has been around, though i did watch the last ppv to see cm punk's return, and have pretty much only read r/squaredcircle/prowrestling.net recaps and video clips to keep up with aew. so i didn't go to these shows as an established aew fan, just as a wrestling fan wanting to see what the new kid in town was like in person and to see cm punk and bryan danielson again. and it was fun! great f'n wrestling! great experience! would do again without question! but it's still very much a wrestling fan's promotion and has yet to find the wrestler(s) or presentation that will carry it to a broader audience and keep it there. i hope it does, though, because i can barely stomach what wwe is doing these days. at heart i am a wwe guy, but these last few years especially have been rough, and these days i don't even watch their shows, either, i just follow recaps and watch an occasional ppv (an aside: the wwe network move to peacock has made me watch even less wwe content than i already was). we've got a wwe raw coming to town here in a couple weeks and i'm barely excited to go to that. and the rebranding of nxt into nxt 2.0 basically sent me the message that they aren't changing anything any time soon. i feel like a wrestling fan stuck in kind of a no-man's land where nothing is truly keeping my attention, and i don't think i am alone there.

Does it have to cultivate the casual fan though? They’ve catered to hardcore wrestling fans thus far and they are already profitable and have a strong tv deal. I’d say keep doing what you’re doing. I don’t think the casual fan really exists anymore, they certainly haven’t watched wwe in about 20 years if they do.