AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

Imagine actually making that.

Whoever made that is a billion times the worse than those he is trying to take the p1ss out of.

Sure isnt Vince one of the boys too.

Tony is a money mark. Plain and simple.

Seems like he's making profit off it so fair play to him. Many here would kill to be in a similar position and would likely do a much worse job so not sure why people deride him for being a money mark. If you work on something you enjoy, hang out with your childhood heroes and make money doing it, then that's pretty cool no matter how you look at it.

TNT front productions costs though I believe.

They also pay for the accommodation and flights for the wrestlers then advertising and promotion I would love to see the accounting of the company

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Between owning an NFL team a Premier League team and a Wrestling company I would imagine the Khan family are pretty good at knowing how to spend money in sports franchises without dipping into their own personal wealth.

Be that tv money, Advertising money, sponsorship money and tax breaks.

Since Khan took over Fulham in 2013, the club hasn't turned a profit once, and have yearly losses ranging from 2m to 46m.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Only about 3 clubs in England's top flight not in debt nearly every other one is leveraged up to the last.

Just look at the money Man U's owners make from the club despite it being £500m in debt.

There is a reason all these billionaires buy football teams in England

That wasn't your point.

Neil3030 wrote: »

Yikes, do they pay transport and accommodation? That must be 100k+ per week for the whole roster.

What's the story with healthcare / the independent contractor status of their workers?

If AEW are paying healthcare, that's millions per year. Easily.

No wrestlers are independent contractors except I’m assuming the evps not sure of the healthcare not heard /read anything if they do pay healthcare

Most do live in Florida it seems so I’d say right now the flights aren’t too expensive you’d imagine

Big win for Pretty Peter Avalon!

Taz doing the Kata ha jime

His sons ring name Hook so I’m guessing he’s going to be a shooter.

Also Powerhouse Hobbs is so old school it's great.

I know he's backstage like that, but Cody coming out with the headset just looks fake. Like he just grabbed it to make it look like he's involved backstage. Why can't he take it off when going out to the ring? Looks like they're trying too hard.

Looked like Hobbs thought he injured Lee Johnson. Johnson who not only doesn't get any members of the Nightmare Family accompanying him, but also just doesn't get an entrance on tv

Was there meant to be a part 2 to the Vegas trip?

That promo from Tazz was fantastic, really liked the whole segment. The difference between a promo like that and the wooden, scripted WWE promos is night and day. Powerhouse Hobbs looked great too. Cracking episode again from AEW.

LineOfBeauty wrote: »

In kayfabe, that Tazz's son chooses to train with his rival rather than him is obviously a sore point for a guy who they've established as a coach and mentor. Though the 1st time in AEW that Tazz gets physical and the stakes are clearly raised, Tazz's son is there for his dad because family means more than anything. This was not tough to follow.

I dont think it made great sense though. Easy of follow yes, was the addition of Taz's son necessary? No.

Taz was brilliant, very real and natural. No doubt, Cody came across well too. No problems there in terms of his presence and delivery, but Im not a huge fan of how the segment turned to focus on Taz's son, Hook (has he a kid named Red too I wonder, silly name IMO. But thats neither here nor there).

Is Cody training Taz's son legit? God knows. From a kayfabe POV, why was Cody training him.

Cody and Taz are feuding, so why was Hook training with Cody to begin with? Thats a question that would shed more light on the situation.

Why wasn't he training with his Dad to begin with? His Dad is mentoring others, why is Hook going with Cody, esp when his Dad is feuding with Cody?

The part I don't get is, why train with Cody when your Dad is feuding with him. That part isn't clear.

I really don't think the addition of Hook will help the feud personally, the segment was fine without it. They are a blurring the lines too much here for my liking. What do they want us to believe here...... I agree with Martson above, pick a lane. Burring the lines when it suits just doesnt work.

Besides that Dynamite was enjoyable TV.

Hobbs booked in a squash was the right move. I was fearful that they would go down the Trent Barretta vs Omega route (a match Omega should have squashed Trent, but went toe to toe....wrong call.)

Miro and Kip need to go away. There feud with best friends is doing nothing for me. Miro has been a heater for Kip. Not a huge fan of Kip, hes bland and hasn't enough personality to stand out against others who are better than him.

Miro though has potential but he's above being a glorified heater for Kip. Hes above it. His AEW career hasnt shown me any evidence that WWE were wrong to push him. He came in very cold, none of his qualities have been really presented well by AEW and for someone who could have excelled like Mox or Jericho, they haven't used him correctly at all in this "best man gimmick". Id love him to go away and reset a few months later.

Pac and Kingston is all kinds of viewing pleasure, Kingston is a natural and can be the Mick Foley of AEW. Underated, passionate and buckets of personality. While Miro is used awfully, Kingston is being used perfectly.

Not a fan of Murderhawk and think its wrong to inject him into this feud. I dont hate Lance, but its the little things that annoy me. Yes his look is unique but its silly looking. Shave his head and lose the toilet chain on the back of his head. Why start him into a feud now with Kingston? The DT v Kingstons crew is fine as is, it doesn't need an "is he a face" Lance Archer involved, find something else for him.

Im getting sick of the inner circle but I enjoyed the match with SCU. But I dont wanna see Jericho wrestle Kazerian next week. I wanna see more Scorpio Sky and less Jericho. I feel the dropped the ball with Sky after his match with World Champ Jericho, but I get they cant push everyone.

Mox and Omega is a nice simple build. Kenny did better on the mic this week and their story is developing nicely. No complaints here. The added bonus of who attacked Mox is interesting..... hoping its the Bucks.

Page and Silver was a good opener. I dont mind Silver getting more offence here as the story is Page loosing his way. Hopefully the DO and Page stuff leads somewhere good, like a Lee vs Page match.

Tag team match was short but fun. The Martin Bros look like a team with fantastic potential.

The womens match was ok, wasnt a huge fan of it but I think thats more because the division needs better booking. Its way off NXTs female division.

But an overall good show.

beakerjoe wrote: »

Mox and Omega is a nice simple build. Kenny did better on the mic this week and their story is developing nicely. No complaints here. The added bonus of who attacked Mox is interesting..... hoping its the Bucks.

I'm seriously hoping it's KENTA who called Mox out a few weeks ago and with Mox going over to NJPW it's the start of the two companies working together,

LineOfBeauty wrote: »

In kayfabe, that Tazz's son chooses to train with his rival rather than him is obviously a sore point for a guy who they've established as a coach and mentor. Though the 1st time in AEW that Tazz gets physical and the stakes are clearly raised, Tazz's son is there for his dad because family means more than anything. This was not tough to follow.

See this:

beakerjoe wrote: »

I dont think it made great sense though. Easy of follow yes, was the addition of Taz's son necessary? No.

Taz was brilliant, very real and natural. No doubt, Cody came across well too. No problems there in terms of his presence and delivery, but Im not a huge fan of how the segment turned to focus on Taz's son, Hook (has he a kid named Red too I wonder, silly name IMO. But thats neither here nor there).

Is Cody training Taz's son legit? God knows. From a kayfabe POV, why was Cody training him.

Cody and Taz are feuding, so why was Hook training with Cody to begin with? Thats a question that would shed more light on the situation.

Why wasn't he training with his Dad to begin with? His Dad is mentoring others, why is Hook going with Cody, esp when his Dad is feuding with Cody?

The part I don't get is, why train with Cody when your Dad is feuding with him. That part isn't clear.

I really don't think the addition of Hook will help the feud personally, the segment was fine without it. They are a blurring the lines too much here for my liking. What do they want us to believe here...... I agree with Martson above, pick a lane. Burring the lines when it suits just doesnt work.

1. Hook training with Cody is fine, furthers the idea that Taz is such a jerk, his own kid abandoned him, etc. Plenty you can do with that.

2. Hook showing up at the end to side with his father vs Cody would also be fine.

But you can't have both of these developments crammed into the same segment we first hear about Hook even existing. The two threads completely contradict each other and force you to fill in the gaps yourself, in your case, LineOfBeauty, that family wins out etc.

You can't set the context AND have the plot twist all at once. There's a difference between suspense and confusion.

Jake had a hand in Undertaker's babyface turn, so I'm sure he'd have a few ideas for the eventual Archer turn.

Miro has been the wrestling free transfer equivalent of Alexis Sanchez.

What a flop.