Totty Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 AEW legit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 22 minutes ago, Totty said: AEW legit... Has been a quality show so far. Crowd is fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totty Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, PARROTHEAD said: Has been a quality show so far. Crowd is fantastic. That's the first thing I noticed. The crowd is nuts! Edited October 3, 2019 by Totty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Just now, Totty said: That's the first thing I noticed. The crowd is nuts! I like the entrance, the non-led ring post, fans a touch closer to the ring, the contrasting light between the ring and crowd as the match goes, how the place is lit itself. Its those little things and production quality that really give it a major feel unlike Impact has been able to generate over 15 years. 1st show and it instantly has the feel of a major wrestling promotion. I hope NWA and MLW take note if they land quality tv deals. Things other than the matches and scripts matter in a tv production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 First show played like a PPV event IMO. Will be hard to produce weekly, so I am tentatively optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hagar is instantly my fav AEW wrestler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinneasGage Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 wow both shows delivered the goods tonight best wwe weekly show they've put on in years aew was great wednesdays are gonna be fun. wednesdays are for wrestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Wasn't too impressed with AEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinneasGage Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 riddle v. cole was one of my favorites of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I know i'm biased but i really digged into Dynamite. What a phenomenal show with a phenomenal audience. I have rarely seen such a crowd. The production quality was really good and i mean really good. The beginning of the show felt special. That Cody vs Guevara match was decent and the story afterwards which was picked up at the end of the show again was good. The segments were ok. I think the overall ratio between promos and segment on the one side and wrestling on the other side was quite good. Besides MJF vs Brandon Cutler, the matches itself were pretty good as well for a Weekly. Nothing to complain about there. The Woman's Championship Match started very slowly and didn't felt good after the first minutes, but the both got into it and together with the great audience they were able to save the match. Riho won the match and is now the first AEW Woman's Champion. I'm very surprised by that decision, because the waste majority of the viewers won't know her and might have problems to connect to her, since she can't speak english. That's a brave decision by the company to not go the easy way, but i think it's worth a try. Nyla doesn't have a great profile either, yet. They need to build her up again and i think that works best with her beeing on her way of destruction to get back to the title match. The main event was overbooked, but it offered some very interesting cliffhangers. Moxley attacks Omega during the match. The two of them brawl their way through the audience into the backstage area and Moxley puts Omega (and himself) through a glass table via a Double Underhook DDT. I like that intensity and they continue to build up their match at Full Gear. I just don't understand, why the match itself didn't end in a DQ finish. That's basically the only point of criticismn i have. The Bucks were forced to continue to fight in a 2 on 3 handicap match. They obviously lose and after the match all hell broke loose. The winners continue to attack the Bucks. Cody makes the save. Sammy runs into the ring, hits Cody with a low blow and picks up the story after their opening match, which suddenly makes sense, since it was all planned by Guevara and Jericho. Dustin Rhoes with the save and then the surprising debut of Jake Hager, formerly known as Jack Swagger in the WWE. He's now a MMA fighter and he looked damn well. The 5 of them: Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara and Santana & Ortiz celebrated their beatdown and left a cliffhanger for next week. Is this a new heel stable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOTN-93 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hager has some nice momentum and believability thanks to his MMA career. Depending on his mic skills atm could be a great guy for putting guys over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTHEAD Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 3 hours ago, KOTN-93 said: Hager has some nice momentum and believability thanks to his MMA career. Depending on his mic skills atm could be a great guy for putting guys over. In LU he really didnt say anything much at all and came off looking amazing every appearance. Hopefully they use him the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 First show was solid. A few kinks to work through but nothing major. As long as they protect Moxley and let him be himself he'll carry them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 AEW drew an overall audience of 1,409 million viewers. NXT drew 891.000 viewers. Quote AEW also drew 423,000 viewers for the replay right afterward. AEW decisively beat NXT in all key demos, with a more than two-to-one margin of victory in the key 18-49 male demo (0.92 to 0.41). They also decimated NXT in the male 18-34 demo, 0.73 to 0.26. (That’s where the indicators pointed last night and earlier today, but that three-to-one margin was only among 18-34 males.) Among all adults 18-49, AEW more than doubled NXT (0.68 to 0.32). That points toward NXT closing the gap with older viewers 50 and above and also kids under 18. source: https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2019/10/03/aew-beats-nxt-by-wide-margin-nxt-drops-aew-falls-short-of-approaching-smackdown-and-raw-numbers/ Not bad for a t-shirt company. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Not surprising that the debut of AEW beat out the already established NXT already on its second live show. It isnt a clear indication IMO That said, just watched NXT on Hulu and man it was the better show in the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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