Any of y'all watchin' AEW?

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If you missed it last night you just... Missed it. Tully Blanchard returned to the ring as a wrestler complete with his late 80s robe and his NWA United States Heavyweight Championship belt teaming up with his charges who were sporting the old NWA World Tag Team Championship belts which Tully and Arn Anderson carried and defended back then, taking on Jurassic Express in a 6-man tag team match.

But before that, this happened: Shaquille O'Neal wrestled Cody Rhodes and wound up being thrown through two tables. It made SI.

Shaq Gets Knocked Out by Cody Rhodes in AEW Dynamite Debut | Sports Illustrated

www-si-com.cdn.ampproject.org

The Big Slow Paul Wight has joined AEW and made his debut last night as well.

I bought the AEW Revolution PPV. Fiddy bucks. It airs at 6pm Sunday, my time.

 

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Shaquille O'Neal wrestled Cody Rhodes and wound up being thrown through two tables.

Tully Blanchard returned to the ring as a wrestler complete with his late 80s robe and his NWA United States Heavyweight Championship belt teaming up with his charges who were sporting the old NWA World Tag Team Championship belts which Tully and Arn Anderson carried and defended back then - AND JJ DILLON was there with them!

 

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Last Wednesday night... In what pundits and writers are calling the best swerve since Hogan went rouge, the Inner Circle appears to shatter but instead bond even more than before - and a new heel faction is formed! (this was must see TV on TNT)

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[icup]

im not into wrestling anymore, fandom dropped off when steve austin couldnt wrestle anymore but thats a pretty hefty comparison. im happy for wrestling fans because that NWO heel turn was fun to watch

 

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that NWO heel turn was fun to watch

The one in the 90s? Or this latest one I posted? AEW can't use any of the old WCW terms and brands like NWO and etc - they're property of WWE since 2001.

 

[icup]

The one in the 90s? Or this latest one I posted? AEW can't use any of the old WCW terms and brands like NWO and etc - they're property of WWE since 2001.

yes the NWO from the 90s. whatever happened in AEW recently..... if it had the type of impact that the NWO did in the WCW then i'm happy for the fans for getting to experience it.

hogan, nash, and hall in the ring was iconic, unexpected, and started a tidal wave in wrestling.. ive always been a WWF over WCW fan, but after hogan's heel turn, everybody talked about NWO wolf pack and the "intentional" backstab of the century. most people i knew were always WWF fans but started watching WCW because of NWO

 

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most people i knew were always WWF fans but started watching WCW because of NWO

That always gives me giggles, as most of the "superstars" WWF fans came to know got their start in WCW. Undertaker, Austin, Warrior, Triple H, Hall and Nash, and on and on. Turner didn't have the marketing and merchandising machine Vince pioneered. Didn't have the slick and antiseptic production and also didn't script every word every move and even side looks for every match. Ironically, the biggest "stars" such as Austin, couldn't get over until Vince turned them loose and let them make their own persona. WCW's mistake was letting these guys have FULL creative control stipulated in their contracts. They went way overboard, and also started just skipping events, no-shows for scheduled appearances, and so on. Vince would never tolerate that even from the likes of Hogan.

whatever happened in AEW recently..... if it had the type of impact that the NWO did in the WCW then i'm happy for the fans for getting to experience it.

I wouldn't compare them for pure crossover value - they're not bringing WWE fans over. But insiders and writers are saying it's the biggest swerve SINCE Hogan's heel turn. WWE is leaving Wednesday nights, USA is tired of losing the ratings war to AEW and they're thinking about a new NHL game series to put up against it. WWE is hurting like it hasn't since the 90s. Covid and solid competition are killing them right now.

 

[icup]

a young icup was imitating stunners, rock bottoms, and peoples elbows,, and throwing up middle fingers and pretending to chug beers ... good times

im trying to think of other big heel turns since hogan and i'm drawing a blank.... my memory is of almost exclusively WWE, and it seemed like there were a lot of factions at the time trying to capture lightning in a bottle

 

[Scot]

I stopped watching rasslin the same time I stopped believing in Santa

When I found out that they weren’t real

 

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When I found out that they weren’t real

You once thought either was?

 

[Scot]

Yes

When I was six

 

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First Ever Blood and Guts Match Announced For May 5th AEW Dynamite

Tonight's AEW Dynamite featured a segment with Chris Jericho and the Inner Circle, who addressed their beatdown of the Pinnacle on last week's show. The

wrestlingheadlines.com

 

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First Ever Blood and Guts Match Announced For May 5th AEW Dynamite

Tonight's AEW Dynamite featured a segment with Chris Jericho and the Inner Circle, who addressed their beatdown of the Pinnacle on last week's show. The

wrestlingheadlines.com

TYSON hit the ring!

 

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TYSON hit the ring!

I was hoping he'd knock that stupid mohawk right off Spears...

 

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I was hoping he'd knock that stupid mohawk right off Spears...

I'm gonna get that t-shirt he was sporting. He now has his own Tron and theme music. I hope he's in AEW to stay. Was it super cool when he came out of the heel tunnel? That's why (kafaybe) they turned their backs on him, they assumed he was there to help in the beatdown of Jericho.

 

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I'm gonna get that t-shirt he was sporting. He now has his own Tron and theme music. I hope he's in AEW to stay. Was it super cool when he came out of the heel tunnel? That's why (kafaybe) they turned their backs on him, they assumed he was there to help in the beatdown of Jericho.

Definately one of the coolest surprises they've ever had. The only one above it that I can think of right now was when Sting first arrived.

 

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Definately one of the coolest surprises they've ever had

 

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Biggest pop from a crowd maybe ever. Anybody who says Punk doesn't move the needle is nuts. If he was any more over he'd have been in orbit...

CM Punk makes pro-wrestling return, signs with All Elite Wrestling

After seven years away from pro wrestling, CM Punk has signed with All Elite Wrestling and will wrestle Darby Allin in his first match back on Sept. 5 in Chicago.

www.espn.com

 

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Ha. I wondered if anyone here was watching last night. AEW keeps chuggin on, it's two years in and it's easily the best wrestling show on TV in the last 20 years.

 

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Ha. I wondered if anyone here was watching last night. AEW keeps chuggin on, it's two years in and it's easily the best wrestling show on TV in the last 20 years.

No way in hell was I going to miss that moment.