The typical Cornette brigade won't mention this and only wanna go for the low hanging fruit of blaming it all on the BTE crew, but there's a valid reason to be concerned about Tony Khan's leadership. As Rich Fann said, this is a middle management failure, a failure to implement the appropriate canar...

It was best for both AEW and Cody to not renew his contract, at least on-screen. Whether it was Punk or the other EVPs that politicked him out, the bottom line is that since I started watching (Punk/Danielson coming in), Cody's creative was mediocre at best, fucking dreadful at worst. He didn't show...

Here's a good chunk of Rich Fann's very measured observation of how this was really a year in the making. The full podcast is here - https://vip.pwtorch.com/2022/09/05/vip-audio-9-5-everything-with-rich-wade-reaction-to-punks-inflammatory-venting-at-the-media-qa-the-fight-backstage-are-optics-bad-fo...

I'm sorry that Keller isn't gonna allow Khan, the Bucks, and Omega to compromise his coverage like the majority of the other big names in the wrestling media. Only Meltzer masturbators would view the Torch as low when it was able to sign away respected minds for the business such as of Todd Martin a...

Someone isn't tuned in as much as he should be into the Torch, POST, etc. worlds as he should be, I see.

Does Phil deserve to be vilified in any way for this? Yes, but not for the reasons most humans give a shit about that keep weighing in on this.

They weren't trying to get in the way of NJPW's USA expansion plans, which AEW very clearly was. Not what you originally said, but sure, let's move the goal posts. Let's ignore the fact that NJPW had no American rights to any of the talent, even as they tried to do USA expansion plans. The bottom l...

This is something to also take into consideration that Punk has repeatedly mentioned. The culture of the locker room has been quite off-putting for some time, which is why I believe Sunday night was a culmination of a pushback towards an attitude that so much of the roster has, in particular those o...

I think generally speaking, if you don't have an ego yourself, you won't clash with Punk's ego. He's always gotten along fine with the likes of New Day, Sting, Joe, Foley, Steamboat, Danielson, etc. (And honestly, I sit astonished in retrospect that Punk and Aries had such great chemistry and never ...

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/chris-jericho-jon-moxley-rescheduled-for-aew-dynamite-suspensions-update This story has been updated at 8:15 PM Eastern. Due to the ever-changing situation following the post-All Out backstage fight between CM Punk, Ace Steel, the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega, chang...

DougN wrote: ↑Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:13 pm Who remembers when Devitt tried to do the same thing? And who remembers when Styles ACTUALLY did it?

They weren't trying to get in the way of NJPW's USA expansion plans, which AEW very clearly was.

Who else remembers when the Bucks and Omega openly recruited talent away from NJPW to form AEW, then bitched in interviews later on that they weren't given the big farewell send-offs into the sunset that Devitt, Styles, and Nakamura were granted?

SPYWARE WARNING - https://www.pwinsider.com/article/162804/lots-of-stories-of-backstage-fight-at-aew-ppv-here-is-what-we-know.html?p=1 LOTS OF STORIES OF BACKSTAGE FIGHT AT AEW PPV, HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW By Mike Johnson on 2022-09-05 18:39:00 For the MANY of you who have written us asking about what ...

it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to align that Colt stopped wrestling when Punk came in. Punk debuted in August 2021. Let's take a look at how quickly Cabana was pushed out the door after that. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=994&page=4&search=AEW Cabana was like a half-dozen or ot...

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/cm-punk-ace-steel-fight-with-young-bucks-kenny-omega-after-aew-all-out More details have emerged regarding an altercation between CM Punk, Ace Steel, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks following the explosive Punk AEW All Out post-event press conference. Punk didn't m...

Poetic coincidence: Punk's return was a nod to the MJ-centric Bulls documentary. Punk is acting just like MJ, who appeared to rarely shy away from airing dirty laundry and then went on to use his HOF speech to settle old scores at the expense to viewers' comfort. In addition, let's also not forget t...

Who would have called the tag title match as stealing the show? Khan is obviously a bit overwhelmed right now, but even so, it's so obvious after last night to pull the trigger at Grand Slam... Unless the champs go full heel in the rematch that night, delaying the win for the Tri-State Area return ...

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aews-toni-storm-thunder-rosa-says-shes-injured New interim AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm has commented on Thunder Rosa's back injury. Speaking at the post-All Out media scrum, Storm said that her interim tag is "not ideal" and that Rosa "can ...

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/altercation-between-cm-punk-young-bucks-took-place-following-punk-media-scrum-comments An altercation that was described as “a melee” broke out between The Young Bucks and CM Punk following Punk’s comments at the AEW All Out media scrum on Monday morning. On Wrestl...

The legit thumbs, easily-cracking-*** matches: Kingston vs. Ishii Trios Titles Final Tag Titles Match Moxley vs. Punk Gonna be pissed if the world title picture after tonight's post-show chaos results in not being a mix of my personal AEW Mt. Rushmore (Punk, MJF, Kingston, Danielson.) The sooner Dan...

https://twitter.com/snowboiiii/status/1566665894155132930 for the people who wanted aew to be a nice family happyland for some reason, their aew might have just ended. but for the real pro wrestling fans who love machiavellian political intrigue and a reality that is impossible to pin down, the real...