All Elite Wrestling Thread

[Wilson]

To be fair, I'm not sure the plan was to have Jericho vs. Page for the belt judging by the timeline of events. I'd say they were going for PAC vs. Omega for the title, Jericho vs. Moxley because they have history and could have done an actual grudge match without potted plants or whatever the hell that was, and Page vs. MJF.

This push exposed two things though : Page isn't seen as part the group on BTE but more like a hanger-on, and they shouldn't use BTE as some sort of evaluating grounds for gimmicks/pushes. I'm sure people thought this librarian shit was hilarious on BTE, but it's utter death on the show and should be scrapped before they go on TV.

I'm also pretty doubtful that Page/Jericho was their first idea for this title match.

I don't know if BTE is how they think of like a character R&D for the moment, but I'd be surprised if those 2007 internet era sketches weren't still the things that got people over rather than TV. Just a weird time in general. It feels like a chatroom-based e-fed was given a bajillion dollars.

[Thelone]

The issue with BTE is the same I have with the presentation of the shows so far : they're catering to a very specific niche and not much else. They bring all those indy/international names and they're acting like I should know all those people already, except I don't for the most part because I pretty much checked out of wrestling for the last three years or so. I'm not asking for a thirty-minute bio of each person on the show, but give me at least a 2-minute vignette or something explaining who he/she is and what makes him/her stand out. The Brandi one at FftF was pretty good in that regard, but then they blew six months worth of storylines in five minutes for a dumb swerve and setting up a one-off Meh Kong vs. Aja Kong match.

They have a few people I'm interested to see in the future (MJF, JB/Luchasaurus, Private Party, Allin kinda), but I've noticed so many red flags already that I can't help but feel like AEW will be a bust if they keep going in that direction.

[Big Red Machine]

The matches were far too long. I would say no psychology but far too many broke down into big moves and kick outs for reasons beyond me. I did like the 3 way tag and the 6 man tag told a good story between Darby, MJF and Spears.

I'd mostly agree with this, although the only match I felt really went too long was the main event.

I didn't mind the main event but after 5 hours I just was uninterested. You didn't think Page/Sabian was too long? I couldn't wait for that match to end.

I didn't really notice it being that long, but when I look at the time it got as compared to the rating I gave it, it does feel like something that "should have" been better than it was.

[Thelone]

Page should have beaten this guy in 8-10 minutes at best, because Sabian so far is a nobody who came out to dead silence. Page going so long with this guy didn't elevate Sabian at all, but brought Page down to his level.

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