I actually forgot that Styles and London were the tag team that never was, since it had been planned for the two of them to be a team, then London got some injury that necessitated Red replacing him and becoming champs with AJ> He and Aj were going to have a feud when WWE came calling. Would like to see them finally team.DXvsNWO1994 wrote:
I like the Strong vs. Styles match. Should be great! I kind of hoping now that AJ actually feuds with The Decade. Part of me is actually hoping that we get this, and it leads to (maybe) The Decade vs. AJ Styles & Paul London. That would be awesome!
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London vs. Styles II would cure men with ED.DBSommer wrote:I actually forgot that Styles and London were the tag team that never was, since it had been planned for the two of them to be a team, then London got some injury that necessitated Red replacing him and becoming champs with AJ> He and Aj were going to have a feud when WWE came calling. Would like to see them finally team.DXvsNWO1994 wrote:
I like the Strong vs. Styles match. Should be great! I kind of hoping now that AJ actually feuds with The Decade. Part of me is actually hoping that we get this, and it leads to (maybe) The Decade vs. AJ Styles & Paul London. That would be awesome!
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If he's not involved in the Decade angle, I wouldn't mind seeing Styles' character be the anti-Hardy and work his way to a title shot vs Cole.
Mostly, if his appearances end up being at least semi-regular I hope Styles becomes part of some story line rather than just there to have matches.
Mostly, if his appearances end up being at least semi-regular I hope Styles becomes part of some story line rather than just there to have matches.
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I knew it. And we had people being all like "contracts say this", "this website says this", further proving that no one knows shit except the direct party involved.
Seriously awesome news and look forward to what matches take place, and vs. Strong is the perfect welcome back match.
Seriously awesome news and look forward to what matches take place, and vs. Strong is the perfect welcome back match.
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I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
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If the company is smart, they would book Silas Young vs Matt Hardy (heel vs heel, but still) before the AJ match, so the pace of the Styles/Strong match will seem extremely good regardless if it really is. It would be an illusion, the same way a fastball seems faster after a changeup even though it isn't.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
I don't think AJ has been working a slow style. Aside Aries and Hardy (who isn't exactly as limber as he once was either), who has AJ worked against that allows him to work a fast paced match?
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Wait whatMattxx87 wrote:If the company is smart, they would book Silas Young vs Matt Hardy (heel vs heel, but still)bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
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IMO that is just a result of the TNA roster being really bad; Styles didn't have any opponents to go a faster pace.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
It is true however that he is not the Styles of 2005, we should not expect him to be as good as he was 8 years ago, but it'll be interesting to see if he can still hang with the top guys in the business.
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lol I been going through the forum and I have been seeing a lot of that. You should just link someone to this tread when they start that.Recall wrote:I knew it. And we had people being all like "contracts say this", "this website says this", further proving that no one knows shit except the direct party involved.
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reminds me a lot of when Daniels returned to ROH in 2010, hopefully Styles is as motivated as Daniels was three years ago and will deliver some great matches!
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AJ's as good as he ever was. Now instead of just being a spotfest type wrestler he can tell a damn good story in the ring now and incorporate some of those spots into the story as opposed to then before when he was just giving you move after move (not knocking him at all, he was still awesome then.)JigsawVs.Jason wrote:IMO that is just a result of the TNA roster being really bad; Styles didn't have any opponents to go a faster pace.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
It is true however that he is not the Styles of 2005, we should not expect him to be as good as he was 8 years ago, but it'll be interesting to see if he can still hang with the top guys in the business.
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Didn't he interact with Kazarian, Daniels and even Joe this past year? I seem to remember at least one match with any of them.Mattxx87 wrote:If the company is smart, they would book Silas Young vs Matt Hardy (heel vs heel, but still) before the AJ match, so the pace of the Styles/Strong match will seem extremely good regardless if it really is. It would be an illusion, the same way a fastball seems faster after a changeup even though it isn't.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
I don't think AJ has been working a slow style. Aside Aries and Hardy (who isn't exactly as limber as he once was either), who has AJ worked against that allows him to work a fast paced match?
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Cagematch.net says at least Kaz ("I think we all know where babies come from, KAZ!") and Joe. But he faced Daniels at last years Final Resolution, so that technically counts.mkpunk wrote:Didn't he interact with Kazarian, Daniels and even Joe this past year? I seem to remember at least one match with any of them.Mattxx87 wrote:If the company is smart, they would book Silas Young vs Matt Hardy (heel vs heel, but still) before the AJ match, so the pace of the Styles/Strong match will seem extremely good regardless if it really is. It would be an illusion, the same way a fastball seems faster after a changeup even though it isn't.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
I don't think AJ has been working a slow style. Aside Aries and Hardy (who isn't exactly as limber as he once was either), who has AJ worked against that allows him to work a fast paced match?
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Pumped, like have been listening to VAST for the last half hour pumped, but I do wish they put together a better promotional image, knows its only a little thing but it does look rather sloppy. Anyone care to improve on it?
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I hope you realize that the bush-league dirtsheets reported all of that nonsense. Meltzer nor Mike Johnson ever confirmed a new contract or anything like that.Recall wrote:I knew it. And we had people being all like "contracts say this", "this website says this", further proving that no one knows shit except the direct party involved.
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Nah he slowed it down due to getting older and to fit the darker character. His matches are still on-par with where he was years ago, just replaced the flashy stuff with more storytelling.JigsawVs.Jason wrote:IMO that is just a result of the TNA roster being really bad; Styles didn't have any opponents to go a faster pace.bik100 wrote:I wonder how ROH fans will react to AJ's slower style that he used in 2013 for the most part.
It is true however that he is not the Styles of 2005, we should not expect him to be as good as he was 8 years ago, but it'll be interesting to see if he can still hang with the top guys in the business.
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I'm so glad it's official that he is coming. AJ vs Strong should be great. That was actually the first Impact main event I believe.
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Yeah, the first Impact on Spike TV I can't believe I still remember that!ROHFanAnthony wrote:I'm so glad it's official that he is coming. AJ vs Strong should be great. That was actually the first Impact main event I believe.
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It was the opening match to the first IMPACT on Spike I think.