AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

Loughc

The White Wolf wrote: »

I think Cody said he somehow reclaimed most of the old WCW PPV names that WWE haven't utilised. War Games is the only one he couldn't that he wanted.

How did he manage that?

johnnyryan89

They better have the stage set up as a beach. Orange Cassidy making sand castles for the night.

The White Wolf

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/here-is-why-aew-can-use-the-bash-at-the-beach-name-and-a-list-of-other-wcw-names-that-could-be-used/amp/

Maybe not most. :pac:

johnnyryan89

Battlebowl sounds interesting for a company that's big into tag team wrestling.

ThePott

There was a rumour going around that they might name a PPV; Blood and Guts

Pentecost

What's the weather like in Florida in January? Wouldn't have associated it with going to the beach but maybe it is pleasant all year round.

ERG89

ThePott wrote: »

There was a rumour going around that they might name a PPV; Blood and Guts

Still not as cool as Impact naming a PPV Hard to Kill. That is simply a perfect name.

Monokne

Pentecost wrote: »

What's the weather like in Florida in January? Wouldn't have associated it with going to the beach but maybe it is pleasant all year round.

It is pleasant all year around. It's Florida!

You get rain as you do any time of year but it's still plenty warm, probably about 20 degrees.

Monokne

Loughc wrote: »

How did he manage that?

You have to constantly reapply to continue to own trademarks. Stuff slips through the cracks all the time.

Another problem WWE has - off topic now - is that they apply for trademarks for the wrestlers and in the application they claim the character name is not for any individual person, even though obviously it is. Sometimes they get rejected and they have to reapply with the permission of the performer. If they can't get that, they may lose a name. Billy Gunn, I believe, is one of those. Wrestled as Kip in TNA but eventually got the name back.

Neil3030

Pretty big developments on BTE this week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAaEeRpmxUM

J. Marston

I very rarely watch the Being the Elite but if that is Justin Roberts gimmick on it, it's brilliant.

ThePott

ERG89 wrote: »

Still not as cool as Impact naming a PPV Hard to Kill. That is simply a perfect name.

Meant to be a dig at WWE and Vince for saying that AEW was a Blood and Guts company and WWE were family entertainment or some nonsense.

raven136

BTE..Marty to save the day

Jerichoholic

raven136 wrote: »

BTE..Marty to save the day

Yup. It's going to be so great

Neil3030

Save what day now?

Why are they using a PPV name from WCW?

A reminder that a company much bigger than AEW that had bottomless pockets, but is now defunct as it was bought out by the current-leaders in the wrestling world, is not exactly something you'd think you'd want fans to associate with AEW. :rolleyes:


Cody Rhodes, Jericho, Jim Ross, etc. all seem to be generally intelligent, sensible people. I don't know why they don't steer as far away from associating themselves with 'ye olden days' as possible. They're supposed to be a fresh, dynamic, new company. Digging up old names that WWE forgot to even bother keeping a trademark on seems like a dreadful idea to me.

Sirsok

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Why are they using a PPV name from WCW?

A reminder that a company much bigger than AEW that had bottomless pockets, but is now defunct as it was bought out by the current-leaders in the wrestling world, is not exactly something you'd think you'd want fans to associate with AEW. :rolleyes:


Cody Rhodes, Jericho, Jim Ross, etc. all seem to be generally intelligent, sensible people. I don't know why they don't steer as far away from associating themselves with 'ye olden days' as possible. They're supposed to be a fresh, dynamic, new company. Digging up old names that WWE forgot to even bother keeping a trademark on seems like a dreadful idea to me.

Nostalgia in wrestling is massive. You yourself were in another thread talking about wrestling figures of days gone, after watching a show about wrestling figures ( I myself collect and enjoyed that show immensely). The games, he'll the network, based around wrestling fans, love for old wrestling.

They can have a old relatable name and still create something new with it, unique and special with it.

Cherry_Cola

The names Cody has gotten the trademarks to are Dusty's creations, so there's that aspect too.

Neil3030

Excalibur is so god awful, they need to axe him.

Just roars out move names like a total mark.

Any time he has to actually contribute to the story telling he can barely put a sentence together.

Agent Coulson

What a match that was.

randomspud

Neil3030 wrote: »

Excalibur is so god awful, they need to axe him.

Just roars out move names like a total mark.

Any time he has to actually contribute to the story telling he can barely put a sentence together.

What a remarkably bad take.

He's one of the best in the business at the moment.

Agent Coulson

I liked that Dark Order Vignette

Agent Coulson

Jericho and SCU are gold.

Agent Coulson

The tease of Luchasaurus and Hager is great.

Neil3030

Luchasaurus just makes me happy.

Neil3030

Tonight is the best I've heard JR in probably decades.

Great main event too.

Agent Coulson

Allin has IT however By God he will kill himself in the ring.

Neil3030

It was a great match; at no point did you really think the 170lb guy had any chance of winning, but he still got over. Comms did a great job in that regard, selling his courage, endurance, etc.

rizzla

Watching the show now. Jericho walking backstage, stops at the librarian reading dinosaur books. He says how bad dinosaurs are and that they suck, what foreshadowing.

Neil3030

Hope they put that segment online, it was mostly playing in the background for me during a commercial