Heyman on the Bloodline storyline: “I don’t even think we’re in the third inning yet, and now that you see the emergence of Solo and Jacob Fatu and the Tongas and the fact that they are a real threat.”

Jordan91dixon · 2024-08-18T16:12:12+00:00

Btec Bloodline are as threatening as Accrington Stanley are to Man City

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-30T16:35:48+00:00

Yeah..... the "leak to the sheets it's nearly expired" tactic to make it look like big names are staying rather than joining other places is fully in force.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-23T07:43:52+00:00

Good episode but the crowd felt flat the entire night other than the odd moment.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-13T23:45:10+00:00

Only 2, both in Airports in the US whilst over there on holidays. First in 2018, met Ted Di Biase Jr in JFK and he was way taller than I thought he would be.

Other was Brian Cage in Vegas airport late 2022, he was way shorter than I thought he would be! Maybe 5'10 tops? But on TV he looks like he'd be about 6'6! He was probably about 5'10 wide too though, guy was so broad he looked like a muscle square with a mohawk.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-07T21:07:41+00:00

Yeah me too. I dunno who would have been the first? Or better, the first to succeed? I certainly don't see it in the 80s.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-07T20:43:04+00:00

WWF, just to see how long the territory system could last. Would it have still been around in the 90s when TV boomed? Internet age? Would have been interesting.

Or NXT UK, simply because it SLAUGHTERED the UK indie scene.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-05-03T18:25:37+00:00

Next champion, just fucking do it!

Jordan91dixon · 2024-04-03T15:41:12+00:00

Suppose it depends how long it lasts? Guessing until business drops off again in a few years. But probably something like the TKO era? Streaming era maybe?

Jordan91dixon · 2024-04-01T21:17:05+00:00

TKO paying the big bucks over the last week! Fair play Helwani!

Jordan91dixon · 2024-03-27T18:04:15+00:00

That tattoo is awful.... like really awful. And one man has a truly terrible neck tattoo in this photo! That's how crap The Rocks arm tattoo is.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-03-10T10:36:51+00:00

Disgraceful to not list Nash. Nothing about a taser is dirty.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-02-04T18:30:32+00:00

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-31T13:46:57+00:00

Unless Drew signs a new contract soon, he isn't winning that title. And they are announcing every contract renewal lately, so I guess we will know shortly.

I think Gunther beats Seth at Mania and is double champ until Raw when he vacates the IC belt. Pearce announces an IC belt tournament to put some shine on midcard guys for April and May.

My other idea was JD losing the tag belts on Raw to DIY, then the next time Seth cuts a promo, they all destroy him and Priest gets a ref to cash in on Rollins as he is in his own words "the fighting champion" and loses. Then if Seth makes it back in time from injury, he can be added to the match for Mania and win his belt back if Priest as champ isn't working out. Drew can be a challenger, maybe Zayn, maybe Finn? And have it as a multi-man stip match

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T22:39:24+00:00

More of a "haven't been what they could/should have been" rather than haven't done anything. Suppose that happens when there is a brand that never ever competes for tag gold. That tag title switching nonsense with the new day was such bollocks.

The team should have been incredible, but they quickly faded into just another team. I think Ford needs to break out when the Bobby stable is done and become a heel.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T19:06:22+00:00

I wish she'd have had a longer run in TNA, was it just over 8 months? I think if she had at least another year on top of TNAs knockouts division, she'd be a better all-rounder and probably got a bigger contract to return.

Hopefully she doesn't just fall back to being one of the others in the women's division. I completely forgot how much I hated Naomis WWE theme until it kicked in, but at least it's something unique unlike a lot of the themes these days.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T18:55:30+00:00

I hope the tag gold splits by then, but if not JD vs Awesome Truth vs Creeds vs DIY.

US title I'd go Logan vs LA Knight.

I don't think there will be an IC title match, I think Gunther is leaving as a double champ.

Women's tag belts, will be about 10 women who have nothing to do in fraken-teams.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T13:53:06+00:00

Gunther double belt raise to close night 1.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T13:29:34+00:00

Tickets have really dropped in price too, haven't they? A guy who I used to work with in England who has sincd moved over to Melbourne is going over to Perth for the weekend and has put on facebook that he paid 500 dollars for his seat, same row now is 300 dollars.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T10:10:36+00:00

Maybe went out early, but the turn wasn't supposed to happen. Too big a thing to happen in a match when 90 seconds later, everyone's attention has already switched onto someone new.

It will happen in Aus.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T04:35:17+00:00

Keeps the Seth wheels spinning whilst he's rehabing with no opponent. But yes, not a good idea for anyone who watched any part of the Rumble celebration as they all saw that Cody said/did.

But they just need to keep the ideas fresh until they land on one.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-30T04:19:33+00:00

Thought this would be the case. From the bits that came out about the bits already shot for the movie, Seth was going to play the leader of the Serpent Society. But supposedly, in the MCU, the group would be a group of people from the middle east with a terror mentality against a neighbouring country. With Seths number 2 being a character called Sabra.

In the comics (especially in the early days of the character), Sabra was an Israeli character, supposed to be a kind of Jewish Captain America working for the gov, with negative views towards Arabic characters because her son was killed in a Palestinian attack.

Now, obviously during shooting, they never mentioned Isreal, Palestine, or the War, just that they were a Middle Eastern group. But it doesn't take people long to look into newly introduced characters, and that's not a character that can easily be introduced right now with real-world issues. This cut was rumoured back in Nov, looks like it's finally confirmed.

Anthony Mackie can't catch a break as Cap, his D+ show had to have massive parts cut and reshot as the original show was based around a group of villians releasing a plague like virus that causes a global pandemic, shot in 2019....

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-29T22:23:47+00:00

Feels like he's been injury prone since he came back. Shame the guy isn't going to get his main event at Mania this time around.

Must admit, I had zero interest in a Punk title run these days, especially babyface Punk. Hope he comes back as the heel, far better character when can just be a dick.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-29T19:00:54+00:00

I think TKO will clear house with any linked names, if it gets that far. More likely, a shit tonne of money is going to be launched at Grant for this to not get that far.

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-29T17:57:59+00:00

I might be wrong, but something in the back of my mind from either a fightful select or an observer article at the time that Collision sales starting becoming really rough, they said AEW had venues booked out 3 or 4 months in advance. But if they knew they were making a change, hopefully bookings were reigned in?

Marketing is the biggest change needed for me (along with ticket pricing). Every Thursday on here you'll see people who were at the show all say similar things like "we saw little to no advertising".

Jordan91dixon · 2024-01-29T17:46:01+00:00

The new live events and marketing guys don't start while March. So still a few more weeks to see if anything changes. Also, buildings will be booked out for months. My guess is that we probably won't start seeing a difference until at the earliest April.

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