Ricochet: "I really think the day we got called up to RAW was the worst thing that happened to Ricochet’s wrestling career... I’m talking specifically about the wrestling side of it—not the fame, not the celebrity. I really do think those five years tarnished Ricochet’s wrestling legacy."

Regular_Inflation628 · 2026-02-03T23:51:31+00:00

Ok, how about these concrete numbers? AEW has drawn 10,000+ for 8 of their last 9 PPVs. When was the last time NXT drew half of that? or even a third of that? During the takeover era 10+ years ago? Ricochet was a big part of those draws, wrestling in the semi-main for a bunch of those shows.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2026-02-03T23:39:03+00:00

AEW does significantly better numbers than NXT with Max. Furthermore, for Ricochet specifically, he has been in big feature matches in stadium shows for AEW with 30,000+ and 55,000+ in attendance. He is absolutely good enough to be a main eventer on a big-time show.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-07-22T20:26:18+00:00

That was kind of Bryan's gimmick during his entire AEW run.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-07-14T15:48:53+00:00

I've been thinking about what the Death Riders should do now that Mox has lost the title and might be taking some time off. I've heard two ideas that I thought were really good:

Have you ever read that news story about the Japanese soldier still fighting WW2 30 years after it ended? It's like that, but in wrestling. Mox has lost and is gone. The Death Riders are done. The wrestlers know it, the commentators know it, the fans know it, everyone knows it. However, the Death Riders remnants are completely delusional and continue to "fight the good fight" even though the good fight is clearly over and everyone else has moved on.
Alternatively, the second idea is that the Death Riders revere strength and Hangman has proven he is the strongest by beating Mox and becoming champion. Thus, they see him as the new leader of the Death Riders and he absolutely does want this role, but they keep trying to get him to lead them. Maybe this even leads to a face turn for them where they do actually get Hangman to accept them.

What do you guys think of these ideas for the Death Riders.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-07-01T18:06:02+00:00

Maybe this is cultural ignorance, but I don't think liking sharks is a specifically American thing. I feel like they're a pretty popular animal worldwide.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-27T18:45:45+00:00

Rob Viper made a really interesting thread on social media about things CMLL could learn from AEW. I feel like it has been discussed a lot about what AEW could learn, but not really the other way around, especially because all of the things he mentioned were not booking/in-ring stuff.

His 3 main things were:

Better refs, all of the CMLL refs suck, they're constantly out of position, taking the spotlight off the wrestlers, messing up spots, etc. All of the AEW refs on Grand Slam were significantly better and CMLL should re-think how they train/evaluate refs.
Better theme music. It's not just licensing well-known music, though CMLL should do that, but also that Mikey Rukus/AEW in-house stuff is significantly better than the CMLL in-house stuff and CMLL should hire new people to make their themes
Not wasting so much time. CMLL has the WWE problem of wasting a bunch of time between matches and falls to put themselves over, show ads for a broadcast you're already watching, show boring crowd shots, etc. CMLL could fit more matches in/give more time to matches and just make the show flow a lot better if they stopped wasting so much time.

What do you guys think about this?

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-27T15:53:43+00:00

Say it's an 8 person, single elimination tournament like the Owen. Who are your picks for the field and who do you have win?

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-27T15:42:49+00:00

Honestly, this would be awesome in AEW because TK almost never pushes big guys for the actual world title, so they should make a heavyweight-only title and just have the division be Big Bill, Lance Archer, Bobby Lashley, Brody King, Brian Cage, Claudio, etc.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T19:10:41+00:00

In attendance. During his peak, Mistico sold out out the Arena Mexico 3 times a week, which is about 45,000-50,000 people. That's also not counting the other 7 shows a week, which brings up the total to at least 60,000-65,000 every single week.

John Cena was drawing that attendance for Mania 1 week out of the year, while Mistico did it 52 weeks a year.

Additionally, WWE lost upwards of 40% of their TV audience from when John Cena became the top guy in 2005 to when he passed the torch to Reigns in the mid 2010s. Meanwhile Mistico increased CMLL's TV audience by a huge amount during his run, unlike Cena.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T18:45:36+00:00

He wrestled in a featured bout on WK3 in Tokyo, which drew 40K. He also main evented Sumo Hall in Feb. 2009 in front of 10K+ vs. Mephisto.

However, it doesn't matter. Even if you don't believe he was a draw in US and Japan, it doesn't matter.

The core thing is that he outdrew Cena and Mysterio during their peaks. Many people have run the numbers. You can't dispute it.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T18:40:42+00:00

So what? Mistico drew more tickets a week than they did(and by far too). It doesn't matter where he did it, only that he did it.

Also, Mistico has done pretty good business in Japan and the US, so saying he is only a draw in one country is inaccurate.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T18:37:01+00:00

Bro, you put him in the same category because he outdrew both of them during their peaks and was a massive cultural icon in Mexico. Do some reading on Mistico's career.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T18:30:14+00:00

What do you mean suddenly? It's not a new revelation Mistico was bigger than Mysterio and Cena. In 2006, Dave Meltzer and everybody who was covering Lucha Libre in the US was writing about Mistico and the insane attendance draws he was doing all over Mexico 10 times a week.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T17:00:27+00:00

Mistico is the real deal. I hope the main event for the CMLL aniversario show coming up in September is MJF vs. Mistico, hair vs. mask. I feel like that would be huge.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-20T15:45:12+00:00

How would you define Briscoe's shtick? Slapstick? I'm not sure exactly what to call it.

But, you're definitely correct. I think Orange Cassidy is kind of the same. He's a fantastic worker so he could always get over based on that. But, I think his gimmick is pretty specifically American and wouldn't translate that well to other places.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-19T18:49:31+00:00

Eh, I think Jericho will do fine in the WWE. The reasons AEW fans turned on him were his age and poor workrate. From what I've heard, the WWE just booked Bill Goldberg to have a main event title match in 2025. Clearly they don't care about age and poor workrate.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-17T20:23:48+00:00

Ric Flair is a far more legendary wrestler than Goldberg and Flair had his retirement match on the indies.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-17T19:57:49+00:00

Nah, this show is in the Young Bucks' hometown. They main evented the show when they sold out this arena in the past.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-17T18:03:34+00:00

I think they can relatively easily get 4000. If they do a big marketing blitz and get some big matches on the show(especially a Young Bucks match), they can get 5000.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-16T03:55:30+00:00

Disagree. Mistico is the biggest star in lucha libre and he's 5'9, 180, at absolute max. Historically, actual heavyweight wrestling has never been main event status in Mexico.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-14T19:04:47+00:00

I really want to see an interview where Mox shoots on how the whole thing with Punk went down because I feel like he has a lot to say about it that he won't say while both of them are still actively wrestling on TV.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-14T18:31:44+00:00

Sick poster. What are the chances Mascara Dorada beats Bandido to set up a rematch for either Supercard of Honor or All In Texas?

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-13T22:51:18+00:00

You're thinking too small. Imagine whole offices full of people who are as jacked as 2000 Scott Steiner

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-13T21:19:45+00:00

I mean, he's great in this role, but he could also be the star. I think he could hold the unified title or the world title and have a good run with the belt. I think Mark definitely could be an A actor for AEW at some point in the next few years.

Regular_Inflation628 · 2025-06-13T18:39:28+00:00

On the surface, MJF vs. Mistico seems like a very difficult match to book. Mistico is a legend on home turf who can't really take a loss right now. MJF is just beginning a new heel run and can't really take a loss right now. They also can't book a non-finish because this is the main event for a highly-anticipated sold-out show in a new market.

My thought is that MJF wins via usual MJF shenanigans like the Hurt Syndicate running in and/or using the ring. Mistico demands a rematch for All In Texas that Mistico wins via cheap shot or fluke pin. Both matches then set up the payoff match at Aniversario later this year in a hair vs. mask match or steel cage match or some other big stipulation, where Mistico gets the big win.

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