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I watched Dynamite and there was a match between Anna Jay and Mina Shirakawa. Mina came out like a babyface but with Mariah May so I assumed she was the heel, then Anna Jay came out and I wasn't sure if she was a heel or face but whatever. They matched up and Mina acted like a cocky heel so I guess I was supposed to cheer Anna so ok, but then Mina won clean with a technical move and celebrated with her friend. Anna jumped them after the match even though she lost fairly and then Toni Storm another heel, came out and chased Anna off before she could injure the heels which seems pretty heelish. So my question is who exactly was I supposed to root for in this match? I feel like all the participants were pretty heelish and unlikable and so I didn't care who won.
That is a question I often ask when I watch AEW TV. Tony Khan is terrible at creating a face-heel dynamic. He is just concerned with having bangers.
I know this is likely the umpteenth question about Tony Khan on Dynamite. So, I’m not really asking a question, but just offering a story/opinion on the matter. My wife is not a wrestling fan. She is aware of WWE and has a passing familiarity with a handful of wrestlers. She has no idea about anything like workrate or what goes into making a good match or segment. I showed her the final segment from Dynamite and once he was punched in the stomach, she looked at me and said “ This is embarrassing “. She further commented what a dork Tony looked like, and also thought the Bucks looked like a couple of idiots. I didn’t give her any background on the segment and she had no idea who the wrestlers were. The whole thing got her curious and she started Googling the Khan family, and she was laughing at his appearance every time she pulled up a pic of him. She then asked me “ Why is he on TV ? “. As a lifetime fan, it’s easy for me to say how bad the segment was. It’s very telling for a non-fan such as my wife to see how bad it was. Very telling.
My wife is more of a fan than yours but she is also very discerning. When it’s good stuff, she wants to see happens. When it’s bad? She mocks it. She said the same kinds of things about the Khan segment as your wife did. He comes off like such a goof.
Awesome site! Thoughts on some people (including the famous reporter) who called Bryan vs Ospreay the greatest wrestling match in US history? Would you say it is? I personally thought it was a great match but there was no story behind the match so I was not invested a lot in the ending/outcome, as opposed to Cody vs Roman or Taker vs Shawn/HHH in Mania (just to name a few).
I am with you. Good old Uncle Dave, storylines don’t mean a thing to him. Character development? The same. There is no way in hell any learned wrestling fan or reporter would make the statement that he did in my opinion. There is a difference between a great match, just because, and a great match like Cody vs. Roman that was built too masterfully with an amazing story. To fans like old Uncle Dave, for whatever reason, stories don’t matter. They look at wrestling like a figure skating, where they score it on points based on how many moves are done. Emotions don’t matter either to them either, I guess because they are robotic types of people.
Nobody liked Vince's stifling creativity, but now we are seeing the other end of the spectrum with some AEW wrestlers apparently having unchecked created control - and it's not pretty! Let's use Edge as an example. Assuming Edge is using whatever creative control he has to "help new talents", as he has previously stated was one of his goals, Edge needs some guardrails ASAP. While Edge's match with Penta was entertaining, Edge allowed Penta to dominate about 90% of the match; making himself look very weak and ebbing his star power in the process. Then the following week, Willow and Mercedes Mone SAVE Edge from a Brody and Julia Hart attack. (Imagine Trish or Lita saving Austin from a Corporation beatdown in '98.) AEW Edge would have never gotten over in WWE with this incarnation of his character. Dishonorable mention goes to Will Ospreay for his 20-year-old clapback at HHH. Do you think AEW's penchant for giving too much creative control to star wrestlers is a significant problem that needs to be addressed?
I think the entire creative process in AEW needs to be addressed, for sure. It’s by far the worst part of the product and the reason why it’s languishing with everyone except the core of its base, like Uncle Dave. Many wrestlers need to be reigned in, for sure. At least in Edge’s case he is trying to give, unlike Chris Jericho.
Is Cody really an 'undisputed' WWE champion if Damian Priest holds the World Heavyweight title?
If WWE says he is, he is. I get your point but this is wrestling, they get creative license in my opinion.
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