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Karrion Kross looks like a badass with bad boy sex appeal, has a ridiculously gorgeous Scarlet by his side, an interesting gimmick, and a cool entrance. Yet, he is not over. I think the problem is his finisher is lame. A chokehold finisher for a guy his size is a waste. I remember him in NXT using a wicked helicopter-spinning, powerbomb as a signature move that looked absolutely devastating. Do you think if Kross started using that move as a finisher, he could over? Or, does his whole move set need an overhaul because it’s so generic?
When someone looks like Kross, I don’t think that they should be working like a little guy. They should use a power repertoire, which he does. I think the bigger issue is that he talks tough but doesn’t win much. Winning and losing matters to the viewing audience. Now, I am not saying that he would get over if he was booked in a dominant fashion but unless he is, we won’t know for sure what he can, or can’t, be.
The question asked was "Is the real reason that AEW is struggling now that a lot of fans didn't truly want an alternative, they just wanted a good WWE? And now they've got it, they're abandoning AEW." My initial reaction was that he was right on the mark with that but then I thought that might not actually be true because way back in 1997 when the WWE, WCW, and ECW were all on fire fans couldn't get enough. Each promotion left us wanting more and the thought of having to wait a whole week for the next show seemed truly dreadful at times. But now, here we are nearly 25 years later and there is literally new content every day of the week. It's impossible to consume everything, so that forces fans to choose what shows and/or promotions they're going to invest in. You can't just follow wrestling anymore, we have to be more selective just because of the volume of content produced now. So, my question is this, is the real problem over-saturation? Because I'm not so sure that if WWE, AEW, IMPACT, ROH, NJPW, NWA, WOW, and more, were all killing it with excellent programming and booking, I still don't see how devoted wrestling fans could consume all of that content. We're forced to pick sides because there is just too much for one fan to consume. That's not necessarily bad by the way, it's just how the wrestling business has grown and changed, but I feel like the tribalism we see with the ultra-passionate fans today is forced upon them a bit by the over-saturation of content production, which has in turn has led to more selective consumption habits. I kind of miss the days where just being a wrestling fan united all of the fan bases and it didn't matter which promotion was one's favorite.
I don’t think so. WWE does five hours of TV with Raw and Smackdown. WCW did the same with Nitro and Thunder. AEW does four hours with Dynamite and Collision. WWF did the same with Raw and Smackdown back then. People watched both because they were entertained. The AEW booking makes it easy to miss the shows because it’s just matches most of the time. The issues between the talent matter. How the talents are presented matter. They are neglected areas of AEW.
I read the Q and A about young kids breaking into the business and it's interesting but it made me think, what about someone that doesn't have the build (insert Young Bucks joke here) or doesn't want to get hurt? Where do referees come from?
Largely the same place, the good ones get trained and work indies with the hope of making the big time.
Question, Jade seemed to be a blue chipper (like Brock Lesnar), why would Tony Khan not sign her to a long term deal? Sounds very strange this situation. Was it Jade Cargill that asked to be released?
It takes two sides to make a deal. I am sure Khan wanted to keep her. She has breakout star written all over her. My take is that if she wanted to stay in AEW, Tony would have paid her well.
I was at a convention in Charlotte NC, 2004-05 time frame, and I listened to Terry Funk say that MMA would be the death for professional wrestling. I know what he meant when he said it, but I can only think now that he was 100% correct. And although it didn't happen in the context of MMA=real fights will make the scripted look bad, do you think that now with Endeavor taking WWE, is professional wrestling dead? Can anything save it? I see more eyes being sent to UFC, and not any being put towards WWE in this deal (my opinion).
Uh, no I don’t think that. Endeavor didn’t spend BILLIONS of dollars for WWE if they thought it was going to die. They spent that money for the exact opposite reason. And for the record, MMA won’t ever kill WWE, they are two very different genres.
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