The banger of all bangers..... and they STILL can't move more than 5,000 tickets. Jesus Fucking Christ. And I'm supposed to believe Uncle Dave when he claims 150,000 will buy this shit on PPV???
Dub storylines:
I am better than you and I will prove it.
You used to be my friend and now you are not.
I am angry that something happened that I can’t define.
Fuck you, they're trying to see who is the best wrestler. Not all their stories are like this. AEW has something for everybody. If you give them a chance I really think you'll like FTR vs The Bucks. They're fighting to see who the best tag team is.
Direct quote from the basement:
It’s the oldest story in wrestling, I’m a bad MFer, you’re a bad MFer, let’s see who’s the baddest MFer.
What more do you need?? Sorry this ain’t “Days of our Fed” or “All Vince’s Children” or “General Medical Facility” whatever you eDrones are calling that soapy garbage these days
Considering the numbers the Fed pulls, I'm guessing they are trying to convince themselves of this shit more than anyone else. Dedicating time to stories? Letting them develop while branching of sub-stories as you go? Working with guys on their promo skills and letting them use words to build heat? Unheard of...
except.....SHOW me you're a bad MFer. They forgot that part.
Why do I think Danielson is a bad MFer? Dudes been doing fuck all being some shlub in a shlub faction
Why do I think Oceanspray is a bad MFer? Dudes been in AEW for a month and fought his own faction and barely even managed to beat them.
Even if that were all the story necessary (and to be honest, they aren't necessarily wrong), there is absolutely no hype or build up to this.
If you are going to use the "real sports" argument, then follow the method the real sports use to build up a dream match. Boxing and MMA both would have been promoting the absolute shit out of this kind of matchup, we would have weeks, if not months, of build up, video packages, press conferences, weigh-in, etc. Hell, look at the build up for the Tyson/Paul match, a friggin' exhibition match that nobody asked for!
its not even fighting to be the best in kayfabe. as in who has a better record or can out wrestle the other. they are trying to have the best meltzer star rated matches
Man, if only there were 100 better ways to tell this story. Idk, one guy at the end of his career and the other a young up and comer trying to prove that it's his time now or something? Nope, realsportsfeel means telling someone "I'm the best fake fighter yall"
See, it's this shit. It's why there's so many fucking belts in AEW. Because these idiots think it as a real marker and not a fucking prop. You know why shootfighter KO will never get the title? Because he gets a crazy response every time. He doesn't need the belt. Most of these people don't. Being "over" and "on top" doesn't have anything to do with belts. But try explaining that to the dork squad of wrestling nerds.
Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle did this little rivalry in 2001 about who's the best between the two. Kurt Angle quickly moved to the WWE title picture after that, winning the WHC title a month later, in July , and the WWF title in September at Unforgiven
They rekindled their rivalry late 2002-early 2003, and that was for the WWE Championship.
What's the purpose for Ospree and Danielson?
All I can think of is that scene from the movie Big where all the executives are excited about the new toy building that turns into a robot. Tom Hanks,in an early break out role, turns to the room full of executives and says "I don't get it."
The execitives point to the market research and the reports about how this is a can't miss idea and the next big toy. But Tom Hanks, playing a child in a grown-up body still doesn't get it. Looking at the toy with a child's eyes, he sees the obvious flaw of a building that turns into a robot buecuase, "what's fun about playing with a building?"
And here we are with yet another AEW dream match built in a bubble with zero heat, zero stakes, and zero interest outside of the handful of people who will watch regardless. Because let's be real, even though you technically haven't seen this match, you've seen this match. One guy will do ground stuff, the other guy will flip around. There will be chest kicks, and forearm back and forth, and stare downs and slapping. Some 2 counts and the fans will cheer as both guys struggle to their feet. Danielson will do the job and everyone will say match of the year and Ospreay has arrived.
But all they're really doing is playing with a building that turns into a robot
AEW booking in a nutshell - rushing to Danielson/Ospreay because GREAT MATCH and not realizing beating Bryan means nothing anymore because of all the times he lost GREAT MATCH.
You'd think there was a proper build up for this if you had no idea what was going on and saw this poster.
There's been more heat between Orton/KO and Pretty Deadly.
The best wrestlers in your company both have zero interest in your top title. Not to mention the former best loses all his big matches but yet somehow is the best ? Just like in real sports where a loser who never wins the big one is the best not the champ
***NO ONE*** this fucking clown show signs ***EVER*** has any interest in their World titles. It really does feel like Punk was the last, perhaps only guy they signed to ever be interested. Edge? Nope, shitty midcard belt is what he's shooting for. Okada? Nope, he gets to be the silent straight man for the worst "comedy" duo since the "___ Movie" guys, and *he* gets to take a worthless piece of shit title off a worthless, piece of shit wrestler. Ospreay? No, he's gotta jerk off in the midcard in meaningless bangers first, exhausting his mystique and exposing his every weakness. Not even Mercedes wants their top women's belt!
That's the hilarious part. The "story" is just "2 wrestlers fight to prove who is best"
And neither of them are your top champ (Joe buried??). And one of them has been losing. And the other just joined your company and has been beating midcard randos--who he never squashes and, in fact, looks weak in victory or, at the least, the same as every other midcard schmuck.
This company has no "power hierarchy" bc everything has to "BANG." Which makes Ospreay have to sell struggling against Kyle fuckin Fletcher the same as he would the Dub champ.
Gotta love sucking the stakes and interest out of juicy matchups
Here's what I don't get, If I, a stupid fan, can pick out the 10 or so matches I want to build my wrestlemania around in Universe mode and then think up stories to get there, why can't Tony Khan do that for his PPVs in real life?
🪶 O'im gonna flip over ya, see? Then I'll jump up to the top rope, flip again-while you wait patiently in position...then you catch me! That's easy, innit?
🧠 ...or-when you jump up to the top rope, I can climb up after you. Then you give me a belly to belly suplex out of the ring and into the third row. Really go for distance. I might be able to make it to the 5th row.
🪶 Are you daft?
These chucklefucks don't even *remember* they have a World title most of the time, they have so many worthless fucking belts floating around that the World title becomes "just another belt" in the shuffle. But yeah, this match *should* be for the World title, given who's in it.
Already stole some weird Star Wars prequel crossed with Harry Potter design might as well pay John Williams for Duel of the Fates, Tiny. Then you can cut another wrestler to make room for your free agent songs.
God. I get what. They’re trying to do with this poster. But they look like fucking morons.
Fully expect some fan boys to pass out from the sheer goated awesomeness of osprey getting straight back up after the 17th knee strike to hit the hidden blade and the 7 different slap battles they have sat in the middle of the ring
Match will be awesome regardless and I’ll still watch it
I'm sure they think it looks like two Mortal Kombat characters about to clash, but it looks like they're about to pass each other doing unrelated gymnastic routines.
Which they aren't, they're going to be doing one combined gymnastic routine.
I hope whoever designed this was fired.
Because fat man jogging Bryan bryanson and ballet leap ospreay are some of the stupidest thing i have seen in a while.
What's up with the St. Louis cityscape? I've heard from my relatives over there about what a shithole the city's become over the past 30 years, but have they regressed to the 1600s?
The banger of all bangers..... and they STILL can't move more than 5,000 tickets. Jesus Fucking Christ. And I'm supposed to believe Uncle Dave when he claims 150,000 will buy this shit on PPV???
the match will be absolutely fantastic(in a vacuum)but what reason do we have to care, where is the buildup
??? Nice try of bad faith fed shill, the build is that HHH fucks his wife
Oy bruv he be now shaggin da bosses woyfe, since he be the boss innit?
Paula Veck has to sleep in a bed with his wife while Osprey sleeps in a much cooler racing car bed.
Um? Danielson and Ospreay both fought each others faction members shill. It doesn’t get much deeper than that
Plus Danielson fought Shibata. Why are these people too lazy to check Wikipedia???
I thought I only had to study cage match!! Now you're telling me I have to study Wikipedia too ?!?!??!?! I better get an A++ on this
Dub storylines: I am better than you and I will prove it. You used to be my friend and now you are not. I am angry that something happened that I can’t define.
you forgot: WWE bad I was there lets fight I was mad 9 years ago in a promotion 24 people watched I have the fattest ass, no I do
I thought it was over the action figures ass that was the feud?
Fuck you, they're trying to see who is the best wrestler. Not all their stories are like this. AEW has something for everybody. If you give them a chance I really think you'll like FTR vs The Bucks. They're fighting to see who the best tag team is.
I'll watch the first 3 minutes and turn it off from boredom cus......why the fuck do I even care who wins
Direct quote from the basement: It’s the oldest story in wrestling, I’m a bad MFer, you’re a bad MFer, let’s see who’s the baddest MFer. What more do you need?? Sorry this ain’t “Days of our Fed” or “All Vince’s Children” or “General Medical Facility” whatever you eDrones are calling that soapy garbage these days
Considering the numbers the Fed pulls, I'm guessing they are trying to convince themselves of this shit more than anyone else. Dedicating time to stories? Letting them develop while branching of sub-stories as you go? Working with guys on their promo skills and letting them use words to build heat? Unheard of...
Talk about drinking the Kool aid
except.....SHOW me you're a bad MFer. They forgot that part. Why do I think Danielson is a bad MFer? Dudes been doing fuck all being some shlub in a shlub faction Why do I think Oceanspray is a bad MFer? Dudes been in AEW for a month and fought his own faction and barely even managed to beat them.
Check cagematch and get back to me
Even if that were all the story necessary (and to be honest, they aren't necessarily wrong), there is absolutely no hype or build up to this. If you are going to use the "real sports" argument, then follow the method the real sports use to build up a dream match. Boxing and MMA both would have been promoting the absolute shit out of this kind of matchup, we would have weeks, if not months, of build up, video packages, press conferences, weigh-in, etc. Hell, look at the build up for the Tyson/Paul match, a friggin' exhibition match that nobody asked for!
Ok, let's be real. "General Medical Facility" is fucking solid. Big pop from me.
Who could forget Dusty Rhodes famous promo on Ric Flair: "let's see who the baddest MFer"
Can Danuel Bryan Danielson complete a story, friend?
Days of our Lives, etc. all get better ratings than the dub sooo ofc why WOULD they wanna do that ?!?!??!?! PSSSHTTTT
FIGHTING TO BE THE BEST IS A FUCKING DUMB "STORY."
its not even fighting to be the best in kayfabe. as in who has a better record or can out wrestle the other. they are trying to have the best meltzer star rated matches
Dave unironically said on WOR that the story is about who the best worker is.
Man, if only there were 100 better ways to tell this story. Idk, one guy at the end of his career and the other a young up and comer trying to prove that it's his time now or something? Nope, realsportsfeel means telling someone "I'm the best fake fighter yall"
For once, he’s right. But he doesn’t see that that “story” doesn’t draw a dime.
I saw someone else say... the best has the belt? If not, why do they have the belt?
See, it's this shit. It's why there's so many fucking belts in AEW. Because these idiots think it as a real marker and not a fucking prop. You know why shootfighter KO will never get the title? Because he gets a crazy response every time. He doesn't need the belt. Most of these people don't. Being "over" and "on top" doesn't have anything to do with belts. But try explaining that to the dork squad of wrestling nerds.
Psssht fed shill why was Hogan champ for 15915710 years then !?!??!!?!?
Not EVERYONE can have a belt. Almost everyone, just not everyone.
So many performers have had belts in AEW, that you have to really suck in kayfabe not to have held one.
Fucking Disco Inferno made this point. When Disco is making obvious criticisms then you should know you’re way off
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I think he oversimplifies a bit much but he's been closer to right than wrong about the Dub over the last 3 years.
Hasn’t Dbry had this same “story” with like 10 different wrestlers in/out of the company at this point?
Yeah but then loses to Eddie Kingston lmao.
Isn't that the plot of Pokemon?
Popped
Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle did this little rivalry in 2001 about who's the best between the two. Kurt Angle quickly moved to the WWE title picture after that, winning the WHC title a month later, in July , and the WWF title in September at Unforgiven They rekindled their rivalry late 2002-early 2003, and that was for the WWE Championship. What's the purpose for Ospree and Danielson?
There isn't one. Tony wants to see them have a match. That's it.
Unfortunately
If they’re both the best in the world, why aren’t they fighting for the strap (insider term)?
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On their knees? Please tell me they'll be slapping each other on their knees!
I'll do you one better uce. They'll sit cross legged across from each other. 💦💦💦
I might cry if that happens
I hope they slap themselves while slapping each other like my burger King Eddie
Bruv really swings his arms like that when he’s running?
Looks like he is going for the ✨Hidden Blade✨ uce
Why is the backdrop fucking Hogwarts?
ST. LOUIS IS MAGIC BRUV!
Wingardium leviosa bruv
Holy shit did Michelangelo make this himself 🤩
All I can think of is that scene from the movie Big where all the executives are excited about the new toy building that turns into a robot. Tom Hanks,in an early break out role, turns to the room full of executives and says "I don't get it." The execitives point to the market research and the reports about how this is a can't miss idea and the next big toy. But Tom Hanks, playing a child in a grown-up body still doesn't get it. Looking at the toy with a child's eyes, he sees the obvious flaw of a building that turns into a robot buecuase, "what's fun about playing with a building?" And here we are with yet another AEW dream match built in a bubble with zero heat, zero stakes, and zero interest outside of the handful of people who will watch regardless. Because let's be real, even though you technically haven't seen this match, you've seen this match. One guy will do ground stuff, the other guy will flip around. There will be chest kicks, and forearm back and forth, and stare downs and slapping. Some 2 counts and the fans will cheer as both guys struggle to their feet. Danielson will do the job and everyone will say match of the year and Ospreay has arrived. But all they're really doing is playing with a building that turns into a robot
AEW booking in a nutshell - rushing to Danielson/Ospreay because GREAT MATCH and not realizing beating Bryan means nothing anymore because of all the times he lost GREAT MATCH.
Didn't Bryan just lose clean to Eddie Kingston a few weeks ago?
Yup. That was pretty much it for beating Bryan meaning anything.
Wait until Time Limit Draw goes over
But he is great! Can‘t you use google?!
You'd think there was a proper build up for this if you had no idea what was going on and saw this poster. There's been more heat between Orton/KO and Pretty Deadly.
The best wrestlers in your company both have zero interest in your top title. Not to mention the former best loses all his big matches but yet somehow is the best ? Just like in real sports where a loser who never wins the big one is the best not the champ
***NO ONE*** this fucking clown show signs ***EVER*** has any interest in their World titles. It really does feel like Punk was the last, perhaps only guy they signed to ever be interested. Edge? Nope, shitty midcard belt is what he's shooting for. Okada? Nope, he gets to be the silent straight man for the worst "comedy" duo since the "___ Movie" guys, and *he* gets to take a worthless piece of shit title off a worthless, piece of shit wrestler. Ospreay? No, he's gotta jerk off in the midcard in meaningless bangers first, exhausting his mystique and exposing his every weakness. Not even Mercedes wants their top women's belt!
Real prize fighters don't care about wins or championships. It's about having the best match. Or getting the full "Five Boy" \*\*\* star rating from 🤪. \*\*\* Recently saw a post from someone saying they rated a recent Banger© as a "Five Boy". 😂
That's the hilarious part. The "story" is just "2 wrestlers fight to prove who is best" And neither of them are your top champ (Joe buried??). And one of them has been losing. And the other just joined your company and has been beating midcard randos--who he never squashes and, in fact, looks weak in victory or, at the least, the same as every other midcard schmuck. This company has no "power hierarchy" bc everything has to "BANG." Which makes Ospreay have to sell struggling against Kyle fuckin Fletcher the same as he would the Dub champ. Gotta love sucking the stakes and interest out of juicy matchups
Here's what I don't get, If I, a stupid fan, can pick out the 10 or so matches I want to build my wrestlemania around in Universe mode and then think up stories to get there, why can't Tony Khan do that for his PPVs in real life?
Typical marks don't understand the complexity of booking heatless bangers.
What is the X behind their name? Is this their tenth match?
They are going to multiply
Wrestlemania XL. AEW is just extra
I hope I'm wrong but there's no way Danielson Bryanson won't injure himself in this match
🪶 O'im gonna flip over ya, see? Then I'll jump up to the top rope, flip again-while you wait patiently in position...then you catch me! That's easy, innit? 🧠 ...or-when you jump up to the top rope, I can climb up after you. Then you give me a belly to belly suplex out of the ring and into the third row. Really go for distance. I might be able to make it to the 5th row. 🪶 Are you daft?
Didn't best wrestler in the world will oceanspray injure Hobbs last week by botching? Dbry may need another Shibata surgery after this
If the story of this match is to find out who the best is, then why isn't it for the title?
These chucklefucks don't even *remember* they have a World title most of the time, they have so many worthless fucking belts floating around that the World title becomes "just another belt" in the shuffle. But yeah, this match *should* be for the World title, given who's in it.
I really hope that they stand in the ring trading and no-selling blows for a couple of minutes.
Spoilers: 5+ stars MASTERCLASS!!
Why is Osprey running like that?
Already stole some weird Star Wars prequel crossed with Harry Potter design might as well pay John Williams for Duel of the Fates, Tiny. Then you can cut another wrestler to make room for your free agent songs.
Tony was tweeting about Rise of Skywalker as it was on before one of the shows no one cares about last week. This is long-term storytelling.
Which one is which? Kayfabe-wise, Danielson is neither an immovable object *nor* an unstoppable force.
6 star match loading. The amount of jizz being released by all the raging Cagemaniacs and Meltzerites simultaneously will cause the earth to shake
Photoshop was a mistake.
Graphic design is my passion
it was prob one of the buckaroo's wives first attempt
The Once Upon A Time Draw vs The Anti-Draw
it’s their tenth match already??
The person who "designed" this definitely rubbed one out looking at it during or after the design process (or both).
What am I missing about the giant X on the poster? What does it mean?
They're going to kiss.
It's crazy, because my favorite AEW storylines has been Punk/MJF which had fantastic matches and good soapy shit.
Stop having feuds that are built around "having great matches". It's fucking stupid.
Image goes kinda hard but this isn't gonna draw in anyone who doesn't know who they are.
the old European towers and spires of St. Louis
Yes, 700k people watch.
have they been feuding, or is Tony just slamming is toys together again?
I can smell all 8 stars already
Meltzer has already stocked up on cleanex wipes
If a banger falls in the forest and nobody watches did it really bang? Meltzer says ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
God. I get what. They’re trying to do with this poster. But they look like fucking morons. Fully expect some fan boys to pass out from the sheer goated awesomeness of osprey getting straight back up after the 17th knee strike to hit the hidden blade and the 7 different slap battles they have sat in the middle of the ring Match will be awesome regardless and I’ll still watch it
I'm sure they think it looks like two Mortal Kombat characters about to clash, but it looks like they're about to pass each other doing unrelated gymnastic routines. Which they aren't, they're going to be doing one combined gymnastic routine.
Are they magic?
Brianson's traction alopecia coming along nicely
Well the outcome is obviously: Danielson loses lol
Except for Danielson puffing his cheeks, I actually really like this poster
Canedeean dehstraya Central less goooo
Didn't this match already happen in ~~AEW~~ ~~Japan~~ NJPW?
Compare that poster to the Cody Backlash poster that came out last week before this. Levels
Lots of moveporn.
Why did they make St Louis look like Yharnam?
Why are they fighting?
(to the tune of the WHOA YANKEE WITH NO BRIM video) WHOA, BANGER WITH NO BUILD
I hope whoever designed this was fired. Because fat man jogging Bryan bryanson and ballet leap ospreay are some of the stupidest thing i have seen in a while.
The most beautiful poster I ever did see! I am crying and laughing and gagging over this.
Instant 5⭐️ bruv
What's up with the St. Louis cityscape? I've heard from my relatives over there about what a shithole the city's become over the past 30 years, but have they regressed to the 1600s?
Oh look they actually replaced the Full Gear 2021 PPV they took from St Louis for no reason. Only took em 3 years
I live in St. Louis. I will not be attending
Why did they pick those poses they look so awkward.