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Post by beejmi on Apr 24, 2024 23:41:43 GMT
I honestly didn't see it coming (Strickland winning the AEW belt) and it reminded me of Bret Hart beating Ric Flair many years ago (a 'good' wrestler beating a legend)
You tell me - how's this gonna go?
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Post by Franchise on Apr 25, 2024 0:23:36 GMT
Short term and will lose it to Ospreay
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Post by cookie on Apr 25, 2024 14:01:06 GMT
Short term and will lose it to Ospreay Agreed, but he has done a great job getting himself over after some rough factions he was leading in AEW. He’s talented and has established himself as a top guy and broke out from the pack, the song and Prince Nana dancing helped a ton but sometimes guys just need something extra to put them over the top and this did it for Swerve. |
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Post by bpickering on Apr 25, 2024 14:19:43 GMT
Short term and will lose it to Ospreay Showed that last night by putting him in a nothing match with a guy who hasn't won since I think may 23. No Promo. The TBS, FTW and IWGP Titles were featured more than the AEW WHC last night. |
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Post by krazykid18 on Apr 25, 2024 14:32:46 GMT
Short term and will lose it to Ospreay Agreed, but he has done a great job getting himself over after some rough factions he was leading in AEW. He’s talented and has established himself as a top guy and broke out from the pack, the song and Prince Nana dancing helped a ton but sometimes guys just need something extra to put them over the top and this did it for Swerve. Prince Nana did a great job getting him over, when you leave Swerve without others, nobody cares about him. |
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Post by Superstar on Apr 25, 2024 17:03:21 GMT
Never been a fan. He can go in the ring, and that's what is needed. But on the stick I have always found him to be channel changing. It's hard to teach promos, and even harder to teach scripted promos. But if Tony Khan would tell him who he will be fighting, where, and why, he needs to be able to just riff one off the cuff. Something like "Brian Danielson, I don't like you. I have been told that you are my next victim at (name event here). It's time to bury the dragon, you should have stayed where you came from because it's going to be (insert catch phrase) for you. Simple, effective, not too much to remember. If he wants to say more, let him go and do it - but don't force him into a spot he's not comfortable with. Don't send him to the ring and say "fill seven minutes", that doesn't work with like 80% of wrestlers. So let me make it clear that I don't blame him. But shit, he can be just a void on the stick. I hope that they give him at least a few months otherwise it looks like a fluke. And fluke champions move right back to the midcard.
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Post by Jim on Apr 25, 2024 17:35:33 GMT
I never saw him before AEW and thought he was really good straight away, and I still think that.
He's been in some awful angles, same as most wrestlers, but I think he's really good.
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Post by Kriss on Apr 25, 2024 17:42:19 GMT
I thought he sucked when he first came into AEW. But then he completely changed gears, even started speaking differently. I think writing him off after one Dynamite that he could never have been the focal point of is a bit premature. He needs a good foil to duel with. We've seen him have two great feuds with Hangman and Joe. He has unfinished business with Hangman, so if he is ready to come back, that would be awesome. It's possible that we saw the start of Don Callis going after the title, which would be interesting, especially with Callis now actively looking for more members of his family.
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Post by Kriss on Apr 25, 2024 17:47:46 GMT
They have just announced Swerve's first interview as champion on Collision, so hopefully we will see where his story is going on Saturday.
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Post by Jim on Apr 25, 2024 18:05:59 GMT
I thought he sucked when he first came into AEW. But then he completely changed gears, even started speaking differently. I think writing him off after one Dynamite that he could never have been the focal point of is a bit premature. He needs a good foil to duel with. We've seen him have two great feuds with Hangman and Joe. He has unfinished business with Hangman, so if he is ready to come back, that would be awesome. It's possible that we saw the start of Don Callis going after the title, which would be interesting, especially with Callis now actively looking for more members of his family. I remember your dislike for him when he started in AEW. Maybe what you'd seen of him before coloured your opinion too? He does need some good programs now. |
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Post by kargol on Apr 25, 2024 23:19:11 GMT
The visual and energy contrast with Nana works brilliantly for him. Wrestling is full of the mean and moody minimalists. They don't stand out. Strickland stands out because he has Nana doing his dance and being a visual contrast in the promos.
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Post by Kriss on Apr 26, 2024 6:53:19 GMT
I thought he sucked when he first came into AEW. But then he completely changed gears, even started speaking differently. I think writing him off after one Dynamite that he could never have been the focal point of is a bit premature. He needs a good foil to duel with. We've seen him have two great feuds with Hangman and Joe. He has unfinished business with Hangman, so if he is ready to come back, that would be awesome. It's possible that we saw the start of Don Callis going after the title, which would be interesting, especially with Callis now actively looking for more members of his family. I remember your dislike for him when he started in AEW. Maybe what you'd seen of him before coloured your opinion too? He does need some good programs now. I hated his mumbling promos. I get that mumble-rap is a thing, but it's not my thing. He fixed that. I also didn't like the "Who's house?" thing because it looked like he was trying to get something over that wasn't working, but I guess he was manifesting and it came through in the end in a big way. Nana's part in this can't be underestimated, or quantified, it's so beautifully bizarre. TK buying ROH was all worth it just to get Nana this opportunity. I hardly watched any WWE since they started doing Saudi shows and stopped giving us NXT live in Europe. I have no recollection of how Swerve performed there. |
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