Promotional War and Peace
July 12, 2019 8:34 AM Subscribe
With the launch of AEW, WWE has real competition for the first time in years. As history shows, this is great news for wrestling fans.
In a longform piece for The Ringer, Oliver Lee Bateman details the century-long history of the real competitors in professional wrestling: the promoters.
In a longform piece for The Ringer, Oliver Lee Bateman details the century-long history of the real competitors in professional wrestling: the promoters.
zaixfeep's post might seem off -topic, but I'm guessing those two videos posted in response to this one?
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 10:13 AM on July 12, 2019
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 10:13 AM on July 12, 2019
Not off-topic - i've seen wrestlers make the same moves as these machines. Also Rockem Sockem Robots.
posted by zaixfeep at 10:33 AM on July 12, 2019
posted by zaixfeep at 10:33 AM on July 12, 2019
I get that, I was pre-emptively trying to prevent a mod from deleting your lead-off comment as irrelevant because they wouldn't have known the context.
Regarding the promotion, I am pretty excited/nervous for what AEW does when they begin their weekly television show starting in October (I think). Can they craft weekly storylines with the relatively small number of contracted talent they have? Granted, WWE is under-utilizing a lot of their own people anyway, keeping them off TV despite having 5 hours of network time to fill.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:35 PM on July 12, 2019
Regarding the promotion, I am pretty excited/nervous for what AEW does when they begin their weekly television show starting in October (I think). Can they craft weekly storylines with the relatively small number of contracted talent they have? Granted, WWE is under-utilizing a lot of their own people anyway, keeping them off TV despite having 5 hours of network time to fill.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:35 PM on July 12, 2019
Can they craft weekly storylines with the relatively small number of contracted talent they have? Granted, WWE is under-utilizing a lot of their own people anyway, keeping them off TV despite having 5 hours of network time to fill.
AEW could have greater depth in any given hour than WWE does these days if they had eight people on the roster, and I'm including Bryce Remsburg in that number.
posted by Etrigan at 1:11 PM on July 12, 2019
AEW could have greater depth in any given hour than WWE does these days if they had eight people on the roster, and I'm including Bryce Remsburg in that number.
posted by Etrigan at 1:11 PM on July 12, 2019
BRING BACK LUCHA UNDERGROUND
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:16 PM on July 12, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:16 PM on July 12, 2019 [3 favorites]
On the other hand AEW has Fenix and Pentagon, Jr. so I'm sold.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:21 PM on July 12, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:21 PM on July 12, 2019 [2 favorites]
It's worth noting that tonight's AEW show is streaming for free for those interested. They also usually do an hour long show on youtube prior to the actual start of the show. So far they've had some very good stuff on every show.
posted by Burgoo at 4:32 AM on July 13, 2019
posted by Burgoo at 4:32 AM on July 13, 2019
You can also watch the replay on Bleacher Report Live with a free account.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:56 AM on July 14, 2019
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:56 AM on July 14, 2019
It's official: as of the first week of October, there will be WWE Raw on USA Network on Mondays, AEW on TNT on Wednesdays, and WWE Smackdown on Fox on Fridays.
posted by Etrigan at 12:14 PM on July 24, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 12:14 PM on July 24, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by zaixfeep at 9:51 AM on July 12, 2019 [1 favorite]