Clawmaster wrote:
Terry's Peeps wrote:
Yeah I didn't enjoy the match, and on top of that the stupid table spot which led to Fenix breaking his arm.
Announcers obviously were told to not mention it, and the end with the tag teams lining up on stage was called on the fly to cover for it as well.
If Luke Perry's kid starts hitting the side of the gym with the free weights he should go somewhere, perfect babyface look. He's like a lot of the opening to mid card guys that made up the early AEW roster, no amateur background and it shows, little understanding of ring psychology, just goes from high spot to high spot, but with proper mentorship he should make money for years in the business.
In many ways the Wardlow vs Punk match is a key spot for AEW, a chance to really put Wardlow over while building the only really interesting angle they have going.
Wardlow looks like he's gonna be in a Shawn Spears feud eventually before moving on to anything else.
Do see a ton more traditional pro wrestling as the AEW roster gains talent, the gimmick dudes who are apparently pals with the owner are slowly being rotated out of the main shows as they should be to allow the AEW to move beyond the indie fans and into the much larger traditional pro wrestling audience.
The danger involved with indie guys doing matches that go from high spot to high spot with no real flow or psychology was evident in the lucha guys vs Luke Perry's kid and the cosplay goof that wears the dragon mask and coats his tongue with green food coloring. There were several stops and starts because there was little set up for the spots, a few near disasters, then eventually you got the botch by the cosplay goof leading to the lucha guy dislocating his elbow and the awkward camera shots of guys like Y2J staring randomly into space to divert the camera from the ringside area. May as well sell the injury, sure the look with the guys arm facing the wrong direction was graphic and could have been avoided, but at least a mention that the guy was hurt, would have given much needed credibility to your product, but likely did not want to embarrass the cosplay guy.
And yeah Jungle Boy was pure indy when he started. He's bulked up a little already, and seems to be learning more about how to really work. He should be a singles champion by years end. Not the main belt, but the TNT Championship.