2019 Pro Wrestling thread

I dont dislike the green, i dislike the gross design and unfinished side plates. Like take the NXT north american belt and give it a green strap and now we’re talking

 

The 24/7 logo on the front reminds me of the spinning record from the old Happy Days intro.

 

20 years ago today ... Owen.

 

So, no Pac vs. Hangman, because Pac didn't want to job to Omega down the line ... great. Good job Pac.

Hopefully this leads to Hangman vs. Moxley OR the culmination of the storyline that never had a match between Page and Joey Ryan.

Winner of Omega/Jericho and the Casino Battle Royale will be No. 1 contenders for the AEW Heavyweight title apparently.

$50 to get the PPV on the B/R Live app. I hate they are doing anything with Bleacher Report.

 

My one “concern” with AEW is the ppv model. I dont see myself paying $50 for anything, ever. I barely buy UFCs anymore either.

But this is neat

 

That is cool, and I never paid $50 for PPVs ever, so I guess I’ll just have to watch the weekly show instead like in the old days.

I’ve been spoiled by the Network.

 

I only paid for Wrestlemania and maybe the Royal Rumble before. The Network has made that model obsolete. AEW doesn't have a library to draw from to make a streaming network feasible for them, so they'd have to find a way to partner up with someone to make that happen. That or they could do something truly radical -- abandon the pay model and convince Turner to broadcast their big shows.

 

I found it hilarious that Marv Albert absolutely mangled Chris Jericho's name on that live read in the ECF last night ...

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Marv just made The List.

 

That was me, too. Those two and maybe one other PPV a year if there was a really great match on the card. I always applied the three match rule -- if there were two or three matches I really wanted to see, I'd buy it. If I got that and one other that I enjoyed more than I thought I would, then I got my money's worth.
Now, at $10, I'm good even if the card is shit. I don't watch a ton of shows or old matches on the Network, not nearly as much as I should to get the most out of it, but just having access to the PPVs is such a great deal that it doesn't matter. That's my two great matches. Anything else I watch on top of that is a bonus.
Going back to paying $50 for one PPV a month seems insane compared to that.

 

I can see AEW doing something like what Ring of Honor is doing with Honor Club. Certain amount a year gets you all the PPVs on their website.

 

Jericho and Malenko, together again.