the only ironclad contract in wrestling is Big Show's
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the only ironclad contract in wrestling is Big Show's
Joe and Balor are both highly likely, I think
wild wild rice
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Give Kenny AJ at Mania, while we're having fan fiction fantasy hour.
SallyIsNow
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I hope we never see Balor on screen ever again. Fuck off to the British indies with the rest of your vanilla midget friends.
#Don'tMakeItAWin #UrahUrahUrah
#Don'tMakeItAWin #UrahUrahUrah
slightconfuse
Banned
TLF SUPER SUNDAY 83 IS UP!!!
Also, Kenny would probably need the markiest crowd in existence to get a Royal Rumble pop on the same level that Styles got last year
Yeah, AJ Styles is just more well known to American wrestling fans than Kenny Omega.
Not really.
I super agree with you on that one, but logic isn't WWE's strongsuit
it's not even the same ballpark stop
slightconfuse
Banned
AJ had a lot more exposure to American audiences than Kenny has had, honestly.
No, NJPW would just sued the fuck out of WWE.
avengers23
Banned
It's a wrestling marriage. Odds are good that they will be divorced in 5 years, and one of them dead in 15.
Kenny Omega - Has never had an extended stretch on American TV. Is best known for work in Japan, some of which is very obscure (DDT, AJPW runs). Has a lot of foreign NJPW buzz right now.
AJ Styles - Was on American TV since 2000. Often centerpiece of that TV and generally always prominent. NJPW run helped his smark credibility. Debuted in the same town where all his previous American TV exposure had been filmed.
It's not even close.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
This isn't how lawsuits work
A+ acting, can't imagine why people would think the DC Universe is in creative trouble
Let's hope not man.
SomewhatGroovy
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FallingEdge
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I'm pretty worried why nobody asked how she ended up in the White House after two very expensive failed political campaigns and displays little if any expertise in her area of employment.
I actually think he'd be a pretty decent Superman if he had, you know, a good director and script. If/when they reboot the DCEU and banish Snyder to the Phantom Zone I'd kind of hope Cavill and Affleck survive the reboot
Its OK Rubio, you're a B+ Player. That's a good little spot for you!
Barrage
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AJ was on a TV show that no one watched, if it wasn't for his NJPW run he wouldn't have gotten half of the pop.
slightconfuse
Banned
Triple H is now the Sam Hinkie if WWE
http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2017/01/24/wwe-universe-willing-to-trust-the-process/
http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2017/01/24/wwe-universe-willing-to-trust-the-process/
this is actual delusion
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
jobs to Big Show
It's a rare reality when I'm agreeing with imbask, but I'm agreeing with imbask here.
You're really overestimating how much exposure NJPW has in the US. AJ's popularity in the US was mostly based on his Ring of Honor and TNA work - and he worked for TNA as practically the face of the company for over a decade. He was only in Japan for two years.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Am I the only one who doesn't get the Strowman push? He's big? Is that it?
SallyIsNow
Banned
TNA was doing 1mil+ viewers at one point,HeRoman.
slightconfuse
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Let's put it this way.
Anyone who knew of CM Punk and where he came from, knew who AJ Styles was.
Kenny Omega doesn't have the same name recognition even in the US.
I mean your wrong, very wrong but whatever.
You are vastly overestimating the impact of Japan on one of the more casual crowds in the WWE calendar. Especially this year at the fucking Alamodome, with Taker, Goldberg and Brock at the front of the poster. You think people who are coming to the show to see Goldberg and Brock face off (and there will be a lot of them) even have an inkling of who Kenny Omega is?
HazySaiyan
Banned
AJ improved his stock by going to Japan, but for over a decade he was pretty much the face of a company that its peak was getting over a million viewers a week. It's not even close.
Bluekaveli
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This is Grrreat!
Sweeney Tom
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TNA regularly received more viewers in America while having Styles than New Japan World has ever had subscribers in the country
Like, TNA absolutely deserves criticism for a lot. New Japan absolutely deserves praise for a lot. But come the fuck on
Like, TNA absolutely deserves criticism for a lot. New Japan absolutely deserves praise for a lot. But come the fuck on
Sir_Crocodile
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Plus Kenny only really started to get tons of buzz after G1.
Before that he was a name that people knew, but not much beyond that for a lot of fans. Light years away from the stature Styles had before the '16 rumble.
Before that he was a name that people knew, but not much beyond that for a lot of fans. Light years away from the stature Styles had before the '16 rumble.
Are you guys watching these AWA shows The Lapsed Fan is covering? I started The Wrestler starring Verne Gag-nee but had to stop early in. I watched the Super Sunday show. It was kinda fun. Now I'm watching WrestleRock '86 (not sure if they're covering it) and it's been something else.
Sir_Crocodile
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Glad that film did badly financially, gagne was a turdburger.