I mean tbh he’s fine as a face. He just seems to have a lot more going on with the Adam Cole storyline that we forget he’s world champion.
Having said that, with Cole now being out for a while, maybe MJF can reassert himself as the world champion with legitimate title defences.
One WWE source told me they feel it is a “safe bet” he will be at Survivor Series.
Yep this is happening. Punk leaked all the AEW shit to Nick Hausman whilst he was there.
Finally gonna see him have one last run in the big leagues. Better late than never.
So many potentially great match ups.
Gunther vs Punk
Dragunov vs Punk
Drew vs Punk
Melo vs Punk
Breakker vs Punk
I really have no interest in seeing it. He’s become total self parody, and is half the talent he was in the ring ten years ago.
I reckon he’ll only get through about 3 of these before throwing his toys out of the pram lol.
He’s there for a good time, not a long time. (Sounds like a line from Tinder)
Anyone seen the Dynamite numbers from yesterday?(don’t worry @DavidHillier, won’t spoil you the show)
https://twitter.com/italkwrasslin/status/1710031735419764901
Edge is never beating these allegations.
Edge isn’t on that level, that’s just fact. Nothing wrong with it but it’s fact
I remember we had a discussion about this in the past. General consensus in here was that Edge was a big overachiever and not a star.
It’s actually insane if you check the numbers over the years. His videos on YouTube do actually get views but TV ratings wise he has been a total non factor if not a detractor for pretty much his entire WWE return.
Someone pointed out to me that this isn’t the first time he tanked the ratings.
Apparently he was on RAW, SD and NXT after winning the Rumble to tease which champion he was gonna pick(which I can’t recall tbh) and all the shows ended up doing bad numbers.
I guess that may be why Bryan was inserted in the feud with Roman.
Gonna be interesting to see how Dynamite v NXT goes next week. First win for NXT in 3 years and they could very well do it back to back with the names announced and some that are now rumoured(Taker).
Big payday for Riddle
Undertaker kinda confirmed for NXT next week and Graves using a CM Punk reference when talking about Seth’s match. Wild times.
It’s weird WWE are clearly trying to go hard to blow Dynamite out of the water (pun intended). Maybe they smell blood in the water with AEW’s numbers.
Yes, I think not only do they want to beat Dynamite but also do a great number in comparison.
However, they’re adding a lot of pressure on themselves to deliver now.
If they beat Dynamite by 100-150k viewers it’d be a win but nothing for Dynamite to be ashamed of.
However, if by some miracle Dynamite beats them then it would be an awful look and we know for a fact Tony will be boasting about that for years to come.
It’s weird in the age of on demand video that either company sets so much store by these numbers. It’s not the 90s anymore.
That’s applicable for everything except live sports which pro wrestling technically falls under.
Not really, it’s very simple to watch wrestling later if you want to. Spoilers aren’t so ubiquitous that you can’t avoid them.
Oh, you can do that but part of the enjoyment that comes from watching live sports is the interactivity with other people that comes with it either online or offline alongside the unpredictability that isn’t guaranteed when you watch it after the fact.
Come to think of it, wrestling is probably the only sport that gets to benefit from worlds unless I’m missing some obvious one. Plenty of people will watch it live and plenty of people will watch it later.
I think that’s very much a view from inside your bubble. I don’t think, especially outside the US that a lot of wrestling fans watch shows live, or are second screening through the whole thing.