Boneyard match was the right thing to do with Taker in 2020, but entirely revolved around Mark Calloway's dumb self indulgent macho taste. AJ was just there.
Cena/Wyatt on the other hand was linked to each of them, and was basically the season 2 finale of Twin Peaks but wresting, so it was miles better
lol at Vince's situation; but if he's hell bent on presenting the same exact format with no audience, he deserves the failures that come with it. It's guys like Drew that I feel sorry for. Sucks to work so hard for a spot in what now seems like an unwatchable and pointless event.
The thing that gets me is that they still bother to do so many segments in the ring with entrances. Like, cut a promo in the seats or something. They love doing those empty arena dramatic vignettes. Do one live!
Loved AEW this week. Only complaints (minor) are that it's silly to do a weigh in for a promotion with no weight classes, and Shida/Swole do not need to be in a comedy match right now (at least Shida won).
Tried watching some Raw on a side window while playing games, and still couldn't last 20 mins.
Every segment is predictable, slow, and recycling the same angles over and over.
Going from that Orton segment, to Ruby/Liv (both doing the same exact 'WWE betrayal 101' shit), then a recap of Becky receiving a post-match attack and stealing an ambulance (???), it all felt like videogame story mode on randomizer.
That lashing segment was a fantastic piece of character building for everyone involved.
I seriously cannot believe how well that was done.
Like i was DREADING this segment. i was expecting it to be ripe with unwanted sexual tension and only be written to do one thing. Instead, a good chunk of the roster got involved, lots of characters worked well with the segment, it set up stuff, MADE SENSE, and most importantly it got me hype for the match!
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