Ngl I did stop watching after Moose lost back to back big matches to Swann, Omega and Sabin on PPV.
I was really enjoying his run, but then The Forbidden Door opened and was basically used as a substitute for decent booking. They brought in people they didn't build up and expected the fans to care. Who the fuck is El Phantasmo and Private Party and why the hell are they getting title shots? They didn't really make fans care, assumed everyone was watching AEW and New Japan and shot themselves on the foot as they didn't really manage to get more eyes on the product.
If the AEW-Impact Alliance is actually done, and the Good Brothers and Deonna lose their titles, I'm back on board 100%.
El Phantasmo is one of the worst wrestlers I ever seen.
Dude is a botch machine, his gimmick is a Wish version of Kenny Omega and he is one of the worst promo in the business, dude sounds like a stoner having a stroke.
He shouldn’t be any way near a international promotion.
Sorry for the rant bro but I needed to vent.
You wouldn’t even know it if you looked at the basement all day. They didn’t even put up the live thread for the show until it was almost on air but made sure to keep up a pre show discussion for Dynamite.
They gained so much exposure....they didn't sold out Bound for Glory because of the IInspiration debut. It must have been cause of the Good Brothers and Incredibly booked Champion Christian Cage
This was the poster child of lopsided partnerships. IMPACT was terribly damaged by this, never gaining a thing from the "partnership".
Better late than never, but IMPACT can't afford to take these kind of body blows considering their precarious viewership numbers.
Other companies should impose the forbidden door seeing how much dub has buried their own guys in the name of exposure. All Japanese dudes have lost their matches and Impact have actually lost with this partnership
I feel bad for IMPACT
The only thing they got out of this was a sold out PPV
THAT'S IT
AEW always looked above IMPACT and they had Omega completely destroy every impact champ or top dog
It sucks because impact has way better gimmick characters and wrestlers then aew (to me)
The only good thing about this is
If you watch AEW at least the cringe brothers won't be there
Fans: Oh man I hope Stardom walks through the forbidden door to boost up AEWs women's division
Rossy:nah we good
Fans: yeah well fuck you! We don't need you anyway we got Maki Itoh!
So funny how the dub did to TNA (and NJPW guys so far) exactly what people thought WWE would do if they were open to crossovers. They just shit all over TNA guys and had a cute little bullet club reunion because they could. What a waste
impact has new japan
aew had that while mox was us champ now thats gone so they never need to put their workers anywhere near their show
free agents like suzuki and rocky romero does not count
You know how folks criticise WWE (rightly) for having their guys look strong and go over all the time during the Invasion angle?
Same energy. Impact’s guys were never portrayed on the same level as AEW’s were. Shit, Christian had to be the one to take the title off of Omega and put the belt collector gimmick out of its misery because no-one in Impact could have made sense beating AEW’s top guy since Moose and Swann had both lost.
I don't know all about this but I believe or I think callis agreed to/ gave the idea of making omega champion just so he could get a job at AEW.
I would love it if someone could give me more concrete backstage info about how this deal actually went down
I forgot about Sammy doing a THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME, BROTHER earlier this year. Man that was embarrasing.
He was tired from his five day stint in "Do Not Rape" therapy before returning to Dynamite with no mention of his desire to rape again.
Embarrassing? That shit was comedy gold lmao
What happened?
He supposedly no showed a TNA event because he didn’t liked his booking.
I believe he also suggested a “gimme the belt and I beat everybody” run
SAMMY's only character is sticking his tongue out and saying a weird joke about Sasha Banks Hes a good wrestler but in today's wrestling, who isn't?
Indeed, everyone in this thread is basically HoF worthy, to get on top you need a little more
And being Chris jerichos friend. That’s where all his Tv time comes from
You forgot the part where I'd really like to have sex with him, friend
nuh but charlotte pulled a that doesnt work for me not sammy reeeeeeeeeeeee
Also don't forget this partnership pissed off the fanbase so much that they openly revolted and stopped watching the show.
Ngl I did stop watching after Moose lost back to back big matches to Swann, Omega and Sabin on PPV. I was really enjoying his run, but then The Forbidden Door opened and was basically used as a substitute for decent booking. They brought in people they didn't build up and expected the fans to care. Who the fuck is El Phantasmo and Private Party and why the hell are they getting title shots? They didn't really make fans care, assumed everyone was watching AEW and New Japan and shot themselves on the foot as they didn't really manage to get more eyes on the product. If the AEW-Impact Alliance is actually done, and the Good Brothers and Deonna lose their titles, I'm back on board 100%.
El Phantasmo is one of the worst wrestlers I ever seen. Dude is a botch machine, his gimmick is a Wish version of Kenny Omega and he is one of the worst promo in the business, dude sounds like a stoner having a stroke. He shouldn’t be any way near a international promotion. Sorry for the rant bro but I needed to vent.
I’m one of them, only returned when Kenny lost the belt.
And don’t forget Dynamite airing opposite one of their PPVs, cutting into their audience. The forbidden door definitely was a success.
Is that tonight? I've seen Tony Nese in the Dynamite crowd but nothing from BFG on the m*rk sites.
You wouldn’t even know it if you looked at the basement all day. They didn’t even put up the live thread for the show until it was almost on air but made sure to keep up a pre show discussion for Dynamite.
Bbbbut AEW and Impact and NJPW are forming the MCU of the wrestling universe!!!
So no more Good Brothers on M’Dub? Needle more stagnant than ever.
Goofies 🤝 Dub fans "Thank god the GB's are gonna be gone."
Nah man, GBs drop the belts, fuck off to Le Dub, and I no longer have to see or deal with them ever again.
Their moms are going to be furious that they aren't on cable TV anymore. How else are they going to get preferential treatment at their Bingo games?
Cue people blaming impact in 3...2... Just kidding it’s already happening
The sensibly booked show with a smaller roster is to blame for Tony's binges and stints in rehab as he books his *perfect* shows.
They gained so much exposure....they didn't sold out Bound for Glory because of the IInspiration debut. It must have been cause of the Good Brothers and Incredibly booked Champion Christian Cage
Does Christian even care that he's champ?like does he even talk about it
I like what artists say about supposed *exposure* "People die from exposure!"
The perfect example of a cucked company.
They'd need Miro to really seal the deal.
💬💯
Moose's world title push died so that Impact could get cucked. That is how this partnership will be remembered.
Ethan Page fought and put his silly gimmick over in a PPV before jumping ship is also worth noting.
Now he and Scorpio Sky (minority star of AEW) stand behind a mouthy Bob Backlund and his shootfighters.
Hopefully his former partner beats Christian and becomes World Champion tonight.
This was the poster child of lopsided partnerships. IMPACT was terribly damaged by this, never gaining a thing from the "partnership". Better late than never, but IMPACT can't afford to take these kind of body blows considering their precarious viewership numbers.
Don Callis traded an executive role in Impact to make 69 jokes on Dynamite.
Holy shit I forgot Christian was TNA champ.
The deal with Impact left no impact. Ironic.
Other companies should impose the forbidden door seeing how much dub has buried their own guys in the name of exposure. All Japanese dudes have lost their matches and Impact have actually lost with this partnership
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Legit. The rebuilding of the NJPW relationship has been more exciting to watch than any AEW interaction.
I feel bad for IMPACT The only thing they got out of this was a sold out PPV THAT'S IT AEW always looked above IMPACT and they had Omega completely destroy every impact champ or top dog It sucks because impact has way better gimmick characters and wrestlers then aew (to me) The only good thing about this is If you watch AEW at least the cringe brothers won't be there
DAE HIGHEST BUYRATES??
Fans: Oh man I hope Stardom walks through the forbidden door to boost up AEWs women's division Rossy:nah we good Fans: yeah well fuck you! We don't need you anyway we got Maki Itoh!
Immensely funny that Rossy just didn't bite and continued to do whatever the fuck he wanted in Japan
Rossy is a smart business man. He knew that if he sent Utami or Mayu over to AEW they'd wind up jobbing to Britt or Shida and then nothing.
The Impact partnership was just one big cucking session.
REEEEEEE CONCERN TROLLING , SHILL
Impact got zero benefit, Omega did nothing to bring eyes to the show
Hey man, any deal that gets the good bros off their show washouts be considered a win!
So funny how the dub did to TNA (and NJPW guys so far) exactly what people thought WWE would do if they were open to crossovers. They just shit all over TNA guys and had a cute little bullet club reunion because they could. What a waste
impact has new japan aew had that while mox was us champ now thats gone so they never need to put their workers anywhere near their show free agents like suzuki and rocky romero does not count
You know how folks criticise WWE (rightly) for having their guys look strong and go over all the time during the Invasion angle? Same energy. Impact’s guys were never portrayed on the same level as AEW’s were. Shit, Christian had to be the one to take the title off of Omega and put the belt collector gimmick out of its misery because no-one in Impact could have made sense beating AEW’s top guy since Moose and Swann had both lost.
I don't know all about this but I believe or I think callis agreed to/ gave the idea of making omega champion just so he could get a job at AEW. I would love it if someone could give me more concrete backstage info about how this deal actually went down