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Am I seeing this right, only 4 rows facing the hard cam and the majority of the seats sold are behind the announce team? Seems like it's going to look really odd on camera.

Since he already did that cringey New Day interview segment.

Results:

• Team Rhea def Team Liv in a wargames match

• Shinsuke Nakamura def LA Knight for the US title

• Bron Breakker def Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser to retain the IC title

• GUNTHER def Damian Priest to retain the WHC

• Team Roman def Team Bloodline in a wargames match

Highlights:

1. Tiffy tease cashing in again

2. New US Champ

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I’ll start with a bold one: Logan Paul will have won the WWE title, WWE will capitalize on the mainstream appeal and put the belt on him as a cowardly heel who rarely defends.

I always liked him in Acolytes an JBL but never saw him as amazing but. did enjoy him a lot.

I see him on TNA and he is moving like a young Justin Hawk Bradshaw.

Edit: And now Riddle is there as well.

And you have Jericho, Ambrose and Show on AEW along with WWE spinning Gold with Heyman an Bloodline.

This i the hottest wrestling has been ever.

So I'm asking fans of AEW seriously, was the hype around their recent TV deal important to you or was it something the wrestling media focused on too much?

As disclosure, I watched AEW a lot at the start but fell out of it so only really go back and watch the big matches I find I'm interested in now. But honestly, as a wrestling fan, I've never really understood paying too much to the purely financial side unless there's a danger to the company going out of business or losing people I like watching cos they're in financial trouble.

AEW has had unlimited financial resources since the beginning. They're not in danger of either. They have a billionaire on board devoted to making his son happy. There's no one they can sign now they couldn't before this deal. The money has always been there. If someone leaves or doesn't sign with them, it's not cos they couldn't afford it. So why did it feel like this titanic thing being talked about on every wrestling site for months. Was it just a validation thing?

I know when WWE started getting those massive TV rights deals years ago, I used to groan cos it meant they didn't really have to worry about the product. Thanks.

Sure Heyman , Roman and Punk was amazing with acting I would rate like Deniro and Pesci. Absolute Gold and way ahead of anything in the history.

But I saw something that shook me up just as much. A slick well produced Nakamura with a Godly entrance and crisp movements putting Andrade and Knight to shame with martial arts.

I know he’ll always be an IWC fav (and for the record i think he’s a good addition to any roster) but i’m always stunned to see the overwhelming “Nak better take the belt off LA” opinion all over Wreddit.

After all those years of Vince booking we finally have a midcard babyface champion who’s insanely over, one of the best promos in the game and treated like a big deal by the company. What could Shinsuke bring to the midcard scene in 2024 that LA Knight can’t? I know people are salty he didn’t win the WWE title in 2018 (I was salty too) But in 2024 the dude is exactly where he needs to be, booked like a competent threat that puts over more valuable talent.

Yet i know when LA pins this dude tonight it’s gonna be treated as some sort of booking malpractice on Trip’s part. It’s like they keep forgetting who’s game this is YEAH

Update: FUCK

I was told by a friend tonight that he came up with many of the great angles in AEW like Mariah vs Toni, Takeshita joining Callis family then winning the belt off of Ospreay, and the Hurt Business. Is this true?