If AEW pull 35k to that stadium it will be fantastic and the best thing for wrestling since WCW’s heyday. Still might go

Apr 22, 2023 13:38:25 GMT Jake said:

Apr 7, 2023 11:22:54 GMT @papaya said:

I absolutely love how none of the UK posters here are actually interested in going and it's all people from other countries who are hyped about it 😅

but.....I said I am interested....and I am from the UK

Okay @james

I don't doubt he'll fill Wembley, I just don't believe everyone will be a paying customer.

I'm going to suggest, everyone on that card will likely have their families in the stands, and AEW will make some outlandish ticket donations to schools and charities to fill seats. That and every celebrity/influencer in the UK that gives a damn about wrestling will have a free ticket.

This is likely an investment, a giantic advertisement for AEW more than anything.

Apr 23, 2023 7:32:09 GMT NATH45 said:

I don't doubt he'll fill Wembley, I just don't believe everyone will be a paying customer.

I'm going to suggest, everyone on that card will likely have their families in the stands, and AEW will make some outlandish ticket donations to schools and charities to fill seats. That and every celebrity/influencer in the UK that gives a damn about wrestling will have a free ticket.

This is likely an investment, a giantic advertisement for AEW more than anything.

My favourite aspect about your cynicism is how you always set yourself little caveats so your never wrong, in ways that are not provable at all.

Oh WELl., IF HE SELls outs, there woll be comped seats

Give it a fucking rest man. Christ. Like ahit 5he fuck up already. We get it. You aew and even if theh sold a million trucking tickets it would somehow be not hood good enough

Sorry someone pissed in your cornflakes.

OMg I aM NaTah aNd I HaVe aN Irrational hate bonor for aew

Bro, we get it. What if you just maybe, shut the fuck up instead of beinv constantly negative? Maybe just stick to the wwe forum. Jeesus h fucking christ. We get it. You dont like aew. Shut the ruck up about it already

Pull your head in dickhead.

I'm sorry you're as miserable as some of the other guys on here that can't fathom, nor handle something that doesn't fit your narrative.

I've lumped a heap of praise on this attempt to sell out Wembley, I've encouraged everyone to support it despite some of AEW's biggest supporters on here thinking AEW has no chance of selling out. In all, I've given more positive feedback on AEW over the last month than ever before.

Tony is selling AEW to the world by attempting to sell out Wembley - it's a grand statement that will show there is more than one player in town.

And oh, if you think 160,000 paid to see Wrestlemania over 2 days, you'd be wrong. 160,000 may have attended, they didn't necessarily all pay. You've never got free tickets provided by a sponsor or associate of an event or organisation? No? Well that sucks to be you.

Apr 23, 2023 12:12:01 GMT NATH45 said:

Pull your head in dickhead.

I'm sorry you're as miserable as some of the other guys on here that can't fathom, nor handle something that doesn't fit your narrative.

I've lumped a heap of praise on this attempt to sell out Wembley, I've encouraged everyone to support it despite some of AEW's biggest supporters on here thinking AEW has no chance of selling out. In all, I've given more positive feedback on AEW over the last month than ever before.

Tony is selling AEW to the world by attempting to sell out Wembley - it's a grand statement that will show there is more than one player in town.

And oh, if you think 160,000 paid to see Wrestlemania over 2 days, you'd be wrong. 160,000 may have attended, they didn't necessarily all pay. You've never got free tickets provided by a sponsor or associate of an event or organisation? No? Well that sucks to be you.

Bro go touch grass. You are the most negative person when it comes to discussing aew. I swear to god you get ha4d thinking about the snide remarks you can make about aew. Take a break! Just chill bro. Being such a negative person about isn't cute or amusing. Just stop dude. Your constant negativity was a driving factor in me leaving this place for months. Im sure my attendance doesnt mean much overall here, bit damn dude. Do you not know the idea if 'if you havent got anything nice to say.... " just wow, we get itz aew sux, everh wrestler in aew sux, and you wish theh didnt exist. Just take a chill pill dude. Your a downer man. Just chill.

Im fucking pumped about orange cassidys match on Wednesday. What about you? Do you have anything positive to say?

Apr 23, 2023 12:32:36 GMT nazzer said:

Apr 23, 2023 12:12:01 GMT NATH45 said:

Pull your head in dickhead.

I'm sorry you're as miserable as some of the other guys on here that can't fathom, nor handle something that doesn't fit your narrative.

I've lumped a heap of praise on this attempt to sell out Wembley, I've encouraged everyone to support it despite some of AEW's biggest supporters on here thinking AEW has no chance of selling out. In all, I've given more positive feedback on AEW over the last month than ever before.

Tony is selling AEW to the world by attempting to sell out Wembley - it's a grand statement that will show there is more than one player in town.

And oh, if you think 160,000 paid to see Wrestlemania over 2 days, you'd be wrong. 160,000 may have attended, they didn't necessarily all pay. You've never got free tickets provided by a sponsor or associate of an event or organisation? No? Well that sucks to be you.

Bro go touch grass. You are the most negative person when it comes to discussing aew. I swear to god you get ha4d thinking about the snide remarks you can make about aew. Take a break! Just chill bro. Being such a negative person about isn't cute or amusing. Just stop dude. Your constant negativity was a driving factor in me leaving this place for months. Im sure my attendance doesnt mean much overall here, bit damn dude. Do you not know the idea if 'if you havent got anything nice to say.... " just wow, we get itz aew sux, everh wrestler in aew sux, and you wish theh didnt exist. Just take a chill pill dude. Your a downer man. Just chill.

Im fucking pumped about orange cassidys match on Wednesday. What about you? Do you have anything positive to say?

Touch grass lol. I'm one of the few people here breathing fresh air daily.

On Cassidy. I've mentioned repeatedly how good Cassidy has gotten and how much I've enjoyed his matches.

He is one of the most consistent parts of AEW.

And I'm super pumped for what they do with Jey White. I think the initial booking working with a guy like Ricky Starks is a joke, he's better than that. And this angle this past week from Jericho and Cole is likely to be some good stuff. Anything else? You want me to give you a list of everything I like about AEW - because there is actually a number of things I enjoy about the product.

NATH45,

I think you need to take a good hard look in the mirror with respect to how you present yourself. I mean, I'm just some middle aged dude from western canada. But your a negative douche on the internet that needs to chill.

If you run into one asshole, he's an asshole, if every person you run into is an asshole.... maybe your the asshole

nazzer, cut it out.

You've said your piece, stop throwing insults around. Nath has been perfectly reasonable.

So, you don't want my list?

Apr 23, 2023 13:10:16 GMT Emperor said:

nazzer , cut it out.

You've said your piece, stop throwing insults around. Nath has been perfectly reasonable.

April 19th dynamite thread 5/5 comments included negativity cynicism. 

Apr 12 th dynamite thread. 1/1 comment included negativity and cynicism. 

cool, cool, cool. 

I get it. Gimmick is witty and edgy, cool cool cool. I guess my idea of perfectly reasonable is different than others. 

Why contribute to a discussion if every comment you have to make is to be negative about it? How does that contribute joy?

You understand, not everyone is going to agree with your opinion, right? 

Positive comments in bold

As for the 19th of April..

I actually thought it was a pretty good show. ( positive )

It's incredible to think how far Wardlow has fallen and only now getting some momentum after his angle with MJF all those months ago. Good on him. ( they killed his momentum - true story, but this was a positive comment )

The pillars - everyone except MJF needs promo classes. Jesus... ( also true ) 

Jay White - are you fucking serious? This is Jay White and he's been inserted into a lower card feud with a bunch of jobbers. And, was that the real Komander? He looked 3 inches shorter, a shade paler and about 15lbs rounder than the guy in that ladder match. I don't get this style of work in 1v1 matches - all his opponents need to do is 'nope' and walk away and he'd crash and burn... Seriously take your time up there kid, we've got all night. ( also true )

Jericho v Cole will be a riot. That was hands down the best thing Jericho has done in AEW. Too bad he'll suck the youth out of another young superstar and dispose of his body like every other person he's worked with in AEW. ( no lies here. AEW even references how much he leeches off other guys and holds people back - he's a heel!! But it's not far from reality )

Good main event but Jungle Boy needs a serious make over to ever be taken seriously. ( he does need a make-over. Even the other Pillars are referencing his billing.. Jungle Boy, Jungle Jack, Jack " Jungle Boy " Perry?? But the match itself, was good ) 

Well Adam Cole is the coolest guy on the roster, outside of Jay White. ( positive )

Quietly.. Adam Cole's mum  ( double positive )

Shit, there's an idea. Instead of debuting and attacking "Absolutely Not" Ricky Starks and wrestling Spot Mon-komander he could have made his debut a few weeks down the line from now in the aftermath of that beatdown, evening the odds, forming Bullet Club Gold with Cole, Juice, Brit & Hyter and setting him up for an eventually program with Jericho.

I really liked Danielson's work as " the professional " ( positive ) and I think it would work even better if BCC just kayfabe refuse to wrestle until they get paid more - because they're professionals after all. Make light of all these guys sitting at home... etc. ( AEW references it every week that part of the roster is angry and sitting at home )

Kenny Omega.. when Kenny Omega " gets angry " he dyes his hair black. Like a true teenage girl. Next week does he walk to the ring to The Black Parade? ( I'd actually enjoy that ) 

The 5th of April.. 

It's a month since MJF worked a match, he really is learning from the best isn't he. ( also true )

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Some of your doozies of late nazzer

Re : CM Punk

he is being a gigantic asshole. the world is better without assholes, I wish he would fuck the right off.

Re : Dax

Dax's podcast has been cancelled. Thank fuckinc christ, his attempts at working the internet were tiresome

Re : one of the dancer's parents dying during Wrestlemania weekend

is it horrible? do you actually care a minute past reading about it?

Re : Cody Rhodes

I hate everything that cody rhodes is as a wrestler

Re : Wrestlemania

I thought the sparkler expoding death match was bad, but holy fuck WWE tops it all with this shit. What a fucking shit show. I hope Triple H is fellating himself to this garbage hard, because no one else wanted it.

You're a saint. 

And on " AEW at Wembley " itself : 

Again, positive ( and supportive) comments in bold

It's possible AEW could do it, but AEW will need some big bizniz drawcards to put asses in those seats.

Re : London transport issues

For London, this stuff is easy.

Re : TK's balls ( feel free to caption that one ) 

I admire TK's balls.

Re : Fans supporting this event 

Get excited guys, AEW is going to try to fill Wembley in your literal backyard, and all you can do is find reasons not be excited about it.

Re: Fans supporting this event

I'm telling people to support it.

Re : FTR v Bucks III

Book FTR v The Young Bucks III, and start the build asap.

Re : Again, no doubts

I don't doubt he'll fill Wembley, I just don't believe everyone will be a paying customer.

Re : making an impact 

Tony is selling AEW to the world by attempting to sell out Wembley - it's a grand statement that will show there is more than one player in town.

Apart from a little bit of bullshit about ratings, I've encouraged people to support his show throughout this thread. I've challenged people who have claimed holding a show of this magnitude is something London, the city itself isn't capable of - which is absolute rubbish. I've even challenged the idea of how difficult it is to get a flight, and accommodation into London - it's not. Some of AEW's biggest supporters here have laughed at the notion that this is even possible. I've told people it's possible. 

Buddy, this is the least cynical I've been about AEW. 

So...what do you guys want to talk about?

I think people are forgetting what a massive fanbase wrestling has in the UK. Plus there will be others coming from different countries to go because it's much cheaper to travel in Europe for a show. When we would go to Mania, I'm telling you at least 1/4 to a 1/3 of the crowd were UKers. Maybe it's changed but I don't think so.

Apr 23, 2023 20:20:24 GMT iron maiden said:

So...what do you guys want to talk about?

I think people are forgetting what a massive fanbase wrestling has in the UK. Plus there will be others coming from different countries to go because it's much cheaper to travel in Europe for a show. When we would go to Mania, I'm telling you at least 1/4 to a 1/3 of the crowd were UKers. Maybe it's changed but I don't think so.

You're probably right.  I think Impact had five figure crowds, when they went to the UK for the first time.

The UK currently has the worst inflation in West Europe. Unemployment is up. Food prices are rising at their fastest rate for over 45 years. Energy bills are doubling (or tripling).

It doesn't really matter how big the fanbase is if no one can afford to go!

Apr 23, 2023 20:22:26 GMT CM Punk'd said:

You're probably right.  I think Impact had five figure crowds, when they went to the UK for the first time.

They definitely didn't. I was at the first shows and the building has a capacity of less than 2k.

TNA's all time attendance record was just over 8k.

Apr 23, 2023 20:30:22 GMT @papaya said:

The UK currently has the worst inflation in West Europe. Unemployment is up. Food prices are rising at their fastest rate for over 45 years. Energy bills are doubling (or tripling).

It doesn't really matter how big the fanbase is if no one can afford to go!

I'm not sure about there, but here inflation or no inflation, if we want to go, we'll make it happen. Inflation is the same here and I just paid $200 for a ticket to see AEW with RT and I barely watch it, but I like wrestling and live events. I have friends coming from other provinces to go and while I was trying to buy tickets they were disappearing in front of my eyes. If people want to go they'll find a way. 

Now that they’ve capped the set up at around 50k they have a chance to sell all the tickets. It’s probably the top end of what they can do. I’ll say 40k plus or minus 10k either way.

Apr 23, 2023 20:20:24 GMT iron maiden said:

So...what do you guys want to talk about?

I think people are forgetting what a massive fanbase wrestling has in the UK. Plus there will be others coming from different countries to go because it's much cheaper to travel in Europe for a show. When we would go to Mania, I'm telling you at least 1/4 to a 1/3 of the crowd were UKers. Maybe it's changed but I don't think so.

Agreed. If Tony puts together a card for the ages, people will travel for it.

It needs to be treated as a Wrestlemania type event, meaning TK needs to hold his cool for a few months and not blow all his money matches over the next few months.

Based on what's happening now in AEW, he could easily book the following :

Chris Jericho v Adam Cole

Bryan Danielson v Kenny Omega

The Young Bucks v Moxley & Claudio

Jamie Hayter (c) v Toni Storm

Brit Baker v Saraya

MJF (c) v Sammy Guevara v Jack Perry v Darby Allin (hopefully in a ladder match)

--

Some fantasy booking might see :

The House of Black (c) v Bullet Club Gold

Orange Cassidy (c) v PAC or Will Osprey

FTR (c) v The Hardys



Wait for it...

CM Punk v Samoa Joe (c)

Apr 23, 2023 21:06:36 GMT NATH45 said:

Apr 23, 2023 20:20:24 GMT iron maiden said:

So...what do you guys want to talk about?

I think people are forgetting what a massive fanbase wrestling has in the UK. Plus there will be others coming from different countries to go because it's much cheaper to travel in Europe for a show. When we would go to Mania, I'm telling you at least 1/4 to a 1/3 of the crowd were UKers. Maybe it's changed but I don't think so.

Agreed. If Tony puts together a card for the ages, people will travel for it.

It needs to be treated as a Wrestlemania type event, meaning TK needs to hold his cool for a few months and not blow all his money matches over the next few months.

Based on what's happening now in AEW, he could easily book the following :

Chris Jericho v Adam Cole

Bryan Danielson v Kenny Omega

The Young Bucks v Moxley & Claudio

Jamie Hayter (c) v Toni Storm

Brit Baker v Saraya

MJF (c) v Sammy Guevara v Jack Perry v Darby Allin (hopefully in a ladder match)

I have a feeling this is pretty close to what the Double or Nothing card will be next month. Although I hope he saves Britt vs Saraya for Wembley because that's a huge match and should be done there. If it's me, I have Saraya cheat to win the Women's title off Hayter at DON, then Britt avenges her at Wembley. Hayter & [insert name] face Ruby & Toni in a tag team street fight or something.

Also Matt Jackson is still nursing an injury. Possible The Young Bucks sit out of DON. Elite vs BCC is ending with Blood And Guts, I'm sure of it, just a matter of when that match can happen.

Between now and Wembley there are two huge PPVs. It's going to be really interesting what they decide to book for those shows and what they decide to save for Wembley.

Some fantasy booking might see :

The House of Black (c) v Bullet Club Gold

Orange Cassidy (c) v PAC or Will Osprey

FTR (c) v The Hardys



Wait for it...

CM Punk v Samoa Joe (c)

If OC doesn't drop the title at Forbidden Door he is 100% dropping it to PAC or ZSJ or someone else British at Wembley. I could absolutely see them recreating Bulldog defeating Bret Hart for the IC title, although a closer comparison would probably be Ospreay defeating Omega for the IWGP US title. 

That last match...holllyyyy. Could you imagine?

Maybe the Bret/Austin double-turn during Cassidy v PAC?

Cassidy is the obvious face stateside, yet gets shitted on in London, and just pulls every heel 101 troupe to beat PAC. Except PAC wins for the pop.

👀👀👀

Omega vs Okada V at All In?

-Omega drops US title to Ospreay at Forbidden Door
-Okada fights whoever and wins
-Okada calls Omega washed
-Omega vs Okada for the last time ever at Wembley
-Ospreay defends the US title against “AMERICAN Dragon” Bryan Danielson at Wembley

Rainnnnn-Makkaaaa!

There's your Wembley main event right there.

Punk main eventing 100%. They may do a Forbidden Door theme, but very likely Punk fighting MJF as the main event.

And still would rather see Ospreay vs PAC, and DB vs ZSJ.

Apr 22, 2023 13:03:31 GMT c said:

Well Tony went for the pussy option. He is blocking off about 30% of the arena seats, but putting a few thousand on the floor.  Will be far easier to fill if sellout is 55k to 60k.

I saw on another post, claiming that this isn't the layout for All In.  That this was just somebody doctoring the floor, over another event's setup (Pink's 2019 concert at Wembley).

Same setup most likely. They added the grey shit in the middle, whereas Pink that would be just general floor admission.  But likely Tony still is closing part of the arena for the set.  Will make it easier to fill the show.

Would kill to be there June 21st. Rammstein is coming with a European arena live show. Likely be their most insane stage show yet just due to the sheer scale of the stadiums they are playing.

And do wonder, who draws more, Rammstein or AEW.

Apr 25, 2023 14:28:34 GMT Jake said:

Holy crap!  Khan is literally going All In on this.

Holy shit I did not expect that at all. He's really going for it.