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Post by wrestlewyzurd on Aug 23, 2019 8:48:20 GMT -8
I haven't seen it yet, but I heard Will Ospreay and Amazing Red tore it up. I was really worried about the talent depth when Omega, The Bucks etc all left but honestly since the G-1 they've pretty much proven me wrong. Probably no better booker in wrestling right now than Gedo, imo.
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Post by @whirlwind_LLC on Aug 23, 2019 9:40:30 GMT -8
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Post by Leon Tyrell on Aug 23, 2019 10:00:54 GMT -8
I don't watch it enough, I can comment mostly on news I hear and in passing. Generally it's booked well and I like their "treat it like a sport" approach. Don't get me wrong, I love the sports entertainment aspect of American wrestling too and sometimes NJPW comes off as boring. Still, you can't deny that they put on the best wrestling because the guys aren't stuck to a particular style. I think they're in something of a rebuild period because they put so much weight behind the Elite and they just dropped it and left to play booker with a deep pocketbook behind 'em.
Honestly I think Omega killed his momentum by leaving - he went from being the most-talked about star in the world to just a guy in AEW.
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Post by wrestlewyzurd on Aug 25, 2019 6:06:00 GMT -8
In terms of Omega's star power I guess we could say, you're absolutely right. As soon as Jon Moxley showed up, Omega's stock lost interest. All the build up to his IWGP title win and it just died in a lackluster main event at the Dome. However, like I said Gedo's a genius with an eye for talent. Will Ospreay's match catalog this year has been insane. Not to mention competing in not the only the BOSJ (Best Of Super Junior) but also the G-1. Dude had blow away matches in each one.
For the sake of conversation, what's everyone's take on their western expansion? I mean now that AEW is here and planting a flag on American television, I honestly believe NJPW should back off from the idea. They have a strong fan presence in New Zealand and Australia, and the UK for that matter. I think that's where they should focus their attention as for expanding goes. Either way it's like we're back to a modern version of the old territories and the absolute wrestling junkie in me is stoked.
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Post by Leon Tyrell on Aug 26, 2019 4:27:43 GMT -8
I mean it's basically like I said; Omega and the Elite were a major selling point and focus of that western expansion, but they jumped ship to play VP with deep pockets backing them. New Japan needs to back off if only to see what happens with AEW. If it fails (and Tony Khan has a track record of getting bored with new business ventures related to sports) then they need to swoop in and quickly fill that void. If AEW does well, then it adds another competitor for New Japan to try and overcome. There's already Impact and ROH, as well as popular lucha promotions and more smark-focused companies like PWG.
They just need to stay where they're at. Do shows in America at times like they already do, but if presented with AEW or NJPW, I think most American fans would gravitate to AEW for a number of reasons.
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Post by wrestlewyzurd on Aug 26, 2019 7:15:05 GMT -8
You're correct on all fronts. I'm not at all familiar with Tony Khan or any of his previous ventures but the wrestling fan in me hopes AEW works out well for all involved.
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Post by @whirlwind_LLC on Aug 26, 2019 10:02:10 GMT -8
You're correct on all fronts. I'm not at all familiar with Tony Khan or any of his previous ventures but the wrestling fan in me hopes AEW works out well for all involved. I think, since it's causing the top companies to offer big money deals to these indy guys, it's having the net effect of bolstering the rest of the scene as more unheard of guys get a chance in an ROH or, say, an iMPACT, that they otherwise wouldn't have gotten. This means that AEW's creation is having a net positive on the business as a whole. |
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