Wrestling

AEW Cant Have Long Title Runs

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AEW World Championship - Wikipedia

Let me name just a few names that have AEW Champion Potential

Hangman Adam Page

Adam Cole

Andrade El Idol

Brian Cage

Bryan Danielson

Chris Jericho

CM Punk

Cody Rhodes

Darby Allin

Jon Moxley

Jungle Boy

Kenny Omega

Lance Archer

Malakai Black

Miro

MJF

Nick Comoroto

Pac

Pentagon Jr

Sammy Guevara

Wardlow

And that’s right now. Imagine how bigger the roster will be in a few months. Clearly AEW can’t have someone hold on to the title for record runs. At this point there might not be enough main events or PPVs to go around. They might even need to give Rampage their own titles.

AEW really needs to expand and fast. Because a lot of talent is being pushed aside as of late for big name signings. Brian Cage debuted and instantly earned a title shot. Imagine how the 8 other guys in match might’ve felt.

When Ruby Soho debuted, she immediately earned a title shot. Do you expect AEW not to sign Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole? Do you think they won’t sign Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman when they are available?

Not to mention the ton of NJPW talent that can jump over for a few matches. We already have Jay White on Impact Wrestling. Wouldn’t be too ridiculous to see him make an AEW run for a few months. Also the free agents that will naturally look for a new change of pace. AEW has to stop thinking like a wrestling promotion and start thinking like a wrestling empire. And they have all the tools available to lead the world of wrestling into the future.

Simptastic Joe

Movies and Shows

Shang-Chi : It Was Okay

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Both 'Shang-Chi' Post-Credits Scenes, Explained (Spoilers)

I fell in love with the first trailer of Shang-Chi. I thought this was going to be one of the best Marvel movies ever made. When the second trailer came out, I said, “I’ll wait until it comes on Disney+”. The movie looked too packed with jokes, comic relief, and dumb situations.

Very quickly I felt that the story started to unravel quickly. After a great opening sequence, the serious part of the movie was over and the jokes began, and again, and again. Katy might be the worst Marvel character ever created. Every moment she was on screen was a chore to watch. Never a good line, always a joke or something stupid to add to the moment.

Shaun was a good character who, but I felt like there were 2 performances by actor Simu Liu. Every time he was in comical situations, the acting was terrible, but when the moments were serious it was perfect. The movie was actually incredible when it was being serious. And not to say that jokes wouldn’t be welcomed. It’s almost like they took every opportunity to undercut the big moment with a joke.

The story was eh. Shaun has to stop his immortal thousand-year-old father from unleashing some monster bent on world domination. Typical Marvel movie. CGI battle with disposable army, secret organization, cameos, shirtless scene, and teases future movies. Pretty standard. The action was the only redeeming part of the movie. Best fight scenes in the MCU so far.

So, eh story, good action, too many jokes, besides Katy and 50% of Shaun the acting was pretty believable, Shang-Chi was a decent MCU movie, but nowhere near the hype it created. I give it a 5/10, but that’s mostly because of the action scenes and acting.

Simptastic Joe 

Movies and Shows

Steve Let Sharon Down

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Why didn’t Steve Rogers help Sharon Carter out?

Wrestling

Chris Hero : Underrated?

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Chris Hero Annoyed At Story That He Was Supposed To Be In The Shield

Chris Hero is one of those wrestlers who is cannon fodder to new talent, but does it in a way where his stock is never hurt by it. Hero can wrestle, he’s not box office, he’s not someone who can run a brand, he’s not overly interesting, but Hero can wrestle. I don’t see much in store for Hero in the future. I would like to see Hero vs Dusty Rhodes one day. Even at age 50, Rhodes puts on a show and I feel like he and Hero can put on an all time classic. Other than that, I don’t see him pulling a CM Punk set of dream matches. Maybe just one final big match and that’s it.

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Romans Reigns Is The Same Guy

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R-Truth Doesn't Believe Roman Reigns Has Reached His Peak Yet

It’s weird seeing WWE fans cheer Roman Reigns now instead of booing him. Do they realize that he is being booked harder down our throats more as a heel than a babyface? When Roman was a face, he was booked in every big title match. Every big feud. Being given chances to fight for the title constantly. And fans hated him. They chanted “You suck!” and “You can’t wrestle” constantly.

But now as a heel, the fans forgot all that. They have 0 issues with the way Reigns wrestles now. They cheer him a lot more now and rarely hate on him. Even though he is deemed weaker now, because he needs the help of the Usos to pick up victories now. Reigns has made the Smackdown title the premier title in wrestling (fight me) and is going on a record long title run.

WWE creative is going to shove Reigns down our throats for the rest of his career. If you had to pick one wrestler to do that it would be Reigns. Seth Rollins is great, but he doesn’t have the size and muscle as Reigns.

5 Reasons why Roman Reigns unleashed a new finisher against Braun Strowman on WWE SmackDown

We can one day get feuds vs Karrion Kross, Bearcat Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, Damian Priest, Ridge Holland and Gable Stevenson just to name a few. Soon we will see NXT talents like Bron Breakker, Tommaso Ciampa, Dexter Lumas, Timothy Thatcher and LA Knight might eventually find themselves standing in front of Reigns at a contract signing.

So what do you think of Roman Reigns? Is he justifiably being pushed to front and center or is there someone else who should be holding the belt?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Santana : Ready For A Singles Run?

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Santana looks really good know. He’s been hitting the gym and it shows. I would like to see Santana develop into a singles star. Probably not taking the AEW Championship, but making some noise in a championship elimination tournament. He would need a unique finisher. I actually don’t know Santana’s finisher in AEW. People in the Community Creations in the WWE games have his finishers as Superkicks, Frog Splashes, RKOs, just a bevy of random finishers and I’ve never seen Santana pick up the win with any of those.

Does Santana have what it takes to be AEW Champion? I don’t think so yet, but I see him more running the mid card division one day. What do you guys think?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Slapjack It Worked

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Who is Slapjack? WWE's RETRIBUTION star Shane Thorne at Hell In A Cell | Metro News

When Shane Torne became Slapjack, it was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to him. The whole team Retribution was a failed experiment from the start, but Thorne becoming Slapjack took him to the next level.  I thought Torne was “ok” on NXT. When he teamed with Nick Miller, it wasn’t box office. It was good wrestling, but it wasn’t anything to stay up late for. But Thorne was the bright spot on that team.

Becoming Slapjack made him more brutal. He became this unleashed animal that actually showed signs of a main roster mid card run. He spent the majority of these impressive moments on Main Event, which even though a lot of people don’t watch, I still do. And for the first time I enjoyed watching Slapjack. With Retribution now broken up and after his release, I think he should keep the Slapjack persona wherever he goes. Id like to see him on Impact Wrestling, but what do you guys think of Slapjack and who would you want him to fight?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Time To Go Heel

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Cody Says That He Won't Use The Rhodes Name In AEW

Cody Rhodes is being booed relentlessly now and the only way to save him is to turn him heel. Do you remember a few years ago when Roman Reigns was relentlessly booed by the WWE Universe? Reigns was in every championship match, was being pushed constantly and fans hated it. So…what did the WWE do about it. They turned Reigns heel. Still pushed him as the moan star, gave him the title for a record run, and is squashing every wrestler in his path. Yet somehow, Reigns is being cheered more than ever.

Making Rhodes a heel and giving him the best faction in AEW is the best way to make Rhodes cheered again. I would team him up with newly fired Authors of Pain and Buddy Matthews. Rhodes needs a real team and they were running the Nightmare Family faction I wasn’t invested.

I’d book it like this:

Rhodes starts losing for a couple of weeks.

Getting jumped by wrestlers left and right

Goes on some crowd yelling promos where you see he’s frustrated.

He gets into a massive fight with Arn Anderson and quits the Nightmare Family

Leaving Arn to continue the group and build up the rest of the team

Rhodes goes away for few weeks and is seen going to prisons.

To end Dynamite, we see Rhodes shaking hands with Paul Ellering

Next week we have the current champ being jumped by the trio in the ring and Rhodes slowly walks out and holds up the belt.

That’s how I would start Rhode’s heel turn and his mission would be destroying all other factions in AEW.

So what do you think? And how would you help make Rhodes a fan favorite again?

The Authors Of Pain send a short message to reassure the fans

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Triple H is the Greatest Heel Of All Time

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Triple H On Roman Reigns Turning Heel

I always hate when wrestling fans complain about the success of Triple H throughout the year. They say a lot of his accomplishments are solely based on him marrying Vince McMahons daughter Stephanie. Throughout Triple h’s career, he’s been one of the toughest, most ripped, best talkers, best sellers in the business. So why wouldn’t this be a guy that is pushed a lot?

There is nepotism in the WWE. Dominic Mysterio is a terrible wrestler and should be nowhere near any big named talent like Seth Rollins or be holding any titles in the company, but since he’s Rey’s son he can do that. Do you think The Rock would’ve gotten the opportunity he did if he wasn’t the son of Rocky Johnson?

If anyone should be a multiple time, face of the company champion it should be Triple H. There aren’t many times in his career where I felt like he wasn’t the man. Even later in his career, he’s still putting on great matches.

Do you know Triple H was the reason why Dave Batista and Randy Orton got their success? Both men were on the verge of getting released when Triple H started Evolution. At first, he made the team to help out Ric Flair, who at that time was dealing with depression and was looking to leave wrestling forever. Triple H went to Vince and said “let me team with Ric, let me make a team and I will guarantee I can make them main event wrestlers for you” and that’s what happened. He is also a big reason why NXT got so popular. Working backstage with the creative team, bringing in the right wrestlers and creating some magical moments for fans.

Triple H isn’t the result of nepotism. He was one of the best wrestlers on the roster when he was full time. He made it fun to root against him. And I always hate when people say he didn’t put wrestlers over. He had no problem losing to Orton, Batista, Jeff Hardy, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns to elevate them.

Triple H is the best heel for me because he was perfect. He was someone you wanted the cheer against, someone who looked good holding the best and most importantly, someone who can put on great matches.

What do you think? And if you disagree, who do you think is the greatest heel in wrestling history?

Simptastic Joe

Wrestling

Austin Theory Future Is Bright

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Austin Theory snaps another selfie at the expense of Dominik Mysterio: Raw, Oct. 25, 2021 - YouTube

Austin Theory is often called a “blue chip prospect” by the commentary team and he totally lives up to that. Theory can one day be the face of the company. After seeing him with Seth Rollins in Survivor Series I would team those two together. Just like the pairing of Randy Orton and Matt Riddle, I think Rollins and Theory could be a good pair.

I really hate how they booked Theory on NXT. His first match was against Tommaso Ciampa which ended in a loss and then he was pair with Johnny Gargano as just the dumb sidekick. It wasn’t good television, but Theory’s in ring ability made up for it.

I would pair Theory with Rollins and add some more guys to make a solid faction. The WWE doesn’t have enough factions and it’s a great way to get Theory a lot of screentime and since he’s paired with Rollins you know they will be high profile matches. I would also add Montez Ford and Dominik Dijakovic to the faction.

What do you guys think of Austin Theory so far and what factions would you create for him?

World War Joe