AEW All Elite Wrestling #9: Mox Aggressor Brings the Blood

[CDJ]

Holy shit my wildest dreams have come true

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Buddy got hurt. Got helped off mid match. Unable to put weight on his leg. A lot of anguish in his body language.

Either that was some of the best coordinated selling I’ve ever seen or unbelievably quick thinking to make a story out of it.

 

[The Marquis]

"Bryan Danielson claims to be a vegan, but he can't stop eating Brie."

I love Nigel McGuinness. Hahahaha

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Holy shit my wildest dreams have come true

They made my boy Dalton job out to some random CMLL dude. They need to start showing Dalton some respect!

 

[CDJ]

They made my boy Dalton job out to some random CMLL dude. They need to start showing Dalton some respect!

Just when TK starts to win me over he immediately loses me smdh

They should be trios champs already

 

[GKJ]

AEW looking like they’re going to do a record low gate in Chicago coming out of Forbidden Door.

 

[The Marquis]

Too much in the same place will do that. That market is super saturated with wrestling.

 

[CDJ]

Like proclaimed months ago they’ve killed Chicago

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I hate to be that guy, but this looks really bad for AEW.

Latest TV ratings | WWE, AEW: Dynamite, Raw, Smackdown, Collision, NXT, Rampage - Wrestlenomics

They lost over 250k viewers on collision from Q2 last year to Q2 this year. Minus 120k viewers from Q2 dynamite last year to this year. And 119k lost on Rampage from Q2 last year to this year.

At the climax, there was a half-hearted 'This is Awesome' chant. Very mild pop on the Hidden Blade spot. Not much on the 3 count.

Watch it on mute and it's better. Story, innovative moveset and camera work.

Fenix/Ospreay felt sloppy. They didn't seem to have very good chemistry to me.

 

[yahhockey]

Smackdown in Chicago this week so AEW is less than two weeks later.

Maybe they need more storylines to retain viewers or maybe they peaked and now the only question is where they will find a solid base of consistent viewership. AEW has more wrestling on each show compared to WWE on their shows and on average probably better wrestling than WWE but clearly wrestling doesn't equate to viewers. (the percentage of wrestling during AEW programming is more often than not higher than the percentage of wrestling on WWE programming when considering total match time versus total broadcast time)

 

[Emperoreddy]

It's weird to say but pro wrestling isn't actually that important in pro wrestling.

I do think it's worth remembering that AEW has created a pretty loyal fanbase that largely enjoys what it's currently doing and could potentially rebel if the show was changed too much.

 

[GKJ]

Too much in the same place will do that. That market is super saturated with wrestling.

Probably also mad about CM Punk

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think they have this issue a lot whenever they do shows right after WWE was there.

 

[GKJ]

I hate to be that guy, but this looks really bad for AEW.

Latest TV ratings | WWE, AEW: Dynamite, Raw, Smackdown, Collision, NXT, Rampage - Wrestlenomics

They lost over 250k viewers on collision from Q2 last year to Q2 this year. Minus 120k viewers from Q2 dynamite last year to this year. And 119k lost on Rampage from Q2 last year to this year.

View attachment 883726

View attachment 883727



Fenix/Ospreay felt sloppy. They didn't seem to have very good chemistry to me.

Also, as well, no CM Punk

 

[The Marquis]

It’s happening in New York as well, and LA. Damn near everywhere. They need to do some cool venues like WCW used to.

 

[GKJ]

They were just out west for like a month

 

[Grackle Party]

AEW looking like they’re going to do a record low gate in Chicago coming out of Forbidden Door.

I’ll be there

 

[Emperoreddy]

Also, as well, no CM Punk

There is a reason why they keep toying with just turning Rampage into the 3rd hour of Dynamite.

Friday late nights is just an impossible tv slot

 

[Troublesome 85]

Forbidden door looks weak to me

Ospreay/Swerve should be at Wembley

And Dalton Castle is being wasted. At least put him on commentary

 

[GKJ]

Forbidden door looks weak to me

Ospreay/Swerve should be at Wembley

And Dalton Castle is being wasted. At least put him on commentary

Not if Ospreay isn't winning

 

[Troublesome 85]

Not if Ospreay isn't winning

Maybe Hangman interferes only outcome I can see

 

[GKJ]

Maybe Hangman interferes only outcome I can see

Or the world champion just beats him

 

[SnS]

Maybe Hangman interferes only outcome I can see

Weird.

No reason Swerve can’t go over clean at FD.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Ospreay isn't Goldberg. He can eat some losses here and there.

This might be wishful thinking, but I'm hoping for Ospreay/White for the international title at Wembley. I don't think those faceoffs in the gauntlet match were just for fun.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Need that Shingo/Bryan announcement tonight.