ERIC BISCHOFF: "Going to AEW is the DEATH of WWE CAREERS!"
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Eric Bischoff says going to AEW is a career killer for former WWE superstars.
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The worst thing that happened to AEW was Vince being removed from power. When the WWE was bad, there were no expectations for AEW cause people were desperate for an alternative. Now that WWE is on fire, they're being exposed as a clown show with no leadership.
Well, that was the thing that Jim Cornette called out, almost immediately about AEW. The whole company was crowd-funded, and built off of, the hatred of one man and how he was running his company into the ground. With that mindset, and that business strategy, you better PRAY that it stays like that forever. It didn't and if anything it did a complete 180 and the WWE had an inadvertent masterstroke via getting rid of the fossil billionaire and replaced him with HHH.
In essence, with that business strategy it was really built on sand, on a beach, and the tide is coming in to collect rent. Sucks, but it is what it is.
@@PJBlick Who would've guessed Triple H would play such a pivotal role in WWE'S boom right now. Good for him.
The worst thing to happen to AEW is AEW 😂
I'm sorry but wrestling as a whole has been pretty bad outside the Cody stuff. Aew was giving a decent product relative to the crappy landscape. I think you guys are being extra marky and don't realize the mountain of mistakes and dumb shit wwe has done over the decades. Aew upon its first mistake had all you guys jumping ship and being completely irrational. In a year from now if say they just develop some really good stories and talent, you'd never give them chance because of this artificial tribalism.
@@cliffbot638More people than you might think. Yes, Haich catches a lot of heat for the “Reign of Terror” and for who he’s married to, but two things have always been true even before those things took place: he knows the fundamentals and has a genuine love for the business. And, aside from the gas, he’s always lived relatively clean, so his brain is still as sharp as it ever was.
Andrade, Punk, Jade, Sean Spears and Cody really escaped a burning ship
Brian Pillman, Jr also left he’s in NXT now
Bro it's Five years since AEW came out. There have been plenty of years WWE was Garbage!
I think Ricky starks is in nxt
Miro, black , FTR are not far behind
Shawn spears lol
Edge’s star power has worn off significantly since he’s been in AEW. As well as Jericho.
Jerichos popularity fell off a cliff 😂
@@RahenGroup He was big in 99(?) when he went to WWF and even bigger when he came back in 07. I couldn’t care less about him now.
lol they were ever stars? 🤭
Edge's star power wore off when he retired in 2011.
Exactly. Like at AEW ,they are just ordinary people. Maybe its the marketing
I know Tony is a huge ECW fan, but he's the exact opposite of Heyman. Heyman talked people into working for free, putting business expenses in their name, making them believe in something that didn't exist. Tony shovels money everywhere and still can't get anyone to believe in his vision
Heyman was out to entertain others. Tony is in it to entertain himself.
That's why I can't stand when people compare AEW and ECW because they're nothing alike. As someone who used to watch and attend ECW shows regularly, nothing about AEW reminds me of them. ECW actually had compelling storylines and angles to go along with their matches and despite all of Paul's faults, he was a competent booker unlike Tony.
Heyman did a lot of that i think because he was trying to run ECW and compete while not having the money to sign big stars while being raided for talent by both WWF and WCW. He was playing survival business tactics with the mindset of trying to keep people around and making it work until it became evident it wasnt going to be able to survive.
Believing in something that didn’t exist? ECW literally changed the business.
Heyman was a typical corrupt Jewish business man. He was at the right place at the right time in the 90s with the right contacts
Dave is like a fan who's watching live sports and calls out plays acting as if he knows more than the coach coaching his squad on the spot
Dave Meltzer made professional wrestling popular. He puts butts in seats! Dave Meltzer is always correct on everything he says. Dave Meltzer is also Conrad's daddy 😂. Dave Meltzer is a wrestling God
He tries to cover all his bases. Like when he was reporting on the CM Punk back to WWE situation. He said there was absolutely no way he was going back but then said anything can change 😂. The average Joe could've came up with that if given a few facts of that situation.
We would have been rid of Meltzer a long time ago if Tony Khlown
hadn't taken his remains to an Indian pet cemetery.
I can't stand Meltzer..the guy is the epitome of jocksniffing..much like Shefter with the NFL
Apart from the obvious, what has never helped AEW is the type of guys who constantly defend them, it’s the least likeable people in podcasting/journalism who simp for AEW
That's straight up why I stopped watching. I saw some cracks, tried to talk about them in a constructive way and got called so many names, told I wasn't a real wrestling fan, and was repeatedly told to go back to WWE.
So that's what I did.
I've never seen such a toxic gatekeeping fan base for a wrestling promotion ever, and they just can't figure out why more and more people are turned off by the product.
I agree
So fans are the problem. Got it. 🤡
Conrad is one of them.
💯💯
I was at the ECW arena a bunch of times, and there was no way his dad took him there!! Billionaires in the hood under an expressway in Philadelphia is highly unlikely cause they would see that crowd and where it was, and sadh would have turned car around!!
Bro I was going to say the same thing. I've been to the ECW arena down on Swanson at least 5 times and It was insane almost everything time. It's no way Tony Khan was there. I need proof.
@jerryreyes7978 I got a bottle chucked at me by a car rolling by, and I'm loud mouth of group, and my buddy was like "shut the the up and don't say anything" I turned around ready to say something and don't know if one more person could have fit in car they were in hahaha plus you stood in line for hour or so. Saw first ppv, funk win belt , scaffold rable match. If it was close we wnt to where it was!
If his dad took him anywhere for ECW in Pennsylvania it was probably the Hamburg Field House. That was an awesome place for wrestling, and I am very sad to see it go.
Never been to the ecw arena I'm from Texas btw but I watched the ppvs and heard stories it looked like a dangerous place back then and I grew up in southwest Houston aka the ghetto
Dude yes! Tony and I are the same age and my brother would take me to the ECW Arena and it was wild as fuck. I literally got Tommy Dreamer’s blood on me and went home with an Al Snow head with blood all over it.
Tony was there? The dude who feared for his life when Punk pushed a dude? 😆
AEW is to wrestling what Saudi Arabia is to football/soccer, a place to either get one last big payday before retiring or take a mini break before heading elsewhere.
Stephen Khan's Pet Cemetery.
Judt like some older footballers joined American clubs.
Almost got the analogy correct.
More like, AEW is to wrestling as Saudi Arabia is to human rights.
AEW affiliated with EVERY major WRESTLING promotion. WWE affiliated with..............Nough said.
Bad analogy... Wrestlers can survive far more than your regular football player...
The AEW is more like your worst life time decision, cause don't even get pay that much...
AEW is all about the latest signing and nothing more. Remember Edge being a big deal? Now he’s irrelevant.
Exactly
Just like Mone.
Like a retirement home, lol
It's like putting a 27 year old car Motor inside a brand new car...
Basically all of the ex-wwe guys
Not a fan of the AEW product anymore for quite some time now but Tony's behavior and the behavior of the AEW diehards is way more off putting than the product itself. Waaaaaaaaaaay more.
That toxic fanbase was the 1st thing to turn me off to aew and then I tried watching it and found it to be bad from the beginning, those fans overhyping it in the beginning eventually worked against it
Perfectly put
Exactly.
The smaller AEW gets the more toxic that fanbase will get to defend their precious AEW
No disrespect but folks come to listen to Eric's opinions, the co-host speaks more than is needed, plus there's no chemistry unlike with Last and Cornette
I'll never understand the hate Conrad gets.
Agreed. If we wanted to hear from an AEW fanboy, we would be listening to Meltzer or Tony at one of his Media Scrums).
Translation: tell Conrad to go find a Golden Corral he isn’t banned from and let Eric do the show himself.
@@lazcoroner1483 he's boring and sucks air out of the room. And he's fucking EVERYWHERE
@@lazcoroner1483He talks too much and isn't interesting or entertaining to listen to.
Strong tag team division in AEW? LOL man, I see why you guys always call out Conrad. On the pay roll, or wants like hell to be so.
He put relics like Schiavone and Arn on podcasts then Snowman signed them. Thompson wants in on the grift too and I don't blame him because I too want to take a fool's money for doing nothing.
WWE you got 2 tag teams with like 20 some title runs between them in a decade. LOLOL Yeah, I'd say AEW that promotes tag teams from most every wrestling promotion on the globe to be a strong tag division. Go bail an USO out of jail. LOL
See, what conrad is referring to is the talent. However it cannot be stated rnough that no matter how over the talent are booking under tony khan buries all talent abd takes away any heat from the wrestlers, which is why they'll never be more over than their debut. Tony should cut all talent he's not using, whose not willling to come to work, who is factored inro creative in a major way.
Hook should go to wwe. I have to think Taz sees whay goes on and is telling hook not to resign. This is why Tony's using him now.
Before Wrestlemania, when was the last time WWE's tag division was getting any REAL love? At least AEW focuses on their factions and tag teams. Gang warfare is so much better
That's the main thing.. From when AEW started in 2019..and how bad WWE was...at least RAW...and where we are today...WWE is hotter than it's been in years...while AEW remains stagnant, tired and dropping the ball..even when signing top talents.
This explains why a week ago or so, bubba Ray said AEW is just ECW with money and it makes sooooo much fucking sense
thats an insult to ECW tbh.
@vileluca to be fair he's kinda right AEW has the established talent and hard-core wrestling + blood baths In some matches. ECW didn't have too much cash but had a good roster aswell sabu,sandman ,Tommy dreamer, Terry funk,stevie Richards ect .but run smaller venues
@@declangaming24 ECW was a deathmatch show and had deathmatch talent like Sabu and Dreamer. AEW does not have deathmatch quality guys
@@ScarredCore1 true
I wonder if Daddy Khan will ever cut the cord of his son and the money they are using.
...or losing😏
It's Tony's money..
He doesn't care
Why would he? At this point, it's a tax write-off.
I've always felt that if ever aew goes away. It'll be because of shad. I sometimes feel like people forget that his father also owns the company. Tony may be the guy running the day to day, but his daddy is a silent partner. Anything tony is a part of. Shad is a part of it, too. I mean, he even owns the damn soccer team. And, if aew doesn't get 300+ million in the new tv deal. *which is the number I keep hearing they need to keep the company a float* either shad is gonna consider getting out or aew is gonna go into wwe 2021 level of mass releases just to keep the business going. I know tony khan has a sh*t ton of money, but I'd be surprised if he uses his own personal funds to keep wrestlers on payroll.
AEW has become a retirement-home for wrestlers past their prime, a refuge for wrestlers that other organizations don't want to take risks on, people that couldn't get over no matter how hard WWE tried to, and a backyard for indie-darlings that want to be paid top-dollar for "backyard" wrestling.
To be honest, AEW is the "Land Of Misfit Toys."
people keep comparing aew to wcw. Wcw was better even at is worse years. AEW is a better funded backyard wrestling promotion. they do not bother making decent story and they spend most of their time trying to be hardcore where is no longer impressive.
@@Marveryn yep. my sentiments exactly. I watched Nitro to the end even during Russo's time. and it aside from a few glaring incidents was not as bad as AEW because russo actually generated enough heat on there that i wanted to see him get his ass kicked. AEW generates go away heat in that i turned the channel in 2022 and never went back. and its not because i watch WWE on Wednesday because its not on that day. I just don't watch AEW because its not a product i want to watch i value my time too much to watch shit i know i will not for the most part like. When they signed Danielson and the first thing they did with him was job him to Hangman after a time limit draw. I knew two things. One they didn't know how to manage stars and know that a star like that is your guy and Hangman takes a back seat. and 2, it showed they were clueless on how to engage a fandom with their product outside of the indy marks that will follow AEW no matter what they put on tv. I still stuck around a little linger but i saw the writing on the wall then. But when Cody left that was when i knew. Because he helped found the place and he was the first guy out. That said all that needed to be said about AEW.
WCW? TNA?
Dude it’s way worse than that. Because AEW could have been great. Jade was a homegrown superstar. She got the fuck outta Dodge.
MJF is basically a homegrown superstar. We’ll see what happens with him.
Hobbs, Wardlow, and Ricky should all be homegrown superstars. And they’re all out the door to WWE the second they can.
Britt Baker should have been a superstar. Statlander could be great too.
Tony could have legitimately become a competitor, or at least a viable alternative to, the WWE. But Tony’s hubris ruined that chance. I legit feel bad for the talent.
@@marioargiropoulos7555Tony ruins talent.
Jericho been awful quiet during all of this too…
He’s been the biggest instigator in all the drama
Well last time he spoke up the dude got outed as Vince McMahon lite in how he treats women behind the scenes.
That's because he sees exactly where this all leads, and would probably rather not get any MORE of this mess on him than he already does.
Tony's finding out that real friendship can't be bought, as all his toys keep distance from him...
He's going to do free PR for Tony at some point, and shill for him and AEW the next chance he can get on a podcast or interview. Guarantee it.
I honestly feel like Jericho has ruined his legacy with his AEW run. It’s just been sad to see.
Normal Rational Person: *points out something AEW has done wrong*
AEW Fan: Why do you want AEW to fail?
"But WWE....!"😢
Eric got it exactly right! We wanted AEW to succeed. We wanted it to be good. There will never be another opportunity like the one Tony had.
And he fucking blew it!
And that is why so many fans are so hostile towards AEW.
Remember guys, the best you can do to ensure someone's failure is to praise everything they do and not point out their mistakes
Conrad please just shut up. I'm speaking for everyone
We need to start Grub Hubbing pizza and hoagies to him during these so he can stuff his face more and let the other guy talk.
Well, ask Eric to finance his own show so you can only hear what you want to hear.
Yes, thank you. Never seen a grown ass supposedly mature man fan out so much for a product. I'd say a real fan of something can also criticize when something they live has been horrible. Hell, I did when WWE went through their shitty periods. I di that with aew, all of a sudden, I'm an asshoke (on X and FB fan pages).
No you don't. you. Speak for neckbeards who hate Conrad for no reason. It's a fucking podcast dude. I prefer wwe, and agree Eric but I don't feel the need to shit on Conrad just because i don't agree him, I swear you retards need a fucking lobotomy. Enough with the goddamn tribalism.
conrad why bother asking one question when i can word salad multiple one to confuse you
If Tony ever gave up the book & just let AEW be, it'd double their ratings in 2 years.
"Big heart, Nice guy, Bad booker"
Heyman knew how to talk them into the building and how to talk the wrestlers into doing anything. Tony doesn’t know how to talk full stop. Any comparison with ECW shows just how embarrassing AEW is
Here's the thing in regards to these comparisons.
Paul Heyman knew how to piss people off and push buttons to motivate them. He would take the cast offs like Shane Douglas and Raven and needle them to get their best. "YOU are a STAR, Vincent McMahon doesn't believe you are a star. ERIC Bischoff doesn't believe you are a star. You KNOW you are a star so go out there and show these diehard loyal fans You Are a fucking STAR!!!!"
He did the same with the guys who weren't getting signed. It worked. Everyone came together as a unit. We are ALL going to send a "fuck you" to WCW and the WWF every show as a united front.
It worked. It has always worked. When everyone is fighting to give 100% and constantly be improving themselves magic happens.
Shit, McMahon even stole Heymans style in the late 90's, convincing a roster full of hungry and determined young guys that they were at war against WCW and the World, not one another and that you had to carry your weight like everyone else.
Yeah, that's not Tony Khan. He is "rsh the fellas! Let's give Dave Meltzer a 5 star match tonight and have some fun! Yayyyyy!'
Full stop? What the hell is that?
Also, Hayman notoriously wouldn't pay some wrestlers.
Isn't TK autistic or something? Definitely acts like he's on the spectrum
We all know they all just go there because Tony overpays. It’s not good for their legacies, just their pockets
Like absolutely nobody is going to fondly remember Adam edgeland’s aew run, but I’m sure he won’t care cause the money mark pays him like a king
Exactly
Edge got $3 million for 5 matches and 20 appearances per year when he came back to wwe. How much more could TK be paying him to show up pretty much weekly?
@@CockyBalboahes making 12 million
Any older wrestler who wants the paper, by all means get it while you still can. I worry for the new wrestlers that will stagnate. All 150+ wrestlers can't all be on TV.
AEW sucks. They have Wardlow and Hobbs but rather have Roderick Stromg and Kyle O Reilly in a championshop match, two people nobody cares about.
They even had Big Bill looking like an imbecile a couple of weeks ago getting beat by cruiserweights in that tag match.
Big Bill,Hobbs and Wardlow should be upper midcarders /main eventers .
AEW is revenge of the nerds/vanilla midgets. Truly is bizzaro world.
Wardlow is a trainwreck in the ring and would only hold a major title in the WWE because he's a big guy who does a spear and powerbomb. LOLOL
AEW tied up wardlow and let the train wreck him. Terrible booking of big men in ALLL of AEW. Kahn likes the concept of David a Goliath but never read it. This is Kahn's fever dream of the small guys always have to win . And friendship is the greatest power you can have
Put Wardlow in WWE and have him feud with Karriom Kross.
Sasha. And everybody else who went there besides being overhyped and overrated are just a complete boring failure
Tony ought to cancel rampage and spread talent among collision and dynamite.
Spending ridiculous amounts on contracts isnt going to fix the problem. You don't fix systemic issues by just throwing money at it. This is true no matter what the business model.
Rampage is their weakest show, I agree. They're spreading themselves too thin. Quality, not quantity.
Bro they could cut literally half their roster and be no worse off for it. I can’t watch their programming because of all the random ass people I see anytime I try. There’s zero continuity as far as building stars.
@@marioargiropoulos7555 They'd be way better off cutting half their roster. Look at all the guys who show up for tv for like 2-3 weeks, do some random matches, then you don't see or hear from them again for like 6 months with absolutely no explanation given.
Every single person who gets the "they still work there??" response when they show up for a show should be cut. And that's not a knock on any of the wrestlers, that's because the booker isn't going to do anything with them, and the longer they stay, the more they're devaluing themselves.
@@hwogrillo if they are under contract then aew can either terminate and eat the contract or just keep paying them until their contract runs out and use them when needed. I would tend to go with the latter because at least you get some return. Regardless, they need a hiring freeze until their roster is manageable.
NXT vs AEW = WWE Development vs WWE Retirement!
Tony should of started small & grew instead of trying to start with the wwe blueprint
Even Paul heyman knew to book smaller arenas rather than giant arenas, he knew even when spending other peoples money that you have to have a budget & a manageable roster
Conrad looking like he sat in the barber chair and then started recording when the barber walked off, with that "shirt"
Conrad totally disagrees once again lol
Tony probably sending him a tray of hotdogs to say thank you
Conrad needs to go ASAP!! Eric doesn't need him!
@@karlm641😂💀
@@Tim82ATW Except Conrad runs most of the podcasts. Without him they would go away.
@@stoves92 Eric could easily work with Sean from Kliq this
Conrad is getting a lot of flack in the comments but you can see why it happens. It is perfectly okay to like and prefer AEW but what's boiling everyones piss is the refusal to adopt critical thinking in regards to anything they do. More than that, going out of his way to big up certain aspects of the promotion that are objectively going down like a lead balloon. It's not much to ask for him to adopt the same critical analysis to AEW as he does WWE. Both are/were run by billionaires. AEW is not an underdog story.
Totally agree. I honestly have been a lifelong WWE fan but I tried to give AEW a shot. Sadly, TK is the real reason I shy away because every time I hear TK talk, it makes me not care for the brand. (Nothing against the wrestlers because there are many I like over there)
This is why promotions like TNA and overseas companies like NJPW are still around because they knew their lanes as alternatives instead of direct competition to WWE.
He right tho
@4:35 Tony was throwing those invisible hand grenades that they use on the indie wrestling circuit
He should have also bought the slow motion machine
With the PWG pause buttons
0:21 That chuckle at the comparison of Nitro to Dynamite 😂😂
And remember this entire thing started because con said something about the end of WCW this seems personal at this point like it’s a personal issue
AEW: What former wrestles & wrestling legends use for podcast views.
"Tony wanted AEW to be more like ECW than WCW"
You may have had a point, if AEW hadn't constantly copied WCW with its monday timeslot on TNT, parodying the Nitro logo with he Collision logo, and even having the husk of Tony Schivane on commentary!
Stop the influence of Dave and the Young Bucks period I believe Kenny understands
Could listen to Eric speak all day. Love it!
Yeah, totally. CM Punk and Cody Rhodes are doing nothing but sitting at home thinking of their glory days now that they left AEW.
Aew saver punk and Cody careers . They should pay Aew back with a come back to AEW FOR A ONE NIGHT SHOW.
@@johnkrajcir5068 not a terrible idea, if they are even allowed to do that; but that is a separate topic.
Man, you couldn't be more correct about how Tony has attacked WWE from the beginning. I wanted to like AEW, I'm all for competition, but the way Tony talks about WWE rubs me the wrong way. He's taken so much unnecessary shots, either by himself on Twitter or TV, or through his talent. He should have told them not to mention WWE, it doesn't do AEW any good. But week after week, someone would reference WWE on air, and most of the time it was in a negative way. I guess you could say MJF referenced them in a positive way, but it was always for some cheap pop. Airing the CM Punk footage was completely asinine, especially the way they tried to tie it into the Bucks/FTR angle, which didn't make any sense whatsoever. I want AEW to thrive, but Tony needs to give creative control to someone else, like Daniel Bryan or Dustin Rhodes. Someone with more real experience in the business. Tony makes irrational decisions because he's so thin-skinned, and his company would be so much more successful if he wasn't screwing things up. And he's also a terrible boss. He never handled Hangman for going off script, he refused to do anything about Jack Perry, to the point that Schiavone asked CM Punk to talk to him and that turned out badly for everyone.
I believe that aew can be great company if they dont attack wwe that adam copeland mesej to fans was great awareness to be pro wrestler fans
Many wrestlers felt the same way about going to wcw
With the stigma surrounding AEW due to how poor it has been managed, booked and presented I would never rate or watch there product ever now. It's heartbreaking to have that thrown in your face after the hype and hope it presented when the company first started.
We gotta hope they figure it out, bc the wresting industry needs a #2. Without it WWE would’ve never gotten as hot as it is in 2024. Vince leaving was the cherry on top🔥
I find it appaling listening to conrad
100% agree with Eric, branding yourself as an alternative without being antagonistic would have been 1000% better.
I like AEW, but he doesn’t know how to use all his wrestlers like Wwe and WCW. I include them anyway, even though they’re gone. If you’re talking about AEW Conwood still have him Cody and Left because he didn’t get a erase from him❤️❤️ I don’t know when MJF is going to jump boat and Tony was big and him not to leave AEW because he knows he’s a good wrestler and keeps the show going including other wrestlers❤️❤️
Book smaller buildings and that will immediately generate an amazing atmosphere which will translate on television. It worked for NXT at full sail. And go on the road a few times a week in small buildings. You have the money. You have the talent. Use it.
NXT is the 3rd brand of WWE a developmental brand.
Conrad for the love of GOD…. Don’t get up
Nah, Conrad, TK wanted AEW to be WCW2.0
MIRO should be a star, but he’s a ghost instead.
WWE is interested in Hook? lol I guess if they need the new Hornshwaggle or Spike Dudley.
The internet is telling me that Hook is 6 feet tall. 4" taller than MJF and almost as tall as Cody or Cena.
@Hedgehobbit Hook is about the same height or slightly shorter than as RVD. There are pictures of them standing next to each other. RVD is listed at 6'0, which is probably embellished a little.
@@Hedgehobbit He's skinnier than Olive Oyl.
@@EwanCumia Skinniness can be fixed. Shortness cannot.
@@FrankieBlueEyesHe might be as tall as RVD but RVD has rolled joints thicker than Hook’s body.’
As soon as I read the title of this video I knew I had to watch it. It basically confirms everything I've suspected and heard. I followed AEW when ti started out, but I watched it deteriorate quickly, and I honestly feel badly for the talent that us just being wasted there. I'm glad for the ones that are making good money and find the scheduling more to their liking, but AEW has fallen so badly that the WWE doesn't even remotely consider them a threat anymore, while the post-Vince WWE has been nothing short of absolutely incredible. WrestleMania weekend, including NXT Stand & Deliver, was the most amazing show in years,
Someone is still bitter that WCW lost the Monday night wars.
At least the Monday Night Wars were a real war and not like the AEW vs NXT "War" where AEW messes with WWEs Development and then cried when WWE brought in 5 Main Roster guys. Called them old. One of them was AEW founder Cody Rhodes! AEW and their Fans are the most ridiculous thing in Wrestling History!TK is the Indian Version of Bash Howard!
Yeah dude. It’s not like every single thing Eric said is absolutely true or anything. He’s just bitter. 🤦♂️
Even at the end of WCW, it was worth being bought by WWE.
"Even the name Dynamite....sounds like Nitro."
......what? 🤨
Dynamite = substance that goes boom
Nitro(nitroglycerin) = substance that goes boom
Nitroglycerin. It's the main component in dynamite.
You don't get the reference Dynamite is a reference to TNT nitro is a reference to Nitrous oxide both explosive elements.
The explosive Dynamite is literally made out of Nitro (nitro glycerine).
@@marioargiropoulos7555 yep exactly
I'm not defending Tony Kahns booking at all it has been suspect lately but some people have no life
Brian Zane blocked me for saying I was looking forward to the video of him talking about the downfall of AEW when that happens. He over reacted and treated it like I was saying, "I can't wait for AEW to go out of business, and everyone their to lose their jobs."
It's a shame you can't criticize Tony Khan and his actions, without people like Zane or any other AEW fanatic just jumping on, "you're a hater so shut up." Tony deseveres the hate he gets, and if he keeps doing things that hurt AEW, it's going to fail. Whether or not I want AEW to close is immaterial.
Zane is a bought-and-paid-for shill and into all that indy garbage. Even his idol Cornette blocked him.
But he of course is always moaning about everything else being bad.
Zane is a paid-for shill. Even his idol James E blocked him on X ages ago.
@@basedelon I even pointed that out. He cries about cornette blocking him, but blocks anyone for daring to say aew is making a mistake? Oh and he took me complaining about Khan playing the footage as "something you don't agree with." That's how you sum up Tony Kham trying to paint Punk as the villain?
There
Only way hook gets into Wwe would be based on being taz’s son. Same way he’s in the business now. Unless Wwe is starting a mini cruiserweight division
Exactly dude looks like he’s 15
I agree. I never understood all the hype about him.
@@g.needler2292he's a FTW champion which isn't a sanctioned championship he could take it to WWE
People wanted an alternative but then Triple H happened.
I stopped watching when conrad stsrts talkijg .
Aew sucks
I’d listen to this show more if Conrad wasn’t on it.
MCMG are veterans so I think it's about the money since they're close to retirement and that's great because AEW didn't do anything with bigger names
Until AEW goes up against RAW and beats them for 83 straight weeks like WCW did AEW is nowhere close to WCW ratings numbers do not lie back in the day !!!!
Of all the talent that was released by WWE during 2021/22, I can honestly say that Swerve Strickland was the only one they really let get away.
Swerve only got over because of his dancing manager. I think he's a good mid card talent but his title reign will get old real quick.
@@ericsmith3936No he didn’t. Swerve was getting over when he was with Keith Lee. Hence the reason they broke up. It was clear that Swerve was going to be a singles star.
Swerve was not a loss for WWE at all, because WWE has Melo Hayes and Trick Williams. A very good argument could be made that both of them have already proven to be better versions of Swerve. Je'Von Evans might eventually prove to be a better version of Swerve within a couple of yrs' time too. The bottom line is, Swerve was 100% replaceable.
@@marioargiropoulos7555 no it was the acclaimed getting over during that feud with Lee and Swerve and then Swerve had a group with Parker and tattoo face which nobody cared about
AEW is awful
Just like tna 😂 but tna had no $$
TNA had much better booking and talent too
When they got rid of the 6 sided ring, that was the end of what made them special.
1:13 to skip Conrad's dribble
Eric's is damn right. Instead of chopping down wwe support them instead but tell their audience this is what we do. Then the fed fans would be more open to watching aew.
2:55 Eric begins a tangent that wholeheartedly echos my sentiments.
AEW turned me off when Cody decided to use the sledgehammer to smash the throne. 5 years later Cody's winning the WWE Championship and hugging Triple H. And Tony's showing CCTV footage of a guy who's no longer with the company to garner interest. Wow.
Is no one going to try to tell conrad his health is something he should pay attention too. He looks like he is going to have a massive heart attack in the next 2 years. If he was my friend id have that uncomfortable conversation.
One of the best thing wwe or triple h ever did was not giving a crap about dave meltzer or allow him to influence their products.
Imagine if Eric Bischoff was the president of AEW with all Tony Khan Money at his will, we fans of wrestling would watch WWE AND AEW for 24/7 nothing more 🤣🤣🤣
It’s ironic that Bishoff says this because I stopped watching WCW the second they started making fun of me for being a WWE fan.
You may not like him; you may not agree with everything he says or does; but dudes right: AEW is a dying ship that could have been much, much more, if only Tony had built in an infrastructure to create storylines, book matches, manage talent and most importantly; not have 150 people on his roster.
3:30- 4:30
I like how Bischoff says this because he did the exact opposite 25 some years ago in WCW and it wound up eventually burying WCW in the end cuz everyone started watchin Raw when Bischoff was revealing results of their shows.
Bruh, Conrad talking about how AEW should have been handled more like ECW is a point Eric has made multiple times over the last year and Conrad has naysay'd it only now to present it like a revelation he's had.
Not a fan of AEW, more of a casual pro wrestling fan but I really do wish they get their shit together, having competition is always a good thing. This whole situation has been an embarrassment
I watch both, WWE and AEW. As of late WWE has been way more entertaining than AEW. I pull for AEW I want them to do great. I like having an alternative, but I’m afraid Tony K is starting to fall short in his booking. I’m afraid Tony can’t read a wrestler’s charisma and who is getting over.
So instead of going to war like Eric did back in the day, he tells people to not make the same mistakes as he himself did at every turn in this industry? Wow Eric, understanding how wrong your own approach to the wrestling buisness is very commendable, I appload this approach!
This is all great and all but we need to have a safety manager who was a former pro wrestler over there at AEW to listen to the high spots those guys want to do and tell them hell no before someone dies.
I think that it’s okay for folks to temporarily go to AEW and eventually go to WWE. If everyone just flooded WWE, that would be overwhelming on the product!!!
If WWE wants to bring Hook to NXT, Raw or Smackdown and Hook gets more or less something comparable his AEW salary, schedule and creative control of his character he should go for it.
Im still in shock and awe that they went to canada and only drew 3.5k$....like how is that possible for whats supposed to be a major promotion??
Eric's point that 2019 was a great time in the wrestling landscape to launch a new promotion like AEW is true... to a certain extent. The time was right in the wrestling world but unfortunately only a few months into AEW the entire world came grinding to a halt when the Covid pandemic started. That was the absolute WORST time to be starting a new promotion or new anything really. All the early momentum AEW had came to a screeching halt. Yes, WWE and everyone else had to deal with it too, but their audience was already well established rather than in the early stages of being established.
All I'm saying is I went to the ECW arena many times as a child and it is still some of the best memories I ever have because that arena is 20 minutes away from where I live and was lucky enough to see some of those shows live and in person
The ex WWE guys still stand out simply because they all went through a legitimate wrestling school.
Didn't Eric insult WWF weekly during WCW 's heyday?
I would imagine the sales pitch to HOOK would be to look at the rise of Dom Mysterio. Someone who has taken the opportunities he has been given, but also has been able to develop his craft through live events plus TV matches.
This is something. I’m glad the Japan big 3 (New Japan, All Japan, & NOAH) don’t do. Take shots at each other and instead coexist while still competing. And now those 3 along with like 9 others have partnered up to form like a gathering to promote pro wrestling in Japan. Wish this would happen here. WWE & TNA are working together and WWE even has a relationship with GCW of all places. Meanwhile AEW is on the outside relying on New Japan & CMLL
Tony Con Aging Elite Wrestlers All Elderly Wrestling All Elated-All Empathetic
Anally Emotional Weirdos
@@nickhughes8179 lol I’m stealing it 🤣
@@nickhughes8179 good one or anally emotional wailers
Bischoff was an entertainer in public and a decision maker in private during the most popular era of the industry, when television was still relevant to everyone from teenagers to adults, and his experience is being questioned by a billionaire rich kid with no practical experience beyond watching it on television and geeking out as marks then having matches with action figures and plastic belts like the rest of us did. even the average fan like me can see it lmao
I agree, for as much as I like some of the talent in AEW its becoming more & more difficult for me to find a reason to stay invested in the company on a weekly basis with the exception of the PPV's. But the weekly storytelling is so scattered with no cohesiveness I feel like I can pop in for PPV's without following the shows & not feel lost because everything is so random there.
At this point, Tony doesn’t care. He just wants what HE wants and that’s it. It’s all out of spite for anyone that disagrees with him.
Crazy. Went to Grandslam in Sept 2021 in Flushing. Roster was stacked. Future looked promising. What a difference 3 years make
so true, at the beggining I was willing to give AEW a chance. Then...Kenny started throwing Hadokens and Penta selling them. Fuck that.
83 Weeks: 😴
Wise Choices: 😳