Jim Cornette on William Regal's Rumored Comments About AEW
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- From Episode 460 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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"Maturity issue in management" sounds like a different way of saying "I work with children." 😂
And it ALLLL comes full circle.
It's the British gentleman's way of saying it😂
@@ludwigvanbeethoven7884 Jackpot!!!
@Ludwig van Beethoven The problem with Punk is and always has been that he keeps shit real. There are a lot of soft people that can't take his criticism and would rather put their short comings onto Punk and call him an asshole and a cancer instead of looking at themselves and take what he has to say.
Punk is right again! 🤣
Not sure what the comments are yet, but I imagine a lot of super marks are gonna be calling Regal a locker room cancer.
They say EC3 is lying
🤣
either that or that its a work like everything else that is negative.
Just call him a anti-trans or anti-woman, Done 👍
@@ThatGuyOnUA-cam2 wwe mark are you?
Are we shocked?
Look how the Elites acted in their return match- they totally proved what Punk said about them.
Thank you. It's nice to see someone else see it. I've said that same thing.
Punk is completely innocent.
What did they do?
@@FlyBoyEnterprises the fact that the Hardly Boys and Twinkletoes went to Punks locker room looking for a confrontation says everything.
@@antmaster360 Mocked Punk outright- some of Punks moves were parodied, Omega bit his opponent.
Elite to me means elite wrestlers in AEW ..fuck Elite group name...
“Very much a maturity issue within management.”
- William Regal
“I’m hurt and I’m sorry old, and I’m f*ckin tired, and I work with f*ckin children.”
- CM Punk
Anyone else starting to see a pattern here? 😂😂😂
CM Punk is laughing saying I told you idiots so . He's popping open a Pepsi can and just watch it all burn down while laughing
Has to do something now he's paid off by Tony and loving life 🤣
I feel so bad for JR. How he hasn't left yet is astonishing, especially considering the stupid backlash he's gotten for either mispronouncing a wrestler's name or rightfully calling out stupid spots that make no sense. He has so little energy on commentary, it's sad and the man truly deserves better.
It's clear that the love has been beaten out of JR from what he's endured being there. I feel awful for him as well. Sad thing, he's probably gonna stay, because it's better than being alone for him. I imagine had his wife not died so suddenly and horrifically before this outlaw shitshow started, he'd be chilling, doing his podcast, selling his BBQ sauce and just enjoying the rest of his life. I respect him trying to keep busy, but he's gotta find something else, because AEW will destroy him.
@@jesuszamora6949 already has destroyed him I've been saying it since JR got there he shouldn't be involved in this crap and he's a botch machine anyway now.
@@Sky_Blaze I wonder if JR would be botching so much if he actually cared. Either way, I think you might be right. Not sure how a man like that can stay in a place like that and care even half as much as he did before. Unlike Schiavone, it's clear JR loved the business and this was the WRONG place for him.
@@jesuszamora6949 I hate their commentary so much just everything about this company is awful smh
The amount of hate JR has gotten from these joke wrestlers and their fans is disgusting. These sick assholes have sent him death threats for his legitimate criticisms or even the smallest errors. JR is the best wrestling commentator to ever exist and he deserves respect.
Punk might be brash but he's usually right. The fact that Cody left a company he literally founded to go back to the old competition was the biggest loss they could ever take.
We'll see in due time
And you know Cody's gonna be more than happy to hold the door for Starks and Hobbs when they go there.
I concur, the first domino hits the hardest on the way down
I wouldn’t be surprised if MJF signed with WWE since he’s close with Cody.
@@TheEzzells Wouldn't be surprised if he had a calendar next to his bed and was just crossing out each day until he can get the fuck out of this dumpster fire.
In the very near future I would bet
The sad part is, the “Fall Of AEW” WWE network special, is going to be way more entertaining than anything AEW will ever do.
CM Punk better fucking narrate
@@AnthonyAnalog Lol
CM Punk:This was the moment that I pissed off all the neck beards and their pussy's began hurting and I bitch slapped the elite........ They call themselves elite but of what I have no idea.
@AnthonyAnalog You know it.
‘The Rise & Fall of AEW’ presented by Peacock, coming soon…
Nah, that would require TK to sell the tape library he's building for himself.
Imagine getting someone like Regal and allowing your indie-riffic jerk off talent to ignore him. AEW is going to fail, and it won’t just be Tony’s bad booking that kills it. It will be the Elite and their ilk, just like Corny called it from day one.
Just need their mark assed fans to see the true light. Then, it's over and rightfully so after so many mistreatments and tyrannical management towards talent.
Week by week we learn CM Punk was telling the whole truth. But people refused to believe him because he's a "difficult" guy. The thing I learned about Punk is despite his history of having a moody cloud always over him, he's never been called a liar and call out bull crap.
Guessing you missed all of his woke t-shirts in AEW 🙄
And yet no matter how much more comes out about AEW people will still not believe it. And they will still say Punk was the problem.
@TexasHollowEarth cool story lady
Two things can be true. AEW and the people running it have always been in over their heads, and there were other red flags way before Punk showed up. Punk is also a whiner that continually has issues with whoever is in charge, and unless he is not as bright as he wants, people believe he should have known what type of people he was dealing with.
The thing about Punk is he isn't just honest but blatantly honest. And he has no issue calling people out on their bullshit and putting them on blast. It's like he said years ago in WWE. CM Punk has the balls to say things nobody else has the balls to say. That ain't a gimmick. That's just who he is. That's why I found people being surprised by his harsh criticism funny because it's exactly the kind of think Punk would do.
I saw a video where it was Billy Gunn legit saying, with all of the notable people in the AEW locker room, little to nobody asks for advice.
Why would the indy nobodies ask for advice. I mean, look what they've done...or something 😆
That's unfortunate. Imagine some dude getting an internship directly under steve jobs and resenting it because Steve was boring.
@@superdavelane4 Or Carnegie, Vanderbilt, or Rockefeller. It's impossible to imagine being under the wing of the greats in a business and being unwilling to absorb anything from them.
@@jesuszamora6949 Billy Gunn, Regal, Malenko, Henry, Big Show, Jerry Lynn, Tazz and Punk for a bit. Imagine how expensive a wrestling school with those dudes there would be. AEW dudes work alongside them and still don't care.
@@superdavelane4 It's amazing, isn't it? If I were a wrestler, I'd be asking questions all the damn time.
AEW has had some of the most brilliant minds of wrestling on their payroll and they squandered pretty much all of it. If these wrestlers actually listened and took the advice of these veterans and legends, maybe it wouldn't be yet another mediocre indy promotion.
It's a shame because I really wanted AEW to be great.
I don't know if TK is the problem or his VPs, but, they have one more year to get shit right before people lose all interest.
Agree 100%
They believe Kenny Omega and Dumb F*cks and old man Jericho are the future of pro wrestling
@@johnnyo5808 all 4 are the problem
@@aliciasimmons8473 maybe or just lack of rank and file.
Aew fans denying it when a bunch of vets have said the same shit LMFAOOO
The little Eliters and Buckaroos cannot see the truth through their tears. And one told me I was mad because he could never wrestle anywhere again. I simply told him dude I'm in my 40s. I know his best days are behind him. He doesn't have to wrestle. He was simply doing your trampoline Cowboys a favor. But they just don't get it.
I was really excited when Regal came to AEW. Here's one of the best wrestlers never to be a world champ, decades of knowledge and experience in the business. Just to be rebuffed by young talent. It sucks to see him leave, because I really loved what he did on commentary, but I don't think anyone can blame him for wanting to go back to WWE.
Nobody put a gun to his head..he signed bad contracts.. clearly Regal loves money over win loss,titles.glad Regal made money out of it..
It reminds me when punk said some morons there dont “take advice”. What kind of morons in any business doesnt at least listen to advice from more experience folks?
Yes very well said sucks because I wanted to see where this regal MJF thing was going to go but these dam idiot's that refuse the advice are the ones who really need to take it and funny now someone else is backing up the same thing cm punk said as well
Well said my friend
AEW's going to keep sinking until TK accepts that he needs help, and asks for it. The truth is that if AEW stays running like Arkham Asylum, it's gonna be over in three years tops. The thing is that it won't even be WWE's fault. WWE is pretty much doing its thing because they're not worried about AEW. AEW's self destructing from within.
So let me get this straight. AEW has JR, Regal, Arn and Jarrett and they can’t or aren’t booking. They have or had Punk, Joe, Danielson, Rhodes, MJF, Moxley, Lethal, FTW, The GUNN Club, The Acclaimed, Starks, Hobbs, Sting, Allen, Hook, Wardlow, Lee, Cole, Cage and Jericho and they can’t grow their fan base. In the words of Corny WTF.
Its an Indy Fed with money, its everything ROH has tried to be over and over.
I agree with this. I gave them a chance because of who they had, the money backing it and their claim of it being sports based. I knew there would be goofy stuff in it with omega and the bucks but I hoped that with all the other serious names that there would be a mix of serious stuff with it too. But what I came to find was it was just all the Indy stuff I’d seen online and didn’t like but just produced at a much higher quality. And that niche just doesn’t have a wide appeal to anybody who isn’t a fan of it already.
They also have Billy Gunn, Dean Malenko, & Jerry Lynn in management. Tully Blanchard used to be there too.
The Massie Bitches and Twinkle Toes are AEW's main problem, Chris Irvine and Meltzer are also AEW problems
Its all no balls Tony Coke fault hes an amateur
Regal was just in AEW getting a nice check while Triple H was getting his new office ready for his return
😂😂
This is what drives me nuts about AEW. You know there's no shortage of people there who feel that way, and want change, but aside from Punk, nobody has ever had the balls to say anything.
I mean when Punk did what he did, whether you agree with how he went about it or not, there was never gonna be a better time for others to speak up, but instead they all ran and hid in the corner while their biggest ally was being shredded by the media, and pushed out of the company.
It's like he said 11 years ago. CM Punk has the balls to say things nobody else has the balls to say. And as we've seen, that statement is extremely true.
Sounds like they couldn't manage a target
Or even a Dollar General!
😂😂😂😂
They couldn’t manage an E-Fed.
The funny thing about all of this, it makes punk look like he was right. You can love him or hate him.
Aew has always had problems. Punk was the one who had the balls to speak on them.
Punk's always been right 😭 the only thing he didn't prophecize was Nick Khan
He was right, nothing about looking like it. Anyone paying any kind of attention could see it.
Punk was absolutely right. And I think it is hilarious that the fuckin neck beards blame him whenever they came into his dressing room, hurt his dog, and then tried to jump on an injured man that whipped their asses anyway.....
Punk was absolutely right. I hate to say it but I really don't want Punk back in AEW. It's not because I'm anti Punk....just let the EVP kids jump on the trampoline and implode AEW with the rising self inflicted wounds. Punk and, reportedly, Regal both tried to help AEW but a majority the roster turns their nose. That is so insulting to them and everyone that preceded the current generation of talent. Fuck AEW
Instead of doing anything to prove him wrong, they are doing everything that proves him right.
So basically cm punk was right about everything. oh how funny that is.
I agree 💯
@@ericstevens8744 i disagree
punk
eric punk - tard
come at me sissy boy
@@ericstevens8744 hahahahahahahahahahahaha eric you are noob
Can't really credit Punk for stating the obvious, though. A dog barks, a cat meows and the EVPs act like petulant babies. All these things were true before Punk came, and we could all see it before.
Funny but not surprising
CM Punk and Jim are being proven more and more right every week and I love to see it😂
Absolutely!!! Yet not a single one of the marks in the locker room and staff would say that
Nor the so called "wrestling fans".
@@chadzeiders8293 Or they prefer their small sandbox over actually running a business. When they're on FITE with 500k on stream and 1k in the arena, I suspect they'll be at their happiest.
Considering AEW has one wrestler who has publicly stated that they don’t take advice, are we really surprised that he’s allegedly been shocked by the immaturity and arrogance of the roster? Regal’s swift departure says more about how AEW is run than anything else
They have one main eventer who has said that. But Cutler's said it too, in oh so many words. I don't follow everyone's personal podcast, podcast guest appearances, youtube shows, twitch accounts, twitter feeds or the like, but I'd be really surprised if it's really only two guys at this point.
How did AEW take such a nosedive in morale in the last six months?! DAMN!!!
Three things:
1. The complete abdication of responsibility by Tony Khan. He is unwilling to lead, or really to do anything that upsets any of his paid-for "friends."
2. The introduction of real talent that actually wants to do business instead of just playing with their friends, resulting in a culture clash, which blew up due to the lack of leadership mentioned earlier.
3. The ones who have the incompetent leader's ear are more concerned with keeping their spot and bleeding the mark dry than trying to build a business. Unfortunately, this isn't JUST the EVPs. Jericho is clearly using this idiot to do more 2010s Vince shit, and A Wild Slapnuts has just arrived to help poison the water and get as much as he can.
1. Cody left the promotion he started because he realized that TK is dumber than dirt
2. Refer back to #1
Lol!!! Damn now Travis needs to draw Tony Kahn throwing a PokeBall with Jeff Jarrett popping out
@@jesuszamora6949 I saw that MarkyD reference
@@SamsarasArt A wild Slapnuts appears
I'm sure Twinkletoes, the Hardly Boys, Uncle Dave, and the rest of the marks will have some sort of nonsense to chant at the next taping
Jimmy is that you.....
Or they will wrestle another boring match everyone has seen a million times as a few hundred thousand people change the channel.
The AEW roster, their management, and their fans are the living embodiment of "OK boomer."
@@EXPLISITemcee oh you mean the ones we never see?
Wwe is the living embodiment of Disney princesses
@@Codesta-vh9jf just because you say fuck a lot and bleed doesn't make you edgy or cool.
@@BennyCo.Skateboard meh and we don't go around wearing pink unicorn outfits playing trumpets and throwing pancakes, we don't go around acting like sesame Street characters. Soon they will be singing their promos
@@Codesta-vh9jf have you seen the trampoline kids and there friends?? That's all they do to some sort of aspect
AEW was delivered immense star power on a silver platter and they've continually squandered it.
What's also funny to me is the guys who actually do listen and do take advice, usually end up getting misused or just straight buried.
*cough* Darby Allin *cough* FTR *cough*
@@alejandromelendez1609 more like Hobbs and Starks is BARELY getting a push
@@Josh-dy4lq Them, too. But yeah, this is part of the reason AEW will never be a threat to WWE. You can't put on a worse version of the sports entertainment drivel that has driven people away for the last decade and expect better results, especially when the other guys are trying to pivot back to wrestling.
And misused and buried by design.
Shawn Spears returned like a month ago with a change of gimmick and he’s never been seen again haha
AEW = A high school cafeteria food fight by Talent and Management of all ages.
As time passes, punk would be proved right in every aspect. Every veteran have said this about aew management and lockeroom. Billy gun, arn Anderson,JR, dax, punk & now regal all have said this.
Plus Jake Roberts.
Can we just sit and imagine the bucks and friends rejecting a legend like Regal’s advice but asking if he’d be a feature on their UA-cam show 😂😂
They are just a bunch of trolls. They will never be serious.
The death knell of AEW is really happening before our eyes:
Claudio will go back
Mjf and wardlow will go
Hilarious that this billionaire is listening to the hardley boys…
Tna In 2022
And to think, the talent didn’t even have to fuck the owner this time to get what they want. Not counting the checks, of course.
Tna never really blew it this bad though. Cm Punk actually did help aews ratings and they still chose a bunch of bums just cause they were tonys buddies
Triple H knew exactly what he was doing when he posted that photo of Regal before WarGames
aew the only company who peaked on their first episode lmfao
Don’t forget the first iteration of the XFL.
For me they peaked with the Jericho-Moxley champion match for Revolution 2020. Since then it hasn't been the same.
Watched one of my friends argue with someone this weekend and they categorized everything Jim and Bryan have the jump on as total happenstance as opposed to y’all being in the business. The fandom is embarrassingly dense so I could only imagine how the internal structure is .
The fandom IS the internal structure, that's the problem. The business was better when the marks were in the stands.
The eventual Fall of AEW documentary will be really entertaining.
It will be a real gut buster 😂😂😂
Equal parts hilarious, tragic, and rage-inducing. They really COULD have done something.
the fall of AEW docu will make the rise and fall of WCW and especially yr 2000/01 look like the best we ever had in wrestling. and tbh, 2000/01 wcw is lightyears better than everything all friends wrestling ever has done, or will do.
AEW was dead on arrival since day 1. Doesn't even warrant it's own doc.
Just came through Rampage had the lowest ratings in history...its going great
What are they?
@@DarksaberForce From three marks watching to two.
And well deserved. I watched some of it and skipped the rest and I remember thinking "Are they intentionally making Rampage as bad as they possibly can?" It felt more like a Dark show.
@@DarksaberForce 361000 average, outside the top 50, 0.08 in their beloved demo....all time lows
Good
On his podcast Regal gave a vague warning to people who 'think that they're in charge and untouchable' and that was months ago, pretty clear he was addressing the Bucks and Omega.
Seems like since Punk's scrum, others have seen the truth and the writing on the wall. Pro Wrestling cannot work with just friends, Trampoline Cowboys and Wrestlers being EVPs so they make sure they go over. It's a business. One in which you have to give back and do what's best for business. Congrats AEW on running off some of the best wrestling minds that had so much to offer. I can only hope they right the ship. Push MJF to the Moon and when Adam Cole gets healthy push him!!
Yep. Whether they've been forced out the door like Punk, left of their own will like Cody and Lord Regal, or are simply sitting there to bleed the mark dry like the remaining vets (JR even SOUNDS like he's just collecting a check now), AEW has squandered the best opportunity an alternative wrestling company has had since the fall of WCW by refusing to accept the counsel of those who know how this is supposed to be done.
Adam Cole better come back with actual muscle if he ever wants a push again
@@Sky_Blaze I think he will. He was always a smaller guy but one hell of a wrestler and good on the mic. I know this, Punk said he wanted to work with Cole. You know who else he never mentioned? The Bucks or O Mega. Hmm..... He did want to work with MJF.
I hope Adam Cole is able to return someday. Though his situation seems to be really rough and his future in the wrestling business uncertain.
Didn't Cole agree to put over pockets? He's a lost cause.
Tony Khan is just managing his fantasy Wrestling league.
Who would have guessed that a locker room is reflecting the same problem that management has in a wrestling company.
William Regal never wanted to be a manager of a faction or a Paul hey man type in aew. He had a good relationship with triple h and was very content in his position as talent scout and general manager on nxt.
Jim’s refusal to call mega by her name and keeps calling her Megan is one of the best reoccurring gags on the show
Like Jane Cargill and Naka, naka, nak it the f off etc. There are so many and it never gets old lol 🤣
Along with Brian’s increasing discomfort.
I would like to hear what regal had to say about working there
Well, he has his own podcast, so we might hear it; though, depending on how he got out of his AEW contract- whether it came to an end or he asked for his release, he too might end up on the wrong side of one of Tony’s NDA’s, prohibiting him from talking about certain subjects.
Also Regal might not want to discuss any of the problems he had with people in AEW; he seems like a pretty respectful guy, who wouldn’t want to badmouth his former colleagues, so he could just say he felt it was time to go, because he wanted to work with Triple H again, and take up whatever position he ends up with in the WWE.
I hope he does end up revealing all, as it will be very interesting to see what he has to say.
Brian has said this and it is very true. AEW is just entertainment for Mr. Kahn. He does not care if anyone else likes it or not. Anyone that tries to advise Tony on how to make AEW enjoyable for others is talking to a wall.
AEW is turning out to be exactly how punk said it would be
Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love has the line "only time will tell if we stand the the time"
Never once thought I'd hear this on The Experience!
Sounds like Punk was on to something with the “I work with children” line ain’t that some shit, punk may not go about every situation the way it should go but he’s never been found to be a liar all I’m saying
These people aren't number 1 at anything!! -CM PUNK
That line took a bigger shot than we all thought. Love it!
Right now, nothing is confirmed about what Regals reasoning is, but I have a pretty easy time visualizing his reaction to 5 people including the EVP's getting into a fight, the EVP's coming back from a 2 month paid vacation and mocking the situation on TV and PPV for the last 3 weeks while on their welcome back tour before they heroically win back their vanity titles that were created specifically as a way for them to celebrate themselves.
Jim Ross, Dustin Rhodes, to some extent Cody Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Dean Malenko, CM Punk, and now Regal… makes you think maybe, jussst maybe… CM PUNK WAS RIGHT!! And he might not publicly admit it, but I’m convinced that AEW’s structure, or lack there off, was a part of why Cody left. When he left, the shoe went off the rails.
Nearly every WWE guy who ended up there is likely regretting it. It sucks for all the guys who got kicked out by Vince in those last purges, I REALLY feel bad. Imagine thinking things are gonna be better and you end up with an even more deranged version of Vince.
Man, this big time. Black and Miro eventually went from the pan to the fire, and are getting brutally misused again. Keith Lee is hanging around mainly because of Swerve, but we'll see when Tony gets tired of them as well. But hey, let's have another Best Friends segment, add another title to the mix, or have Mox or Kingstom chop up the chest of a Japanese wrestler again. That'll make people stick around.
And what do you think will happen when AEW goes away and WWE is left. Do you think everything will be roses and sunshine ?
@@sionrouge1697 there impact 🤣
@@bubblegumcrisis747 the one positive of Keith Lee's run is that his wife took one look at what it's doing to him and high-tailed it back to WWE.
Can you blame TK for hiring the guys? Like it's nobodys fault but fucking Vinces for firing them but ANY wrestling promotion owner would of course hire some of these guys.
It's absolute sheer insanity at this point that Tony Khan had a full deck and then some but decides that he's not going to listen to people nor the people within his organization that ought to matter. I think Tony Khan is in massive trouble and honestly has no idea what to do at this point. Instead, he's just going to go back to the indy days because he probably a comment or two on reddit that said something to the effect of, "oh, i liked it better at AEW's start." etc. It's one thing if the fans themselves decide that they can't stand a promotion but when the talent are the ones that want to return, that's pretty bad.
i've been at companies where you have kids that refuse to listen to veterans and those companies have tons of energy and enthusiasm. Then you get these kids who work all night and on the weekend too for what purpose? You don't make a cent more for all that effort. Most times you don't even get a pat on the back. However, you set a bad precedent for more experienced people coming in that know better and are forced to "elevate" themselves to these people's workrate rather than calm people down and go, "One day, you're going to hit middle age and all that stuff you're doing to your body is going to hit you hard." And the sad part is that these veterans are trying to legitimately help these kids.
IMO, I think what will happen is that there's going to be a few people that Regal has scouted out, determined how long their contracts are and probably won't re-sign with AEW once they're done and they'll get a nice handshake by Regal once he returns and gets set back up. A guy like Adam Page should go to NXT's developmental just because he does have some talent but it's unrefined. But if he has that attitude where he publicly denounces his willingness to listen, why would the biggest promotion ever want to take him? He just shot himself in the foot. Or what if Tony Khan finally goes ballistic or his father does in terms of how much money they're spending and AEW closes down? All these people who have attitude issues aren't going to be picked up because they've lost one of WWE's biggest talent scouts.
I just don't understand how and why Tony Khan would allow something like this to happen in the first place. Why did he sign Regal up at all with that type of contract? And even if he didn't sign Regal up with that "special clause" (allegedly), what kind of plans did he have for him? Was it just to get him to say he had Regal at some point like a toy collector? Did he think Regal could wrestle again? Was he just going to be used as an on air talent rather than a key mentor as well as a talent scout? It doesn't make sense.
Again, all this points to Tony Khan is a rotten business man and he's a terrible manager. He might be a nice guy but there's that saying about guys and finishing.
This is like a movie repeating itself. In 2000 it was WCW, in 2010 it was TNA/Impact, and now in 2022 it’s AEW. The grass is not always greener on the other side. Just because something seems like a breath of fresh air and there’s more money, with a lighter schedule doesn’t mean everything will be great. Who’s the promoter, who’s the booker, who’s in charge in management? Questions that don’t come up.
The fact that he feels his coaching/advice was unappreciated at AEW doesn't come as a shock since many on their roster feel like they know it all and have learned all there is therefore dont feel the need to listen to anyone, let alone any veterans of the business who work in that company. It's absolutely ludicrous most of them dont listen or want to learn from the veterans. You would think they'd appreciate getting the opportunity to work with the men who paved the way and take any and all advice/constructive criticism so they can improve on their craft. Sad!
"There's very much a maturity issue here." = "I work with children."
Slowly but surely the truth is coming out.
I just read that William Regal and got out of his aew contract and is now negotiating with WWE. Tony Tony you are now such a mark in my eyes.
All promoters are idiots..didnt Vince screw up?
now? its 2022 dec .... old news..
Now? Dude has always been the most cringy clueless mark ever.
@@Sky_Blaze we'll at the start I like the aew but now that Tony is so involved and thinking he knows what he's doing it's just been an eye opening experience this past year for me and the failure with Punk which was not Punk's fault it was hangnail page and the EVPs and my belief the pushing out of Cody. And now to add insult to injury the loss of William Regal a great wrestling mine who should be a consultant a paid consultant. Not a cosplay EVP like the dumb FUCKs and Tiptoes.
If they don't find a way to keep Punk, it will go down as the single biggest F up in wrestling history. Losing Regal is bad enough; like how do you even let that happen? Losing Punk is on a whole 'nother level.
Losing Regal is a bigger blunder than Punk.... Punk isn't that good, only his hype machine is that good.
Pretty sure they lost punk already.
@@LufsixqThe messed up thing is that all the hype left AEW after he left literally. Mox and MJF are trying their best but AEW is dead
Punk is worth more than all of the elite together 😂😂😂
Regal hasn’t forgotten more about wrestling than TK, Olivier and Douche Bucks will ever know…..
It SCARES me how Jim Cornette and Brian Last manage to get these "predictions" RIGHT.
It’s not really surprising when Jim said when he found out who would be in charge he said it was a bad idea and has been right
In an alternate universe MJF, CM Punk and FTR would be EVPs of AEW Instead of Harpo and Balding Bucks.
Now THAT is fantasy booking, my friend.
“The talent doesn’t listen to the veterans”. Who would’ve guessed.
If they had actually made a proper place for him. He could've scouted for AEW, he could have helped with booking, he could have helped the talent who actually would receive that help. He could have made that product so much better.
The problem is there's no way to effectively do any of that when you have wrestlers with the power to sabotage anyone or anything they deem a threat.
Look how much better Dynamite was every week late last year when Punk had the ability to influence things, and look at what happened to him.
There's nothing anyone can do to make that place better long term as long as the EVPs and Jericho are there.
@@brettperry3737 it does constantly remind me of the nWo... Except that all the members of the nWo were... Y'know.... Mainstream over... Not just indie scene.... Tolerated.
Time is proving that punk was right
Ignorance is one thing but ignorance with arrogance added is contemptible!
Cody leaving was a major red flag. Clearly he saw the writing on the wall and got out of there before it went under.
Thank u finally someone I’m
On the same page with (no pun intended)
Welp.
Regal going back to WWE will be the beginning of the end for AEW. Punk was the first major domino and now Regal. Makes sense that Tony Khan would listen to the "Elite" over respected minds like Punk and ESPECIALLY Regal.
The First dominó to fall was Cody Rhodes
@@johnnycage1057 You are right. Forgot abouthim but you are right
It's like playing cards with my goddamn kids!
Maturity issue in management “I work with children” SOUNDS AWFULLY SIMILAR
It's a weird thing because guys like Regal they all rave about him and his work and then when he tries to give them advice and mentorship they are like he doesn't know what he's talking about.
It's nuts.
I gave up on AEW after the way the media scrum fight was handled. They couldn’t figure out a way to sit everyone down, and go make money off of it? It’s a business.
AEW constantly leaves MJF to make chicken salad with chicken sh*t. Don’t act surprised when he wants to go to the big leagues
Seeing the children mock punk in that match just reminds me of the lack of maturity up at the top. The moment MJF inevitably leaves this company is just going to be another TNA
Punk did say he work with a bunch of children 😂😂😂😂
The way the phrase is worded you can tell Regal definitely said this. I even read it in his accent
You felt besmirched?
There should be an omnibus with every Jim and Brian prediction that came out to be true. It would be a good few hours long
Remember everyone it doesn’t hurt to advice from the veterans
I agree if I was a young fresh faced talent just arrived at aew I'd kill for regal jr Billy gunn ddp etc to give me as much advice as possible I'd be clinging on to every word I don't get it why they won't listen
How people still watch AEW i'll never know...
To get a frame of reference for Corny’s roasts.
CM Punk was right ladies and gents
His LORDSHIP felt 're WCW shenanigans about to HAPPEN....
Tony Khan is the Brian Cashman of the wrestling business. He refuses to believe that his way is not working. The Yankees every year 100 plus wins and get bump from the playoffs. Tony refuses to follow anyones advise for how to run a wrestling company. And both Cashman and Khan are numbers analytical guys.
This news doesn't sound very far fetched. Kiddos acting a fool and grown Men smiling and nodding just to get along.
But did we really think Regal would put up with the shenanigans for long?
I know why regal is going back. He has always been a worker that cares about young talent. With him back at WWE he can help the mjfs and the Gunn's and others when their contracts are up. He will be there for those lads one way or another.
AEW is like all the nerds in highschool are reliving those years but this time they want to be the popular ones in school 🤣
I was watching one of the news channels and Brian Pillman jnr said that it's not ENTIRELY true that nobody listened and saw Regal as old fashioned and out of touch. I wonder how Meltzer will try to spin that. Will be fun finding out 😂
Bryan Alvarez:"Not everybody has time to take advise,they aren't rookies. They also have to play them video games.Regal was never a top guy so I somehow agree."
Dave: Fair enough
Brian Pillman Jr, who is better than the Cucamonga kids and every aew “pillar” other than MJF
As an E-Fed kid back in the mid to late 90’s who also ran my own for a while, I feel like I’m in surreal land hearing Jim Cornette talk in any way about E-Feds.
Hahaha I was head of booking in an efed back in the day so hearing Corny talk about E feds killed me hahaha
What is E Fed?
@@Speedyreedy1218 basically dungeons and dragons mixed with fantasy football but wrestling.
Essentially you create a wrestling character and you role play as them online. You type out interviews, vignettes, angles, etc. the head Bookers pit you in matches and feuds every week and it’s all done online.
I’m sure some still exist but they really lost steam once wrestling video games became more realistic but they were all the rage for us wrestling fans online in the mid to late 90’s.
You also have fantasy wrestling booking and management games like EWR and TWE made by Adam Ryland that are kind of like “Out of The Park Baseball” but wrestling.
@@Kravis63 Don't know what Dungeons and Dragons is.
I grew up watching wrestling in that era, but didn't have cable or internet in my house. My parents, particularly mother, was extremely wary of me talking to strangers online. AOL to her was like a land of potential kidnappers and murderers. She was beyond terrified of me partaking in any kind of chatroom. I couldn't call the 800 numbers for wrestling spoilers either. I was limited to Raw recapping whatever happened on Wrestling Challenge, Superstars, Livewire. And sometimes, they didn't recap it. And I had to wait for a neighbor to tape me ppvs on vhs.
If I could go back in time, that sounds pretty cool. I wouldn't want to do it with people of today's or even the roster of 10 years ago. But that 98-04 period would probably be great.
I just hope that the EVPs keep running people away until there’s nobody left to blame but them. Hopefully, they’re exposed before it’s too late for AEW and they can learn from this whole saga.
This doesn't surprise me, when JR gave very obvious criticism about the guys just standing around waiting for the other guy to dive, a bunch of them went after JR on Twitter too. I assume Tony told them not to do it anymore, to keep their imagine of a happy go lucky company.
Tony is the booker, but there’s a AEW booking committee, comprised of Omega, Young Bucks and Jericho. If you aren’t in the good graces of those four, you’re not gonna make it far. MJF is the only exception.
And watch they'll try to ruin him.
MJF hasn't made it far at all. His biggest win was given to him by Punk, but even then that feud was 50/50 booked. Other than that, he's only beat the B choice transitional champion by cheating. Compare that to Hangman that got big wins right off the bat against Omega and Danielson.
And that’s y FTR is not in the AEW tag tittle hunt because of the 3 that you mentioned
Do you think the CM Punk situation made his decisions easier?
Probably a lot of decisions easier.
Gee, but I thought it was Punk that was the locker room cancer...That's what the AEW marks would have me believe. AEW is proving itself to be more and more what happens when marks, the IWC and lounge chair bookers get a wrestling promotion. Turns out they don't know what the fuck they're doing :D
This so fucking much
Can't blame Regal for bailing out, AEW has no real training or scouting infrastructure and Regal said himself on his podcast that he literally just turns up once a week and works with a few guys in the ring prior to the show and does a little bit on camera stuff.......That's a real waste of his talent & knowledge.
This comment can be interpreted a bunch of different ways. The first one I thought was Tony not wanting help and thinking he knows best but the more I think about I think it will probably have a lot to do with the constant shots they take at the competition which is not Regals style at all. Also how they handled things like the scum etc
Aew is turning into the jaguars of wrestling 😅😅
I think AEW should bring back the leg less guy and also sign David Arquette.
David Arquette knows more about booking then Tony dose. He knew putting the Wcw title on him would kill the company. David donated his wcw pay to Owen's foundation
@@Deadxman616 yet Arquette still allowed it to happen.
Regal wants to distance himself from the kid games of the Elite.
I love how time has proven that the All Elite Marks are wrong and people like Cornette, Konan, Disco Inferno, and Al Snow are right about AEW.
Anybody ready to admit Punk was right ?💀
I feel the best things that will come out of this mess are the following:
Regal goes back to WWE. Regal smoothes things over between Paul and Phil. Punk becomes Champion going into 2024. The Royal Rumble hits. Entrant number 30… MJF’s music hits and a whole new era of wrestling starts.
lol no
This statement coming out the week The Elite are on TV doing the GTS and referencing Punk's botched Buckshot Lariat is hilarious. Omega and the Bucks might just be spiteful man-children.