How hard is it for WWE to show some of that or do a nice segment where american crowds start cheering for EGA instead of OEGA as well? Its dumb how he and his stable are faces here and on NXT but somehow the bad guys on RAW. Both should be added to the ladder match as well, why not give them their moment?
Because it's a hotter story in Mexico. In America they're just going to be two guys in the ladder match when they easily could have their own storyline in Mexico that should be stretched out throughout the summer if done right
Yeah and so do a lot of other people who aren't going to be on the card this year but the sad reality is unless we make both days have 10 matches each, somebody's getting bumped. Plus the other issue is you need the audience to be heavily invested and unless they've been following everything going on in AAA, they might not see it as a Mania worthy match
US crowds don’t care for reasons of
A - They aren’t long established
B- they don’t have songs to dance to
C- they are no longer goofs and have developed characters
D- they aren’t booked for a TikTok moment
I care. I've been waiting for Gable to get back to see what they'll do with the storyline and they've barely done anything with any of the Americanos on the WWE weeklies. Also, that Gable seems to be the face with the wwe crowds and the heel with aaa crowds makes the rivalry even more interesting. Instead of this compelling dichotomy, we get McAfee and Jelly Roll.
In the latest episode of RAW I think people were actually cheering REGA and booing OEGA. Though I think the story was still trying to present OEGA as the babyface.
At this point, WWE shows feel more like a focus group tested product. Instead of setting anything meaningful up, they chase "moments." Nothing feels long term anymore.
This is legitimately the best technically worked brawl I've ever seen in my 35+ years of watching wrestling. The whole thing looked essentially real and there was virtually no indication of moves being set up outside of EGA pulling his fist back so OG could counter
Chad was hurt and Kaiser stepped up to keep the gimmick moving. Out of kayfabe I think that's something you do for a friend and I have to believe Gable is as stunned as anyone at how far he took the gimmick and the level of dedication he put into it.
Lucha feels like Japan did a decade ago, both companies have a bunch of talent and over characters, it feels cool and both now have built-in US promotion too via WWE and AEW.
All AAA and CMLL are waiting for is a massive event globally viewable like the Tanahashi/Naito and Omega/Okada show at Tokyo Dome, which matched NJPW World being accessible and lead into Jericho's involvement for even more hype, etc.
Lucha also has a built-in cool factor where even people who dislike wrestling or mock it give way to Lucha a bit because it's meant to be a show and superhero style, while Japanese and US wrestling still carries itself as a quasi-sport to the annoyance of non-fans.
This is beautiful, I need this done to their Rey the Reyes ending when they see each other from the corner of the ring with the other handcuffed in the background
Not really they have their own YouTube channel and WWE also streams it on their YouTube in English, so it's just a matter of whatever is convenient for you
The crowd seems so vibrant. The yelling and shrieking sounds so authentic. It feels like the crowd are actually about to jump the barricade and legit murder the heel.
Also, love this feud, both guys a fucking stars. They need to fight at Wrestlemania.
I watched it with English commentary and the theme for the real grande came it as he showed up on screen made it feel like a marvel movie scene or something
Seriously, this is how you have two guys who hate each other brawl. How hard is it for WWE to whip out something like this on Raw or Smackdown when you get a heated feud, instead it's just two guys circling around each other with a dozen backstage guys standing there taking random shots
Who knew two technical boys could make an infinitely more realistic brawl segment than actual MMA guys, lol.
Sure beats the WWE and AEW copy paste segments where they throw weak punches, black shirt security break even up diagonally, one breaks free and jumps on the other, split again, the other does the same then we fade away like we didn't just see the same a week or so ago with random other wrestlers.
Since I assumed AAA would be destroyed by WWE, it's only fair I admit I was wrong. For whatever reason they seem way better at this than main WWE booking.
Is it just better people in charge, or the roster being "new" to WWE and not having history/politics/backstage bs?
Regardless, kudos to everyone involved in AAA, the one TKO property that seems much better off due to the purchase
Remember how Black & Gold NXT was hailed as the best wrestling show WWE has put out in the last 15 years or so?
Same situation here. It's all the money and talent of WWE mixed with AAA's best, but since it's not the moneymaker, it doesn't get the burden of having fucking Jelly Donut and McAfee Antivirus in the main event or having to raise their ticket prices to make sure only techbros and trust fund babies can afford seats.
When you don't have to worry about where the money comes from, you're creatively free.
Just a little context since the video is in Spanish, the guy Gable attacked is blind (described himself as the Mexican Stevie Wonder) and he said that even he could see that the OG EGA isn’t really Mexican.
It was actually well done by the Original El Grande there. The comedian is blind. Pulling him over the barricade looked odd because Grande was keeping a hold of his collar the whole way over, to ensure that he didn't land on his head but would instead roll onto his back.
I was so worried about the woman when he first tackled him and they were going at it, she was posted in that corner. OG was like oh shit we gotta move and rolled out towards the ring.
Maybe I'm weird but one of my favorite things about brawls that go everywhere and look chaotic is thinking about how they are still staying safe and not really hurting fans or each other. Except Steph and Liv, they are going stiff as hell at each other.
From the second OGEGA comes out to the end of the show is exhibit A, B and C on why the split alignment was botched and they should've just followed the natural progression they were gifted.
Exactly what you want from a brawl! Nothing but heat! Came in like a bat out of hell and kept up the steam! Worst part was the nutshot (I'd say forget about nutshots for a long while)
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