Thread 19169742

outside of cody, darby is tony's biggest fumble. he could have easily been their jeff hardy but they never pulled the trigger and now its far too late

>>19169742 (OP)
Darby should've been the one to beat Mox after he came back from Everest. Simple as. It even would've had the pottery with Sting/Hollywood Hogan.

>>19169742 (OP)
it's not too late because nobody is watching

>>19169816
are you stupid?

>>19169831
why would it be too late to change how he is booked?
the average wrestler undergoes a dozen schitzo personality changes over the course of their career.
in AEW in particular it really doesn't matter, because no one is watching, and there is no consistency anyway
are you still confused

Thanks, but worry about why Cody can't beat a faggot like Seth using a super Cross Rhodes and how he's been booked like trash for the last 2 years, piggy mmm kay?

>>19169954
WWE doubled their ticket prices and are still selling decently. Why should they worry? People still come to see Cody. People aren't coming to see Darby but maybe they would if the guy in charge wasn't mentally retarded

>>19169977
>WWE doubled their ticket prices and are still selling decently. Why should they worry?

>>19169755
Agreed but Tony decided that Hangman tanking the ratings was a better idea.

>>19169977
This one got Shitwheels seething, as per usual

>>19169977
Wrestlenomics actually released a report that states WWE average ticket sales are up since the price hikes.

>>19169755
>Darby should've been the one to beat Mox after he came back from Everest.
It made absolutely no sense to put the belt on Hangtranny. It seemed like the entire Dick Riders storyline was leading up to Darby beating Mox for the belt. So he comes back from Everest just in time for All in... and he helps Hangtranny win? Then after Mox drops the belt, Darby continues to feud with him and beats him multiple times when there's no longer any point in beating him? What?

>>19169995
There's literally no reason for WWE to worry when their tickets are still selling. Cry about it.

>>19170129
GMS

>>19169742 (OP)
Darby reminds me of my little brother and I hate my little brother

>>19170139
>ESL tries to hit me with a GMS because he lacks English comprehension and thinks I made an error in my post when in reality I didn't
Kek I love it when that happens

>>19170153
>confuses a fan who defends slop with people who profit from serving it
>not an ESL pig
ha ha ha good one

>>19169742 (OP)
I don't think it's just a fumble, it's more of a complete failure to understand booking and make new stars.

>>19170200
the average age of the people in the latest Mania ad is 46 years old

Darby only works because he's not overused. The second you give him a title for any amount of time, his gimmick dies and he'll get go away heat. Same shit happened to Rey. Everyone loved him and then they started having him constantly beat people 5 times his size and everyone wanted him to fuck off.

>>19170212
How many new stars has Tony made in 6 years? Oh right, zero. At least WWE has Logan and Bron in the young star pipeline. And Sol Ruca if you care about womeme. AEW has fucking nothing.

>>19170242
Logan Paul uses WWE as an advertising platform. He's barely there as is and no way is he going to be around in 5 years.

>>19170251
It doesn't matter. He's very well known, a talented pro wrestler, and entering his best in-ring years at 30. AEW doesn't have an equivalent.

all the pro-darby talk is proof that aew's fans are just as clueless as tony at booking

>>19170242
>How many new stars has Tony made in 6 years?
Orange Cassidy
Darby
MJF
Toni Storm
Jade Cargill
Fletcher
Bandido
The Acclaimed

>>19169742 (OP)
He main evented a PPV less than 2 weeks ago

>>19170307
You are confusing stars with "got over." Only ones you could argue are MJF and Toni and both of them missed their window to be an actual name outside the wrestling bubble

>>19170311
And won, too. Unlike Cody

>>19170311
>misses the point this badly

>>19170319
>be an actual name outside the wrestling bubble
there is no one in modern WWE this applies to and you are absolutely delusional if you think otherwise

>>19170327
cody and roman are in the street fighter movie

>>19170307
>Orange Cassidy
>Darby
>MJF
>Toni Storm
>Jade Cargill
>Fletcher
>Bandido
>The Acclaimed
None of these people are stars. They're nobodies wrestling on a dead show that can't even draw a half milly anymore. the only exception is Jade who's now a nobody wrestling in WWE.

>>19170327
Logan Paul.

>>19170327
Rhea is over with alt girls under the age of 30

>>19170352
Sure, so MJF was in a record-breaking Netflix movie and you can delete your retarded posts now

>>19170364
becky lynch was in that movie too bro

>>19170364
What movie was that?

>>19170364
Did that nigga even have a line? Every scene he was in was just a visual gag with 4 other people that looked like him making him almost indistinguishable

>>19170358
>>19170362
must be why they lead with these two for Mania advertisements kek

>>19170364
this really got the bacon spitting

>>19169742 (OP)
>Putting the World Championship on an anorexic manlet

>>19170382
Hey why don't you want to name the movie MJF was in?

>>19170400
A crazy based retard manlet is preferable to a libcuck fake cowboy manlet.

>>19169742 (OP)
He could have gone to WWF in the late 90s and had a solid career as Mini Jeff Hardy, the highflying daredevil of the midget wrestling division

>>19170411
>He could have gone to WWF in the late 90s
He was 7 years old, pedo

>>19170212
Does that include Cody Rhodes, CM Punk or Jade Cargil? All Tony has done is build up people who jumped ship, fumbled people he should have locked down like Vaquer & Mariah whilst making everyone who was originally there less popular.

>>19170421
you eagerly did the math to discover his age, and then gleefully associated that age with sex acts.
You are warped and you should be in prison.

>>19170474
>whilst
opinion irrelevant

>>19170489
>needs math to discern someone is in their 30s
That's autism
>suggesting WWE have more boys playing in their underwear on TV
that's pedophilia. Please kys

>>19170242
WWE have basically created replacements for all the walled horses with a new top four of Rhea, Liv, Iyo & Vaquer. Tony buried his entire women's division for Botcha Skanks.

>>19169755
It should have gotten handled like Piper locking himself in Alcatraz to prepare for Hogan (except Darby wins). Huge fumble. You can climb mountains but AEW is a mudslide.

>>19169742 (OP)
darby is too small to ever be anything more than what he is now. way too small to be a main event guy and way too stupid when it comes to wrestling because his only way to get over is highly dangerous spots where he is likely to get injured

>>19170557
Nah, he's a rare gem amongst vanilla midgets. An audience will always love an underdog who goes above and beyond to neutralize size advantages with risks to his body. Rey, Eddie, Jeff Hardy, none of these guys are big (Jeff is taller). Darby is basically the only entertaining thing AEW has and they fucked it up. His monster push with Sting is the last thing anyone will remember about this company.

>>19170503
You have a warped brown brain, I forgive you. I can only imagine the unliveable eastern world hellscape your parents or grandparents were so graciously rescued from and I can see how it would permanently damage your mind.

>>19170551
>It should have been handled like one of WCW's universally regarded as dumb story lines
No

>>19170599
Rey and Eddie were both swole so while they were shorter they still had a physical presence. If guys like Darby and Daniel Garcia had similar mass they'd be easier to take seriously.

>>19170750
That shit was kino stop watching british youtube.

>>19170922
>I'm going to prepare for a fight by staying in a museum!
>Next I'm getting ready for the fight of my life by speaking a language no one understands!
>*loses*
You're retarded

>>19170125
This did happen.

Darby is just Spike Dudley crossed with the goth kids on South Park.

>>19170933
Mas Oyama went into the snowy mountains and mutilated his eyebrows to become a better fighter. Rocky did similar. It's an age old journey that real humans can admire and get behind. The issue was Piper lost, otherwise it was cool shit.

Wrestling in general never pushes guys at the right time. They think they can make more money dragging things out. problem is by the time it happens nobody cares anymore

>>19171194
Can get very frustrating. Knight for instance is one of the most frustrating instances of not pulling the fucking trigger in recent history. But it happens really frequently, booking not riding the wave with a deep swell due to writing too far ahead. Have to call audibles and listen to the crowd - I get the strategy of a heel is rage bait, but booking shouldn't be rage bait to such an extent. People want to come back and see if the rude shitheel gets his comeuppance, but I think people are more prone to drop the product completely when their favorite super over wrestler gets buried for too long.

He was suppose to beat mox. The briefcase was going to hold a custom title for Darby and mox would have conceded it to him and tell him “I always knew it would be you kid”. But Darby fucked it up by taking off months at a time to going hiking.

>>19170402
passion of christ, he played judas

>>19171329
>He was suppose to beat mox.
But if that was the case then Tony could've just resumed the story when Darby got back from Everest and put the belt on him as planned.

>he could have easily been their jeff hardy
a mid carder who was over for 2 weeks before crashing out and ruining his main event run?

>>19171355
kek

>>19171358
He said he didn't want the belt and tony pivoted.

>>19170402
Back to the Pigpen 1, 2, 3 and 4. Iirc he met a kook who turned a wheelchair into a time machine. Weird movie, not very good but the scene where the guy met his past self when he could still walk was a tearjerker.

>>19171359
Darby was over for like 3 solid years. His matches used to move the needle every time.

>>19171365
>He said he didn't want the belt
That's when a real boss would say "I'm putting the belt on you whether you like it or not because you're dimes and people want to see it, now deal with it"

>>19171358
Cause the death riders were so bad even the aew fans started admitting it.

>>19171393
Why are you laughing?

>>19169742 (OP)
Only smarks cheer him cause
>he's le heckin' literally merinos
But the crowd pops nowhere near like they did for Jeff. Pull your head out of your ass

>>19171416
There has never been an actual crowd to pop in AEW. If there was one it would. You can't ever genuinely get over in an under company.

>>19169954
That part

>>19169742 (OP)
If you actually watch the shows that Dynasty ppv was clearly the plan for him to win the world title. but he fucked off to everest for months and they had to pivot because people were not watching the product. can't pause anything for months desu. Maybe they can do MJF/Darby for the world title early next year.

>>19172698
that seems pretty easy to do since MJF is pretty poisoed to beat Hangman for the belt

>>19170364
MJF is in another big movie "Violent Night 2". And his role in Happy Gilmore was actually pretty big, he spoke in multiple scenes. Becky's role in the same movie was tiny lmao.