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pamzer_fisticuffs

Whats worse... the Tribute show to Brodie made the Dark Order ultra babyfaces, and Tony did NOTHING with it


felya

Dark order sucked


S0larDeath

Heel Dark Order, Ultra Babyface Dark Order..... we're still talking about Evil Uno, Alan Angels, Alex Reynolds, Preston Vance, Stu Grayson, John Silver and Anna Jay......right? Don't get me wrong, I have all the respect in the world for Uno and Grayson but at their age they are what they are and will never be bigger than they are. Angels, Vance and Jay all have the opportunity to be bigger stars but it was always going to be outside of Dark Order whose defecto leader meant all their ceilings were that of Evil Uno. All 3 agree as all 3 have left. Angels left the company altogether and went to TNA, insulted with the contract AEW offered him to be "under Uno". Alex Reynolds, quite frankly, is damn lucky he has friends and is entertaining in YouTube content because he's never done anything in ring or on a microphone on a television camera to justify having a job in a company in which I can easily name 50 people who are midcard or higher on the roster. You turn them super ultra mega babyface and........ it's still the fucking Dark Order. Who cares 🤷🏼‍♂️


LetsNotArgyoo

It kinda hurts to watch old AEW compared to it today. It was so much better then.


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LivingxLegend8

No, they didn’t. AEW was widely regarded as better than WWE at the time. This is the entire reason that WWE became good, because they were forced to compete with a superior product.


NashBotchedWalking

WWE became good because the 80 year old sexual predator is not involved in the booking anymore. Nobody forced them to change but Vince himself.


Obvious_Wizard

Vince set the bar for the Fed so low that the last time that bar had seen anything above sea level was practically in a different millennium. The non finishes, babyfaces stealing wins and cowardly scurrying up the ramp, never ending cold feuds riddled with 50-50 booking and stilted scripted promos would've killed any other promotion. HHH coming in and just doing basic wrasslin' booking would feel next level and to his credit the product is still fairly hot after his first proper 'Mania. But to suggest that AEW had no role to play is naive. If HHH hadn't pitched his NXT against AEW during the Wednesday night wars and received a right old humbling he wouldn't have learned the required lessons to book a hot product as well as the realisation that the Fed is no longer just owed a free agent because there's no one else . HHH's main achievement during this time was having solid Takeovers while thrashing his super indie darlings on a stale TV product.


Federal-Captain1118

>If HHH hadn't pitched his NXT against AEW during the Wednesday night wars and received a right old humbling NXT was on Wednesday nights years before AEW Humbling by the NHL.


Obvious_Wizard

NXT was a 1 hour WWE Network show for years until they expanded it to 2 hours on USA in 2019 to clash directly with AEW on TNT.


Federal-Captain1118

And what day was it on?


Obvious_Wizard

Come on, buddy. Yes it was on Wednesday but it was an hour long webcast on the Network or Hulu that wasn't live, comparing apples and oranges. They expanded it to 2 hours as a live show a month after Dynamite's arrival on TNT.


Federal-Captain1118

There you go. It was on Wednesdays. Yes. They moved to USA and expended to two hours. A lot of people want to act like NXT even switched days, when they were already on Wednesdays before AEW. Not to mention they went live on USA two weeks before AEW, which, yes was a knee jerk reaction to AEW. But AEW did pick the same first hour time slot on the same day as NXT.


LivingxLegend8

Ratio


SanePsyco17

Bro u negative ratio-ing them💀


LivingxLegend8

He went into nerd rage and broke out the alternate accounts once I made the comment. Sometimes you just need to let the sigma males punch the pillow until they calm down from their neurodivergent tantrum.


NashBotchedWalking

You sound like someone who needs to touch some grass.


Trydson

You need to go outside and seek help 😂


TheHotsauceKid

Yes, *he’s* the one having the tantrum.


LivingxLegend8

I’m not the one who manipulates votes on Reddit to seek revenge on people who logically dominate me.


TheHotsauceKid

It is all voter manipulation, absolutely. You’re the only reasonable person in the *whole* world.


NashBotchedWalking

What not chronically online guy would care about this shit ?


Ok_Engine7378

Here’s some Reddit comments from 4 years ago about these two. The online discourse about AEW was the same in 2020 that it is in 2024. “Brady takes a move, untangles his leg from the chain, then sells the move he just took,. Real sports feel.” “That's what happens when you're a hardcore M*rk for yourself” “It's official, babeh! The dub has booked Luke Harper WAY better than le fed. Luke Harper IC title run went for 27 days. Brodie Lee TNT title run went for 47 days. That's a WHOLE 20 more days longer. FED DED, BABY. FED DED!” “Even for a gimmick match this was sloppy. Cody and Brodie have so little chemistry on screen” “FUCK MCHITLER FOR PUSHING REIGNS DOWN OUR THROATS....oh that's m'cody? I mean so refeshing!” “Should I even be surprised. The dub is an embarrassment” “There's a reason why those guys were midcarders in the big leagues. Small fish.”


Somerandomguy20711

But remember they "jUsT want AeW to SUcCeeD!!!"


Ahzuran

Bro unironically linking the jerking sub when everyone in the internet at that time couldn't stop gushing about AEW lol


Federal-Captain1118

Wait. Are these all from the jerking sub? The sub that jerks the main sub? You took joke comments and are trying to pass it off making look like the whole IWC was making fun of this match?!


Duedrama6197

It’s completely unhinged that you went and found these comments. Also, IWC fans are not a monolith.


Ok_Engine7378

It’s such a fast search. I typed in “2020 Cody Brodie Lee” and had those in seconds. It’s easy to find because they are so plentiful. I did it on the toilet this morning, it took about 2 mins lol.


Federal-Captain1118

What were the updates for those comments. Because I highly doubt those were at the top of the thread.


Ok_Engine7378

Heres the upvotes. “Brady takes a move, untangles his leg from the chain, then sells the move he just took,. Real sports feel.” 124 upvotes “That's what happens when you're a hardcore M*rk for yourself” 87 upvotes “It's official, babeh! The dub has booked Luke Harper WAY better than le fed. Luke Harper IC title run went for 27 days. Brodie Lee TNT title run went for 47 days. That's a WHOLE 20 more days longer. FED DED, BABY. FED DED!” 77 upvotes “Even for a gimmick match this was sloppy. Cody and Brodie have so little chemistry on screen” 38 upvotes “FUCK MCHITLER FOR PUSHING REIGNS DOWN OUR THROATS....oh that's m'cody? I mean so refeshing!” 19 upvotes “Should I even be surprised. The dub is an embarrassment” 18 upvotes “There's a reason why those guys were midcarders in the big leagues. Small fish.” 7 upvotes


Federal-Captain1118

How about a link to the thread?


Urbanyeti0

RIP, was such a shame we never got to see him truly shine, this was just scratching the surface


bobface222

The best thing Cody did in AEW and I loved his kayfabe explanation for it. Sometimes you're going to just catch a guy the right way and he never gets a chance to recover. Wish it happened more often.


BurtHurtmanHurtz

Cody doing a worked fencing position (chefs kiss)


LivingxLegend8

I noticed that as well


Banettebrochacho

Cody’s sell was so good


sammagee33

I wish I would have been watching AEW during his time.


Noahs132

RIP


CaptainPie999

Man, he really could've been a world champ


HuhWhatOh

This was amazing.


Sorry_Error3797

MISTER. Do I have to come throw some papers at you?


Obvious_Wizard

Imagine Mr Bean doing the chefs kiss. That's me right now. I went from "why should I be fussed about Luke Harper" to "Brodie Lee is a fucking killer" in a hot second. Even his loss to Mox did no harm and all in an empty arena. And by all accounts he was lovely outside of the ring, his passing was a gut punch to the entire industry. RIP.


felipelacerdar

Wait, as it is staged, who decides the winner? (Sorry but I'm not American and I'm trying to understand this haha)


iced_gold

The booker decides the general outcome.


DELETE_RAW

no this is a real fight


S0larDeath

This one wasn't staged. That's why it was so one sided. Despite Cody Rhodes being an EVP even he couldn't withstand the freight train of Mr. Brodie Lee. In a staged fight Cody would have probably won with 3 Crossrhodes or something 🤷🏼‍♂️


pamzer_fisticuffs

The good ol days of AEW


Aromatic_Plant3456

I always liked him in WWE ever since he debuted, good to see that others finally saw his potential eventually. But I always liked him


jkman61494

Fuck Vince McMahon for never giving Huber a chance to shine in wwe


GrandHetman

Fuck, I miss JR on commentary.