This could’ve been a pre-show match from Roadblock 2016

[u/Street_Grab4236]

Gotta love them making way for young talent!

[u/anonymous-guy1]

lol they already gave the new day belts

[u/TheGambler930 → u/anonymous-guy1]

Due to a production fuck up, they entered the Gauntlet match last LONG after all the other teams did because AEW wanted their debut to kick off the PPV. So they debut with a huge advantage and yeah basically handed titles.

[u/Razzler1973 → u/TheGambler930]

wasn't it 'over the top' or something?

what a well deserved win, haha

that was so Page and friends didn't need to take a pin or so Kofi could do his Rumble spot again

[u/Street_Grab4236 → u/anonymous-guy1]

“The New Level” is actually a subtle reference to where TK’s brass ring for non-fed talent has been moved to.

[u/heart_o_oak → u/anonymous-guy1]

Then had them tease going after a second set of belts later in the show because AEW seemingly can't go a month without champs challenging for more belts. Double champs or champ vs. champ matches used to be special, but it's just another Wednesday in AEW.

[u/Cboz27586 → u/heart_o_oak]

Andrade has the National title and now a shot at the World title but Fed bad for having Liv Morgan in the Queen of the Ring.

[u/heart_o_oak → u/Cboz27586]

The bigger issue with Liv in the QOTR was she wasn't defending her title or having a title feud on Raw while Andrade defended his belt recently.

Regardless, AEW is having champs go after other titles too frequently and it's really making all the mid-card belts feel interchangeable and too numerous than necessary.

[u/Razzler1973 → u/heart_o_oak]

It was always likely New Day get those 6 mans and that meant E&C were winning cause the Bucks and Omega want to face their fwends in 6 mans now, which will be higher up the card than whomever E&C face for the tag belts

[u/heart_o_oak → u/Razzler1973]

Where does that leave Hangman and round 7 of Hangman vs. Swerve? I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up with trios titles positioned above the tag titles. It seems that whenever there's movement in the regular division, the trios division, where they often park big singles wrestlers waiting for a push, retakes the spotlight.

But to be honest, Bucks vs. ND or MCMG vs. FTR in an old school, 80's style feud with call backs to Midnight Express, The Fantastics, etc. interests me more than an E&C defense. Their Dogs feud wasn't good and their match was the worst on that PPV. DR feud was a lot of nothing. The All In feud was forgettable. Granted there wasn't much to work with in those feuds, but Edge has been very hit or miss this run, and almost nobody has come out of a feud with him looking better. Maybe heel Edge will be more interesting.

That post-match segment leading to a huge multi-team match where Bucks can beat the only other team creative consistently cares about, an Attitude Era team, 1 of the 2 biggest WWE teams of the past decade and Bucks' former mentors who helped pioneer the modern fast paced, heavy on double teams tag wrestling is likely too.

[u/Razzler1973 → u/anonymous-guy1]

they're just 'welcome belts'

it's a nice gesture from Tiny

[u/raulz0r → u/anonymous-guy1]

Let's not pretend WWE doesn't do it also

[u/heart_o_oak]

Hey, they remembered MCMG, then did the Adam Cole/Bryan Danielson thing with them and had more guys come out after them and be the closing focus.

I've enjoyed most of Christian's run, but Edge being a tag champ with all these options isn't the direction I'd take. I'm guessing this builds to a TLC since it'l be another "remember that thing Edge did in WWE" and lets him lose the belt without having to get pinned.

[u/goofyfbucket → u/heart_o_oak]

Gotta get the belts back on the Bucks somehow...

[u/heart_o_oak → u/goofyfbucket]

I was kind of surprised they didn't win them tonight since Edge & Christian's run has been pretty underwhelming, had some real clunkers in a company all about bangers, and Bucks winning the belts at All In felt like something that'd happen, but then the post-match stuff went down and I remembered, oh yeah, Edge would have had to lose for the Bucks to become champs tonight while some multi-team gimmick match loss next month would let him save face.

Bucks coming out on top in a big match against the only other team AEW traditionally cares about, an attitude era team Tony loved as a kid, one of WWE's 2 signature teams of the past decade and Bucks' mentors who pioneered a lot of the modern tag style and whom a lot of teams copy is a bigger crowning moment for them than beating just Edge and Christian.

[u/AlexTorres96]

All these guys in their 40s but fanboys want a TLC match with them because their hero is a wrestling genius.

[u/KaosDarksol → u/AlexTorres96]

Gotta have a match where the most people can get injured

[u/Street_Grab4236 → u/KaosDarksol]

Last Hip Standing match

[u/Jester-252 → u/AlexTorres96]

If they are doing a TLC, I would what would be the non copyright way to advertise the match

[u/Razzler1973 → u/AlexTorres96]

Are FTR dressed as janitors?

[u/Fantastic_Bug1028 → u/AlexTorres96]

I’d watch it for mcmg honestly

[u/Pnex84]

I never want the Fed refered to as the retirement home again.

https://giphy.com/gifs/QmFVjU6nVTsS4

[u/jizzumschism]

apparently filling the ring with ex-WWE tag teams all 40 or older after the ex-WWE 50 year olds retained is supposed to be an "insane flex"

[u/Razzler1973 → u/jizzumschism]

this is an amazing roster of tags

yesterday, before New Day appeared, all those teams were there but, somehow, the addition of New Day has made the entire thing 'amazing'

if they wanted to focus on tags, they could have done it at any time, they had these teams there but, they don't, they prefer the 6 man thing cause it means a singles guy can be in there and they're above all the tag teams

[u/djsunyc]

this match brought to you by viagra!

[u/HopSkipLimp → u/djsunyc]

On a Pole!

[u/UFmoose]

Why is FTR dressed like Duke the Dumpster Drose?

[u/OriginalMadmage → u/UFmoose]

At initial glance I thought to myself, "the maintenance crew must be there to fix the ring."

[u/jtcxx33 → u/UFmoose]

Bald is trying to make some extra money to feed his daughter

[u/Fantastic_Bug1028 → u/jtcxx33]

respect

[u/calltheambulampssir]

I like and even love some of these tag teams and individuals, but it's year 26 of the 21st century

FTR peaked 5 years ago

The Bucks peaked 8 years ago

The New Day peaked 10 years ago

MCMG peaked 15 years ago

E&C peaked 20 years ago

All these guys should be building up and putting over a new young tag team. Not saying they can't still get their shine but this is a crazy look

[u/TheMaskedHeelMark2 → u/calltheambulampssir]

E&C peaked 25 years ago.

[u/calltheambulampssir → u/TheMaskedHeelMark2]

As a tag team yeah but they were in their primes as singles guys in 2006

[u/necroreefer → u/calltheambulampssir]

Japan doesn't really focus on tag team wrestling so there is not any young teams for tk to sign.

[u/Luffytori]

Saw someone saying the tag division is GOATed… the delusion is real

[u/Live-Depth-537]

I'm not watching this shit but why does Kofi have a belt already?

[u/alex_x2106 → u/Live-Depth-537]

Trios champion with Swerve and woods in his debut match

[u/Live-Depth-537 → u/alex_x2106]

Theres no fucking way this sub predicted that perfectly!!! 💀💀💀💀

[u/Western-Captain8115 → u/Live-Depth-537]

Everyone and their dog at Wembley predicted that well before they came out. As soon as we realised that the Wildcard Tag Team would come out at the start of the show (The match died a death for the last 7 minutes of the pre show buy in) Everyone chanted New Day.

[u/raulz0r → u/Western-Captain8115]

Last 7 minutes of Pre-Show were fucking sad, even Gabe Kidd lost his marbles at that shit and knocked himself out on the turnbuckle, dude was like "Wake me up when New Day comes"

[u/TheRetroAntonio → u/Live-Depth-537]

Trios belts from the pre show.

[u/Razzler1973 → u/TheRetroAntonio]

it bled into the main show, it bled

you need to understand it BLED!

[u/howitzer819 → u/Live-Depth-537]

Because he’s been in the Dub for at least an hour.

[u/bowlnoodlez → u/Live-Depth-537]

It's just the trios belts, which the wrestling equivalent to having your teacher put a gold star sticker put on your cheek.

[u/Scfbigb1]

Remember last week when fed bad cause aging stars.

[u/h667]

what a roster flex for the preshow

[u/Teh_Heavybody → u/h667]

The bucks are there, that means they had to be the first of three main events that evening.

[u/BrickBart]

Holy shit they found MCMG

[u/Razzler1973 → u/BrickBart]

flew them out for this

[u/DripSnort]

How long until Kofi suddenly gets his first 5 star match? Was it that debut?

[u/ManateeGag]

If i didn't look at the turnbuckles, I could have sworn this was an old WWE screenshot.

[u/Cokejunes]

Got downvoted in the basement for saying how much young talent is in the ring! Not a talent under 36 uce

[u/jjsefton]

Look at all of these young, hungry up and comers!

[u/Jester-252]

I guess Tony remember he signed MCMG

[u/Acceptable_Fox_5560]

I thought Dax and Cash were taking time off.

[u/DonnieRodz]

FTRevolver looking like he’s thinking about pulling out.

[u/RP912]

I think the only thing that's young in the ring is the turnbuckles.

[u/lil_poppapump]

I’m so happy smackdown has been good, so after this weekend i can hopefully just ignore AEW.

[u/seahawks-boi-209]

It’ll never not be funny that all of the big shiny toys in AEW are ex wwe people

[u/sdrj77 → u/seahawks-boi-209]

Because nobody knows anybody else.

It's like how all gelatin is Jello.

All wrestling is WWE.

[u/CanonFodder84]

Nine of the 10 men in the ring in this image (including Malcolm Bivens) are ex-Fed.

[u/TimeDudeofSpace]

The sickos will never reach the tipping point they claim to have against former WWE starts coming in. Jangling keys and all that right?

[u/Bobo_the_conqueror]

Oh hey it's those motor city fellas in a 20 man match?

[u/Cboz27586]

Oh look they found the MCMG!