He cut a babyface promo the other week! WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?! Why are we giving these guys mics when they’re not saying anything worth anything? When is the last time Sammy has done a cool bump or like done any of the things that made people give a fuck about Sammy Guevara. All I see is some asshole with go away heat every single week. With Sammy-every single week-I’m like “What the fuck are you doing?” What justifies Sammy Guevara’s presence onscreen? He’s ostensibly a good heel and gets over for doing high spots in the ring and shit. But much like Sammy, I think he’s struggling and there’s been a lot of misdevelopment in his character and where he’s at in his career. LP: Like we were saying, he has a lot of upside. And you can trot him out every Wednesday, and you can play his awesome song, and it’s entertaining for a large part of fans. If he can talk, great, but if he can’t-you still have a guy who looks like Luke Perry’s son. That’s probably something they’re going to need for Jack long term. AEW is good at doing this! They’ve shown they’re good to find people to fill in those gaps when they’re needed. Pro wrestling has fail safes for guys like Jack Perry. PS: That has a lot to do with our expectations of the characters, though, right? That’s part of the evolution of wrestling. Dad died! Wrestling.” THAT’S ALL HE FUCKING TALKS ABOUT. Of course! There’s nothing compelling about his character! “Dad sad-dad dead. Jack Perry, I mean, he’s got a lot of issues he has to surmount. MJF has obviously completely blown past a lot of expectations and really lived up to how they had been building him over the last several years. Like, MJF and Jack Perry are obviously guys who are very young, or when they debuted in AEW they were very young and seemed like they had a lot of ceiling. LP: I’ve always felt that way about the Pillars-they’re almost kind of mirrors of each other in a way, babyface/heel mirrors of each other. I don’t know how different Darby Allin or Sammy Guevara can become as wrestlers. Jungle Boy Jack Perry is going to get there, I think he has the highest ceiling still, and as soon as they start figuring out what to do with him and his character, I think he’s learning and growing and starting to do something different. I don’t think the other three have panned out quite the way they’ve wanted them to. I do think if those are your Four Pillars, perhaps you need to strengthen your foundation. PS: I’ve given my thoughts on MJF-I do think he’s one of the best wrestlers on the planet, in any thought and in any capacity, I think he’s great. I don’t necessarily blame AEW or their creative on some of the failures of the Four Pillars storylin… I blame the talent. Even when people think “This is a brand that needs CM Punk to survive”-I don’t think they necessarily need him, but he helps them tremendously. In the Four Pillars storyline, AEW is setting out to really establish their brand of superstar. Paul Sebastian: I don’t see the WWE DNA in what AEW is doing with Double or Nothing, I disagree with you on that. Maxwell Flynn: If this is the last “AEW Classic” pay-per-view before the brand split, I think DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2023 will pay off as the “end of the season.” They’re dealing with the Four Pillars right now, but once Collision airs and Punk comes back, it’s gonna be a whole different ballpark and I think a brand new AEW. It feels like their most WWE-esque build and execution of a PPV yet. Angles that I have not particularly given a fuck about. Meanwhile, the AEW pay-per-view is mostly blowoffs for bad angles that have been festering for the past month. We’re getting a WWE pay-per-view with several matches that help pay off or build on storylines that have been ongoing for months or years, while also throwing in some “fan-favorite” matches in Gunther/Walter vs. Luke Phillips: It’s Hard Time Blues’ State of Wrestling for May 2023. This week, Luke and Max are joined by contributor and Detroit native Paul Sebastian to discuss the WWE and AEW pay-per-view events this weekend-WWE Night of Champions and AEW Double or Nothing. In each Hard Time Blues feature, MGRM contributors Luke Phillips and Max Flynn will be exploring the wild, weird, and wooly world of the squared circle, and all of the angles, feuds, gossip, and evil wizards therein. Welcome to Hard Time Blues: The World of Pro Wrestling from Merry-Go-Round Magazine! It’s a great time to get into professional wrestling.
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