WWE/NXT/AEW/NJPW Thread

[ticon12389]

Jey Uso Was Among The Top WWE Merchandise Sellers In January

Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics reported that Jey Uso was leading the pack in merchandise sales for WWE in the month of January.

www.ewrestlingnews.com

He’s consistently been one of the top merchandise movers in the company since going to Raw. He’s almost always featured in a big match on Raw week in and out. The company clearly believes highly in him (he pinned Roman and headlined Summerslam). If you don’t think he’s a big deal at this point I think it’s just preconceived biases against him for being a twin and a tag wrestler in the past.

I think he will have a big 2024, potentially winning the IC or US title by the end of it. A world title in the future is certainly possible too. One rare bad match against his brother shouldn’t be held against him and it won’t be by the WWE.

 

[CBBI]

I'm shocked when CBBI and I have the same opinion so this is difficult for me

 

[CBBI]

I think he will have a big 2024, potentially winning the IC or US title by the end of it. A world title in the future is certainly possible too. One rare bad match against his brother shouldn’t be held against him and it won’t be by the WWE.

I will leave the board for life if this ever happens. No chance in hell.

 

[JDailey23]

I will leave the board for life if this ever happens. No chance in hell.

Jinder was world champ. Jey winning it at some point is highly possible.

 

[CBBI]

He’s consistently been one of the top merchandise movers in the company since going to Raw. He’s almost always featured in a big match on Raw week in and out. The company clearly believes highly in him (he pinned Roman and headlined Summerslam). If you don’t think he’s a big deal at this point I think it’s just preconceived biases against him for being a twin and a tag wrestler in the past.

SummerSlam was eight months ago at this point.

Since then...

Payback: No match
Fastlane: 1st match
Crown Jewel: No match
Survivor Series: the 8th (?) most important person in a 10-man tag main event, immediately the 9th most important guy upon Punk coming out
Royal Rumble: No. 1 entrant, eliminated 1 person and was tossed with 14 minutes left in the match
Elimination Chamber: No match
WrestleMania: 4th match of 7 matches on Night 1

He works "big" matches on RAW all the time because real main event stars don't actually work on free television very often.

He's fine! I don't even dislike the guy, he's just not actually a big star or a real main event talent.

 

[CBBI]

Jinder was world champ. Jey winning it at some point is highly possible.

That was a MUCH different time (Vince in charge, no Nick Khan, before the Saudi deal, before the deal with Fox, before the switch of the Network exclusively to Peacock, etc) and also motivated by WWE's desire to add revenue to their business in India.

Also... domestically Jinder was a colossal failure and was immediately shuffled back down into midcard upon dropping the title, which is what he always was.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

The WWE main event scene is in a much better place than when Jinder won the title. No chance Jey wins a world title this year.

 

[kookoo]

The funny thing is Jey vs Priest is literally the least appealing main event in a long time to me. Both are good workers but neither are good enough individually to go on a good singles run. I have zero issues with either of them and they've come a long way but I just don't see them as main event players outside of the usual post Wrestlemania lull.

 

[FrontPageNews]

The funny thing is Jey vs Priest is literally the least appealing main event in a long time to me. Both are good workers but neither are good enough individually to go on a good singles run. I have zero issues with either of them and they've come a long way but I just don't see them as main event players outside of the usual post Wrestlemania lull.

I’m hoping they find a way to make it a triple threat.

 

[kookoo]

I’m hoping they find a way to make it a triple threat.

I feel like Drew deserves a rematch since he technically was champ when it happened. If Seth wasn't in dire need of some time off to heal, he should have a rematch too. In reality, it should have been Priest vs Drew vs Seth. BUT, outside of Judgement Day shenanigans, there's no way Priest with his rep could win that match clean. So I think they made it against a 'main event player' who Priest can beat to kind of legitimize him. I have Priest and Baron Corbin on a similar level.

 

[DirtyDan]

 

[ticon12389]

The All In footage was released and it’s the biggest nothing

I don’t see why it was even released.

 

[JDailey23]

The All In footage was released and it’s the biggest nothing

I don’t see why it was even released.

I know nothing about these young bucks, but to claim a backstage incident caused a shitty performance is ridiculous. This entire scripted segment was ridiculous.

 

[ticon12389]

Tony Khan “fearing for his life” from that footage also makes him look even worse now. Jack Perry can never be taken seriously either after that.

All it did was make things look worse for AEW. To hype this up and reveal that shows a tone deaf company to me.

 

[Real Deal]

AEW is pretty trash nowadays huh, ratings wise. I saw a quick tiktok video of the audience and it was crickets in stands