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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 54m

If Hangman costs The Opps the Trios titles tonight, that is going to fuel Samoa Joe going into WrestleDream, which is a good thing for the match. #AEW

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

TK: *sigh* It took me all night, but I believe I have a WrestleDream card that the Sickos will love!

HBK: TNA, we need your roster to counterprogram AEW, we’re putting the NXT titles on The Hardys because people know they’re better than Brody King and *insert Mexican and Japanese slurs here*

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

Let’s go Ian, you’re the best announcer alive

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

I got to see Adam Page opening up the briefcase and bringing back the AEW Championship live at All In Texas

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

Bryan Danielson will be the laughter you hear in the background ala Michael Brooks

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

Sam Seder is going to cut a promo telling Dustin Rhodes to get out of his ring because his court told him it was his ring and the entire audience will laugh hysterically like Michael Brooks

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

At AEW WrestleDream, Sam Seder faces Dustin Rhodes in the first ever libertarian debate in a wrestling ring with a 30 minute time limit!

Dan @golazodan.bsky.social · 16h

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

a man in front of a microphone with the words look at this dude man lmao

ALT: a man in front of a microphone with the words look at this dude man lmao

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 15h

That's exactly the same thing Glen Jacobs said before he became a mayor and look how that turned out

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 17h

As long as AEW keeps calling themselves the authentic pro wrestling promotion, they're going to get a leg up on them.

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Tis to be expected from a member of the Rhodes family. A family that has supported the White working class man but if you were of any other color, forget it. His father imitated a Black man his whole career and his baby brother was at a Trump rally. Not to mention he tried to end racism in AEW.

tsukiyama waka flocka flame @hecksmaniac.bsky.social · 1d

🤼

Angelic.artang on Threads writes:

It's time for MAGA to own this.
No more blaming Biden.
No more blaming Obama.
No more blaming Kamala or Clinton.
You did this.
You voted for this.
OWN IT.

AEW wrestler Dustin Rhodes replies:

Yep we did and its great

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Seder: The idea that CM Punk said he didn’t physically assault Jack Perry in AEW, when there’s clearly security cam footage of him doing it, is ABSURD.

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Which I was surprised at since they advertised it for the PPV

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

2300 Arena shows provided a different atmosphere. It’s just getting accustomed to them being back on the road again. Plus, there’s social media and people getting influenced by people’s posts without realizing it and that can change perception easily.

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Samoa Joe: Pause It!

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Karma came back to haunt them

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

It makes sense given he has a DC show on HBO MAX

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

The term to use that will hit is “Parrots”. That and drawing them in the style of political cartoons.

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

In an alternate universe, AEW is being booked by The Sandman. He books MJF and Mark Briscoe to win the same Casino Gauntlet match. The final match between Omega and Okada goes to a no contest after The Rascalz attack both of them. Adam Page wins the title from Eric Young in an empty venue.

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Good example: Beast Mortos

He loses all the time and yet people love him because he puts on a clinic with the winners

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

And there are even more heels he can wrestle:

Megan Bayne
Thekla
Athena
Mercedes Moné

AEW just needs to pull the trigger

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

This oversimplifies things, AEW currently partners with STN Digital & their strategy is to get excitement for shows through social media campaigns and reaching out to newer fans through HBO MAX. Their strategy is less local and more digital. And the results have been a slow success for AEW in 2025.

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Solution to this problem:

1. 2 months out from the show, have wrestlers do a virtual tour by hitting national and regional markets
2. 1 month out from the show, have wrestlers do remote interviews for local TV and radio stations
3. Week of the show, have wrestlers appear at local events to promote

JCバスケス (JC Vazquez) 🇵🇷 🌎 @jc1986.bsky.social · 1d

The current AEW marketing team has got to go. You should be scheduling Media all the damn time, not waiting until they're on a certain market that week of the show to do Media for local TV or Radio. YOU CAN DO VIDEO CALLS WEEKS BEFORE THE MARKET GETS THE SHOWS. Then you can do in person the week of.

KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Darby Allin talking about having egotistical wrestlers in a staged sport speaks volumes on how pro wrestling has been corrupted for 40 years. AEW comes along with a new vision and everybody in the company fights for that vision to succeed. Pro wrestling is about making a living and having fun!

All Elite Central @allelitecentral.com · 1d

🗣️ "The cancer got cut out."

Darby Allin, speaking candidly about why the atmosphere in AEW is much more positive now.

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KARMA @karmathemetal.bsky.social · 1d

Okada is pissed that Takeshita won the IWGP World Title. This feud just keeps getting better #AEW

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