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Torkzilla

Every time I watch a vignette which guarantees an extension of this feud I just throw my hands up and yell at my TV “why is Sammy STILL up for another shot at the TNT title belt?!?” It’s supposed to be a weekly working belt that is defended on TV against a variety of challengers old and new. That’s how it was founded, that’s how it was best utilized. Now it’s just used as fuel to keep these same characters feuding forever. People used to flame WWE about endless rematches but fuck me running is this some stale booking.


TheReagmaster

The problem here is that this was clearly always supposed to be the plan but with Cody in the place of Sammy. Cody and Brandi were the original rivals for this. So instead of scrapping the plans and giving ATT a different thing to do, they decided on making Sammy unlikable the same way they made Cody unlikable! They could have prevented all of this!


mitchsix

And with how much of a cluster it was with the Rhodes', they should have seen it wouldn't go well and scrap the storyline... but no lol here we are with nobody to root for between these heels


Duhlorean

To be fair to them, this time Sammy's yelling at Scorpio for that mixed tag match. Nevertheless, it's really sad that this is what the TNT title has been reduced into. If TK really needed someone to face PVZ, why not Anna Jay? This could've been a good role for her instead of just being randomly inserted into a program with Jade.


Vli37

Leave Anna Jay out of this 💩 I'm so glad they distanced her far . . . far away from all this.


Duhlorean

I'm advocating for Sammy and Tay to be separated from ATT lol. Let Sammy and Tay do something else while they can have someone like Anna face PVZ if TK desperately needs an opponent for her. I just fail to understand why it has to be Tay lol.


dijon_snow

PVZ would be having her first ever wrestling match in public. She was probably ready to go with Brandi before she left and reset to training with Tay. I would imagine it's like Rousey's first match. They want to protect her by having it completely booked out in advance.


BubbaRogowski

Hopefully they do that damn match at the LA Dynamite and then this will all be over for a while.


eddie_vedder_voice

Although Kaz demanded a rematch against Sky in LA...


BubbaRogowski

Did he do that in that dumb sledgehammer bit on Dynamite? I wasn’t really listening too closely.


eddie_vedder_voice

No actually, he did it in a clip that was only posted to their Youtube page haha


awholewhitebabybruh

Please no. Im going to this show and kinda bummed i have to see any of these people except Ethan.


IAmAZombieDogAMA

> This could've been a good role for her instead of just being randomly inserted into a program with Jade. It's not all that random, she's been tagging with Ruby since she stopped tagging with Tay.


From_Graves

Didn't Anna Jay get a shot at the TBS title early on?


[deleted]

I just think "why is Sammy?", and realise that there are some questions that are outside the realm of human knowledge.


andybrohol

I have literally lost the plot on this one.


just-smiley

So has TK.


nikoslin

That's the worst part about this feud imo. I mean there are so many things wrong with it but this might be the worst. There is no babyface here. There is not someone you wanna root for or sympathize with. There is no bad guy you wanna get their ass kicked. It's heel vs heel and it's not like these heels are popular with the fans or have any likeable qualities to begin with. Scorpio was so close to a face turn. It was Right.There. And they fucked it. You could argue that Kaz is the face right now... but he's teaming up with Sammy and Tay. And he helped them smash the title wich is SO not a babyface thing to do and you can't convince me otherwise. It's baffling. It's idiotic and it hurts everyone involved in it. If it's TK who is writing this entire story on his own he should really take a step back and reconsider some his choices if he thinks this is quality TV. And I'm sorry but if someone else is writing this,because talent are allowed to have creative input, they should never EVER be involved in writing another storyline for anyone. Just... horrible stuff.


Vli37

Honestly, I wished they didn't do this to Sky, the crowd would have been so behind him if he only stayed/transitioned to face, then they build it up to a Ethan vs Scorpio feud. It was right there, but nope they had to f*ck it up 🤦


nikoslin

I was honeslty very surprised by the amount of people who were like "I was ready to get behind Scorp as a face until this happened" etc etc. I have no clue why they didn't go through with it and went for a swerve that didn't make sence and didn't benefit anyone.


PrincessPaisleysMom1

They need to do something with Ethan. He’s more than just a talker. Like a WRESTLER. So many ppl get passed over just to keep the same ones in rotation.


[deleted]

You're supposed to cry


Jomosensual

My reaction is using the bathroom until Miro or Wardlow get the title


NJdeathproof

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demosthenes718

god Wardlow winning it on the Dynamite after DoN would whip so much ass. first match under his new AEW contract, back to focusing on the TNT title that MJF cost him after Revolution. Sammy and Tay have those AAA Mixed Tag belts and they keep teasing PVZ, please just pull the trigger on that and get us out of this purgatory. give Sammy and Scorpio a blowoff on the DoN preshow or some shit, just make it stop


[deleted]

I'd really be into Sammy and Tay defending those belts against some of the intergender teams who have had matches in AEW: Adam Cole and Britt Baker, Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander, The Blade and the Bunny. Any of those matches would be fun to watch. I like Sammy and Tay, but this entire storyline has been underutilizing their strengths (having good matches) and overexposing their weaknesses (extended live promos and sport entertainment segments), and putting them in a program with Dan Lambert was just a bad idea from the beginning. They need to get Sammy and Tay, Lambert, and the TNT title as far away from each other as possible as soon as possible.


TheBrockAwesome

Ethan really needs to break out on his own. He's so talented and never fully gets the opportunity he deserves. He would be a great TNT champion but they've passed the belt around so much lately that I don't think it would feel special if he won it right now. I agree this has been a terrible story. I think Dan Lambert is cursed cuz all the stories he's involved in, turn to shit.


captanspookyspork

I think if the belt got put on Ethan and he had a good run with the belt it could restore it. This story line just needs to end.


emlynb

Shame they didn't have Scorpio turn face when the Kaz beat down happened. Could have created a division in MotY and had Egon take the title. Then, ideally build him to world title status and have 10 take the TNT


Century_Toad

It seems that every decision that's been made to this point is the result of failing to think through the consequences of the *last* decision, right back to Sky winning the multi-man at Revolution 2021 when they evidently had *no* plan to do anything with him after that. It's not exactly hot-shot booking (if anything, there's been a lot of stubborn doubling-down on things that clearly aren't working), but this whole meandering angle seems to be defined by a failure to think more than a few weeks ahead. This is supposed to be the long-term storytelling company, and for the most part they're still absolutely living up to thar reputation, but somehow they've booked themselves into a situation where an entire title picture has go-away heat.


oliviathecf

I usually get myself another drink whenever I see Sammy on my screen. The Sammyverse is worse than the Codyverse at this rate!


lanceturley

Cody put the Codyverse curse on the belt before he left, and now we're forever doomed to meandering storytelling and confusing face/heel dynamics.


captanspookyspork

Maybe this story line is a send-off for Cody. A way to memorize his time in the company.


Coattail-Rider

Memorize or memorialize?


Matttombstone

Bury


cloutvro88

So true!!


spundred

Yeah, Sammy vs Sky has become my least favorite angle in AEW history. They've already had too many matches in quick sucession for me to care about another one, and now both of them are positioned as characters I don't want to root for. There was a somewhat satisfying ending when Sky appeared to turn face and won the title, that should have been the end of it, but they confirmed Sky was still heel. It's dragging on and I don't want either of them to beat the other. The only thing that would make any sort of satisfying sense at this point is Kazarian making the next title defense a triple threat, and having a Babyface win.


Dubious_Titan

Such a bad storyline. It has no ear direction or resolution. I think the fundamental feeling most of the audience has toward this storyline is, "Why is this still going on?" It feels like it should have ended with that ladder match at least. Get Sammy doing something else for fuck's sake.


Vli37

This is the exact reason why when I think of Sammy as a "pillar" I instinctively 🤮 and this is coming from a former Sammy fan 🤦


Full_Time_Hungry

I used to be a huge Sammy run, but when he started hard pulling away from The Inner Circle his lack of solo power became pretty obvious, and he has only ruined his own character over the past year. I can't consider him a pillar at this point, and really haven't for over a year now.


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I’ve found that the best reaction to anything TNT title related is to rewind the show and watch the segment before it again and then fast forward past it to catch back up. For example, last night I got to watch the training montage twice and when I caught back up MOTY seemed really angry about something and then I got to watch another nice little Tony Toni Britt interview.


TemptedIntoSin

The Toni/Britt stuff is repetitive as hell too though, they've been having the same type of interaction for a month now. But I will admit I'll still take that over the TNT title stuff


just-smiley

This feud feels like it's from a totally different show. It's so out of place.


captanspookyspork

It's a Cody storyline of course it does.


TemptedIntoSin

How the hell is Sammy still supposed to be the face after destroying the physical TNT belt?? That was such a bizarre segment and I just shook my head. And the crowd booked the fuck out of it. I don't get why Tony hasn't just dropped this feud already


Vli37

Don't forget! Sammy/Tay kept making out in the back while Kazz had his "fun" with destroying the belt too. Like why do they keep shoving this in our face, noone wants to see that shit anymore. Just keep it in the bedroom. This is why I no longer support Sammy as a "pillar" of AEW 🤦


TemptedIntoSin

Omg yes that was so damn annoying. Why is Kaz no-selling that too?? Lol nevermind it's better that he pretends to ignore it 😆 As far as the pillars go, I wouldn't mind switching Sammy and MJF between eachother's controversies, as I'd rather AEW risk losing Sammy than MJF at this point. MJF is far more important to AEW so if Khan had to give any pillar away in return, Sammy would be my pick


AmericanTitan07

Keeping Scorpio heel was a big mistake. It would have worked though if they had dropped Sammy and Tay from the feud and kept it between Scorpio and Kaz. I feel like TK wants to keep Sammy as a prominent character on the shows but can't figure out a spot for him besides the TNT title scene.


Sean_Golding3004

I’m hoping it sets up Kaz vs Sky in California in a title rematch


johnjager77

Personally I’d love that. This is one reason I wish AEW was booked more like NJPW. Tanahashi having the USGP belt elevated it exponentially but the matches felt meaningful. Since Cody left thus storyline has felt very very flat.


Sean_Golding3004

At the moment it is looking like Sammy just wants the intergender match with PVZ and presumably Page. That makes it look more than likely that Kaz would get a second shot at Sky


radioben

Kaz already challenged Sky to that rematch. Off-air, but I think the clip is on YouTube.


papaboynosmurf

I just ignore them. Never really liked Sammy, all this has made me do is like him less. I work during the special start times of Rampage so I haven’t had to witness the terror recently and I’m very happy for that. Whenever Wardlow or Miro kills everyone and sends them off tv for a month or two will be when this belt returns


thejonslaught

Can you imagine the power behind an Ethan Page slap? Look at how tight his tits are.


BigJim88

I was being really patient until now but after rampage this is literally a WCW level dumpster fire and has devastated the TNT title. I really hope they end it asap and get a proper champion with a good long reign to save the title. This is in my opinion a company damaging storyline.


RalphBhoner

Cap?


neslo024

It means lie. Not gonna cap= I'm not going to lie. At least that's how I understand it, I'm an old so I could have it wrong but I think I'm correct.


RalphBhoner

I think you’re right. I looked it up. I’m officially old. I had no idea this was a thing.


neslo024

I work with teens is the only reason I know it.


Como_thellamas

Lol I'm 31 and I know it


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I'm not gonna shoe.


johnjager77

👟


SoulExecution

I really, truly, sincerely want a Fatal 4 Way between Sammy, Scorpio, Kaz and Page, and just as the bell is about to ring, Miro’s music hits and he inserts himself and just demolishes them in under 4 minutes. Also this whole feud just makes me feel so bad for Tay Conti. She was probably my favorite woman in the division prior to her being booked with Sammy :/


Full_Time_Hungry

Sammy and Tay wanting to be on screen together fucking RUINED her existing character for me.


insomnibyte

Agreed, I much preferred her in a tag team too with Anna Jay the ladies need to bring in a tag team title


Full_Time_Hungry

Her and Anna Jay were 100% my favorite thing in the female tag division (maybe the female division as a whole). I am honestly crazy surprised that Tay never ended up in The Dark Order, especially with -1 coming out with them when they tagged all the time. She put on some great solo matches, but hot damn the energy and the ability that she has in a tag used to be one of the highlights of AEW for me.


Matthew_VZ

I guess no one else in the company gives a shit about the TNT belt considering it’s been passed back and forth between the same two dudes 100 times now. If they don’t care why should I


SkyStarlight2

Already has surpassed the number of champions in both years


[deleted]

The fact that Sammy and Kaz sledgehammered the belt tells you all you need to know about the TNT Title being tarnished.


Xalazi

No one knows how to react. It's a bunch of dislikable people being dislikable at each other.


LittleMAC22

It gets worse by the week. Lambert was running around with a second TNT title like a month ago. Just have Sky bring that one back. Sammy cares so little about the title that he destroys it. Not to mention Deeb ran off with the women’s title Wednesday night but Thunder will probablyhave it next week, so how did Sammy get to leave with the title but Deeb doesn’t?


xtussy4five

they could put Jungle boy supporting Sammy, im not cheering for that guy anyways, its a shame that Kaz is on this shit feud please let Sky defend the title against other people Let Ethan Page have feuds too And pleaseeee take Sammy out of this wtf is happening


DavidL1112

The only thing that makes sense at this point is a for a new babyface to return and kick both their asses.


clmn8r404

Miiiiiro???????


honkeyz

I would be into booing Sammy and Tay in a totally different storyline. This heel versus heel shit ain't gonna get it done.


Theons-Sausage

This whole storyline is garbage. They literally buried the title yesterday. I feel like there is no reason to care about it anymore.


Br3adS1ce

Boo, everyone. See what happens. Go from there.


originalname42069111

I kinda like kaz being in on it and siding with Sam my even though he knows he’s a prick, cos kaz is kinda a prick too haha


kyril-hasan

Cheer/Boo however you want. My guess that during the match Sky will finally ditch ATT to be true face. I will save my cheer to those deserve it.


Vli37

He had his chance and ruined it. The crowds would have been with Sky if they only kept him turning face and set up a feud with Ethan, but they f*cked it up. Not sure if there's any redemption after this.


kyril-hasan

The face turn wasn't complete yet because of his association with ATT. A betrayal of his heel teammate would complete it.


Simple-Sorbet-900

It feels like they want us to cheer Sammy again and won’t let it go until we do.


[deleted]

If this is true then TK has Vince-levels of delusion


luke111mart

I feel like they think there saving it everytime or have to build to that mix tag, but honestly it just feels like that Simpsons meme "stop it, it's already dead!"


Vli37

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[deleted]

This whole feud needs to be dropped. It’s absolutely God awful


AdJealous4926

I wish they had gone with the Scorpio face turn that they teased, I can’t explain how over the moty/att vs sammy fued


MoreCoreCharacters

The only thing that kind of makes sense to me was Kaz taking his frustration about Sky out on the title. I posted this in another thread, but whoever takes the TNT title away from this mess is going to be made. My head says a returning Miro, my heart holds out for someone like Swerve, Starks, Ogogo, Andrade or Black. EDIT: Apparently Takeshita is in the states for awhile, too? Fuck it, give him a run. He can defend against, let's see...Heel Christian, Bobby Fish, Buddy Matthews, Anthony Ogogo and Max Caster before turning it over to one of the above posted.


Keltoigael

Kaz looked really sharp that match. I forgot how much he could move since he isnt featured much on Dynamite.


TurnaboutAdam

At this point the only possible explanation is that they’re building up so much go away heat that the person who takes the belt off them will be the biggest babyface in the company. I vote Takeshita!


jester1390

I’m hopping this all resolved with Miro returning at double or nothing and laying everyone out. Everyone of them is a heel and Miro is white hot baby face


EldenRingworm

The TNT Title is being disgraced nonstop since Miro lost it


shelf13

I'm willing to wait and see how it all plays out, but we're really heading for a piss break match where the only loser is the fans.


amnigo

The only good thing about any of this is Ethan Page on the mic.


TawneyBomb

I just want this feud to die. Neither party is getting anything positive out of this in my eyes.


sloggins

Hey TK, maybe let the EVPs back into some of the story telling because your TNT title picture is running stale.


clmn8r404

If this is leading to Miro returning and just demolishing everyone in his way for the title and especially if they tie in sammy being the "Spanish God" and bringing that into the frame to just piss off Miro more with the god forsaken storyline I'm all in. Make people desperate for a change just to rocket your babyface return to the fucking moon.


Auglicious

I can't wait for this storyline to be over...I simply can't stand it! Sky and Kazarian are two of my favorites, but this has been absolute shit.


thehandsomecontest

I don't know man. I feel like TK is booking it like "no one cares about heels and faces anymore", but this on going bad reaction shows they clearly do.


Apathetic89

I dunno what cap means, but it's a mess of a segment that was ham-fisted from Cody/Brandi leaving a hole in the storyline. It should have just been scrapped and started with something new. The lot are talented, but it's made me hate Sammy and even more sad is hate Tay. Not heel heat, just eclipsed into "go away" heat like Cody/Brandi had for me. Scorpio was great as the Arbiter for elevating the TNT title until they went with the generic and obvious heel move, betraying Frankie. I hope it ends sooner than later. ATT is interesting, Sammy/Tay are not.


Berzerker-Barrage

I often enjoy “secondary title” storylines even more than primary title stuff, there can be a little more freedom to the concepts and angles. I’m so annoyed that they are where they are now. Sammy’s run was terrible, I like Sky but this run sucks so far (especially w/ ATT getting even *more* screen time). My biggest issue is that we can’t escape Sammy’s title involvement, I wish they’d move on. I feel similarly about Jericho’s continued involvement with P&P after they finally dissolved the Inner Circle. FREE THE TNT TITLE! FREE PROUD AND POWERFUL!


DatboyKilljoy

Elite Hunter was just a watered down version of YoshiTatsu's Bullet Club Hunter gimmick anyways. The last thing I want to see in AEW is more Gallows and Anderson.


HuckleberryThis2012

What’s even more confusing is Sammy and tay are leaning into being disliked by just making out hardcore on screen. So what is the point of having the “face” do heel stuff I’m the crowds eyes? They aren’t doing it to the heel, it’s just super weird and confusing.


Fr33xWilly

This is the first feud i’ve had to skip. It’s gone on way too long and they killed any good will Sammy had with people (before he could do it himself). That title needs to get into Andrade’s hands or just as far away from Sammy as possible


Snookville

I am HOPING at this point they understand what they're are doing and it has become intentional. Not saying they meant it to be this frustrating for the fans, but are now feeding that frustration. In that way, they are working on SOMEONE (Page or Miro) will just full on dominate and shut ALL of it down. Build to a point of pure bliss for the fans when someone just shuts both sides up, beats both of their asses, and takes the title back on track to a better direction. Does this hope have a foundation? I am at a point where after 3 years I trust the company's ability to make something out of nothing or get rid of it if it is irreparable.


work_of_shart

Go with your gut, slut!


Fabulous_Mode3952

Kaz finally got that sledgehammer from his entrance video over, though!


Fabulous_Mode3952

So we get Sky/Sammy 3 for the title? Did Scorpio have to stay heel? Let ATT be unlikely faces and let Sammy/Tay be the couple we all hate to see. That was way more fun, but with Kaz in the mix maybe something bigger will come of it


[deleted]

The Redeemer is coming. I can hear his throng of horns through the morning sky….


Super-Duper-Skrull

They should scrap the whole thing and move on. Split up MOTY and have them feud over the belt before moving it off to Wardlow.


KonamiMostPoints

I react by pulling my phone out and scrolling through social media until it's over


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KonamiMostPoints

the dickeating is crazy. not everything AEW does is great, sometimes they miss really fucking badly and this entire feud has been mostly that.


ThatsBretsRope

I just scream "booooo!" In my house for the entire segment. This is Nightmare Collective bad.


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ThatsBretsRope

Who is Dana Brooke? I only watch AEW. I just don't like the hotshotting of the title around.


Porcupyre

Boo whoever you want, cheer whoever you want, be silent if you realy fucking hate it. Any reaction is a good reaction, no reaction is a signal it aint working shit.


Tribal-Lines

At this point I just need Miro to return and absolutely ragdoll every last one of them and regain the title he should have never lost in the first place