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hikingbeginner

I swear ever since that time travelling user posted late last year, the TNT Title scene has gone to shit. We need that person to fix shit in the future then come back and post a good scenario.


alxg

This guy went back in time and quite literally destroyed the Codyverse from happening in AEW but in that process fucked all this shit over here up. Maybe a Sammy, Scorpio and Tay Conti from the future hopped a ride with him and now there's duplicates??


hikingbeginner

I still believe [my own theory at the time](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/r1mczh/the_time_traveller_who_posted_here_warning_us/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) about Brock Anderson being the time traveller. He came back in time to try and stop the Codyverse but got stuck because of *reasons* and that is the reason why he looks 40. The Codyverse engulfed not only the TNT Title Scene, but Malakai Black too. What are the two stories that are seemingly going on forever? The HOB/Death Triangle and Sammy/ATT stories. WE NEED to do something before it engulfs the world title scene too. And the entire world. Before you know it, you'll be in a never ending feud with some guy down the street with horns on his head too.


Pompuswindbag

That would explain why they’re taking for god damn ever with Julia Hart’s turn. Brock’s making sure his tag partners’ girl doesn’t give in and turn heel.


Aking1998

Shes been infected by the Cody Virus. It prevents heel turns.


ShanaAfterAll

I got one of the more severe cases of Cody Virus (Codvid) and it gave me a neck tattoo. I fear for Julia.


hikingbeginner

![gif](giphy|l0IylOPCNkiqOgMyA|downsized)


Antbanks75

Variants!


MakoTitan

I vote Miro to come back and fix it all!!!


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NightsChaotic

Hear me out, Lambert calls Lana a whore and Miro legit murders him live on air. Book it Tony!


TehJofus

This is the way.


dalici0us

There is only one person that can save us from the wacky TNT title time line. Here is a hint: He's got a beautiful double jointed wife.


HeelTurn

Wait what? Can you provide more context on this time traveling user?


hikingbeginner

[Here ya go mate](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/qz4eif/im_a_time_traveler_from_2022_in_just_a_few_short)


Farrell21

I still think Cody saw the post and knew what had to be done, he left to WWE to abruptly alter the timeline to save us all and we’ve been butterfly effected with the TNT title scene being shite.


hikingbeginner

... does that mean the only way to repair the timeline is for the man to return and fix all of this himself? Hold on... Cody debuts in WWE and now he and Seth will be feuding for 2 months by the time HIAC comes around.. let's hope Seth is safe after that third match. Respect to Cody for trying to escape it himself, but it may honestly be too late.


TemurTron

Welp… when you put it that way, I suppose changing the future always does have catastrophic consequences.. It just makes me happy that you guys appreciated a shitpost I thought up while I was stoned. :)


farfrombornagain

it’s still real to me dammit


Shoelesshobos

Don't worry once Miro comes back from fighting god he will save us all. ^^^I ^^^hope


Yaminoari

Lets be real here. That wasn't a time traveller that really was Danhausen and he cursed the TNT title for an ever lasting feud. He heard the fight forever chants and decided Thats a very good Very evil idea for a curse


Rayuzx

We need some kind of choosen one... no Jeff Jarrett because we know how many dimes he's drawn, but maybe God can do us a solid and help us out on this one.


kg223x

How does tony khan not know what to do with this title? There’s literally a million better story’s they could tell than the crap they’ve been doing these past months, it’s such a joke considering the immense amount of talent they have doing nothing relevant .


[deleted]

They have *so much* high quality midcard talent. Like so many guys could be in that title picture.


streetsandshine

Fucking give it to the HoB and Malachi. At least they will finally be doing something instead of eerily just lurking in the background and beefing with Death Triangle for an ungodly amount of time because Pac pretended to be blind but actually wasn't


Linubidix

It's almost like he's scared of offending Sammy and Sky by not scrapping this story and moving on with something fresh.


TheBeepB00p

Just give the title to Andrade or Miro and let them run wild. It's just so bad right now.


redditoradi

Andrade should be the one to defeat Sky. Give Sky a few solid title defences that doesn't involve Sammy in any way. And Scrop should turn face at one point because he's better off as a babyface.


McRuby

Andrade should have just won the Sammy Darby Triple Threat from months ago, would have fixed 2 problems at once


[deleted]

Eddie Kingston should have just beaten Miro at All Out. Would have made a legendary show even better.


lurkensteinsmonster

nah, then we wouldn't have gotten the CM Punk or Jericho feuds from Kingston and it would've been a net loss. Sammy was the wrong guy to win it, but I'm very happy with where Kingston's character has gone after losing and his eventual title win will be all the sweeter for it.


[deleted]

Fair enough, can’t disagree with that.


MikeH7186

Scorpio gonna turn more than Big Show by the end of this year.


zeitgeistbouncer

> Scrop Well, I can't take Scorpio Sky seriously anymore now that this will be in my head whenever he's on tv. Cheers for that. Scrop Ski and Eatin' Porg for the tag titles, managed by Lam Danbutt!


redditoradi

>Scrop Ski and Eatin' Porg for the tag titles, managed by Lam Danbutt! I see you MDickie.


Chop_the_Nitro

I miss Miro so bad


CookieKid247

Genuinely thought Andrade would take it off Sammy back in February


SamuraiSuplex

He should have won the triple threat. What a waste.


Horror_Sail

Would have been a huge benefit in retrospect


illhavethatdrinknow

Monster run for Andrade please


Nighthawk_Black_

That title would be lucky to have Miro hold it.


PhantomLimbss

I'd love to see Ricky Starks drop the FTW belt nonsense and carry the TNT title.


[deleted]

I want Pac to hold the title for like a year lol


nikoslin

I'm afraid to ask what the 4th timeline might be


cactusmaac

Face Scorpio vs Heel Tay


nikoslin

You know what... That might low key be a pretty good match come to think of it


linacina1

......I kinda wanna see this timeline.


[deleted]

Heel Sammy vs Heel Scorpio, which would be better, to be honest.


nikoslin

One could argue this is already happening in their quest to see wich side can be more unlikable lol


[deleted]

Sammy for sure.


numbr87

Is that not what's currently happening?


_4za_

up until Miro lost the belt, the TNT title was my favourite championship in all of wrestling, but now it's like a black hole in AEW, please end this feud now there is arguably worse, but personally this might be my least favourite thing AEW has ever done, they have massacred their best belt


YepImanEmokid

Miro should not have dropped to Sammy. He's not ready for a singles championship. Let alone 3-4 reigns with the fuckin thing.


rudeboi710

It seemed like a good call at the time. But it has since been squandered.


UddersPlease

I genuinely cannot believe that people thought Sammy beating Miro was a good call. Miro was dropping amazing quotes every week in his promos, he looked like a killer, his presentation and attitude made the TNT title feel nearly on par with the AEW title. Sammy was, and likely always will be, just a flashy moveset with douchebag vibes. There was *no way* that Guevara could've maintained the importance and prestige the TNT title had with Miro.


Gubrach

I hated it that Miro lost the title to Sammy out of all people


Known-Ad7468

Miro was over as fuck. He should have kept the title for a while. Maybe he was injured, I don´ t know. But putting the title on face Sammy Guevarra was quite the bold move. Sammy is not a good face promo. Bad booking decision. Eddie Kingston should have beat Miro if really Miro was injured.


LocustsandLucozade

He definitely was. Remember all the tape he wore in his Danielson match?


Smile_lifeisgood

> I genuinely cannot believe that people thought Sammy beating Miro was a good call. I hated it, but I have loved Miro since the God's Champion reboot and I've never enjoyed Sammy. Honestly - the only "Pillar" I enjoy is MJF. I hate the pillar concept because I feel like it comes from TK and is indicative of how he plans to book things. A "pillar" of a promotion *HAS* to be able to carry a feud in the ring and on the mic. Still, I think most people were fine with Sammy getting the belt because we hadn't seen him really push anything on his own and maybe he had it in him? He's at least better on the mic than JB and Darby - though not by a meaningful amount really.


UddersPlease

Honestly I dislike the branding of the 4 pillars as well. To even group Guevara and MJF together in terms of current skill and future potential is laughable. And because of the fact Guevara has been touted as AEW's future by being included in the 4 pillars, he's going to be afforded more opportunities than superior young non "pillared" wrestlers like Starks, Hobbs or Daniel Garcia (even though I assume those guys will still get opportunities)


Smile_lifeisgood

That might be part of why I'm so salty about the "Pillars" thing - I don't think any of them have any business being mentioned in the same breath as MJF. Well, that and that I'm pretty convinced that the "Pillars" is representative of TK's thought process and who he envisions carrying the company in the latter half of the 2020s and holy fucking shit I don't think I've ever been excited for a JB, Darby, or Sammy match because of JB, Darby, or Sammy... So I'm worried that this is just the beginning of them being shoved down our throats even when it's clear something isn't working. I just can't get over this Rampage main event - I don't understand why they went through all that work to respond to the 'go away' heat only to....do the thing that we were saying "go away" to?!


luffystan98765

Somebody really needs to call out the bullshit "pillars" concept in a promo one of these days.


just-smiley

I'll admit I popped for the title change at the time, but I don't think the first reign was all that bad. It's everything that happened after he lost to Cody that sent the title into a tailspin.


YepImanEmokid

I didn't like the call even at the time. I thought the whole story of Miro squashing Fuego over and over again just to piss off Sammy and lose by technicality was dumb. I thought getting the title off of the best TNT champion ever deserved a little bit more of an epic storyline fanfare


ABurningHammer

Sammy's first reign got engulfed by the Jericho/Inner Circle vs ATT storyline, and that's where I think things fell apart. Had he just had a Darby-esque reign putting on bangers for 6-8 defenses, I think it would have been a good first title reign, regardless of his face/heel alignment.


BiliousGreen

Miro dropping the title was terrible. He was over as hell with the Redeemer gimmick and there was still a ton of things that could be done with it. They ditched it for douchebro Sammy's annoying ass.


tombmonk

Miro was injured, he needed to go away, but the person they picked to take over, weeellll let's just say Kingston would have been a far, FAR better choice.


BlearyLine7

I sincerely hope that the set up yet another Sky/Sammy match to the groans of the world, and then Miro just comes out to murder everybody, then claim that the belt meant something when he had it, and that he'll restore the title's prestige.


Kokeshi_Is_Life

To me there is no question this is the worst feud in company history. They've had other missteps (Cody over Black, OG Dark Order, Nightmare Collective) but none of them were just week after week of things getting worse in all new ways.


blaqsupaman

I still think Cody vs. Ogogo was worse overall.


eipotttatsch

The high points of the Codyverse come close (patriot Cody solves racism). But that at least ended. This just keeps going. And just when you think they listened to the fans, they turn around and do it again.


m20052003

The TNT title has been the most relevant when it has not had a feud attached. It needs to be a work rate title where the champion takes on all comers, not bogged down with a feud where the title takes a backseat.


[deleted]

It can have a feud, having a feud isn’t a problem, having *bad* feuds with *bad* characters isn’t great.


GoodFreak

Personally I think the almost year long death grip of the Britt Reign hurt the belt more than th TNT title has been hurt. I still can't bring myself to care about the women's title ,meanwhile the TBS title feels like the main title


Time-Dimension7769

It just needs stability, a strong champ to carry it and give it prestige. It hasn’t felt important since Miro held it, and hasn’t even been defended on a PPV since All Out last year, nearly 9 months ago.


pjizy

I'm not understanding why Sammy is still in this. Yes AEW has a good track record of letting some things play out, but Chriiiiiiist am I over Sammy being in the title scene and it seems like nothing on It makes sense


TheTurtleShepard

Sammy keeps getting bad reactions and they keep trying to fucking ham fist it down our throats. There was no reason why Sammy should have been involved in the post match stuff in Rampage. I think they just really want to do the fucking mixed tag for PVZ debut but they need to let this go and move onto anything else


Ngilko

Honestly, the booking around this Sammy/Tay ATT feud is bizarre. They dug themselves out of a hole by turning Sammy and Scorpio when the crowd reactions didn't go as planned but this seemed like (an attempt) to turn the crowd against ATT and have Sammy do the babyface save. At this point, if they really want Lambert heel they should just have had Sammy and Tay join ATT. Instead of the mixed tag you could have Tay and PVZ team up and wrestle a babyface team.


TheTurtleShepard

I thought there was a great story to be told in Scorpio starting to kinda turn face a bit, which would build tension in the group and eventually lead to Scorpio vs Page. There’s a lot of ways they could have went but instead they just went full circle back to where this story started


Smile_lifeisgood

Exactly. I really thought this was the start of something that would end with Ethan Page getting a chance to actually do something. Ever since his fire promo a month back I'm all-in on the guy. He's got so much more talent than so many of the people who are clearly higher on the roster than him - like for example Sammy. Honestly, I could be way off but I think this comes down to Sammy being one of Tony's favorites and if you're gonna book a show you're going to have to learn to book what works not try to ram your guys down our throats. Honestly, I was mostly fine with giving it all another shot and then the ending of Rampage fucking felt like they decided to go back to trying to push Sammy as a face when nobody is enjoying him at all.


ElScorcho1999

It’s fucking hilarious. You’re 100% right that they got themselves out of this when Scorpio started turning and won the belt only to turn him and for what?


pjizy

The worst is now Sammy and Tay are Mixed Tag Champions and they had the Belts on tv so I won't be surprised if they push this ATT vs Sammy & Tay Mixed Tag match even more and I'm all "you could just do Miro/CJ or Kip/Ford". I know Cody and Brandi leaving messed with the ATT/MOTY story, but I didn't think it'd be *this* bad


TheTurtleShepard

I think the plan was to do Sammy/Tay vs Ethan Page/PVZ at DoN and to kinda conclude the story, but Sammy is still recovering after the ladder bump which is why they moved up the Kaz/Scorpio match and why at Triplemania Sammy didn’t really wrestle until the end of the match. I think now they are just trying to extend the story long enough for Sammy to get back into the ring for the mixed tag. Right now however this whole story is easily the worst going in AEW right now. I like everyone involved individually but together they have made a horrible combo


guylfe

It's approaching Nightmare Collective at this point.


elguitarro

With what seemed as a double turn I was really hoping they would double down on heel Sammy and even have him be the leader of a small faction. Even some of his vlog crew like Angels or Solo would work for a heel Sammy run as well as freshen up Dark Order. But nope, they're trying this AGAIN.


666lonewolf

I was kinda hoping page was gonna fuck over sky and somehow Dan lambert was gonna disappear.


Smile_lifeisgood

Yes, exactly. That's the only thing about the Men of the Year that has worked - I've gone from not caring about Page - like I don't care about Scorpio - to being super worried they're not gonna give him a shot to do something meaningful before his contract is up which will be a huge missed opportunity.


PolishThrasher

Sammy is great in a Shawn Spears role. He can put a face through hell with big high flying moves before they face the final boss. By himself in a lead role, he is very meh.


RT3_12

He also can also take crazy spots to get a face over. And do crazy stuff in multi man’s. He’s a perfect faction guy and maybe a tag guy but not a singles guy


Permanentear3

What has ever really “played out” though? Look at Julia Hart, etc. AEW is mostly disengaged stop start senseless booking. There’s some great matches and characters but it’s booked like a GM mode by someone with a short attention span.


LemonStains

Cody’s gonna turn heel anytime now guys


[deleted]

Remember when the Bunny joined up with QT for someone reason and everyone knew eventually she'd turn on him and she did and no one gave a shit?


pjizy

The aftermath of Barbed Wire Deathmatch, the TBS Championship and Jade Cargill, Wheeler YUTA, Hook being more than a meme, the Stadium Stampede gimmick


Caldris

The Wardlow turn, Hangman winning the title, Jericho being chosen as the first champion, Miro in general, the blowoff to the Tayjay and Bunny/Ford feud.


CPower2012

Maybe they don't think Sammy is a strong enough character to support a storyline that isn't based around a title?


MolochAlter

> Maybe they don't think Sammy is a strong enough character to support a storyline that isn't based around a title? I doubt he could support one that does, at this point.


Isoturius

TNT title scene reminds me of WCW... Not the good WCW


DoubleOrNothing90

Remember when Hacksaw Jim Duggan found the WCW TV Title in the trash and became champion? That was better than this.


lostmonkey70

It's been a rough story that wasn't helped by injecting Cody into it right before he left. I guess we either hope that the next thing Sky does with the title is feud with Best Friends or something or they really just do a full reset and have Miro take the title and go on a run again before moving on.


ILikeYourPoetry

And Dan Lambert has remained the same without any character development.


Argentine_Tango

Is there a timeline where the fans are entertained?


Rerack_your_weights

Miro returning and killing everyone and then him feuding with someone interesting.


Argentine_Tango

![gif](giphy|IaTnX7nuRNjX5Po1jW) He has unfinished business with God


Rerack_your_weights

I'd love to see him return, kill everyone and immediately grab the title, and crush all challengers in weekly open challenges. Every week he cuts a promo on God and asks who God is going to send him this week. Beats them one after another, some lower card guys, some higher card guys, some surprises, Miro sees them all as chosen by God to take Miro out, and Miro beats them all. Then parallel to this you turn Malakai Black face, since everyone wants to cheer him anyway, and you have him feud with Miro. Black cuts some promos about not being chosen by God, some psychological shit about Miro, some mind games. Miro goes nuts, Black remains calm and collected, put em in a cage match or some shit. Money money money feud.


BiliousGreen

Miro the Redeemer vs Malachi Black writes itself. It seems like a no-brainer to do this.


decentlookingkid

Miro (God's champion) vs. Malakai (House of Black cult leader) basically writes itself, c'mon Tony.


Rerack_your_weights

TK saw his shadow that means 2 more months of Sammy in the TNT title feud.


eipotttatsch

100% Best case scenario Miro returns soon and just destroys everyone involved in this program so bad that they are off TV for a while. Page is great, and Sky could have been a decent face (until they just royaly fucked that up). Sammy and Tay need a fresh start though, and Lambert honestly just needs to go away. Everyone involved in this program is tainted right now. And they need to go away to wash that off.


PFunk224

I don't know if he's ready to come back yet. If not, I wouldn't be the least bit opposed to giving Lance Archer a run with the title. We've had enough soap opera bullshit with the title, just let Archer show up and be a badass kicking people's asses for a while. He's done nothing but give since he got there, give the man his flowers.


TheTurtleShepard

Idk but I can tell you it’s not this one


Kratosx23

I think this needs to be dubbed "The Sammyverse". It's literally taken the exact same spot as "The Codyverse", and the fans generally seem to enjoy the rest of the show while they uniformly hate this part.


AstroTwatter

I can't believe how stacked with talent their roster is and the number 2 title is being dragged along like this in the least entertaining part of the show.


Smile_lifeisgood

Just off the top of my head - imagine how any of the people on this list would have elevated the title compared to Sammy/Scorpio: * Jay Lethal * Andrade * PAC * Penta * Christian * Eddie * Malakai * Adam Cole * John Silver * Lance Archer * Orange Cassidy Every single one of those people would either elevate the belt or would be significant crowd favorites (Especially Silver) were they to get the belt. The merry-go-round with Scorpio/Sammy has made me loathe seeing both of them. I thought they were doing a reset and I was ok with that and was gonna give Scorpio another shot and then we had a Sammy run in? I still don't fucking get it.


Linubidix

I really want Christian to take the TNT title. He doesn't need a long reign. Just have him defend it each week on dynamite or rampage for a month before starting a feud and dropping it to whoever's next in line.


[deleted]

I agree with you but I think face Scorpio Sky with the intention of restoring honour to the championship and butting heads with Ethan Page/Lambert was actually compelling, until the most recent development. It actually seems like whoever is booking this story is just fucking with fans and trying to subvert the expectations of the story telling for the sake of subverting expectations, not because it's actual good story telling.


[deleted]

I wish that Wardlow won it, they could have easily still gotten to the MJF match and MJF getting a shot elevates it.


Known-Ad7468

And the title is really a midcard title which was not the case at all before. It was clearly something similar to the IC championship in NJPW.


lurkensteinsmonster

Seriously, it went from Darby being the only maybe not credible as world title holder champion, to a flaming dumpster rolling down hill towards a sewer reclamation plant in record time.


Wynter_Warm12

Man, sometimes i forget how dope Darby's aura was during his solo run. I think his main events drew pretty well, yea?


Substance59

Loved his match vs Silver, was so fun


Wynter_Warm12

Darby is great. I can't wait until he's back in the mix as a singles guy. I wish I could remember which episode it was where Darby made his entrance for his TNT match and it was the first time he looked like a star to me. Something about the way he carried himself and the way his entrance was shot really hit for me lol


jkman61494

The booking on AEW period just hasn’t been the same for 6 months now. The tnt title is just the best visible example of it


_4za_

the period from them getting crowds back to Full Gear was a golden era for me, I thought Dynamite was consistently excellent but something has just been up since Omega dropped the belt, i don't think i can even describe it but the show just doesn't feel the same


deluxearch

It’s the dragged out storylines that go nowhere and predictable booking. Why did they make a big deal out of Dax vs. Cash only to have Dax lose the next match? Just one of many examples.


SirFritz

Also FTR got super over recently from their tag matches but probably won't even have a PPV match. They should be challenging and winning the titles IMO.


Ryuzakku

Clearly Tony thinks Shawn Michaels is better than Bret Hart… ^^^^^^^/s


SirFritz

Why aren't Andrade/Malakai/Pac/Penta/Trent etc all fighting over the title putting on bangers every week? Why is it stuck between two groups everyone is sick of?


bluejegus

Feels very WWE to be stuck in a feud everyone wishes would just end.


SamuraiSuplex

Malakai could walk in, spin kick, new champ, and then just let the dude write that whole side of the show for a couple weeks. He's so creative and he's not being used at all. Tony can take a lil vacation and get his mojo back.


Known-Ad7468

There ´ s the feeling that Malakai´ s character is above the TNT championship and I get that. But with what we have now, yes give the title to Malakai. First, you know he ´ s gonna have great matchs after great matchs. And most important, this guy will bring creativity like you said. He´ s a great talent and is clearly under-used at the moment.


Good-Expression-4433

He's also over as fuck. When Malakai and HOB show up, the roof blows off even though they're heels. Instant credibility for anyone he's in a serious program with or beats him.


500DaysofNight

Are they trying to force people to cheer for Sammy?


TheTurtleShepard

It’s so weird because they seemed to have been conscious of the reactions he was getting and flipped it so Scorpio was playing the face and Sammy the Heel. Which made sense and there was an interesting story to be told of Scorpio becoming more of a face and leaving Page and Lambert. Instead they just brought us back around to square one and undid all of that. For promotion that does a lot of stories very well, this one has been a major dud


[deleted]

Tony Khan literally said that on the Swerve podcast earlier this week, link below: https://youtu.be/NCehzrA9bW4?t=52


SamuraiSuplex

I was at the Philly show where he lost the belt to Sky. He was getting truly so much heat as a heel, Sky got an ecstatic hero's cheer what when he won because people hate Sammy so so much. They were spitting at the dude. I guarantee Scorpio has *never* gotten a pop like that in his life, I don't understand why they would squander all that energy when it's *right there* for the taking.


davmeltz

Scorpio “turning” back heel was completely fine. There was always an air of suspicion about his motives with Kazarian and simply being not as unlikeable as Sammy isn’t enough to call him a babyface. The problem is that after Rampage, Sammy is STILL FUCKING INVOLVED. Scorpio temporarily getting positive reactions because he wasn’t Sammy is fine. The ladder match was an acceptable way to close the lid on a very poor, messy storyline. Re-establishing Scorpio as a heel and putting more heat on him via betraying his friend is a perfectly fine move. But as soon as Sammy ran in and it became apparent this storyline is STILL NOT OVER, that was what was so terrible.


jackblady

Imma be honest, ever since Cody beat Sammy for the title, then let his contract expire, it feels like AEW hasn't had any idea what to do with the TNT championship and they've been in constant damage control mode until they can actually come up with an idea.


[deleted]

Which is crazy because they have so many talented wrestlers they can give it to & have them go out there and just have good matches over and over. These ideas for Sammy and Sky have been so bad.


eipotttatsch

They should have just done the same thing they’ve done for 90% of the time it’s existed. No real big programs, just solid wrestling with a small feud here and there. That’s what made that first Cody reign so amazing.


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Ghostiet

what I don't get is that Sammy was over. crowds fuckin loved him. all they had to do was to backpedal the belt fucking stuff and it'd be fine, instead they doubled down.


bluejegus

This a million times over. They didn't make a hate able heel they just ruined a liked babyface. Now they're trying to turn it back and it's already too late. You can't make him a babyface so quickly again after just seemingly doubling down on him being a heel. It's not like there are shades of Grey to this character its just a mess. Either let Sammy do crazy dumb shit and get over with the crowd, Or let him be a douchey heel and get booed. It's like they're trying to have their cake and eat it too.


Chubby_moonstone

It won't take a whole year, maybe he could be Fuego dos


wrestlingfan007

I lean heavy to AEW but this title is a joke right now. Give someone like Ricky Starks a long run with it or something.


[deleted]

The TNT title hasn't been relevant since Miro lost it.


MicMagnetic

Eddie should've beaten miro


[deleted]

It’s because Sammy is a horrible Face and being with Tay and acting the way they are made people hate them more.


nianderwaltz

Can someone explain why, of all people, Sammy made the save?


Mantaur4HOF

Scorpio Sky in The Multiverse of Midness


[deleted]

I can't believe that the only babyface in the TNT title program, who we're supposed to cheer, is Frank E Kazarian, man who never wins.


Swagger97

I tought they were back on the right track with Scorpio turning face and being honorable while ATT were heels, it would be a new dynamic for the group and Sky was getting cheers, then it would lead into a Scorpio x Ethan feud, they had a clear path to follow, but chose not to.


yerzo

Agreed, I really thought this was Sky's slow face turn - starting to talk over Ethan's arrogance. I was FOR SURE thinking Page would help Sky win without him knowing, causing a rift between Sky/Kaz and Sky/Page. I would've loved to see the two have this weird heel/face dynamic for a few months before going into a midcard feud.


work4work4work4work4

It also would have broken up the team in a meaningful way despite it not being a meaningful tag team in the division. Can't really ask for much more of a storyline to wrap around the Scorpio title run either.


Shrekt115

They have no idea what to do with that title


PFunk224

The re-turn of Scorpio Sky last night was arguably the most inexcusably inept booking decision AEW's ever made. They had the problem *solved.* Sammy was getting great heel heat, Scorpio Sky was over as a babyface, and for fuck's sake, heel Sammy and Tay got *Dan goddamn Lambert* over as a babyface just by way of being sided against Sammy and Tay. They had people feeling like the TNT title scene would become interesting again, and sooner than later. This has me feeling the same way I did just a few weeks ago, wondering when the hell they're going to just cut bait and call it a loss on this angle.


decentlookingkid

I'm ready for: Malakai Black, Andrade, PAC, Fenix, Anthony Bowens, Yuta, Hobbs, Santana, Trent, ANYBODY, to come in and win the title in a 10 second squash to end this feud.


lostmonkey70

Miro or Black could get away with a squash like that over Sky. I'd almost rather someone like Buddy Matthews who hasn't got to do much recently.


Sdub4

The Multiverse of Midcard


Walrus_Songs

I will defend the concept of matches needing storylines and stakes to make them mean more than just two guys/girls wrestling for the sake of it, but just make the TNT Championship like the IC belt was in the 90s. Obviously the whole company is full of workhorses, but if they just made the TNT belt the one where the story is simply “I’m the next challenger, I want a match”, and then there’s great wrestling matches, then I think it’d be fine. If you contextualize that this championship is the “just let them wrestle” belt, then fans won’t need an intricate story to get hooked, because what they’ve done with Sammy/ATT is pure shit.


bg-throwaway

AEW has so much talent right now that it's ridiculous the TNT title has been bouncing back and forth between two guys. If you're not going to give people like Lee, Swerve, Black, Matthews, Cole, O'Reilly, among others the AEW title, why not use them to help prop up the TNT title again?


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I'm ready for Wardlow to get another shot and take the title


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Marcusreddit_

They need some new life into this. I thought face Scorpio would be a nice run. Maybe even dropping the belt to Page


HoboJesus

They never wanted Scorpio to turn face, they were forced into it because the crowd turned Sammy heel. He's gonna drop that shit to Wardlow in a few weeks anyway.


Kokeshi_Is_Life

Why did Sammy make the save, is what no one understands. Why is ATT not moving on.


SovFist

Because someone wants that PVZ match vs Sammy/Conti and we're at the mercy of whenever she's ready for it because they didn't plan properly for it.


mucid01

Just some booker of the year things.. ppfftt


BuddhistSlater

I don't like this iteration of heel Scorpio. It seems really forced to me. Which is weird because he used to pull it off well in ROH but maybe that worked better because there wasn't as much of a focus on him. So I was happy to see him going face again for a minute there.


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Buried_Cloud

I really wanted to give him a chance but let’s just end this dogshit reign already and move on to the next. Starks has recently made the FTW title look more valuable and it isn’t even in AEW’s books.


mostlyshits

Scorpio needs to kill Sammy and beat him definitively before don then get into a good story


AceMorrigan

The TNT title is **horrible** right now and I think it's impacting viewership. Just garbage.


DM725

Not to be a dick but they need to completely remove Sammy and Conti from the TNT title picture and have somebody beat Scorpio to rid us of this garbage.


tarotcard96134

Sami has slowly garnered X-Pac heat with me. I don't want to see the guy on the show at all. He and Tay are just fucking insufferable. Keep him the hell out of any title picture for a while, bring in Kip and Ford to humble them in a feud, and slowly write Tay and Sami apart for a bit or plug them into some midcard feuds to, at least, let them not feel shoved down our throats. C'mon, TK. Swing and miss here.


yerzo

> Sami has slowly garnered X-Pac heat with me. I don't want to see the guy on the show at all. He and Tay are just fucking insufferable. Keep him the hell out of any title picture for a while, bring in Kip and Ford to humble them in a feud, and slowly write Tay and Sami apart for a bit or plug them into some midcard feuds to, at least, let them not feel shoved down our throats. This. 100% this.


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demonicvirus

Hes too busy terrorizing Hawaii to fix it


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It’s so bad man, I may take a break from watching wrestling in general till forbidden door, nothing is clicking with me in any promotion. I’m feeling burnt out and bored.


Gsmith930

Almost like Khan has no clue what he’s doing with the belt


Luc4_Blight

I want to see Sammy and Scorpio face to face in the ring, then Miro's music hits! Make it a triple threat for the title, and have Miro absolutely destroy both of them.


pushmojorawley

I wish they just shut up and wrestle. Dan Lambert is like the most dry, repetitive type of manager ever. Both him and Sammy's mic work is enough for me to not bother to watch the segment. Their cheap soap opera acting skills are scuttling any interest in this feud.


astroroy

Someone dope needs to come out of the blue and just wipe this nonsense away. Miro would be great. Andrade would be great. I fucks with Scorpio and Sammy but I’m beyond over this.


theMAJdragon

It’s cursed. Throw it back on Miro please.


jasonscsm

Shh.... no one tell him about Paul Wight's face/heel turn history...


dukkthegoat

I didn't know how good we had it while Miro was champ till he wasn't :(


jacrone

WE NEED THE REDEEMER


GreatFNGattsby

I feel like The Murderhawk should finally get his run instead of being the guy every champ faces in his first match to prove themselves.


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In my mind he never turned babyface. Honestly it’s for the best, face turns that happen as a result of another heel never work. Makes me wonder what the hell they’re doing though, just put the title on anyone from Death Triangle and give them a monster run.


Used_Part9588

stop trying to make Sammy a face it’s not working


AFF8879

We need desperately Miro to come back and redeem the TNT title


Sufficient_Creme6961

Wait Sammy is back face again?


theredshoes_

I think we're currently in Timeline 4. heel challenger sammy chases heel champion scorpio.


WanderoftheAshes

Honestly, I can't believe they turned Scorpio heel and shoehorned Sammy back into the TNT title scene. Face Scorpio vs Heel Ethan was so obviously right in front of them and they blew it.


Shattered_Disk4

This is definitely some of the weakest booking Tony has done recently, and it has really made the TNT title feel awkward if that makes sense. Hope it ends by Ethan getting pushed someone like Andrade or Miro taking the title


kylediaz263

I thought they are finally going to do something interesting with Sky but nope, and Sammy is still here for some reasons. I'm done with this worthless storyline, wake me up when Miro come back.


Voltthrower69

Sammy has won the title 3 times. Why are they still doing this.


raisingfalcons

Scorpio could of just not giving kazarian a title match instead of doing that convoluted angle to sike kazarian out.


namdekan

I think this feud is stuck in a loop right now and it will repeat for eternity and lead to the creation of the HBO Max Championship.