Mark Watson

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Hey_Its_Tempest Showbuckle was instrumental in getting my investment when I started getting interested in NJPW.

Honestly assumed he was getting a job with the company when he got took down.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Roppa_286 @DFrankcom Gotten used to £5-6 pints in Newcastle. There's cheaper options. Usually combined with worse options.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@wherestherats @WrestlePurists Using a Bill Hicks sucking corporate dollar reference when he's gone to the smaller artsy (if still billion dollar) company instead of staying with the big corporation.

Irony of the highest order.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@FerozShaik46988 @3rdDwarf @Peps_Wrestling Bowens over Max. Just needs some confidence and he could become a major star.

And not be the pin eater in The Opps.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@3rdDwarf @FerozShaik46988 @Peps_Wrestling Well if we're going off that, I'd stick with Sammy 😅

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@JaxsonPoll1920 @d_Keyzx9 @FerozShaik46988 @Peps_Wrestling Like anyone, he needs to find the groove that works for him.

I'd love to be wrong but don't think he ever gets above middle with the occasional upper middle, but that's fine as long as he's happy and healthy.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Bangus86 @SkytelWrestling "Barely 14k". Other than WWE nobody else has shifted even half that in the past 25 years save for the ROH/G1 supercard.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@d_Keyzx9 @FerozShaik46988 @Peps_Wrestling I would think it's fair to say they have at times made questionable choices.

Sammy Guevara doesn't deserve even a tenth of the hate he gets though.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Squawk_77OO @FerozShaik46988 @Peps_Wrestling Fair but he was only ever a tag guy there and don't think they even picked up any NJPW belts pre AEW. He wasn't anything approaching a star.

Everyone was somewhere before AEW and I'm not discounting anyone's pre AEW achievements, it's just Kyle only really broke through then.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@VelvetVoiceWS Pictures or it didn't happen.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@FerozShaik46988 @Peps_Wrestling Whatever you think of the other 2 The Pillars were supposed to be the young home-grown future stars that the company would build on and he's in his 40s.

Kyle plus one. Maybe Takeshita. Not sure you can call Takeshita home grown. Kyle at least came through properly in AEW.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@JonAlba Stardom and DDT, please.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Sinneswandel3 True but that's a problem in itself.

They never give them time to explore character/motivation.

Statlander completely rebuilds her character after winning the title with no explanation.

Willow announces she's injured in a backstage pre-tape instead of live.

Not good enough.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Fightful I noticed the similarity tonight. Thought maybe the make-up was Luna-esque but the images on Google search didn't match up. She did look a lot like her though.

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@WrestlePurists So did someone have to report this for it to get logged?

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@Genericktag @BackupHangman I get why in storyline. The "but why" is more the overall direction

It's not making the destination of All In seem exciting, like I don't feel the urgency to run out and buy a ticket like I did in 2023

Just think Ospreay triumphant is more compelling than the will he won't he

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@russellquirk Gets caught lying. Leaves it up for the clicks. Standard no standards behaviour

[Mark Watson @markisnothere]

@WWEREALONE Doesn't "need". Makes for an interesting story though.