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I think they are a slightly above decent group now. For months they seemed like a half ass group, since basically the tip of the iceberg was their TV champion and it didn't seem like they were going after the big gold. Of course they did pull surprising swerves like Taz and Devon. I think now they are at the top of the career since they have the top heel of the company, and of course the most important belt of all, the world championship. Now the group actually seems like a legit group with a real purpose, instead of randomly beating the shit out of people and then eating losses.
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Not just Bully and Ken, but
A: The storyline actually makes sense now. They're a group of wrestlers pissed off at Hogan, not just random jobbers. (Lets ignore the whole "Knox and Gallows have contracts" thing)
B: The faction as a whole is being booked the way a biker gang should. The tagline "You'll Never Walk Alone" holds a lot of meaning, they're working together to protect each other and not getting run off 1-on-8 by 80 year old Sting anymore.
C: Because of B, the babyfaces actually feel like they have a legit obstacle they've really got to fight to overcome. (Lets ignore the whole "why are they coming out alone" thing). Shame they spent a good 9 months wasting our time to get there.
D: Plenty of people are complaining about the dead-end lineup, but really: As long as they book the payoff right, where Styles doesn't completely take out Aces and Eights but just swings the balance back in TNA's favor, several babyfaces could be made by this. Really hope they don't drop the ball on them (especially Magnus)
However, end this Kurt Angle vs Team Nepotism feud. Please. Oh, and kindly avoid Kurt Angle vs D'Lo Brown, too. Thanks.
A: The storyline actually makes sense now. They're a group of wrestlers pissed off at Hogan, not just random jobbers. (Lets ignore the whole "Knox and Gallows have contracts" thing)
B: The faction as a whole is being booked the way a biker gang should. The tagline "You'll Never Walk Alone" holds a lot of meaning, they're working together to protect each other and not getting run off 1-on-8 by 80 year old Sting anymore.
C: Because of B, the babyfaces actually feel like they have a legit obstacle they've really got to fight to overcome. (Lets ignore the whole "why are they coming out alone" thing). Shame they spent a good 9 months wasting our time to get there.
D: Plenty of people are complaining about the dead-end lineup, but really: As long as they book the payoff right, where Styles doesn't completely take out Aces and Eights but just swings the balance back in TNA's favor, several babyfaces could be made by this. Really hope they don't drop the ball on them (especially Magnus)
However, end this Kurt Angle vs Team Nepotism feud. Please. Oh, and kindly avoid Kurt Angle vs D'Lo Brown, too. Thanks.
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There's just too many attacks at the moment for me to enjoy the show. I get this whole 'Aces and Eights are running TNA' thing, but do two thirds of all matches need to end with run in attacks? I mean, the Angle match, why not have Garrett just hit him with the chain behind the ref's back for the win without the extra interference? For the Samoa Joe match, why not have Devon just get disqualified? Yes, I know this rant is kind of silly as group attacks are basically the purpose of the Aces and Eights, however, they just need to cut down on them a little for me, I'm just bored of them.
The angle overall is a LOT better since Lockdown though. Bully has made this group worth caring about again. Any time Bully and Devon work with each other their segment seems to be awesome.
The angle overall is a LOT better since Lockdown though. Bully has made this group worth caring about again. Any time Bully and Devon work with each other their segment seems to be awesome.
And I'll give the writers a great applause too. Everything seemed logical after Bully joined. It was a long planning, but they all stuck with it, and I think it was all worth it now. The wait was horrible, but I think we needed to see a devious Bully Ray pull the strings of his plan as far as he could before he revealed them.
That's the big thing that's glaring that TNA Creative needs to work on. The background story going on with the Aces and Eights turned out awesome, but while we waited for that to jump to the forefront what we saw on TV sucked. Gut Check seemed to be going the same way. Seems like they're working an angle with the losers, but just going off what we see on TV we see a cast of blind has-beens running a terrible monthly reality show where the losers seem to gain more than the winners.
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Gutcheck is a cool concept, but it defo needs tweaking. Only York and Ryan made it to TV, whilst the rest is still in OVW (Silva, Shaw, Hendrix, Bradley). I get why is that, but Gutcheck winners deserve more than spending time in OVW. Don't waste their momentum ffs.
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: style swerve right there.
this group is pretty cool thing to watch, but they need to make sure to stay
overmatching,cause a proven faction is dominate if you want to be taken seriously.
overmatching,cause a proven faction is dominate if you want to be taken seriously.
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Storyline is getting better but I hope they wont make it toooooooo loooooong but they will because it's TNA and it's one of TNA's life long stable storylines. I don't like members of group like Knox, Garrett, DOC and Taz but Anderson, Devon and Ray is making a lot better. I wish TNA had moved Brooke to Bully's side and another damage to Hogan. That would make it like Invasion storyline in WWF a bit. Hogan's daughter against his father.