Shockingly there was no thread for the Bucks....
So their announcement last night was an echo of Cody Rhodes, in that if they do not beat FTR for the AEW Tag Titles, then they can never challenge for the titles ever again. I cannot begin to tell you why I hate this stipulation. But I'll try.
1. Cody Rhodes just used this same stip last year, and this feels like a copy cat stip in order to attempt to make the match feel bigger.
2. This makes this match highly predictable in my opinion. I do not think that AEW wants the all three of their founders to never be able to be their top champions. I can see why Cody does not need the title, and it also makes a great storyline in the future, where the company begs him to go back on his stip to challenge for the title. So why do you need the Bucks to also have this type of stipulation? Simple answer...You don't. Also the Bucks are not Cody Rhodes, and do not have his bloodline, nor his fame, nor his stature.
3. This Tag Title match is also not about establishing the title or the company. When Cody lost to Jericho, AEW was still young and needed Jericho with the title to help establish the company. A year+ is a long time in the wrestling business, and the company has an established name and a following, and is a respected company.
4. This match also screams to me as a way for the Young Bucks, who have been going around the world for years calling themselves the Greatest Tag Team to finally officially call themselves that by beating FTR. Many feel that FTR are the true best tag team in the world, so it just seems like the Bucks are tooting their own horns.
5. The stip makes no sense. The Bucks are active wrestlers, Cody will constantly float on and off screen to be upper management and have other opportunities, the Bucks won't. So the Bucks should always be in the tag championship picture or in high level tag feuds.
6. Finally it feels like the Bucks, who are AEW management, said to themselves, that we will wait a year before being tag champions so no one can accuse up of being self promoting and that we only started the company so we can be champions. But now a year+ in, it is time for us to hold the titles.
With all that said...FTR should win regardless.
So their announcement last night was an echo of Cody Rhodes, in that if they do not beat FTR for the AEW Tag Titles, then they can never challenge for the titles ever again. I cannot begin to tell you why I hate this stipulation. But I'll try.
1. Cody Rhodes just used this same stip last year, and this feels like a copy cat stip in order to attempt to make the match feel bigger.
2. This makes this match highly predictable in my opinion. I do not think that AEW wants the all three of their founders to never be able to be their top champions. I can see why Cody does not need the title, and it also makes a great storyline in the future, where the company begs him to go back on his stip to challenge for the title. So why do you need the Bucks to also have this type of stipulation? Simple answer...You don't. Also the Bucks are not Cody Rhodes, and do not have his bloodline, nor his fame, nor his stature.
3. This Tag Title match is also not about establishing the title or the company. When Cody lost to Jericho, AEW was still young and needed Jericho with the title to help establish the company. A year+ is a long time in the wrestling business, and the company has an established name and a following, and is a respected company.
4. This match also screams to me as a way for the Young Bucks, who have been going around the world for years calling themselves the Greatest Tag Team to finally officially call themselves that by beating FTR. Many feel that FTR are the true best tag team in the world, so it just seems like the Bucks are tooting their own horns.
5. The stip makes no sense. The Bucks are active wrestlers, Cody will constantly float on and off screen to be upper management and have other opportunities, the Bucks won't. So the Bucks should always be in the tag championship picture or in high level tag feuds.
6. Finally it feels like the Bucks, who are AEW management, said to themselves, that we will wait a year before being tag champions so no one can accuse up of being self promoting and that we only started the company so we can be champions. But now a year+ in, it is time for us to hold the titles.
With all that said...FTR should win regardless.
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