polluxlm wrote:

At least they're not selling out. To do that you would have to sell something. It's not really a nostalgia act. Nostalgia acts release albums. This is a hustle band. You throw the mark a bone to keep him interested.

Nostalgia acts in today's world don't need albums. The past is what gets asses in seats.

The Eagles, Steely Dan, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi, Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top....

They don't need or want to do albums. In the off chance they do one, it's only as a promotional tool for the tour... which is basically what albums are now unfortunately.

The Stones the biggest nostalgia act of all...but even they got a creative spark and went into the studio last year and recorded two albums worth of material.

I wish bands still had to have an album in stores before they could tour. The GNR discography would be a hell of a lot bigger.

Shacklermyrye wrote:

A friend went to that AEW show in London a few days back so it roped me into watching the thing. Punk and Joe had a good match. There was logic to it, you can tell who is babyface and who is heel & even get the sense they slipped into those roles based of the crowd reaction. Everything else I have seen so far is flippy gymnastic bullshit, no attempt to follow or enforce rules at all.

If the rules are not inforced then why should I give a fuck when a heel breaks them? It's a spot fest clusterfuck. Jim cornette is so right about that company.

This is sort of the issue with "modern" pro wrestling.  Yes, the guys wrestling are far better athletes.  But most of the time they seem like they do the jumpy/spot fest stuff.  Nice display of atheticism but the psycholgical part of wrestling isn't there.

Funny you should mention CM Punk.  The dude got suspended again by AEW.  At some point, he isn't worth the trouble.