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Am I the only one disappointed with Austin Aries?

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#1 ·
I'm kinda disappointed in his reign as champion. He has only defended the title once. And Bully Ray was his first real Match since he had defended it. I hate when a wrestler stays champion because he almost never defends it....Am i the only one?
 
#10 ·
Nope.

The Pritchard era needs to end. He's almost as bad as Russo, but in a different way. There's slow build, and there's what we get with him; no development. It's as if he's prepetually stuck in neutral.

Give Russo a box of legos, and in an hour he'll make some bizarre creation that only he understands.
Give Pritchard a box of legos, and in an hour he'll be lucky to have used 3 blocks.
 
#22 ·
Not disappointed in him at all, he's been performing great since forever, the title has been sidelined a bit for now, but that's hardly his fault. The storyline with Hardy sucks because he has to carry the whole feud all by himself, Hardy saying "yeah" in two minutes won't do much to elevate the storyline.
 
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#31 ·
The guy responsible for most TNA MOTYC's sucks now fpalm
This is how far we get... vanilla midget crap talk in 2012, bandwagon fans can go screw themselves.
 
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#6 · (Edited)
Re: Am I the Only one Disappointed with Austin Aries?



Aries is a web wrestler has been a web wrestler and will forever be a web wrestler god send him back to ROH he sucks.

Aries should've dropped the belt back to Roode at Hardcore Justice and we should have had Roode/Storm as the main event.
 
#21 ·
Re: Am I the Only one Disappointed with Austin Aries?

Aries is a web wrestler has been a web wrestler and will forever be a web wrestler god send him back to ROH he sucks.
If by sucks you mean the wrestler who has been the most consistent in ring performer in the last 12 months then I agree.

Can you name a wrestler on the roster who has been a better in ring performer in the last 12 months in almost every single match he has wrestled in if not every single match ? Bobby Roode, Bully Ray and Samoa Joe's best matches in the last 12 months all were against Aries, that is not a coincidence.
 
#7 ·
Re: Am I the Only one Disappointed with Austin Aries?

lol , do you see ufc heavyweight title being defended every week ?
why people think there is a need for the whc title to be defended at every ppv ?
and , no your not the only , in IWC , once you become the champ , poeple start to hate you , it's the norm .
 
#8 ·
Re: Am I the Only one Disappointed with Austin Aries?

The problem tho is he hasn't even wrestled in a while, Bully Ray last week was one of the few matches in a while for him, he doesn't have to defend it but let him wrestle as a champion. Anyway its too late now because they are starting to build for BFG main event and also Aces and 8s story.
 
#9 ·
Re: Am I the Only one Disappointed with Austin Aries?

Austin Aries only defended the title once? kudos for TNA for making title matches special.
 
#11 ·
I think the fewer title defenses is actually good, because it'll make title matches that much more special. Build up a contender and have the champion defend against him. I do think though that Aries should have been front and center of the Impact Wresrling product. He's the World Champion, and they should treat him as such. It was like they put him in the back after his World Title win in favour of the Aces and Eights storyline. They changed that a few weeks before No Surrender, but I still feel he should be treated as the most important person in Impact Wrestling. I am not disappointed with Austin Aries as a character though, because he's (thankfully) still the Austin Aries that we, or at least I, know and love.
 
#15 ·
VERY WELL SAID ! those are my thoughts exactly !
AUSTIN ARIES = THE TRUE BEST WRESTLER, PROMO CUTTER AND BEST LOOKING WRESTLER IN THE WOOOOOOOOOOORLD !!!
 
#16 ·
The problem is that his rise has coincided with a number of other things in TNA; Aces and Eights, BFG Series etc

This coupled with TNA only having 2 hours of TV a week has meant that he has not maybe had the impact (no pun intended) that he should have done in his first reign. Give it time though because Aries is just too talented not to be a major star in the company.
 
#17 ·
My whole thing wasn't about defending the title. The 1 title defense was an example of a lack of attention to the world champion. It seems like they are more concerned with Aces and 8's story and bumping up the Tag Division (which needs it) rather than show that Austin Aries is a true champion. Hell, even Cena wrestles on the shows every now and then when he is champ. All ive seen Aries do is get into "fights" with A/8 and get knocked the hell out. I actually liked him better before he was champ
 
#25 ·
Yeah, Aries personally has been great. But TNA sort of flubbed it by trying to do Aces and 8s, the BFG series AND have a new World Champ, all at the same time.

Roode was great, but I prefer Aries as a performer. Yet Roode's reign was better because he really seemed to dominate the show - everything and everyone seemed to revolve around him. Aries has had a lot of screen time but hasn't really been allowed to do much with it as it's all been about pushing forward unrelated storylines (like Aces and 8s) rather then establishing him as champ.

Hopefully, once BFG is out of the way they can focus on that. He's been champ for 2 months now yet he's only really fought Roode, Ray and Joe. There are so many dream matches he could have (AJ, Daniels, Angle) and so many good feuds they could develop, I really hope they let him have them rather than making him drop the belt too soon.
 
#26 ·
Also, I suspect an all out heel turn is on the way. Apart from the fact he started off as a heel and, despite being more face-like in recent weeks he's never really gone all-out to the light side, there's also the fact that most of the guys he could really do with feuding with are faces. Hardy and Aries is a good match-up but you can tell they're really trying hard to give him motivation to feud with Hardy. If he was an all-out heel, it would be a lot easier.
 
#28 ·
i don't get why you cant be anti Austin Aries on this page ! I been ban just for saying the guy sucks or TNA sucks for punting the title on him.

I love Roode and i did love all of his time with the title i was not in to Aries wining . Aries is too small !

( don't say i cant say a guy is too small i can and i did , if guys cant be too small that's up too you, not how i see it ! )

roode had it all the look he was good in the ring and he was not a spots guy , he is good on the mic most of all he has "it"

Aries has non of that!! james has more of that thats why i was for james vs roode at BFG.
 
#30 ·
i don't get why you cant be anti Austin Aries on this page ! I been ban just for saying the guy sucks or TNA sucks for punting the title on him.
I love Roode and i did love all of his time with the title i was not in to Aries wining . Aries is too small !
( don't say i cant say a guy is too small i can and i did , if guys cant be too small that's up too you, not how i see it ! )
roode had it all the look he was good in the ring and he was not a spots guy , he is good on the mic most of all he has "it"
Aries has non of that!! james has more of that thats why i was for james vs roode at BFG.

If he didn't have "IT" he wouldn't be in the spot he's in now. You're one of the few people that has a lil' guy phobia. Most people don't give a shit about height. Pacquiao is boxing's top draw. GSP is one of the faces of MMA. Aries is YOUR World Champion. All 3 are under 6ft and all 3 are ass kickers.
 
#29 ·
I think it will be a bit of a failure of a first title run if Hardy wins at BFG. But apart from that with everything that is going on right now the fact that he is manning up and being a part of those who wants to fight the As and 8s is good enough.

Aries is not meant to be a clean cut face. He is bordering on tweener as he says he doesn't care about the people as he tells them to shush or wants to punch the guy in the crowd's face after Bully Ray does. He deosn't have to get involved and fight anyone as he should be making sure he is healthy for his title defences.

But he fought armbreaker becasue the guy went after him. He is not exactly joining up with Hogan and Sting.

I think so far he has been fine especially in what character he is playing. Once As and 8s reveal themselves at BFG and hopefully he retaisn the ttile, Aries' title reign should kick into high gear!
 
#32 · (Edited)
He has had a poor run for sure and was much better chasing the title and unfortunately when Roode came back two weeks ago he put AA's mic skills to shame

I'd like to see Roode get it back again soon and have Aries involved in a feud not involving the title

EDIT Aries is great in the ring but for me a champion needs more than great ringskills as you need the entire package and Aries just hasn't done it for me so far
 
#34 ·
I never thought he was as good as people made out last year. That isn't to say he is good, he is very good both in the ring and on the mic, but for me he was never quite as amazing as some people said he was.

Obviously we all have different opinions on what we like in wrestlers, personally I just find him a bit bland. He is great when he has somebody interesting to bounce off/insult, but on his own he is no Bully Ray.

I dare say that masses of airtime have been taken away from ALL divisions due to the Aces and Eights angle, it is the sacrifice that has to be made to have such an involving, all-encompassing storyline.

Once that finishes I'm sure we will see more title defences all round.
 
#35 ·
The Aces & 8s bullshit ruined his reign. It overshadowed what was a great moment, in Aries becoming Champion, and meant what could have given TNA momentum actually ended up killing off the hottest property they have. The number one storyline after he won the belt should have been HIM and instead he was in a gang, fighting Aces & 8s and didn't stand out at all. Plus there's the fact he's had one title defence. At least he's got a big match at BFG, although I'd much rather it wasn't against Jeff Hardy.
 
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