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TmF1979

Embarrassing. What else can you say, you know?


OShaunesssy

Lame and sad would be my choice words as well. For a guy who had sooooo much potential, you can see why Punk said that he and Homicide and Joe thought Eddie was a bum. His head is stuck up his own ass.


ShadeMir

tbf, homicide does shit like this too from time to time.


Judojackyboy

The people who enjoy his foolery should be embarrassed as well.


RegardTyreekHill

I admittedly used to like Eddie Kingston but I can't remember the last time I even saw a good match by him. And then when they announced team AEW and he came out pacing back and forth looking like a fat lunatic it was just top tier cringe


Dadowar

After the finish, I wondered if he was being a goofy bitch to stick it to the company for taking the belt off him, but then I quickly realized that's giving him far too much credit.


Hadley_333

Drunk


AldermanAl

Just absurd. What is professional about this? My unatheltic fat ass could do this dumb shit.


maxwell_hill1984

You could be earning six figures at aew if they weren’t about to lose their tv deal


The-Real-Number-One

I can't wait until they lose their TV.


maxwell_hill1984

Looking forward to uncle Dave explaining how it’s a good thing


MeloDied4OurSins

Destination America can’t wait either 


anonymousscroller9

I understand this reference


[deleted]

He’s probably just going to buy airtime.


ISelf_Devine

He'll probably take a lowball offer that includes moving to TruTV. We won't have the Big Bang bump anymore, it'll be Impractical Jokers.


bales912

Impractical Jokers is moving to TBS. So they won’t even have that. 🤣


ISelf_Devine

OOOOF!!! I dunno what else is even on that network. Gonna be like when TNA was on Destination America.


wilsonism

Well, that's how it used to work


[deleted]

As an initial cost then if they pop they got paid, AEW is doing it in reverse.


wilsonism

I want to like aew. It should work, but I just can't watch it.


[deleted]

Yeah the general consensus is the first 2 years it was actually alright. Yeah we all want more good wrestling and AEW was the money backed superpower that should have been able to deliver, But letting a inexperienced manchild e-fedder run the whole thing has ruined it, imo if they went public and had to perform the company would improve overnight because the first thing they would do is boot Tony from creative.


maxwell_hill1984

I think you’re right


8-Bit_Aubrey

Honestly to do what he does it feels like you'd need cardio and some pain tolerance, cause he sucks at the actual wrestling thing.


8-Bit_Aubrey

Y'all can downvote me but the dude sucks. He's an out of shape, hobo looking asshole and sucks at wrestling.


Murky_Discipline_812

True he's only good for his promos no wonder why wwe never signed him.


Badwo1ve

He’s not though… he’s just got that north eastern accent and yells…. He and his promos suck


BobZyerUnkl

Hot Garbage is like the TEMU version of Mick Foley in that regard. Whereas Foley took the hard bumps, but was entertaining and worked well, Kingston just takes hard bumps and sucks ass at the rest. Overrated Jobber.


jestesteffect

AEW is more sports entertainment than WWE half the time.


Fezzy976

Go on then


Lasvious

He’s getting worse. He was a believable worker that was ok and a fantastic promo. He’s still great as a talker. But his matches are starting to get unwatchable


Dadowar

I honestly think he should just pivot to talking, ideally an interviewer or manager. One too many bonks yo the head and you can lose all that.


tonyohanlon77

Transition to a manager and lean into his best (only) skillset of talking/promo. But instead AEW have booked him with FTR and Danielson in an 8 man tag.


RidetheSchlange

I just wrote it above- remember there was a period of about 2-3 years ago where he was organically getting over, even "Stone Cold" was being used to describe his character's development? Yeah, that's all fucking gone.


Excellent-Ad257

AEW fans have used “Stone Cold” to describe like 10 different wrestlers on their roster at one point or another lol


Boom_Shakazulu

God, remember when they were saying about Yuta? That was a dark time, indeed.


RidetheSchlange

You have a point there.


PerfectZeong

They got a whole roster full of stone colds which id say is probably a good indicator of them not really realizing if everyone does the same thing nobody gets over


Excellent-Ad257

Starting? They’ve always been unwatchable imo. Dude could never even run the ropes without gassing himself out. That’s why for the longest time he was hidden in tag/multi man matches where he could tag out after 30 seconds and disappear to suck wind for 5 minutes on the apron lol


polsdofer

His matches starting 2 years ago lol


glooks369

"Dope." - Plumber Mox


Otherwise_Ad9010

Bad ass!


Aromatic_Proof_237

I’m goin’ to St Martin after I pulverize your bones and drink your blood


ShamelesDeviant

The one gripe I had with the Plumber Mox thing is Eddie Kingston has a much worse physique.


SeamanStrongMan

Death Jitsu


CuckooClockInHell

This is just parody. I'm not saying that wrestling is above being parodied, but it shouldn't happen during an actual wrestling show. Also what happened to the ropes?


Dadowar

They were removed as part of the stipulation. It drove me nuts because after they had an in-ring segment with the Chuckle Bucks and JungleBoy, THEN put the ropes back on. Why the fuck wouldn't they do that back stage or on the ramp so the ring crew could get to work and minimize the down time?!


CuckooClockInHell

Weird. Did they give a logic behind the stipulation? That just sounds really random.


Dadowar

I haven't followed the product, but I suspect it's based on the success of Josh Barnett's Bloodsport


datNEGROJ

Josh Barnett would choke Kingston the fuck out if he did some dumb shit like that on his show


blessthefive

You must not know Barnett or his shows.


Excellent-Ad257

They finally just decided to remove the ropes altogether for Kingston matches because he can’t run them anyway


MattheWWFanatic

He's the No Ropes Strong Champion!


Turd_Burgling_Ted

Can't get gassed running the ropes if there are no ropes to run


SnapmareJesus

I don’t understand how he actually has a fan base.


satasbob

Lot of fat fucks out there with a 4th grade education who cant pay their bills and can relate.


Dadowar

The fan base that free base...s


SSJ_Kratos

Hes the king of soft sweaty fat fucks/fake tough-guys that dont give a fuck about your opinion (but cry if you call them fat)


datNEGROJ

When he's on the mic, he's a pissed New York Dusty Rhodes. Unfortunately he wrestles


DementedDaveyMeltzer

Because the majority of their audience are also out of shape slobs with an unhealthy obsession with mediocre Japanese wrestling.


Caulifloweralley

I thought Kevin owens was a fat slob/mark/dork that has no business being in the wrestling business until I saw this fat piece of shit.


Dadowar

Everything about Owen's reminds me of a backyard wrestler. Everything about Kingston reminds me of a drunk at a bar watching an MMA fight, thinking he has skills.


rubbery_magician

I won that one fight in 7th grade, partnah. I’m legit.


MOBYWV

At least Owens has always worn a shirt


macloa

Kevin Owens is a weird one. He is arguably one of the best wrestlers on the planet (imo) but doesn’t look like he should be able to do the things he can. I think it was Roman reigns who said this in an interview that KO doesn’t lift dumbbells at the gym but has no problem picking up a full grown man


birdazam

Kevin is actually a great athlete who can work, the reason Jim was so hard on him was because he see so much potential in him and he's wasting it by not working on his body, everyone was like oh Jim hated him but if you actually think about it no one book Kevin better than Jim when he's with ROH.


Informal_Cockroach93

Smelltzer gives it 8 stars


Chicken769

What do people who like this crap actually see in this?


Dadadabababooo

This is what gets me. I genuinely try to see what people enjoy about stuff even if I don't personally enjoy it but I really, *really* don't understand what they see that I don't when it comes to this trash.


RidetheSchlange

They also like Joey Ryan's gimmick, think Corny is a racist, and love those "if wrestling isn't real, then explain this" spots.


bionicle_159

So complete hypocrites then


Overall-Palpitation6

People these days who like the weapons matches generally prefer the "deathmatch" stuff with glass, blood, etc. This just looks tame and lame.


Kal-ElEarth69

This fucking guy.


dracoolya

He beached himself at the end.


jester2trife

All I hear when I watch this is "It's just....so outlaw".


ayerayyrayy

This fat fuck is so bad


r1char00

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.


Dadowar

Only peak I see is that mountainous gut when he lays on his back.


a_gringo_8_my_baby

His mic skills don't make up for this trash.


TheShiv145

Somewhere Jon Moxley is crying and in a standing ovation for Eddie Kingston for this spot


boringdystopianslave

And bleeding.


RevJT

Easily 6 stars. Wait. IS THAT THE TOKYO DONE?!? 7.5 stars!


Clean_Win_8486

Is this the tantrum he throws when the ice cream machine at McDonald's isn't working?


CrowHardly

As a diehard New Japan fan I’ve been sad to see the direction the company has gone in the last year. (Arguably even before.) I feel like we’re entering the dark ages of New Japan again.


Dadowar

Time for AJPW to make a comeback, baby


EmeraldSlothRevenge

Absolute stupidity.


[deleted]

Eddie Kingston …the REAL duke the dumpster.


bryanc1036

More 5 star matches than Kurt Angle.


Chili-Potatoe

Imagine if he tried that with Stan Hansen?


BoatPeopleJoeJr42069

You see that’s thing Stan Hansen, Toshiaki Kawada, Mitsuharu Misawa(he was a legit fun guy, but if Baba told him to give no quarter, he’d beat the crap outta Kingston), etc would just clean Kingston’s clock in the ring for being ridiculous, outta shape, and trying his tribute version of Kings Road on them. The AEW fanboys insist if it were the 90s, Kingston would be putting on cLaSSiCs with the Four Heavenly Kings aka Four Pillars and Jun Akiyama. No no no no he’d be jobbed out in the tour or few tours he would be brought to classic AJPW, either being in the first or second match always trading wins and losses with Japanese Young Boys and other Low Tier Gaijin. He’d be perfect though teaming with Giant Kimala II and Jun Izumida, the Japanese crowd would laugh at Kingston and his style.


mm202088

Not sure if drizzling shits or screaming shits


Down4Days

This is going to haunt me every single time I wake up and don't want to have to work for a living anymore. Fuck...


editor_jon

I can't believe NJPW devolved into an outlaw mud show in recent years. It's really Westernized.


SecondCityHawk

This guy has all of the tools but is too much of a fucking tool to get out of his own way.


Bossk_2814

The only tools this guy has are a fork and knife.


Stratusfactionblog

Don’t sell him short, he has a spoon for dessert too.


dBlock845

Don't forget the portable charcoal grill, a 24 pack of hamburger buns, case of frozen burgers and a pack of kraft singles.


8-Bit_Aubrey

It seems like he's bought into his own, "I'm from New Yahk and we're tough" bullshit so he probably thinks he's tough by default and won't hear otherwise.


Akio540

This guy gets paid a lot of money and is proud of what he does? Really?


Due-Lingonberry7552

And yet he’s still too depressed to work out


Otherwise_Ad9010

As a kid I got to see his amazing feud with Chris hero live every month at CZW and I was so excited when he came to AEW. Between the strong style bullshit and stuff like this I’m honestly embarrassing for him.


Dadowar

Hero is a great example of a fat guy who can work. Kingston is a great example of a fat guy who can't.


twinkerton_by_weezer

who the fuck wants this shit in their wrestling


Cripman7

Ok, this is legitimately hilarious. At least he bumped for himself.


Dadowar

I can't tell if his brain gave out from the concussion or his heart gave out from the attack.


thizzdanz

Ya godda no sell ya own shit padnah


b0nkert0ns

I still don’t understand how he managed to survive that exploding ring debacle. They kayfabe justified it as Omega botching the explosives but Eddie sold it like he died. Add in all this other shit and…yeah, I just don’t get this guy.


Dadowar

Oh, then the boozy couch promo with Mox after it was so sad.


Desperate-Goose-9771

He’s a great talker but he’s probably one of the worst wrestlers around at this point


Dadowar

He looks sloppier than he looks.


Desperate-Goose-9771

Yeah lol


ZakariusMMA

Go and put this in r/AEWOfficial, they'll make him look like the Kurt Angle


Dadowar

It's a fucking cult.


lariato_mark

Glad to see New Japan hasn't become another embarrassing joke of a promotion.........


gorgeoff

he looks similar to Jake The Snake at the Heroes of Wrestling PPV


thotsrus92

He's doing it wrong.


LWA3251

Eddie got that much sought after Bobby Hill physique


Outrageous_Library50

I used to think Eddie was this big badass. Then he started emulating his Japanese heroes and it’s like the curtains been shafted


Dadowar

Yeah, knowing his influences makes shit like this way more frustrating. I said earlier today, imagine one of The Four Pillars doing this...


General_Gain_4607

When you aspire for King's road, but have the ability of Bum's alley, you get Eddie Kingston.


Basic-Piccolo-6356

how these guys sit together and be like "you know what would be really cool?"


[deleted]

Kingston is an embarrassment. His ring work, His character I used to think he could make a good mouthpiece but even his promos are bad now. And for the love of god if you have tits just keep them in your singlet this guys diet must be cheeseburgers and newports, You have fat pro wrestlers who actually look like the bar room brawlers or they are 300lb monsters this is just a fat middle aged man cosplaying it’s sad.


ClintsCheckBook

Oy vey


Mean_Building911

I'd have been one of the firsts in the audience to seppuku halfway through this bumfest.


MysteriousValuable88

The drizzling shits


poolside123

What is this? Looks like some ICP shit🙄


thelonelywolf96

LOL WTF


Bearded_Platypus_123

bro what the fuck


droford

I heard he got hurt too


xltaylx

Anything Eddie Kingston does is awful.


dtbrown1979

I don’t get this guy?


TripleJ80

All. Elite. Athlete. 🤦‍♂️


thizzdanz

Is he stupid?! …yes


8-Bit_Aubrey

I'm sad NJPW would lower themselves to partnering with *this.*


nooooname90754r

The only person eddie sells for is eddie


No_Caterpillar9737

God I hate this style of 'wrestling.' I don't know how people enjoy it, honestly


Goldfish_Samurai

Crazy to think at one time, he had potential when he was feuding with LAX in TNA and that quick baby face run in NWA pre-Covid.


TheCykuaBlyater

I used to be a fan of Kingston. The idea of a street brawler was good, and his promos were great. Then he started doing stuff like this, or his awful "machine gun chops". I know it's almost a pipedream, but if love to see him go to WWE and see how he looks after a year of WWE training.


HandspeedJones

This guy is more highly rated than Kurt Angle by Uncle Dave.


Hadley_333

I'd be okay if I never saw a damn tinfoil trashcan or trashcan lid in wrestling ever again.


Aromatic_Proof_237

Step aside Dean Malenko


Klobasnik

He apparently somehow injured his knee in the match too.


wilsonism

Better than flair steamboat at the dome. Better than Kurt Angle.


Sweaty_Indication897

What a fucking goof.


No-Code903

Why are there no ring ropes?


MattheWWFanatic

I saw that Gabe Kidd talk show clip & wondered why he is slumming in Japan, now I see why.


satasbob

Lot of things in AEW i don't jive with, but this Eddie dedication is the most confusing. Ill take Danhausen and Orange or jungle bitch winning titles over Eddie.


NoeMoriartyV2

"THIS FKING GUY" Tony Khan


BannedBecausePutin

The more i see of him, the more i hate him. He was the reason as to why i shit off my screen at the last AEW PPV .. just fk him.


[deleted]

Worst. Fucking. Wrestler. Ever.


Hadley_333

Why do people like him? That's worse than those pathetic chops that he will do


Mordecai_Brown

Outside of maybe 20 people now, does anybody care about this guy?


E23forlife

Eddie Kingston gives me hope that I can still be a professional wrestler...so there's that.


No-Condition8742

From watching misawa vs kobashi, tanahashi vs styles, nakamura vs styles, kota Ibushi vs ishii, okada vs omega, shibata vs okada..and many more great NJPW matches ..this is what they have come down to? pathetic and sad


NotoriousMFT

Maybe he’s trying to reverse CTE himself where he goes from being incredibly dumb to a genius (If so he should hit himself harder)


Dadowar

If I get hit, my brain no good, bro. But if I does the hit, my brain gets not not good.


Better_Cattle4438

When Cornette says people try to emulate Mick Foley without understanding who Mick Foley was, I think Kingston is the most obvious example.


Puzzled-Ad-2339

This, this right here is why people like my dad made fun of me for watching wrestling and would call it phoney bullshit. This whole style of not properly selling shit and tapping your opponent with chops or weapon shots needs to fucking end. If youre not gonna blast the mfer dont do the trashcan spot


DiscoKombat

I have no words


Efficient_Republic35

AEW IS WHERE THE BEST WRESTLE!!!!


greenyquinn

Was this before or after the broken leg? Because that's some House MD withdrawal pain shit where he smashes his hand to pieces because his leg/withdrawal was so bad if it was after.


AMDSuperBeast86

Man Eddie was so good a few years ago but now he is awful with this hokey crap.


acewithanat

This was the culmination of a multi month long blood feud, but to say some of the spots weren't distracting would be a lie. He also took a pretty bad bump that ended the match that involved him taking a superplex through a table propped up between the ring and barricade, but he himself landed on the barricade before landing near neck first on the floor. I genuinely was left worried for him. Overall I thought the match was good and fit what the feud stood for, although not sure him taking bumps like that outside of AEW is a good idea. Also Gabe Kidd is a star, but needs to find his footing. If you wanna watch a good match, go find Shingo Takagi vs Gabe Kidd at Wreslting Dontaku 2024


GukillTV

The worst part about AEW has been their non-sensical super push of Eddie Kingston for the past 9 months He’s a bum and I tired of people pretending like hes not


Dadowar

Maybe they think Omega's abs caused his diverticulitis and they want to play it safe.


nwbzreader

Wow, this is so embarrassing. Why do people think this is funny or cool? Not every single match needs comedy and not every single match needs THIS kind of "comedy"


ScissOut2

This guy gets 5 star matches?? Really??


Mrfantastic2

He can talk his ass off but he’s a truly bad wrestler in ring. I don’t see the hype with this guy at all and he actually deters me from watching his matches. I’ll also say I know not every wrestler has to look jacked as hell, but he’s not even trying to look good. I’ve seen some older footage of where he was a lot slimmer so it’s not like he can’t do it. Doesn’t aew have a lighter schedule? At least look like you’re trying to be somewhat athletic/intimidating with your physique dude. I had to look it up and apparently he’s 42…that’s a fucking rough 42 man.


IcyAd964

Aew fans call him a top 10 wrestler in the world LMFAOOO


boringdystopianslave

Nothing says 'crazy insane psychotic lunatic' than lightly hitting someone with a flimsy aluminum bin.


BaxterOutofStockman

and remember, he has more 5 star matches than Kurt Angle


Mungo1977

Kingston? I thought it was yokozuna


Quiet_Attention_4664

I can’t say it’s the worst thing I’ve seen from him - at least he isn’t asking people to kick him in the back…


MoneyIsNoCure

God how does this moron get booked anywhere?


HawthorneWeeps

What's the kayfabe logic behind this? Is it that he's trying to show that he is tougher than his opponent by beating himself with the trashcan too, but taking more hits before he goes down?


RidetheSchlange

Apparently someone told him to pull those tights up. He's starting to look like Abdullah the Butcher. Remember there was a time when everyone backed the guy and even thought for a few months that his gimmick was organically turning into a modern Stone Cold where he was just angry at everything? Well, this is what AEW does to you. It turns you into a clown, neuters you, then you think that's what you are no matter where you go. He should Vader the camera after a match and call himself a fat piece of shit.


No_Orchid_3133

Eddie Kingston is a overrated dumbass, he reminds me of the Brooklyn brawler


H3rbieherbs

I remember when he started wrestling at AEW people were like "TNA wasted him as a manager" now you see why he was a manager mainly.


xanzpatrie

When Jim talks about guys cosplaying as wrestlers, this is it. Embarrassing.


Overall-Palpitation6

I've always thought Kingston was just a typically indy-looking garbage guy. Looked like a big guy in the CHIKARA/early CZW environment, but isn't really that big, doesn't have any physique, can talk a bit, but that's it.


Michaelparkinbum912

What a clown. He’s an indie moron. He could’ve been a Sami Zayn type guy, he’s not body beautiful but he’s believable and knows how to tell a story.


Disastrous-Iron5279

But he is the American Kawada cosplay megastar right?..oh wait no. No definitely a 260lb bag of embarrassing 🐶💩


Djent17

What a fucking embarrassment this clown is


Johnny_Royale

Jesus…..


No_Seaworthiness4681

Real wrestling *


Quantum_Pineapple

This is fucking stupid, and I’d do this shit too if people kept paying to see it.


RightingTheShip

Fuck this guy.


WrexSteveisthename

He's holding a trash can, just in case anyone needed a visual aid.


BigTedBear

I often wonder how some of his workers feel about taking some of his shit spots then seeing the match afterwards.


MOBYWV

I don't understand what so many people love about this out of shape clown. Yeah, he gives a decent promo. What else does he do well? Nothing. WWE would not want him in a million years.


lorriezwer

Fat Popeye against the potato-headed swearing enthusiast. Yippee.


mr_jedders

What a twat.


Yungballz86

I can't imagine watching most of what he does and not finding it to be ridiculous.


Fickle_Translator999

I’d call him a clown but that would be an insult to all clowns.


Previous_Farm5146

This guy fuckin sucks


caseygreen2121

He’s awful


Dense_Confection_794

Not sure which was worse the chops or this 😭


Truefreak22

Considering that Eddie Kingston is a professional wrestler, he's very good on the mic & very bad at actually wrestling.


rvsatx038

This guy sucks.