Aces & Eights

[tommytopographic]

Anyone else think the main problem with Aces and Eights is they lack the cool factor to make them more interesting?
I was intrigued at first but have increasingly grown disinterested in the group. I don't think the biker image is a particularly good one, and the first 2 to take of their masks DOC and Devon hardly the most compelling characters and didn't help their momentum. Devon especially seems out of place to me, albeit trying his best in the role.
The segments in their backstage club are a little daft and their evil group laughs are entertaining for all the wrong reasons!

[Cabers]

Anyone else think the main problem with Aces and Eights is they lack the cool factor to make them more interesting?
I was intrigued at first but have increasingly grown disinterested in the group. I don't think the biker image is a particularly good one, and the first 2 to take of their masks DOC and Devon hardly the most compelling characters and didn't help their momentum. Devon especially seems out of place to me, albeit trying his best in the role.
The segments in their backstage club are a little daft and their evil group laughs are entertaining for all the wrong reasons!

Its slowly getting boring now i have to say i am all about slow builds but this isn't building at all.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

Its slowly getting boring now i have to say i am all about slow builds but this isn't building at all.

I disagree. I think they are doing well building each character individually, which is why there's so much time between reveals. Think about it; after Devon was unmasked at BFG, we got to see "heel" Devon on the mic and use his ability to draw a bit of heat. It gained some chatter because Devon has always been better on the mic as a heel. When that died down, we got the unmasking of DOC, followed soon after by the excellent build up of his as a credible "threat" with his hammer attacks. I don't think the "group" has been building as a whole since they started unmasking these guys, but they have been doing their best to build each character in their own way as they started taking the hoods away.

This is a longer storyline that has had it's slow points, but it has picked up a LOT of steam from where it was two months ago, so I am not going to say it is "getting boring" when it has already made it past the midway point and is on it's downward side of the tale. The "boring" stuff to me happened when Aries faced the "Armbreaker" and they kidnapped Sting/Hogan. These past 2 months have been WAY better than that.

[tommytopographic]

Its slowly getting boring now i have to say i am all about slow builds but this isn't building at all.

Same here mate, i like it when storylines get built up over time and have a chance to breathe rather than the flash bang Russo style, but the Aces and Eights has struggled to hold the interest. Having invested this much time into it they need to see in through to the end, we can only hope there is a fun twist that reignites it.

[tommytopographic]

I disagree. I think they are doing well building each character individually, which is why there's so much time between reveals.

That's a good point but for me those first 2 reveals were a bit disappointing. They built it up as a very big deal and then...Devon was revealed...and then Luke Gallows, certainly not no marks but not big stars either, not 2 characters to build excitement about the group.

[Darkside Ron Garvin]

That's a good point but for me those first 2 reveals were a bit disappointing. They built it up as a very big deal and then...Devon was revealed...and then Luke Gallows, certainly not no marks but not big stars either, not 2 characters to build excitement about the group.

The first reveal had the biggest build up because there was such a massive amount of time to speculate. I was happy with Devon for one simple reason - it swerved everyone. People were speculating from Matt Morgan to Abyss' "third face" and everyone in between. Devon stayed loyal to the part, be it on twitter or in any other media outlet. He wasn't that "major" name that people wanted to see, but it was that major swerve everyone wanted. Had it been a "John Morrison" or another major free agent, everyone else would have been a letdown. With Devon, they gave the fans a solid curveball and turned one of the biggest fan favorites in the Impact Zone (regardless of his standing outside of Florida) against them.

As for DOC, he wasn't meant to be a big "shocker" moment, but rather new blood into the group. I think the worst part of the reveal is that Joseph Park pulled the mask off the way he did, making DOC look like a bit of a buffoon, but they squashed that after the attack on Sting. He was redeemed from that by making the attack brutal and the intentions blatant; I am here to hurt you. The intent of these two characters being unmasked wasn't to get you to mark out, but rather to keep the ball rolling and your wheels turning as to who is next. The mark out moment will come at the payoff. At this point though, I am not sure if anyone will be happy with the final product because so many have preached negativity about this angle since its inception, rather than sitting back and enjoying the ride. It doesn't bother me that people are critical of this angle; the problem I have is that they are critical over things shouldn't bother wrestling fans (i.e. the reward of a minor moment isn't "major" enough for them). People complained that they needed to start unmasking these guys to "associate a face" to the group, yet complain when the first 2 of many (3-4 "goons" and 2 majors left) weren't "big enough" names.

Like I said, I have had some frustrations with this angle as well, but I am bothered more by the fact some would call this part of the story "boring" when it has become more interesting now than the original attack on Sting to start the angle.

[FLWWEFan]

It's one of the better angles TNA has put out there, but it seems to have lost some steam ever since Devon was announced. I'm still interested to see who the remaining members are but I think it's gonna take a few more months until all of them are revealed. It'll be interesting to see what TNA makes of it from that point on if anything.

[Shaz11]

I like how they're taking time with the masks to come off, so they can build up the members. And plus, it'll give us a better shock for the PPV/Impact.

[Peter Kaymakcian]

Garrett Bischoff and Wes Brisco I think will be the tag team of the group, Devon going for the TV title, DOC for the World title/Enforcer, and the other guys for numbers. I think the storyline will have to pick up soon with all the members being revealed. I think someone like D'Lo needs to be revealed as a member. That way you know they've inflitrated management as well.

[Rockstar83]

It seems Garett Bischoff has been caught out and we all know that Drew Hankinson is DOC, I believe that Wes Brisco is another member anyone else have any photos to prove it?

This doesn't mean anything the only REAL reason he was a member was because they want to "Rotate" random wrestlers to FOOL US. But Wes Brisco is DEFIANTLY a part of ACES & EIGHTS.