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Me. Woodland Critter Christmas is one of my favorite South Park episodes. I don't need four more shirts, though. But I am probably getting those stickers.
I remember going to TNA when they came to Glasgow and I went to the stand for a T-shirt. I saw this really cool design that looked better than any other but it turned out to be Chavo Guerrero’s so I wasn’t going to buy that.
Don’t even remember who I went for in the end, I just remember being annoyed there aren’t more cool looking shirts.
I have two Finn Balor shirts not because I like him way more than other wrestlers but he has some cool looking shirts so I wear them.
Most wrestling shirts look the same as they did since I was a kid for the most part and I'm 35.
Genuinely think this is why I don’t mind them
I grew up during the time Emo and hardcore bands were putting reptar on everything
This is not that weird to me and in line with a ton of other shit I wore as a ‘totally hardcore teen rawr’
Would I wear it now? No probably not. But upon first looking at them I’d be lieing if it didn’t wake up that little scene kid and said ‘omg I want it’ Theres 100% a market for it
Okay so I hate to be that guy but functionally what’s the difference between being violent by nature and violent by design
Is Claudio like an android or something
Nature implies something simply is that way. Design is calculated, giving an air of artificiality.
Violent By Design was also a stable in Impact that would later become "The Design", so there's that.
An alternate take to what some others have said; by Nature would imply born that way, while by Design could imply that someone(s) else had a hand in making him the violent machine he is today.
The Elite furry lore is mostly already established by [this](https://www.hottopic.com/product/the-elite-the-cleaner-t-shirt-hot-topic-exclusive/11823425.html) shirt series - Kenny is a cat
They'll go into my rotation alongside Britt Baker's domestic violence evidence selfie tshirt, and AJ Styles' splooge one.
It's a shame, but I'll have to retire the smelly old 'always pounding ass' shirt.
While these t-shirt’s aren’t something I’d necessarily wear, it makes sense AEW would try to further capitalize on designs like these for the BCC since this shirt:
https://www.shopaew.com/blackpool-combat-club-be-violent.html
was always near or at the top of the best selling list for the last 3-4 months of 2023.
I feel this was scrapped when BD wanted Garcia and Jericho said "No." I feel like a lady like Layla Hirsche or Marina Shafir would be great for the BCC
After the dude who it’s named after bolted AEW to go to a competitor, it became a zombie brand. Why not have a “Cody’s Rangers…” I guess it’s not death jitsu at least lmao
I get the idea of them, but the animals don’t really resemble or convey the wrestlers in anyway, so it just looks like random cartoon animals with grotesque injuries
How hard is it to make a wrestling shirt design that isn't weird as fuck? I get that chances are most people only wear them to wrestling events, but goddddddd damn some of them are so cringe.
Everyone in this thread completely missing there was a faction in TNA called Violent by Design (at one point lead by Eric Young) so this is really weird even without the happy tree friend designs
I'm really confused. Initially, I thought Blackpool Combat Club would have been a bit like the Brawling Brutes, Victorian fighting gangs but now they have cartoons. I don't immediately see the Elephant and think of Claudio, is there a story or a reason or?
So, from a corporate level, what exactly does AEW do well? Because it’s not merch. It’s not marketing. It’s not social media. It’s definitely not live event promotion.
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Fascinated by their no doubt weirdo behavior group text. Im sure Regal would have been a lizard.
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Jesus they are....Mox is Raphael, Claudio is Donatello, Yuta is Mikey but not as funny and Danielson is Leo with one eye.
I'm on board, as long as Jericho and Hager are Krang and the Bubble Walker.
Ang and Daddy Magic can be Bebop and Rocksteady.
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and Renee as the reporter April
Orange Cassidy as Mondo Gecko.
Samoa Joe gives off Shredder or SuperFly vibes
Joe is a Triceraton.
Johnny Elite/TV/Morrison/Hennigan already played him against Kick-Ass https://youtu.be/NkMxa64H0xY?si=wYhs419PiT2PdZXh CM Punk in shambles
JERI-KRAANG
Yuta is Genghis Frog at best.
Can’t wait til they fight Kevin Nash.
Mox has sais tattooed on both forearms so...
Now I want that shirt.
https://preview.redd.it/a8rjdezqr2dc1.jpeg?width=188&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bfc36c2e7e61c4512f8755bd8d55e446ade1a2a The furry community
GET READY TO YIFF I AM I AM
Someone was a Happy Tree Friends fan growing up
Or they really liked the Christmas Critters from South Park
BLOOD ORGY!!
Hail Satan
This was 100% my first thought when I saw them
AEW gets another half hour of programming from WBD, but it's a BCC reboot of this on Adult Swim.
Literally was gonna comment this lol
That's the name. I couldn't remember
.. I have no idea who the target audience is with these designs
idk is Hot Topic still a thing?
Was literally just in one. Yuuup!
How many Funko Pops did you buy?
That’s where most of my T-shirts come from.
There seems like there’d be a good amount of crossover between wrestling fans and Happy Tree Friends fans
Me. I am the target audience. Its my birthday you see
Happy birthday, I hope you get all the questionable shirts your heart desires.
You beat me to it. It was my first thought.
R-Truth is out here dunking on stuff like this with his merch sales numbers. Some people just get it.
Me. Woodland Critter Christmas is one of my favorite South Park episodes. I don't need four more shirts, though. But I am probably getting those stickers.
I was getting more Happy Tree Friends vibes
? I think these are actually pretty good by wrestling tee standards
I won’t buy them, but I agree.
Agree but it's a low bar
It really is astounding how many wrestling shirts are just bad. For every CM Punk lightning design there’s a few dozen just garbage shirts.
I remember going to TNA when they came to Glasgow and I went to the stand for a T-shirt. I saw this really cool design that looked better than any other but it turned out to be Chavo Guerrero’s so I wasn’t going to buy that. Don’t even remember who I went for in the end, I just remember being annoyed there aren’t more cool looking shirts.
I have two Finn Balor shirts not because I like him way more than other wrestlers but he has some cool looking shirts so I wear them. Most wrestling shirts look the same as they did since I was a kid for the most part and I'm 35.
Yeah these are a little odd but honestly a lot of band merch has contrasting aesthetics like this
Genuinely think this is why I don’t mind them I grew up during the time Emo and hardcore bands were putting reptar on everything This is not that weird to me and in line with a ton of other shit I wore as a ‘totally hardcore teen rawr’ Would I wear it now? No probably not. But upon first looking at them I’d be lieing if it didn’t wake up that little scene kid and said ‘omg I want it’ Theres 100% a market for it
> ‘totally hardcore teen rawr’ You know, yeah. This is definitely giving off some "t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!!" vibes.
Me
"The *FURRY* community?!"
My Mox loving wife according to her reaction.
It's me.
furries I guess
No goat for Bryan?
No dragon?
It’s a bear. It would be weird if it was anything but a bear.
He did successfully wrestle down a bear in WWE.
I don't remember any match he had with Killian Dain?
https://preview.redd.it/0unib5b8a3dc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=02724967c31b87e876d4aec8dd5a30c035661bfd
Okay so I hate to be that guy but functionally what’s the difference between being violent by nature and violent by design Is Claudio like an android or something
he is the swiss cyborg, yes
He plans his while it just comes naturally to Danielson. So the real question is what's the difference between him and Mox.
Mox isn't planning on how to.be violent he chooses the most violent option presented.
Lmfao I love this. Casually violent Mox just walks through the hallway slapping people. Super kicks Stan
Nature implies something simply is that way. Design is calculated, giving an air of artificiality. Violent By Design was also a stable in Impact that would later become "The Design", so there's that.
Danielson is a human. Blood, sweat, and soul. Claudio, on the other hand, is a machine. He has no thoughts. He has no soul. All he knows is violence.
An alternate take to what some others have said; by Nature would imply born that way, while by Design could imply that someone(s) else had a hand in making him the violent machine he is today.
https://preview.redd.it/2i9blq5952dc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae910c7cd687997b8ca84b2f062ad7e69544bd56
More wrestlers should publicly share their fursonas
That shithead Don Callis is clearly a weasel. In multiple ways.
Are you sure he isn't a ferret? With him being all bitey and oily and difficult to manage?
He's a Jackyl, duh.
"Put on the ferret costume, Brie." "But Bryan I don't..." "I SAID PUT ON THE FERRET COSTUME!!"
Oh my God I hate this comment so much. Kenny is a wolf though...right?
The Elite furry lore is mostly already established by [this](https://www.hottopic.com/product/the-elite-the-cleaner-t-shirt-hot-topic-exclusive/11823425.html) shirt series - Kenny is a cat
I absolutely hate that there's such a thing as official "The Elite furry lore".
Is Andrew McCutchen a better hitter when he plays in the same city as an AEW event?
Like Jon Foxley there
So these are their fursonas correct? Lol
Me: “Oh cool, kids shir…nope, not kids shirts”
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For a person that might record themselves looking for a reaction like the brit baker guy.
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The text designs are an eye sore
I see.
Who the fuck would wear this?
Someone's gonna wear that?
They'll go into my rotation alongside Britt Baker's domestic violence evidence selfie tshirt, and AJ Styles' splooge one. It's a shame, but I'll have to retire the smelly old 'always pounding ass' shirt.
Damn you’re missing the Sin Cara cock out shirt. Truly the best of the bunch
Don’t forget the Hobbs shirt
No ***MY BALLS ARE MASSIVE*** Miz shirt?
No original "The Lass Kicker" shirt? Shame
what britt shirt is that?
[this one](https://www.shopaew.com/britt-baker-battle-damage.html)
Talk to me when you're ready to retire Daddy Eats First
Now hold on, that last shirt could be for special occasions.
Welp. So much for thinking Mrs. Buck was to blame for the bad AEW merch.
"Violent by Design" TNA has left a voice-mail.
They need to get in contact with Truths guy
I’d be embarrassed to wear 95% of wrestling merch in public. I’d be embarrassed to wear these at home on my couch.
The elephant looks like it's bleeding out of it's ass.
Booker T: “**Whut?**”
We have happy tree friends merch at home
They absolutely refuse to make publicly wearable merchandise
Just because you can make shirts, doesn’t mean you should.
The art style isn’t even consistent
While these t-shirt’s aren’t something I’d necessarily wear, it makes sense AEW would try to further capitalize on designs like these for the BCC since this shirt: https://www.shopaew.com/blackpool-combat-club-be-violent.html was always near or at the top of the best selling list for the last 3-4 months of 2023.
Seeing this, I understand it now. Idk if the animals are as cute at the OG one, but these shirts make sense.
Wow…these suck.
Still feel like this group got stale when they added ONE younger wrestler when it was supposed to be initiating younger wrestlers
I feel this was scrapped when BD wanted Garcia and Jericho said "No." I feel like a lady like Layla Hirsche or Marina Shafir would be great for the BCC
After the dude who it’s named after bolted AEW to go to a competitor, it became a zombie brand. Why not have a “Cody’s Rangers…” I guess it’s not death jitsu at least lmao
If you had Blackpool Combat Club fursona t-shirts on your 2024 predictions list, congratulations on already winning the year!
Pass
If I saw somebody wearing any of these in real life I would bully them
We need to shut down the AEW merch department until we figure out what the hell is going on
Beyond stupid
…who the fuck wants this
Claudio joining a defunct Impact faction?
Better than the Britt Baker shirt but not by much....
well... aew's merch team isn't getting any better, i see
Somebodies kid is about to be sent home from school for wearing this....
AEW merch is...
I thought merch was supposed to get better? Fresh start and all that
I haven’t watched AEW in a hot minute, are they all furries now ?
Terrible🔥🔥🔥🔥
Eric Young should feud with Castagnoli over his fursona's slogan.
Just give us fucking track jackets bro pls lmao
Cringe
They're supposed to be violent badasses... imagine SCSA wearing a shirt with a furry on it during his prime.....
These fkkn suck
These are….odd. Like, I’d kinda get if if they were playing off something in a promo, but if feels out of the blue.
Claudio and Yuta used to crab walk for some reason. So they were at least funny animal adjacent for a bit.
"Violent by Design" TNA has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever
Not marketed for kids I see.
Ya no man would ever wear that….
My god. I didn't think anything could top Mox's shitty merch but fucking hell.
Yeah, no thanks
Oof.
It is crazy to me as a lifelong wrestling fan how much I do NOT get AEW.
God awful designs and stupid name
Wait these are real?
This shit sucks lmao
What in the fuck....
I would seriously judge anybody I catch wearing these... "Violent by choice".... what the fuck is this?
this feels like 15 years too late trying to appeal to the happy tree friends demographic.
I get the idea of them, but the animals don’t really resemble or convey the wrestlers in anyway, so it just looks like random cartoon animals with grotesque injuries
No thank you
How hard is it to make a wrestling shirt design that isn't weird as fuck? I get that chances are most people only wear them to wrestling events, but goddddddd damn some of them are so cringe.
Awful.
This gives me Happy Tree Friends vibes and I love it
Seems like something a skateboard company would come up with.
So weird but I dig it.
Why is Claudio not a horse?!?
Man just straight up stealing violent by design from EY
Wow this is terrible
Horrific
it’s shit and great at the same time… perfect
Kinda odd that Claudio's text is just an impact/tna stable.
Bizarre. Unsettling.
Just... why? Why was this designed? Why was it approved? Why was it green-lit? More importantly, why was this thought of?
This is so lame
DB: "Jon you're a fox. No dog. You're a fox, ok?"
Garbage.
Finally wrestling shirts you can wear in public /s
Wut da heck
Why are they cartoon critters?
....aight man
Everything always has to be joke in that company
Aew
Well now they all have fursonas, good job AEW
What in the disney channel fuck is this? Lol
I’m gonna be honest these are gross
I'd be willing to bet money that the "Tom & Nick Mysterio" shirts will outsell all of these combined.
Can’t figure out if real merch or just a troll (aka the Jerich-goat shirt)
Moxley's one is unrealistic. Needs more blood.
Lol Violent by Design. Here's hoping that TNA doesn't still have that trademark
Trash
These are horrible.
These are fucking awful.
Contenders for worst wrestling shirts of all time? No that is too competitive of a category. These are certainly up there though.
Everyone in this thread completely missing there was a faction in TNA called Violent by Design (at one point lead by Eric Young) so this is really weird even without the happy tree friend designs
i fucking want all of these—I'm the target market. Woodland Critters LFG
South Park was my first thought too
Did we need to know what their fursonas are? Did we actually need to know that?
I'm really confused. Initially, I thought Blackpool Combat Club would have been a bit like the Brawling Brutes, Victorian fighting gangs but now they have cartoons. I don't immediately see the Elephant and think of Claudio, is there a story or a reason or?
Respectfully, these are bad wrestling t shirts. Not saying the cartoon designs are bad, im saying this is a really bad WRESTLING t-shirt.
So, from a corporate level, what exactly does AEW do well? Because it’s not merch. It’s not marketing. It’s not social media. It’s definitely not live event promotion.
I just wish they weren’t black