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I\u2019m not entirely sure how I ended up on ShopAEW\u2019s distribution list, as I have never purchased anything from them, or ProWrestlingTees.com at any point in my life, but for whatever reason, I still get their periodic emails.\u00a0 It\u2019s hasn\u2019t really been a nuisance yet, and as much as I clown on them as a promotion, I do think that they still produce some decent merch from time to time, 75% of it being for Britt Baker.\u00a0 And I figured if the company were ever to eventually release replica title blets, this would probably be the most accurate source to get information about them.<\/span><\/p>\n Well, that time finally came, and I saw an email titled \u201cAEW World Championship Replica Title<\/a>\u201d and my interest was immediately piqued.\u00a0 Honestly, I\u2019m not that big on their world title; if I had my pick on any of the actual AEW blets available, it would be a Tag Team<\/a> blet, and since Miro became TNT Champion<\/a>, it\u2019s slowly softened my opinion on what I originally designated a Popeyes Blet.\u00a0 But as a collector of replica blets in the first place, I still wanted to see what was going, in case there was an appealing price point that could change my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n $699.\u00a0 <\/span>Six hundred, ninety-nine dollars<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For a replica blet.<\/span><\/p>\n My knee-jerk reaction is definitely, <\/span>yeah fuck no<\/em><\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not shitting on this blet because it\u2019s AEW and I know I\u2019ve been quick to shit on them for all the dumb things they\u2019ve done so far.\u00a0 I\u2019m not shitting on this blet because of its seemingly high price tag; frankly, this isn\u2019t the most expensive blet out there.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m shitting on this blet because it has a high price tag for what they\u2019re not going into any real detail about.\u00a0 I even watched the video of it in case there was some more clarification on what materials they\u2019re using and the quality of the metal, but it\u2019s instead just more fluff from Pentagon\u2019s valet\/AEW\u2019s Spanish language announcer, Alex Abrahantes.<\/span><\/p>\n New Japan sold official replicas of IWGP belts, which ranged from <\/span>$2,080<\/a> to <\/span>$1,800<\/a>; but they\u2019re clear that they\u2019re using 18-karat gold, and the craftsmanship is very Japanese exquisite.<\/span><\/p>\n Even WWE sells more expensive blets, like their <\/span>deluxe<\/a> line, which justifies the cost by using real leather, and then they have nearly <\/span>$2,000 elite replicas<\/a> which are basically actual, television-ready replicas that are made from 10-karat gold and cubic zirconia stones.<\/span><\/p>\n However, WWE also sells all sorts of \u201cmore affordable\u201d replica blets, usually not exceeding $399, and are always going on 20-30% off sale, and that\u2019s the bread and butter in which I like to throw my money away at.<\/span><\/p>\n The fact that AEW comes out of the gate with a $700 blet doesn\u2019t particularly seem like a great idea, but that\u2019s just me.\u00a0 Especially if there\u2019s zero information on why it costs that much, other than \u201csimulated jewels.\u201d\u00a0 I know I\u2019m one to speak seeing as how I have literally 20 replica blets, but not one of them has exceeded $349, and nobody\u2019s ever looked at a blet of mine to try and validate its authenticity.<\/span><\/p>\n But as someone who\u2019s literally purchased blets before solely because the price point was appealing, if AEW really wanted to move a lot of blets, having more cost-effective alternatives to their $700 coup de grace would probably result in more profit which ultimately should be the goal of any self-respecting retailer.\u00a0 It boggles my mind how many examples of people and companies who raked in millions selling a whole lot of cheaper, that there are so many out there that still think selling a lot less of really expensive, is a viable business model.<\/span><\/p>\n I know the blet industry is about as niche as they come, but if AEW, WWE and NJPW want to actually compete with Pakistanis making bootlegs <\/span>in caves out of scraps<\/a>, they all need to rethink their strategies and start releasing some more cost-effective alternatives and an NXT UK Tag Team replica.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m not entirely sure how I ended up on ShopAEW\u2019s distribution list, as I have never purchased anything from them, or ProWrestlingTees.com at any point in my life, but for whatever reason, I still get their periodic emails.\u00a0 It\u2019s hasn\u2019t really been a nuisance yet, and as much as I clown on them as a … Continue reading About AEW\u2019s replica blet\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,79,83,54,55],"class_list":["post-47985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-blets","tag-cashmoney","tag-observations","tag-wrestling","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47987,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985\/revisions\/47987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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![TNT Champion<\/a>, it\u2019s slowly softened my opinion on what I originally designated a Popeyes Blet.\u00a0 But as a collector of replica blets in the first place, I still wanted to see what was going, in case there was an appealing price point that could change my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n$699.\u00a0 <\/span>Six hundred, ninety-nine dollars<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFor a replica blet.<\/span><\/p>\nMy knee-jerk reaction is definitely, <\/span>yeah fuck no<\/em><\/p>\nDon\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m not shitting on this blet because it\u2019s AEW and I know I\u2019ve been quick to shit on them for all the dumb things they\u2019ve done so far.\u00a0 I\u2019m not shitting on this blet because of its seemingly high price tag; frankly, this isn\u2019t the most expensive blet out there.<\/span><\/p>\nI\u2019m shitting on this blet because it has a high price tag for what they\u2019re not going into any real detail about.\u00a0 I even watched the video of it in case there was some more clarification on what materials they\u2019re using and the quality of the metal, but it\u2019s instead just more fluff from Pentagon\u2019s valet\/AEW\u2019s Spanish language announcer, Alex Abrahantes.<\/span><\/p>\nNew Japan sold official replicas of IWGP belts, which ranged from <\/span>$2,080<\/a> to <\/span>$1,800<\/a>; but they\u2019re clear that they\u2019re using 18-karat gold, and the craftsmanship is very Japanese exquisite.<\/span><\/p>\nEven WWE sells more expensive blets, like their <\/span>deluxe<\/a> line, which justifies the cost by using real leather, and then they have nearly <\/span>$2,000 elite replicas<\/a> which are basically actual, television-ready replicas that are made from 10-karat gold and cubic zirconia stones.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, WWE also sells all sorts of \u201cmore affordable\u201d replica blets, usually not exceeding $399, and are always going on 20-30% off sale, and that\u2019s the bread and butter in which I like to throw my money away at.<\/span><\/p>\nThe fact that AEW comes out of the gate with a $700 blet doesn\u2019t particularly seem like a great idea, but that\u2019s just me.\u00a0 Especially if there\u2019s zero information on why it costs that much, other than \u201csimulated jewels.\u201d\u00a0 I know I\u2019m one to speak seeing as how I have literally 20 replica blets, but not one of them has exceeded $349, and nobody\u2019s ever looked at a blet of mine to try and validate its authenticity.<\/span><\/p>\nBut as someone who\u2019s literally purchased blets before solely because the price point was appealing, if AEW really wanted to move a lot of blets, having more cost-effective alternatives to their $700 coup de grace would probably result in more profit which ultimately should be the goal of any self-respecting retailer.\u00a0 It boggles my mind how many examples of people and companies who raked in millions selling a whole lot of cheaper, that there are so many out there that still think selling a lot less of really expensive, is a viable business model.<\/span><\/p>\nI know the blet industry is about as niche as they come, but if AEW, WWE and NJPW want to actually compete with Pakistanis making bootlegs <\/span>in caves out of scraps<\/a>, they all need to rethink their strategies and start releasing some more cost-effective alternatives and an NXT UK Tag Team replica.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not entirely sure how I ended up on ShopAEW\u2019s distribution list, as I have never purchased anything from them, or ProWrestlingTees.com at any point in my life, but for whatever reason, I still get their periodic emails.\u00a0 It\u2019s hasn\u2019t really been a nuisance yet, and as much as I clown on them as a … Continue reading About AEW\u2019s replica blet\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,79,83,54,55],"class_list":["post-47985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-blets","tag-cashmoney","tag-observations","tag-wrestling","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47987,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47985\/revisions\/47987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2021\/05\/bd8f4-16224296425742-800.jpg\"){kind=link}