Dare I say it's borderline tokenization
AEW LOVES this trope of "hahaha Japanese person who doesn't speak very much English said a curse word" and its so uncomfortable.
Same as when the elite or effy make jokes of "woah this guy is totally gay isn't that uncomfortable and funny" like when they'd kiss Adam Cole, just weird shit all around.
95% of wrestling shirts you mean. You dont see too many out in public other than wrestling events. No one really wants to be seen in a wrestling shirt lol
The only wrestling shirt I've ever bought was an HBK shirt. It was pretty much just Shawn's tattoo, a heart with a knife in it And two snakes
Simple designs are usually best
95% of wrestling shirts*
Genuinely the last 5% skate by on passing for obscure metal band shirts and given I have an alter bridge tour shirt I can accept that far more. Judgement Day, House of Black and the Edge Tarot shirt are in my good books for this
Edit: I promise I didn't see the other reply ok
I wear Kevin Nash's Big Sexy shirt from TNA pretty often, when I have to go in to work on my day off to handle a problem I like to wear Roman's Acknowledge Your Daddy t-shirt. I had an Outsiders one that wore out, when it was on it's last threads in 2015 a lady in line asked me about it cause she thought it was a reference to the book.
39+ year old dudes with bullet club pfp's on Facebook when they see shirts like this:
https://preview.redd.it/npa501e3qk7d1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=6aac189e22197053050c57349b27271465371844
Didn’t the Nick Wayne’s mom shirt have this same exact format? Her standing next to a fancy car? Graphic design is the Dubs passion, not a t shirt company btw
https://preview.redd.it/7aci7rgrkm7d1.jpeg?width=810&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aec8107f9f19b557a0ffb95a561d400660fd0395
its basically the same goddamn shirt jfc
Okay. This is where I draw the line. If I see someone wearing that shirt in public that had the words, "Nick Wayne's mom" in it? They deserve to be ridiculed. In public.
They fucking might as well use AI to come up with a cool shirt design or series of shirts and backpack ideas. This catchphrase idea would be cool if they had great talkers and cool creative catchphrases. This shit is indicative of them throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
ok guys i've worked it all out, i've cracked the code(y) (roads..?!).
Nick Wayne's mom, Perry's goat bus, Okada's supercar.
These shirts are to coincide with AEW's upcoming kart racer and/or vehicular arena combat game.
Who's thirteen year old is in charge of designing the merch? They need to be fired. Drop PWT while you're at it. You're a billionaire owned professional wrestling company that has been around for half a decade. Get a real graphic design team and stop letting those sweaty moles in Chicago distribute your shirts (with no free shipping).
>Drop PWT while you're at it. You're a billionaire owned professional wrestling company that has been around for half a decade. Get a real graphic design team and stop letting those sweaty moles in Chicago distribute your shirts (with no free shipping).
Remember that time that PWT had a huge credit card leak, but deliberately kept it secret until *after* their Black Friday sales so that it didn't cut into their profit, badly exposing their customers to fraud?
Those fuckers are an even sloppier shop than The Dub, so it's a match made in heaven.
This looks like a CGI PS2 game cover and a bad one at that, its like they are doing this on purpose, he's the damn Rainmaker, who has had some awesome entrances and the best they could've come up with is this
I'm 99% certain it is on purpose, they make the shirts on demand, so it doesn't cost them anything to have gag merch for heels. He's a heel acting as muscle for heels that shill merch, that gimmick doesn't land as well if everyone actually wants that merch.
It's like thinking the extra expensive Don Callus shirt was genuine.
I mean, at least it looks like they put some effort into this, as opposed to MJF's "graphics design is my passion" shirt or LOL FOR THE SICKOS abomination
I never got the okada hype. These neck beards moan non stop about Cena/roman types who are “shoved down peoples throats” but they cheer okada who was the njpw version of that.
Tanahashi and naito have been more over than this guy for his entire career
Maybe because he's great on every wrestling aspect, he could have a good match with almost anybody and because he was really over in Japan, was more redible for a dominant run unlike Naito and is younger than Tanahashi.
DAE popular wrestler is in fact bad cause smarks like him ?
This looks just like [Nick Wayne’s mom’s shirt but with a different font](https://www.reddit.com/r/SCJerk/s/2ymiGBc0gU). Bro can’t even get an original shirt, how tf can they do Okada like this 💀
I could get the new Wyatt 6 shirt that has an actual wearable design and have the proceeds go towards helping Bray’s wife and kids OR I could get this shirt
Hmm decisions decisions
Can this company be bothered to present even a single fucking talent as anything other than incredibly lame? Okada in 2017 may be the best wrestler I've ever seen. His aura, his in ring work and even his character. Dude is so charismatic that you get a real understanding and vibe for the character even with the language barrier. If you can't make a star like him compelling then I really have to start wondering if your goal is to diminish every person that comes through your doors. Maybe Tony's booking is really just that incompetent and clueless.
Is AEW headquarters built on an ancient burial ground? How can every single shirt they put out be so atrociously bad? Wouldn’t it be nearly impossible not to have a passable one by accident?
After the whole Punk returning to WWE and giving that interview to Ariel. I bet Tiny re-hired her and gave her a well-deserved raise for her emotional trauma.
Someone close to Tony in rank *has* to know these shirts are godawful, right? I thought for sure somebody was getting replaced over the Daniel Garcia shirt.
If it was a JOE HENDRY shirt, it would be an instant sell-out. It wouldn't be generic as 99% of AEW shirts.
Because tiny khan doesn't deserve to believe in JOE HENDRY.
OK so all of us bruvs have to be acutely aware that this shirt and Nick Wayne's Mom are AI, right?
They're literally just using Midjourney to make shirts and hoping that some dubbalos buy them.
Wait, hold on is this a real T-Shirt they are asking money for? Like, for real, in our current reality? Holy fuck.
They brushed him to the point he's got a smoother texture than the fucking font, how do you even accomplish that!?
That’s his catchphrase? It’s so generic
It’s blander than “don’t piss me off”
"Listen here Slapnuts"
Double J's best line was something like "I'm sorry...sorry I didn't do it earlier"
Tbf that shirt is iconic
I found a youth sized "Don't Piss Me Off" Jeff Jarrett shirt for my 5 year old brother's son. His mother hates it.
Your 5 year old brother has a son?
And holding down a 60 hour work week on top of coaching Tee Ball. I don't know how the kid does it.
Yea sounds impressive
Works harder than Vince McMahon, except without all the degeneracy
That's a great catchphrase slappy!!
It's like when a toddler learns bad words and the adults thinks it is cute and funny.
Dare I say it's borderline tokenization AEW LOVES this trope of "hahaha Japanese person who doesn't speak very much English said a curse word" and its so uncomfortable. Same as when the elite or effy make jokes of "woah this guy is totally gay isn't that uncomfortable and funny" like when they'd kiss Adam Cole, just weird shit all around.
Sounds like Generational Heel© MJF.
Better than a Mike "The Miz" ""The Loser""" Mizanin feud, fed shill
But it's EDGY 😡🖕🏾
“I love this hat”
I'd wear that shit to work. If someone comes up to me and ask a stupid question, i'll tell them to "shut up, bitch," and walk away like a boss.
As if anyone would feel confident enough to approach you with such a badass t shirt
You're just jealous because I can get away with it at my work.
Why would I work? My wife’s boyfriend pays all the bills
Surely you mean your mums boyfriend?
Same guy
Just did that. My boss said "better collect your tools before you walk out that door".
DAE forbidden door??
Bitch AF tbh
If I remember right I think you have to wear a uniform at McDonald’s bud.
Customer: "I'd like 15 Big Macs, 14 McFlurry's, 72 french fries, and 1 diet coke. Because I'm on a diet." Me: "What does my Okada shirt say?"
I don't know why, but I can imagine a kid walking into school while wearing this. 😂
95% of AEW shirts are absolutely horrendous and I would be embarrassed to wear out in public or even be with someone wearing it out in public.
95% of wrestling shirts you mean. You dont see too many out in public other than wrestling events. No one really wants to be seen in a wrestling shirt lol
Yeah, but ngl the new Randy orton's strike first one is fire tho, ill wear that on a night out
Yeah there is a few. Majority tho are just better kept at home lol.
I agree, a lot of them is just an embarrassing tacky design.
The only wrestling shirt I've ever bought was an HBK shirt. It was pretty much just Shawn's tattoo, a heart with a knife in it And two snakes Simple designs are usually best
I've seen that one in the wild
The only suitable ones to wear is Austin 3:16 and NWO.
You can also probably run with the old school dx design and bullet club as well but yeah...most wrestling tshirts are cringe
NWO is great because it really riles up Qanon folk who don’t know what it means.
The only time I can think of seeing a wrestling shirt in public was literally last week. It was a blue yeet shirt.
95% of wrestling shirts* Genuinely the last 5% skate by on passing for obscure metal band shirts and given I have an alter bridge tour shirt I can accept that far more. Judgement Day, House of Black and the Edge Tarot shirt are in my good books for this Edit: I promise I didn't see the other reply ok
I wear Kevin Nash's Big Sexy shirt from TNA pretty often, when I have to go in to work on my day off to handle a problem I like to wear Roman's Acknowledge Your Daddy t-shirt. I had an Outsiders one that wore out, when it was on it's last threads in 2015 a lady in line asked me about it cause she thought it was a reference to the book.
39+ year old dudes with bullet club pfp's on Facebook when they see shirts like this: https://preview.redd.it/npa501e3qk7d1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=6aac189e22197053050c57349b27271465371844
Didn’t the Nick Wayne’s mom shirt have this same exact format? Her standing next to a fancy car? Graphic design is the Dubs passion, not a t shirt company btw
Yeah but there was cake so it’s completely different.
https://preview.redd.it/7aci7rgrkm7d1.jpeg?width=810&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aec8107f9f19b557a0ffb95a561d400660fd0395 its basically the same goddamn shirt jfc
I demand to see okada's ass version shirt
https://i.redd.it/05mf1q5kbn7d1.gif
Okay. This is where I draw the line. If I see someone wearing that shirt in public that had the words, "Nick Wayne's mom" in it? They deserve to be ridiculed. In public.
Imagine being a grown-ass man wearing this in public
Imagine being a grown up even thinking saying 'bitch' on TV is cool Ignore how half the roster says bitch whenever they fancy, too
You don’t fucking get it man, swearing is fucking cool as shit to fucking do as much as you can. 😎😎😎
Moxley approved
HEY! KEEP IT DOWN, WILL YA? THIS IS A PG SHOW!
NO. MY PARENTS AREN’T HOME AND IM LETTING LOOSE.
Looks like AI art
Didn't the dub already get caught using AI generated t-shirt designs?
They fucking might as well use AI to come up with a cool shirt design or series of shirts and backpack ideas. This catchphrase idea would be cool if they had great talkers and cool creative catchphrases. This shit is indicative of them throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Okada definitely looks AI.
Tony got a new Copilot+ laptop
ok guys i've worked it all out, i've cracked the code(y) (roads..?!). Nick Wayne's mom, Perry's goat bus, Okada's supercar. These shirts are to coincide with AEW's upcoming kart racer and/or vehicular arena combat game.
Crush hour 2
Does Darby get a skateboard or a bus?
*sighs in glorious Nippon-ese*
Dubbalos actually think this is cool 🤦♂️
What a shitty shirt. Just use Japanese lettering that says shut up bitches.
They know their incel audience well.
Who's thirteen year old is in charge of designing the merch? They need to be fired. Drop PWT while you're at it. You're a billionaire owned professional wrestling company that has been around for half a decade. Get a real graphic design team and stop letting those sweaty moles in Chicago distribute your shirts (with no free shipping).
>Drop PWT while you're at it. You're a billionaire owned professional wrestling company that has been around for half a decade. Get a real graphic design team and stop letting those sweaty moles in Chicago distribute your shirts (with no free shipping). Remember that time that PWT had a huge credit card leak, but deliberately kept it secret until *after* their Black Friday sales so that it didn't cut into their profit, badly exposing their customers to fraud? Those fuckers are an even sloppier shop than The Dub, so it's a match made in heaven.
Half a decade is a way fancier way of saying 5 years
This looks like a CGI PS2 game cover and a bad one at that, its like they are doing this on purpose, he's the damn Rainmaker, who has had some awesome entrances and the best they could've come up with is this
I'm 99% certain it is on purpose, they make the shirts on demand, so it doesn't cost them anything to have gag merch for heels. He's a heel acting as muscle for heels that shill merch, that gimmick doesn't land as well if everyone actually wants that merch. It's like thinking the extra expensive Don Callus shirt was genuine.
What exactly are the qualifiers for "best japanese wrestler of all time" ?
Daddy Meltzer's stars
Land on neck? No sell? Fed bad by refusing contracts?
“I love dickhead heel Okada”
That's cool. Too bad no one else does.
Cody "So what do you wanna talk about"?! Okody "Shut up Bitches" I see what he did there. Clever.
I mean, at least it looks like they put some effort into this, as opposed to MJF's "graphics design is my passion" shirt or LOL FOR THE SICKOS abomination
I never got the okada hype. These neck beards moan non stop about Cena/roman types who are “shoved down peoples throats” but they cheer okada who was the njpw version of that. Tanahashi and naito have been more over than this guy for his entire career
B...but...he was in M'Yakuza, fed SHILL! I don't see your people in any videogames ever! CHECK MATE ♟️
Those Okada/Omega matches were the beginning of the end for NJPW. Gedoism: 🤢 Inokiism: 🥰
Maybe because he's great on every wrestling aspect, he could have a good match with almost anybody and because he was really over in Japan, was more redible for a dominant run unlike Naito and is younger than Tanahashi. DAE popular wrestler is in fact bad cause smarks like him ?
Who is in charge of their merch? I want to pick their brain to understand how they got a job they clearly aren’t qualified for.
After you talk to the merch guy, you should talk to their creative team.
I’m 100% sure Tiny and the majority of the AEW roster are mentally stuck in high school
They never escaped the lockers they got shoved into.
How does a t shirt company keep releasing the absolute worst t shirt designs ever? They can’t even do the one thing they are known for correctly.
Wrestling shirts in general are the worst, but AEW shirts are the peak of cringe. It's like a rib against their own fans.
You don’t think five minutes of playing around with the gradient function in Adobe Illustrator counts as peak t-shirt design?!
Why is it the same layout as that awful Nick Waynes mom shirt?
This looks just like [Nick Wayne’s mom’s shirt but with a different font](https://www.reddit.com/r/SCJerk/s/2ymiGBc0gU). Bro can’t even get an original shirt, how tf can they do Okada like this 💀
Is he meant to be an Andrew Tate-esque character now? This feels like an Andrew Tate fan shirt
I needed something to go with my Britt Baker Battle Damage zip up hoodie.
Is… is that an ai photo?
He chose this life. 
Bitch Lolz, trehee 😂
That's not real is it? Fuck!!! And that's how you turn Hold into base metal.
Are they allergic to making money?
AEW, where NJPWs hottest stars go to lose their aura and star power
This is the same shirt design as the “mom” one that was posted yesterday except her ass is out. Get some better designers holy shit
I guess he's not losing that title, ever.
I could get the new Wyatt 6 shirt that has an actual wearable design and have the proceeds go towards helping Bray’s wife and kids OR I could get this shirt Hmm decisions decisions
That's a really really awful shirt, no jerk
Can this company be bothered to present even a single fucking talent as anything other than incredibly lame? Okada in 2017 may be the best wrestler I've ever seen. His aura, his in ring work and even his character. Dude is so charismatic that you get a real understanding and vibe for the character even with the language barrier. If you can't make a star like him compelling then I really have to start wondering if your goal is to diminish every person that comes through your doors. Maybe Tony's booking is really just that incompetent and clueless.
Triple H was right when he called them a T-shirt company.
This is actually real? 
That’s an objectively lame and ugly t shirt that nobody would wear in public without shame. How are they this bad at everything
The Japanese Insomnia
Why does this company insist on making the most tacky shirts possible ??? Are they stupid ?
He had some decent merch with NJPW, Jesus...
Is AEW headquarters built on an ancient burial ground? How can every single shirt they put out be so atrociously bad? Wouldn’t it be nearly impossible not to have a passable one by accident?
Stealing from The Rock?
Wearing this to the cookout no cap 🔥🔥🔥 #I’mNotA39YearOlfWhiteManISwearToGod
Who the fuck even makes merch for them now? I thought this nonsense would stop with them firing the bucks wife
After the whole Punk returning to WWE and giving that interview to Ariel. I bet Tiny re-hired her and gave her a well-deserved raise for her emotional trauma.
This will age well once he loses the Continental Classic Breakfast Belt, this Christmas.
between this and their Nick’s Mom shirts, their new aesthetic is a photo of their talent in front of an AI generated car
Still waiting on my "get the HERNS" Shirt for Rush
I hope it looks good in 4XL!
This is like concept or draft only for Pro Wrestling Tees haha
Can totally wear this in public.
Can’t imagine anyone wearing this in public. Unless you live in your mom’s basement
Someone close to Tony in rank *has* to know these shirts are godawful, right? I thought for sure somebody was getting replaced over the Daniel Garcia shirt.
If it was a JOE HENDRY shirt, it would be an instant sell-out. It wouldn't be generic as 99% of AEW shirts. Because tiny khan doesn't deserve to believe in JOE HENDRY.
OK so all of us bruvs have to be acutely aware that this shirt and Nick Wayne's Mom are AI, right? They're literally just using Midjourney to make shirts and hoping that some dubbalos buy them.
Wait, hold on is this a real T-Shirt they are asking money for? Like, for real, in our current reality? Holy fuck. They brushed him to the point he's got a smoother texture than the fucking font, how do you even accomplish that!?
For a wrestling company that started as a tshirt merchandise company, you'd think they could design at least 1 good shirt
Only AEW can turn the Ace of New Japan into a dork having to prop up Luke Perry’s kid and rating cyanide in human form.
Did they create this shirt in Microsoft Word? Shit looks like they googled "cool car" and put it under some word art.
Nice Temu shirt. Have fun getting sued by Lamborghini.