They didn't prove me wrong, AEW has been successful because of their ex-WWE stars. That's a fact that you keep avoiding.
The biggest nights they've had, the most engagement, the most talked about moments, the debut of Moxley, the debut of CM Punk, the debut of Brian Danielson, all ex-WWE stars.
Sure they've used that success to build their own stars, but without the hype of the seasoned ex-WWE superstars, they'd be another Impact, or even worse, a GFW.
Hangman Page is a mid-carder at best by the way and only more popular due to being in The Elite, his run as World Champ was hugely underwhelming
They didn't prove me wrong, AEW has been successful because of their ex-WWE stars. That's a fact that you keep avoiding.
The biggest nights they've had, the most engagement, the most talked about moments, the debut of Moxley, the debut of CM Punk, the debut of Brian Danielson, all ex-WWE stars.
Sure they've used that success to build their own stars, but without the hype of the seasoned ex-WWE superstars, they'd be another Impact, or even worse, a GFW.
Hangman Page is a mid-carder at best by the way and only more popular due to being in The Elite, his run as World Champ was hugely underwhelming
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
How the tables turn.
What was the original AEW world title angle?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Why was it underneath Moxley v Omega?
Answers on a postcard...
Shite booking?
Eddie Guerrero and Drew McIntyre are two examples who were released from WWE and came back after a great runs on the indies.
Cody was getting booed towards the end of his time in AEW. Answers on a postcard.
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
How the tables turn.
What was the original AEW world title angle?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Why was it underneath Moxley v Omega?
Answers on a postcard...
Shite booking?
Eddie Guerrero and Drew McIntyre are two examples who were released from WWE and came back after a great runs on the indies.
Cody was getting booed towards the end of his time in AEW. Answers on a postcard.
Surprised WWE didn't bring him back as Stardust. They know best after all.
He came back with his AEW theme using his AEW nickname. But yeah WWE is the reason he's a star.
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
How the tables turn.
What was the original AEW world title angle?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Why was it underneath Moxley v Omega?
Answers on a postcard...
Umm it wasn't?
If you could actually be bothered to look it, but as your such a big fan you wouldn't need to, jerricho actually beat Page for the title. Fuck knows where you got Moxley Omega from?
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
How the tables turn.
What was the original AEW world title angle?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Why was it underneath Moxley v Omega?
Answers on a postcard...
Umm it wasn't?
If you could actually be bothered to look it, but as your such a big fan you wouldn't need to, jerricho actually beat Page for the title. Fuck knows where you got Moxley Omega from?
Answers on a postcard.
You said Cody v Jericho was the first world title angle - the match was at Full Gear 2019.
Before AEW was a thing and one of the driving people for All In was disgruntled ex-WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes?
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
The same Cody Rhodes that is only a star now in WWE because of his AEW run?
How the tables turn.
What was the original AEW world title angle?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Why was it underneath Moxley v Omega?
Answers on a postcard...
Umm it wasn't?
If you could actually be bothered to look it, but as your such a big fan you wouldn't need to, jerricho actually beat Page for the title. Fuck knows where you got Moxley Omega from?
Answers on a postcard.
You said Cody v Jericho was the first world title angle - the match was at Full Gear 2019.
Not sure why Cornette is acting like he knows what happened. I can see this becoming legal so if i was in his shoes i would be careful with my wording.
You can have this one @SELR_addicks AEW turned Orange Cassidy into an absolute stud, and there's no chance of that happening with his size and gimmick in WWE, and I'm really glad because his schtick is both a throwback to wrestlings silly past, but also a modern take on David Vs Goliath where David always finds a way
Agreed that it was really, really good. Was concerned there would be a bit of a hangover after a pretty mental week for AEW, what with the glory of All In and the CM Punk controversy.
But multiple matches really went above and beyond. The bell to bell action made up for the lack of build in a few cases.
The Danielson/Starks strap match was match of the night IMO.
Though, the Moxley/Cassidy main event was a fun clash of styles and a really well told David v Goliath type match. Moxley beating Orange within an inch of his life (without the death match stuff) brought out the best in both.
Best case scenario, it means wrestling is going to have a long and storied future with WWE and AEW, both backed to the hilt with big money, who both have big ambitions.
Worst case scenario, they use their collective weight to try and sink AEW, whilst also trying to get legitimate combat sports and Sports Entertainment Wrestling to mix, and drag both sides of their own company down
They don't see AEW as a threat. They had Jericho on the Austin show talking about the product a year ago or so and talent isn't leaving them to join AEW anymore.
I expect both companies (UFC and WWE) go on as they have been. Maybe they promote each others PPVs and characters appear in the other's computer games etc. I'm not expecting anything ground breaking. Disappointing that VKM is still involved.
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The biggest nights they've had, the most engagement, the most talked about moments, the debut of Moxley, the debut of CM Punk, the debut of Brian Danielson, all ex-WWE stars.
Sure they've used that success to build their own stars, but without the hype of the seasoned ex-WWE superstars, they'd be another Impact, or even worse, a GFW.
Hangman Page is a mid-carder at best by the way and only more popular due to being in The Elite, his run as World Champ was hugely underwhelming
You think, with Tony Khan's billions, AEW would've been GFW?
They already had the proof of concept without any of the names you mentioned.
Where the main event featured ex-WWE World Champion Rey Mysterio?
TK's billions helped to sign ex-WWE superstars to make them a success. Doesn't matter how rich he is if the main event to every show was just a rotation of The Young Bucks, Hangman, MJF, Omega, Darby and Jack Perry, it wouldn't have been in a position to sell out Wembley Arena, let alone Wembley Stadium.
How the tables turn.
Are WWE only successful because of that single ex-AEW star?
Do WWE deliberately pair up their up and coming superstars with ex-AEW stars to help elevate them?
Was it Cody v Y2J
Or was it Allen v Cassidy?
Answers on a postcard...
And why?
Answers on a postcard...
Eddie Guerrero and Drew McIntyre are two examples who were released from WWE and came back after a great runs on the indies.
Cody was getting booed towards the end of his time in AEW. Answers on a postcard.
He came back with his AEW theme using his AEW nickname. But yeah WWE is the reason he's a star.
If you could actually be bothered to look it, but as your such a big fan you wouldn't need to, jerricho actually beat Page for the title. Fuck knows where you got Moxley Omega from?
Answers on a postcard.
I don’t even watch wrestling, but for some reason I always read this thread
The headline was Omega v Moxley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Gear_(2019)
Come on guys. Play nice
Punk's going to issue a statement soon which will be interesting. Having not seen any video footage, Tony fearing for his life sounds far fetched.
Anything worth watching on All Out or Payback?
OC v Moxley, Omega v Takeshita, Danielson v Starks and Miro v Hobbs all fantastic matches.
The 8 man tag is a fun one too but not to the same level.
Agreed that it was really, really good. Was concerned there would be a bit of a hangover after a pretty mental week for AEW, what with the glory of All In and the CM Punk controversy.
But multiple matches really went above and beyond. The bell to bell action made up for the lack of build in a few cases.
Worst case scenario, they use their collective weight to try and sink AEW, whilst also trying to get legitimate combat sports and Sports Entertainment Wrestling to mix, and drag both sides of their own company down
I expect both companies (UFC and WWE) go on as they have been. Maybe they promote each others PPVs and characters appear in the other's computer games etc. I'm not expecting anything ground breaking. Disappointing that VKM is still involved.
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