Aside from Serena Deeb

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Has AEW ever had a vignette hyping up a new/returning person? Or flat out said “this person is coming and will debut on this day”?

It’s always “(big name) HAs ARRIVED! Unexpectedly!” Or “(big name) may be coming to this show, tune in to the very specific show we’ve booked in city that may or may not be their home town”.

I was listening to a podcast and they liked that Mariah may just showed up randomly without fanfare isn’t well known enough to get that sunrise pop so she’s just a blank slate to this audience.

The only other time I saw them hype someone new or returning is Wardlow right at the beginning of AEW. Which is weird because he was with Anna Jay in the video and he ended up being MJF manservant

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Brandi Rhodes had some therapy vignettes that effectively killed the Nightmare Family and reset her as a character

Scorpio Sky had return vignettes at one point

The Righteous had an AEW debut vignette with Stu (Who hasn't been seen since weirdly enough)

Dark Order had some vignettes when they went heel again

The Book of Hobbs lasted quite awhile

I guess it's rare for them to do it because they like the shock aspect but they can do like "Character reworking or returning" vignettes

[Kalmia]

Danhausen had some after his injury. There were also the ones for the Elite when they came back from the Brawl Out suspension.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Wardlow had them before he debuted. He was with some woman and clotheslined a rando f***er and it was all WARDLOW IS COMING and I thought 'who the f*** is Wardlow' and now here we are. Thank-you for coming to my TED talk

[dbsot]

Pac had those videos where there was like three of of him walking around in a dark house.

[Celexa Bliss 54]

Not sure if it counts, but I remember a vignette of Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss beating up some dudes at a gas station. Also, Archer had a vignette where he beat up an entire backyard wrestling league on the first pandemic episode. And after Brodie debuted as The Exalted One, they had some vignettes showing how he treated his underlings.

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Feb 8, 2024 8:24:39 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Wardlow had them before he debuted. He was with some woman and clotheslined a rando f***er and it was all WARDLOW IS COMING and I thought 'who the f*** is Wardlow' and now here we are. Thank-you for coming to my TED talk

That was Anna Jay he was with.

[salz4life]

Feb 8, 2024 19:39:37 GMT -5 Celexa Bliss 54 said:

Not sure if it counts, but I remember a vignette of Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss beating up some dudes at a gas station. Also, Archer had a vignette where he beat up an entire backyard wrestling league on the first pandemic episode. And after Brodie debuted as The Exalted One, they had some vignettes showing how he treated his underlings.

I thought those Joey and Sonny vignettes were entertaining. Brodie.... just Brodie!!!