Would AEW hire Alberto Del Rio or Austin Aries?

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Feb 5, 2019 15:17:22 GMT -5 cabbageboy said:

Yeah I'd bring in Aries. He might be a malcontent and not last but he would at least do some decent work in the short term. Not sure what the upside is in bringing Del Rio in.

Enziguris and lots of them. 

[The 1Watcher Experience]

I’d rather not see either one of them but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they showed up there. People still talk about those guys. They’re a couple of natural heels. They do get attention. AEW might want that additional buzz. I think they’d be on their best behavior considering this would probably be their last chance to make some decent money. I think they’d be better off without them but it’s not my company so who knows.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Aries yes, Del Rio, no. Aries is an a-hole, but he'll work his dates and will never just go through the motions in the ring like so many talents. Del Rio is an abusive sack of garbage, I don't buy into the drug use stories, but he's still an absolute nutter who needs a structured environment with a bulletproof contract like the WWE in order to be any use to the company.

[Mozenrath]

I don't see literally any point in bringing in Del Rio.
He wouldn't contribute anything, and given they have Penta and Fenix on lock, they don't need the dipshit who didn't want to put Pentagon over.

Aries, that feels more plausible, even if I think his major player days are behind him.

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Aries is one of my favourite wrestlers so fingers crossed.

[abjordans]

Del Rio kind of seems blackballed from the industry since no showing the big Lucha Underground/TNA show WM weekend.

Aries definitely has had his stock drop a lot since he was heavily playing the “look how successful I am since leaving, WWE really dropped the ball” card about a year ago when he had those belts.

Both guys are more trouble than they are worth. They would both expect the promotion to be centered on them, neither of which are guys you center a promotion on.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I could see Aries because as lousy as his attitude is, he at least seems to keep his nose clean.

Del Rio on the other hand is a total cumshow of a human being on top of having a terrible attitude so I doubt they touch him unless he proves to everybody he's a changed man. With Aries, you don't have to worry about him getting arrested for beating up his girlfriend or trying to cross state lines with a credenza full of cocaine. You can't say that for Bertie-boy.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I don't see Del Rio getting hired due to all of his baggage.

I could potentially see Aries getting hired... but I wouldn't expect him to last particularly long. Espeically as I don't think they'd treat him as a main guy.

[MrElijah]

Swerve, they hire Low-Ki.

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I’d say that there’s a 70% chance of Aries showing up for a minute and a 12% chance of Alberto

[BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED!]

I hope they do bring in A Double, because when he has his head on straight he's a damn good performer.

No thanks on Alberto

[Mozenrath]

Feb 5, 2019 20:29:02 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

I don't see Del Rio getting hired due to all of his baggage.

I could potentially see Aries getting hired... but I wouldn't expect him to last particularly long. Espeically as I don't think they'd treat him as a main guy.

Pretty much. Del Rio had periods where he was legitimately a big name, like when he left WWE the first time and had a ton of good will on him for standing up to a racist, etc etc, but going back to WWE kinda killed his image. F***ing over AAA (who, to be fair, probably had it coming), LU, and Impact, plus bottoming out of WWE, doesn't really make me think AEW would bother with him. A beginning promotion really doesn't need someone who won't make his dates, particularly one who kept ducking putting over Pentagon, anyway, who is a MUCH bigger name in today's wrestling.

Aries, yeah, I could see him maybe lasting a year before he pouted off, but he's probably prime material for a guest spot.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Aries will come in as a short term upper midcarder at some point. No long deal so he won't burn out, just in for a program or two, then off to ROH or Impact for another stint.

[chazraps]

Aries yes, Del Rio no

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Aries would actually be in a company where he likes the people running it, so he's the more low risk of the two. Del Rio needs to never be anywhere again.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Either hire would further kill my already non-existent interest in AEW.

And with that said, Cody will likely hire both.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Alberto looks like he's done for on the big stage, Aries will keep getting chances and he's just in that butter zone of not quite being Low Ki that he might get brought in for a bit, but it's also possible his exit from TNA was garbage enough for them to not want to touch him.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

I hope not. They both are a cancer for different reasons. One for the outside of the ring stuff and the other is wrestling unprofessional actions. Aries is the better talent IMO. Alberto one catch at this point is already covered in a better way. That is the latino market, his only value is trying to cater to them which that value I doubt is very much anymore, a few years ago after his first WWE release yes it was very high but since all the drugs and Paige stuff is long gone, but since they already got an agreement with the two hottest Luchas at the moment in the global cross over in the Lucha Bros there no point. Aries as good of a talent he is in the ring, his attitude sucks and he seemed to never learned from it and that what keeping him from making big money and being a house hold name.

Honestly with AEW and there connections, there far much better talent with less headaches that they would need them.

[timelimitdraw]

Morbidly want to see Aries in AEW, if only so he can cement himself as this generation's Shane Douglas: A talented guy who should be a multimillionaire but manages to burn bridges pretty much everywhere.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Feb 5, 2019 20:42:33 GMT -5 MrElijah said:

Swerve, they hire Low-Ki.

Swerve! The role of Alberto Del Rio will now be played by Low-Ki, complete with needlessly stiff kicks to the original Sin Cara (for getting his pointing finger caught in a Chinese finger trap).