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Post by Mid-Carder on Jun 28, 2023 0:44:56 GMT -5
You can absolutely have Ospreay on the All In card even if he's not on the roster. There's no reason Kenny can't directly challenge him.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 28, 2023 12:21:55 GMT -5
You can absolutely have Ospreay on the All In card even if he's not on the roster. There's no reason Kenny can't directly challenge him. I think the point is that for the biggest AEW event of all time, you would likely want to showcase AEW talent. Of course, Ospreay is likely to sign with AEW in 2024 when his contract is up so it might make sense anyway.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Jun 28, 2023 14:51:33 GMT -5
You can absolutely have Ospreay on the All In card even if he's not on the roster. There's no reason Kenny can't directly challenge him. I think the point is that for the biggest AEW event of all time, you would likely want to showcase AEW talent. Of course, Ospreay is likely to sign with AEW in 2024 when his contract is up so it might make sense anyway. To play devil's advocate, if we're celebrating AEW's success and impact on the business, the biggest impact that AEW has had on the business was kicking down the Forbidden Door. Interpromotional co-operation on a level like we haven't seen since the territory days has been on the rise since the initial Winter is Coming. Any match can be made now and that is AEW's biggest success up to this point. So why not celebrate that fact on their biggest stage?
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Post by polarbearpete on Jun 28, 2023 14:52:39 GMT -5
I think the point is that for the biggest AEW event of all time, you would likely want to showcase AEW talent. Of course, Ospreay is likely to sign with AEW in 2024 when his contract is up so it might make sense anyway. To play devil's advocate, if we're celebrating AEW's success and impact on the business, the biggest impact that AEW has had on the business was kicking down the Forbidden Door. Interpromotional co-operation on a level like we haven't seen since the territory days has been on the rise since the initial Winter is Coming. Any match can be made now and that is AEW's biggest success up to this point. So why not celebrate that fact on their biggest stage? That’s a fair point as well.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jun 28, 2023 15:40:46 GMT -5
I think if there are any international talent on this it'll be Zack Sabre Jr and Will Ospreay
Other than that I don't think any other New Japan guys might be on the card, it would have been awesome if Regal appeared but oh well. I would say maybe cameos by the likes of a Dave Taylor or a Jody Fleisch Pre-Show match would be really friggen cool
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 28, 2023 16:57:38 GMT -5
I think if there are any international talent on this it'll be Zack Sabre Jr and Will Ospreay Other than that I don't think any other New Japan guys might be on the card, it would have been awesome if Regal appeared but oh well. I would say maybe cameos by the likes of a Dave Taylor or a Jody Fleisch Pre-Show match would be really friggen cool I expect Cassidy/ZSJ and possibly a US title defense so Ospreay can dodge Omega's rematch challenge for a bit longer. And yeah, the Forbidden Door has been important but it'd be like if WWE hosts Money in the Bank on Saturday and puts on random matches with Mark Haskins, LJ Cleary and Emersyn Jane. It'd be cool for them, sure, but nobody going to the O2 is paying for random British and Irish talent, they're paying WWE money to see a WWE show. Same in this case, Wembley didn't sell as much off the prospect of Leon Slater getting a place on the card somehow.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 4, 2023 16:19:54 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 4, 2023 16:20:28 GMT -5
I genuinely did not expect anywhere near that amount before August, Holy F***!
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 4, 2023 16:24:07 GMT -5
The distributed number includes comps and things like that but still, Wembley is going to look and sound so great.
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Post by raymondo316 on Jul 4, 2023 16:42:09 GMT -5
I noticed it awhile back, but its weird that they only decided to open up a load of tickets on the cam side like a month after tickets went on sale.
They would have sold these if they had made them available in the first week of sales.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 4, 2023 16:44:46 GMT -5
I noticed it awhile back, but its weird that they only decided to open up a load of tickets on the cam side like a month after tickets went on sale. They would have sold these if they had made them available in the first week of sales. Probably but there's also a lot of planning that goes into figuring out how equipment and sections to organize it are set out so that made sense to me. If anything, the fact they figured that out in a month is a pretty good sign considering I've seen events where tickets are put out, like, a week in advance of an event.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 4, 2023 16:48:56 GMT -5
They have a legit shot at hitting 80K Not bad for a pissant company in year four
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Post by johncasey on Jul 4, 2023 16:51:55 GMT -5
It would be so funny if they do a parody of John Cena on one of the shows this week and announce they are coming back to London in 2024 and put tickets on sale.
And Australia too
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Post by raymondo316 on Jul 4, 2023 16:52:35 GMT -5
I noticed it awhile back, but its weird that they only decided to open up a load of tickets on the cam side like a month after tickets went on sale. They would have sold these if they had made them available in the first week of sales. Probably but there's also a lot of planning that goes into figuring out how equipment and sections to organize it are set out so that made sense to me. If anything, the fact they figured that out in a month is a pretty good sign considering I've seen events where tickets are put out, like, a week in advance of an event. If these don't sell, I'd imagine quite a few people will be getting their tickets upgraded, so there isn't loads of empty seats shown on TV.
I remember hearing that WWE upgraded people's tickets for the Cardiff show.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 4, 2023 17:02:29 GMT -5
The 6pm start is for the main card right? Pre-show will start earlier.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 4, 2023 17:05:04 GMT -5
Gotta say. Will be glad to have an early night
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Post by raymondo316 on Jul 4, 2023 17:27:15 GMT -5
The 6pm start is for the main card right? Pre-show will start earlier. I'm pretty sure 7 is the start time for the main show.
With Tony likely wanting to give a lot of the roster a chance to wrestle at Wembley I wouldn't be surprised if the pre show starts at 5-5.30
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 4, 2023 17:44:41 GMT -5
The 6pm start is for the main card right? Pre-show will start earlier. I'm pretty sure 7 is the start time for the main show. With Tony likely wanting to give a lot of the roster a chance to wrestle at Wembley I wouldn't be surprised if the pre show starts at 5-5.30
Don’t really think they can change that considering the advertised start time.
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Post by raymondo316 on Jul 4, 2023 18:01:49 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure 7 is the start time for the main show. With Tony likely wanting to give a lot of the roster a chance to wrestle at Wembley I wouldn't be surprised if the pre show starts at 5-5.30
Don’t really think they can change that considering the advertised start time. I was actually wrong, I was sure I read that the show starts at 7. Now after looking on Ticketmaster it is a 6pm start.
Going by that the pre show could start at 4-4.30.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 4, 2023 18:05:25 GMT -5
It's honestly unreal how many people are going to pay tickets to see wrestling this year.
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