Aussie Open is All Elite

[markymark]

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They really needed more heel teams in the tag division, so this was a worthwhile signing. These two are one of the best tag teams on the planet

Hopefully Mark isn't out too long, and they keep giving Kyle a nice push, dude's good himself

Very happy with this one, WWE had interest too reportedly

[raymondo316]

Yeah, Ospreay is definitely signing when his contract is up January next year.

[Kalmia]

Lol, literally saw a report a few hours ago saying AEW and WWE were both interested in them.

[raymondo316]

May 24, 2023 19:32:37 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Lol, literally saw a report a few hours ago saying AEW and WWE were both interested in them.

As soon as I saw that Tony had paid for Mark's surgery, I knew they would be signing for AEW.

[Kalmia]

May 24, 2023 19:36:11 GMT -5 raymondo316 said:

May 24, 2023 19:32:37 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Lol, literally saw a report a few hours ago saying AEW and WWE were both interested in them.

As soon as I saw that Tony had paid for Mark's surgery, I knew they would be signing for AEW.

Oh, I hadn't seen that report. But yeah, that pretty much made it a nailed-on certainty that AEW was signing them.

[ace]

Thank God. I was afraid they were going to run out of people on the roster

[Facetious]

The tag division took a little hit with the Trios title being introduced so another top notch tag is a good thing. And obviously they'll jump between the tag and trio division with Ospreay

[FinalGwen]

Oh great, they're gonna waste the Elite on them and Ospreay at All In, aren't they?

[raymondo316]

May 24, 2023 19:51:24 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

Oh great, they're gonna waste the Elite on them and Ospreay at All In, aren't they?

Meltzer is saying Mark Davis should be back in 6 weeks, so it's certainly possible.

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May 24, 2023 19:51:24 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

Oh great, they're gonna waste the Elite on them and Ospreay at All In, aren't they?

"Wasting" wouldn't really be the right term for me, Kenny vs Ospreay is a huge match that they were always gonna run back, and Aussie Open vs Young Bucks if they do it would be fantastic

These could also happen at Forbidden Door II and not Wembley

[kingoftheindies]

May 24, 2023 20:09:09 GMT -5 raymondo316 said:

May 24, 2023 19:51:24 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

Oh great, they're gonna waste the Elite on them and Ospreay at All In, aren't they?

Meltzer is saying Mark Davis should be back in 6 weeks, so it's certainly possible.

Was gonna say if Davis is back then maybe. Could also see them giving a thank you match to Best Friends by doing a callback to last year's Forbidden Door and doing a 6 man.

Either way. Aussie Open went from a good tag team to god tier pretty damn quick, and while they did get their flowers a bit in New Japan it always felt like it was more a thank you than the start of anything

[Cyno]

Is Aussie Open still with New Japan? I know they had to drop both sets of Tag Titles due to Mark's injury. Not sure what that means for their contract status, though.

Anyway, they're a great tag-team and a solid addition to the roster. Kyle Fletcher in particular is a solid young talent who's only going to get better as he hits his prime.

[Alice Syndrome]

May 24, 2023 22:37:16 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Is Aussie Open still with New Japan? I know they had to drop both sets of Tag Titles due to Mark's injury. Not sure what that means for their contract status, though.

Anyway, they're a great tag-team and a solid addition to the roster. Kyle Fletcher in particular is a solid young talent who's only going to get better as he hits his prime.

Freelancers

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May 25, 2023 5:43:19 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

May 24, 2023 22:37:16 GMT -5 Cyno said:

Is Aussie Open still with New Japan? I know they had to drop both sets of Tag Titles due to Mark's injury. Not sure what that means for their contract status, though.

Anyway, they're a great tag-team and a solid addition to the roster. Kyle Fletcher in particular is a solid young talent who's only going to get better as he hits his prime.

Freelancers

Yeah I assume they'll still work New Japan but now their priority will be AEW

[discoelysium]

So thrilled for them. Only at the beginning of the year they were expressing worries that their bookings had dried up. They've grown as a team so much, their recent matches in New Japan were incredible, obviously the FTR match I saw live was great. Hopefully the don't get lost in the shuffle and Mark gets healthy as soon as he can.

[KME]

Great signing, really happy with this one. I'm sure people will snipe about the roster size but there's probably been even more sniping about the tag division not being what it was, adding one of the best tag teams in the world will only help there. Timing for getting them is perfect too (outside of Davis being injured) as they were just starting to get a mega push with being double champions.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Excellent signing - AEW still has a good tag division but this adds a lot to it.

[polarbearpete]

Definitely some needed depth for the tag division.

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May 25, 2023 8:57:39 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Excellent signing - AEW still has a good tag division but this adds a lot to it.

Helps Mark is only out six weeks and not like six months too