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Post by mrbananagrabber on Apr 4, 2024 20:08:10 GMT -5
I was going to say that I'd pass on Drew but he's about 8 years younger than I thought he was so I've changed my mind. How is he only 38? It feels like he debuted in WWE over 20 years ago. What is time. I mean, by that logic Tony should have passed on signing Sting. Or Punk, come to think of it. Regardless of how THAT turned out in the end, it was a great decision to begin with.
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 4, 2024 20:15:19 GMT -5
I was going to say that I'd pass on Drew but he's about 8 years younger than I thought he was so I've changed my mind. How is he only 38? It feels like he debuted in WWE over 20 years ago. What is time. I mean, by that logic Tony should have passed on signing Sting. Or Punk, come to think of it. Regardless of how THAT turned out in the end, it was a great decision to begin with. Well, I'm also not as high on Drew to begin with and don't consider him in the same category as an icon like Sting or an out of the business for several years CM Punk.
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Post by mattyy on Apr 4, 2024 20:17:40 GMT -5
A bigger note for me about the CatC poster wasn't Drew being on there (which is a no-brainer regardless of contract status) but the absence of Becky and Sheamus. The history and culture of Glasgow would make me think the Irish talent would be well emphasized - of course it could be nothing, maybe Sheamus won't be back in time or they want him to be a surprise, Becky might be taking the summer off for personal reasons/book promotion but their contracts are up this summer. Sheamus probably wants to pad out his retirement fund and Becky is going to ask for a big raise. I 100% see Sheamus O'Shaunessy being All Elite by the end of the Summer. Becky Knox, not so sure about but it's not entirely impossible. Drew I think is staying at this point if they're doing a show in Scotland.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 4, 2024 20:31:04 GMT -5
I don't think signing McIntyre if he can get them is a waste Nor do I think signing MCMG is either, they need tag teams who have more draw to them more then anything right now. They’ve signed Okada, Mone and Ospreay and ratings have gone down. I dont think some hypothetical drew or any other signing is “what they need more than anything rn”. They do need more tag teams, I didn't say anything about it helping ratings or that they'd save the ratings, I said they wouldn't be a waste.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Apr 4, 2024 21:21:16 GMT -5
I was going to say that I'd pass on Drew but he's about 8 years younger than I thought he was so I've changed my mind. How is he only 38? It feels like he debuted in WWE over 20 years ago. What is time. Dude was 24 during that Chosen One stuff in 2009, MJF before MJF was a thing. Hell him and Cody are the same age, and both dudes were hyped up as future WWE main event stars but honestly didn't reach their true potential until recently. It's crazy how much things change.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 4, 2024 21:46:47 GMT -5
A bigger note for me about the CatC poster wasn't Drew being on there (which is a no-brainer regardless of contract status) but the absence of Becky and Sheamus. The history and culture of Glasgow would make me think the Irish talent would be well emphasized - of course it could be nothing, maybe Sheamus won't be back in time or they want him to be a surprise, Becky might be taking the summer off for personal reasons/book promotion but their contracts are up this summer. Sheamus probably wants to pad out his retirement fund and Becky is going to ask for a big raise. I 100% see Sheamus O'Shaunessy being All Elite by the end of the Summer. Becky Knox, not so sure about but it's not entirely impossible. Drew I think is staying at this point if they're doing a show in Scotland. Yeah, Sheamus definitely seems to have one foot out the door. I'm guessing when his contract is up he's going to AEW.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 4, 2024 21:57:37 GMT -5
I 100% see Sheamus O'Shaunessy being All Elite by the end of the Summer. Becky Knox, not so sure about but it's not entirely impossible. Drew I think is staying at this point if they're doing a show in Scotland. Yeah, Sheamus definitely seems to have one foot out the door. I'm guessing when his contract is up he's going to AEW. It'd be truly ironic if Edge vs Sheamus for Edge's anniversary tribute was just... both of their last WWE matches The way they broke up the Brutes makes me think he's going to have one last big run outside of the company just so he can
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 4, 2024 22:10:32 GMT -5
Yeah, Sheamus definitely seems to have one foot out the door. I'm guessing when his contract is up he's going to AEW. It'd be truly ironic if Edge vs Sheamus for Edge's anniversary tribute was just... both of their last WWE matches The way they broke up the Brutes makes me think he's going to have one last big run outside of the company just so he can Sheamus has it in his contract that Tony has to shell out for Written in My Face for him.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 4, 2024 22:16:41 GMT -5
Today I learned that Sheamus' real name is Stephen Farrelly. And that kind of disappoints me. I was hoping it was really Seamus something.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 4, 2024 22:46:25 GMT -5
I was going to say that I'd pass on Drew but he's about 8 years younger than I thought he was so I've changed my mind. How is he only 38? It feels like he debuted in WWE over 20 years ago. What is time. Dude was 24 during that Chosen One stuff in 2009, MJF before MJF was a thing. Hell him and Cody are the same age, and both dudes were hyped up as future WWE main event stars but honestly didn't reach their true potential until recently. It's crazy how much things change. I don't even think it's that crazy; Bobby Lashley is the same story a few years earlier. WWE in that time period especially was an absolute dogshit place to develop your potential, and all three of those guys had big growing to do, but they were never going to do that growing where they were.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 4, 2024 22:52:51 GMT -5
I was going to say that I'd pass on Drew but he's about 8 years younger than I thought he was so I've changed my mind. How is he only 38? It feels like he debuted in WWE over 20 years ago. What is time. Dude was 24 during that Chosen One stuff in 2009, MJF before MJF was a thing. Hell him and Cody are the same age, and both dudes were hyped up as future WWE main event stars but honestly didn't reach their true potential until recently. It's crazy how much things change. And remember, his ACTUAL debut was in like 2007, where he and Dave Taylor were a pairing for like a month on SmackDown. So it IS not far off of 20 years since his WWE debut (16, closing in on 17).
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Post by 06vwgti on Apr 4, 2024 23:23:25 GMT -5
Dude was 24 during that Chosen One stuff in 2009, MJF before MJF was a thing. Hell him and Cody are the same age, and both dudes were hyped up as future WWE main event stars but honestly didn't reach their true potential until recently. It's crazy how much things change. I don't even think it's that crazy; Bobby Lashley is the same story a few years earlier. WWE in that time period especially was an absolute dogshit place to develop your potential, and all three of those guys had big growing to do, but they were never going to do that growing where they were. That era is a lost generation of talent.
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Post by KingPooper on Apr 4, 2024 23:24:15 GMT -5
Seriously if I could “fix” AEW. I’d push Dalton to the moon on the main show, dude just has it. I really think they are leaving so much money on the table having him only in ROH. Sure his character is goofy at times, dude was having a great more serious run in ROH before it was closed down. Dalton at 75% is still better than 90% of wrestlers. They need more over the top guys on the show.
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Post by dweezy79 on Apr 5, 2024 4:13:35 GMT -5
Where is the Dasha fan support to get her job back? Anthony Henry got his job back
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Apr 5, 2024 7:18:28 GMT -5
I'd be astonished if Becky left WWE, doesn't she travel with Seth and bring their child with them on the road?
Sheamus I can see though as much as I like him I don't think Tony should be in some huge rush to sign him up
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 5, 2024 7:35:10 GMT -5
I'd be astonished if Becky left WWE, doesn't she travel with Seth and bring their child with them on the road? Sheamus I can see though as much as I like him I don't think Tony should be in some huge rush to sign him up Sheamus would be fine. He wouldn't be a "needle mover" as far as ratings go, but he doesn't need to be. Stick him in the BCC and let him and Claudio tear shit up again.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 5, 2024 7:47:17 GMT -5
I'd be astonished if Becky left WWE, doesn't she travel with Seth and bring their child with them on the road? It’s less if Becky wants to leave and more if TKO is willing to spend the cash to keep her. Logically, it’d be weird to have her do a long book tour with promotional interviews to, in two months time, say “Nah, we’re good” but their logic might be “One Becky will cost as much as several NIL students we can train in house and we already spent a lot on Charlotte and Jade these past few months”. The fact they haven’t by now and we’re hearing, from her, that she’s got two months left is mind boggling. You’d want her signed and sealed before that book tour but I’m also not a major corporation that could go private and chopped up in the next few years, logic isn’t their strong suit.
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Post by KME on Apr 5, 2024 8:24:36 GMT -5
Tony's a wrestling fan, if he sees the opportunity to get new names and have cool moments and put on new matches we've never seen he's probably always going to do it, unless the ratings get to a point where he doesn't get a new TV deal he's not going to care about that more than what he can do with new talent. I wouldn't swap Okada or Ospreay for however many thousand of viewers they had before they arrived, as as fan I just don't give a shit, I've probably seen the rating for a show maybe 5 times in the time I've been watching. There are no real needle movers in wrestling, CM Punk was allegedly one but ratings were going down with him on the show right after their hottest period, I don't think there's much point judging a signing on how much they can move the needle because it just hardly ever happens.
The roster is stacked enough, tag division aside, so I wouldn't be signing anyone else for a while personally but I don't necessarily blame Tony for going for more. It creates a perception of AEW being the place where the best end up going, I'm sure he enjoys sticking it to WWE and taking the best talent on the market, especially after all the leaks from them about wanting every AEW talent who's contract was coming up and I'm sure he's got some uncertainty about the likes of Omega and Ibushi getting back to their previous levels, in Kenny's case if he can even come back at all, with the likes of Jericho also surely on the verge of being dialled back soon.
I really don't want new signings being funded by firing the likes of Dasha though. With some of the others, the actual wrestlers, you could half heartedly at least claim it's better for their careers in the long run to be allowed to go off and actually wrestle and get better, with Dasha there really was no upside for her at all. I hope Tony learns from the backlash on this, he generally seems to listen to fans and take advice on board so fingers crossed.
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 5, 2024 8:30:55 GMT -5
Yeah, I personally wouldn't sign anyone new unless they bring something that AEW doesn't already have, at least in the men's division.
Sheamus is a great example. I think he'd be a great fit for AEW and there are tons of guys he'd have fun matches with, but there are already several guys who have a similar style. On a less crowded roster I'd 100% sign him, but not with AEW's current one.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 5, 2024 8:35:28 GMT -5
I will just say the same thing about Sheamus that I said about CM Punk when the WWE signed him - both companies have a huge amount of young talent and they should be focusing on that, not chasing after guys in their 40's on the tail end of their careers.
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