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AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

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  • #362
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,279 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    If AEW could get Taker Mean Mark for one match to put someone over who should it be?


  • #363
    johnnyryan89
    Registered Users Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭johnnyryan89


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    If AEW could get Taker Mean Mark for one match to put someone over who should it be?

    Joey Ryan just to see the outrage from certain people on the internet.


  • #364
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,279 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    johnnyryan89 wrote: »
    Joey Ryan just to see the outrage from certain people on the internet.

    The Druids vs the Dildos/


  • #365
    nazmoalex
    Registered Users Posts: 573 ✭✭✭nazmoalex


    Dildos vs Druids..... take my money! Only if Kevin Sullivan gets to bring back the dungeon of doom and somehow the Sinister Minister is involved!

    What if Cody went full 80's and booked all these no name guys as jobbers for tv?

    Obviously had a beer... or two.
    Joking aside really looking forward to how the whole project works out, good bad or indifferent it has definitely got people talking. It's already getting people better deals and terms by all accounts. So good luck to them.


  • #366
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Anyone else getting the vibe that Tony Khan is a bit of a mark who the wrestlers are going to take advantage of.

    It kind of feels like his Dad bought him a wrestling company.


    There's clearly an element of that.

    However, he's noted he had planned this for a long time and is only launching now. Doing so at a time when TV rights for wrestling have never been larger and there are genuine stars on the outside to launch with is terrific timing. Clearly there is some savvy thinking here.

    By the same token, I think we can all look at it and see that having 4 top wrestlers as EVP's with a hand in creative, while Khan will be spending half his time in London on a completely different time zone is going to lead to challenges both in terms of the ability to make decisions efficiently and without conflict.


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  • #367
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Bea Priestley
    is the newest addition to All Elite Wrestling's roster.


  • #368
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,279 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I saw yesterday AEW were turned down on all of names they tried to patent and trademark including AEW.


  • #369
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    I saw yesterday AEW were turned down on all of names they tried to patent and trademark including AEW.

    Jesus!! Watch Vince make a stable called AEW now


  • #370
    martyos121
    Registered Users Posts: 21,334 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    MrMac84 wrote: »
    Jesus!! Watch Vince make a stable called AEW now

    Filled to the absolute brim with jobbers.


  • #371
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,791 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    It'll be the new bWo. Or the Mean Street Posse.

    Or Miz's new Aew-some faction


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  • #372
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    martyos121 wrote: »
    Filled to the absolute brim with jobbers.

    Heath Slater as the leader!


  • #373
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Why in the hell did they not secure the trademarks before announcing them


  • #374
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,104 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Cowboys, Ted. They're a bunch of cowboys.


  • #375
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,791 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Isn't that the fault of their Chief Brandi Officer?


  • #376
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    id be more entailed to put the blame on Billionaire Tony

    im sure they wont lose the names as Tony would throw money at it surely but god how much of a disater would that be to lose the name


  • #377
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    What a farce that is. Amateur hour stuff.

    I am starting to get a stink of carnie about this.


  • #378
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    The initial applications were rejected for what are mostly minor, technical reasons. WWE has trademarks rejected all the time - NXT was rejected at first. I wouldn't stress about it, it will be resolved.


  • #379
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    sky88 wrote: »
    id be more entailed to put the blame on Billionaire Tony

    im sure they wont lose the names as Tony would throw money at it surely but god how much of a disater would that be to lose the name

    I don't think it wold be a major deal to lose the name at this early stage of the company. I'd say many would have said that World Wrestling Federation losing their F, and changing to E would have spelt disaster too.


  • #380
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    I don't think it wold be a major deal to lose the name at this early stage of the company. I'd say many would have said that World Wrestling Federation losing their F, and changing to E would have spelt disaster too.

    but they were a company that was a established were aew is a new company trying to get tv deals and it would just project a bad image of the company straight off the bat


  • #381
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Wrighty vs tony khan at double or nothing

    https://twitter.com/5livesport/status/1102677021824495616?s=21


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  • #382
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,279 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    So stories of JR signing a multi year million dollar a year contract.


    That alone really does give the whole wrestlers talking a Billionaire for a ride idea some credence.


    JR is about 15 years past a million dollar a year contract talent.


    They are dead in the water before they start if he is going to be an on air talent.


  • #383
    sirmanga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭sirmanga


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    So stories of JR signing a multi year million dollar a year contract.


    That alone really does give the whole wrestlers talking a Billionaire for a ride idea some credence.


    JR is about 15 years past a million dollar a year contract talent.


    They are dead in the water before they start if he is going to be an on air talent.

    Hear hear.

    This is now clearly a money mark operation.

    JR can't even cut it on pre recorded New Japan commentary that airs in the middle of the night. Having him blurt out his tired old catchphrases on this new company's show will set it back before it even gets started.


  • #384
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    So stories of JR signing a multi year million dollar a year contract.


    That alone really does give the whole wrestlers talking a Billionaire for a ride idea some credence.


    JR is about 15 years past a million dollar a year contract talent.


    They are dead in the water before they start if he is going to be an on air talent.
    sirmanga wrote: »
    Hear hear.

    This is now clearly a money mark operation.

    JR can't even cut it on pre recorded New Japan commentary that airs in the middle of the night. Having him blurt out his tired old catchphrases on this new company's show will set it back before it even gets going.

    I'd agree JR is well past his use by as on air talent, as sirmanga has noted regarding New Japan, he sounds a combination of tired & can't be fecking arsed. He'd be better off used in some kind of backstage role.

    They'd be better off hiring others for commentary.


  • #385
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,791 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    He never seems to learn anything about the wrestlers. The number of mistakes he makes is crazy


  • #386
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    So stories of JR signing a multi year million dollar a year contract.


    That alone really does give the whole wrestlers talking a Billionaire for a ride idea some credence.


    JR is about 15 years past a million dollar a year contract talent.


    They are dead in the water before they start if he is going to be an on air talent.

    Come on now.

    The announcers in WWE earn fractions of this. Why would Khan approach Ross, who has little leverage, and offer him an obscenely above market salary?

    Unless, of course, he is a major VP in the company, like head of talent relations or something. Then I can see a high 6 figure or early 7 figure deal.


  • #387
    Monokne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,929 ✭✭✭Monokne


    sirmanga wrote: »
    Hear hear.

    This is now clearly a money mark operation.

    JR can't even cut it on pre recorded New Japan commentary that airs in the middle of the night. Having him blurt out his tired old catchphrases on this new company's show will set it back before it even gets started.

    There's a completely unsubstantiated rumour floating in the ether and ***this*** makes up your mind?

    Lads, seriously. No one has any idea what level of TV deal they are negotiating, nor for the most part what salaries they are paying out. Maybe Khan is a money mark, maybe he's a savvy businessman, or maybe it is somewhere in the middle. Perhaps best wait for some ACTUAL evidence before leaping to conclusions? :confused:


  • #388
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,279 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Right so no one discuss anything on a message board until actual facts are out there.

    Close the thread then.


  • #389
    sirmanga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭sirmanga


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Right so no one discuss anything on a message board until actual facts are out there.

    Close the thread then.

    Yep. Didn't realise this was an academic dissertation and everything needed to by cited for fear of a bad grade.


  • #390
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Having to listen to jr makes this less watchable for me I’ve grown to really dislike him over the years and there’s just much better commentators out there they could try to get


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  • #391
    hufpc8w3adnk65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,158 ✭✭✭✭hufpc8w3adnk65


    I don’t watch much if anything outside Raw. Who would you rank top 5 announcers?


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