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All Elite Wrestling announced; bankrolled by Tony Khan, son of Jacksonville Jaguars and Fullham FC owner Shahid Khan
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This is how shit went before the modern era of WWE and...well...OK, it wasn't perfect, but it was way better than what we're getting now.
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I seriously wonder how this goes down when negotiating for a TV deal
I seriously wonder how this goes down when negotiating for a TV deal
I think we are talking about semantics. What did you call the creative team in the early 1990s WWF? Vince was the booker. But there was other creative.
Ironically enough he's also the reason ROH still exists today. Without him the Sinclair sale never happens and Cary likely closes the company.
Just as well. The use of Mike and Maria has been disappointing to say the least.
Like I get it was a slow start with Mike going to rehab and Maria getting pregnant, but even after that they've continued to give them nothing to do.
Like I get it was a slow start with Mike going to rehab and Maria getting pregnant, but even after that they've continued to give them nothing to do.
I've always liked Maria, wouldn't mind seeing her land on her feet.
No to both. Seems like some posters are conflating writing and booking.
A booking team? They certainly aren't writers if they aren't writing.
AEW will obviously have a booker and direction for each of its wrestlers. Like Cody said, there will be "bullet points", but there will not be scripted promos like WWE where what is said is written down to the letter (except for guys like Cena).
We are talking about the same thing. I am not going to argue about the semantics of it.
Sign Aussie Open, you cowards. I'm scared WWE will sign then for NXT UK, or whatever Australia expansion they have rumored.
This isn't a semantics thing. WWF/E didn't script promos or matches like they do nowadays.
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why would that be a bullet point when negotiating a tv deal?
at least theey tried out WWE. Wasn't Mike in rehab?
of course they will. All promotions have a booker. The point Cody is making is that he doesn't want a team of writers who dictate what the wrestlers do. He wants the wrestlers to be able to have input in a story and be more involved in the creativee direction. In WWE, the current creative atmosphere is that thee writeers create storylines for thee wrestlers and the wrestleers have to act out the storyline how the writers wrote them and repeat the lines for verbatim how it's written down. Wrestlers in WWE get very little input in the direction of a story or what kind of story they can do unless you are a top TOP guy in WWE.
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No we aren't. You're the one who said doing a two hour weekly show without writers wasn't feasible, so why exactly isn't it? There's no reason to believe that just because Cody said the wrestlers will be the writers that that means it'll be the wild west with wrestlers doing whatever the fuck they want and no-one laying shows out.
No? This has nothing to do with the agenting or booking matches. You lot realize that modern WWE is in the minority of promotions when it comes to having writers, right? AEW will have a booking committee of Cody Rhodes, the Young Bucks, and Tony Khan, with everything having to pass through Khan. Everything will be booked out, probably many months in advance, and the wrestlers will be given bullet points to cover in promos to deliver in their own way. Just the same way they did it in the old days and still do in many promotions today. God, one of the biggest complaints people have with the WWE is the over scripted promos, that's thanks to the writers, who are the ones writing them.
He was in rehab, she got pregnant and went on maternity leave. They were both back by October
And then put in 205 purgatory with nothing to do ever since. Not their fault nothing's been done with them
They did a podcast a few months ago talking about what happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALgD3aVGMDw
According to Mike & Maria, WWE was very supportive when he told them about his addiction, he rehabbed in a hotel room while they were on vacation, and he was never taken off the road. He was still doing dark matches & house shows while Maria was pregnant.
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I know this is all premature, but assuming that AEW does decent business, gains a plush TV deal, and establishes a secondary presence in the market, and using the principle of no scripted promos -- will that force WWE to soften their stance on the scripted promos? I find them distractingly awful. Have the wrestler complained about this format? I think bullet pointing is the way to go. Lay out a feud, explain their grievance with their opponent, announce the venue, and if a title defense is involved, go into why they'll be the next champion.
Wait what? I didn't know that!
I guess Jericho will be heavily involved in the overall creative process.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCir..._revival_asked_for_their_release_after_their/
Seems like The Revival asked for their releases too.
They definitely are a in a position to test the waters in other companies, after all the praise that they got in NXT, they were definitely misused in the main roster
Seems like The Revival asked for their releases too.
They definitely are a in a position to test the waters in other companies, after all the praise that they got in NXT, they were definitely misused in the main roster
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Meltzer is saying that no one in WWE who requests a release right now is expected to get it.
He also says that they have told certain indie talents that if they show WWE an offer on paper from another company, they'll match it, or even double it if the talent agrees to sign on the spot.
He also says that they have told certain indie talents that if they show WWE an offer on paper from another company, they'll match it, or even double it if the talent agrees to sign on the spot.
Imagine Kenny Omega showing a ridiculous offer from AEW/NJPW, only to Vince offering him the double and more
Are they trying to sign the whole world just to prevent them from signing with AEW?
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I wonder how many will turn down offers just because they don't are too keen in being signed just for the sake of it without any chance to be used in any way whatsoever.
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If the money is double what is being offered elsewhere, probably not many
For something I've seen argued to have no prospects (with TNA being their ceiling or something), AEW sure seems to have compelled WWE to resort to drastic measures.
Provided this ain't misinformation.
Provided this ain't misinformation.
Fuck yes, I'm ready for memorable tag matches again.
That's pretty much what they did to the entire UK market in like the span of a year.
The WWE has always done this, like the examples mentioned above of the WWE hiring lots of indie wrestlers from the UK to stop an upcoming promotion to gain momentum. So in that regard, is normal that they are doing this after a billionaire is announcing that they are going to start a new promotion with chances of a tv deal and hiring some of the most popular wrestlers in the business
I recall that the WWE hired mr perfect in 2002 just to stop an upcoming company from gaining momentum lol
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