I hope AEW has a good enough head on it's shoulders to not sign this dead-end doofus
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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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I hope AEW has a good enough head on it's shoulders to not sign this dead-end doofus
I thought Dolph signed a new multiyear contract last year? I thought the whole kerfluffle with him dropping the title in late 2017 was because he was in contract negotiations or something?
I'll have you know Perfect was looking incredible and was ready for a Rick Martel-esque return to form. Alas. :(
Making Mr. Perfect cheat in chess was so fucking stupid. Then they did almost nothing with him the entire time he was there.
I'll go so far as to argue that Hennig wouldn't have died if WWE didn't completely derail his comeback.
If they are going to outbid the WWE for Ziggler it won't be to make him a mid career.
I'll say this here, too.
If AEW could get 2013 Dolph Ziggler in terms of workrate, it would be a huge get. He wrestles today like a man beat down by the industry. A change of scenery could jumpstart him again.
If AEW could get 2013 Dolph Ziggler in terms of workrate, it would be a huge get. He wrestles today like a man beat down by the industry. A change of scenery could jumpstart him again.
I love Dolph, and I don't for a second think all of his wrestling woes in the WWE are his fault. I think he's a good enough worker that the kinda talent he'd be working with in AEW if he joined, would result in some 5-star matches, which would potentially result in a push.
Also, Mike and Maria Kanellis asked for their release, and The Revival asked for their releases Monday night while still in gear apparently. So things are looking up for AEW IMO.
Also, Mike and Maria Kanellis asked for their release, and The Revival asked for their releases Monday night while still in gear apparently. So things are looking up for AEW IMO.
Ziggler seems pretty serious about going full time with his whole right-wing comedian thing. So it's not out the question he'd take a lower payday to wrestle a handful of matches a year and put some guys over.
It would be interesting to see Ziggler wrestle with control over his matches and not a WWE agent. I'm curious to see what an "indy" Dolph Ziggler would look like.
Wait, Right-wing?
God dammit. All the Ziggler stanning I've been doing didn't take this into account.
...shit.
It's a good time to be a wrestler. A lot of money on the indie scene and the WWE will pay you double that to keep you away from it. If Ziggy's passion is something else now it makes sense for him to leave WWE so he can dedicate more time to it and still make good money on limited dates.
Apparently The Revival's contract likely goes until 2020 (with most NXT callups signing 3 year deals), which is a bummer. Might get an extended freeze out like they did with PAC.
Just read the bit about Vince now telling independent wrestlers that he'll offer double of whatever other offers they're getting. Shit is getting heated.
I've never seen his jokes, not sure if he's doing right-wing comedy jokes, but he's definitely someone who leans right. I think he even tried for a gig on Fox News?
He's had appearances on Fox News, and regulary does stuff on their business network. He's also defended Trump countless times.
He's basically the "I'm totally an independent, but I somehow exclusively vote and support Republicans" dudebro incarnate.
Wouldn't work that way. "Sign immediately" means you can't go see what another company can give you.
I mean double from 20k or close still kinda shitForecast is looking pretty fucking good right now if you're a indy wrestler.
Aren't WWE going to eventually run into the problem that they're going to stockpile a lot of guys they got nothing for or might not have a real eye for and then that just builds resentment over time?
I mean, hey, if you're getting paid well, fuck it right? Sign the paper.
But still.
I mean, hey, if you're getting paid well, fuck it right? Sign the paper.
But still.
I think that's the point. They are trying to starve out competition. They don't give a fuck about the fact that they'll have nothing to do with these guys.
You could make an argument that this is already happening.
Basically similar to what WCW was doing during the first couple of years of Nitro.
It's also why I'm interested to see for how many years these new WWE signings are locked in for.
It's just show WWE don't care about wrestling bussiness. Good for talent for getting paid but wreslers know wwe will be paying alot of money so they will be asking stupied kind of money and it's will cause trouble in the lockroom. I see this going mess for wwe.
Giving wrestlers more money just to join nxt for 3 years it's just going to cause more problems in lockroom on the main rosters.
With all of this money being thrown around now, can't help but think about the possibility of it creating some resentment among the people already on the roster in terms of their salary.
Viper is supposedly singing with NXT UK for a salary that already exceeds all the other women on that roster, just because AEW showed interest in her. Have to think that a few people may not be too happy about that.
Viper is supposedly singing with NXT UK for a salary that already exceeds all the other women on that roster, just because AEW showed interest in her. Have to think that a few people may not be too happy about that.
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