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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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Yeah, that's what I mean. Just hire Ibushi and let him do Ibushi things.
He should have a masked character for his crazy matches and come out as normal for serious matches, just because he does both so well
No. They were not among the characters killed off during the show's run.
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Tons of new stuff from Meltzer in the Observer this week:
- They are negotiating with two major cable networks for a live weekly two-hour show
- They are negotiating with two major cable networks for a live weekly two-hour show
AEW opened picking up sizable talent and there are very serious negotiations with two major cable stations for a weekly two-hour live prime time television show
- The Jacksonville show is expected to take place in July, and the third show is expected to take place in Chicago in SeptemberThe second AEW show will be during the summer in Jacksonville, with a large percentage of proceeds going to benefit victims of gun violence. There is still a lot to work out for the show, but it will most likely be in July or closely related to that.
The third show, as yet unannounced, is likely to be in Chicago, possibly back at the Sears Center, over Labor Day weekend with the idea of being the anniversary of the first All In, and would also be a PPV show.
- They are unlikely to land Mayu Iwatani, but are looking at other Japanese women including bringing in Aja KongWomen wrestlers from Stardom and other promotions have been contacted. One of the key ones was Mayu Iwatani, who is unlikely to come. ROH, which also has an affiliation with Stardom, paid for Iwatani's three-year U.S. visa so unless ROH and AWE make a deal, which will be difficult because they are competitors, Stardom feels it would be wrong to have her work against ROH, which also has booked Iwatani for its Madison Square Garden show.
Several Japanese women have been talked about for at least certain dates, including Hall of Famer Aja Kong, but that deal is not believed to be completed. But the Japanese women are being heavily scouted.
- Tuesday Night Dynamite probably won't be a thingWhile Tuesday Night Dynamite was trademarked and that obviously meant Tuesday was the plan at that time, it is up to the station they sign with and right now Tuesday looks highly unlikely, but two hours of live prime time is still the plan with either deal.
- The Young Bucks turned down a very unique deal from WWEPaul Levesque worked hard at getting all four into WWE. Page was offered main roster money to work NXT, where he'd have been pushed as one of its top stars. The Bucks & Cody were offered strong deals. The Bucks deal was for money roughly the same as WWE champion A.J. Styles, which would have also included BTE being made a regular weekly show on the WWE Network, as well as something I've never heard WWE concede on, which was a six-month window where they could have left their three-year contract if they wanted and weren't happy with their push.
Of course, WWE was fully aware of the Khan deal as this was going down, which was one of the reasons they went so hard in locking up talent of late. The great offer with the six-month window was with knowledge that Khan was not doing the promotion without The Bucks & Cody and signing them would keep them from being opposition. Without them, Khan wouldn't have the star power and stars of All In, meaning he'd likely not have the openings to everything from television to top talent that was necessary.
Those who work in WWE with knowledge of the deal were certain they wouldn't turn it down, and outright told me that they would be debuting at the Rumble, and had a Rumble-to-Mania significant storyline. When they made the decision to go to AEW, they remarked that it was mind-boggling that they would ever get an offer at that level, and even more that they were turning it down. But they did roughly 12 hours of talks with Levesque, who they heavily praised in how he handled everything, in particular seeing the comedy aspect in the skit they did where they superkicked Kazarian dressed up as him over-and-over in what was the public turning down of the offer on BTE.
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If they are getting two hours weekly live prime time on a major cable network plus the backing of a billionaire, he kind of has to
This is so insane.
I would never have been able to turn that down...
Will be interesting to revisit if AEW flops.
Bucks and Cody are 5 years with AEW as well.
I bet separating Page from them factored in their decision to turn it down though.
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It's more like three years. The fourth and fifth are option years.
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Turner started out as a meme, but there is a ton of smoke pointing towards them actually being in play here
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He's not, but the idea of the language being unprecedented is untrue. At that level yes, but in general from WWE contracts, no.
New Japan won't be happy about using Ibushi as sporadically as Jericho. If Ibushi not doing the tours then New Japan should cut him loose.
Tinfoil hat time, at the end of the show Punk comes out in the main event, the crowd goes insane and it builds hype for the live TV show which starts shortly after.
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If Vince cares about one thing, it's taking the legs out from underneath other rising promotions. If he signed The Elite, AEW certainly wouldn't be happening. Def props though for those aggressive offers. They certainly see them as legitimate competition it would seem.
Wonder if this whole thing means WWE stop being cheapskates and actually classify the wrestlers as employees so they can get proper travel and healthcare benefits.
Lol no. Won't happen unless their roster starts leaving in mass.
Vince has a bad sense of humor writing for others, but he, himself, is one of the funniest television characters of the last few decades.
I'm finally going to return to watching wrestling. I'm stepping up from casual viewing to catching up on everything AEW related. This has got me excited about wrestling again, just like TNA did in the beginning.
Also, how the heck has Madison Rayne remained so fit over the years?! She might've been the slimmest I've seen her at All In. Her music in TNA was also fit (for a queen).
Also, how the heck has Madison Rayne remained so fit over the years?! She might've been the slimmest I've seen her at All In. Her music in TNA was also fit (for a queen).
Why?
Competition is good for the industry. I don't see why anyone would be opposed to this as there is more than enough talent to go around.
How so? He is a wrestling journalist, this is by far the biggest news story currently. Why wouldn't he report what he knows?
It was foolish of even the dumbass WWE Fans to think he and HHH wouldn't take it serious. Remember how overboard they went on UK stuff the moments after WoS revival was announced, and that had nowhere near the money or the talent we already know is attached to this. They wanted to stop this immediately
I have to think the Bucks have in the back of their head that they can always take the WWE payday is AEW flatlines. If it will not work out, the whole thing will fold up well before the five year option on their contracts will be an issue.
WOW at that WWE offer, esp the fact that if they dont like their pushes before six months is up they could have up and left. I hope AEW is a success because I would hate to see this bite them in the ass. Kind of glad they didnt sign with WWE though, Vince and HHH have a tendency to do this
This company thinks the Bucks wouldn't remember what they did to Zack Ryder's show. As far as the they can leave within six months if they are not happy with their push, even I see that they would do everything to make them happy only to depush them after the six months, so that part is worthless. I truly feel now that Vince and Hunter are going to do one final crazy offer to Omega. Without Omega who becomes the center piece for AEW??? Cody??
How could the Bucks not jump at the offer of BTE being on the network after seeing how Long Island Iced Z turned out!
Yeah I'm of the opinion that if they nail TNT or TBS that instantly makes them the #2 promotion in America. Distant to WWE, but...there really WASN'T a #2 before now.
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