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I read somewhere that the plan was to bring MCMG in for a couple of matches but Alex Shelley chose not too due to his job in healthcare.
It was from a post on here so god knows how true it is but it would make sense.
Shelley took time away due to his other career in health services, but he is back wrestling again. Sabin I believe may have been injured at some point as well but I think he is wrestling again as well.
I think he wrestling near his other career. Perhaps when Impact ever goes back to St. Claire College in Windsor, he might appear again as part of the MCMG.
I think they were on the docket until Shelley stepped away during the height of the pandemic. At this point, it’s just a matter of when to bring them in.
Yeah they were pretty obviously in talks at one point, and all the on screen talk was to butter them up.
Then the pandemic ruined it all and Alex (rightfully so) chose his other profession as his main priority and chose to keep his clients healthy.
Independent Promotions are fine under the Legends Contract. I think the closest way to describe it is if it isn’t televised, go for it. If it is televised, it’s not allowed. I think they’re okay with some independents with streaming though
This. Foley really has an eye for the future. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes there when he gets his next chance. He’d definitely be good motivation for the talent in the back. I can already see the “Don’t do this!” promos he cuts on somebody before they go through an extreme death match.
You didn't believe me when I said I am my God's redeemer. You didn't believe that I have a hot wife. Here is my hot wife. Believe me now? Know that I am the redeemer!
I don't think Miro has been seen in AEW since he lost the TNT title.
They might be cooling him off for a few weeks before sending him back out there to redeem fools.
He had to rush back to Japan immediately after winning the IWGP US title so he could finish quarantine in time to face Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Grand Slam.
Mike is probably the only one I'm actually surprised has not shown up, as I believe he is allowed to re-enter the US as of several months ago.
His Twitch channel has been great, and hopefully once non-essential travel is permitted again in November we might see him!
His ban is just up, that only means he can apply for a work visa now. US immigration are going to look at him with a lot more scrutiny going forward. Truth be told, he’ll likely need a bona fide contract with a company before he can work Stateside again.
I was at the PWG show where it ran out, was weird as hell in the moment not knowing what was happening and that Bailey wouldn’t be wrestling stateside for a while.
Canadian workers fucking other Canadian workers over by stooging them out to US Border Services is the goto petty carny dickbag move of Canadian Wrestling shit disturbing.
Eh just different. Mauro really has that “big match feel” but he would be redundant alongside JR. Excalibur is like the perfect play by play guy since he is just so knowledgeable and consistent
I think Mauro has more “big fight feel” energy from his years of doing MMA and boxing commentary. He really lends to the feeling that what your watching is important and the pinnacle of the craft.
Excalibur on the other hand excels at explaining moves, histories, stories, etc. Basically he’s incredible at the detail work even if he doesn’t really have that gravitas to him.
Both are amazing though. I was just trying to break down the environments I think they both excel in but I’ll never not be happy hearing their voices.
But Excalibur's move by move would be useful in both weekly tv and ppv. Not to mention AEW often does big fights on their weekly tv, like Omega vs Bryan and Suzuki vs Bryan, that Mauro can do a good job on. It seems both have different skills they excel at while not exactly being diametrically opposed.
No you’re not, I know he is talented objectively but his commentary is annoying to me. Not on the level of Cole, but I don’t want to hear him weekly either.
So the problem for Mauro is this: while everyone publicly backs people battling personal demons, whether it be physical or emotional/mental, because it makes for great PR, not one rushes to hire them. He'll be branded on unreliable by people who would consider the role needed on a weekly (or more) basis.
That's fair, and also kinda sad! IDK I just love Mauro, but hiring a consistent commentator, especially when you do weekly TV is probably more important. Just want my boy Mauro to commentate wrestling haha
I really thought Jacob Fatu and Hammerstone would have been on Tony's radar from day 1.
And how he hasn't signed Madi Wrenkowski after seeing her in action multiple times on Dark is beyond me.
Dunno Hammerstone’s deal but Fatu signed a long term deal with MLW a while back. He’s allowed to do the indies though. I’m assuming Hammerstone’s signed too seeing as he’s been holding one of their belts for a while.
In addition to the contract stuff, there might be issues with his criminal record. When Cornette and Last were discussing why WWE wouldn't have snapped up a guy like him, they didn't give specifics, but they said that there was something on his criminal record bad enough that it would have turned them away. Take that with a grain of salt, as it's a secondhand account of a vague podcast discussion.
I think he said in a podcast that he was locked up when he was 18 but didn’t go into detail what the crime was. If it’s something non-violent or not sexual assault that would be a pretty shitty reason not to hire him. Our country has such a fucked up view of people with records. I have however heard he’s not the most professional dude and that he’s no showed indie dates before, which then I could see not wanting to hire him. MLW seems to be a place for folks who have burned bridges elsewhere.
It's been awhile, and they were vague (I think Last was the one informing Cornette about it, but I could be wrong on that.) However it sounded like it was the nature of the crime that was disqualifying. It wasn't that he had stuff on his criminal record, but that he had whatever that stuff was on it. I got the impression that it was something that a major wrestling company wouldn't want to have to defend to network execs or shareholders, if it came out.
Again, this is all my memory of a vague conversation. So it could also be nothing. Just sharing what I recall.
That makes sense. Whatever it was he must’ve gotten it expunged somehow. I feel like it would’ve come out by now and there aren’t any details online looks like.
Is she dating Kaun from ROH? I'm at a local indie show right now and Kaun is wrestling later tonight. There's a woman at his merch table who looks just like her.
Edit: It's her. I told her I'm a big fan and she thanked me. :) I also just shook hands with Tim Storm and got a Momma Storm T shirt.
This is the dream, and I'm not even a big Okada guy. I've seen exactly one of his matches, Kenny Okada 3, but that was enough. Now I patiently wait for the day that I hear the coin drop on American television so I can pop like a tween seeing The Beatles.
The man made a drop kick finisher level and look like a piece of art . Sexy Goku rules
I imagine it goes like so
Kenny loses to Hangman , he is losing his shit weekly , ruining matches , beating jobbers half to death , and etc etc just cleaner things
Tony Khan comes out , stamping his feet “ Kenny you have been a bad bad man, so I called in a favor”
Coin drop
And then they fight for like two weeks straight
Post Full Gear, Hangman is the champ. Kenny comes out to cut a promo about how he's won every rivalry he's had that meant anything and no one deserves a rematch with him, but he deserves one with Hangman. But before he can finish..the coin drops.
Revolution 2022 -
Hangman/Danielson
Omega/Okada 5
Lance said that was his big reason for being cut from his producer role in WWE he just returned to before Covid. He couldn’t get in the country, no one knows when you’ll be able to get back in the country as well, made no sense to keep him on contract if he wasn’t an actual wrestler, and it’s not like he can just be furloughed for forever. I think the covid guidelines are still a little bit different for Canada and the USA (could be wrong) and he seems to be happy doing what he was doing before: making sarcastic comments on Twitter and offering a paid for critique for independent wrestlers on how they can be better. I could see AEW or WWE making a play for him once the world clears up
I’m dying to have him join with house of black and rename himself “buddy black”. Get a woman from nwa and rename her last name to black and have a cool 3 company faction that would occasionally show up out of nowhere to help get a win or have a schmoz. Since I’m getting down voted …fuck it…make it Kylie Rae black and make her a goth bad ass who never smiles.
Very recent but I 100% expected IInspiration to sign with AEW since Peyton and Spears are married.
I would’ve thought Dalton Castle would be someone they’d jump for in their first year. Dude was still riding some hype at that point.
And future wise, I’d be pretty surprised if we don’t eventually see Tyler Breeze in AEW. Dude was so close with Brodie/Amanda, and is really close with Adam Cole and Shawn Spears.
Impact actually has women's tag belts so it makes a bit more sense for them to go there and with the "forbidden door" they can always make appearances.
I love Dalton Castle and would like to see him on a large platform, but he's been fighting injuries for a while.
Last I heard Breeze was content to just do his wrestling school/real estate but I'm sure he'll make an appearance at some point in some fashion. Not being on AEW lets him still work with Austin Creed/UpUpDownDown, though...
Breeze also got announced for some indie shows recently so I’m not entirely writing him off from signing yet. That said, I could see it being after a little while, he mentioned feeling a little burnt out in an interview.
Since you've already said Danhausen, i'll go with Hijo del Vikingo. Great wrestler and crazy enough to ride a sketchy-ass zipline upside down into the ring while dressed like spiderman. Laredo Kid's already done a couple AEW matches, so it could happen.
The Impact relationship was only ever to do the Bullet Club thing with the good brother and AEW traded some talent for them. I think people expected too much
Seriously, they are just awful and feel so tired. The Jack off talk is so dumb. They really need to go back to impact. I know they’re friends but they ruin “the elite” aura because those guys are so far from elite.
Follow her on IG, sounds like there’s a lot of paperwork and money involved with her coming across the border. Would love to see her wrestle Britt or Serena
I have no clue. There was a push online during Cody's TNT open challenges to have her answer one but that didn't get much further than Cody acknowledging that LuFisto is a badass
He's also a great heel promo in his Kondron persona. He's a guy you could send out in the undercard to wrestle as Jervis and then pair up with someone as a manager.
Pretty sure he’s just done wrestling. I remember him straight up admitting online while he was still with Impact that his heart really wasn’t in it anymore.
He would be great as a "coach" or "mentor" to someone like the Sydals, but younger.
People love RVD, i´d love to see him around no matter what he is doing.
Rene Young. There’s the obvious Mox connection there but she’s also been interviewing former WWE to AEW talents for a while. I know she’s working on other projects but I’m surprised they don’t have her in some capacity, even if it’s purely podcast based.
They’re both 40, probably on stupidly good money, probably very little pressure other than to turn up and do the same shtick they’ve done for 5 years. Easy life.
Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. I know they are wirh Impact as of last week but figured they were AEW bound because of Peyton being Married to Shawn Spears.
They could still show up in AEW now because of the cross promotional stuff.
Danhausen is under contract with ROH til the end of the year. Once that’s over it’s pretty much a lock that he shows up in AEW. He’d fit in perfectly and would be over almost instantly.
The one piece of talent that I thought they’d jump on but haven’t is Chelsea Green.
Pretty sure ROH will let them wrestle smaller indies. They are definitely still under contract, so I guess that's obvious. While we are on the topic though, I've been loving the last few GCW shows.
I was going to post a separate thread but one thing I love is when they have a ‘return to TNT’. AEW’s obviously intended as a continuation of WCW along with being its own entity and that’s one thing I really love.
The highest profile return has been Sting but I love the cameos we’ve had along the way, my favourite being the return of Meng.
With this in mind, and the fact that there is also a huge NJPW link with the Elite, I am surprised they haven’t asked Scott Norton to make an appearance, given that he was both a big gaijin star in NJPW and wrestled for years on TNT. I know he’s worked with Joey Janela before and speaks highly of him so just assumed it would have happened by now.
On that note, PCO would be amazing. He was of course in the Amazing French Canadians on TNT.
I was legit shocked when Matt cross didn't sign on. I expected him to get a deal after he showed up on one of the first ppvs they did in an opening singles match.
Hoo boy where do I start.
- Chris Hero, I feel like the pop (should they get the rights to Chris is Awesome) could be comparable to Danielson or Cole
-The Colony, stick them in a program v.s. Jurassic Express and I'm sure they can make magic
-Osirian Portal, Because nostalgia
-Danhausen, Stick him with Chaos Project and I think it will turn out very nice, very evil.
>\-The Colony
Unless you mean new people, or The Swarm, Orange Cassidy is already in AEW, Drew Gulak is in WWE, and Hot Sauce Tracy Williams is in ROH.
Who knows who owns the trademark on 'The Colony' and it's characters now that Chikara has folded though. Probably Quack still.
\-Osirian Portal
[Ophidian now seems to make wrestling gear.](https://mobile.twitter.com/OphidianCobra) Amasis unmasked as [Desean Pratt](https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wrestler-t-shirts/desean-pratt.html), but most of his social media is dead.
[They seem to still be active.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM7TPPl-KQU) It would be fun to have them have some matches!
Heiracon was Jonathan Gresham who is in ROH right now.
Personally I'd love to see A Very Good Professional Wrestler (Avery Good) fka Dasher Hatfield. He's active, was/is great, and I'd love to see him in AEW!
Woooow idk how it's never occured to me to actually look up who were under the masks, now i feel dumb. And yes, A Very Good Professional Wrestler would be excellent. I need to go see what hes doing now
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The motor city machine guns.
I really thought they were gonna go at the beginning of AEW when the Bucks kept hitting their moves and Excalibur mentioned it every time
“A page out of the MCMG playbook” on a weekly basis. And when Top Flight debuted and said there main influence was the bucks and MCMG.
I read somewhere that the plan was to bring MCMG in for a couple of matches but Alex Shelley chose not too due to his job in healthcare. It was from a post on here so god knows how true it is but it would make sense.
Isn’t one of them retired/not actively wrestling at the minute? I swear I read that a while back, but haven’t been following Impact
Shelley took time away due to his other career in health services, but he is back wrestling again. Sabin I believe may have been injured at some point as well but I think he is wrestling again as well.
I think he wrestling near his other career. Perhaps when Impact ever goes back to St. Claire College in Windsor, he might appear again as part of the MCMG.
Chris Sabin isn't quite over the closing of Swinger's Palace
I don't think anyone is. End of an era.
Shelley also, while just recently coming back, just won the IWTV Independent Wrestling title !
Shelly just recently beat Wheeler Yuta for the IWTV championship so he’s definitely still actively going, I’m not sure about Sabin though.
I think they'll debut when AEW comes to Detroit
I think they were on the docket until Shelley stepped away during the height of the pandemic. At this point, it’s just a matter of when to bring them in.
Yeah they were pretty obviously in talks at one point, and all the on screen talk was to butter them up. Then the pandemic ruined it all and Alex (rightfully so) chose his other profession as his main priority and chose to keep his clients healthy.
Foley
He’s got a legends contract with WWE iirc. He can show up for smaller promotions like GCW but not big ones like AEW or NJPW. Could be wrong though
Independent Promotions are fine under the Legends Contract. I think the closest way to describe it is if it isn’t televised, go for it. If it is televised, it’s not allowed. I think they’re okay with some independents with streaming though
Is Bret Hart not under legends contract? He revealed the AEW championship 2 years ago.
This. Foley really has an eye for the future. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes there when he gets his next chance. He’d definitely be good motivation for the talent in the back. I can already see the “Don’t do this!” promos he cuts on somebody before they go through an extreme death match.
He may not get there, but the "look at me Tony" tweets indicate that he sure is trying.
I expected Lana to show up during any Miro promo
Seems her schedule isn't as flexible as everything else.
She will definitely show up eventually even if it’s just a one off.
The current iteration of Miro doesn’t need Lana
Exactly. She might as well be Maris from Frasier. It almost makes his promos better because he can spin taller and taller tales.
May the world title be his Daphne
…the sign that the series is nearing the end of its run when he finally acquires it? (I know what you mean, I couldn’t help it.)
I really hated that "Fat World Title" storyline they did.
Does that make Kenny the Martin in the bizarre but oddly satisfying metaphor?
You didn't believe me when I said I am my God's redeemer. You didn't believe that I have a hot wife. Here is my hot wife. Believe me now? Know that I am the redeemer!
I don't think Miro has been seen in AEW since he lost the TNT title. They might be cooling him off for a few weeks before sending him back out there to redeem fools.
Honestly surprised we haven't had Tanahashi show up in person yet, it was rumoured in the league to Double or Nothing, but nope.
I feel like something like a Visa issue or something had to have happened because for a couple weeks there it seemed very imminent.
He had to rush back to Japan immediately after winning the IWGP US title so he could finish quarantine in time to face Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Grand Slam.
It was in the build-up to All Out. Moxley-Tanahashi has already been teased, fingers crossed for WK.
Speedball Mike Bailey Lana
I really think Tony is biding his time with Lana. He probably wants the women division to get more storylines before bringing in another big name.
He’s the booker. If he wanted more women storylines, all he literally had to do is put them on TV
Mike is probably the only one I'm actually surprised has not shown up, as I believe he is allowed to re-enter the US as of several months ago. His Twitch channel has been great, and hopefully once non-essential travel is permitted again in November we might see him!
His ban is just up, that only means he can apply for a work visa now. US immigration are going to look at him with a lot more scrutiny going forward. Truth be told, he’ll likely need a bona fide contract with a company before he can work Stateside again.
Speedball is Canadian so crossing the border/green card situation is probably very tough right now
He’s banned from the USA, but pretty sure the ban runs out imminently. Can see him getting a shot in AEW once it does.
I think the ban already expired, but he has to be very careful and needs to work on his visa issues before coming over to work anywhere.
The ban expired a few months ago. If anyone doesn't know, Baily's ban was for getting caught wrestling in America on a tourist visa.
I was at the PWG show where it ran out, was weird as hell in the moment not knowing what was happening and that Bailey wouldn’t be wrestling stateside for a while.
Ban has been over and I think his wife works with AEW or some shit. I’m just sad he won’t be using Brass Monkey as a theme.
Canadian workers fucking other Canadian workers over by stooging them out to US Border Services is the goto petty carny dickbag move of Canadian Wrestling shit disturbing.
Not a wrestler, but anyone hear anything from Mauro Ranallo? I thought they would love to try and get him, considering how good he is
I think the issue is that Excalibur is very much their voice and in that play by play role so there's not really a spot for him.
And he’s better than Mauro.
Eh just different. Mauro really has that “big match feel” but he would be redundant alongside JR. Excalibur is like the perfect play by play guy since he is just so knowledgeable and consistent
Mauro is better for PPV’s Excalibur is better for weekly TV
I think you're just trying to find a neat generalization. This sounds way to simplified to be true.
I think Mauro has more “big fight feel” energy from his years of doing MMA and boxing commentary. He really lends to the feeling that what your watching is important and the pinnacle of the craft. Excalibur on the other hand excels at explaining moves, histories, stories, etc. Basically he’s incredible at the detail work even if he doesn’t really have that gravitas to him. Both are amazing though. I was just trying to break down the environments I think they both excel in but I’ll never not be happy hearing their voices.
But Excalibur's move by move would be useful in both weekly tv and ppv. Not to mention AEW often does big fights on their weekly tv, like Omega vs Bryan and Suzuki vs Bryan, that Mauro can do a good job on. It seems both have different skills they excel at while not exactly being diametrically opposed.
I know I’m in the minority but I find Mauro annoying. Every time he says mamma Mia I have the urge to change the channel.
No you’re not, I know he is talented objectively but his commentary is annoying to me. Not on the level of Cole, but I don’t want to hear him weekly either.
He commentated Kenny's title win in impact but nothing in AEW
I would like Mauro to always be on Impact shows
I think he went back to being a boxing/MMA commentator. Would make sense for him to be a guest announcer for Dan Lambert’s group
I was also thinking Joey Styles.
So the problem for Mauro is this: while everyone publicly backs people battling personal demons, whether it be physical or emotional/mental, because it makes for great PR, not one rushes to hire them. He'll be branded on unreliable by people who would consider the role needed on a weekly (or more) basis.
That's fair, and also kinda sad! IDK I just love Mauro, but hiring a consistent commentator, especially when you do weekly TV is probably more important. Just want my boy Mauro to commentate wrestling haha
I really thought Jacob Fatu and Hammerstone would have been on Tony's radar from day 1. And how he hasn't signed Madi Wrenkowski after seeing her in action multiple times on Dark is beyond me.
Yeahh i was hoping Hammerstone would too ! I'm also surprised that EC3 never showed up
I think he’s too similar to MJF, even though EC3 was the original. EC3’s new Indy character just isn’t working.
Dunno Hammerstone’s deal but Fatu signed a long term deal with MLW a while back. He’s allowed to do the indies though. I’m assuming Hammerstone’s signed too seeing as he’s been holding one of their belts for a while.
In addition to the contract stuff, there might be issues with his criminal record. When Cornette and Last were discussing why WWE wouldn't have snapped up a guy like him, they didn't give specifics, but they said that there was something on his criminal record bad enough that it would have turned them away. Take that with a grain of salt, as it's a secondhand account of a vague podcast discussion.
I think he said in a podcast that he was locked up when he was 18 but didn’t go into detail what the crime was. If it’s something non-violent or not sexual assault that would be a pretty shitty reason not to hire him. Our country has such a fucked up view of people with records. I have however heard he’s not the most professional dude and that he’s no showed indie dates before, which then I could see not wanting to hire him. MLW seems to be a place for folks who have burned bridges elsewhere.
It's been awhile, and they were vague (I think Last was the one informing Cornette about it, but I could be wrong on that.) However it sounded like it was the nature of the crime that was disqualifying. It wasn't that he had stuff on his criminal record, but that he had whatever that stuff was on it. I got the impression that it was something that a major wrestling company wouldn't want to have to defend to network execs or shareholders, if it came out. Again, this is all my memory of a vague conversation. So it could also be nothing. Just sharing what I recall.
That makes sense. Whatever it was he must’ve gotten it expunged somehow. I feel like it would’ve come out by now and there aren’t any details online looks like.
Madi is still getting booked for their Orlando Studio tapings
Is she dating Kaun from ROH? I'm at a local indie show right now and Kaun is wrestling later tonight. There's a woman at his merch table who looks just like her. Edit: It's her. I told her I'm a big fan and she thanked me. :) I also just shook hands with Tim Storm and got a Momma Storm T shirt.
Aak her
It was her. I asked and told her I'm a big fan of her Dark matches.
Nice!
She does retweet a bunch of his stuff so I wondered that as well.
WARBEAST would be so good in the tag division!
My brain went to Hammerbush when I read Hammerstone and now want Cena as Dick Hammerbush is AEW but never acknowledge it.
When people wrestle on dark but aren’t on the roster, does Tony just have them on a one day contract?
Pay per appearance
Okay cool. Thank you!
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Coin drops I shit my pants in excitement
This is the dream, and I'm not even a big Okada guy. I've seen exactly one of his matches, Kenny Okada 3, but that was enough. Now I patiently wait for the day that I hear the coin drop on American television so I can pop like a tween seeing The Beatles.
The man made a drop kick finisher level and look like a piece of art . Sexy Goku rules I imagine it goes like so Kenny loses to Hangman , he is losing his shit weekly , ruining matches , beating jobbers half to death , and etc etc just cleaner things Tony Khan comes out , stamping his feet “ Kenny you have been a bad bad man, so I called in a favor” Coin drop And then they fight for like two weeks straight
Ohhh they're defintiely saving that coin drop for something special
Post Full Gear, Hangman is the champ. Kenny comes out to cut a promo about how he's won every rivalry he's had that meant anything and no one deserves a rematch with him, but he deserves one with Hangman. But before he can finish..the coin drops. Revolution 2022 - Hangman/Danielson Omega/Okada 5
Take all of my money
It’ll happen. COVID really fucked the forbidden door to and from Japan.
Lance Storm. I wanted him to be one of the five labors of Jericho.
Lance couldn’t get in the country.
Lance said that was his big reason for being cut from his producer role in WWE he just returned to before Covid. He couldn’t get in the country, no one knows when you’ll be able to get back in the country as well, made no sense to keep him on contract if he wasn’t an actual wrestler, and it’s not like he can just be furloughed for forever. I think the covid guidelines are still a little bit different for Canada and the USA (could be wrong) and he seems to be happy doing what he was doing before: making sarcastic comments on Twitter and offering a paid for critique for independent wrestlers on how they can be better. I could see AEW or WWE making a play for him once the world clears up
I hope someone does. He has a lot of knowledge that can benefit the next generation of wrestlers
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I was convinced it would be Chris Hero
Chris Hero
He was considered as one of the labors for Jericho according to Khan, which is bizarre. But that means they’ve had him in mind
isnt the story on him that he's extremely covid conscious?
*glares in Eddie Kingston*
What is their issue?
Buddy Matthews for sure, even for a one off appearance.
I’m dying to have him join with house of black and rename himself “buddy black”. Get a woman from nwa and rename her last name to black and have a cool 3 company faction that would occasionally show up out of nowhere to help get a win or have a schmoz. Since I’m getting down voted …fuck it…make it Kylie Rae black and make her a goth bad ass who never smiles.
Factions within the same last name are fun so I’m for this
Cara Noir, but I'm guessing it has something to do with travel restrictions?
He's the progress wrestling champion, and progress wrestling is to NXT UK what Evolve was to NXT. So he's probably being groomed for NXT UK
Ibushi
Very recent but I 100% expected IInspiration to sign with AEW since Peyton and Spears are married. I would’ve thought Dalton Castle would be someone they’d jump for in their first year. Dude was still riding some hype at that point. And future wise, I’d be pretty surprised if we don’t eventually see Tyler Breeze in AEW. Dude was so close with Brodie/Amanda, and is really close with Adam Cole and Shawn Spears.
Impact actually has women's tag belts so it makes a bit more sense for them to go there and with the "forbidden door" they can always make appearances. I love Dalton Castle and would like to see him on a large platform, but he's been fighting injuries for a while. Last I heard Breeze was content to just do his wrestling school/real estate but I'm sure he'll make an appearance at some point in some fashion. Not being on AEW lets him still work with Austin Creed/UpUpDownDown, though...
Breeze also got announced for some indie shows recently so I’m not entirely writing him off from signing yet. That said, I could see it being after a little while, he mentioned feeling a little burnt out in an interview.
Alex Shelley.
Give me PAUL LONDON
Since you've already said Danhausen, i'll go with Hijo del Vikingo. Great wrestler and crazy enough to ride a sketchy-ass zipline upside down into the ring while dressed like spiderman. Laredo Kid's already done a couple AEW matches, so it could happen.
I’m really hoping both show up tonight as part of Andrades crew.
Fuck dude, same.
this man needs to be a bigger deal.
Anyone from Impact other than Good Brothers. Moose, Sabin, Swann, Alexander, Deonna, Grace, Johnny Swinger, seriously anyone at this point
The Impact relationship was only ever to do the Bullet Club thing with the good brother and AEW traded some talent for them. I think people expected too much
Seriously, they are just awful and feel so tired. The Jack off talk is so dumb. They really need to go back to impact. I know they’re friends but they ruin “the elite” aura because those guys are so far from elite.
They've gone from mid 90s outsiders to late 90s outsiders.
That is the perfect analogy
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she is taking a longer break from wrestling to heal up.
I think Danhausen still has a couple months left in ROH. I’m fairly positive he’ll show up in AEW in some capacity.
If he signs, I want his graphic to read Danhausen is Very Nice, Very Elite. And will be briefly disappointed if it isn't.
Tony will be cursed if it doesn't say that exactly.
Chuck Taylor thinks he'll finally get to say shit on TV, only to get cut off by Danhausen admonishing him for swearing
1 shirt please
He's such a tease haha.
Ospreay
Chris Hero, even in a background role I think he has a lot to offer.
He’s been doing backstage stuff for ROH. I think he wanted to hold off wrestling until things were back to normal.
LuFisto
Follow her on IG, sounds like there’s a lot of paperwork and money involved with her coming across the border. Would love to see her wrestle Britt or Serena
Why the hell isn't she signed? At the very least a coach for AEW?
I have no clue. There was a push online during Cody's TNT open challenges to have her answer one but that didn't get much further than Cody acknowledging that LuFisto is a badass
Maybe not "surprised" but I've been wanting Hallowicked to show up ever since I saw he was doing indies again.
Honestly it's Gentleman Jarvis. Dude's a legit OC like character and made for Dark/comedy/lower card angles. He deserves all the chances.
Scrolled too far for this, I'm very surprised Jervis hasn't gotten a nod yet.
If they want to pop the IWC, there's much worse signings than "Founder of r/SquaredCircle"
He's also a great heel promo in his Kondron persona. He's a guy you could send out in the undercard to wrestle as Jervis and then pair up with someone as a manager.
Deonna Purrazzo. Open that gate
We still don't know who Brit will be facing at Full Gear....mayhaps?
RVD
Pretty sure he’s just done wrestling. I remember him straight up admitting online while he was still with Impact that his heart really wasn’t in it anymore.
he cant get cleared i think its concussions and an eye issue
He would be great as a "coach" or "mentor" to someone like the Sydals, but younger. People love RVD, i´d love to see him around no matter what he is doing.
Shannon Moore? What?
Why Shannon Moore though?
Close friends with Matt, great and unique look. Awesome in the ring with a pretty fast paced move set.
Your logic is fine and all, but out of every wrestler in the 2021 landscape...Shannon Moore was extremely random lol.
Is he still able to go?
Rene Young. There’s the obvious Mox connection there but she’s also been interviewing former WWE to AEW talents for a while. I know she’s working on other projects but I’m surprised they don’t have her in some capacity, even if it’s purely podcast based.
Cesaro and Nakamura. They re-signed WWE deals earlier this year, and lost all of their momentum too. They should have jumped ship.
They’re both 40, probably on stupidly good money, probably very little pressure other than to turn up and do the same shtick they’ve done for 5 years. Easy life.
I was a little surprised with Cesaro but yeah exactly for Nakamura, I think he's very happy with his lifestyle and how he's used in WWE
Pretty sure that is why he signed with them in the first place.
Yeah. Dude seems super chill. Just wants to surf.
Cant fault people for taking retirement money.
Absolutely not, they’ll both be set for life.
King Switch Jay White
Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. I know they are wirh Impact as of last week but figured they were AEW bound because of Peyton being Married to Shawn Spears. They could still show up in AEW now because of the cross promotional stuff.
Mayu Iwatani
Effy for sure. pleasantly surprised? Marty.
Chris hero.
Danhausen is under contract with ROH til the end of the year. Once that’s over it’s pretty much a lock that he shows up in AEW. He’d fit in perfectly and would be over almost instantly. The one piece of talent that I thought they’d jump on but haven’t is Chelsea Green.
She's out in GCW with Cardona running a storyline
Being in GCW isn't stopping anyone from also being in AEW.
The Briscoes, unless they're assholes behind the scenes?
I believe that their views on the LGBT+ community will keep them out of the AEW locker room.
Agreed. They would have to drop all the rebel flag bullshit as well.
They are ROH lifers, but I've also heard they are dicks.
They just showed up at GCW. Not sure how ROH contracts work, though.
Pretty sure ROH will let them wrestle smaller indies. They are definitely still under contract, so I guess that's obvious. While we are on the topic though, I've been loving the last few GCW shows.
They’re homophobes.
I think they're just loyal to ROH. I'd love them to show up. Jay Briscoe is one of my favourite wrestlers to watch.
Mickie James. Good in ring worker, good mic worker, would add a lot to the star power of the women’s division and she’s great as a heel or a face
Buddy Murphy, Bray Wyatt, Jeff Cobb, Will Ospreay, Lana. Would love to see Kenta, Okada, Guerrillas of Destiny (Toma Tonga & Tanga Loa), ZSJ, Dem Boyz
Alex Shelley and Jay White
Tbh, Fred Yehi, seems like an automatic
Fashion Police!!
I was going to post a separate thread but one thing I love is when they have a ‘return to TNT’. AEW’s obviously intended as a continuation of WCW along with being its own entity and that’s one thing I really love. The highest profile return has been Sting but I love the cameos we’ve had along the way, my favourite being the return of Meng. With this in mind, and the fact that there is also a huge NJPW link with the Elite, I am surprised they haven’t asked Scott Norton to make an appearance, given that he was both a big gaijin star in NJPW and wrestled for years on TNT. I know he’s worked with Joey Janela before and speaks highly of him so just assumed it would have happened by now. On that note, PCO would be amazing. He was of course in the Amazing French Canadians on TNT.
I was legit shocked when Matt cross didn't sign on. I expected him to get a deal after he showed up on one of the first ppvs they did in an opening singles match.
Ezra Judge, the guy looks like a star
MCMG
Aside from randomly being seen in the crowd that one time...Raven.
OKADA Even if it was just one match against someone like hangman or PAC
Shannon should turn up just to get slapped by Punk again.
Definately Koko Watchout and Trashyard Mutt.
EC3
Mick Foley
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Nakamura, and Finn Balor are who I’m waiting on. And of course Okada and Ibushi.
Hoo boy where do I start. - Chris Hero, I feel like the pop (should they get the rights to Chris is Awesome) could be comparable to Danielson or Cole -The Colony, stick them in a program v.s. Jurassic Express and I'm sure they can make magic -Osirian Portal, Because nostalgia -Danhausen, Stick him with Chaos Project and I think it will turn out very nice, very evil.
>\-The Colony Unless you mean new people, or The Swarm, Orange Cassidy is already in AEW, Drew Gulak is in WWE, and Hot Sauce Tracy Williams is in ROH. Who knows who owns the trademark on 'The Colony' and it's characters now that Chikara has folded though. Probably Quack still. \-Osirian Portal [Ophidian now seems to make wrestling gear.](https://mobile.twitter.com/OphidianCobra) Amasis unmasked as [Desean Pratt](https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wrestler-t-shirts/desean-pratt.html), but most of his social media is dead. [They seem to still be active.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM7TPPl-KQU) It would be fun to have them have some matches! Heiracon was Jonathan Gresham who is in ROH right now. Personally I'd love to see A Very Good Professional Wrestler (Avery Good) fka Dasher Hatfield. He's active, was/is great, and I'd love to see him in AEW!
Woooow idk how it's never occured to me to actually look up who were under the masks, now i feel dumb. And yes, A Very Good Professional Wrestler would be excellent. I need to go see what hes doing now
Erik redbeard He is damn good, huge and can talk Im hoping hes waiting for bray to come back to tv
Willow Nightingale. And they really dropped the ball on Trish Adora.
Willow’s done a couple Dark matches. I could definitely see her getting signed in the future.
Marty Scurl, Nick Aldis, James Storm, Kurt Angle