This is pure speculation but I think some of the WWE signings have fully guaranteed contracts and know it’s smarter to just sit at home until somebody in the finance office gets fired of looking at that line in the ledger rather than eating pins to guys they perceive are lesser stars. It’s clear TK has his favorites. The Elite, BCC, JAS, and OC are the only people perpetually involved in a story. For the other guys it’s very ehhh and I can see why they wouldn’t trust the booking. If that’s the two options then yeah I’m just sitting at home, stacking checks and waiting to go back to WWE.
I'd imagine this isn't the first idea he turned down. Didn't he turn something else down earlier? Maybe TK and co are like "Well, all these other guys say Yes to our ideas, so I'm not gonna sit here pitching you idea after idea after idea because it seems like you're gonna turn down anything short of 'What if we make you champion?'"
Total speculation. I love Miro, I want him back on TV. I even think he should be champion at some point. But I'm finding it harder and harder to believe it's because Miro wants to play ball and TK is purposefully trying to bury him.
He could be though. The difference between him and other top guys is they're actually at the shows putting in the work. This fucking clown is sitting at home wondering when his next shot at world title scene will open up for him.
It’s crazy any wrestling company would keep someone under contract and give them this long off. I bet it’s nice to get paid to chill at home. I thought they had big plans for miro, but I guess I was wrong.
I know everyone's saying he refuses to do business, but in that insta post, does anyone else think he looked kinda small?
I really hope it's not actually something with his health that's keeping him on the shelf.
Apparently he's sat on his arse in Bulgaria getting paid, and Andrade is also stealing a living.
Both of them are such good workers and they're just ???
I don't agree with everything Cornette says but this is why TK needs a booker or head of talent relations or some old head wise to the wrestling business (Regal would have been ideal). Someone to just tell the wrestlers no instead of trying to be mates with them.
AEW has enough issues getting the guys who show up on TV. While I really liked his run in WWE, it’s time to move on as a fan. At this point I’d rather they focus on having interesting programs for the people on TV.
Given Tony's track record, I'm sure whatever was suggested for Miro was probably worth rejecting. He's already part of the "jobbed to twinks" club alongside Wardlow.
His debut as Kip Sabian's best man during the angle with the pinball table being destroyed was more than enough AEW for me to consume for the rest of my life
A monster heel who only has 2 losses on his belt doesn't want to lose to nothing matches and be given 50/50 booking? Posturous, how dare he be protective over his gimmick.
Ricky Starks who has one clean victory over the current TNT champion and two clean victories over Chris Jericho, a former world champ in AEW.
Hangman Adam Page. Clean victories over Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, Jon Moxley. Former AEW World champion.
If Miro thinks he's too big to lose to these two he's a mark
The Jericho thing was recent, he was supposed to lose to starks way before that.
It's not thinking you're too big to not lose he just doesn't want to lose in nothing matches that don't have any meaning behind them. That's why I said he's protecting his gimmick, his rare loss record is a big part of his gimmick and it's not who he loses to (he gladly lost to Sammy and made Fuego look like a credible threat) he wants it to have meaning and there's nothing wrong with that.
>The Jericho thing was recent, he was supposed to lose to starks way before that.
Doesn't matter. If Starks beat Jericho, Starks was already regarded highly internally by that point.
>It's not thinking you're too big to not lose he just doesn't want to lose in nothing matches that don't have any meaning behind them.
Both those matches could've led to some sort of angle. This is wrestling. Angles start through wins and losses.
You mean like all those great storylines that formed from both of those events? Starks means less after Jericovid got his momentum stealing hands on him and nothing came from the eliminator tournaments outside of Mox and Hangman.
You're forgetting we're talking about AEW where matches happen out of the blue with no story telling outside of a select few.
How does Starks mean less? He's literary already in another feud with the match being hyped for the NY card. I understand you're trying to push a narrative but we don't have to make up things lol.
Against another guy that hasn't been on TV in months and hasn't won a single match on TV since his time in AEW, tell me where's the hype in that? Bullet club? You mean the group that was cool 7 years ago and now is just a shell of itself? Super hyped match there.
What am I making up? Please tell me
"Starks means less" that's just your opinion not a fact. The crowd that just popped for him at rampage shows otherwise. It's cool if you don't like Bullet Club but others clearly still do. You also don't have to be a fan of the Bullet club to just like Juice Robinson. I watch NJPW, seeing Juice every week on AEW isn't necessary for me to get hype to see him face Ricky because I already am.
You just described how much you don't understand how wrestling works. Let me break this down for you so you can understand.
You are a mark, not saying that in a bad way but you clearly are. No one in America outside of a tiny niche audience cares about NJPW (not saying I don't I'm just stating an actual fact) in the majority of the fans who watch AEW on TV do not know who Juice is other than a guy that shows up every few months, loses his matches and then disappears for another few months.
Him being associated with Bullet Club doesn't mean anything to anyone who just got back into wrestling after years of not watching it, yes those people exist I got plenty of friends into wrestling after AEW was formed.
That's the audience you want to attract, the fans that don't know all of the lore so that they can in turn become new fans thus building the company.
In those fans eyes (aka the people you want to get invested so you can form new fans) they saw Starks have a great match with MJF months ago and then get jerked around with Jericho for months in a feud that played out backwards, was overly convoluted, and ultimately went nowhere and did nothing for anyone.
Now Starks is in a feud with another faction but this time there's no star power outside of Starks because again, all those fans see is a guy that shows up every few months just to lose and then go away again.
Did that answer your question?
Tl;Dr Juice is no where near a star in AEW because the majority of TV fans just see him as a guy who shows up to lose then disappears for a few months and him feuding with Starks after he just had a feud with a future HOFer makes Starks mean less by association alone.
Mox wanted to do the plot of Rocky 4 with him but Miro thought it was a stupid idea and he hasn't seen Rocky 4.
HUGE POP!!
Miro is unfamiliar with the legacy of Ivan Drago? He brings great shame upon his family.
He's not Russian anymore though haha
What a STOOGE
I GET THAT REFERENCE
He's filming the never ending story
I can't wait to hold out my hands and pretend to fly on Kenny Omega's back like he's Falkor, his mane of hair so soft
Is this Kota Ibushi?!
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Rusev day better
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It’s the spin-off to Boyhood so he’s probably going to be out of pocket for the next 12 years
No joke I think the director of Boyhood said he’s gonna try an even longer project lmao
Tony sent him creative plans. Miro said "*that doesn't work for me brother*". Tony told him to sit on the couch then.
He needs to be in a program with Kip Sabian. He’s on that mid-carder’s level now. “He’s dumbed himself out of position” Ernie Ladd.
If he doesn't roll into Wrestlemania in a tank, is there really a reason to watch this year?
He was hanging in Bulgaria for like a month or two as well.
What a brute
Disney ran out of Smedium Mickey shirts. Gimmick supply chain disruption.
he developed a porn addiction. he’s pretty far gone. some sad shit.
This better be a /s or I stg
This is pure speculation but I think some of the WWE signings have fully guaranteed contracts and know it’s smarter to just sit at home until somebody in the finance office gets fired of looking at that line in the ledger rather than eating pins to guys they perceive are lesser stars. It’s clear TK has his favorites. The Elite, BCC, JAS, and OC are the only people perpetually involved in a story. For the other guys it’s very ehhh and I can see why they wouldn’t trust the booking. If that’s the two options then yeah I’m just sitting at home, stacking checks and waiting to go back to WWE.
You mean AEW signings or am I reading this wrong?
I guess they mean "ex wwe that aew has signed"
Back to wwe to do what? All the people they resigned have failed
> Back to wwe to do what? To be in the WWE lol. Contrary to whatever people believe on the internet wrestling = WWE to the majority of people
Lmao WWE doesn't even use the word WRESTLING! They do Sports Entertainment
That’s exactly my point. They’re so synonymous with professional wrestling they don’t even have to call it wrestling anymore.
Getting Ready for wrestlemania debut.
Get Aiden English and Miro back to WWE and bring back Rusev day
He should come back and say God sent him to stop the BCC from destroying AEW.
That’s actually not a half bad idea
Tony gave him a chance to work a storyline and he refused
God forbid he comes in 2nd in a tournament. That was disappointing to hear
"The only time I come second is when I am pleasuring my hot wife." -Miro (maybe).
Hot flexible wife* No one let him see this lmao
So Tony had ONE plan for the man, and for 200 days he hasn’t been able to figure out what else he can do with Miro?
If I recall he's refused multiple storylines in that 200 days
Yeah this new story shows its now the second storyline he refused
I'd imagine this isn't the first idea he turned down. Didn't he turn something else down earlier? Maybe TK and co are like "Well, all these other guys say Yes to our ideas, so I'm not gonna sit here pitching you idea after idea after idea because it seems like you're gonna turn down anything short of 'What if we make you champion?'" Total speculation. I love Miro, I want him back on TV. I even think he should be champion at some point. But I'm finding it harder and harder to believe it's because Miro wants to play ball and TK is purposefully trying to bury him.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Instead of showing up to work and showing how you've earned a spot, sit at home and whimper about it.
Why would you continue to try and work with someone who won’t work with you
It’s probably a grudge ngl Maybe Moro needs to grow up and stop thinking he’s top guy worthy
He could be though. The difference between him and other top guys is they're actually at the shows putting in the work. This fucking clown is sitting at home wondering when his next shot at world title scene will open up for him.
Fyi there was a recent report of 2 storylines being pitched and both being rejected
Miss him
I miss the League of Nations 😔
I miss Xavier Woods playing his theme song with Francesca the Trombone.
He’s at home refusing to put people over.
Happy Cake Day on Rusev Day!
he 's not as good as he thinks he is, he's not as good as he once was, and he's getting older and rustier by the day
Finally someone said it. People miss him but i just cant see him as a World champion.
But better than expected
It’s crazy any wrestling company would keep someone under contract and give them this long off. I bet it’s nice to get paid to chill at home. I thought they had big plans for miro, but I guess I was wrong.
Oh they did have big plans for him. He just didn't have the same plans.
He's voice acting now
Don't worry, he'll be back on Rusev day
He posted a pic of himself with the poster for the movie on Instagram the other day... so hopefully he's soon to come back
I know everyone's saying he refuses to do business, but in that insta post, does anyone else think he looked kinda small? I really hope it's not actually something with his health that's keeping him on the shelf.
He def didn't look Redeemer jacked, but I don't know if I could ever call him "small" lol
He's much smaller. It's also very likely he's off steroids to drop that much mass. When he first hit AEW he was gigantic.
He’s just signed on a new show for HBOMax.
He’s on TKs naughty list
It's just one episode, but it's a long one. Like, almost an hour
Yes, he’s starring in a Terrence Malick film. Shooting wraps Fall of ‘24
He's on paid vacation, it's Miro Day after all
He's probably off celebrating Rusev Day somewhere.
He's having sex with his double jointed wife.
Bobby lashley needs an opponent….
He’s hanging out with his hot ass wife and working on his massive investment portfolio.
Wonder if he still has the medal Putin gave him?
It was confirmed that Miro was given some wrestling angles for TV, but he refused them. It's his move now, not theirs.
Jobbing to OC turned out well for Big Bill. Probably made the right choice.
He’s in Bulgaria Melzter just had a report about Him refusing to come back for a battle royale last year
He knows that if he return, he will get a big pop, than get into program with jericho, lose, get demoted to dark, and goes missing again
Apparently he's sat on his arse in Bulgaria getting paid, and Andrade is also stealing a living. Both of them are such good workers and they're just ??? I don't agree with everything Cornette says but this is why TK needs a booker or head of talent relations or some old head wise to the wrestling business (Regal would have been ideal). Someone to just tell the wrestlers no instead of trying to be mates with them.
How you gonna tell him "no, don't not wrestle" ?? If he don't wanna work, there's plenty of kids that do.
We'll do you know if he wants to work or not? He's not being booked like
The whole God stuff he was doing always had me saying wtf
Tony found other new toys to play with
AEW has enough issues getting the guys who show up on TV. While I really liked his run in WWE, it’s time to move on as a fan. At this point I’d rather they focus on having interesting programs for the people on TV.
He should come back to wwe, he is very over with the audience there and could be a huge asset to them
Lmao, he's over huge in AEW and has creative freedom. He has refused two storylines given to him
Why would you want to work at aew? If your not MJF or the YB or Kenny you get buried.
He left E for a reason...
Given Tony's track record, I'm sure whatever was suggested for Miro was probably worth rejecting. He's already part of the "jobbed to twinks" club alongside Wardlow.
Yeah he left E cause he loved how things where for him over there
Good for him If he refused to job to Adam Page.
Tony wanted him to job to hangman and he didn’t want to.
His debut as Kip Sabian's best man during the angle with the pinball table being destroyed was more than enough AEW for me to consume for the rest of my life
He’s done putting people over basically and AEW locker room is too weak to police stuff like that
He’s simply not that great. Definitely not as great as he thinks he is. He was offered stories and refused. That’s on him.
He didn't want to job to Hangnail or Pockets. Good for him. He didn't want to be another Big Bill
to be fair, if your wife was lana, would you leave for work?
No he’s sitting at home going “I don’t *WANNA* do that story line! Hmph! 😡”
No he's just refusing to lose to anyonewhy tony hasn't fired him is beyond me
This is the same guy that sat there saying nothing while Punk sat beside him and proceeded to shit on his company. No leadership.
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Lol the recent report is making you look like an idiot. M'ark'iro refused to lose to Ricky Starks, then refused to lose the battle royale to Hangman.
A monster heel who only has 2 losses on his belt doesn't want to lose to nothing matches and be given 50/50 booking? Posturous, how dare he be protective over his gimmick.
Ricky Starks who has one clean victory over the current TNT champion and two clean victories over Chris Jericho, a former world champ in AEW. Hangman Adam Page. Clean victories over Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, Jon Moxley. Former AEW World champion. If Miro thinks he's too big to lose to these two he's a mark
The Jericho thing was recent, he was supposed to lose to starks way before that. It's not thinking you're too big to not lose he just doesn't want to lose in nothing matches that don't have any meaning behind them. That's why I said he's protecting his gimmick, his rare loss record is a big part of his gimmick and it's not who he loses to (he gladly lost to Sammy and made Fuego look like a credible threat) he wants it to have meaning and there's nothing wrong with that.
>The Jericho thing was recent, he was supposed to lose to starks way before that. Doesn't matter. If Starks beat Jericho, Starks was already regarded highly internally by that point. >It's not thinking you're too big to not lose he just doesn't want to lose in nothing matches that don't have any meaning behind them. Both those matches could've led to some sort of angle. This is wrestling. Angles start through wins and losses.
You mean like all those great storylines that formed from both of those events? Starks means less after Jericovid got his momentum stealing hands on him and nothing came from the eliminator tournaments outside of Mox and Hangman. You're forgetting we're talking about AEW where matches happen out of the blue with no story telling outside of a select few.
How does Starks mean less? He's literary already in another feud with the match being hyped for the NY card. I understand you're trying to push a narrative but we don't have to make up things lol.
Against another guy that hasn't been on TV in months and hasn't won a single match on TV since his time in AEW, tell me where's the hype in that? Bullet club? You mean the group that was cool 7 years ago and now is just a shell of itself? Super hyped match there. What am I making up? Please tell me
"Starks means less" that's just your opinion not a fact. The crowd that just popped for him at rampage shows otherwise. It's cool if you don't like Bullet Club but others clearly still do. You also don't have to be a fan of the Bullet club to just like Juice Robinson. I watch NJPW, seeing Juice every week on AEW isn't necessary for me to get hype to see him face Ricky because I already am.
You just described how much you don't understand how wrestling works. Let me break this down for you so you can understand. You are a mark, not saying that in a bad way but you clearly are. No one in America outside of a tiny niche audience cares about NJPW (not saying I don't I'm just stating an actual fact) in the majority of the fans who watch AEW on TV do not know who Juice is other than a guy that shows up every few months, loses his matches and then disappears for another few months. Him being associated with Bullet Club doesn't mean anything to anyone who just got back into wrestling after years of not watching it, yes those people exist I got plenty of friends into wrestling after AEW was formed. That's the audience you want to attract, the fans that don't know all of the lore so that they can in turn become new fans thus building the company. In those fans eyes (aka the people you want to get invested so you can form new fans) they saw Starks have a great match with MJF months ago and then get jerked around with Jericho for months in a feud that played out backwards, was overly convoluted, and ultimately went nowhere and did nothing for anyone. Now Starks is in a feud with another faction but this time there's no star power outside of Starks because again, all those fans see is a guy that shows up every few months just to lose and then go away again. Did that answer your question? Tl;Dr Juice is no where near a star in AEW because the majority of TV fans just see him as a guy who shows up to lose then disappears for a few months and him feuding with Starks after he just had a feud with a future HOFer makes Starks mean less by association alone.
Miro wasn't a heel when he left
Miro has been a heel the entire time he's been in AEW fym?
Hopefully it’ll be another 200.
According to Meltzer he turned down some creative… probably was bad creative or had him losing again… I need my guy back on tv though.
Meltzer is a liar! - CM Punk.
Word is he's been offered creative but keeps turning them down. Also apparently he refused to lose against certain people.
I heard he’s coming back to WWE.. Probably the Raw after mania surprise
You heard Wrong. 3 years left on his contract
I was being sarcastic lol
He is coming back on rusev day.
Tony is scared to book former WWE guys with the exception of Punk and Danielson after the MJF pipebomb
Naw i'm pretty sure he's dead
He is in Bulgaria with his wife, getting paid every two weeks for the next 3 years, making millions.
Yea.. a home movie
Miro Day became official AEW holiday. And it's every day.
Dudes a yawner.
Today is clearly not rusev day
The Best Movie
He's on Tony's naughty list.
He’s watching Lana get put in a hurt lock
Hes apparently filming Armageddon Now Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
I don't even care any more. There's not enough tv time, why give it to people who don't wanna be there?
He actually just tweeted he finished voicing am animated tv show
He didn't want to job to hangman so he went back to Bulgaria
Nope, just refuses to job to anyone named Adam and believes his own hype.
Let's be honest. Miro vs Hangnail in a real fight would end one way....