>
>>Is Brock gonna be there slanging suplexes?
>
>Ugh...probably
>
>>
>>Is Cena gonna forreal keep sporting that Lance Catamaran?
>>
>>Allegedly Bautista is getting someone. He wanted Haitch but
>>oops..they had to go make some money on a rando DX
>>reunion/Brothers of Destruction match.
>
>Ugh
>
>
>>
>>Taker?
>Please no
>
>>
>>HBK?
>
>PLEASE NO
>
>>
>>Dwayne Johnson?
>
>Unless it's on the mic only...NO
>
>>
>>Shiiiid, I don't think we make up a reasonable Mania card
>>right now with all of these old folks potentially being on
>the
>>scene to eat a big match. And if a now-beloved Finn, big
>Drew,
>>Rollins, Bryan, and AJ are all going to get decent matches
>>too, something's gotta give! Cien Almas deserves something
>>sweet to do too damnit!
>>
>>Ronda and The Man (and maybe Charlotte) are gonna main event
>>this thing tho, right?
>>
>>I hope like hell that AEW makes WWE at least pretend to try
>to
>>put their best foot forward pretty soon. For now, I like
>that
>>a bunch of limbo dudes on the WWE roster already appear to
>be
>>grumbling about rolling out to AEW, Impact, Japan, or
>>somewhere other than WWE. That almost has to lead to good
>>things overall, right? Right?
>
>
>In theory, yes. It would let them trim rosters down of talent
>they never use anyway, and you'd think the competition would
>inspire better writing and in-ring work. But we're talking
>Vince, so no shot for significant improvement. Also, how much
>competition do you think Vince will see in All Elite? Impact
>and NJPW have been there for years and WWE barely acknowledged
>them, so a fledgling promotion in their eyes most likely
>wo'n't move the needle.

I'm not sure here. AEW's biggest good thing is that it doesn't have any stank on it yet.

ECW was Paul's badly funded pet project. WCW was Ted's amazingly funded shit show.

Now...Impact is still viewed TNA. They are hard to find on cable, and you just assume they'll screw up as soon as you get invested.

ROH is viewed as a bunch of same-looking small dudes killing themselves and kicking out of a lot of video game moves for a constant stream of 'epic' matches.

New Japan has the language barrier and, you know, a slew of non-white guys as the main stars.

AEW could fill some kind of NXT-like area and become the biggest non-WWE mega indy. That could give folks an honest alternative to getting beat by distraction roll-up in 6 minute matches all over the country. We already have a world where folks are not dying to leave NXT for the main roster until the salary different becomes too much to turn down when Vince wants you.

Maybe I just have dreams of some Cesaro-like folks getting 'rescued' from WWE and landing in a better spot in an AEW. I just hope we don't get Stardust pulling a Jarrett and constantly being champ.