At this point, I think Tony’s starting to spiral from the combination of the coke and his fanbase turning away.
If it’s true that he wants to gut storylines and make the product more like NJPW then it’s game over. An American audience is not going to take well to an Americanized version of NJPW, with the exception of the handful of smarks that can be considered crossover fans. AEW can’t afford any more hemorrhaging in the ratings, and this plan is going to do exactly that
To be honest even as a wrestling fan just the sport of wrestling with bo characters and storylines fucking sucks to watch which is why I never understood the use of "sports based presentation" as a positive
Well that's the thing. Tony doesn't exactly strike me as a smart guy. He comes off as a rich kid mark that wanted to play promoter and he's underqualified. Even then, looking back on the statement he made after the firing, he said that it was a decision he came to. He was the one who fired CM Punk and he admitted to it.
Dude's gonna crash hard. I'm just looking forward to the inevitable Dark Side of the Ring episode about him and AEW. The dude is a less exciting version of Herb Abrams. I was hoping when Flair was signed he would've helped with the booking rather than promote his energy drink.
AEW fans/Tony himself would be on a suicide watch - it wouldn’t be the first time WWE moved to a Network that already had a Wrestling Program that got the axe after the deal was made (TNN with ECW), and with Tony being on the speedrun, I can see history repeating itself.
Idk, never been a big Danielson fan. Makes sense that it’s TK throwing him under the bus.
That's just not true
Triple has said that Jades trailing was terrible, that's one reason why she hasn't wrestled a match yet. She has to be retrained. So in other words QT can't wrestle and his school is shit. He should be happy that he managed to keep a job in AEW after Cody left if he's that bad.
I could see Disney doing it since they need the views and make some money before advertisers pull out. Warner Brothers I doubt will as they still don't want to spend money on anything until Fall 2024-25. Putting Raw on Amazon Prime would be stupid. No one will pay for Prime just for Raw as there's nothing else to watch on it. I could see NBC paying for it again. It hasn't crashed that badly yet.
Out of all of these, Disney putting Raw on FX sounds right to me.
WBD would also probably want Raw to bounce around like AEW did which they wouldn't do. Plus they would rarely get overtime like they used to do on actual sports channels when they wanted to do some main event story telling. Disney or staying with NBC seems the best call.
Jericho is still there.
We need an updated list for 2024 of dimeless AEW shitters that Tony needs to cut. He’s making progress but he’s got to trim the fat.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) reports that Punk was terminated by a disciplinary committee, which included AEW General Counsel Chris Peck and an outside attorney. Additionally, Sapp writes that Bryan Danielson was involved in the committee. One AEW source calling the veteran ann “appropriate moral compass who exemplifies objectivity.” This source noted that Danielson effectively headed up and was the face of the committee.