Blehschmidt

The guys I mentioned were Tozawa, Cedric, Gulak, Mustafa Ali, and Ricochet. Gulak has enough friends in the company that I think he would be hired. He is a very skilled wrestler, and I think he could make a nice mid card hand for them. Not calling for him to be a main eventer or anything. Tozawa is the exact same as Gulak, though I think he has a higher window. The dude is charismatic as hell and talented as fuck. If you don't treat him like a joke, and let him do what he can do, the fans will come around. Just don't try and start him at the top. Let him win the fans over by not doing stupid shit. As for Ricochet, Mustafa Ali, and Cedric Alexander... I think they would all get the "Man these guys were so held down in WWE, look at them excel here in AEW" pass. Again, I'm not saying any of them are on the level of Punk or Danielson, but I think they are all potential and reasonable pick ups for the company. I was also pushing for Keith Lee, and I don't care what WWE has done to him. You let Keith Lee come in and be Keith Lee to the full extent of his talent, and you have another main eventer on your hands. But the dudes clock is ticking at his age and size.

Apart from Owens and Sami... I think they'd take Cesaro in a heartbeat. Keith Lee if he became available. Finn Balor would probably fit with all the Elite/Bullet Club folks, as would AJ Styles. Guys like Tozawa, Cedric, Gulak, Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, and several from NXT would probably find a place on the lower card as well. But those would more likely come from releases than poaching. I agree with @KawadaSmile that Liv Morgan could certainly find new life in the women's division, as could Mia Yim. As for a big name steal, I think Asuka/Kana would be a huge get for them.

Still with the hatred on PAC. Who has been nothing but enjoyable and good for the company apart from some travel issues. Totally agree with Spears and Hager being worthless though, and totally agree that Christian has been good for the company.

They need to have the 3rd FTR/Santana & Ortiz match take up the whole hour of Rampage some week like Crockett used to do once in a while.

Unfortunately there are a whole lot of insane people these days. I work for a hospital that just mandated employees get vaccinated by October 31st, and nurses literally took to the streets to protest the mandate this past weekend.

The solution is obviously another Draft.....

I truly don't understand why Shida went from Honorable Champion who carried the pandemic era to..... never mentioned again outside of the YouTube shows as soon as they took the title off of her. Conti seemed to be getting a big build up, and then all of a sudden.... YouTube shows. I know Deeb is hurt. and I assume they are trying to postpone Britt/Rosa feuding again. But the division seems to have died the moment Britt won the title, which should have been a huge moment for it.

Because Paul Wight is going to be on commentary! Doesn't that make you more excited? ........ Yeah, me either....

I assume Matt Hardy is the first guy to go back, so he can finish his career with his brother.

Unless they align her with Rollins, this fails miserably. If they align her with Rollins, it probably still fails miserably, and kills her momentum.

Add me to the Cult Leader Wyatt over Fiend Wyatt camp ten times out of ten. The original theme, the crowd singing "whole world in his hands", Harper and Rowan, Follow the Buzzards.... I found every bit of that far more entertaining than anything that ever happened with The Fiend. Cult Leader Wyatt had so much potential if they'd gone a more Charles Manson/Jim Jones route with it and left the supernatural nonsense alone.

Wow, that Cena haircut looks terrible.

Well this "epic" is making me long for the Bianca/Becky match.....

The new IC and US Titles are really ugly.

Actually, I don't think it is. I had Smackdown on last night, and my wife who doesn't like wrestling happened to be paying attention during the Corbin stuff and her first question was "Are they making fun of poor people?"

That pop was fucking insane.

Just rolling my eyes at their ridiculous verbiage.

Maybe he debuts at the beginning of the show and becomes the 5th man on the announce team!

............a Brood Bath............ They can't even call fake liquid falling from the ceiling a blood bath? This fucking company is ridiculous.

As long as Punk's been out at this point, I don't think working him this way makes a huge difference to non-hardcore fans. I think Bryan is more the guy to use to attract newer, casual fans. With "Ride of the Valykries" being public domain, I would run commercials during Raw and Smackdown for weeks with that song playing, and the words He's Coming in maroon letters. Then end it with All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, the date of the show, and Only on TNT.

Why is Chessman dressed like The Baroness?

Deonna/Faby could have been SO good, but way too much crooked referee bullshit. Maybe when both titles aren't on the line, we can get a real match.

I don't remember Jamie Hayter being there 2 years ago! Definitely a flat "reveal" but still an over all well done hour of wrestling.

Jericho is so annoying on commentary. I really hope this booth is just for the first episode.

I mean....that could work.... But what if instead... he showed up unannounced, and jobbed to Bobby Lashley in 5 minutes! That's Some Good Shit, Pal! In all seriousness, Keith Lee is one of my 2 or 3 favorite modern talents, and I am very glad to hear that he is going to be okay.