Paid Members Supremo Posted May 27, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 27, 2021 Tom Phillips is the absolute best at what they want. He manages to tick all their boxes and deliver all the shit they want their announces to say, but without it feeling forced or super distracting. It’s hilarious that they’ve fired him in favour of hiring any fucker who’s ever announced anything before. The Poundland Joe Rogan from Bellator? One month max. Hire Don West, you cowards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted May 30, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 30, 2021 I wish they still had Tenay & West doing commentary somewhere. Get them on one of those upcomng AEW shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 31, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted May 31, 2021 8 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: West Yay. 8 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: Tenay Boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted June 2, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 I think Braun has to be the most surprising release. Black wouldn’t have been if he didn’t re-appear on tv a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 2, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) FWIW, I'm all for WWE clearing the decks in order to freshen up their roster. It just doesn't happen though. We get these big clearouts every year and then still have the same 30 people on every single show. Edited June 2, 2021 by tiger_rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I’m genuinely intrigued by the prospect of Braun in AEW. Initially he may not go down so well with some of the fans, but he has the potential to be a standout big man for the company. They’ve already shown that they can book around a talent’s weaknesses (except Cody’s - that weakness being his ego) so I think he’d surprise a lot of people. Ruby Riott would be a great addition to the AEW women’s division, and could be a far bigger deal than WWE let her be. I’d also enjoy Miro and Lana reuniting. Lama’s weak in ring, but as a non-wrestler she’s already proven that she can be a strong performer. Heck, I think I’d like to see AEW sign all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1400113863450841098 Now confirmed Edited June 2, 2021 by bigfoote Embed failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) Incredible that this company couldn’t do anything with the likes of Braun, Andrade, Aleister Black & Murphy. A huge failing. WWE is spiralling towards a really dark place.   Edited June 2, 2021 by Winston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wideload90 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 This week I've seen Braun advertising the live shows and how excited he is to be performing live again and now this... He's a decent talent that's reached his peak. Will he have much to add to AEW? Probably more than Christian. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted June 2, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, RedRooster said: I’m genuinely intrigued by the prospect of Braun in AEW. Initially he may not go down so well with some of the fans, but he has the potential to be a standout big man for the company. They’ve already shown that they can book around a talent’s weaknesses (except Cody’s - that weakness being his ego) so I think he’d surprise a lot of people. Ruby Riott would be a great addition to the AEW women’s division, and could be a far bigger deal than WWE let her be. I’d also enjoy Miro and Lana reuniting. Lama’s weak in ring, but as a non-wrestler she’s already proven that she can be a strong performer. Heck, I think I’d like to see AEW sign all of them. Standout big man? If there is one thing AEW doesn't need it is that with the likes of Wardlow, Cage, Lance Archer already. Riott is a good shout. Lana obviously and both Black and Murphy are good in ring but I could see them more going to Impact then AEW where they can stand out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted June 2, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 Braun has to be the biggest release in a long while surely (if Bryan is still with the company)? He'd a former World Champion, is one of the few to beat Goldberg and wrestled a McMahon at WrestleMania like a month ago. Baffling how they consistently seemed to drop the ball with him. Murphy is probably the one on that list I wouldn't want in AEW, NWA maybe (with a manager as his mouth piece he could be quite good) but he wouldn't add anything to the company that's not already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 2, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 I said originally, the biggest thing WWE could do to harm AEW is flood the market and hope they eat themselves creatively, financially or both. Hopefully they're selective about who they take, when and what they do with them. I'm not sure I'd touch any of these lot initially. Bigger fish to fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Braun will be NOTHING without the train noises. Just another case of the Rybacks there, although he seems less of a twat than him. Gutted about Black. I was honestly excited about his return. He'll smash it wherever he goes. Murphy is a solid hand but tough to get over personality wise. Which means he'd be fine in Impact or ROH. The women? Ruby's obviously the best out of all of them and would be a solid if unspectacular addition to a division somewhere else. Lana I feel sorry for after everything she's been through but she was still a bit rubbish. And I'm surprised it took them this long on Santana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted June 2, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted June 2, 2021 While it's surprising, there's no-one on that list (except Black) who I can see adding anything to WWE right now and who wouldn't be better off coming back after a bit of a break away from the company. They have so much talent under contract and everything is so stale currently that I can absolutely see why they might decide to cut a few loose. One of the things that made wrestling so interesting in the past (and even pre-internet) was the turnover of talent, even in WWF. People would come and go and the cards would be fresher as a result. If this means that talent can go elsewhere and have fresh matches, while WWE can inject some fresh blood into their TV shows I can definitely see how this could be beneficial all around. Obviously it's never nice to see people lose their jobs, but I can't see any of those talents struggling for work outside WWE.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Outside of perhaps Ruby, I can't see any of these guys filling a void. To counter that, Khan has said he wants to expand the roster, and I could see him picking up Black and Strowman. Lana, I could see, bring her in alongside Miro, drop the accent and be a power couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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