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Originally Posted by The Midnight Gertner (Post 5212409)

Impact has had a real good run of shows. I'm definitely attending the next set of t.v tapings that are coming to my city in March. I had a blast last time. It's found its little groove.

OMG you are going to a TNA show??!! WTF is wrong with you???? You must just want to see the hot lady.

That's Noid.

Scarlett and I decided to go for round 2.

Plus our local indie puts on great shows.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE Rejects and fired wrestlers showing up to All Elite Wrestling <a href="https://t.co/Z1LPu9YT79">pic.twitter.com/Z1LPu9YT79</a></p>— TRAVIS �� (@travistheloco) <a href="https://twitter.com/travistheloco/status/1082362366627639298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2019</a></blockquote>
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SHAD KHAN STATEMENT ON AEW, Tuesday, January 8, 2019

I am the lead investor, a supporter and a backer of All Elite Wrestling, and I anticipate great things today and into the future for AEW and everyone who has worked passionately on this week’s launch. I know AEW will be welcomed by wrestling fans here in the U.S. and throughout the world who are ready for something new and authentic. AEW will work hard to deliver on that promise.

As important, I am the father – the proud father – of Tony Khan, who will serve in a leadership role at AEW during the 2019 launch and in the years ahead. Tony will assemble a great team to take AEW over the top, for the benefit of everyone who loves the wrestling industry, while continuing to serve in his current capacities with the Jaguars and Fulham.

AEW will operate as an organization completely independently from my other interests. It will not deter attention or divert resources from any of my businesses, teams, projects or investments. At the same time, AEW will enjoy the same full commitment I given to everything and everyone in my life – my family and friends, my business and, in recent years, to sports, hospitality and now entertainment.

TONY KHAN STATEMENT ON AEW, Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Wrestling fans are a community unlike most others. I’ve been a part of this community since I was 7 years old, and I can tell you that wresting fans see the world every day through a special lens. We see wrestling in Hollywood films and tv shows, we see elements of wrestling in the presentation of sports and in the marketing of grandiose star athletes, and we certainly see wrestling in politics.

The wrestling community is a constant; its members are diverse, we are physically located on all corners of the planet, yet we are constantly connected. Recently, a new family has formed, bonded by love and respect for wresting but armed with a vision and resources that have never before been available to the wrestling community. Our objective is to connect our community closer than ever before through All Elite Wrestling, or AEW.

AEW does not mean any less of a continued commitment to existing obligations and duties that I have, or my family has, to our business and sports interests. That will never be the case. What’s important is that every individual decision we make as family, whether it’s ownership or investment in a team or property, is 100 percent beneficial to those specific interests. I will always welcome that accountability and responsibility, as nothing is more important than serving our supporters and friends.

AEW will launch with a roster of the top wrestlers in the world. While they’ll clash in what will be some of the most intense and fast-paced contests ever sanctioned in the squared circle, they’ll also share a common goal: to make this the true golden age, to make this the greatest time ever to be a wrestling fan. Likewise, as a business, by treating our wrestlers with respect and warmth, we also seek to make this the golden age for the performers themselves.

I urge everyone who believes in what we’re doing, or wants to believe in dreams coming true, to support AEW by spreading the word and passing the wrestling bug onto someone else. My message: Get in on the ground floor with AEW today and help lead our movement to grow the wrestling community and ensure that the voices of the wrestling fans, their creative minds and their remarkable ideas, will always be heard.

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 5211220)

I watched a bit of that "Being the Elite" YouTube show once and it was incredibly cringe-worthy and I couldn't finish it...... so hopefully this is nothing like that.

Some are hit-and-miss, very meta to someone not on the track, let me tell ya something, BroJaw, things are looking up for wrestling as Tatanka v.s Lex Luger is being advertised for March. Don't know how, but maybe they will stand in the ring and tell everyone about 1993

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Neville is in Jacksonville, FL today, looks like he might sign with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a>.</p>— Matt Degnan (@degnan_matt) <a href="https://twitter.com/degnan_matt/status/1082723174876360705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Neville would be a really good get

"Treating wrestlers with respect and warmth" sounds like they're about to be employees and not independent contractors

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The prep work continues with <a href="https://twitter.com/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CodyRhodes</a> overseeing the pyro test <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DoubleOrNothing</a> Rally <a href="https://t.co/prx2H1eeGT">pic.twitter.com/prx2H1eeGT</a></p>— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1082725332917149697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Looks like the Something To Wrestle with Conrad guy is involved

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Probably well over 200 people in line for the <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEWrestling</a> rally, which begins in about 45 minutes. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DoubleOrNothing</a> <a href="https://t.co/XH12o94kjR">pic.twitter.com/XH12o94kjR</a></p>— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1082745457212907520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Cool. I like Conrad.

They're probably announcing Starrcast 2, so yeah he'd be there

They've started the stream on You Tube but it was pretty shitty for me. Going to find it somewhere else.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch: History being made at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> Double or Nothing Rally <a href="https://t.co/xVGIwK0SgV">https://t.co/xVGIwK0SgV</a></p>— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1082756094714294272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Iginfest is marking out

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DoubleOrNothing</a> Rally <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEWrestling</a> first producer <a href="https://twitter.com/RealBillyGunn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealBillyGunn</a> <a href="https://t.co/jsRlgshjQm">pic.twitter.com/jsRlgshjQm</a></p>— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1082759281382961152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are officially off and running at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DoubleOrNothing</a> rally. <a href="https://t.co/rLofSc53Tq">pic.twitter.com/rLofSc53Tq</a></p>— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1082759840705986560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Double Or Nothing will be May 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas

Oriental Wrestling Entertainment will be part of AEW as well

Cody vows that wins and losses will actually mean something in AEW instead of being pointless

Is that the Chinese promotion someone made a thread about a while back?

Sweet @ MJF and Joey Janela signing with AEW

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Originally Posted by Simple Fan (Post 5212429)

Dude as I've said before you really don't understand the wrestling landscape. The GWN has probably 10-15 promotions alone that air on it. Those are successful partnerships. Then you have the major partnership with AAA which has been good to both. They did 3 actual PPVs last year plus their One Night Only PPVs and Twitch specials that were usually done with other promotions.

I don't know why you say they're not doing well with live crowds. Obviously it's because you haven't seen what they are doing. Every PPV and taping had a sold paying crowd. That's alot different than letting everyone in for free at Universal.

Jericho and crew will come eventually. They are not going for a fast rebuild. They've went back to the basics and its been successful, I never thought Jericho would show up last year. That was mostly alot of internet hype from a Jericho interview.

You’re such a muppet.

You can say I don’t understand something as much as you like. It doesn’t make it true or false. You don’t understand general human empathy. See how easy that is?

I’ve been on the internet following wrestling for years and have barely heard of GWN. How many people actually have it? If you get five people here that do, I would be pretty surprised. Lol, getting a deal with AAA seems pretty foregone when all the good promotions go with CMLL. Sorry, I rephrase my question: How many PPVs did TNA run last year? Like, three?

I say they’re not doing good with live attendance because I just saw a photo of about 30 people in a building with a report saying the lights go out and people were leaving. Getting a crowd of any description to pay any amount of money does not a successful live audience make.

We’ll see. I never said I thought you thought Jericho was coming in last year. I just knew he wouldn’t, because even though his best friend runs it, it is toxic to star power. They might try to change that with AEW to get any attention they can, but I think it is a bad idea, because TNA fucking sucks. I know I’ll be out if TNA is in. If Kenny Omega went there, people would stop caring about him in a month. He has to know that.

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5212557)

Sweet @ MJF and Joey Janela signing with AEW

guess they are working with mlw

Neville has signed with AEW...

Cody and the Young Bucks now out with Jacksonville Jaguars cheerleaders

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Originally Posted by Triple A (Post 5212557)

Sweet @ MJF and Joey Janela signing with AEW

Getting Janela is pretty great for AEW just from a management perspective.

Has a proven track record of being very good as a booker and having a good eye for talent based on his themed shows and making stars from irrelevance in the indies.

My expectations for aew are low but this rally has me pretty hyped.

Chris Jericho is here...

Live YouTube stream btw

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With Jericho jumping, you have a HUGE signal to just about anyone anywhere that this is a legit option. Whether or not that's true, it's a HUGE sign of belief in it.

Can't be understated how big of a deal that is for them.

Also yet another interesting bargaining chip in getting NJPW to play ball, in tandem with Omega surprising them by going "Ehhhh... I'm good man. Gonna go play with my friends." (Presumably)

Not terribly surprising that Jericho jumped. He didn't make a secret of how much he loved the Being the Elite shit and his cruise and doing his own thing again. Probably an easy choice for him once he was away from WWE long enough.

Damn.... wish Jericho would go back to WWE and not looking "mad dumb"

PAC vs Page will be a hell of a match for Double or Nothing, Jericho will draw a lot of fan attention that may not already be hooked into The Elite.

SCU, The Elite guys, Page, PAC, Jericho, and even MJF is a hell of a foundation for a company starting out, and that's just a start. Production values on the press conference were kind of shit, but it's their first solo production and it was in a parking lot in Jacksonville.

Fuck if they can get Pentagon and Fenix as well, that’s gonna be an amazing roster. Hope they don’t go to impact

Jericho moved the needle relatively hard for NJPW World last year, if I recall, so him being part of Double or Nothing is pretty huge.

Also, assuming Kenny does indeed go to play with his friends, we could potentially get Omega vs Jericho 2 at Double or Nothing which would be incredible.

Pretty cool, Page vs Pac should be killer.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5212575)

Fuck if they can get Pentagon and Fenix as well, that’s gonna be an amazing roster. Hope they don’t go to impact

Yes I hope so too. Double hoping for Jericho and Pentagon to face off at Double or Nothing. Was hoping for that at Impact last year.

They had a good presser, big announcements with Pac and Jericho, and Joey Janella was a good get. Was really waiting for Kenny but time will tell. I hope that is where he ends up.

Jericho is just another old part timer who needs WWE more than WWE needs him.