WWE never officially amalgamated the WWE and Universal Championships. They’ve got the hardware to go to a “fourth brand.”

Raw and Main Event can go to wherever they go. Let’s say…Amazon Prime.

NXT and Lvl Up can be on the CW Network. Tuesdays can be NXT Prime, Lvl Up can be a Saturday morning show.

SmackDown can stay on Friday nights on USA with the specials on NBC. They can have the Universal Title.

WCW or a new show can go Wednesdays and maybe Thursdays with the Rampage slot on Fridays. WCW/World Heavyweight Championship.

Punk being the devil would be fucking hilarious

I'm thinking Adam Cole and it will be the most interesting thing hes done if it is. But its nice to see so much conjecture and no ones seems to be fully sure which is a nice change of pace.

Why are they concealing their identity?

My prediction is Don Callis. I think Ric Flair and Britt Baker will tempt them. If it has to be an active wrestler, Juice Robinson is really the only option that makes sense.

It was me, Noid, it was me all along!!

Can you interrupt all future Tony Khan announcements and get Tony Schiavone to make an announcement during the announcement pls?

The Bunny has left AEW for OnlyFans.

I'm meh on Adam Cole but I could get behind this, I think.

Why would Adam Cole be concealing his identity to attack his rivals?

Adam Cole is also injured. Which means he’d be kayfabe lying. But he had surgery, presumably on the company’s dime. So he’s magic. So he’s a magically healed/time-travelling Adam Cole who attacks the bad guys under a mask so…people don’t know it’s him?

Why is he eventually going to unveil himself to the world and be like “It was me, Austin!” Like, what reason does he have to go from being Mystery Magic Adam Cole back to Black, Gold & Old Adam Cole?

Tony Khan is the devil!

Stephanie McMahon is the devil. She’s here to kickstart a Women’s Revolution.

The Bunny is no longer All Elite and I'm no longer watching!

Gran Metalik allegedly refused to job to Komander on Rampage, cutting the show down in terms of number of matches.

Big mistake by AEW. She's super hot despite the fetal alcohol syndrome, and she out drew Roman on Friday when they went head to head

Addition by subtraction. The less flippy shitters, the better

In theory you’re correct, but it seems like they’ve lost Metalik and kept Komander. :lol:

Wait, so apparently the devil’s group are dressed like ninjas and are attacking anyone who helps MJF?

Please, please, PLEASE don’t miss the chance to have Samoa Joe team with MJF so we can have ninjas attack Joe and toss him in the back of a van.

I mean, it isn't like Tony Khan hasn't brought someone back way too early before (CM Punk, Danielson) It isn't like Tont Khan has folks on his roster who can't get cleared to wrestle anywhere else (Saraya, Shibata). It isn't like Tony Khan hasn't endorsed the bullying of someone who wouldn't or couldn't work injured (Rosa).

That said, I think it's gonna be someone stupid. Either Jack Perry (as a thank you for Punk), Ric Flair (a throwback to the Black Scorpion), or MJF himself (because who said this should make sense? This is AEWTF!)

Oh, I’m not saying it won’t be Cole. I just don’t think it makes any sense as to why he’d conceal his identity to perpetrate these things and then reveal himself. What’s the difference between being Adam Cole in a few months and Adam Cole doing it now? It’s just got MAJOR plot holes. Doesn’t mean that won’t be the route they go.

MJF I thought about. I’ve kind of dropped that now, just because he’s watching the attacks on video and they’re not just going after his enemies. But it wouldn’t be shocking.

Definitely agree with Ric Flair and Jack Perry as possibilities. Perry’s replaced Britt Baker on my list. I’ve got Don Callis, Jack Perry & Ric Flair.

Butcher and Blade gone from AEW. Butcher seems to be someone peoole liked. Off to TNA they go, I guess.

They just won a dark match apparently. People are finding it weird talent with expiring contracts on their way out are getting that treatment. It could be TK being incompetent or it could indicate that there’s more to the story. But we’re entering that period where a lot of contracts are coming up, so look for people to leave one way or another.

The more I think about it... the more I think this is a real possibility. Making himself the #1 heel in AEW. it's Austin/McMahon!

Santana wants out of AEW. Jericho beat Takeshita in DDT Pro and a bunch of nerds are so angry. Santana is retweeting their outrage at Jericho’s politics.

Punk already provided the guide on how to do that with ease. Just make Tony fear for his life at a wrestling event.

Turning down one of his hugs should accomplish that.

:lol:

Lol, AEW is doing its own G1 tournament. Just what they need to do — take 12 of their guys, pull them out of feuds and put them into heatless matches for the sake of it, only to get a singles match that could have been achieved in a more direct way.

Look for a portion of the field to end up injured too.

I've always liked tournaments.

I'm excited at the possible belters for this tournament but have to give it some pause until I see the field. The whole thing with a Round Robin tourney is that pretty much everyone has to lose at some point or another, and TK is extremely protective of certain guys. That gives me pause that he's actually gonna involve 12 top guys in this.

At the same time, TK also knows people are gonna be pissed off if he throws some obvious dreck in there. Like I fucking love John Silver and know he'd probably give you 5 fun in-ring performances but it would also be super obvious that he's only in there to eat pins and go 0-5 because TK was afraid of letting anyone important lose.

There’s no context to this tournament to have it make sense. This isn’t in a time where Wrestler A vs. Wrestler B is rare. The blocking of this thing is going to leave obvious names out (by necessity). Stories are going to be sacrificed in lieu of mindless action.

It’s going to be another example of how AEW puts an idea on paper that some fans are going to excuse, but when it comes time to execute it all the problems are going to become immediately apparent.

Here's my best guess on how Tony might structure this thing:

A BLOCK
Bryan Danielson
Buddy Matthews
Claudio Castagnoli
Keith Lee
Kyle Fletcher
Penta El Zero Miedo

B BLOCK
Andrade El Idolo
Brian Cage
Daniel Garcia
Kenny Omega
Konosuke Takeshita
Wheeler Yuta

That feels like the kind of field I could see Khan running out there. There's enough opportunity for the big names to lose a match in here believably, but at the same time everyone can find a win somewhere too. The closest things to pin eater in the whole thing is Fletcher but he feels like someone Khan would love to get some shine in this tourney. Maybe he finds his win over his countryman Buddy or over Penta or soemthing.

A Block would come down to Danielson vs. Claudio in an all-BCC clash. Stable mates fighting is part of the fun of a Round Robin and when else would they get to do this match? I know Danielson loves putting guys over but let's be real, this tourney is for him so he'd have to go to the finals.

B Block naturally should conclude with Omega vs. Takeshita part 2. Takeshita I'd think being 4-0 going into that would make sense. Maybe Omega is 3-1 (Callis screws him over against Brian Cage or something) but in a spot where he could advance if he finally can beat Takeshita. I mean you're getting either Danielson/Omega or Danielson/Takeshita out of this at Worlds End so I'd guess the fans will be happy regardless.

It will basically be something that NXT just did recently.


But for once, I am going to give Tony Khan the benefit of the doubt and see what he can produce here.

I find that when I go in with no preconceived ideas about what will happen, I will enjoy it more. Going to give him a chance here.

See I would rather he do something like this.

6 man blocks with the top 4 in each division making it out of their group. Have a points system where a submission is 4 points, a pin is 3 points and a time limit draw is 1 point.

Once you get out of the round play, re-seed the tournament into a single elimination 8 wrestler bracket where the highest point total is the 1 seed and the lowest point total is the 8 seed.


1
8

3
6

2
7

4
5

Then just let the wrestlers complete the bracket and it ends with whoever wins the elimination bracket.

I would have the #1 seed advance and face the 7 seed, even if the 7 seed is someone like Bryan Danielson. You could run it like the 7 seed is this fantastic wrestler who had a string of bad luck early, rallied to make the bracket, and then turned it up to make it to the final.

Going in with no preconceived ideas sounds like a lot of work on your end though. It’d be better if he just made his programming consistently good.

Just give two wrestlers are reason to fight that isn’t an arbitrary tournament. And no, in theory, a tournament doesn’t have to be arbitrary, but this one is going to be.

Staying away from "dirtsheets" altogether, or the IWC, can increase the enjoyment of what you see on-screen.

Ideally I think the round robin tournament idea should be used for exclusively low-card guys. Then instead of having random matches on Heat/Velocity, they are having random matches with a semblance of "purpose", and can push the winner beyond the low-card if they want.

Every match in this block would be 5 stars or better. I'm going to be disappointed now when it's not set up like this. :lol: