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The most interesting thing going on with this company are its contract situations. Cody working without a written agreement, Mox’s probably expiring, etc. TK has given people the promise of a lot of money and freedom, talked about working with New Japan and made a lot of implied promises that he’s had to walk back from.
When you look at AEW’s ratings, selling the boat to get Bryan and Punk has been negligible when it comes to AEW’s popularity. How much are they getting paid versus a guy like Cody? How much creative pull do they have versus what he has when it comes to his creative vision?
Does a guy like Moxley’s heart belong in AEW, or is it in the garbage feds being made to look second-rate there while your home company is still trying to bill you like a star? With Anthem being the ones to secure the New Japan deal, is an AEW/New Japan deal even possible right now? How does that affect where these guys like Moxley sign? Is a guy like Bryan Danielson going to be cool waiting 2+ years to get out of his AEW deal to go and have the matches he wants to have now at 44?
If Cody and Moxley leave, do they take any friends with them? Do those that they’ve advocated for in the company stick it out with AEW, or do they see a friend and backer moving on and figure it’s time to do the same?
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