And CM Punk!
None of their current champions are ex-WWE wrestlers. I'd say they're doing pretty well highlighting their own guys.
To be fair, the previous champs of literally every title were ex wwe guys.
Scorpio Sky helped Kane and Daniel Bryan in their anger management class too. AEW just can't help themselves apparently!
I assume to put over their big men. But he is just going to make them look tiny.
Kenny Omega is a former known wrestling mega star in Japan, same difference, lol. Come on, Jericho, Ambrose and Omega, they picked their three biggest initial signings.
Exactly
I wonder what a Darby v Big Show match would be like.
Only slightly less believable than any Darby match really.
NJPW and WWE are not "same difference" lmao I don't get why you wouldn't put your title on your 3 biggest stars. That's just good business.
A year in they could have built someone up in house, lol you know exactly what I meant. Okay, my bad I misspoke while casually posting on the internet by saying Wwe, I meant WWE and other major promotions. Njpw falls in that, you dont put on a event like Wrestle Kingdom because your a peon in the business. In fact the only to really big powers for me were WWE and Njpw, now AEW has a big checkbook and is making moves, so add them. No need to split hairs, you know what I mean. Agree about Hangman taking title, hes lesser know than some of his colleagues, and would be a nice transition to something that felt a little more home grown, but still a ways to go from there. I'm not talking shit either, it just hasnt been for me.
I think there's a difference between being established in Japan and being established in front of a western audience on cable TV. Just my opinion though.
I mean, TNA is where I remember Daniel's from, but I cant remember Kaz. I had a long period I'm still catching up on that I wouldn't have anything to do with wrasslin, but I recall Storm and Styles and Daniel's and Consequences and plenty of others from TNA around 2005-2008ish when I really tried to give it a chance and wouldn't watch WWE at all. But I never really considered them a threat, I actually admitted to myself I was only watching because it was something fresh and worried how long before it got cancelled because I just couldn't see people my age or around my age watching it. It always felt indy-ish, or I guess more regional than other stuff I'd seen.
Kazarian was probably doing a lot of work in the X Division around that time you were watching. He also played Suicide if you remember that gimmick.
