Meltzer says big name is coming to AEW in September

a lot of those types already watch AEW. what they say isn’t what they do.

case in point? check out how many former anti AEW members here are now buying each figure as they come out - just read the first few pages of the AEW thread.

Bryan: “You got me, the small mang, and you got him, the medium mang.”

*points to punk*

Id say for sure Punk makes his debut at the United Center Rampage.

Now there’s speculation on Brock. Even if there’s no smoke there, this is such an exciting time to be a wrestling fan.

I hope VKM gets scared and does everything possible to make WWE watchable again.

The Khans have more money than VKM. It’s possible.

It’s money or bust for Brock. He’s a mercenary, I don’t think he would bat an eye at leaving WWE (he has before) if the pay is better elsewhere.

For the people that have never seen true competition in wrestling, I hope you’re starting to understand why having a WCW around was such a must, even as a WWE fan. When WWE wants to mail it in but they’re the only wrestling in town, you have no choice but to watch them and clearly that’s been the case. The population of wrestling fans has gradually declined, but they still garner the majority of who’s left to watch their programming.

With an alternative it’s like, ok…you wanna treat your workers like crap, they’ve now got someplace else to go. You wanna treat your fans like crap, they’ve now got someplace else to go. And with AEW working with IMPACT, New Japan, GCW etc…they aren’t only increasing their own stock, they’re elevating the stock of the industry. All the crops are nourished now, not just their own. WWE has provided us with the best entertainment wrestling can offer for many many years, but at the cost of everybody else. The wrestling industry as a whole died so WWE could flourish, so much so that they don’t even call it the “wrestling industry” anymore. They’re afraid nobody will know what that is since it’s nearly extinct.

I get the skepticism and trepidation around Brock but the potential of Lesnar vs. Darby is something I want to see very badly.

Man, I don’t know what to think of that. I think they are moving at a great stride right now, all the signings are in character for what AEW is, I don’t know how I feel about Brock potentially coming in. I mean, it would be big news, the attention would be interesting for the company, but work wise, Brock has to be a wrestler again and now just do German suppleness for 4 minutes and then an F5.

If we got 2002 Brock, that would be interesting. I don’t know that they need to sign somebody like Lesnar though, I think he would just mess up the hierarchy of talent.

I love Brock and would love to see him, but I’m curious how the current roster would feel about him coming in. We know how Mox feels about their WM32 letdown, and im curious if anyone else on the roster would hold any reservations about potentially working with him. If it’s just a retread of “Suplex city,” I can see a lot of resentment from talent and fans. If it was 2002/2003 Brock who brings his work-boots with him, then we got something.