With WWE PPVs you watch to see great sports entertainment, in AEW you buy the PPV to see if Daniel "Bryan Danielson" Bryan shows up.
Posted Sep 5, 2021, 10:52 PM UTC
They're all out of big moves after Punk. Anyone else is just a guy.
They still have Bryan, he's probably not going to move the needle any more than Punk did but after him they're done. Bray, Braun and anyone else they sign will just clog up the promotion more and more and push their "homegrown" talent down the card
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Yeah the only really boost they'll get from Brian is that fact he was a upper card guy in WWE, just had a main event at their most recent Wrestlmania, and is now on dub television. Once that wears off, there's not much left. He even started to fizzle when he came back from his injury.
Him coming back after 7 years is a bigger draw, but unless they turn him and let him go on an "AEW bad" tear, then it's going to fizzle out more than it already has. Bryan will be an ok boost, but he's not really going to be a bigger draw as he's been on TV for the last 2-3 years wrestling.
His return? Yes. In general? No.
Having your whole pull based on the hottest free agent can only work when they are hot free agents
Exactly. Eventually they'll have to book well and.... yeah.
Luckily Tony knows how to book. He was awarded (fairly) the Booker of the Year title from WON
A wrestling company that uses ratings and PPV buys in 2021 to tout their success? Hmmm, wonder why no legit company takes them seriously.
CM punk comes back out again after the main event, thats the surprise
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I’m team streaming and not paying a dime for the comedy show.
what stream?
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Hey, dozens of people paid good money to watch Punk gas out 5 minutes into his match with the "I like turtles" kid.
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Summerslam 2021 had some really good sPoRtS eNtErTaiNmEnt. And had a bunch of cool surprises. Another example of why FEDDY DEDDY; they don't focus on just the latter.
Several people downstairs discussed buying it multiple websites to inflate buy numbers. Sad.
I’m guessing you meant not good enough
If your PPV card was any good, you shouldn't have to tease surprises for people to buy it.
Member Royal Rumble 08 or 20 when Cena and Edge respectively returned without any dumb hints and winks?
The crowd lost their damn minds both times. So much better than knowing ahead of time.
Would people still have cheering in their theater as much if they knew Cap was going to weird Moljnir ahead of time.