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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
Yes, but I’m not talking about bringing them in to build AEW around them, I’m talking about using them to bring eyes onto an aspiring competitive product to a status quo that is in a current ratings nose dive
If you’re bringing them in to be on top of AEW and not establish new talent then ya, it’s over
I totally understand what you mean.
I guess my thinking is just that it'd be one thing if we were talking about The Rock or John Cena, but nobody outside of wrestling knows who Wade Barrett or Luke Harper are and the only ones that know CM Punk know him for being a UFC sideshow. So I think the goal is to carve away some of the WWE audience that are displeased, build you product up, and then take it to the next level by having someone transcend the sport and break into mainstream.
If that is indeed the goal, doing that with people that are 38, 39, and 40 makes it hard. Barrett and Harper were midcard jobbers to that audience you're after. Punk hasn't been around for over 5 years and half of them probably don't even remember him.
Jericho, while older, was a massive star who was still doing great work and has crossover appeal with Fozzy. That's the type of signing you're talking about that I can get behind.
I think the best plan is to be selective with your pickups. If you think Dean Ambrose was a big deal then I get that one. He had a lot of fans and is only 33 so that's still a lot in the tank to build around. Hopefully I'm wrong and it was ****ty writing making him phone it in for years and he crushes it. Wait out the contracts of a few people that are still young, are frustrated, move merchandise already, and are talented.
Lapping up all the older, midcard WWE people and building around them is something that we've seen tried before. It doesn't work.