All Elite Wrestling

[Champagne]

I would not want @NintendoLogic to be on the jury if I was accused of anything.

[strobogo]

It's only a story because it's Punk. The talent pool for pro wrestlers on that level is pretty small and they all know each other. AEW/NJ talent pops up backstage at WWE shows when they're in the same area, plenty of WWE people have been backstage and doing dinners with AEW talent. 

 

The real sus part is that he was visiting "friends". 

[Embrodak]

He was apparently hanging out with Miz lol

Is he still friends with Kofi? 

[Jmare007]

6 hours ago, sek69 said:

To me the funniest part of the story is that Punk would go visit the company he felt tried to kill him when it's in theory being run by the man he famously doesn't like. Yeah you can say he was visiting friends but it felt like poking the hornet's nest with a stick, the fuck you think was gonna happen?

That's what makes this thing entertaining to follow, at least to me. When Starks hangs out backstage with Cody it's covered but never treated as a big deal, but with all the fuckery Punk brings and the current situation he's in with AEW, it's bound to create overblown controversy and I'm here for it

[rovert]

It is more than likely he has done some kind of work on himself. Either via his wife's need and interest in therapy and/or AEW HR mandating some kind of anger management type training. 

Obviously there's Wrestling politics motivations PR wise and selling yourself to AEW management, the locker room and the fans you are the reasonable one and capable of self reflection. 

[KawadaSmile]

5 hours ago, Embrodak said:

He was apparently hanging out with Miz lol

Is he still friends with Kofi? 

Miz, of all fucking people, being one of the few friends Punk has in WWE, and in the industry as a whole, is fucking hilarious. But hey, I guess real recognizes real.

[Johnny Sorrow]

6 hours ago, KawadaSmile said:

Miz, of all fucking people, being one of the few friends Punk has in WWE, and in the industry as a whole, is fucking hilarious. But hey, I guess real recognizes real.

What I read was that they met and smoothed things over since Punk has publicly talked shit about Miz for years.

[KawadaSmile]

17 minutes ago, Johnny Sorrow said:

What I read was that they met and smoothed things over since Punk has publicly talked shit about Miz for years.

He's come to realize that his remark during the MJF feud was a step too far, and a bold faced lie! Punk realized Max ain't on Miz's level and Mike Mizanin was a better champ than MJF is currently. Of course Miz, being the noble gentleman, accepted Punk's apologies. Wow!

[KawadaSmile]

Fucking LOL

[Jmare007]

10 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said:

Fucking LOL

Oh shit at least that would explain why Dave has been annoyed as fuck at times with this whole Punk deal. Including that rant about his sources using him (Meltzer) and getting tired of it.

[strobogo]

Has Starks even had a match on TV since beating Jericho again? Will Adam Cole be the first to not suffer from the clout vampire? 

[MoS]

He had a non-match with Juice Robinson that was a setup for Jay White's debut. He has a tag match on tonight's Rampage. Seems like he is being set up for White's first victory, which sucks

[Jmare007]

5 hours ago, strobogo said:

Has Starks even had a match on TV since beating Jericho again? Will Adam Cole be the first to not suffer from the clout vampire? 

Not sure, if Jericho did carny his way into a Punk feud, that's still 7 weeks away from happening, at the earliest.

[KawadaSmile]

At this point I am willing to believe Jericho has had the most screentime out of every single active AEW roster member. He just does not take any weeks off, essentially.

[MoS]

No way Punk allows Jericho to make the feud all about Jericho though. He has been around too long, is way too savvy, and for better or for worse, knows how to make things about himself. 

[Timbo Slice]

60k pre-sale registrations for Wembley. There’s an actual chance they could fill the building. Wow. 

[Embrodak]

On 4/28/2023 at 5:14 AM, strobogo said:

Has Starks even had a match on TV since beating Jericho again? Will Adam Cole be the first to not suffer from the clout vampire? 

It really is amazing. Has there ever been a “top guy” that it’s less advantageous and more derailing to work with than Chris Jericho? At least the Codyverse was wacky and unpredictable.

[Jmare007]

If the first few month of Collision are centered around another JAS feud vs the hot star, it's an instant skip for me. Maybe after All In, and if Punk stays healthy, I could check it, considering a really like FTR and Rick Starks will probably go with the Saturday crew.

[Flyin' Brian]

Rumors say there will be another return/debut happening on the first episode of Collision. Return of Thunder Rosa? Mercedes Mone? Trinity Fatu? For some reason I'm leaning towards the women's roster for it.

[Jmare007]

From what I've been gathering, All In's pre sale is gonna take a while (they have more than 1 date for them), and it's gonna be a huge success. Seems the 40k "goal" I and many others had is gonna be reached pretty damn fast.

[Migs]

My impression from Reddit is the tickets are moving pretty briskly in the first presale. 

 

[Migs]

Meltz is saying they moved 35,000 tickets today.

[MoS]

11 minutes ago, Migs said:

Meltz is saying they moved 35,000 tickets today.

That's really impressive, and makes me think they might sell 50k or even 60k by the day of the event 

[Migs]

35 minutes ago, MoS said:

That's really impressive, and makes me think they might sell 50k or even 60k by the day of the event 

I think they might have 50K by the end of Friday. Meltz has talked about how its mostly early buyers for AEW, so my gut is 60K is plausible but 70K might be out of reach (unless the early demand activates heavy scalper activity).

[MoS]

WCW's highest was around 41k for the Hogan-Goldberg match (that btw got sold beforehead, before the pronouncements cluld take shsape, the careers of Ken Shamrock, alongside both Vince AND Hogan suffered in terms of and most tickets were sold), right?