Flyin' Brian Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 With news that Cody and maybe Bryan Danielson are injured in addition to CM Punk, who has the deeper roster right now to be able to stand injuries as far as main eventers goes, AEW or WWE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted June 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 AEW has: Adam Cole Adam Page Chris Jericho Darby Allin Eddie Kingston Hook Jon Moxley Miro Samoa Joe Sting Wardlow MJF That I would buy as credible main eventers if they moved them into that slot at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 To me, it's AEW. Strictly because even with Punk & Danielson getting injured, they're not short in talents that can fill the void. In WWE, they spent so many months feeding people to Roman that they legit have nobody to take the mantle with Cody being out for an unknown amount of time after Hell in a Cell. And the sad part is that those are self-inflicted wounds by WWE. AEW will be able to sustain interest from viewers, even without Punk and Danielson for a while. WWE gonna have to pull off a few miracles out of their ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 AEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted June 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 WWE has: AJ Styles Bobby Lashley Brock Lesnar Bron Breaker Drew McIntyre Edge Finn Balor Gunther Kevin Owens Rey Mysterio Randy Orton? - unless he is legit injured Riddle? - unless he is legit injured Roman Reigns Seth Rollins Miz Austin Theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Except they probably won't have Reigns much (at least over the next few months). Also, not sure Gunther and Theory are currently potential main eventers for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Gunther theoretically could be featured for a short program. As it is, hard to count him. I give the edge to WWE solely because their women's roster is deeper. If we are talking solely singles & men, AEW has the edge due to their booking philosophy. Punk and Bryan are out and they still have a healthy number of credible guys they can insert into a main event, as they never focus on just a single person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 On the women's side it is barely a contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Women's side is obviously WWE by a ridiculous margin, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenese Sarwieh Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 For the men's side of things, it's AEW by a wide margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 WWE also suffers from the same people going in and out of main event programs for god knows how long so there's a staleness factor that isn't there at all with AEW. I do agree than on the women's side WWE has AEW beat by a wide margin even if Becky, Charlotte and Rhonda are played out at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 One of the things that hasn’t been brought up here is that the “depth” question is entirety based on environment. WWE’s “depth” issues on the mens side are clearly self imposed, but also, they’ve run multiple folks who are their “depth” on top in the past, only to be shuffled down the card never to be heard from again. AEW has more interchangeable parts, but that’s because it was born more out of necessity. They needed to keep trying folks to see who popped off the page, but they had a clear hierarchy in regards to the world title, for example. I think both companies project too talent pretty well, but I also feel like the idea of depth being talked about here is more about “talent we like.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted June 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Since the injuries are occurring on the men's side, that's more where I was focused. Like stated, the women's roster is not really a contest. I think there are some wrestlers out there available that would definitely help the women's division if Tony Khan wanted to bring them in though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted June 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Not so much 'talent we like' as talent that I feel has been presented/could be presented as main eventers if needed. Some of that is past elevation, some of that is current position on the card, some of that is potential. Of course, personal biases can and do come into play. These are just my lists for comparison, feel free to add or subtract from it with your own opinions. It won't hurt my feelings one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 The thing is that WWE at the moment can main event with women, and AEW really can't (certainly not a PPV, and pretty rarely a Dynamite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) Let's do a head-to-head comparison, using the lists @Flyin' Brian provided: Adam Cole (AEW) vs. AJ Styles (WWE) - Cole was included by Brian, but I believe he's currently injured. Eh, I'll give the nod to Cole. Adam Page (AEW) vs. Bobby Lashley (WWE) - Page Chris Jericho (AEW) vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE) - Brock is a bigger star, but Jericho works more often. I''ll call this a draw. Darby Allin (AEW) vs. Bron Breaker (WWE) - Allin Eddie Kingston (AEW) vs. Drew McIntyre (WWE) - Draw Hook (AEW) vs. Edge (WWE) - Edge Jon Moxley (AEW) vs. Finn Balor (WWE) - Moxley Miro (AEW) vs. Gunther (WWE) - Miro Samoa Joe (AEW) vs. Kevin Owens (WWE) - Owens Sting (AEW) vs. Rey Mysterio (WWE) - Mysterio Wardlow (AEW) vs. Roman Reigns (WWE) - Reigns MJF (AEW) vs. Seth Rollins (WWE) - Rollins Flyin' Brian's lists didn't have equal numbers, so I'll pick two guys from the AEW roster to match against Miz and Theory. Sammy and Scorpio Sky have both main evented AEW shows recently and will do here. Sammy Guevera (AEW) vs. Miz (WWE) - Miz Scorpio Sky (AEW) vs. Austin Theory (WWE) - Can we go with neither? Draw So my completely subjective and unscientific head-to head showdown of the men's rosters ends with WWE narrowly ahead of AEW 6 - 5, with 3 draws. For AEW, I haven't included the injured Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, or Kenny Omega. For WWE, I haven't included Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Matt Riddle. I think there is no question that the WWE women's roster is much stronger than AEW's, while the AEW tag roster is far deeper than that of the WWE. Edited June 7, 2022 by Champagne EDIT: Riddle's not hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 I would say that AEW has the better roster in the sense there's more people positioned to fill spots if people higher on the card get hurt and/or leave. In WWE, they're pretty much fucked if Roman decides to go make movies or whatever full time. Even though they have a ton of people on the roster, you can count the folks who could realistically be put in a top spot on one hand and have fingers left over. Now WWE has shown they can heat someone up and put them in a main event spot on a temporary basis, but they've also shown they don't stick with it and that the person ends up back in the same position they were prior to the push. I suppose this will be AEW's big test since Punk was their biggest draw and he's going to be out, but that's just going to open the door for folks who have been somewhat downplayed as of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 That's why the periodic shuffling of wrestlers down the card in AEW that people complain about is actually a good thing. Not only does it prevent anyone from becoming stale and overexposed, it means the company doesn't miss a beat if someone leaves or has to take time off. Obviously some folks are more important to AEW than others, but no one's as indispensable to them as Roman and Brock are to WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 2 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: That's why the periodic shuffling of wrestlers down the card in AEW that people complain about is actually a good thing. Not only does it prevent anyone from becoming stale and overexposed, it means the company doesn't miss a beat if someone leaves or has to take time off. Obviously some folks are more important to AEW than others, but no one's as indispensable to them as Roman and Brock are to WWE. Plus the webshows have a different tempo and tenor than the main shows as they either have engaged early-in-the-night or studio fans, and don’t have to worry about commercials or fitting into a TV slot. Deeb was cycled back to Elevation last night and I’m really looking forward to four months of her teaming with Nyla/Emi/Bunny/Diamante. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 7, 2022 Report Share Posted June 7, 2022 9 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: That's why the periodic shuffling of wrestlers down the card in AEW that people complain about is actually a good thing. Not only does it prevent anyone from becoming stale and overexposed, it means the company doesn't miss a beat if someone leaves or has to take time off. Obviously some folks are more important to AEW than others, but no one's as indispensable to them as Roman and Brock are to WWE. I always remembered that quote from Paul Heyman when he was talking about when someone was about to leave ECW to jump ship to WWF or WCW or someone got injured, he always had someone ready to fill that spot. I think in a way, as the big ECW fan that he was, Tony Khan has kept that in mind and took this to heart so he applied this to his management philosophy. Yes, the AEW roster is bloated but at the very least, they have many options to fill positions when injuries happen. That's almost a godsend here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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