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wildturkey
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Figured it deserved its own thread since its now official. For those that might not be following, its a new wrestling promotion that's being started by Tony Khan (son of the Jaguars owner) and the Young Bucks/Cody Rhodes. They've hinted at it since the Bucks/Cody's one off PPV "All In" last year. Inititally some rumors came out that Khan was going to back them and then it looked more real when the trademarks were discovered in November.
Details are slowly coming in but as of now they are going to run a PPV in a few months, Double or Nothing, likely in Las Vegas around Memorial Day. The promotion has already signed some of its roster but no one has officially been announced (though you can easily guess Cody, the Bucks, Hangman Page, Kenny Omega, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky).
They also reportedly have "numerous" offers for a TV deal but have yet to announce one. The success of the All In ppv opened up a lot of networks eyes' and they have been in talks ever since.
So needless to say, this is the biggest news in pro wrestling in quite some time whether AEW succeeds or fails. It's the first time in a long time a promotion has had some series financial backing (ROH has Sinclair sure but Sinclair barely invests any money into it).
Here's the Being The Elite video where they made it official, logos are around the 7 minute mark if you want to skip
Details are slowly coming in but as of now they are going to run a PPV in a few months, Double or Nothing, likely in Las Vegas around Memorial Day. The promotion has already signed some of its roster but no one has officially been announced (though you can easily guess Cody, the Bucks, Hangman Page, Kenny Omega, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky).
They also reportedly have "numerous" offers for a TV deal but have yet to announce one. The success of the All In ppv opened up a lot of networks eyes' and they have been in talks ever since.
So needless to say, this is the biggest news in pro wrestling in quite some time whether AEW succeeds or fails. It's the first time in a long time a promotion has had some series financial backing (ROH has Sinclair sure but Sinclair barely invests any money into it).
Here's the Being The Elite video where they made it official, logos are around the 7 minute mark if you want to skip