AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

Ordered a t shirt from AEW global shop 37 notes.....who knows when it will arrive just glad I could order it.

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Adam Cole still hasn’t agreed to a new contact with WWE. From reports I’ve read he’s going to AEW.

This has me buzzing, one of my favourite wrestlers and one of the best around

This AEW roaster is unreal, so stacked

Sounds like a little shot at the paint by numbers training of the sports entertainers of the future to me. The E stans in the comments aren't taking it well!

Something I was thinking when re-watching Punk's comeback, do Living Colour get royalties every time Punk makes an appearance on TV? Or has Tony payed the band upfront to use Cult Of Personality indefinitely?

Interesting question. I had to look it up but here's what Bischoff said about using Voodoo Child in WCW:

I researched who owned the rights to the Jimi Hendrix estate and after working with a few attorneys we found out that his sister, at the time, oversaw the estate and managed the rights for all things Jimi Hendrix. We negotiated with Jimi’s sister for those rights. They cost me $100,000 which at at the time everyone thought, “Bischoff has lost his mind! $100,000 for Voodoo Child?!” But I had worldwide rights and I could use it multiple times in a broadcast. I can’t remember all the specific details but I remember I could only play it for like 15 or 20 seconds at a time so I couldn’t play the whole song. I played around with it so I could do a long entrance with it or an outro with it. I could use it on PPVs, I could use it on television and I could use it worldwide. For $100,000 it was the best investment I ever made. You couldn’t come close to that for less that $5 million today for the rights I had.

Didn't Hogan play that for like ages on ppv tho?

If they're not they should be.

One of the few things that's a shame about Punk not going back to WWE is that a WWE 24: CM Punk would have been awesome.

1.129 million for Rampage, 0.53 in the demo. Massive.

I wonder what the figures were like over this side of the world? It had to be something pretty special to get me to stay up til that hour after a week's work. Didn't regret it for a minute.

That number is beyond mental. I think Brandon Thurston predicted like. 34 and just under a million viewers. On a Friday at 10pm that number just should not be possible. Beyond any expectations.

Just watched the beginning of that. I'm sure the Bucks and Kenny were grinning at the reaction just before that bit

Yes once you sign up everything (except the PPVs) is available on demand as far as I know.

AEW star CM Punk joined Kap & J. Hood on ESPN Chicago Monday morning to talk about his AEW debut and return to wrestling this past Friday at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. With a few days to reflect on his return to pro wrestling, Punk believes the moment may have been the best thing he’s ever done in pro wrestling.

“That might have been the greatest moment, the greatest night of my career,” Punk said. “Just the entire night couldn’t have gone more perfect. The way we set it up as the worst kept secret, selling out the United Center on the rumor that I was going to be there, never announced, never advertised. It shows the connection to the fanbase that AEW has, that they get it, right? They want to be involved, they want to be entertained, they want to go up to shows and have a good time.

“So we didn’t feel the need to beat them over the head to get a TV rating. And don’t get me wrong, I know executives at TNT love their ratings. But to me pro wrestling has always been about moments and getting people to feel something. It was the perfect storm, the perfect night.”

Punk continued, comparing how he felt about the moment on a personal level to the apparent success of his return from a business perspective. Ultimately while Punk knows that’s a big deal to some people, the metrics matter less to him. What’s most important is whether his return made fans happy.

“The way I debuted, everybody being super positive backstage,” Punk said. “I met so many new people, having my family with me, I could go on and on. It was the perfect night and the perfect moment for so many reasons. And I’m just talking personally. Publicly I think it’s a smashing success.

“A lot of people love YouTube views and likes and clicks and all that stuff. That stuff doesn’t really matter to me all that much, but it’s a big deal to a lot of people. The metrics and the analytics people love that stuff. But to me it was just about making people happy. I gave people ice cream, just like Jon Lester is giving people beer when he’s leaving this city. I’m back and I want to show the fans how thankful I am that they waited for seven years.”

Great, thanks.

Is there anywhere to watch the older PPVs for free?

Don’t mind paying for upcoming ones but 20 quid for one from 2019 is a bit much.