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Originally Posted by trackercowe
From Pro Wrestling World
Not a good sign for AEW, with live attendance plummeting, Dynamite viewership is stagnant the other two shows are hanging on by a thread. You have to wonder what steps Tony will take to stop the bleeding? He needs to throw a bag of money at a big name free agent (Goldberg, Batista, or of course Edge) to make a big splash.
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I actually think it's the opposite - he needs to simplify the product and focus on the talent they do have. Talent is not the issue and bringing in another new name isn't going to fix the issue.
They need to trim the roster and do a true brand split of ROH and AEW - still too much weird cross promotional activity and too many titles.
Just looking at the roster on the website and it's still too big but there is a really strong and trimmed down roster available there.
World Title / Elite Main Eventers: MJF, Bryan Danielson, Jay White, Omega, Moxley, Adam Page, Will Ospreay
World Title/ Mid Card Tweeners : Adam Cole, Samoa Joe, Orange Cassidy, Darby, Guevara, Swerve, PAC, Eddie Kingston, Cesaro, Andrade, Alestair Black, Kota Ibushi
Mid Card: TNT/International Title: Luchasaurus/Christian, Penta, Rey Fenix, Wardlow, Jack Perry, Hook, Juice Robinson, Take####a, Miro, Hobbs, Daniel Garcia, Ricky Starks, Rush, Scorpio Sky, Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, Yuta
Spot Work: Jericho, Sting
Tag Team/Trios: FTR, Young Bucks, Gunn Club, Acclaimed, House of Black, Best Friends, Aussie Open, Proud and Powerful, Death Triangle, Dark Order, Parker & Meynard
That should be your AEW men's roster (~40 singles wrestlers). Get rid of everyone else and either release them or keep them exclusively on ROH. And break up Blackpool Combat Club.
Like look at all this roster bloat that either take up TV time and should be relegated to ROH or in some cases just released:
QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Action Andretti, Angelico, Ogogo, AR Fox, Ari Daivari, Bandido, Big Bill, Brian Cage, Brock Anderson, Christopher Daniels, Colt Cabana, Top Flight, Ethan Page, Griff Garrison, Private Party, Jake Hager, Jay Lethal, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Johnny TV, Josh Woods, Keith Lee, Kip Sabian, Komander, Lance Archer, Lee Johnson, Lee Moriarty, Luther, Matt Sydal, The Kingdom, Nick Comoroto, Nick Wayne, Parker Boudreaux, Peter Avalon, Preston Vance, Satnam Singh, Serpentico, Shawn Dean, Shawn Spears, Sonjay Dutt, Tony Nese
I also think that as a canadian they have made the product too hard to follow, and in general 5-6 hours of TV a week is too much. They really need to get Rampage and Collison live on TSN (I really don't get how TSN with 5 channels can't figure out how to air this live and instead will show the same show on 4 of their channels).
Also I feel like MJF next fued should be Alestair Black & House of Black...having this goofy face MJF not go against something like House of Black would be a miss IMO. Could see him having some gold moments.
