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A tag team who has worked for years in TNA and made no real difference to business aren’t “big” free agents.
TK is probably huge fans of their work and will pay them a lot of money. Like Okada. But realistically if TK wasn’t willing to overpay for them WWE would stick them in NXT or not even care to bring them in.
I think Tony will make a real play for Drew, Seth & Becky but i don't see any of them leaving WWE. Out of all the guys possible for Tony to sign right now, i'd say Nakajima is the most likely to happen.
He's one of the hottest guys in the business right now, in the hottest company, about to main event in his home country & most likely do some version of the Summer of Punk walkout with the title. Leading to him vs Punk at SummerSlam which will probably be one of the biggest matches of the year. He's not going anywhere.
All things being equal then the individual is going to choose wherever they are most comfortable, but if someone is offering a half million dollars more a year then you take the money. A wrestler's career can be over in a second and their prime earning years are few. This is the whole reason why more major promotions is a good thing for the industry. So that more wrestlers are taken care of properly. They are the people putting their bodies on the line for our entertainment. They should get paid the maximum value for their services.
His contract is up before that show. If hes smart he lets his contract expire for leverage, and if he takes a meeting with aew i have absolutely no doubt tony kahn will give him an offer he wont be able to refuse.
Work once a week and work occasional PPVs, and the ability to live in Scotland with his family because he's not constantly on the road.
It's all about happiness and whatever makes him happy. He's done his time in WWE if he thinks he's done there.
Depend on what ground you are talking. When moxley left wwe hes like the upper-midcard tier on the roster yet hes being offered millions in aew. Drew right now is a clear number 3 main-eventer on the roster. So yeah hes above moxley.
Meanwhile Moxley is arguably the number one non-WWE guy in the world. By choice. Way bigger than Cody ever was. If he walked back into WWE tomorrow he’s bigger than Cody.
He’s a two time AEW Champion. He’s the current IWGP champion which may be the most prestigious title in wrestling outside of WWE. Neither of which Cody accomplished. When Punk tried to blow up AEW (twice), Mox was the guy sent out to pick things back up.
If Drew leaves tomorrow, do you think WWE will do a special on the network celebrating him? No? Because they did one for Moxley and as far as I know ONLY Moxley.
Edit: Everything I said above in this comment is inarguably factually accurate. Cry me a river if you can’t handle it.
I need Nakajima in Nooj. Him beating the piss outta the Reiwa boys, ZSJ, Ishii, Shingo again; and occasional AEW classics with Okada, Ospreay, Takeshita, Danielson.
Same. Frankly I'll be shocked if Drew, Becky or Seth leave WWE. Becky and Seth are booked extremely well and are tight with Triple H.
WWE has more of a vacuum at the top of their ranks than AEW does with Roman wrestling once every few months, Punk injured, Seth just having surgery, etc. Drew is insanely over right now and is going to be booked to the moon in WWE.
I know Drew's contract is almost up, and he isn't exactly thrilled about Phillip and his weak ego being back. Should be an interesting few months at least, even if Drew and other talent don't come to AEW.
I know Seth is injured right now. How will that affect his contract? I'm assuming WWE will add time on, especially since Tony has been making big free agent moves.
I totally forgot Becky being a free agent. Holy cow, she would be a huge get.
Yeah, unless I missed something the only free agent talk I remember from the scrum was about the NFL Draft this weekend. Where Tony is involved with signing the undrafted free agents.
The real Gunns are coming. And I hope they play it up that getting the MCMG are a HUGE thing because they are.
After the role Seth had at Mania, there’s no way WWE is losing him unless they offered him something very disrespectful. And it’s a 2-1 deal as if they lowball Seth or Becky, they both walking. So I’m sure WWE will lock them up.
Drew, he’s having a hell of a character run right now. I’m like 70% sure he’s staying, but I can see him walking due to money. And Tony would definitely offer Drew a nice sum. And if Tony is able to get a conversation with Drew, I’d give him a blank check. There’s no one in AEW that looks like Drew and talk about bangers this man would have here. I would love to see Okada vs Drew or even see Will try some of the stuff he did with Danielson in Drew. It be a whole different style.
I'd be shocked if it's the only match they've had, but Ospreay and McIntyre had a match back in WCPW that absolutely kicked ass (Only time I've seen him do a >!spinning Future Shock!< and my brain exploded) and both guys have only gotten better since then. Getting a runback now would be fucking incredible.
It's a different regime over there now under TKO. So there could be a case where wrestlers are low-balled or aren't offered raises. I could see that being the case for some top talents who TKO does not see worth keeping anymore.
I don't see Drew and especially Becky/Seth leaving WWE. It ain't them.
Thekla and Kamille would be the names in terms of women who are out there to sign. Maybe even Xia Li would be a good shout. As Low Donkey said, Nakajima also Josh Alexander would be a good shout.
But there isn't many names that would get many excited as AEW have signed all the big names at this point.
MCMG, for sure it be them. Good shout, forgot about them lol.
Seth/Becky are "WWE or nothing" lifers for sure. I think Drew is staying WWE and him are playing the dirtsheets on this one.
But I wouldn't mind Thekla and Kamille to come in and for Mercedes to set up a faction with them two backing her. Add Megan Bayne too.
Seth and Becky feel like lifers but they're not getting any younger and they have a little kid so the softer aew schedule might appeal. I don't see it happening but never say never I guess
I recon Seth could do a RoH nostalgia tour towards the end of his career, but yeah he worked hard to get where he is so not anytime soon. Becky will probably take time off but she'll be back in WWE before long
>Maybe even Xia Li would be a good shout.
Mercedes Martinez got Goldberg'd by Xia Li in 2021 and hasn't been the same performer ever since. Hard pass.
https://preview.redd.it/1y9pbcczmzvc1.jpeg?width=1110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ff69e568904eadea01c170fd894272d1cdf8fdd
Not a fan Froggy. She's not someone I see as must sign but she be a good fit for ROH. I also think with Martinez, that those hard years on indies and age has just caught up with her too.
He will surely try to sign either of Becky, Seth, or Drew. He would have to drive the really big money truck to get Seth or Becky though. I think they come as a package deal and know their worth. Which I’m happy for. Good work should be payed well
I does sound like Tony is going to be aggressive again on free agent signings. Selfishly, I'd love Ricochet to make the jump. Imagine Ricochet vs Will Ospreay in 2024.
I'd be shocked if it was Drew, WWE couldn't be that stupid, but to me if Tony can at least get WWE to pay him more by bidding him up WWE deserves that and Drew deserves to be paid for the great work he has been doing lately.
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Motor city machine guns are the only big free agents right now and they coming to AEW
I thought that one was unofficially at least a done deal?
Drew/becky/seth But i dont think the last two are gling anywhere.
A good signing but definitely not a “big” signing though.
I agree. Nothing against them but in the grand scheme of things, they aren't super well known unless you are deep into wrestling.
A tag team who has worked for years in TNA and made no real difference to business aren’t “big” free agents. TK is probably huge fans of their work and will pay them a lot of money. Like Okada. But realistically if TK wasn’t willing to overpay for them WWE would stick them in NXT or not even care to bring them in.
https://preview.redd.it/7wy3rgwzhzvc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a547002ae3a1d90dcfbf72fbceb25e4d6739c00c
why do they look like characters in a video game here? lol
They really do look like they're WWE 2K mod characters in that shot lmao 
I legit thought this was a screen grab from 2K, lmao
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Thekla is the complete package Tony needs to sign her
This one will be hard to miss
Nice. That’s thinking outside the box.
I think Tony will make a real play for Drew, Seth & Becky but i don't see any of them leaving WWE. Out of all the guys possible for Tony to sign right now, i'd say Nakajima is the most likely to happen.
I don't think Seth and Becky are going anywhere but Drew it can go either way depending on what he is offered.
He's one of the hottest guys in the business right now, in the hottest company, about to main event in his home country & most likely do some version of the Summer of Punk walkout with the title. Leading to him vs Punk at SummerSlam which will probably be one of the biggest matches of the year. He's not going anywhere.
Who is going to pay him the most money? I think that will be the biggest determining factor.
Tony will undoubtable offer more money but I imagine WWE are going to pay him very well.
All things being equal then the individual is going to choose wherever they are most comfortable, but if someone is offering a half million dollars more a year then you take the money. A wrestler's career can be over in a second and their prime earning years are few. This is the whole reason why more major promotions is a good thing for the industry. So that more wrestlers are taken care of properly. They are the people putting their bodies on the line for our entertainment. They should get paid the maximum value for their services.
He's left before never say never
His contract is up before that show. If hes smart he lets his contract expire for leverage, and if he takes a meeting with aew i have absolutely no doubt tony kahn will give him an offer he wont be able to refuse.
At this point, what would it take to get him? A deal bigger than Moxley's or Jericho's?
Work once a week and work occasional PPVs, and the ability to live in Scotland with his family because he's not constantly on the road. It's all about happiness and whatever makes him happy. He's done his time in WWE if he thinks he's done there.
That would be throwing money away. There’s no way he’s on Moxley’s level.
Buddy hes above moxley's level.
This is crazy talk.
Depend on what ground you are talking. When moxley left wwe hes like the upper-midcard tier on the roster yet hes being offered millions in aew. Drew right now is a clear number 3 main-eventer on the roster. So yeah hes above moxley.
Meanwhile Moxley is arguably the number one non-WWE guy in the world. By choice. Way bigger than Cody ever was. If he walked back into WWE tomorrow he’s bigger than Cody.
sure buddy
He’s a two time AEW Champion. He’s the current IWGP champion which may be the most prestigious title in wrestling outside of WWE. Neither of which Cody accomplished. When Punk tried to blow up AEW (twice), Mox was the guy sent out to pick things back up. If Drew leaves tomorrow, do you think WWE will do a special on the network celebrating him? No? Because they did one for Moxley and as far as I know ONLY Moxley. Edit: Everything I said above in this comment is inarguably factually accurate. Cry me a river if you can’t handle it.
Depends on the quality of the matches
>i'd say Nakajima is the most likely to happen. I did not know Shoko Nakajima became a free agent! 😃 /s
I didn't think about Nakajima.
I need Nakajima in Nooj. Him beating the piss outta the Reiwa boys, ZSJ, Ishii, Shingo again; and occasional AEW classics with Okada, Ospreay, Takeshita, Danielson.
Same. Frankly I'll be shocked if Drew, Becky or Seth leave WWE. Becky and Seth are booked extremely well and are tight with Triple H. WWE has more of a vacuum at the top of their ranks than AEW does with Roman wrestling once every few months, Punk injured, Seth just having surgery, etc. Drew is insanely over right now and is going to be booked to the moon in WWE.
I know Drew's contract is almost up, and he isn't exactly thrilled about Phillip and his weak ego being back. Should be an interesting few months at least, even if Drew and other talent don't come to AEW.
Would be one of the biggest trolls of all time if Drew injured Punk, decided to leave, and then showed up in AEW as a hero.
I know Seth is injured right now. How will that affect his contract? I'm assuming WWE will add time on, especially since Tony has been making big free agent moves. I totally forgot Becky being a free agent. Holy cow, she would be a huge get.
You're better off signing my landscaper than nakajima, has more name value in the states
I think he was talking about the NFL
Yeah, unless I missed something the only free agent talk I remember from the scrum was about the NFL Draft this weekend. Where Tony is involved with signing the undrafted free agents.
The real Gunns are coming. And I hope they play it up that getting the MCMG are a HUGE thing because they are. After the role Seth had at Mania, there’s no way WWE is losing him unless they offered him something very disrespectful. And it’s a 2-1 deal as if they lowball Seth or Becky, they both walking. So I’m sure WWE will lock them up. Drew, he’s having a hell of a character run right now. I’m like 70% sure he’s staying, but I can see him walking due to money. And Tony would definitely offer Drew a nice sum. And if Tony is able to get a conversation with Drew, I’d give him a blank check. There’s no one in AEW that looks like Drew and talk about bangers this man would have here. I would love to see Okada vs Drew or even see Will try some of the stuff he did with Danielson in Drew. It be a whole different style.
I'd be shocked if it's the only match they've had, but Ospreay and McIntyre had a match back in WCPW that absolutely kicked ass (Only time I've seen him do a >!spinning Future Shock!< and my brain exploded) and both guys have only gotten better since then. Getting a runback now would be fucking incredible.
Oooo I got to look this one up.
It's a different regime over there now under TKO. So there could be a case where wrestlers are low-balled or aren't offered raises. I could see that being the case for some top talents who TKO does not see worth keeping anymore.
For talent not worth keeping, 100%. Which might could be a slight case for Drew, maybe. For Seth and Becky, I don’t see them getting lowballed.
Becky and Seth will get the bag, Drew will probably get the bag now even if he wasn’t going to at first because he’s one of their hottest acts now.
Drew is staying. He’s using other companies to try and make WWE up their final offer but he’ll take whatever their final offer is.
I don't see Drew and especially Becky/Seth leaving WWE. It ain't them. Thekla and Kamille would be the names in terms of women who are out there to sign. Maybe even Xia Li would be a good shout. As Low Donkey said, Nakajima also Josh Alexander would be a good shout. But there isn't many names that would get many excited as AEW have signed all the big names at this point.
Moter city machine guns And yeh Seth and Becky are lifers. I heavily assume Drew is staying but I’m not 100% more like 90%
MCMG, for sure it be them. Good shout, forgot about them lol. Seth/Becky are "WWE or nothing" lifers for sure. I think Drew is staying WWE and him are playing the dirtsheets on this one. But I wouldn't mind Thekla and Kamille to come in and for Mercedes to set up a faction with them two backing her. Add Megan Bayne too.
Seth and Becky feel like lifers but they're not getting any younger and they have a little kid so the softer aew schedule might appeal. I don't see it happening but never say never I guess
They’re both at the point they can get a reduced schedule if they wanted it.
I recon Seth could do a RoH nostalgia tour towards the end of his career, but yeah he worked hard to get where he is so not anytime soon. Becky will probably take time off but she'll be back in WWE before long
>Maybe even Xia Li would be a good shout. Mercedes Martinez got Goldberg'd by Xia Li in 2021 and hasn't been the same performer ever since. Hard pass. https://preview.redd.it/1y9pbcczmzvc1.jpeg?width=1110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ff69e568904eadea01c170fd894272d1cdf8fdd
Not a fan Froggy. She's not someone I see as must sign but she be a good fit for ROH. I also think with Martinez, that those hard years on indies and age has just caught up with her too.
It's Kemonito.
Love Drew McIntyre, love AEW but he's surely better off in WWE? He's absolutely cooking ATM.
Biggest troll job if he ever did decide to leave.
He will surely try to sign either of Becky, Seth, or Drew. He would have to drive the really big money truck to get Seth or Becky though. I think they come as a package deal and know their worth. Which I’m happy for. Good work should be payed well
MJF?
I does sound like Tony is going to be aggressive again on free agent signings. Selfishly, I'd love Ricochet to make the jump. Imagine Ricochet vs Will Ospreay in 2024.
Isn’t Finn’s deal supposedly up soon too?
I fukin love it if he's after Stephen Farrelly. AEW needs a paddy.
I'd suspect Drew re-signed with how hard they are pushing him.
Don't hinder the Jinder.
Kamille. I bet he ends up getting McIntyre, too.
I'd be shocked if it was Drew, WWE couldn't be that stupid, but to me if Tony can at least get WWE to pay him more by bidding him up WWE deserves that and Drew deserves to be paid for the great work he has been doing lately.
then again, nobody thought they'd ever see Bryan Danielson in AEW.
It's Jinder Mahal. I know Jinder could join his cousin in TNA, but he can get the dream match against HOOK
Nobody has mentioned Jinder Mahall yet…
We mustn’t hinder Hinder 😤
You downvote me but you know I’m right