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TheRock1525 posted...

Like why is AEW bothering with WWE guys at this point. Two weeks ago they had a match involving 4 guys who (to the best of my knowledge) never stepped foot in a WWE ring draw over a million viewers.

So why a week later do you need Zack Ryder? You have a ton of incredibly talented wrestlers you relegate to your YouTube channel just to bring in a mediocre midcard act.

I'm no fan of Ryder at all but I don't have a problem with them signing him, and I think the idea of "WWE guys" is really overblown. WWE signed everybody with a pulse in the last decade, ruling people out based on that is silly - it means nothing. Where this sort of thing becomes a problem, the way it did for Impact, is bringing these guys in and putting them immediately in world title programs, which devalues your title and tells the audience lower card WWE guys are better than most of your roster. I don't see them doing that with undeserving guys. Now if you bring Cardona in and over time he gets over to your audience? Then he's your guy getting over, and that's great and you can run with him then.

I don't think they think they "need" Cardona or any other former WWE guy. I think they think he's a talented guy who will be able to get over with their audience - and the jury is out on that


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