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RONDA IN THE MAIN EVENT, HOW WWE COULD USE PAIGE IN THE FUTURE, THE PATH I WOULD TAKE AEW ON AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2019-02-19 10:00:00

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Do you feel it would be a good use of Paige having her at the UK PC?

I think she has a lot to offer both in what it takes to make it to WWE but also personal lessons she could teach the talent from her own unique perspective.  It’s really important to teach the young talents from all aspects of WWE, from what to do in the ring to how to live your life outside of it.  Paige could be a very valuable asset to WWE in that role if they choose to go in that direction.

Has WWE officially announced that the Rousey match will be the main event?

Officially, no as of Sunday afternoon.  However, I would be pretty surprised if it doesn’t headline the show at this point.

Where are Bray Wyatt and JoJo?

Bray was given time off after his team with with Matt Hardy ended.  Jojo has time off for personal reasons.

To begin, thank you for your continued professionalism and accuracy in reporting. You guys don't get enough credit for being true reporters. To my point: Who do you think are some established stars who will draw credibility to AEW? There are some who have been gone for a while, like Alberto Del Rio, Jack Swagger, and RVD, but there may be others who are looming out there (like Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler). I imagine they need to "hit hard" with talent at the Double or Nothing event, but follow-up quickly with others. For all of the faults that WCW had, that was something that grabbed my attention in the beginning of their run. 

I think AEW and needs to very careful how they proceed.  They can just study the case of Impact Wrestling.  That company signed a lot of top and near top names from WWE when they became available and it never really moved the needle for them, and that was when they had a good TV deal with Spike.  AEW doesn’t have any kind of TV deal at this time so they are in ta different position.  They could sign names that may or may not fit in with their core philosophy and hope that it turns heads at TV companies, or they can establish what their product will be based off of the concept that they are marketing to their base. If they can sell out shows and create a buzz they can try to establish their brand and market that in a potential TV deal.  If it were me, I would go with the latter.  I think it would be more cost effective at this time.  AEW is about a movement, a style of product.  They have the people on board they need to run with that concept.  If it were me, that is how I would move forward.  Down the road, when things are established, I would look into other WWE types of talents and add them as it makes sense.  But for now, other than Dean Ambrose, I think I would focus more on building an AEW foundation than bringing in former talent from WWE.

I noticed we haven't had any Undertaker rumors or talk this year and we are passed Royal Rumble. Is this going to be the first WrestleMania we don't have The Undertaker?

I haven’t heard one way or another as of Sunday afternoon.  My hunch is that we will see him in some capacity, but that is just a hunch at this point.  I think him being in a segment, as opposed to a match, would probably be the best usage of him.

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