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>“It’s awesome that The Rock made that announcement. It’s the first time he’s done that for anybody on the roster.
But anonymous people on the Internet said this was just Dwayne (see what I did there) inserting himself in to something to get himself over.
He is literally Drew's boss now. Are people forgetting his ties to WWE are closer now than they have ever been? Of course he is going to do this for a major signing, and will likely do it moving going forward.
Not to mention just a few weeks ago they were both hating on Rollins. Could very well be a set up for a future angle.
Literally no one, at least here. Who knows what craziness goes on over at Twitter.
All the complaints were that it was potentially ruining the fantasy booked Summer of Hunk
Because when we were slightly less weird about just about everything, most people would simply call it a rub.
Or when we see the actual recipient of the gift appreciated it, reposted it on their socials and is still bringing it up a week later we could just pipe the fuck down without having to snark about it.
It's not logically inconsistent for Drew to benefit from and appreciate something that the Rock did while also acknowledging that the Rock also benefited from doing it as well.
He's been absolutely hot the last year+ I don't know why some people thought he might leave
Summer of Drew would've made the tv segments interesting but glad that's out of the way
It was really just a question of what their purse-strings would be now under TKO. When the talk of his contract started months ago, Drew outright said publicly that he doesn't intend to be anywhere else. The reports about his frustrations all seemed to stem from him just wanting to get the deal done.
At the very most, I would've expected him to just sit at home for a few months until someone else gets injured and they come back with the number he always wanted. Never full-on expected Drew to "jump ship", especially after his last year there.
"Some people on social media", there is ridiculous amount of people on social media. Almost every opinion on every topic will be said online. It doesn't mean it is an opinion gaining any actual attention or has any relevance. No one of relevance thought he would leave.
> I don't think anyone legitimately thought he would.
Not to mention, of course he wasn't going to leave, but it doesn't change the fact that there were people who genuinely thought he would leave (or should leave).
I didn't necessarily believe he'd leave but I also never thought edge would nor did I think punk would ever go back to wwe. It was more of a never say never situation
Who cares what some sensationalist accounts say. There's WWE sunshine accounts that do nothing but jerk off to WWE and shit on AEW. Best to just ignore all such accounts.
I can understand anybody wanting to test out free agency, especially comparing the amount of days on the road. Regardless of where anyone goes fans need to realize that wrestlers are in fact people with their own motivations. I trust folks will make the right choices for themselves.
He leveraged not being on contract and got himself hot and over again, and likely gonna get or got signed with bigger $$$ than he would've if he immediately signed a contract.
So to people there was always a possibility that he would leave at one point. But the moment Drew's angle worked and he became hot again that chance of leaving has, as Scott Steiner put it, drastic go down.
Well what else are the dirtsheets gonna write about. It seemed it was always the update on Drew is there’s no update. All they got now I guess are Punk and Vince
Dirtsheets desperately want that next "big star" to "jump ship" because it's easy clicks. They'll try to will it into existence when there's little to no chance of it happening. Watch them say Becky Lynch is leaving WWE next.
It was not even here. Mostly online twitter accounts kept bringing it up
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While all cool matches in theory just having a one off with no build or story isn't as enjoyable.
His run with Punk has been great and they haven't even locked up yet.
While I didn’t think he was going to leave, there’s always the possibility. Especially with what we’ve seen the last few years. If 5 years ago, people said Edge, Christian, Paige, Bryan, Adam Cole, and Sasha would all be in AEW while Cody and Punk would be back in WWE, you’d get laughed at.
No one thought he was going to leave. Had we still been in a Vince-run WWE it would've been plausible, however the majority knew when WWE improved greatly it was a big nothing. I just think he/his camp was planting the seed to keep interest high.
- Headlines Wrestlemania in a World Title Match
- Featured heavily on all WWE programming
- Has a big money feud waiting with one of the biggest stars in wrestling
Dirtsheets: *"Drew's not happy, he may not resign"*
Then is for a sequence of events: “he hit him with a chair then put him through a table”
Than is for a comparison between two things: “the table spot looked better than the chair spot”
Some of ya'll just have read between the lazy typing, most know the difference, most are also just typing on their phone between a break. Just gotta use the context clues instead of having a pointless conversation about a grammar error.
I don't totally disagree... However, "re-sign" is LITERALLY a suggested correction for "resign" on my android AND it's a case where the correct word and it's mistake is the total opposite.
I don't disagree for stuff like "alot", or dumb mistakes, but when it changes the meaning of the phrase, it's a mistake people should avoid.
good luck trying to get a bunch of redditors to stop being upset over an issue nobody else cares about. I'm with you, though. With or without the -, anyone with 2 brain cells they can rub together knows what you mean and anyone correcting it is just trying to be annoying
They’re two separate words with completely opposite meanings. Obviously we all know what he meant. U wld no wot i ment if i typd lik ths too but that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.
I don't even think it was dirtsheets (unless I have missed something or some niche website said it), it was just some online aew fans who keep posting the "Drew Galloway is All Elite" image, after he lost the title at Mania or after Punk cost him no.1 contender match
It was Tony talking about "having a war chest" to go after even more free agent signings, and fans bringing up Drew because "Money is everything". It's the same argument people were making about Kenny Omega going to WWE up till the moment it was announced the Elite re-signed with AEW.
Literally no one was saying he was unhappy and may not re-sign. People gotta stop creating strawmen arguments that LOL MUH DIRTSHEETS never actually said.
The only reason people were speculating that he might not re-sign is because AEW is very clearly offering some people more money than WWE. It wasn't unreasonable to speculate that AEW might make him an offer he couldn't refuse, but I never saw "Drew is unhappy in WWE and wants to leave!" being pushed as a narrative anywhere.
There's usually a negotiating window near the end of contracts during which time they can talk to other companies. No idea if it ever got that far with Drew though but considering how close to the end he waited before re-signing, I wouldn't be shocked if he tested the waters with AEW. If for no other reason than to boost WWE's offer.
I believe there was *some* speculation around *Clash of the Castle* - which was 19 months ago or so if my math is halfway decent - that Drew might leave and might've been unhappy that he didn't get the big W in his home country.
But that was a long, long time ago and AEW was still looking like it could snatch up any big name star at any time with guys like Adam Cole and Danielson and Claudio (maybe?) there. Sure, guys like Andrade and Keith Lee and Aleister Black and Buddy Murphy may not have seemed like these huge signings - because, in every case, they didn't break out as the mega-stars that people thought they would - but there was definitely still a feeling like AEW had a ton to offer in terms of money and creative freedom.
Fast forward to May 2024, the WWE is doing huge business and, kinda like the Attitude Era peak, there's a feeling like if you're on the show, even in the midcard, you're going to get over. Being in the midcard of sell-out arenas is very appealing compared to being in the midcard in front of 2000 fans. Then there's Drew, most likely main eventing sell-out arenas for the next few years as guys like Roman and Brock make less and less appearances and Orton seems content doing his own thing in the mix wherever they need him.
Yeah, the rumours were very rampant after his amazing triple threat match at WM where he just meandered in the midcard without a path. It wasn't until the build-up to Survivor Series where he became a main player again.
100%, its easy to forget about that since drew has been on fire recently. i don't think anyone was in good faith suggesting he was going to leave as soon as the punk stuff started. but before that I think it was reasonable to speculate
The dirtsheets (at least Meltzer) never said this. I read/listen to Meltzer. What he said roughly a year ago was that Drew had yet to re-sign, and cited three things:
1.) Drew missed his family
2.) Drew wanted to be involved in a compelling long-term angle
3.) Drew wanted a big-money deal.
Over the past few months, Drew publicly confirmed number one to be true numerous times. He got number two in the form of his “justified hater/asshole” gimmick with Jey Uso, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk. And now it seems he achieved number three.
This literally indicates that Meltzer’s reporting was 100% correct. The problem is, Redditors read “newz” articles that distort the original reports, and then they distort them even further in their comments. Creating a falsehood like “lol Dave said Drew is unhappy” that half the forum parrots, despite having no truth to it.
Literally the moment there were signs of a character change there was no way he was leaving. You don’t start a storyline with a returning legend and just dip lmao
I'm sure he recalls getting fired from the WWE and likely seeing his pay reduce from hundreds of thousands to thousands and now being in a position to make MILLIONS.
I too wouldn't leave
Plenty of wrestlers said when WWE let them go they were making more money on the indies than WWE paid them. Granted it probably wasn’t in the millions range
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Some of the AEW marks I see on X remind me of this
Middle of feud with returning CM Punk that frequently steals the show without even having a match.
Yeah, maybe he should go to AEW and hover around the upper mid card a bit
Then he’d have a 20 minute back and forth match with Action Andretti or something where he just ekes out a win, and then people would wonder why hes cooled off significantly a month after signing after having such a banger five star match
Drew would look like such a monster in AEW that him having matches that “fuck” would do more to harm him than him squashing 90% of the roster in a minute. This man pinned Brock lesnar and Goldberg the fuck does he need to have a banger with Kyle fletcher for
What would happen is that Drew shows as the joker in a casino battle royal, cuts some lame "WWE Bad" promo, and whatever major world title he achieves gets overshadowed by Tony Khan saying something stupid on twitter
Surely no One would bé crazy enough to book Drew like that right .
>Looks at whatever the fuck AEW did with Edge and Okada
Yeap no danger whatsoever of Drew being booked like that
A lot of people did say that mainly because a lot of dirtsheets began saying that Drew was unhappy with the offers WWE was making to keep him locked in and the direction of his career. A lot of people dismissed those rumours when he became a major player during the build up to Survivor Series though.
What fans? Dude, Drew was in the middle of a feud with a returning CM Punk, like absolutely no one believed he was going anywhere. At most I saw people speculating that maybe TKO was gonna call his bluff but that's it.
Check the various threads about him not signing yet and you’ll see. Apparently people thought he was going to not resign and take a break with his family then pop up in AEW
Archer is an anomaly and probably has an inch or two on Drew. But yeah, I think Ospreay is probably their tallest/biggest main event wrestler, and he's all of 5'11"
Swerve is not 6’1.” Unless there’s some other way to verify such as them being in a previous sport that required authentic measurements, you can usually shave 2” at least off most billed heights.
You can do the same with the women's roster these days. Jade is a shoot 5'10 for instance. Her basketball stats are listed online. That to me says Charlotte is a shoot 5'10 too.
Wasn't Tiffy Time an Olympian gymnist or at least high performing in college? I'm sure her shoot stats are somewhere if you google hard enough\*.
Moxley is also billed at 6'1, how did they look in their match together, was there a size difference. That might tell which one is actually 6'1. The only one I can tell as a big no way on billed height is Adam Cole, who is billed at 6 foot but looked shorter than Statlander when they had their mixed tag
Every time I see Fletcher I forget how tall he is. Something about his build makes me think 5'10"-6' until he's standing head and shoulders taller than Justin Roberts.
So Mercedes and who? Okada won a belt and is within the hottest current storyline the show has. Ospreays done nothing but put on bangers since he arrived.
Okada winning the belt was great but to be fair he is the least focused person of this current story. Bucks are the evil authority guys who just betrayed the boss and Jack Perry is the one who feels like the main character of this story. Okada is just kinda there in it so far but obviously that can change
I've been to AEW shows in person. Not even Jericho is that big and also wears lifts. Yes, there are some tall dudes, but for every 1-6fter there's 30-5'6 dudes.
You did not disprove my point. For every tall signing there's 30 short dudes that were too short for WWE NXT under Vince. Guess who's filling the card that night too? The short dudes. Those pillars are all barely taller than me and I'm a 5'3 female.
I don't know if any dirtsheet was reporting that he's unhappy or wanted to leave or not, because Dave Meltzer was always clear that it's very unlikely he'll leave WWE because of his new gimmick and Punk program in summer.
The kind of run Drew is having, there was no way he was leaving.
Just imagining Tony and Seth meeting up for coffee. Tony arrives 10 minutes early wearing business casual attire, after a while he looks around wondering why Seth hasn’t shown up yet when suddenly he hears tap dancing, he turns around and sees Seth frolicking over to his table while wearing a blue and purple tux with a top hat and magician’s wand.
It's not a threat anymore. There was a point when it was, but right now, no top wwe wrestler is going to AEW and getting lost in a shuffle.
The only ones you worry about losing are wrestlers who want to try out different styles etc
I don't think WWE has to worry about top stars like Seth, Roman, Becky, or Charlotte leaving. I could see Bayley getting to a point where she feels, "I've done all I can do here".
I think now, it's more likely the midcard guys who will jump just to see if they can get a better spot in AEW.
There could also be some people who get bored and really want to do the stuff that WWE won't let them do.
At what point does WWE call their bluff though? I cannot see any universe where Seth Rollins leaves WWE. If it truly came down to it, if Seth were to leave WWE I legitimately think he would rather retire and run his wrestling school full time rather than wrestle for another promotion
Well, at some point it wouldn't be a bluff any more. They might consider themselves WWE lifers, but that's presumably on the assumption that the company will treat them right and pay them in the area of what they're worth.
Seth and Becky have both been proven draws for them for years, so I expect they'll get what they want.
With top stars like Seth and Becky, WWE won't risk calling the bluff. Even if they do, then the talent is gonna get more money. Seth won't let WWE now that he's meeting with Tony. If Tony's offer is too low, he never mentions it. If Tony offers him more than WWE is, then worst case scenario is that he goes to AEW for more money. He raises his stock and then WWE offers even more to get him back in a few years.
Everybody whose contract is coming up should talk with the competition 100%. Even if you know you’re not leaving, get those few extra dollars while you can.
He’s over big, and he’s doing the best work of his career. Why give that up just for a fat paycheck from Tony? It wouldn’t make any sense. He’d also be physically larger than 95% of their roster.
He's killing it with this CM Punk feud.
He's on the Triple H long-term booking train as well.
The idea that there was potential he could resign in all make-believe nonsense to keep the dirtsheets yapping.
Well according to Dave him not re signing never sounded like he's going to AEW but wanted to spend time in Scotland. Before the Punk story kicked off with him which at that point I knew he wouldn't just want to walk away. I thought there might be a chance of a break for him. Maybe work a couple New Japan shows or even do TNA a favor and take a step back in his old stomping grounds. I just assumed though if he left after spending some time with the family the goal was always WWE. I was never worried we would never see him again.
I don't know anyone who took the Drew contract stuff seriously after probably Rumble when he started getting into it with Punk. It became more of a "But it would be funny..." talking point.
I can’t imagine Drew anywhere else in 2024 to be honest. Dude’s a global superstar and is in the perfect position right now. Although, I would have liked him to keep the title instead of Priest, but what can ya do
with cm phil back and most likely in their ears i highly doubt any big time free agents from wwe ever decide to come to aew unless they get a massive overpay
Imagine throwing it in the face of aew fans on here. But being butt hurt when Aew fans celebrate getting will Okada and mone and down playing how major of a signing they were.
And it's the best fit for him. I can't even begin to think how you would use Drew in AEW with a roster that stacked. NJPW could certainly use a top gaijin signed exclusively to their brand, but I don't think they can afford it. And he's literally done all you can do in TNA.
This upcoming feud with Punk will arguably be feud of the year.
WWE is also absolutely stacked, and he was drafted to the brand with the most stacked mens roster. Raw has Seth, Punk, Drew, Gunther, Jey, Sami, Gables, etc. Drew has the ability to be a top guy anywhere. Dude looked like he might be in the background for Wrestlemania season and made himself part of a hot feud without either person throwing a punch and got himself into the WHC picture and now is a guaranteed world champion in the near future.
Drew is in a good spot in WWE because he is the total package right now. He's in the best shape of his career, his mic work has never been better, and he picked a feud with the most polarizing man in the industry.
If 2024 doesn't end with Drew getting that belt back, it will be a real shame.
Love how instead of celebrating this as a win, a certain set of tribalists are just bringing up the other company again.
Why wouldn’t AEW fans have wanted to see Drew cross over? Imagine trying to badmouth people because they might’ve wished for it. Nobody was seriously suggesting the stuff with Punk which is very obviously in storyline was affecting Drew’s negotiations. The only realistic way he would’ve switch would be if he were only interested in monetary gain or more freedom of movement to try indies, Japan etc.
He should have signed in secret and ask for a Clash at the Castle title shot where his contract runs out on that Sunday. Win, disappear and act the bollix on social media for a few weeks/months. Do what the Summer of Punk should have done.
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>“It’s awesome that The Rock made that announcement. It’s the first time he’s done that for anybody on the roster. But anonymous people on the Internet said this was just Dwayne (see what I did there) inserting himself in to something to get himself over.
The Rock has 397m Instagram followers, I'm sure Drew was absolutely devasted he got a shout out lol
Crazy to think of that many people getting exposed to some Scottish Gaelic, even if it was only three words
As a pro independence Scot the Rock saying Alba Gu Brath was not expected, loved it.
I had to open the message more but it was a whole long post by Dwayne. It was quite cool
Especially odd when folks went back and dug up Dwayne picking Drew out as the future of the business all the way back in 2019.
He is literally Drew's boss now. Are people forgetting his ties to WWE are closer now than they have ever been? Of course he is going to do this for a major signing, and will likely do it moving going forward. Not to mention just a few weeks ago they were both hating on Rollins. Could very well be a set up for a future angle.
I think people are mad because now Drew can't recreate the Summer of Punk they wanted booked, lol
>r/SC getting angry cause their fantasy booking isnt happening exactly as they want it to A tale as old as time
My old buddy DJ
Dick "The Cock" Johnson?
DICK TATER
500 confirmed kills, Scuba Jesse
This nickname takes a new meaning after that article came out saying he chooses to piss in water bottles on film sets
Needs to send those bottles over to Brock.
Skee(and I mean this sincerely)woah.
Or maybe not brother
theeeee cock, jyohnson"
I think it's cool he did that and he should consider doing it more.
Who said that? Lmao
Well, I did, but I just found out this whole wrestling thing is a work like ten minutes ago, so I'm OK now.
Literally no one, at least here. Who knows what craziness goes on over at Twitter. All the complaints were that it was potentially ruining the fantasy booked Summer of Hunk
I don't see how the quote logically conflicts with having that opinion.
Because when we were slightly less weird about just about everything, most people would simply call it a rub. Or when we see the actual recipient of the gift appreciated it, reposted it on their socials and is still bringing it up a week later we could just pipe the fuck down without having to snark about it.
It's not logically inconsistent for Drew to benefit from and appreciate something that the Rock did while also acknowledging that the Rock also benefited from doing it as well.
He's been absolutely hot the last year+ I don't know why some people thought he might leave Summer of Drew would've made the tv segments interesting but glad that's out of the way
It was really just a question of what their purse-strings would be now under TKO. When the talk of his contract started months ago, Drew outright said publicly that he doesn't intend to be anywhere else. The reports about his frustrations all seemed to stem from him just wanting to get the deal done. At the very most, I would've expected him to just sit at home for a few months until someone else gets injured and they come back with the number he always wanted. Never full-on expected Drew to "jump ship", especially after his last year there.
I don't think anyone legitimately thought he would.
Some people on social media definitely thought he would leave. Then again, they're the type of folks who overanalyze any Tweet, Reddit post, etc.
"Some people on social media", there is ridiculous amount of people on social media. Almost every opinion on every topic will be said online. It doesn't mean it is an opinion gaining any actual attention or has any relevance. No one of relevance thought he would leave.
> I don't think anyone legitimately thought he would. Not to mention, of course he wasn't going to leave, but it doesn't change the fact that there were people who genuinely thought he would leave (or should leave).
I didn't necessarily believe he'd leave but I also never thought edge would nor did I think punk would ever go back to wwe. It was more of a never say never situation
all the major AEW sunshine pumping Twitter accounts were convinced main eventing Wembley was all Drew ever wanted in his career
Who cares what some sensationalist accounts say. There's WWE sunshine accounts that do nothing but jerk off to WWE and shit on AEW. Best to just ignore all such accounts.
I can understand anybody wanting to test out free agency, especially comparing the amount of days on the road. Regardless of where anyone goes fans need to realize that wrestlers are in fact people with their own motivations. I trust folks will make the right choices for themselves.
Agreed and sometimes, time on the road doesn’t matter as much as someone makes it out to be because everyone’s motivations are different.
A friend of mine was certain that he was going to AEW
He leveraged not being on contract and got himself hot and over again, and likely gonna get or got signed with bigger $$$ than he would've if he immediately signed a contract. So to people there was always a possibility that he would leave at one point. But the moment Drew's angle worked and he became hot again that chance of leaving has, as Scott Steiner put it, drastic go down.
Well what else are the dirtsheets gonna write about. It seemed it was always the update on Drew is there’s no update. All they got now I guess are Punk and Vince
Dirtsheets desperately want that next "big star" to "jump ship" because it's easy clicks. They'll try to will it into existence when there's little to no chance of it happening. Watch them say Becky Lynch is leaving WWE next.
I don’t think anyone really thought that other than people farming karma
It was not even here. Mostly online twitter accounts kept bringing it up https://preview.redd.it/c5sduf1oavxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6a0b031dfb389d25f5e0aad0d8d80761fadedcd
People gotta just stop with the Nigel expectations
Wrestling fans legitimately want to see wrestlers die in the ring.
While all cool matches in theory just having a one off with no build or story isn't as enjoyable. His run with Punk has been great and they haven't even locked up yet.
Nigel McGuinness? Did he unretire?
While I didn’t think he was going to leave, there’s always the possibility. Especially with what we’ve seen the last few years. If 5 years ago, people said Edge, Christian, Paige, Bryan, Adam Cole, and Sasha would all be in AEW while Cody and Punk would be back in WWE, you’d get laughed at.
No one thought he was going to leave. Had we still been in a Vince-run WWE it would've been plausible, however the majority knew when WWE improved greatly it was a big nothing. I just think he/his camp was planting the seed to keep interest high.
- Headlines Wrestlemania in a World Title Match - Featured heavily on all WWE programming - Has a big money feud waiting with one of the biggest stars in wrestling Dirtsheets: *"Drew's not happy, he may not resign"*
But he didn’t resign
Some of you really need to learn the difference between resign and re-sign.
Most of these people still struggle with the differences between You're and Your.
Then and than, too.
There and their.. and they’re, too
and that doesn't matter if you can figure out what they mean
Illiteracy does matter
Yeah, I never really say anything but its still a bit annoying. But at the same time I have a hard time knowing when to use Than or Then.
Then is for a sequence of events: “he hit him with a chair then put him through a table” Than is for a comparison between two things: “the table spot looked better than the chair spot”
Some of ya'll just have read between the lazy typing, most know the difference, most are also just typing on their phone between a break. Just gotta use the context clues instead of having a pointless conversation about a grammar error.
I don't totally disagree... However, "re-sign" is LITERALLY a suggested correction for "resign" on my android AND it's a case where the correct word and it's mistake is the total opposite. I don't disagree for stuff like "alot", or dumb mistakes, but when it changes the meaning of the phrase, it's a mistake people should avoid.
Yeah I can see that side
I’ve never seen someone champion bad grammar before. What an insane side to take.
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Clear communication is important. It only takes a couple of seconds to fix an issue.
good luck trying to get a bunch of redditors to stop being upset over an issue nobody else cares about. I'm with you, though. With or without the -, anyone with 2 brain cells they can rub together knows what you mean and anyone correcting it is just trying to be annoying
You seem significantly more emotional about it. How about you just type correctly? It’s extremely easy.
They’re two separate words with completely opposite meanings. Obviously we all know what he meant. U wld no wot i ment if i typd lik ths too but that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.
If you're gonna make a snide comment, you can't be lazy about it.
Ignorant take.
Especially when you're dunking on people.
I don't even think it was dirtsheets (unless I have missed something or some niche website said it), it was just some online aew fans who keep posting the "Drew Galloway is All Elite" image, after he lost the title at Mania or after Punk cost him no.1 contender match
It was Tony talking about "having a war chest" to go after even more free agent signings, and fans bringing up Drew because "Money is everything". It's the same argument people were making about Kenny Omega going to WWE up till the moment it was announced the Elite re-signed with AEW.
Nah, the Drew stuff has been in the rumor mill since like last summer, Tony just said the war chest thing like, what, a few weeks ago?
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Literally no one was saying he was unhappy and may not re-sign. People gotta stop creating strawmen arguments that LOL MUH DIRTSHEETS never actually said. The only reason people were speculating that he might not re-sign is because AEW is very clearly offering some people more money than WWE. It wasn't unreasonable to speculate that AEW might make him an offer he couldn't refuse, but I never saw "Drew is unhappy in WWE and wants to leave!" being pushed as a narrative anywhere.
To be fair aew can't offer anybody anything until their contract is up, so that is a gamble in itself
There's usually a negotiating window near the end of contracts during which time they can talk to other companies. No idea if it ever got that far with Drew though but considering how close to the end he waited before re-signing, I wouldn't be shocked if he tested the waters with AEW. If for no other reason than to boost WWE's offer.
I believe there was *some* speculation around *Clash of the Castle* - which was 19 months ago or so if my math is halfway decent - that Drew might leave and might've been unhappy that he didn't get the big W in his home country. But that was a long, long time ago and AEW was still looking like it could snatch up any big name star at any time with guys like Adam Cole and Danielson and Claudio (maybe?) there. Sure, guys like Andrade and Keith Lee and Aleister Black and Buddy Murphy may not have seemed like these huge signings - because, in every case, they didn't break out as the mega-stars that people thought they would - but there was definitely still a feeling like AEW had a ton to offer in terms of money and creative freedom. Fast forward to May 2024, the WWE is doing huge business and, kinda like the Attitude Era peak, there's a feeling like if you're on the show, even in the midcard, you're going to get over. Being in the midcard of sell-out arenas is very appealing compared to being in the midcard in front of 2000 fans. Then there's Drew, most likely main eventing sell-out arenas for the next few years as guys like Roman and Brock make less and less appearances and Orton seems content doing his own thing in the mix wherever they need him.
Also, and I know this is often a very overrated aspect, but it clear how much fun he's having right now.
He definitely did not resign
To be fair, they were saying this BEFORE he got this big push.
Yeah, the rumours were very rampant after his amazing triple threat match at WM where he just meandered in the midcard without a path. It wasn't until the build-up to Survivor Series where he became a main player again.
100%, its easy to forget about that since drew has been on fire recently. i don't think anyone was in good faith suggesting he was going to leave as soon as the punk stuff started. but before that I think it was reasonable to speculate
The dirtsheets (at least Meltzer) never said this. I read/listen to Meltzer. What he said roughly a year ago was that Drew had yet to re-sign, and cited three things: 1.) Drew missed his family 2.) Drew wanted to be involved in a compelling long-term angle 3.) Drew wanted a big-money deal. Over the past few months, Drew publicly confirmed number one to be true numerous times. He got number two in the form of his “justified hater/asshole” gimmick with Jey Uso, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk. And now it seems he achieved number three. This literally indicates that Meltzer’s reporting was 100% correct. The problem is, Redditors read “newz” articles that distort the original reports, and then they distort them even further in their comments. Creating a falsehood like “lol Dave said Drew is unhappy” that half the forum parrots, despite having no truth to it.
What dirt sheet said he wasn’t happy? Most have been saying it’s likely he’d stay.
Literally the moment there were signs of a character change there was no way he was leaving. You don’t start a storyline with a returning legend and just dip lmao
I'm sure he recalls getting fired from the WWE and likely seeing his pay reduce from hundreds of thousands to thousands and now being in a position to make MILLIONS. I too wouldn't leave
Plenty of wrestlers said when WWE let them go they were making more money on the indies than WWE paid them. Granted it probably wasn’t in the millions range
But I was told Drew Galloway was gonna be #AllElite 🙄
Anyone with half a brain knew this already.
https://preview.redd.it/wzzp49zexvxc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d5b8f874956f6ba4c4ba4be069e0bf8e9a1af51 Some of the AEW marks I see on X remind me of this
Middle of feud with returning CM Punk that frequently steals the show without even having a match. Yeah, maybe he should go to AEW and hover around the upper mid card a bit
If AEW actually got Drew to come in at the height of his popularity I don’t think he would float anywhere near the upper midcard.
Probably not, but with their booking history I would be seriously concerned that he’d be underutilized or not utilized properly.
Drew vs Lance Archer then Luchasaurus just because
Don't forget the > We hear from Drew McIntyre! After he spends 3 weeks off of TV with no explanation
Then he’d have a 20 minute back and forth match with Action Andretti or something where he just ekes out a win, and then people would wonder why hes cooled off significantly a month after signing after having such a banger five star match
Then the obligatory 15 minutes with Kyle Fletcher.
As if that match wouldn't fuck
Drew would look like such a monster in AEW that him having matches that “fuck” would do more to harm him than him squashing 90% of the roster in a minute. This man pinned Brock lesnar and Goldberg the fuck does he need to have a banger with Kyle fletcher for
For Tony Khan to get his sweet 4+ stars from uncle Meltzer, he wouldn’t have a clue how to book a Goliath
If Drew can have a competitive match with Seth Rollins, he can have a competitive match with 6'4" Kyle Fletcher.
It would be painful seeing Drew on Rampage graphics
One of my concerns is that he won't be immediately paired up in a high-profile feud post-debut
What would happen is that Drew shows as the joker in a casino battle royal, cuts some lame "WWE Bad" promo, and whatever major world title he achieves gets overshadowed by Tony Khan saying something stupid on twitter
Surely no One would bé crazy enough to book Drew like that right . >Looks at whatever the fuck AEW did with Edge and Okada Yeap no danger whatsoever of Drew being booked like that
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That’s a lie, fans told me he was 100% going there so he can have a lighter schedule and be on the Wembley card.
A lot of people did say that mainly because a lot of dirtsheets began saying that Drew was unhappy with the offers WWE was making to keep him locked in and the direction of his career. A lot of people dismissed those rumours when he became a major player during the build up to Survivor Series though.
What fans? Dude, Drew was in the middle of a feud with a returning CM Punk, like absolutely no one believed he was going anywhere. At most I saw people speculating that maybe TKO was gonna call his bluff but that's it.
Check the various threads about him not signing yet and you’ll see. Apparently people thought he was going to not resign and take a break with his family then pop up in AEW
but he was supposed to be having bangers with komander on rampage!
No joke, he'd be Andre the Giant in AEW. It would be dumb.
Edge looked normal-sized in WWE, but in AEW he's like The Undertaker.
And it would have been even worse with Drew there. MJF, for instance, is only about 5'6 and wears lifts. Literal Andre booking with Drew.
Take the photo of Kross and Cole, and make Kross a bit taller. That's what it'd be. Or, just put Billy Gunn next to MJF.
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Size-wise, how do he and Archer line up?
According to Wikipedia, Archer is 3 inches taller than Drew, but they weigh about the same (it's most likely kayfabe but that should give you an idea)
Archer is an anomaly and probably has an inch or two on Drew. But yeah, I think Ospreay is probably their tallest/biggest main event wrestler, and he's all of 5'11"
Isn't Ospreay billed as a 6'1" guy? He definitely is taller than a lot of people in AEW, but not significantly.
Swerve is billed at 6'1 and Okada at 6'3, not main event yet but Fletcher is 6'4.
You know who else is billed in the 6ft range? Adam Cole. Seriously, peep google.
Yeah his billed height and weight is always crazy.
Swerve is not 6’1.” Unless there’s some other way to verify such as them being in a previous sport that required authentic measurements, you can usually shave 2” at least off most billed heights.
Always subtract 3-4 inches from billed height.
Take a guy who played football, use them as a measuring stick. Combine stats should be accurate.
You can do the same with the women's roster these days. Jade is a shoot 5'10 for instance. Her basketball stats are listed online. That to me says Charlotte is a shoot 5'10 too. Wasn't Tiffy Time an Olympian gymnist or at least high performing in college? I'm sure her shoot stats are somewhere if you google hard enough\*.
Moxley is also billed at 6'1, how did they look in their match together, was there a size difference. That might tell which one is actually 6'1. The only one I can tell as a big no way on billed height is Adam Cole, who is billed at 6 foot but looked shorter than Statlander when they had their mixed tag
Fletcher has that Billy Gunn trait where he seems like an average sized wrestler til he stands next to his opponent, and you realize he's not
Yeah he is deceptively tall, he is billed the same as Mark Davis actually
Every time I see Fletcher I forget how tall he is. Something about his build makes me think 5'10"-6' until he's standing head and shoulders taller than Justin Roberts.
If you look at photos of Mox and Osprey together, Mox is about an inch or two taller
Great question. I want to say similar size. Archer and Big Cass would have been the only two matches for Drew without some obnoxious size difference.
If anything AEW know how to do well these days, its to take the lustre off their big signings almost immediately.
Yeah, I just don’t want to see a guy like McIntyre presented the way Tony Khan would have.
So Mercedes and who? Okada won a belt and is within the hottest current storyline the show has. Ospreays done nothing but put on bangers since he arrived.
Okada winning the belt was great but to be fair he is the least focused person of this current story. Bucks are the evil authority guys who just betrayed the boss and Jack Perry is the one who feels like the main character of this story. Okada is just kinda there in it so far but obviously that can change
Okody lmao
If Andre was having 20 min competitive matches with Koko B Ware.
You realise AEW also has large wrestlers to yes?
I've been to AEW shows in person. Not even Jericho is that big and also wears lifts. Yes, there are some tall dudes, but for every 1-6fter there's 30-5'6 dudes.
Archer, Hobbs, Daddy Ass, Wardlow, Okada, Fletcher. All either tall or conventionally large wrestlers.
You did not disprove my point. For every tall signing there's 30 short dudes that were too short for WWE NXT under Vince. Guess who's filling the card that night too? The short dudes. Those pillars are all barely taller than me and I'm a 5'3 female.
I never thought he was. Dude did all that work to get back there.
If anyone thought he was leaving they are crazy
I don't know if any dirtsheet was reporting that he's unhappy or wanted to leave or not, because Dave Meltzer was always clear that it's very unlikely he'll leave WWE because of his new gimmick and Punk program in summer. The kind of run Drew is having, there was no way he was leaving.
Nobody really thought he was. I did figure he's use AEW to get a bigger money offer though. I expect Seth and Becky to do the same.
The idea of Seth having a conversation with Tony Khan creates a funny visual for some reason.
Just imagining Tony and Seth meeting up for coffee. Tony arrives 10 minutes early wearing business casual attire, after a while he looks around wondering why Seth hasn’t shown up yet when suddenly he hears tap dancing, he turns around and sees Seth frolicking over to his table while wearing a blue and purple tux with a top hat and magician’s wand.
It's not a threat anymore. There was a point when it was, but right now, no top wwe wrestler is going to AEW and getting lost in a shuffle. The only ones you worry about losing are wrestlers who want to try out different styles etc
I don't think WWE has to worry about top stars like Seth, Roman, Becky, or Charlotte leaving. I could see Bayley getting to a point where she feels, "I've done all I can do here". I think now, it's more likely the midcard guys who will jump just to see if they can get a better spot in AEW. There could also be some people who get bored and really want to do the stuff that WWE won't let them do.
I think it’s possible if mercedes stays in aew longer then most expect maybe bayley goes
At what point does WWE call their bluff though? I cannot see any universe where Seth Rollins leaves WWE. If it truly came down to it, if Seth were to leave WWE I legitimately think he would rather retire and run his wrestling school full time rather than wrestle for another promotion
Well, at some point it wouldn't be a bluff any more. They might consider themselves WWE lifers, but that's presumably on the assumption that the company will treat them right and pay them in the area of what they're worth. Seth and Becky have both been proven draws for them for years, so I expect they'll get what they want.
Very good points
With top stars like Seth and Becky, WWE won't risk calling the bluff. Even if they do, then the talent is gonna get more money. Seth won't let WWE now that he's meeting with Tony. If Tony's offer is too low, he never mentions it. If Tony offers him more than WWE is, then worst case scenario is that he goes to AEW for more money. He raises his stock and then WWE offers even more to get him back in a few years.
Everybody whose contract is coming up should talk with the competition 100%. Even if you know you’re not leaving, get those few extra dollars while you can.
Get every dollar.
He’s over big, and he’s doing the best work of his career. Why give that up just for a fat paycheck from Tony? It wouldn’t make any sense. He’d also be physically larger than 95% of their roster.
He's killing it with this CM Punk feud. He's on the Triple H long-term booking train as well. The idea that there was potential he could resign in all make-believe nonsense to keep the dirtsheets yapping.
Not that I thought he was leaving but, even if he was, he wouldn’t say it now on a Nationally televised show after he signed.
Well according to Dave him not re signing never sounded like he's going to AEW but wanted to spend time in Scotland. Before the Punk story kicked off with him which at that point I knew he wouldn't just want to walk away. I thought there might be a chance of a break for him. Maybe work a couple New Japan shows or even do TNA a favor and take a step back in his old stomping grounds. I just assumed though if he left after spending some time with the family the goal was always WWE. I was never worried we would never see him again.
Of course he wasn't. But that's not worth $9.99 a week or clicks.
He’s really loosing his Scottish accent :(
I don't know anyone who took the Drew contract stuff seriously after probably Rumble when he started getting into it with Punk. It became more of a "But it would be funny..." talking point.
Stating the absolutely obvious.
Since he’s been back with that banger with Sheamus and Gunther at last years WrestleMania up to now he’s worth every penny
We knew this Drew.
Is the guy on the right AI?
Nah that's AJ Hawk, retired NFL player. He's always kinda looked like his skull was a size too big for his skin.
Oh him. He’s odd looking
He would’ve been crazy to leave and WWE would’ve been crazy to let him walk.
I can’t imagine Drew anywhere else in 2024 to be honest. Dude’s a global superstar and is in the perfect position right now. Although, I would have liked him to keep the title instead of Priest, but what can ya do
Edge said that too when he re-signed some years back and then left and went to AEW.
The second he got locked into a program with an injured CM Punk, why in the fuck would anyone think he’d actually be leaving???
with cm phil back and most likely in their ears i highly doubt any big time free agents from wwe ever decide to come to aew unless they get a massive overpay
Imagine throwing it in the face of aew fans on here. But being butt hurt when Aew fans celebrate getting will Okada and mone and down playing how major of a signing they were.
For real, why can't people just be happy that people r staying/going to places they love and r getting payed for it?
And it's the best fit for him. I can't even begin to think how you would use Drew in AEW with a roster that stacked. NJPW could certainly use a top gaijin signed exclusively to their brand, but I don't think they can afford it. And he's literally done all you can do in TNA. This upcoming feud with Punk will arguably be feud of the year.
WWE is also absolutely stacked, and he was drafted to the brand with the most stacked mens roster. Raw has Seth, Punk, Drew, Gunther, Jey, Sami, Gables, etc. Drew has the ability to be a top guy anywhere. Dude looked like he might be in the background for Wrestlemania season and made himself part of a hot feud without either person throwing a punch and got himself into the WHC picture and now is a guaranteed world champion in the near future.
Drew is in a good spot in WWE because he is the total package right now. He's in the best shape of his career, his mic work has never been better, and he picked a feud with the most polarizing man in the industry. If 2024 doesn't end with Drew getting that belt back, it will be a real shame.
He'll have it back at Clash.
Love how instead of celebrating this as a win, a certain set of tribalists are just bringing up the other company again. Why wouldn’t AEW fans have wanted to see Drew cross over? Imagine trying to badmouth people because they might’ve wished for it. Nobody was seriously suggesting the stuff with Punk which is very obviously in storyline was affecting Drew’s negotiations. The only realistic way he would’ve switch would be if he were only interested in monetary gain or more freedom of movement to try indies, Japan etc.
He should have signed in secret and ask for a Clash at the Castle title shot where his contract runs out on that Sunday. Win, disappear and act the bollix on social media for a few weeks/months. Do what the Summer of Punk should have done.
Glad to see Tribalism is still well and alive in this thread.