Today we’ll be diving into all the latest news and rumors surrounding AEW’s big signings
and some never before revealed info about the firefly funhouse
For today’s question of the day: if someone on the level of Brock Lesnar was to join CM
Punk and Daniel Bryan in AEW, do you think some more pressure would be on WWE?
Very interesting idea there that we’re about to dive into
So let’s get into it.
Everyone is taking about AEW right now because of their two latest signings
Daniel Bryan, A hot free agent that a lot of organizations wanted.
And CM Punk, a big name in wrestling that has been retired since early 2014
And everyone is excited.
This is arguably some of the biggest signings in the company’s history
Sure, they’ve had plenty of unbelievable signings.
Right off the bat, Chris Jericho was the first big shocker.
Then you had everyone rolling in after that, Jon Moxley, Matt Hardy, Sting, Paul Wight,
Miro, Aleister Black, and all of these other huge signings
But the signing of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan just seems to be another level higher than
the rest of those names mostly because no one saw this coming
CM Punk and Daniel Bryan to AEW was a joke for a long time, but now it’s reality and
everything is about to unfold
There’s some reports going around right now on how WWE, Fox, and USA Network feel
about these two signings
There’s some rumors that WWE isn’t really upset with the CM Punk signing.
He’s been gone for years and they were never in talks with him to begin with, so the feeling
there is that they didn’t really “lose” him per say
But there are rumors that fox is allegedly disappointed because remember, just going
back 2 years ago, Fox was able to land a deal with CM Punk to have him talk about the WWE
product on their show and that was the biggest story back then
And everyone was discussing how that entire situation might have slowly fixed things between
CM Punk and WWE
Punk wasn’t signed specifically to WWE, but he was signed to Fox to talk about WWE,
so fox was happy to technically have CM Punk
But now, Fox has lost CM Punk even in that role, so rumor has it that they’re more
angry than WWE is
The one that WWE is reportedly the most upset and disappointed about is Daniel Bryan
This is a man that was in their Wrestlemania main event just a few months ago and now he’s
signed with AEW
So Daniel Bryan is the one that they let get away, he is the one that they actually lost
and just slipped right through their fingers
When Daniel Bryan’s contract expired the general feeling was that yeah maybe he’ll
go around, listen to some offers from everyone, but that he would come back to WWE when he
was ready to wrestle again
And that was another thing too.
Everyone thought that this was just a break for Daniel Bryan to be with his family and
that he’ll return to WWE on raw or nxt for some fresh matchups
Well he’s still coming back to the ring for fresh matchups, but in a completely different
company.
They didn’t see that coming
so that’s why it’s being reported that Daniel Bryan stung way more for them than
CM Punk did
CM Punk obviously stung a lot for Fox because of everything they were building with him
dating back to 2019
So yeah, quantity wise, it’s only two people, but the star power and massive followings
that these two individuals have is what’s really important here
CM Punk and Daniel Bryan are going to bring viewership and eyeballs to AEW, no doubt about
it
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Speaking of big AEW signings, that brings us to the rumors about Brock Lesnar and AEW
Brock Lesnar, 44 years old, still has a lot left in the tank.
Especially when you consider the fact that he’s been well rested for a year and a half
right now
Almost 2 years of his body being fully rested, so that’s another big plus there in his
case
Talks between WWE and Brock Lesnar obviously haven’t been going anywhere because he missed
Wrestlemania and he’s going to miss Summerslam
Brock Lesnar, from 2013 to 2020, basically never missed those big shows, so things just
seem to be a bit distant there right now
Does WWE not really need him?
Is the offer or story not good enough for Brock?
It can be a handful of different things that are playing a factor there, but there was
recently a strange report going around that Brock and AEW were in talks
AEW’s front office does seem to have infinite amounts of money and everyone knows that Brock
Lesnar’s price tag is not cheap at all to say the least
but if any company outside of WWE could feed his demands, maybe it could be AEW, they seem
to have the funds
Well another report came out, saying that Brock and AEW were only in talks one previous
time but that nothing serious ever came out of that
It’s interesting though because that’s how AEW and CM Punk started talking.
AEW wanted to sign him and Punk wasn’t taking it that seriously, but in the end, they worked
it out and came to an agreement
So could that be the future for Brock and AEW?
Start off not being not that serious during the negotiations with each other but then
elevate to a serious deal?
It’s a possibility
CM Punk and Daniel Bryan are huge, no doubt about it, but you tag them along with at least
one more juggernaut name like Brock Lesnar or someone like that and now we’re really
talking
You will have everyone’s attention
Vince McMahon was recently asked about AEW being competition for WWE and Vince shot that
down pretty fast
He talked about how he doesn’t think that AEW is competition and doesn’t view them
in the same light that he once viewed WCW
Those comments by Vince McMahon sparked a lot of conversation amongst the fans, especially
with the debuts of Punk and Bryan being just weeks away
A lot of fans don’t tend to believe that Vince is just waiving them off like that nothing,
but those are the words that came out of the man’s mouth
AEW is no where near him in his eyes, so it was very interesting timing to make a statement
like that when all these big signings are being made by AEW
So we’ll have to see what happens here between WWE and AEW because things seem to be heating
up
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The Firefly Funhouse was one of the most amazing and unique things that has come out of WWE
in recent years
There’s just no denying Bray’s creativity and the ways he just continues to reinvent
himself
Well one of the main masterminds behind all of the props of the funhouse, Jason Baker,
recently spoke with Adam Barnard of Foundation Radio
Jason is a creative genius himself, him and his team are responsible for a lot of the
things you see when it comes to Bray Wyatt
The fiend’s mask, Alexa Bliss’ Wrestlemania crown, the puppets, and just everything from
the Bray Wyatt universe comes from Jason and his team
So Jason opened up in this interview about how the funhouse came into existence and gave
credit to one WWE writer for being a genius behind the funhouse as well, he had this to
say:
“One of the people that never gets enough credit with all of this is Nick Manfredini.
He's one of the writers for WWE.
He's a genius.
Nick never gives himself enough credit.
Bray and I are always trying to mention him at any time.”
"Nick is definitely the unsung hero of the Firefly Fun House.
He was the third person that was bringing ideas.
So it was me, Nick, and Bray, just bouncing ideas off of each other.
We did the mask.
We came up with the idea for the lantern and the puppets and everything”
So the Firefly Funhouse has been around for over 2 years now and we never really heard
the story of how this all came to be
But it was Bray, Jason, and WWE writer Nick that all served as the main foundation for
the Firefly Funhouse and they brought that vision to life in WWE
Bray is on hiatus again right now and many fans feel like they can be cooking up something
new again for the funhouse, so that will be very exciting to see
Bray’s Return is one of the most highly anticipated returns right now, so we can’t
wait to see that
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