All-Purpose News Thread Part II

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I would on agree on ratings but could one make a measurable impact on AEW? Hard to say. I wouldn't have thought Cody would have made the impact he has made in WWE but here we are. He was also booked like a superstar from the beginning and maybe the torn pec match elevated him to another level but when you look at where he was in his final year or so of AEW compared to where he is in WWE it's impressive. The fans bought in hook, line and sinker.

Probably for about a month, just like every other wrestler coming over from WWE.

See: Copeland, Black, Cole, Strickland came in cold and has now heated up, Keith Lee, Samoa Joe, Hardy & Hardy, FTR kind of are but they seem to be jobbers for the Bucks, Dillinger, Miro, Andrade, The Big Slow, Ruby Soho, Bobby Fish, O'Reilly, Toni Storm was cold but heated up with Timeless, Athena, Claudio went from midcard in WWE to midcard in AEW, Strong, and of course Ricochet but he is still in the just opened toy stage.

There are exceptions, with Bryan being pretty steady but booked terribly, Moxley doing his hardcore stuff, and Billy Gunn with the Acclaimed.