WWE announces the ACQUISITION of AAA

[OGBobbyJohnson]

 

[Brad Piff]

sickos will try to tell you AAA is dead











Fukk ROH, MF’s outdrawing AEW at some of these shows

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Luchablog article has dropped

WWE buys Lucha Libre AAA

Antonio Peña changed Mexican wrestling in the early 1980s by adapting concepts and styles he observed in other countries to his work at EMLL. He borrowed from Argentina’s wild Titanes en El Ring, a…

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[itiswhatitis]

sickos will try to tell you AAA is dead











Fukk ROH, MF’s outdrawing AEW at some of these shows

They don’t watch neither AAA or CMLL. They hear CMLL from the dirt sheets and Meltzer and ride for that shyt based off association. Their beloved AEW wanted to work with AAA first so that tells you everything you need to know.

 

[Brad Piff]

They don’t watch neither AAA or CMLL. They hear CMLL from the dirt sheets and Meltzer and ride for that shyt based off association. Their beloved AEW wanted to work with AAA first so that tells you everything you need to know.

super facts

 

[OneDeep]

ROH is still dead tf you talking about

That’s the difference between WWE & AEW

WWE is a business whose going to use AAA to branch out in that market to make money

Where AEW bought ROH because Tony is a mark who just wanted to have a Vince Buying WCW moment “I brought it Not Shane”

One company is playing chess the other is struggling to play connect 4

 

[The Eliminator]

They don't even care about them like that

 

[itiswhatitis]

That’s the difference between WWE & AEW

WWE is a business whose going to use AAA to branch out in that market to make money

Where AEW bought ROH because Tony is a mark who just wanted to have a Vince Buying WCW moment “I brought it Not Shane”

One company is playing chess the other is struggling to play connect 4

They’re basically trying to create their own territory system from within. Which is genius.

 

[Jmare007]

This was the most informative part of luchablog's post about the whole situation. Dude even anticipated @Brad Piff post here

Even if WWE has no interest in doing anything with AAA outside of getting control of any great talent that comes through, it’s hard to imagine how AAA operates the same way. WWE’s structure is similar to that of most US promotions in recent decades: they work with local promoters to rent out a building, run a show featuring most or all of their wrestlers, and generate revenue from ticket sales, TV rights, and sponsorship deals. AAA’s TripleManias work like that, and some tapings may be the same. Most operate very differently. Tapings are what US fans would consider sold-out shows, where a local promoter pays a flat fee for the rights to televise a show, and AAA receives the same amount regardless of how many tickets are sold. What people think of as “AAA spot shows” are really what people in the US would regard as closer to indie shows. For those, a local promoter calls up AAA to request a specific wrestler or several wrestlers for a date, and AAA and the promoter haggle back and forth about which wrestlers and the associated costs. AAA then takes a significant amount of the local promoter’s money for themselves and distributes the rest to the wrestlers. The wrestlers themselves can find their work on dates when AAA has not booked them, though they are expected to give some of their earnings back to AAA if they are using AAA owned characters on in those matches. CMLL operates similarly; this is the established Mexican wrestling system, dating back to the beginning of time. It is a system reliant on having a vast network of local promoters and understanding the best ways to work with them. (It’s also a system prone to manipulation and favoritism.) WWE’s policy has been to restrict people to working strictly on their shows, unless it’s a talent who needs experience or someone who they’re not using. Will a WWE-owned AAA continue to let its talent work outside of shows and continue to work with outside promoters, or will they have to look elsewhere? Will they continue to employ people who know how to handle that part of the business? If WWE-owned AAA does not continue with that business model, what do they do to replace that significant source of revenue? The clashes between two vastly different cultures of professional wrestling are going to be the biggest story, and “how does AAA’s business work now” is the most obvious collision point.

Other interesting stuff:

It is unclear what WWE is getting from AAA. AAA uses a lot of wrestlers, but the vast majority of them appear to be under verbal deals. Hijo del Vikingo, who appeared on WrestleMania, and Alberto el Patron, who did not, are the most likely to be signed. Plenty are not. Psycho Clown appears not to be, works his schedule, and has a backup name at the ready in case things ever break down with AAA. Pagano’s appeared to be a freelancer for many years. AAA does not own buildings outside of its corporate office in Mexico City. They do not have a formal training school, though some wrestlers do run classes at other schools. AAA has TV deals with Canal Space and MAX (both owned by WBD), Monterrey superstation Multimedios, and may still be on a TV Azteca digital subchannel. None of those is stronger than WWE’s existing Netflix deal. AAA has deals with corporate sponsors, one of its more valuable revenue sources. They also have rights to various intellectual properties, some of which will be useful to WWE (no more arguing over Fenix and Penta’s names) and much of which has little value outside. AAA owns its brand name, which is still a positive brand in Mexico, if not as much elsewhere. AAA has a video library, although not the complete run of their company history, and WWE has expressed far less interest in wrestling footage after shuttering the WWE Network. WWE does have an office that is aware of the Mexican wrestling landscape and the logistics and difficulties involved in running shows in Mexico, although it is unclear how much of that staff will be retained over the long term.

What WWE is getting is taking out one of the two established market leaders in Mexico, and firmly replacing it with themselves. WWE has tried hard to crack the Mexican market since gaining over-the-air TV coverage back in 2008. That television product was strong enough to create a short term boom and to make the people who were WWE top wrestlers at that time into forever big names in Mexico. It was not strong enough for Mexico to become a place WWE could frequently run live events from – TV tapings were tried once and never again, and WWE’s settled at running 2 house shows a year. Mexico has been a smaller version of the India problem, where there are a lot of people from a country who will interact with WWE on social media, but finding a way to monetize that interest in a country less willing to pay standard WWE prices is an issue. Perhaps AAA, or AAA’s pay structure and talent, will lead to a way for WWE to run shows more profitably in Mexico.

Alternatively, there’s the more destructive path: WWE entering Mexico could lead to a direct promotional war with CMLL. Many wrestlers dream of competing in Arena Mexico. Many of them also dream of wrestling at WrestleMania. Just being able to call oneself “former WWE wrestler” is an enormous badge of honor, in the same way that certain wrestlers wear the NJPW lion mark on their gear because they worked one FantasticaMania tour seven years ago. Being a national star is a big thing for wrestlers and all athletes in Mexico. Being an international star is beyond that, and being a WWE one is even bigger. WWE has already had an active interest in any CMLL wrestler who made a name in AEW, and now they’ve got an option to allow those wrestlers to earn the WWE logo without having to relocate to another country. (This is the NXT UK similarity.) WWE can also simply outpay CMLL if they want. CMLL is unlikely to get in serious bidding wars, and WWE has a relatively unlimited amount of money to tap into if it is what they desire to do. We will undoubtedly see wrestlers in CMLL jump to AAA shortly, and I assume it’s WWE’s goal to get some new faces showing up in the crowd by the World’s Collide show. If they can specifically get one of the CMLL two masked faces that appear on the Grand Slam Mexico poster to make that jump, all the better.

 

[OneDeep]

They’re basically trying to create their own territory system from within. Which is genius.

If this is anything to go by it’s exactly what they’re doing

Fully expect them to buy NJPW &/or Stardom in the next 6 months

 

[br82186]

They’re basically trying to create their own territory system from within. Which is genius.

That’s the difference between WWE & AEW

WWE is a business whose going to use AAA to branch out in that market to make money

Where AEW bought ROH because Tony is a mark who just wanted to have a Vince Buying WCW moment “I brought it Not Shane”

One company is playing chess the other is struggling to play connect 4

Stan war logic brought to you by the good folks of the TSC

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

They’re basically trying to create their own territory system from within. Which is genius.

While this is good on a business steez, the reality is that the territory system ended up having a catastrophic ending word to the NWA.

The direction wrestling in general is going is exposing a lot of heads talking about monopolizing the business.

Yes AAA sucks and had it's last hurrah when Vamp farted on commentary, but I would have hope for a genuine revamp of the company, than Trips pointing at masked wrestlers and shyt.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Now the argument of ROH, that's more on the fact that ROH itself was dead AF. Tony basically bought the shyt and made it Dark. Bad comparison because AAA was still selling tickets despite the decline, while ROH was damn near Weekend at Bernie's status.

 

[OneDeep]

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Just stating what Punk said

AEW isn’t a real business

 

[itiswhatitis]

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Thing is, between me and you fam, I could give a fukk. If you can devote 60 hours a week on wrestling, that’s on you my guy