WWE announces the ACQUISITION of AAA

[Cattle Mutilation]

Yeah, WWE acquiring AAA ain't a good thing as others mentioned how it'll ice AEW (and TNA by extension, "partnership" be damned) from getting Mexican talent and continue their hostile takeover in the industry. Something that isn't brought up outside of people talking about Vikingo, Laredo Kid is in a duel contract with AAA and TNA for the past four years, meaning unless WWE buys him out of his contract and keep him primarily in AAA, I don't see TNA taking this lightly.

They're not going to stop now as I can see them spinning the block on the UK and try to gain ground in Japan (that's something they'll struggle very hard in). As for the other promotions people have brought up such as TNA, GCW, NOAH and AJPW, it won't happen for various reason:

TNA: WWE had the oppurtunity to get them back in 2015 and 2016, passed up on it. The company went through an successful rebuild and the "partnership" was only formed to stall out AEW's growth and indirectly stall out TNA's growth as WWE really doesn't want both to grow. Unless Anthem doesn't want to be in the wrestling business anymore like how Warner did to WCW, I don't see them getting brought out.

GCW: Unless they want to get into hardcore wrestling, it possibly won't happen and will just keep getting their ID talent on the show like they're doing to other indie promotions.

AJPW/NOAH: Others mention it in the thread, it's not that straight forward and Japan won't let a foreign company buy a home grown company that easily. Plus, all of the japanese promotions will form like voltron and tear WWE up.

AAA acquisition was done to expand into the Mexico market and have a boots on the ground presence there year round and try to slow AEW’s growth.

There’s no point in buying TNA or GCW. WWE already has the US market on lockdown. Owning TNA isn’t going to put any dent at all into AEW until they get a far more significant media rights deal. GCW is an indie that’s never going to be more than an indie. They’ll be damn lucky if they can ever get to current TNA status or peak ROH status because they can’t stop shooting themselves in the foot whenever they get momentum.

AEW will still get talent from those two companies rather they have a working relationship with WWE or not. Like look they just got Josh Alexander and Mike Bailey from there, for example, and that was after Alexander previously rejected AEW.

It’s cheaper for WWE to just send talent there to get reps than it is to run the companies themselves even if they ran it the most cost effective way possible.

Only reason I could see any potential interest in buying TNA is if that would make it easier for TNA to lockdown those prime international TV rights WWE gave up to move all their international rights to Netflix. Having that WWE name attached to it would be a better selling point than TNA. But would it really make financial sense to own TNA just to prevent AEW from getting those media deals?

 

[Roid Jones]

The monopoly continues

 

[Jmare007]

Most of the top lucha talent is in CMLL so I don't see how it monopolizes the Mexican scene

It does not monopolize anything. It just takes away an independent option for people to work in and replaces it with a WWE version, which comes with its own rules and baggage. "WWE does Lucha" might even translate into a dope wrestling product, who knows, but it's still a "WWE version" of lucha, and I don't like the idea of unifying wrestling from different countries in that way.

Lucha in México already has a ton of fukkery going on, that's why I wonder if a new promotion will form in the near future (5 years or so) because I feel there's gonna be enough wrestlers that are not in good terms with CMLL, WWE or even AEW and either a money mark could try starting something new, or a group of wrestlers could gang up and get some funding to start something new.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Wonder how much WWE is going to neuter Vikingo. But maybe that’s the best for his long term health, he’s gotten injury prone over the last year+

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

It does not monopolize anything. It just takes away an independent option for people to work in and replaces it with a WWE version, which comes with its own rules and baggage. "WWE does Lucha" might even translate into a dope wrestling product, who knows, but it's still a "WWE version" of lucha, and I don't like the idea of unifying wrestling from different countries in that way.

Lucha in México already has a ton of fukkery going on, that's why I wonder if a new promotion will form in the near future (5 years or so) because I feel there's gonna be enough wrestlers that are not in good terms in CMLL, WWE or even AEW and either a money mark could try starting something new, or a group of wrestlers could gang up and get some funding to start something new.

“WWE does Lucha” is much more likely to be the Taco Bell-ification of lucha libre than it is anything close to resembling an authentic lucha libre production.

Yeah sure Taco Bell shares basic ingredients of authentic Mexican cuisine like tortillas, rice, beans, salsa, etc. but it’s thrown together in an American way. It’s not really Mexican, it’s not really American, it exists somewhere in the middle and sucking at both.

 

[stro]

I really doubt WWE will have any input on AAA other than occasionally sending NXT talent or main roster lucha guys. The main thing is to lockdown future lucha talent from going to AEW and have a bigger presence for house shows or a PPV in Mexico. I would not expect any kind of major or even minor change to AAA putting out the fukkery dogshyt they've been doing for ages.

That video library will probably come in handy, though.

 

[CodeKansas]

tony khan’s golden boy hijo del vikingo on wwe tv

Straight up Ralph Wiggum getting shytted on by Lisa moment, right there. Heart shattered into a million pieces

 

[CBoz]

Whatever gets La Hiedra on TV more

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

I really doubt WWE will have any input on AAA other than occasionally sending NXT talent or main roster lucha guys. The main thing is to lockdown future lucha talent from going to AEW and have a bigger presence for house shows or a PPV in Mexico. I would not expect any kind of major or even minor change to AAA putting out the fukkery dogshyt they've been doing for ages.

That video library will probably come in handy, though.

WWE isn’t going to sit by and just let AAA do all the dumb bullshyt they were doing that led them to be in the financial dire straits they were in.

 

[Jmare007]

I really doubt WWE will have any input on AAA other than occasionally sending NXT talent or main roster lucha guys. The main thing is to lockdown future lucha talent from going to AEW and have a bigger presence for house shows or a PPV in Mexico. I would not expect any kind of major or even minor change to AAA putting out the fukkery dogshyt they've been doing for ages.

That video library will probably come in handy, though.

If this was a partnership I'd agree with you but they bought the company. At some point (might even take some years), someone in WWE is gonna go see it as an opportunity and take over that operation

 

[MenacingMonk]

Not even 24 hours in and they’re shytting on Mexico and praising a POS.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

If this was a partnership I'd agree with you but they bought the company. At some point (might even take some years), someone in WWE is gonna go see it as an opportunity and take over that operation

If they don’t turn it around financially they’ll just shut it down eventually.

 

[born of fire]

i feel bad for vaquer.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

MAGA company buys failing Mexican wrestling company. Interesting