WWE announces the ACQUISITION of AAA

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They’re basically trying to create their own territory system from within. Which is genius.
I wonder if they'll target Japan next. I don't know Noah's situation but I wouldn't be shocked if they try to acquire them.

I assume TNA will be acquired eventually but might just leave them as is and keep the current agreement
 

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Just stating what Punk said

AEW isn’t a real business :manny:

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
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You actually think they’re gonna buy New Japan? :russ:
Nooj lost most of their main eventers, the yen is in the shytter, and shows have been on a weird 2000s after Inokism paradox.

Either Hunter Hiroshima buys the promotion, or cuts a deal that will underhand Snowboy.

I'm not going to be surprised if Hunter pointing at a disaster knees Tanahashi.
 

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I wonder if they'll target Japan next. I don't know Noah's situation but I wouldn't be shocked if they try to acquire them.

I assume TNA will be acquired eventually but might just leave them as is and keep the current agreement
They've been targeting Japan for almost 10 years.

NOAH's situation is that they are owned by CyberAgent , a conglomerate that also owns DDT and TJPW (via a subsidiary called Cyberfight). WWE currently has a streaming deal with Abema, which is also owned by Cyberfight. That has lead to speculation about WWE's relationship with the conglomerate and if they can finally enter Japan through them and NOAH/DDT.

As stated in this thread by others, a U.S company buying a Japanese one has a lot of hurdles to clear but WWE has been looking for ways to enter for a long ass time now.
 

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That Rick IG post wasn’t just a random post:manny:

Nah, zero chance they buy New Japan

If anything, they’ll buy NOAH since they basically have a talent exchange

But it’s clearly shaping up to be a wrestling turf war

WWE/TNA/NOAH/AAA vs AEW/NJPW/CMLL/RevPro
 

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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?
That wouldn't make much sense to do as TNA's value would be higher than what WWE projects it to be if they were to get them. Plus, as we see so far, TNA's growth isn't effecting AEW's growth (it never was going to, but it could actually hurt WWE more than anything) which you are correct in and the partnership they have with WWE only has a few years left, so that means if they continue to grow and not stagnate before it ends, it'll go more in TNA's favor which is something WWE don't want deep down.

TNA already land some international deals with them being on Eurosport India last year (same network that AEW is on) and Sportsnet 360 in Canada, the latter people assumed that WWE helped in, but apparently TNA hired someone years ago forgot his name that has years of experience working in SN360 so it's a case of networking. And judging by the people the company has been hiring for the past year whom has experience working in either ABC or CBS, it's safe to assume what network the company is trying to land on in the states.

All and all, as much as fans what the company to be a feeder to WWE, I think most of us know that TNA will be fine and won't be brought out.
 
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this means we could potentially see La Hiedra and Sexy Star 2 on WWE in glorious 4k?

maybe we shouldnt be so hasty fellas:whoa:, this might be a positive thing:youngsabo:
She’s been gone for months and wrestles under her OG name and freelancing. Wild that she hasn’t been scooped up anywhere because she can actually work. If she could get into STARDOM or any other Joshi she’d be even better.
 
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