ALL PURPOSE NEW TALENT/SPECIAL ATTRACTION THREAD

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Neville and Jacobs back in 2018 would be great additions to the roster, even if the latter is only backstage.
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Don't forget Aries.
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Plus Danielson and maybe Punk.
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Maybe even Davey Richards and Low Ki. Who knows.

And it looks like Lucha Underground may be done. This from Meltzer:
The owners are trying now to make a television deal away from El Rey. Essentially they are shopping the show around hoping that another station will pick it up and pay enough to produce the show at nearly the previous levels. The people who put the money in for the last two seasons are not putting anymore in because the show drove almost no revenue. As noted, El Rey will pay something for programming, but not nearly enough to produce the show at close to the level it as been done at. El Rey and Robert Rodriguez would maintain having an ownership stake if it moves to a new station. The obvious issue is what television station would want a show with a budget of $400,000 per episode that draws 100,000 to 175,000 viewers weekly over two airings, and more importantly, where viewership generally has been down this season and not up, and overall buzz is way down. According to one person close to most of the parties involved, there is a major divide among the management team. On one side, they want to shut the project down, arguing that the costs are too high and after three seasons they’ve never made any money. The feeling on that side is that you know where you stand, the audience isn’t growing, and anything more would be throwing good money after bad. Two key executives are of that belief. On the other side is Eric Van Wagenen, Dorian Roldan and Vampiro, who all believe in the project and feel it just needs time and better exposure to watch on. Alex Garcia and Antonio Cue-Navarro, who put up the money for the last two seasons, have refused to put more money into the project. Right now it appears that unless they can find new funding, or get a new TV station to pay the costs, the choice is to stay on El Rey for a heavily stripped down version or to close it down.
Everybody there who isn't also signed to AAA will be a free agent.
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supersonic wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:34 pm Money matches across the board:

PAC vs. Aries II
PAC vs. Ospreay
PAC vs. Sydal II
PAC vs. Scurll
PAC vs. Dunne
PAC vs. Lethal
PAC vs. Daniels
PAC vs. Marufuji
PAC vs. Edwards
PAC vs. London
PAC vs. Ki II
PAC vs. Sabre
PAC vs. Hennigan

Shit, I didn’t realize how many fresh matches he has. Didn’t even mention the big ones in NJPW.
Not to mention a match against Ricochet before he goes off to see why PAC was so miserable lol. There's also Keith Lee, KUSHIDA, Takahashi, Trevor Lee, Nakajima, and almost all of New Japan's upper mid card and main event scene. The thought alone has me salivating. Thank you E for giving up such a valuable and talented guy after robbing the indies of so many. I hope this trend continues.
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Jacobs being let go for the photo is so repugnant. For a company that is trying to shunt their opposition, the WWE sure is giving the other side a military's worth of ammunition.

I'm not sure if he would still like to at his age, but seeing Jacobs book himself everywhere on the indies is what I want the most.
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Jacobs is only 33, he's not that old.
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True. Still probably not in the pink of health when it comes to mobility. He's had his fair share of risky matches.
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Jacobs could do the opposite and pick his spots carefully. I would love to see Jimmy wrestle again although the way he left ROH was the perfect ending for him.
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Jimmy Jacobs can return as a manager and/or can help young talent as a trainer.
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I'd like to see Jimmy given the book.
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Who from Lucha Undeground would you want to see in ROH?

Ricochet seems likely to sign to the WWE once his LU deal is up in January.

As much as I'd like to see Jeff Cobb and Shane Strickland in ROH I doubt they sign another contract as I see the WWE in their near future.

If Joey Ryan could be Joey Ryan and do his sleeze gimmick with the penis plex and the youporn sponsership then yeah I'm all for it but I don't see Sinclair going for it.

I'd like to see Ricky Reyes, Jack Evans, Matt Cross and Sami Callihan come back. Reyes and Ramero can team back up and fued with the Best Friends.

I'd also like to see Willie Mack, AR Fox and PJ Black show up in ROH.
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Cross and Reyes? Yeah, wet cardboard personalities without Elite workrate are what’s needed.
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As opposed to some of the dry cardboard personalities on the roster?

I think Reyes could be worked into a angle of Ramero come out after the Best Friends win the tag titles of something and attacks them from behind but focuses on Trent and then cuts a promo afterwards saying that he has a best friend too. And then the Best Friends feud with the Havana Pitbulls.

I don't have anything for Cross to do yet.
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More pieces of wet cardboard is not the solution.
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So who would you like to see from Lucha Underground in ROH?
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Someone that brings substantial workrate and/or personality, regardless of any WWE aspirations.
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Lucha Bros...ROH needs a new tag team. Bucks vs. Addiction/MCMG/Briscoes is getting old. Need someone new in the mix. I figure NJPW will attempt to sway a lot of those guys towards ROH with the U.S. brand launching and ROH probably being where they get help with filling out cards.
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I'd like to see Angelico and Jack Evans as a team in ROH
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