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Originally Posted by GD
Ricky Starks and Jade Cargill leaving AEW will surely be the death knell of the company. I can't imagine them surviving such a tremendous loss. Finally those who've been predicting the demise of TK's indie fed will be vindicated and celebrated.
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Ha.
But in all seriousness, this is basically going to become a back and forth between AEW and WWE now.
WWE acquiring Starks and Cargill but AEW attempts to offset that by signing 2-4 of the wrestlers who will be released in the coming weeks as a part of the TKO takeover.
The issue with that is AEW is acquiring wrestlers that 1) WWE fans could not invest in and 2) Tony Khan will not know what to do with them. A big name would be Dolph Ziggler but I always remember that Dolph had stand up comedy on the side and was really good at it. TKO will not release any big names (or if they do it will be 1 that doesn't fit their ideas moving forward) but even if they do, how much does that move the needle for Tony.
Starks may not be a super big draw initially but I definitely see the allure in Cargill. A common problem with her is that people don't think she can wrestle. Guess what. Trish could not initially wrestle either and look how well that turned out. Cargill will benefit from being able to work in the Performance Center and be "taught" how to wrestle.