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Old 01-05-2019, 01:59 AM   #122
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Another edge AEW has -- they don't need to tie their talent down exclusively. Now if AJ Styles did hypothetically sign with AEW, I'm sure Vince would be incredibly frustrated, throw a fit, toss things around and damn AJ to hell and may never want to speak his name again. But AEW can structure their contracts where Styles absolutely has the freedom to work a number of dates with WWE. There's nothing to stop the Khans paying Styles $5.2 million a year ($100,000 a week) downside guarantee for a retainer, but still allow him to work select dates with WWE. If Vince McMahon wants AJ Styles so bad, they could still lend him to Vince for WrestleMania, for example. It would be Vince throwing his toys out the pram, so to speak.

They can approach talent in such a non-aggressive way that it would almost seem like a no-brainer to sign with them, haha. We're just so used to Vince McMahon's "all or nothing" approach. Couple that with the idea I had earlier of possibly giving talent who serve the promotion for a set amount of time "pensions" in order to retain their licencing rights (like the WWE's legends deals, but not as shitty) and you can really shift things to a post-needing Vince world.
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