They don't own actual names....only names/ gimmicks the wwe gave them....no way wwe can trademark someone's given or family names....Adam Cole is another one who owns the right to his ring name, even though it isn't his real name.
It all comes down to who owns the intellectual property.
Yes, that's what I'm saying...they don't own trademarks on peoples given names, or of performers like Punk and Cole whose names weren't changed after arrival in WWE. Punk and Cole had both worked under the same ring names in ROH. I guess it all depends on how badly they want the talent as to whether they allow them to keep their old names.....and also how over they got using those names, whether the gimmick works etc..
Yup, WWE are now actively looking for non wrestling athletes who they can train and develop as opposed to independent wrestlers with talent because they know they are able to chew them up give them shitty gimmicks and use them up and most will have nowhere else to go
I used to love WWF/E..... it was always about the characters, more than the wrestling, but the characters used to be compelling and they still had some incredible in ring talent.....characters are mostly stale and uninteresting these days and those with the most talent are wasted more often than not. The only good things about WWE programming these days are Roman Reigns and RKBro
Roman is just pretending to be Brock.
Roman is no brock knock off. he's a better wrestler than Brock has been for many years and is a better complete package than Brock has every been. Brock can't cut a promo - Roman's mic work since going heel has been top tier. Brock's matches have been lazy and uninteresting for years - Reigns has four star or above matches consistently. Not to mention they are both very different characters. The whole tribal chief thing is the most interesting gimmick WWE has come up with for years, IMO....Even known WWE hater CM Punk said it was quality. I don't see the comparison, tbh. Roman has been fire ever since he turned heel.
Most stories on AEW have a good long story Arc on them, with a good blow off match.
I reckon they're trying to make up for stuffing them both up as champions. They're far more deserving than Flair!
Realistically, Charlotte is the best all round female performer, by a long way, and has genuine star power. A rare commodity. But Rhea is a phenomenal talent and worker, in the true sense of in ring work. She should be the top female moving forward, for the next 10-15 years. In the meantime, they have truly stuffed up her momentum, and run the risk of burying her in the mid-card, when she too has more genuine star power than most of their women. Some of the recent draft movements, leave me thinking she's about to be buried even further, as they push overly green workers and those who need to start stepping aside.
Another massive talent that seems to be wasted and looks like being buried, is Toni Storm. I rate her, along with Rhea, as the two main stars to carry things forward. But, again, WWE is already showing signs of stuffing it up.
Good on him for pursuing this dream. I don't really see him being a big really, just a mid-carder, but I'd love to be wrong.
Wrestling was a million times better in those days.
100% mate. No doubt that change comes with time but anyone could've created a better path for them to go down than the crap they're dishing out today.