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ROH News: Austin Aries says he could be next to jump to WWE
Sep 25, 2009 - 10:50:15 AM
By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

Current Ring of Honor champion Austin Aries says he thinks he could be the next ROH wrestler to jump from ROH to WWE after the recent signings of Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness.

"I think the reality of the situation is if you're WWE and you're looking for talent, you're going to want the best guys out there, and you're gonna look at Ring Of Honor, because that's where the best talent is," Aries said on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show to promote this weekend's ROH shows. "Who knows, maybe I'll be the next guy to go."

Aries was in-character as a cocky heel in the radio interview talking down to the ROH fans who are upset Danielson and McGuinness are leaving for WWE. He said he can't stand "snobs" who are concerned things won't be the same for Bryan and Nigel in WWE and won't be the same in ROH after they leave.

"There's nothing more I hate than a wrestling snob. Quite frankly this is a business, and it's about making money, and right now, the WWE is the place to make money," Aries said. "Obviously we love the art form and passion about what we do, but these guys want to make some money. They put their time on this level, and I have no doubts that if given the opportunity, they'll be successful, because that's what they've done their whole career."

In the statement above, Aries seemed to be hinting he wants a chance in WWE by talking about Danielson and McGuinness having an opportunity to make money in exchange for sacrificing some of the art form of pro wrestling. His quote could easily read "Aries wants to make some money. I've put my time on this level, and I have no doubts that if given the opportunity, I will be successful, because that's what I've done my whole career."

Aries's previous national exposure was in TNA from mid-2005 to mid-2007. Aries returned to Ring of Honor full-time where he became one of the top heels in the wrestling business and eventually became the current ROH champion.

Aries says he feels insulted that people think ROH is set to crumble when Danielson and McGuinness leave the promotion. Despite putting it out there he would like a run in WWE, Aries says he's the rock of ROH right now.

"I think the company relied on me for a long time. You talk about pressure all the way back to my debut at Generation Next, when basically we were put in position where we had a lot of the company's future riding on our backs, and we were thrust in the spot to either swim or sink...and we swam," Aries said. "I like to think every time I was put in a high pressure position, I've always delivered."

FYI: Aries will be defending the ROH Title against an unnamed opponent at Saturday night's show in New York City. Aries is also booked for tonight's ROH show in Boston. He will be in a tag match with Rhett Titus against Colt Cabana and Kenny Omega.

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I dont think we'll see Bret on WWE TV again till Owen and Davey Boy get inducted into the Hall or Fame.

That probably wont happen till the next time Wrestlemania is in Canada which is apparently going to be Wrestlemania XXVIII.
 
krae_man said:
I dont think we'll see Bret on WWE TV again till Owen and Davey Boy get inducted into the Hall or Fame.

That probably wont happen till the next time Wrestlemania is in Canada which is apparently going to be Wrestlemania XXVIII.
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From what I understand WWE want to induct Owen but his wife won't approve it.
 
Dirtyshubb said:
:lol He comes across like such a dick right here, like his whole comeback is 'yeah well if it were real i would beat that midget like it owed me money!?!' Fucking funny though :D
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Chavo has to not like being made a joke but let's face it- he can't draw a dime, he'd only a midcarder even in Mexico and he'd be jobbing to Elegido or the exoticos, and he loves that money.

Chavo better get a job for life when it's all done from Vince as an agent, and not an Amway agent.
 
Great, finally thought of looking for someone else so I can watch Smackdown. Stupid Yankee game...

and now I am watching The Big Slow vs. Roidtista. Oh my.
 
DKehoe said:
From what I understand WWE want to induct Owen but his wife won't approve it.
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Yep. I've read that they approach her every year about it, and every time she says no
 
For the love of god, don't leave Austin Aries

Bootaaay said:
There are alternatives to paying for the DVDs, i'm not condoning piracy, but I doubt I would have become a regular follower of promotions like ROH, PWG & Chikara without it, I certainly wouldn't have spent as much as I have - downloading shows is a great way to introduce yourself to a promotion, i'm sure most of these promoters wouldn't begrudge new fans checking out their shows illegally if it means there's the chance that down the line they might become a fan of the promotion and start buying the merch.
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I have to bump this....Indy's do a terrible job at giving their consumers options on how to obtain their stuff. The fact that only TNA offers their television shows online for download is crazy. If PWG offered their shows at itunes prices every month, that would be a huge revenue stream for them, and other indies that follow.
 
Batista dumping shit on Big Show and Jericho is pretty bad, but otherwise not a bad Smackdown show.

Smackdown in about four months or so should primarily be Punk, Edge, Jericho, Rey, Ziggler, and Morrison. Let's hope Batista doesn't ruin it entirely, and with Taker seemingly set to retire at WM 26, it should shape up quite well.
 
One idea I'd love to see, why can't indies get their vids on Steam or Impulse and sell them for about the same as the DVDs?
 
Holy Shit! John Morrison makes a Braden Walker joke in the latest "Smackdown After The Bell" @ WWE's website:

...and then kick you on the side of the road like Braden Walker's career, which is done
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:lol :lol :lol
 
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will appear on next week's WWE Smackdown, according to WrestlingObserver.com. WWE sent a film crew to Johnson's home and taped a promo that will air on Friday's show.
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Huh... meh. :\
 
Cornette turned up at the ROH show last night;

Bobby Cruise goes to announce the next NYC ROH date when some old schools sounding rock music hits, everyone scratches their head wondering who is coming out, and lo and behold its Jim Cornette who goes on and cuts a venom-laced promo on the current state of wrestling, running down TNA, Vince Russo, Hornswoggle and the concept of sports entertainment. He says that Nigel and Dragon leaving is like when Joe and Daniels left - the rest of the roster stepped up and now it's time for guys like Tyler Black to fill the role created by their departures. He then announces that as of the afternoon, he has accepted the position of Executive Producer of the HDNet show.
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*edit, quote from Cornette's promo;

"Sarah Palin will give Barack Obama a lap dance on the steps of the capital before I get behind Vince Russo". Jim Cornette at ROH in NYC. :lol

Also, Eddie Edwards wrestled in the Ladder War II last night despite breaking his elbow the night before - thats some big cajones on Edwards, props to him for putting his body at risk like that.

avatar299 said:
I have to bump this....Indy's do a terrible job at giving their consumers options on how to obtain their stuff. The fact that only TNA offers their television shows online for download is crazy. If PWG offered their shows at itunes prices every month, that would be a huge revenue stream for them, and other indies that follow.
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ROH are actually in the process of setting up a video-on-demand service, not sure how it's going to work at the moment but they've been asking fans for their input on pricing and whether they want to buy full shows or single matches etc.
 
I'm glad to see Cornette turn up in ROH again.

The man is too entertaining to not be shown on TV in any sort of way.

Bootaaay said:
"Sarah Palin will give Barack Obama a lap dance on the steps of the capital before I get behind Vince Russo". Jim Cornette at ROH in NYC. :lol
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:lol
 
I'll go to my first WWE show on 11-6.
It is a Smackdown house show in Brussels, too bad they never come to the Netherlands.
Hopefully Jericho will be there, since he's still officially on Smackdown.
 
TNA has been better without Jarret and Cornette. He can shoot all he wants but the man Is out of touch.

I notice he isn't in the ROH booking team. I wonder why?
 
avatar299 said:
TNA has been better without Jarret and Cornette. He can shoot all he wants but the man Is out of touch.
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
He's been gone 1 week and he had very little creative control also Impact goes from great to crap all the time.
 
Plywood said:
I think the Rock promo deserves its own thread.
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Is he appearing as "The Rock" or as Smilin' Dwayne Johnson, star of the upcoming family comedy The Tooth Fairy?

This is important.
 
And once again Dwayne Johnson cant be bothered to show up @ a WWE Event =/

I know he's busy with movie projects and whatnot, but is his schedule really that occupied that he cant even manage to make a one night appearance on the venue then fly back the same day?

If his music played in the arena and he walks out, crowd would go nuts. Instead we'll just get some not-as-loud pops when a promo in video form appears on the titantron.

Who the fuck am I kidding, I'll still watch it
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Then:

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I love the Albany crowd, wish I was there hahah. Though to be honest, this is shaping up to be two mediocre Raws in a row for Albany.
 
I literally could not stand this Sharpton dude, and what the other guys (commentators, Jericho, MVP) were saying about him and just tuned out after about 5 minutes.

First time I've actively not watched RAW knowing it was on in quite some time. I got some stuff on DVR anyway.
 
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