Lets examine AEW depth that you brought up....
Chris Jericho
Jon Moxley
Matt Hardy
Kenny Omega
Cody Rhodes * (Storyline wise he wrote himself out of the title picture)
Now you could say Hangman Page but the company booked him after his title match pretty much as a mid-card and tag team guy after it. Darby Allen isn't there yet and if stories are true Sting wants to work with him to elevate him good. But its gonna take some work there to do it. Brian Cage is running an angle where as a monster he's working against Cody and defending teh FTW belt awhile. He needs time to grow. Rusev just debuted and will need some time in mid-card 1st. Brodie Lee want the AEW TNT Championship but really dropped it before he could build his monster reputation enough to elevate up. MJF ...just feuded with Jericho but the match its said didn't help either guy so he needs more time before you push him to a world title.
Yes I forgot Rich Swann was Impact World Champion but given that when I last watched in August/September it was Eddie Edwards or Eric Young who was champion then. Swann I have no idea how he'll do , he became champion last month.
Its true EC3 just left the company in November. He finished up with his limited program with Moose and debuted in Ring of Honor. Still this is Impact's world champion depth chart.
Sami Callihan
Moose
Eddie Edwards
Eric Young (as an insane guy)
Ken Shamrock*
Rich Swann *
Impact still has a decent depth chart here that AEW could still use. They have Edwards , Callihan , Young and Moose. With Shamrock as the old veteran hand to put guys over. Swann is a new champion and well he's getting his chance after everyone has. Lets look at mid-card
Rhino as a former ECW World Champion and NWA World Champion. Now its been a few years since he has been a World Champion for sure. He currently is in mid-card. But all it would take is a manager and to make Rhino the old ECW style killer that Heyman had built. Crazzy Steve is back and was getting a lot of attention before he departed for WWE awhile back. But he's back and needs time in mid-card. Chris Sabin is back with Alex Shelley in tag team as we know. Both men could need time in mid-card to get a shot again.
But those guys take time to build like the AEW mid-carders. But depth wise , Impact and AEW would benefit from this invasion angle.
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1st take matt hardy out, and cody can still main event anytime just not for the world title. after that you have
omega, moxley, and jericho have been champion. then you have kingston, cage, brodie, archer, and hager who have all been contenders to the title but are fresh match ups for omega as champion. then there's cassidy and MJF who are each one match away from a title shot. then there's penta, pac, page & miro any of whom could be built as contender with pretty minimal effort, especially penta, pac & page considering past matches against omega.
omega
moxley
jericho
kingston
brodie
cage
archer
hager
cassidy or mjf
pac
page
penta
miro
that's over 10 deep guys who can(most've whom have) main event and would require no more time to build than any of impacts top guys.
the fact that swann won the title at impacts biggest ppv of the year and you have no idea how he will do speaks volumes about their lack of depthYes I forgot Rich Swann was Impact World Champion but given that when I last watched in August/September it was Eddie Edwards or Eric Young who was champion then. Swann I have no idea how he'll do , he became champion last month.
i love sami but to be honest his work has suffered in recent years, also think very highly of edwards but he's become very stale, EY and doering could be good. swann is a great midcard guy but imo not main event or credible as a challenger for any who's held the aew world title. moose and shamrock will not work in an aew main event and just make the promotion look 2nd rate.Its true EC3 just left the company in November. He finished up with his limited program with Moose and debuted in Ring of Honor. Still this is Impact's world champion depth chart.
Sami Callihan
Moose
Eddie Edwards
Eric Young (as an insane guy)
Ken Shamrock*
Rich Swann *
Impact still has a decent depth chart here that AEW could still use. They have Edwards , Callihan , Young and Moose. With Shamrock as the old veteran hand to put guys over. Swann is a new champion and well he's getting his chance after everyone has. Lets look at mid-card
i think some aew midcard guys could do a lot for impacts depth at both main event and x-division levels.
about rhino and steve.......no, just no not by any means.Rhino as a former ECW World Champion and NWA World Champion. Now its been a few years since he has been a World Champion for sure. He currently is in mid-card. But all it would take is a manager and to make Rhino the old ECW style killer that Heyman had built. Crazzy Steve is back and was getting a lot of attention before he departed for WWE awhile back. But he's back and needs time in mid-card. Chris Sabin is back with Alex Shelley in tag team as we know. Both men could need time in mid-card to get a shot again.
But those guys take time to build like the AEW mid-carders. But depth wise , Impact and AEW would benefit from this invasion angle.
impact stands to gain much more than aew by an invasion angle. an invasion that is even remotely successful implies that the promotions are on an equal level.
again my personal preference would be a working agreement and talent xchange.
It's been reported that Sting won't take any bumps. That would rule him out as a wrestler and ringside manager.
I can see them using Sting as some kind of authority figure. I don't want to see that, as I think the whole authority/gm stuff is played out, but I can see them doing it.
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He could just bat people and SDD them if they get out of line.
He is good at no-selling, too.
Plus, he could just drop his Sting Army if they get out of line.
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Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
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Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
Monthly Pull List: Birds of Prey, Daredevil, Geiger, Green Arrow, Justice Ducks, Justice Society of America, Negaduck, Nightwing, Phantom Road, Shazam!, Space Ghost, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Thundercats, Titans
Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
Monthly Pull List: Birds of Prey, Daredevil, Geiger, Green Arrow, Justice Ducks, Justice Society of America, Negaduck, Nightwing, Phantom Road, Shazam!, Space Ghost, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Thundercats, Titans
Sting can be an enforcer.
And who says he can't manage with no bumps?
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Put a bunch of salt on the ground.
Then he can't cross unless invited.
Jokes aside, Sting requested a cinematic match with Undertaker before leaving WWE in May. He has trained in "Hollywood falls" which is different than wrestling and has a stunt team that was prepared to go. He would not take direct hits or bumps. Any big falls would come from his team of people. He just can't fall without a body switch or take head hits. So no back bumps. He could grapple and do other things.
Sounds like he might be doing that in AEW now since Vince poo poo'd that. Also sounds like he is doing that with Cody and Darby.
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