Select Answers: AEW Date For Mania, Merging Titles, WWE Draft, Underrated teams (Patreon)

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Is AEW waiting to announce the location and date for All In 2027 because the chance of WWE bringing Mania back to the states is a decent probability? I doubt the conflict in that region is going to get better any time soon.

No, WWE is doing WrestleMania in Saudi. That's the long and short of that. It's happening there. 99 percent likelihood. AEW will wait until WWE firmly announces their Mania plans to reveal what they're going to do, but I don't know that it's going to be All In.

You say all the time you would rather consolidate and merge title like women ic and us etc and allow it to be cross brand. But do you not think that could lead to less opportunities for the women as there isn’t much storylines without the titles involved in some way at the moment and could lead to more lazy booking or block talent from impressing and progressing higher up the division

They already don't get those opportunities. Instead of opportunities for the titles, they could get top contendership opportunities! I just want the championships to mean something. There is almost always a title in WWE or AEW/ROH that hasn't been defended in months. Like, why!??!

Will WWE ever have a draft or some kind of shakeup with their rosters

Yes, when the viewership or buzz necessitates it. It's always in their back pocket for whenever they need it. They didn't do one in 2025 or 2026. This is the first time in any brand split era that's happened. There also wasn't one in 2022. So we've only had two in the last five calendar years. They'll do it when they need a viewership boost. This has been the biggest gap in drafts, though. Only two in the last five calendar years.

Who are some tag teams that don't get credit in history that you enjoy? I for one think Lance Cade and Treveor Murdoch deserve more credit. That era didn't have many big teams but I always enjoyed their work

I'll give a few. The Nasty Boys were really great for their era, and had next level good merchandise. They especially has some really good matches in WCW that are often overlooked. The Bushwackers are only known for their WWF stuff these days, but were really great as the Sheepherders. The Destruction Crew turning into the Beverly Brothers was a great transition, and they got some good heat. I also think that Too Cool often is overlooked from a stacked era of tag teams, and people forget how over they were.