The company hasn’t officially existed for 48 hours yet, but All Elite Wrestling is already making moves.
Okay, most of those moves are super not surprising...
Nick & I were free agents for about 12 hours. https://t.co/x4yeNOXs9q
— The Young Bucks (@MattJackson13) January 2, 2019
Matt & Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes are the faces of the company. Hangman Page was on hand for the big countdown reveal on Being The Elite. Brandi is married to Cody (but where’s Pharoah? Savvy business dog like him, he’s probably holding out for a better deal), and Dana Massie, aka Mrs. Matt, was the brains behind the Bucks merch machine and will be working on AEW merchanising, as well.
So no surprises there. But we wait for word from Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and other big names being speculated on, Wrestling Observer brings word of a pretty big signing for All Elite’s women’s division, Britt Baker.
Baker has worked with Stardom in Japan and most of the name brand U.S. indies who feature women, including Ring of Honor, She’s also appeared on NXT, where her long-time partner Adam Cole is signed. Baker was the only competitor from ALL IN’s women’s Fatal 4Way who hasn’t signed with another company or companies (Tessa Blanchard with Impact & WOW, Madison Rayne with ROH and Chelsea Green with WWE).
Who will next join this core group? We could have some answers once Wrestle Kingdom 13 is in the books this Friday. Stay tuned.