AEW's exclusive rights negotiating window with Warner Bros Discovery is set to expire soon - will AEW itself be testing the free agency market?

Plus - it's been a very busy week in wrestler free agency news and Doug & Ryan have the latest on [deep breath] Chad Gable, Erick Rowan, Jacob Fatu, Alex Windsor, Lio Rush, Danhausen, Megan Bayne, Dijak, Viva Van, Jake Lee, and Malakai Black.

This episode was recorded 6/23/24.

WrestleWatch is a project focused on analysis and discussion of free agency in the world of professional wrestling. Each week, Doug & Ryan explore the potential jumps and the implications that they can have on the industry, as well as adjacent topics in wrestling such as business developments, statistics, and other factors and news in the landscape.

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Ricochet, it's not the end of the wordl!

Doug & Ryan discuss the impending free agency of Ricochet and where he might wind up next: AEW, NJPW, TNA, or maybe a tour of the indies? That plus all the updates to the Free Agency Tier List including discussions on Hikuleo, Grizzled Young Veterans, The Hardys, Lio Rush, Natalya, Alex Windsor, Katsuhiko Nakajima, MxM, and Chad Gable.

This episode was recorded 6/15/24.

WrestleWatch is a project focused on analysis and discussion of free agency in the world of professional wrestling. Each week, Doug & Ryan explore the potential jumps and the implications that they can have on the industry, as well as adjacent topics in wrestling such as business developments, statistics, and other factors and news in the landscape.

Music provided by Wendi Freeman

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Becky Lynch is now officially a free agent! Will she return to WWE? Might she field offers on the market? Doug & Ryan break down the possible landing spots for The Man, along with discussions on Jordynne Grace appearing on NXT and what that could mean as well as the movements on the Tier List (including Jake Hager, Chad Gable, and Ethan Page).

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of All Elite Wrestling, Doug & Ryan give a WrestleWatch spin to the retrospectives: a draft of the top 5 signings by AEW so far! Whose squad is better? Who had a spicy pick? How high was Jeff Jarrett picked? All that, plus the latest on the Tier List including discussions on: Alex Windsor, Michael Oku, The Von Erichs, Lio Rush, Matt Cardona, Mustafa Ali, Sami Callihan, and Shelton Benjamin.

Doug & Ryan chat about the pros & cons of AEW running Collision & Ring of Honor in Arlington TX for a month, plus the possibility of CyberFight (Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro) looking to build up a relationship with WWE. All that plus the movements on the Tier List, including Natalya moving up as her contract is set to expire soon and Danhausen making his debuthausen.

Following the re-signings of Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre, and Seth Rollins to WWE, Doug & Ryan discuss whether the free agency hot season is coming to an end, plus what pitches WWE & AEW are serving up to talent they're re-signing or trying to will over to their promotion. The guys also discuss in-depth what sorts of promotions we keep an eye on at WrestleWatch as potential free agent destinations, plus all of the changes to the Tier List this week including: Ethan Page, Gigi Dolin, Becky Lynch, Daniel Garcia, Erick Rowan, Sami Callihan, and Thekla.

Doug & Ryan discuss the initial press conference for Rossy Ogawa's new promotion Dream Star★Fighting Marigold and some concerning history, WWE's latest round of releases, and the WWE "bucket" talent payment system as described by MxM. All that plus the latest movements on the Tier List including Tama Tonga, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, Erick Rowan, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, Sheamus, and the Motor City Machine Guns.