Getting Down to Business - 4
Once the deal with Amazon was announced Manson had initial internal meetings with Cary Silkin as well as Harold Meji to go over prospective names for events. With Manson, the usual term came up, 'Make it make sense'. For him, a lot Wrestling event names didn't make sense. They were either tied to a type of gimmick or just felt random. I mean 'Resurgence'? What has that got to do with anything.?
Manson had a few ideas, some that were decent and some that were a little more on the nose but it was never going to be perfect and started talking to Seaport about trademarking them. The initial names Manson liked and got the ball rolling trademarking were;
- WrestleDynasty - Manson was happy that NJPW owned the name and trademark. Manson felt it could be a good 'Flagship' event every year.
- SuperClash - Another one that hadn't been trademarked. Manson liked the name.
- May/Day - Pretty simple title - a good yearly event in early May. Potentially a Cinco de Mayo event
- Collision/Course - A brilliant PPV name, simple, sporty vibes.
- SummerRush - Manson had loved the name GrandSlam but AEW had taken that. SummerRush sounded a bit on the nose but Manson wanted something that could be a staple for August/September each year.
- The Grand Event - Simple, nothing major to think about.
- The One - Same as 'The Event'.
- RingKingz / RingQueenz - A tournament style PPV.
- ThunderStruggle - Feels more like a Japanese style PPV name. Meji agreed.
- GrandSummit - Same as the above, Manson and Meji wanted more options for the Far Eastern events from January 2026.
- Genesis - As per above.
- Battle - Manson felt this could be the name of one of the weekly cards. Have the name of the town / City next to the name Battle could be interesting concept.
There were a few more that the team discussed but Manson wanted to get a few names in early so that the team had a few names to work with.
Manson spent most days in the office thinking of ideas, plans for the promotion. One of them was a 'Face/Off' style of event the day before the PPV where the main card could come out in front of an audience and cut a promo on each other. Something different and most importantly, more content.
April turned into May and the NWA and IWGP 'Rosters' were the next plans for the team.