It’s all about who you know in the industry.
Earlier this month it was announced AEW superstars would be in a future episode of Carpool Karaoke. This is a big deal as it brings more eyes on the AEW talent – who do not get the same opportunities a WWE superstar would have.
Christian Cage recently talked about how it all came together with Jim Varsallone. Christian said a former WWE writer who he stays in touch with was interested. Christian brought it up with AEW management, who then jumped at the idea.
“I’m friends with one of the guys in charge of the show, a guy named Eric Pankowski, who used to be a writer for WWE back in the day. He and I had gotten in touch and he was interested in having us on the show and having AEW represented on the show, which I thought was pretty cool. I brought it to the attention of AEW and the rest is history.”
It was a good time, a lot of fun. I’ve been a fan of Carpool Karaoke for a while, even when it was just a segment on James Corden’s talk show. Very entertaining. It was a lot of fun to be asked to be a part of it. You’re basically just riffing and ad-libbing as you go and having fun and trying to make each other laugh and hopefully, the audience laughs along with you.”
Christian to Jim Varsallone
Time will tell how successful these appearances will be to growing the featured stars’ brands, as well as the AEW brand also.
H/T Fightful for transcription
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