04-24-2019, 02:02 PM | #601 |
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Not nearly enough time to do a complete makeover so he can be Jon Moxley or J Mox
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04-24-2019, 02:30 PM | #602 |
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I think the idea is probably to make a star out of the winner every year so I wouldn't put any stock into that report.
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04-24-2019, 03:08 PM | #603 |
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NXT must not have paid well enough if a gofundme was needed to help his mom out.
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04-24-2019, 03:54 PM | #604 |
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Top stars in NXT make around 50-60,000, which is a nice income, but not enough to be able to buy your mom a new house at a moment's notice.
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04-24-2019, 03:59 PM | #605 |
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04-24-2019, 05:44 PM | #607 |
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Big Doggo Dog rumored to face Shane McMahon at Saudi Arabia ppv
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04-24-2019, 06:24 PM | #608 |
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Plus having to quickly replace personal stuff lost in the fire. Even with fire insurance, that's still a sizable amount of money needed to get life back to normal.
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04-25-2019, 02:22 AM | #611 |
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I hopeSasha Banks just quits. She's not going to be happy there. Prob ever. The idea that Vince would sit there and pay a wrestlerto sit on their ass and sit out their contract is asinine. If the person is that miserable and wants nothing to do with your company, they're no longer an asset. Let them go.
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04-25-2019, 02:32 AM | #612 |
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Word on the street is that sponsors aren't a big fan of the Bray Wyatt gimmick. The source I saw was sketchy, but the story makes sense, and it will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.
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04-25-2019, 02:47 AM | #613 |
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If true, wouldn't be surprised since evil clowns might be the limit sponsors would feel comfortable with for twisted gimmicks involving kids.
WCW had a similar problem when it came to debuting Seven (Goldust) since his hype involved kids and leaned way too much towards the creepy territory. |
04-25-2019, 02:55 AM | #614 |
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Oh well, that's what you get when you sell your soul for a quick buck.
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04-26-2019, 03:07 AM | #616 |
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37 people getting beheaded is not a "controversy". It's a fucking massacre.
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04-26-2019, 03:33 AM | #617 |
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Becky needs to start saying other banned words
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04-26-2019, 03:36 AM | #618 |
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Also time to bring Simon Dean back
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04-26-2019, 08:21 PM | #619 |
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Dean Malenko and Arn Anderson as road agents in AEW would be a good thing for them.
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04-26-2019, 08:21 PM | #620 |
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I don't know if the WWE should really consider the timing of the "controversy" unlucky, or if that's just the inevitability of doing business with an evil fucking regime.
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04-26-2019, 09:35 PM | #622 |
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It's not something that they will be able to deny. I know some people are like "whatever, does anyone even care?" but it doesn't need to be a timely issue or have an immediate impact to become something people get upset over at any point in the future, even if you consider that to be frivolous.
All it would take is one really big faux pas by WWE, a really slow news week, or a viral social media trend that gets people upset for accepting Saudi money. They can't play ignorant -- now or ever. It may not be anyone's biggest priority right now, but should it become an actual news story to people (and it's far more likely than them getting any sort of mainstream media attention for anything positive), then they could be dropped by sponsors and even TV networks. They've got ten years of this shit lined up, and it's not going to be a major story until it is. Then they've got ten years of history for people to eventually dig up and use against them, or to keep younger engaged people from financially supporting the company. Engaged people are probably far less likely to be fans of WWE in the first place, because they'd have fucking lives lol, but it could certainly be a factor. For example, it's an edge that AEW is always going to have over WWE. They don't have the history of accepting blood money from a murderous regime. One is clearly going to be the babyface for the upcoming generation that was born in an era where not having a smart phone that can summon up this history in seconds is unthinkable, and the other is clearly going to be a heel, and that's not something ideal when you're a publicly traded company. Well, there's that and then there's that they generally insult your intelligence. |
04-26-2019, 09:56 PM | #623 |
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There's another rumor going around that SmackDown is going to be expanded to 3 hours when they move to FOX. George Barrios said something about WWE monetizing 6 hours of content a week. Some have speculated that the 6th hour is just going to be the studio show.
Personally, I hope they do add a 3rd hour to SmackDown. Anything to make them even more unwatchable when AEW shows up. |
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04-26-2019, 10:47 PM | #625 |
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That's a big discrepancy.
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04-26-2019, 10:53 PM | #626 |
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You'd think that with FOX paying out the ass for SmackDown, they wouldn't want ratings that don't match their previously scheduled Friday programming. That means that WWE is going to have to make 1 million fans out of this FOX exposure. Hmm.
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04-26-2019, 11:10 PM | #627 |
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Lance Anoa'i is, well, an Anoa'i so he's 100% getting signed soon.
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04-26-2019, 11:11 PM | #628 |
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As long as AEW gets Jacob Fatu.
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04-27-2019, 03:15 PM | #629 |
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Lance Anoai is okay. I saw him at the MLW WM week tapings. He was fine but Jacob Fatu is awesome.
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04-28-2019, 01:43 PM | #630 | |
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04-28-2019, 01:52 PM | #631 |
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Fuck this company.
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04-28-2019, 04:11 PM | #632 |
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Well, that’s not so much the curse so much as it is the company rescheduling. Not so much the shows are cursed as WWE getting into bed with a massive human rights abuser.
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04-29-2019, 04:01 AM | #634 |
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Ah okay. What do they do before?
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04-29-2019, 04:53 AM | #635 |
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they delay the news til whatever sports thing is over. I dont know how hard local affiliates would fight moving news back to 11 on fridays (who watches the news on a friday night?) but I would at least say FOX has been a network for 30 years or more and theyve never strayed from 2 hour primetime except for sports events, and I dont know if wrestling qualifies.
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04-30-2019, 02:19 PM | #637 |
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wheres wrestlers cort when needed who is running that locker room
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04-30-2019, 02:35 PM | #638 |
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I think Big Doggo is in charge of wrestler's court now, he's the one that evicted Enzo from being allowed to change in the locker room w/ everyone else.
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04-30-2019, 03:54 PM | #639 |
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-Jim Ross mentioned during a podcast appearance that there was one talent AEW was interested in but it turned out he had also just signed a $500k a year extension. While he obviously didn't disclose the name, he described the person as being in their early 30s and who never gets used on TV, but WWE was still content to pay them that to keep around because he could help younger talents.
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04-30-2019, 08:44 PM | #640 |
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What a fucking idiot.
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