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Old 02-23-2022, 08:41 PM   #8041
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if the aew game turns out to be a no mercy clone I'll absolutely buy it. day one. full price. delixe edition. dont care.
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Old 02-24-2022, 02:26 AM   #8042
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“I am so excited, and I don’t know exactly when we’ll be able to tell the fans, but I know that it’s coming very soon so stay tuned to AEW,” Khan pleaded. “Stay tuned to AEW, I promise you something big is coming."
Khan pleaded LMFAO what a great promoter
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Old 02-24-2022, 03:08 AM   #8043
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Where is that quote from? Seems a little “editorial”.
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Old 02-24-2022, 01:55 PM   #8044
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While not confirmed by AEW, Jeff Hardy announced in an interview that he will be All Elite as soon as his 90 day is up. So I guess about 3 weeks or so then?
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Where is that quote from? Seems a little “editorial”.
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/20...-announcement/
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Old 02-24-2022, 02:13 PM   #8046
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“How do you supplement big, all these big deals that, you know, both sides are doing? Both us, AEW on this side of things and WWE on that side of things, what is it, our big moves?” Omega asked. “And how do we sort of safeguard those, and stay afloat, and maintain sort of a position of prominence? A lot of times you just sort of go pin the tail on the donkey. You, like, close your eyes and make an educated guess as to what’s best. But we could wake up tomorrow and someone puts a ban on all of television.”
You, like, close your eyes and make an educated guess as to what’s best. LOL This is a solid business plan from an EVP

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Old 02-24-2022, 02:15 PM   #8047
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Cannot bring myself to care about the hardys ever again, I don't think. I'm just tired of them. Been tired of them for years now.

Matt Hardy deserves some credit for reinventing himself a few times throughout the years, but he straight up just lacks the talent to maintain any interest even if he does manage to come up with something good.

But Jeff is in the same discussion as RVD and Christian. Good wrestler that never really attempted to reinvent his character or in ring style and thus has been coasting on the same tired act for decades.
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Old 02-24-2022, 02:27 PM   #8048
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Cannot bring myself to care about the hardys ever again, I don't think. I'm just tired of them. Been tired of them for years now.

Matt Hardy deserves some credit for reinventing himself a few times throughout the years, but he straight up just lacks the talent to maintain any interest even if he does manage to come up with something good.

But Jeff is in the same discussion as RVD and Christian. Good wrestler that never really attempted to reinvent his character or in ring style and thus has been coasting on the same tired act for decades.
I wouldn't mind a short lived Broken Universe reboot in AEW, but I agree with you, if there just going to be The Hardy Boys, they both should have just stayed in WWE. Big Money Matt is a stupid gimmick that is all over the place, and adding Jeff Hardy to that, as either an ally of foe would be just as boring as it is now.
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Old 02-24-2022, 03:42 PM   #8049
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Their value in AEW is as Hardy Boyz classic. Jeff has value as a single, but I think that best fits WWE. There’s something about him flying solo at the top. We’ve seen Jeff Hardy in TNA and it doesn’t really pop.
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Old 02-24-2022, 03:44 PM   #8050
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I’d actually be somewhat potentially interested in Matt & Jeff vs. FTR. Or them against Christian Cage and someone. Maybe slap Daniels & Kazarian back together. Them against Private Party, Butcher & Blade, Jack Evans & Angelico, etc. are squash matches.
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Old 02-24-2022, 04:24 PM   #8051
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Apparently AEW has picked up their year extension option on Brian Cage. For some reason.
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Old 02-24-2022, 04:41 PM   #8052
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Just thought about Christian and how he was so horrible they even wrote him being on his own into one of his WWE entrance themes.




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Old 02-24-2022, 04:59 PM   #8053
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Speculation that it’s a streaming deal. That would be a big let down. Great news for the company/wrestlers though.
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Old 02-24-2022, 05:18 PM   #8054
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Apparently AEW has picked up their year extension option on Brian Cage. For some reason.
Tony Khan is an evil man for holding Brian Cage hostage in catering.
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Naw, that is only bad when Vince does it.
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Old 02-24-2022, 09:10 PM   #8056
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I kind of wondered if the Hardys might somehow grab the last spot in the Revolution title three way tag but looks like the timelines don't work both for Matts AHFO storyline and Jeffs non compete.

Brian cage in the Face of revolution ladder match would be sick... big meaty dude who can do crazy shit.

Cesaro to AEW please...
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Old 02-25-2022, 04:12 AM   #8057
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I’m mildly stunned Cage is being kept. Great look, great finisher, potentially good worker uf he cut most of the lucha shit out of his move set, but had ZERO charisma as a promo. He was also way better as a silent heel Taz just sent to kill people with. And his face turn wasn’t well received at all. Hopefully he goes back to being heel and is used as a heavy for somebody.
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Old 02-25-2022, 11:37 AM   #8058
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Could see him with MJF when they pull the trigger on Wardlow.
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Old 02-25-2022, 02:27 PM   #8059
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Yeah that could work. He certainly has value. I don’t think being a babyface is doing him any good though.
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I'm posing a question to the fans of AEW and the critics alike. Can AEW be a success if they stay at 1 million on average? Perhaps the true average is a little lower but, I'm talking in the 800k-1.4 range that they usually get.

Bischoff recently said this on his podcast . . .

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But it made me think. What is this all about? Who cares if WWE has twice the audience of AEW? If you could earn half the TV rights money that WWE does by being half as popular, you'd still be making enough on the tv rights to be a highly profitable company.

AEW get's around 45 million annually for Dynamite and that could have increased for Rampage and Battle of the Belts. If Turner Networks were willing to pay the 45 million annual after AEW's first few months, what logic is it to assume that they won't pay a considerable increase to maintain and probably even increase programing?
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Really depends on how Bischoff or anyone else want to define success and what metrics they put to assess that.

I suspect Bischoff means making them a global brand with borderline mainstream appeal, maybe not WWE level but a level where people hear AEW and know what it is. In that case, yes, it would take a lot more to get there. They have their core audience that seems mostly loyal but yes, short of having a megastar or two they're not really ever going to ascend to the level of the public eye.

To me, if the company is continuing to make money and Turner are happy to keep paying them for programming, then that feels to me like a success. And as a fan, it's all I really care about. If the company does well enough to stay on TV, I'm thrilled.
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AEW is headed to Detroit for the first time ever.

It was announced today that AEW will make its Detroit, Michigan debut at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday, June 29. There will be a live Dynamite episode that night, along with tapings for that week's edition of Rampage.

Tickets for the show will go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m. Eastern time.
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I'm posing a question to the fans of AEW and the critics alike. Can AEW be a success if they stay at 1 million on average? Perhaps the true average is a little lower but, I'm talking in the 800k-1.4 range that they usually get.

Bischoff recently said this on his podcast . . .



But it made me think. What is this all about? Who cares if WWE has twice the audience of AEW? If you could earn half the TV rights money that WWE does by being half as popular, you'd still be making enough on the tv rights to be a highly profitable company.

AEW get's around 45 million annually for Dynamite and that could have increased for Rampage and Battle of the Belts. If Turner Networks were willing to pay the 45 million annual after AEW's first few months, what logic is it to assume that they won't pay a considerable increase to maintain and probably even increase programing?
The issue is that it comes down to what the networks ultimately want. Dave even alluded to it — WWE are going to be able to negotiate with WarnerMedia in the future. If TBS, TNT or HBO Max want wrestling programming, why not just go to the kings? Why settle for a product that is capped? Why even break open the bank to pay them more in a few years? You can see more advertising with The Big Bang Theory.

People make fun of NXT, but given it’s a PG show and doesn’t split the ad revenue with USA, it probably makes NBC Universal more money than AEW does WarnerMedia. The goal for these networks is to make money.

AEW does not have the leverage fans pretend it does. And there is no guarantee that an executive doesn’t have the idea to chance TBS’s imaging again in a couple of years and wants the show where a bunch of white 40 yr old men are saying “shit” over and over again off the network.

Does any of this matter to fans? I think the perception of a wrestling company affects how fans engage with it. Look at TNA over the years. It still stays in business. It’s still on TV. But the shenanigans and the knock-backs have definitely hurt it. AEW’s status as #2 becoming more and more trivial over the years is going to dampen excitement, slow ticket sales, affect who they can and cannot sign, and ultimately nullify the product.

And if you wanted AEW to make wrestling better? Unless you are a fan specifically of their antics, then you’re in tough fucking luck. They swung and they missed are no threat to WWE. So we’re not in a post-Vince world yet. AEW has made it possible for WWE to be even more like WWE, pay talent what they want, fire who they want, etc.

If WWE suddenly becomes good, because they feel the need to create stars, bring back Stone Cold Steve Austin, etc. — it’s because there are stadiums they need to fill and more TV/streaming deals for them to sign. Absolutely none of that pressure comes from AEW producing an obnoxious product that doesn’t even do the things it claims to do.

This paradigm sucks. It is a very dark timeline to be a wrestling fan. Specifically to what Bischoff has said: I see AEW fans brag about growth for the product and compare it to SmackDown. Their one metric for this is the YoY for their ratings. They are completely ignoring the fact that NXT used to be on the same night. The final week-to-week for Dynamite and NXT had 1.46 million people watching wrestling on Wednesday. Somehow I doubt AEW is doing that anytime soon.

So Bischoff is right. The people who say that this product is growing just because a large handicap has been taken off it are either ignorant or actively lying to you. Networks MIGHT decide they are happy with what wrestling is now, as far as cheap original programming for assholes goes. But it’s not invaluable nor is it catching fire. We’re getting colder every year.
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Imagine if Vince came out on Raw to announce a new streaming deal for Raw replays when the Hulu deal ends.

We’ve been conditioned to expect these announcements to be big deal signings of talent. I can see the AEW faithful reacting to it but it’s not the kind of thing you announce on TV surely?
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I'd bet an HBO Max deal includes indy and international promotions too, effectively turning it into a non-WWE version of wrestling Netflix.

Like maybe ROH's reboot show in April airs on it, etc
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Speaking of HBO Max the government approved the Discovery/WarnerMedia merger. That is quite the collection of entities.
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Haha, they don’t have someone better to announce whatever this let-down is than Tony Khan?
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People seem to think it is HBO Max. Why couldn’t this just be a standard announcement. It’s good for AEW’s bottom-line, but it doesn’t mean shit beyond that.

It’s like Vince doing an on-air victory lap over the Saudi deal.
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I'm posing a question to the fans of AEW and the critics alike. Can AEW be a success if they stay at 1 million on average? Perhaps the true average is a little lower but, I'm talking in the 800k-1.4 range that they usually get.

Bischoff recently said this on his podcast . . .



But it made me think. What is this all about? Who cares if WWE has twice the audience of AEW? If you could earn half the TV rights money that WWE does by being half as popular, you'd still be making enough on the tv rights to be a highly profitable company.

AEW get's around 45 million annually for Dynamite and that could have increased for Rampage and Battle of the Belts. If Turner Networks were willing to pay the 45 million annual after AEW's first few months, what logic is it to assume that they won't pay a considerable increase to maintain and probably even increase programing?
Truthfully, yes because AEW's metric for success is can they appear successful. As long as Shad keeps funding the costs, they can keep the appearance up that they are a major company. The actual books do not need to be in the black, they just have to keep up the perception that they are killing it.

What they shouldnt do is be so smug about everything, because they know they aren't actually making a boatload of money. That is exactly what Bischoff said, overhype, overpromise, underdeliver, it will bite them in the ass.

As for the mythical giant new TV deal, they are projecting that as a foregone conclusion based on their demos today. In 2 years time a portion of that demo will have aged out of that demo, so they may not be able to command the rights fees they are banking on.
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People seem to think it is HBO Max. Why couldn’t this just be a standard announcement. It’s good for AEW’s bottom-line, but it doesn’t mean shit beyond that.

It’s like Vince doing an on-air victory lap over the Saudi deal.
It's good for the bottom line AND to pop a rating for this week. Why else would they wait to announce it on air. It has no purpose in terms of the actual wrestling show.
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