09-03-2022, 01:17 PM | #11161 |
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09-03-2022, 02:05 PM | #11162 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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09-03-2022, 02:16 PM | #11163 |
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Lol I may or may not even take issue with the other points you made. But the first issue stood out as something I disagreed with. So I addressed it. That’s not cherry picking.
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09-03-2022, 02:42 PM | #11164 |
Trickster Demon
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09-03-2022, 02:49 PM | #11165 |
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Tony tweeted that Andrade is at the cricket.
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09-03-2022, 05:19 PM | #11166 | ||
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I think you’re joking about the potential innocuousness of the tweet, but maybe talent should be more careful about what they post on social media. AEW fans are already running with this and turning on Andrade something fierce. Just the usual tho. |
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09-03-2022, 05:20 PM | #11167 |
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I guess Andrade needs to find the sport that is more boring than his matches. Women’s tennis isn’t going to do it.
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09-03-2022, 05:34 PM | #11168 |
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He says while avoiding actually admitting he was wrong for the thousandth time.
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09-03-2022, 05:44 PM | #11169 |
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By the way, Tony Khan’s relationship to the ratings is so infantile. There’s no way he legitimately runs a promotion with that misunderstanding of what the numbers mean. It’s a total scapegoat to drag Rosa. If he misspoke, he needs to speak less. But he’s just using that to justify his shit booking, which is more to the point people are making (not that Rosa cutting a 8 min promo would be good).
If TK wanted higher ratings, get rid of the acts that cap your product. The guys with the gimmicks that shit all over what you’re doing, the guys with change-the-channel daylight between their shit. It’ll take time and a bit to course correct with the women because YOU and YOUR TEAM have cultivated the perspective there. Maybe he would hire a booker if he wanted higher ratings? Maybe he wouldn’t waste guys like Danielson, MJF and Wardlow? Everyone knows that wrestling fans don’t count for much with advertisers anyway. Acting like your prerogative is solely to get the highest ratings for your segments is bullshit of the highest order. |
09-03-2022, 07:46 PM | #11170 |
Shelly Martinez = Ratings
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Noid's "I didn't say what you say I said even though everyone can read exactly what I said" gimmick is really something.
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09-03-2022, 07:55 PM | #11171 | |
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It’s obviously not fact Malakai Black wants out. It’s common sense, but it’s not fact. Yet. |
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09-03-2022, 08:27 PM | #11172 |
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So here’s the series of events…
- There were some rumblings from the wrestling media that Malikai Black wanted out. - Noid relayed that report and tacked on a speculated reason with his usual smug “lolAEW”. - XL stated that the owner of the company said the entire premise was not accurate. - Noid scoffed at that and then tried to excuse himself by claiming he was never working with the assumption that any part of this was true as he went down his “speculated reasons, lolAEW” rabbit hole. - He’s now OVER-correcting his mistake with too many “ALLEGEDS” to paint the original objection as ludicrous after he was called out. As opposed to just saying “I probably shouldn’t have even commented on this to begin with. My bad.” Side note: Noid would really like you to know that there is pro-AEW bias in the wrestling media as a whole but he is only interested in good faith conversations. Last edited by #1-norm-fan; 09-03-2022 at 09:55 PM. |
09-04-2022, 03:45 AM | #11173 |
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LOL #1boilingFan's hero
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09-04-2022, 06:35 AM | #11174 |
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Mark Zuckerberg for a guest Rumble spot, pls.
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09-04-2022, 06:38 AM | #11175 |
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Or team him with Kerry Morton as the modern day York Foundation. Kerrence Morton.
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09-04-2022, 11:46 AM | #11176 |
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Still triggering cumdorx to try to get his heat back weeks after being “ignored”. Damn I’m good.
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09-04-2022, 11:57 AM | #11177 |
is brat
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#1-norm-fan is boilin' for a fight!
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09-04-2022, 12:07 PM | #11178 |
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… and karaoke after.
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09-04-2022, 12:49 PM | #11179 |
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#1Fan-in-TATTERS
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09-04-2022, 12:55 PM | #11180 |
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xrod BOILINGTATTEREDSIMMERINGDUNKEDONROFLROFLROFL over his genius strategy to derp without being made fun of EXPLODING in his face. Much like Punk does at the end of his schoolgirl crush fantasies.
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09-04-2022, 02:34 PM | #11181 |
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Lol, TK did another paid for interview with Forbes where he said AEW generates over $100 million in revenue and a bunch of AEW bots are going nuts over it like “See! It’s a success!” Given they get $45 million in TV rights and split ad revenue with Warner Bros Discovery 50/50, you’d hope they would generate >$90 mil before you even get to PPV, ticket sales and merchandise. That doesn’t say anything about their overall profits though.
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09-05-2022, 05:15 PM | #11182 |
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09-06-2022, 07:29 AM | #11183 |
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Something’s gotta give.
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09-06-2022, 07:43 AM | #11184 |
It's a blood match!
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Damn that made me feel bad for him.
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09-06-2022, 10:24 AM | #11185 |
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This is all by his design.
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09-07-2022, 02:37 PM | #11186 |
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Malakai Black has been granted a conditional release.
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09-07-2022, 04:03 PM | #11187 |
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I’ve read it for mental health reasons. Hopefully he gets the help he needs.
Really thought after his debut he’d be a top heel in the company but he’s gone mostly nowhere and he’s no longer a singles act, either. I wonder if the conditional release just means he’ll be back in AEW whenever he’s ready. |
09-07-2022, 04:31 PM | #11188 |
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They had a god damned super villain and they just put him in a nowhere feud with Cody and a bunch of 6 man matches. SMH
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09-07-2022, 04:44 PM | #11189 |
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If Malakai was actually working hurt with (by his own admission on Twitch) really severe back issues, or otherwise struggling, then working 6-man tags and nothing too high pressure, was probably the most appropriate way he could've been booked. That sort of thing goes to show that there's always a hundred stories and different reasons behind why someone is booked the way they are, beyond what you see on TV.
That said it's a damn shame, a lot more could've been done with a fully healthy Malakai. If he's struggling mentally I hope he gets all of that taken care of before he goes into whatever he's gonna do next. |
09-07-2022, 05:22 PM | #11190 |
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Yes if he was dealing with a long term injury then obviously they did the best they could considering. I didnt know he was though.
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09-07-2022, 05:53 PM | #11191 |
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Surprised more talent don’t get out from both companies on conditional releases. He seemed like he was going to be a big project for them. He was never really that good. I think they bought into Meltzer’s bullshit about him being a chosen one, then they got stuck with him.
I wonder if the release is for all wrestling or if it just excludes WWE? Because Court Bauer used to be nuts about the guy. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him in MLW. |
09-08-2022, 11:24 AM | #11192 |
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I think both parties rushed into commitment because of the whole 30 day compete fiasco. Strike while the iron is hot, stick it to WWE type thing when Black could have done with some time off by all accounts. Would explain the release from WWE a little more if he wasn’t ready to return. Or did he injure himself in AEW?
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09-08-2022, 01:08 PM | #11193 |
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I thought he injured himself in AEW, but if he didn’t, there should be a more careful screening process when it comes to bringing guys in.
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09-08-2022, 06:28 PM | #11194 |
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Pretty sad to see Malakai go but it sounds like its more a health/personal thing so good on him for calling it. If he turns up in WWE again so be it but I really hope he returns to AEW at some point.
I'm curious what they do with HOB, I could see Buddy and Brody making an excellent tag team with Julia managing them if they chose to go that way and wait to see if Black returns but I feel like this leaves Julia a bit exposed. Not to sure how good Buddy or Brody are on the mic but one of them needs to be able to hold up that end of the bargain a little bit if they go this route because I dont think Julia is ready to do al the talking. |
09-08-2022, 09:23 PM | #11195 |
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How come The Rock is opening up the NFL season instead of somebody that is an actual megastar like Dante Martin or Tony Nese?
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09-08-2022, 09:36 PM | #11196 |
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Damn. The “Tony Nese and Dante Martin are megastars” crowd has officially been checkmated.
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09-08-2022, 10:32 PM | #11197 |
It's a blood match!
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Can you believe it? Jake Hager resigned with AEW and given a raise, damn.
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09-09-2022, 03:28 AM | #11198 |
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He’s Jericho’s buddy. He’s going to have a job standing there for $1 million a year whether it’s warranted or not.
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09-09-2022, 08:35 AM | #11199 |
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For those thinking Vince would've handled this better than Tony, that's not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Vince wouldn't have run the post-match scrum--which is probably a credit to him in this instance. They're pointless anyway because all they do is break kayfabe. However, Vince on TV outside of a WWE context (and not on a late-night talk show where he used to do okay) is a dumpster fire. The Bob Costas interview is a fucking disaster and I can't remember the other one where he came across as a psychopath, but he's bad. Those appearances were probably why he never appeared outside of anything WWE produced for the past could of decades. Also, he wouldn't have suspended anyone if he could've gotten away with it. If the network execs wanted it to happen, then maybe. But he wasn't some grand disciplinarian. Sure, he's a bully--but not someone who'd suspend his main stars. Maybe if it were a couple of underneath guys he'd have fired them. In fairness--I'd prefer if nobody got suspended because this is pro wrestling and backstage fights happen. Could've slapped'm with fines and made them work it out. |
09-09-2022, 08:37 AM | #11200 |
In His hands...
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Fines are wank and hardly serve a purpose.
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