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Post by héad.casé on Feb 19, 2019 16:29:01 GMT -5
"In my mind, from a pure business standpoint, I'm worth as much as Brock Lesnar at this point in time to WWE as far as what I bring to the table, that was just the watermark I had. So, for me to go back to Vince, I was like, 'I want that type of deal.' Because that's the way it should be in my mind. When I was starting to talk to Tony Khan, and I was negotiating with New Japan, and even with Impact as well and, like I said, Impact offered me a hell of a deal for a four match series. It was a really good amount of money, like, we're talking mid seven-figures. They have some cash as well. I think people kind of gloss over Impact at this time but when there's something they believe in, they have the money for it." "And in the back of my mind, I always thought, but in this day & age with the amount of money that WWE has, Vince will come through at the end and match this offer and then I'm going to have to make a decision, because like I said, it wasn't just about the money - it's, well, now I go in to Vince's world and we know how Vince works, and that's fine. If you sign a contract with WWE, you cannot bitch or complain if things change last minute, if you're given pie-in-the-face routines on RAW. Whatever it may be, that's what Vince does. That's what Vince likes and that's how he operates. So, you go there knowing what you're getting in to."
Source: Wrestling Observer Radio Interview
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 16:35:53 GMT -5
Jericho is good, but anyone offering him that kind of money is out of their goddamn mind.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 16:41:26 GMT -5
I know the Jericho connection benefited NJPW and all, it most likely is AEW, but man, that just goes to show the people running TNA still barely have any clue what they're doing. Jericho alone is not going to make people tune into their dead-end channel or Twitch and they don't have enough of a foothold anywhere to get anything better out of such an investment.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 17:15:11 GMT -5
I'm glad he values himself highly but there's no way in WWE he's worth a Brock deal. BROCK hasn't been worth a Brock deal for a while. Jericho's out of shape drunken ass certainly isn't.
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Post by markymark on Feb 19, 2019 17:38:54 GMT -5
I remember they tried to offer Patron 400K before he screwed up.
With the money Impact currently has maybe they have a shot in attempting to get Ambrose? Jericho is old and out of shape but he brought casual eyes to AEW.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 17:59:21 GMT -5
I don't believe him
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Post by Kalmia on Feb 19, 2019 18:16:46 GMT -5
You should totally walk into contract negotiations thinking you're worth something stupid, so I don't blame Jericho for having that mind set (even if he's wrong.) No company in their right mind should be offering him that though.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Feb 19, 2019 18:18:23 GMT -5
I know the Jericho connection benefited NJPW and all, it most likely is AEW, but man, that just goes to show the people running TNA still barely have any clue what they're doing. Jericho alone is not going to make people tune into their dead-end channel or Twitch and they don't have enough of a foothold anywhere to get anything better out of such an investment. AEW and New Japan benefit from the Jericho booking because they have the connections and the established popularity to make it work. New Japan had a lot of interested eyes on them thanks to BTE and thanks to all the buzz they were getting in the west which was already strong enough to book some California shows. Putting Jericho in there capitalized on that and let them push further into that buzz and that popularity. AEW is taking all of that same interest and excitement that the Elite guys are so good at whipping up backing up the idea they're a moneyed, viable alternative by nabbing a supposed WWE lifer, and honestly if he puts on matches as good as his two WK matches then there's more than enough in him proving he can still go to show that it's a smart move that shows he's better than WWE was letting him be. Those companies benefit because there's groundwork and a broader narrative they're selling people that Jericho makes more effective. By contrast, TNA hs already signed a f***trillion ex-WWE guys before to big money deals and pushed them way above everybody. Forget how cold the product is right now and what being buried on a nothing channel is. Would anyone be excited by the news "TNA signs former WWE star"? We've done this song and dance a million times before, it's not a step forward in growth it's a step back into old habits. Even if they aren't doing it the same way that old TNA did, the stink is there and the response would be mocking more than excited. Which isn't to say they can't hire ex-WWE guys, but signing someone to a "Brock deal" rather than making something of someone who never had much of a chance to sign will not go over well.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 19, 2019 18:53:50 GMT -5
I remember they tried to offer Patron 400K before he screwed up. With the money Impact currently has maybe they have a shot in attempting to get Ambrose? Jericho is old and out of shape but he brought casual eyes to AEW. One person is not going to save Impact. that is the exact problem TNA has always had. They had Jeff Hardy when he was at worst a close second in the most over faces in the country. They had Kurt Angle almost immediately after leaving the WWE.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 19, 2019 19:50:58 GMT -5
I remember they tried to offer Patron 400K before he screwed up. With the money Impact currently has maybe they have a shot in attempting to get Ambrose? Jericho is old and out of shape but he brought casual eyes to AEW. AEW also has the Khan money, impact doesn’t have that kind of budget. They would be stupid to lose most of their resources on Ambrose. Dean won’t save them, just like Hogan couldn’t or Angle or Hardy or RVD.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 19, 2019 19:51:43 GMT -5
Chris, Tony Khan already gave you a sweet deal, you can stop lying now.
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Post by J Lee O'Brien on Feb 19, 2019 19:58:38 GMT -5
I do. $0,000,002 is still seven figures...
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Feb 19, 2019 19:59:22 GMT -5
Jericho at this stage in his career can still have great matches with the right worker, and his Wrestle Kingdom matches both prove that. When AJ came to WWE, they had him work with Jericho both to get used to the style and because they knew he'd look good doing it. The biggest issue is that where New Japan made the calls to put him up against two of their top stars in Omega and Naito--and said top stars are actually top workers--TNA doesn't have the roster depth or creative sense to actually make anything of the arrangement. Even guys who shine in other companies come off poorly in TNA and everyone seems just that little bit less good. By no means is Jericho the kind of over the hill as Taker is, and with good presentation and a really good hand, he can still deliver. The problem is just that in TNA he won't deliver shit.
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Post by markymark on Feb 19, 2019 20:28:05 GMT -5
I remember they tried to offer Patron 400K before he screwed up. With the money Impact currently has maybe they have a shot in attempting to get Ambrose? Jericho is old and out of shape but he brought casual eyes to AEW. AEW also has the Khan money, impact doesn’t have that kind of budget. They would be stupid to lose most of their resources on Ambrose. Dean won’t save them, just like Hogan couldn’t or Angle or Hardy or RVD.
Someone like Ambrose could help them improve their PPV/TV attendance, which Impact seems to care more than TV viewership, the current regime doesnt seem to struggle advertising their wrestlers for events unlike during the Hogan Era when they had most of their tv shows papered and house shows doing 500 people.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 19, 2019 21:19:19 GMT -5
AEW also has the Khan money, impact doesn’t have that kind of budget. They would be stupid to lose most of their resources on Ambrose. Dean won’t save them, just like Hogan couldn’t or Angle or Hardy or RVD.
Someone like Ambrose could help them improve their PPV/TV attendance, which Impact seems to care more than TV viewership, the current regime doesnt seem to struggle advertising their wrestlers for events unlike during the Hogan Era when they had most of their tv shows papered and house shows doing 500 people.
Or they could get on the hole deeper when Ambrose doesn’t get them a hundred extra people.
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Post by markymark on Feb 19, 2019 21:53:10 GMT -5
Option 2 would be the Hardyz if they decide to leave after Mania once their contracts expire.
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Post by The Trashman on Feb 19, 2019 22:32:38 GMT -5
Option 2 would be the Hardyz if they decide to leave after Mania once their contracts expire. There is no way they would ever go back after the broken universe debacle.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 19, 2019 23:51:19 GMT -5
The seven figures he was offered:
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Feb 20, 2019 0:30:46 GMT -5
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 20, 2019 1:18:13 GMT -5
Option 2 would be the Hardyz if they decide to leave after Mania once their contracts expire. Matt Hardy already has career killing injuries in his lower back, Jeff is also heading that way. They won’t sacrifice their final years on impact.
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