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Post by Cyno on Dec 13, 2023 15:01:48 GMT -5
It's sad when CM Punk's Minister of Information buries you for a bad story that'd puff up Punk and put down AEW.
All that said, Warner itself is in pretty bad financial straits between a number of high profile failures like The Flash and everything they lost from the strikes. And that's on top of the stuff they were saddled with before the WBD merger. So if Tony Khan's smart, he's not putting all his eggs in the WBD basket when it comes to getting a new TV deal.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Dec 13, 2023 15:12:13 GMT -5
It's sad when CM Punk's Minister of Information buries you for a bad story that'd puff up Punk and put down AEW.
All that said, Warner itself is in pretty bad financial straits between a number of high profile failures like The Flash and everything they lost from the strikes. And that's on top of the stuff they were saddled with before the WBD merger. So if Tony Khan's smart, he's not putting all his eggs in the WBD basket when it comes to getting a new TV deal.
Yeah, that's the part of this that the "AEW is dying™" crowd on Twitter and the illustrious YouTube comment section is conveniently ignoring. I'm not sure that WBD has all of the leverage in this situation. If WBD doesn't renew Dynamite, which provides a consistent floor of 800,000 live weekly viewers and a Top 5 target demographic rating at a budget cost compared to WWE, it's pretty likely that it will land on its feet somewhere else.
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Post by Kalmia on Dec 13, 2023 15:13:16 GMT -5
I really hope that the rumours WBD were seriously talking to WWE came from Punk's camp because that's so f***ing funny. From Meltzer being duped by it to Punk's camp wasting energy on it despite his return to WWE, it's just peak comedy.
Screw it. This is now true in my head canon. I don't want to hear any truths that contradict it.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Dec 13, 2023 15:18:05 GMT -5
From being a rebel to the corporate oligarchy who also hates dirtsheet leakers to being portrayed (by his own leaks to the dirtsheets) as the darling of David Zaslav.
CM Punk, CM Punk, CM Punk!
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Post by raymondo316 on Dec 13, 2023 15:21:53 GMT -5
For someone who moaned about people talking to the media, he certainly seems to be doing it a lot himself. We're literally getting daily updates on what hes doing, how well-behaved he's been and now today that hes helping training at the performance centre and that it's all gone great.....all these reports are so obviously coming from him and his friends
Punk is a major hypocrite its unreal.
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Post by jm on Dec 13, 2023 15:25:03 GMT -5
For someone who moaned about people talking to the media, he certainly seems to be doing it a lot himself. We're literally getting daily updates on what hes doing, how well-behaved he's been and now today that hes helping training at the performance centre and that it's all gone great.....all these reports are so obviously coming from him and his friends Punk is a major hypocrite its unreal. Don't tell his stans on social media that. They still believe that Punk has NEVER gone to the dirtsheets and that the only people that ever have are The Elite.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 13, 2023 15:27:30 GMT -5
For someone who moaned about people talking to the media, he certainly seems to be doing it a lot himself. We're literally getting daily updates on what hes doing, how well-behaved he's been and now today that hes helping training at the performance centre and that it's all gone great.....all these reports are so obviously coming from him and his friends Punk is a major hypocrite its unreal. Don't tell his stans on social media that. They still believe that Punk has NEVER gone to the dirtsheets and that the only people that ever have are The Elite. The most important and influential wrestler of all time CM Punk wouldn't have to leak anything to the sheets if he wasn't bullied out of AEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by dbsot on Dec 13, 2023 15:30:37 GMT -5
From being a rebel to the corporate oligarchy who also hates dirtsheet leakers to being portrayed (by his own leaks to the dirtsheets) as the darling of David Zaslav. CM Punk, CM Punk, CM Punk! Cody Rhodes: Undesirable to undeniable CM Punk: Uncontrollable to unconscionable
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Post by khali on Dec 13, 2023 15:41:24 GMT -5
It's sad when CM Punk's Minister of Information buries you for a bad story that'd puff up Punk and put down AEW.
All that said, Warner itself is in pretty bad financial straits between a number of high profile failures like The Flash and everything they lost from the strikes. And that's on top of the stuff they were saddled with before the WBD merger. So if Tony Khan's smart, he's not putting all his eggs in the WBD basket when it comes to getting a new TV deal.
Their financial situation is a big factor here. There is pretty much no way they can be the highest bidder for Raw.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Dec 13, 2023 15:42:52 GMT -5
For someone who moaned about people talking to the media, he certainly seems to be doing it a lot himself. We're literally getting daily updates on what hes doing, how well-behaved he's been and now today that hes helping training at the performance centre and that it's all gone great.....all these reports are so obviously coming from him and his friends Punk is a major hypocrite its unreal. Don't tell his stans on social media that. They still believe that Punk has NEVER gone to the dirtsheets and that the only people that ever have are The Elite. Well, you see, none of this would have happened if Hangman Adam Page hadn't gone into business for himself and cut the literal exact same promo Seth Rollins just cut within the context of a professional wrestling feud without giving Punk a head's up. AEW is on life support and will no doubt be dead by the end of the year, and it's all that stupid disrespectful angsty millennial cowboy's fault.
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Post by dbsot on Dec 13, 2023 15:46:07 GMT -5
Don't tell his stans on social media that. They still believe that Punk has NEVER gone to the dirtsheets and that the only people that ever have are The Elite. Well, you see, none of this would have happened if Hangman Adam Page hadn't gone into business for himself and cut the literal exact same promo Seth Rollins just cut within the context of a professional wrestling feud without giving Punk a head's up. AEW is on life support and will no doubt be dead by the end of the year, and it's all that stupid disrespectful angsty millennial cowboy's fault. And damn his butterfly jeans!
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Post by Cyno on Dec 13, 2023 15:47:48 GMT -5
It's sad when CM Punk's Minister of Information buries you for a bad story that'd puff up Punk and put down AEW.
All that said, Warner itself is in pretty bad financial straits between a number of high profile failures like The Flash and everything they lost from the strikes. And that's on top of the stuff they were saddled with before the WBD merger. So if Tony Khan's smart, he's not putting all his eggs in the WBD basket when it comes to getting a new TV deal.
Their financial situation is a big factor here. There is pretty much no way they can be the highest bidder for Raw. Especially when Fox and Disney are probably in on Raw along with NBCU, and Amazon has infinite money if they really want Raw.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Dec 13, 2023 16:19:51 GMT -5
People kvetch about Meltzer because they have been doing it forever, but it's so damn obvious that in terms of news breaking, the industry has passed him by.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 13, 2023 16:28:29 GMT -5
I know what will get everybody back on the same page Times like this I wish proboards had a thumbs down button I'd press that shit 4 times over THAT abomination
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Post by Zombie Mod on Dec 13, 2023 16:33:00 GMT -5
f*** it. thread's done.
and next time I see someone publicly call for someone to be banned I'm banning them.
the last ten pages of this thread or so have been f***ing embarrassing, 95% of the members of this board are 18+ in age and this section continuously acts like a bunch of five year olds, start acting your age or I'm going to start throwing people from the boards.
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