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Post by mistery on Mar 31, 2024 7:00:35 GMT -5
I would also factor in that while I can't speak for TKO as a whole, WWE is absolutely profitable right now. UFC might be as well, but at the same time it seems like you can't go more than a couple of weeks without a UFC fighter making headlines because they called a journalist a slur and threatened to kill them. UFC fighters have negative levels of PR training it seems.
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Post by tenshi on Mar 31, 2024 7:51:46 GMT -5
I would also factor in that while I can't speak for TKO as a whole, WWE is absolutely profitable right now. UFC might be as well, but at the same time it seems like you can't go more than a couple of weeks without a UFC fighter making headlines because they called a journalist a slur and threatened to kill them. UFC fighters have negative levels of PR training it seems. If that doesn't happen, you can see UFC fighters essentially begging for post-fight bonuses because UFC isn't paying them enough to cover their fight camp expenses and keep a profit.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 31, 2024 8:59:05 GMT -5
I would also factor in that while I can't speak for TKO as a whole, WWE is absolutely profitable right now. UFC might be as well, but at the same time it seems like you can't go more than a couple of weeks without a UFC fighter making headlines because they called a journalist a slur and threatened to kill them. UFC fighters have negative levels of PR training it seems. I mean, that doesn’t really stop these sorts of companies. If anything, that would motivate them to get it, sell more of it to try and make it more profitable.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 1, 2024 6:33:12 GMT -5
Interestingly, Endeavor/TKO were apparently in the bidding for Dorna Sports, the company that owns the commercial rights for the MotoGP motorcycle racing world championship, before they subsequently sold to Liberty Media (the group that owns the commercial rights for Formula 1, so two major motor racing championships are under the same management now). www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/dorna-liberty-motogp-purchase-confirmed/10593689/(I don’t think this in an April Fool’s thing, Brandon Thurston had actually reported on this a few days ago)
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Post by cosmo on Apr 1, 2024 8:12:03 GMT -5
Interestingly, Endeavor/TKO were apparently in the bidding for Dorna Sports, the company that owns the commercial rights for the MotoGP motorcycle racing world championship, before they subsequently sold to Liberty Media (the group that owns the commercial rights for Formula 1, so two major motor racing championships are under the same management now). www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/dorna-liberty-motogp-purchase-confirmed/10593689/(I don’t think this in an April Fool’s thing, Brandon Thurston had actually reported on this a few days ago)
I think someone at Endeavor/TKO just said "we want all the sports." I'm waiting for someone to say that they're getting involved with the NHL, or that they're even bringing the ABA back.
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Post by markymark on Apr 1, 2024 11:49:24 GMT -5
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Post by DichEvans on Apr 1, 2024 11:58:31 GMT -5
This really just keeps getting weirder. There is just nothing in that love letter that comes off as genuine. It just reads so cold (which fits the narative her attorney is conveying)
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 1, 2024 11:59:45 GMT -5
The love letter just feels like a completely pointless distraction anyway. Even if she entirely meant it that doesn't justify anything.
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Post by markymark on Apr 1, 2024 12:07:43 GMT -5
Would end up quite shocking if that Paul is HHH....
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Apr 1, 2024 12:16:07 GMT -5
i'm not at all surprised some people are like "LOOK HE'S INNOCENT" because I am a jaded person and expect most of the planet to be youtube comments. however, if you read that/the text messages and not see someone who was constantly putting off making that letter like the absolute worst homework from hell, I don't know what to tell you
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 1, 2024 12:19:24 GMT -5
Abuse in long term "relationships" is complicated and I hate that a letter or conversation, or anything else that's a snapshot of the situation is seen as a gotcha that the abuse either didn't happen or was consensual. Even the worst "relationships" aren't usually 100% violence and abuse and that doesn't excuse the times when they are.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 1, 2024 12:19:53 GMT -5
Would end up quite shocking if that Paul is HHH....
Not really. In that context it looks like Vince and Grant were an open couple in the presence of "Paul and Micky." That doesn't mean that those two knew the extent of Vince's actions. This just suggests that in very general terms it was friends socializing .
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Post by hitman777 on Apr 1, 2024 12:28:57 GMT -5
Assuming Paul is HHH, who would Micky be? Hayes?
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Post by markymark on Apr 1, 2024 12:44:41 GMT -5
Assuming Paul is HHH, who would Micky be? Hayes?
Yeah, and Chef probably Stephanie.
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Post by DichEvans on Apr 1, 2024 12:58:13 GMT -5
Do people actually read any of the previous reports? Both sides have already stated it was a publicly known relationship to staff at WWE HQ.
VKM forcing her to make 20+ drafts of a love letter may be the creepiest thing I have ever seen and people are caught up in facts that have already been known for months now.
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Post by markymark on Apr 1, 2024 13:01:16 GMT -5
Do people actually read any of the previous reports? Both sides have already stated it was a publicly known relationship to staff at WWE HQ. VKM forcing her to make 20+ drafts of a love letter may be the creepiest thing I have ever seen and people are caught up in facts that have already been known for months now.
Some would see it as Vince wanting revenge for being forced out of WWE, he probably wants to take down as many people as possible with him
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Post by Legion on Apr 1, 2024 13:17:02 GMT -5
Even if she did have feelings for him, that doesnt make anything he did less coercive or abusive.
It just means it worked on her. Real victims of coercive control rarely realise they are victims of it at the time.
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Post by Urn Anderson on Apr 1, 2024 13:39:15 GMT -5
VKM forcing her to make 20+ drafts of a love letter I think the only way this could be more "Vince" is if he decided to scrap the whole thing just before it went in the mail.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 1, 2024 13:42:08 GMT -5
Even if she did have feelings for him, that doesnt make anything he did less coercive or abusive. It just means it worked on her. Real victims of coercive control rarely realise they are victims of it at the time. Yep. It's a hallmark of a lot of abusive relationships. And stuff like Stockholm Syndrome in more extreme examples.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 1, 2024 14:22:16 GMT -5
Even if she did have feelings for him, that doesnt make anything he did less coercive or abusive. It just means it worked on her. Real victims of coercive control rarely realise they are victims of it at the time.
I mean, look at how many people think Joker and Harley Quinn are a love story worthy of Shakespeare.
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