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Post by nisidhe on Apr 24, 2024 15:14:08 GMT -5
Why not use drones for a more controllable display?
Loved them when Lady Gaga did the SuperBowl that year.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 24, 2024 8:51:34 GMT -5
The "non-compete" clause accompanying contract releases in WWE are more of a layoff notice with severance rather than an outright release. It's not something that most other promotions can afford to do. Among those that can, it's as much to save money anyway or, as sometimes is the case, an immediate release is given to generate goodwill with talent who can then be free to perform elsewhere if they wish.
While we may give the WWE release terms a side-eye because of their perceived intent (to cool interest by other promotions in a talent), it's really not the same as a non-compete as we would see it defined legally. They're still under contract to WWE - they're just got going to be used regularly (if at all) for those last 90 days.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 23, 2024 15:21:59 GMT -5
Yay!
What if, and hear me out here, what if Damian and Finn pull a Guerrero and Benoit shtick and have _both_ end up with the big belts?
That MITB briefcase can be for _any_ title, right? If anyone deserves to hold the strap with the lineage, it's Finn.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 23, 2024 15:16:01 GMT -5
If Drew has not re-signed, he's not walking out of Glasgow with the title.
Mind you, a shock win could be the kind of development that leads to the Summer of Drew/Punk. There's too much speculation that he hasn't re-signed for WWE not to have re-signed him.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 20, 2024 18:52:54 GMT -5
They uh... they really released three desi men in one go and didnt worry about the optics huh? OK. It is rather problematic that all three were released at once. That said, it became clear rather a while ago that WWE's penetration into the subcontinental market was going to have a ceiling - WWE might be popular, but gaps in fan service (live events, etc.) were long ago filled by local wrestlers impersonating WWE superstars and wrestling shows with ticket prices on which WWE could not hope to match. The international fan reach for Jinder and Veer was likewise limited; Jinder and Veer were always heels without much scope for becoming babyfaces in any sense that North American audiences would appreciate. Neither were given much shrift while in WWE, either, apart from the world title run for Jinder, which always came off as pandering, and the entire Veer experiment which took too long to launch and didn't reach the heights it needed to reach.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 19, 2024 18:00:18 GMT -5
Make it a charity show in support of an OK group devoted to protecting and ensuring gender-affirming care to young trans people.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 18, 2024 14:35:09 GMT -5
I would probably say that the true hate began for me when it became clear that his father's crew had been the ones who made the babyfaces shine and that Vince himself couldn't draft a babyface character to save his life. So, about the early 1990s.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 18, 2024 14:20:05 GMT -5
Austin Theory being the future. Worse, that he built up Austin Theory on Finn Balor's back. Hell, for that matter, Balor's burial I'll gladly blame on that old pervert.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 18, 2024 11:06:17 GMT -5
I'd suggest he's now on the board at TKO because he's likely managed to piss off a lot of Hollywood bigwigs with his manipulations. I mean, I wouldn't say that. Disney rolled out the red carpet for him at CinemaCon just last week and Netflix has enough of a relationship to promote his newest Christmas movie later this year so it's not like that's gone from him. And all it takes for an admin change for him to work for Warner Bros again. He'll be considered from some projects in future, but I don't see him working another franchise film again after _Black Adam_, at least. Certainly, his ability to influence certain directions of the films he's in will be curtailed. Purse-strings might be tightened on his projects as well.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 18, 2024 10:19:41 GMT -5
The Rock has said a lot of things recently that have soured a lot of people's view of him... and we really can't go too much further into what it is on this board. There's also the "I can't lose ever." clause in his movie contracts... which is absurd, especially when he signs on to play bad guys. I'd suggest he's now on the board at TKO because he's likely managed to piss off a lot of Hollywood bigwigs with his manipulations. Cena, on the other hand, hasn't thrown his weight around and has gained a reputation as someone willing to take the piss out of himself for the good of the project, such as at the Oscars. While news of his contact with Vince is troubling, I don't think he's done anything yet that will get him cancelled in Hollywood. Cena hasn't risen enough to take the kind of fall Dwayne has taken.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 17, 2024 14:40:30 GMT -5
Is it too much to say that it's kind of gross that a female lawyer agreed to represent Vince? Not to take away her agency, but considering the nature of the accusations, no woman on the planet should want to take up for his cause. In Canada, Marie Henein got Jian Ghomeshi off for allegedly sexually assaulting Lucy DuCoutere (Lucy from _Trailer Park Boys_). She was exceedingly effective as a defender (and I had sided with Lucy in the case.)
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 17, 2024 11:50:13 GMT -5
I don't know, are you surprised Louis CK still gets work? I'm not surprised, but consider that CK is no longer considered for anything more than live shows in heavily-conservative areas. After Weinstein, that's CK's ceiling. He's not likely to break out again without those allegations out there waiting to pound him down - and someone will _always_ be there to bring them up. It happened with OJ. It will happen with Vince. He won't be able to fart sideways without someone giving him a pranging for it.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 15, 2024 15:41:28 GMT -5
If Seth can keep his title injured and Roman can show up once a quarter, then let Rhea keep it. I wish they'd given the same consideration to Finn back in 2016, but it is what it is. Rhea isn't so necessary to the women's division. I'd suggest that the title is. If she's as banged up as reports say, she can use the time off. That said, she doesn't need to hold the title in the interim. Women's title tournament for the win!
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 13, 2024 16:57:52 GMT -5
Not to mention, he couldn't get any big time distrubution/tv deals, and sponsors. It would be PR suicide. Don't be too sure about that. People see Vince McMahon as generating buzz regardless of his infamy. Some backwater cable channel will jump at the chance to add a Vince-led promotion to its lineup just to boost ratings for the network. Depending on the network, they might even allow the programming for free and just shove whatever commercials and PSAs it can dredge up.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 13, 2024 15:17:01 GMT -5
Vince selling off the remainder of his TKO stock is a signal, and perhaps a warning.
If he's crazy enough, he might be looking to get out of any legal involvement with TKO (non-competes and the like) to start his own rival promotion, or getting into the political game.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 13, 2024 14:51:00 GMT -5
With a new era, one can make the argument for merging the titles from both brands at this point. WWE is no longer beholden to the networks as it might have been in the past.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 4, 2024 19:29:00 GMT -5
I'm not sure I would have gone so far as to stop being a fan entirely, but I was quite prepared to watch the clock for the talents to let their contracts run out then jump to AEW or the indies.
The KSA would have bought themselves a corpse, or a near-corpse, I think.
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 4, 2024 10:52:42 GMT -5
We are equating him to a man who killed his family now? Yes. Yes, we are. In many quarters, rapists and molesters are on par with even child murderers. Lesnar was one of those overpowered, overdominant, bullying types who got away with just about anything he wanted. With the allegations, _every_ aspect of his life is now under the microscope, including his relationship with Sable. He was an interruption to whatever creative good might have been allowed to shine. And now he's in the hatch with Vince. I don't think we need to talk about him anymore, do you?
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Post by nisidhe on Apr 2, 2024 16:07:31 GMT -5
Every time I hear about a private equity firm buying out a company, I think the end is nigh for that company. Most of these firms know nothing of what they're buying or of how to keep it profitable.
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Post by nisidhe on Mar 22, 2024 7:42:00 GMT -5
In before something something Bret something something.
Dollars to donuts, Goldberg saw Sting's sendoff and all the love he got and wanted that for himself as well, and thought he deserved the same kind of sendoff.
Here's the thing, though. Sting helped put Darby Allin on the nationwide map, helped elevate _every_ goddamned promotion for which he ever wrestled, was an amazing and positive ambassador for the craft as a whole and basically drew aircraft carriers full of money. He has been a pearl of great value that, conversely, Vince threw before swine because Vince thought he could get away with it.
Goldberg was a Thing for about a year and a half with an undefeated streak for a now-defunct company, and has been coasting on it pretty much ever since. Oh, and he beat Brock Lesnar once. Yet, here he is moaning about not getting a "farewell match" and having his phony-baloney streak beaten by a WOC as if he's offended by the fact. I'd blame this on concussions but here's Bret, who'd suffered not only a Class III concussion _thanks_ to Goldberg, but has also suffered a near-fatal stroke and recovered, comporting himself like the elder statesman he was destined to be, and has been getting called a whiner for the last twenty-five f***ing years.
Quit your whining, Bill. I'd say you've had it pretty goddamned good.
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