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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 23:56:38 GMT -5
Assuming this is all real, how does this change WWEās interest? Do they sign him and do what they would have done with him anyway? Do they refuse to touch him since it would be seen as hypocritical to reward that kind of behavior after Sasha? Do they bring him in and immediately job him out to Miz to teach him a lesson? If they don't sign him it's not because they're worried about being hypocritical, it's because Vince clued in long ago, correctly, that wrestlers willing to burn another promoter for him will be willing to burn him for another promoter if the right situation arises. Will they hire MJF anyway? I mean, it's not impossible, but it's hard to think how this has played out won't diminish his value in their eyes.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 22:02:09 GMT -5
Also consider this match is for Wardlows AEW contract... So what are they gonna go? Just count to 10, Tony come out gives Wardlow his contract while the crowd chants f*** MJF? Probably send Spears out in his place, the commentators pass it off as MJF being so spineless he skipped town rather than face Wardlow, and it's a quick squash.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 21:58:33 GMT -5
I think MJF needs AEW more than AEW needs MJF. Purely as a performer, I'd disagree. You can teach athleticism, you can't teach charisma. There aren't going to be big bidding wars with WWE for Jungle Boy or Darby when their contracts are expiring. There's a reason MJF's been talked about as a huge catch for either of the major promotions from day one, more than any of the other homegrown talents. The only other guy they've got who feels like he could step up into that same spot right now is Ricky Starks, and even he's a stretch. All that goes out the window if promoters think they can't trust MJF, though.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 21:41:06 GMT -5
If this is a work - which I think there is very little chance of - it's absolutely f***ing moronic. Oh yeah, let's go ahead and make it in serious doubt whether or not one of our marquee PPV matches is actually going to happen under 24 hours before the show, and even waste money on refunding fans at an autograph signing and buying a plane ticket to really put it over, all to put over an angle that based on the current information available can't actually be seen all the way through for another two years anyway. I'm still convinced it's a work, just because that's my default with this guy, but holy hell do you make a convincing argument. There are so many times when looking at shit in wrestling that you can think "Is this a work?" and go "It can't possibly be a work because it just makes everybody involved look like an idiot and discourages you from spending money on the promotion ever again" and then you remember that that doesn't actually mean anything because wrestling is totally filled with people genuinely stupid enough to do all that for the buzz of getting a few folks on the internet to think what's happening is real and not scripted.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 21:30:10 GMT -5
I'm not going to lay this all on MJF until we see how Joe's situation plays out. If they're both falling out with AEW at the same time despite coming from very different situations, that points to a more underlying issue.
That said, if MJF's really pulling a Jim Hellwig the night before the big PPV, well... the Self-Destruction hit piece documentary on him is sure gonna be something.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 21:24:20 GMT -5
Looking forward to the naughty MJF/Sasha Banks tape.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 20:37:45 GMT -5
If the appearance today is something that isn't covered in MJF's contract or that he was advertised for on the assumption he'd do it without it actually being cleared with him first, he needs to get his story out there, because for better or worse, his onscreen persona's so convincing that most fans are just going to take it for granted he's an arrogant prima donna who blew them off because he wants a higher-paying gig.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 19:57:40 GMT -5
WWE and Vince seems to really like fulfilling your commitments. I forget who it was that said he would not show his Indy dates to start the WWE sooner and they dropped him because Vince sees that as a character flaw. Plus all the times they bad mouth no shows and walk outs as recently as Naomi and Sasha Banks I think it was Cesaro, the first time they were interested in him. Much further back, this also happened with Brian Lee. He was working for Smoky Mountain when he got the Fake Undertaker spot in WWF, Vince was impressed enough to ask him about his availability, Lee said he'd ditch his upcoming SMW dates to start with WWF ASAP, Vince immediately warned Cornette and didn't bring in Lee until years later, as Chainz. Even in the openly carny days, Vince didn't care for guys who burned other promoters because he knew it'd mean they'd burn him under the right circumstances, and WWE's way more of a rigid, corporate product now. If this is real, it's the sort of thing that'd convince people there that MJF's going to be too much of a headache to bring in, rather than looking for a chance to snap him up early.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 28, 2022 19:44:17 GMT -5
Talk about MJF's been swirling around for a while, but Joe is a surprise; he's way too new a signing for it to be about contract disputes, unless he's gotten cold feet very quickly or there was some miscommunication about how he'd be used relative to the two different Khan-owned promotions initially.
Or catering sucks and Joe got too hungry and ate MJF and is out with indigestion now.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 24, 2022 23:00:37 GMT -5
I was certain Titan would beat ELP. Heāll get more but, I donāt know how happy CMLL will be about him having less points than Ace Austin and Wheeler Yuta. CMLL fired Rush because he was working too many dates for ROH, at the time their own partner company who they persuaded him to sign with instead of MLW in the first place. Their policy to wrestling outside their own bubble is a bizarre, contradictory mess. They don't want Titan to break out internationally and get any leverage of his own, they want him to do just well enough that it convinces the rest of the roster they can get big foreign paydays too if they stick around. For better or worse, Titan's booking here so far is doing a pretty good job of toeing that line.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 24, 2022 22:49:45 GMT -5
I remember for their first couple years the Usos were on this level. Then they started trying to pump the crowds up during their entrances, and eventually it worked, but when it started it was hilarious.
"When we say 'Uce,' y'all say 'Oh!' UCE!"
*Dead silence*
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 21, 2022 13:47:41 GMT -5
It's literally on the cusp of the WCW Invasion. Austin was the standard-bearer face of WWF all through the Monday Night Wars, and on top of that he's the guy who got kicked to the curb, fired over the phone, and told he'd never make it big by Eric Bischoff, and now he's got a chance to go up against Bischoff's handpicked golden boys.
This shit writes itself. You can easily get a year or more out of Austin fighting his way through the WCW guys to get to the other evil corporate boss figure who he's got even more reason to hate than Vince.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 21, 2022 13:40:30 GMT -5
Bold of Tony Khan to fund an adaptation of Darby and Malakai's V:TM campaign.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 20, 2022 17:08:09 GMT -5
Alvarez elaborated on Observer Live. This was not planned. Bryan just decided to pretend to get stuck and act like he couldn't get out. No one knows why. f*** Wrestlemania 30, this is the peak of Bryan Danielson's career.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 19, 2022 17:06:09 GMT -5
So, what should the options on the "Who is Stephanie cheating on impotent Triple H with?" poll be? Jericho, Vince, Shane, Nick Khan, Randy Savage's ghost?
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 18, 2022 16:56:37 GMT -5
Remember the guest star year, when every episode of RAW would have a new C-list celebrity looking bored/confused as they half-heartedly shilled their latest product in some interminable comedy skit that Santino futilely tried to save?
How many different ways did those guys mangle Kofi's name cause none of them could be bothered to remember it? He was Kobe Kingston and Kofi Johnson.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 14, 2022 23:57:24 GMT -5
So would Ali get his release if he just came in one day sporting a pompadour?
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 11, 2022 15:13:46 GMT -5
Poorly-conceived decisions that never should have been made and Enzo, a match made in heaven. That's a hell of a way to say "sorry, I really shouldn't refer to an alleged rape victim that way, or indeed any woman because what the actual f***". Fair enough, sometimes an attempt at a tasteless joke is too tasteless.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 11, 2022 2:18:07 GMT -5
17. The crack whore Enzo got himself fired over. These two posts probably shouldn't exist. Poorly-conceived decisions that never should have been made and Enzo, a match made in heaven.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on May 8, 2022 17:31:19 GMT -5
"Santana is unhappy because he wants a singles push" and "Santana is unhappy because he's in a dead-end tag team that isn't pushed" aren't exactly mutually exclusive, you know. He's talented enough that he ought to be doing something other than rotting away aimlessly, whether it's with Ortiz or on his own.
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