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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 9:23:22 GMT -5
From the most reliable source that is not Erik Van Wagnen himself , MMMshow on the LU sub redditt on redditt posted this along with suggestions on what LU could do if the end is indeed nigh but I am only gonna post what is directly going on with the company as it stands at the moment.
My suggestion is to just either wait out the contract with El Rey or even buy it out (if they could) and move the show to Epix.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 24, 2019 9:31:23 GMT -5
Dorian Roldán: We are honest people
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 10:22:41 GMT -5
it's stupid to have contracts if you're not running year-round
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 10:37:24 GMT -5
it's stupid to have contracts if you're not running year-round The thing is that they do want to and were doing it but shit like needing to go back to the negotiating table with the network over the season budget and the network just throwing a 5 month break into your season is what keeps preventing it. You can see they were in the midst of doing it because they shot seasons 2 and 3 back to back. This is why they should get the hell off of El Rey and let MGM put the show on Epix...this way there is no middle man in this case El Rey getting in the way.
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Post by cmhunk on Mar 24, 2019 16:56:15 GMT -5
Honestly I’m fine just letting it die. Season 4 was okay, but it was clear that they had to book a lot on the fly due to talent leaving. Plus, Swagger being champ and the contract situation makes me even less excited if the show came back.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 24, 2019 16:58:37 GMT -5
If it dies, it dies.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 17:08:05 GMT -5
Since I see it mentioned again here from the same source a few hours ago about the contracts and that whole situation
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Mar 24, 2019 17:29:04 GMT -5
I've thought it was a great run, but if this many talent is unhappy and the network is touch and go about bringing it back, this may have to be it. If they can get a Season 5, great. They have a working relationship with AEW, so maybe the Khan family can loan them the money to do it. Or maybe do a movie, like has been discussed in the past, to serve as their finale. I don't want the series going out on a cliffhanger like WMAC Masters, but keeping it running on bare bones and with disillusioned wrestlers won't help its legacy in the long run.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 17:33:24 GMT -5
it's stupid to have contracts if you're not running year-round Pretty much, the contracts really should just be for the talent to agree to the taping dates. It’s kind of on the wrestlers too though, those contracts are ass and they sign them anyways.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 17:39:35 GMT -5
it's stupid to have contracts if you're not running year-round Pretty much, the contracts really should just be for the talent to agree to the taping dates. It’s kind of on the wrestlers too though, those contracts are ass and they sign them anyways. This is how it would be going forward supposedly There wont be any long term deals handed out but instead pay per episode...again supposedly but that poses its own pitfalls because you need some talent signed to ensure that some people come back....you can't depend on another company maybe lending that talent back to you or whether that talent will get booked by the other company somewhere else. So gonna be an interesting sort of balance if they do come back
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 17:45:16 GMT -5
All I care about is that it gets a proper ending.
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Post by Woo on Mar 24, 2019 18:13:52 GMT -5
Honestly I’m fine just letting it die. Season 4 was okay, but it was clear that they had to book a lot on the fly due to talent leaving. Plus, Swagger being champ and the contract situation makes me even less excited if the show came back. FFS did they really give Swagger the championship? Season 4 was so bad, largely thanks to him, that I stopping watching. He prove to me that the WWE were right but to push him fully. By far the worst LU wrestler ever and that includes Sexy Star and Tommy Dreamer.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 18:19:28 GMT -5
Honestly I’m fine just letting it die. Season 4 was okay, but it was clear that they had to book a lot on the fly due to talent leaving. Plus, Swagger being champ and the contract situation makes me even less excited if the show came back. FFS did they really give Swagger the championship? Season 4 was so bad, largely thanks to him, that I stopping watching. He prove to me that the WWE were right but to push him fully. By far the worst LU wrestler ever and that includes Sexy Star and Tommy Dreamer. You exaggeratting with those comparisons though now come on Swagger is nowhere as bad as sexy star...if u wanna compare personality though that is different debate. Swaggers match with Mundo alone is better than anything sexy star did as far as in ring ability goes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 18:23:13 GMT -5
Really with all the headaches that've come with it I'd say just let it die.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 18:27:14 GMT -5
Really with all the headaches that've come with it I'd say just let it die. The thing is the "headache" is nothing more than what I posted originally. El Rey and Factory Made wont pony up the money to let them make the quality show that the showrunner wants to make because they wanna make it quick and cheap......and that is what creates the snowball effect. If El Rey and Factory made pony up the money...there would be no talk about people wanting out contracts because LU would be taping.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Mar 24, 2019 18:31:12 GMT -5
Put bluntly, I was done with LU once I heard how badly they f***ed over Ivelisse.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 18:36:56 GMT -5
Put bluntly, I was done with LU once I heard how badly they f***ed over Ivelisse. I am just gonna assume you did not catch this portion of something I posted earlier in the thread about that. And then there is the twitter thing she has going with Tessa Blanchard today where she is whining about Impact not wanting to book her. Ive is just a pain to deal with and no one wants to work with her.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Mar 24, 2019 18:40:47 GMT -5
Put bluntly, I was done with LU once I heard how badly they f***ed over Ivelisse. I am just gonna assume you did not catch this portion of something I posted earlier in the thread about that. And then there is the twitter thing she has going with Tessa Blanchard today where she is whining about Impact not wanting to book her. Ive is just a pain to deal with and no one wants to work with her. I believe that's a neat little spin they put on their needlessly restrictive contracts to somehow make it the talent's fault that they can't get better work for the infinity between LU tapings, sure. And they absolutely can write out her character without her being there. They've killed tons of guys offscreen between seasons that we never saw again. That is pure spin.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 18:50:45 GMT -5
I am just gonna assume you did not catch this portion of something I posted earlier in the thread about that. And then there is the twitter thing she has going with Tessa Blanchard today where she is whining about Impact not wanting to book her. Ive is just a pain to deal with and no one wants to work with her. I believe that's a neat little spin they put on their needlessly restrictive contracts to somehow make it the talent's fault that they can't get better work for the infinity between LU tapings, sure. And they absolutely can write out her character without her being there. They've killed tons of guys offscreen between seasons that we never saw again. That is pure spin. What spin are you talking about? because no one else at LU has had a problem working elsewhere....but somehow LU is choosing to hold Iveliesse? come on now and who on the roster has died off screen? outside of Big Ryck which was in the comic and addressed on the show and Rey Mysterio who is not dead because everyone else that has died has died in some or fashion on screen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2019 19:12:17 GMT -5
If it means Matt Striker and Vampiro are no longer commentating then I can only welcome the news it might close.
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