ayumidah
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Post by ayumidah on Jun 2, 2021 11:12:23 GMT -5
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jun 2, 2021 11:12:37 GMT -5
I think Buddy is going to New Japan to shore up their Jr. Heavyweight division. Put Murphy vs Hiromu right into my eyeballs now
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jun 2, 2021 11:12:40 GMT -5
That rumor exploded when they restructured a bunch of departments not long ago. It was mentioned that the only time you do stuff like that, especially when making record profits, is to make the company more attractive to buyers. What does releasing people have to do with it though? Braun's a big contract, you cut big contracts so that the new buyers don't have to pay them. You take down operating costs.
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Rican
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Post by Rican on Jun 2, 2021 11:13:29 GMT -5
There’s got to be more to the Braun thing. And I don’t see AEW bringing him in. Black is almost a given. I wonder if they’re planning on ending the brand split again.I had this thought as well. Not just because of the roster shrinking, but also with all the talk of them trying to look attractive for sale and making corporate partners happy it's probably easier to have all the big stars on both shows. I know FOX and NBC/Universal have probably brought that up.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jun 2, 2021 11:14:52 GMT -5
I wonder how much they spent producing the Aleister Black segments?
Did they actually re-hire Zelina or was that a rumor?
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Post by hbkid718 on Jun 2, 2021 11:15:28 GMT -5
Oh, and for the record, if you are waiting for me to give everyone's W/L Record, don't hold your breath. That is in bad taste to treat people's unemployment as Stats. If you are interested, go to my site and look them up yourself. If it's in bad taste, why are you posting them on your site? Because my site keeps track of everyone's W/L Record throughout the year.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 11:16:19 GMT -5
I wonder when they let the talent know given Black was literally pushed last week. Hell 2 days ago they said that he's still in a Big E feud per reports. They probably told them yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 11:16:53 GMT -5
If it's in bad taste, why are you posting them on your site? Because my site keeps track of everyone's W/L Record throughout the year. So, now's a good time to promote your site? Seems exploitative to me.
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khali
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Post by khali on Jun 2, 2021 11:17:06 GMT -5
Yeah, it could be gearing up for a sale. Or it could just be that the people running departments now are just making vicious bottom line cuts. Or Vince could be off the deep end.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 2, 2021 11:17:13 GMT -5
I wonder when they let the talent know given Black was literally pushed last week. Hell 2 days ago they said that he's still in a Big E feud per reports. They probably told them yesterday. The latest from Fightful is that select people in the company knew yesterday and they made the calls today. It was for most a surprise.
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Post by Viking Hall on Jun 2, 2021 11:17:21 GMT -5
This company is imploding, right? That's the only way to explain the weirdness of the past... year? If not, this is beyond baffling. It's not imploding, it's new management coming in and beginning the process of clearing house to get it ready to be sold off to NBCU. Nick Khan's already on the board of directors. The sale has to be coming in the next two years or so. That maybe so, but these releases in particular show that if that is the case, there's no communication or foresight being applied, it's almost a pick a name from a hat situation at this point. They clearly didn't know they were going to fire Aleister Black even days ago, else why go to the effort of bringing him back at all? That tells me that there's rash decisions being made rather than calculated ones which sort of implies that there's more pressing issues that simply an impending sale.
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Post by chrom on Jun 2, 2021 11:17:44 GMT -5
If any of them show up in AEW, Lana's a guarantee due to Miro
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 11:19:06 GMT -5
There’s got to be more to the Braun thing. And I don’t see AEW bringing him in. Black is almost a given. I wonder if they’re planning on ending the brand split again. I hope AEW doesn't bring Braun in. Like, I won't stop watching or anything if they do, but I'll just have to avoid online wrestling forums for a while because he's of a caliber that you'd almost have no choice but to lolTNA him to the top of the card, but he's actually not even really that good. AEW doesn't have the big guy problem it once did with the arrival of Wardlow, Bear Country, Comoroto and guys like Luchasaurus, all of whom I enjoy watching a hell of a lot more than I've ever enjoyed watching Braun.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jun 2, 2021 11:19:56 GMT -5
I wonder how much they spent producing the Aleister Black segments? Did they actually re-hire Zelina or was that a rumor? She was at the PC and thats all that came of it but she been MIA from Twitch for months. Which was she stood up for big time, so thats interesting
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 2, 2021 11:20:00 GMT -5
I really still need convincing of the sales thing without really much else to go on. I’m still going with my idea of cutting people to pay for new executives because that’s easier than cutting into other revenue streams. TV deals are up in two years. They're renegotiating next year, why start the song and dance of rights fees again when you can just sell the whole thing? There's just too much smoke - new executives, Nick Khan being on the BoD after a cup of coffee, a boat load of cuts. They're leaning up for a reason beyond just stock performance. That doesn’t explain to me what a potential buyer really gets from WWE. Like, they get content but they’d be taking on the touring costs and can’t really adapt anything they have since WWE doesn’t really have IPs. And whoever buys it would still need to arrange something with FOX because it’s doing pretty well on Fridays considering it’s usually a death slot.
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Post by RKTaker on Jun 2, 2021 11:20:42 GMT -5
“ be your own boss” New wrestling company with those people released confirmed
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jun 2, 2021 11:21:04 GMT -5
TV deals are up in two years. They're renegotiating next year, why start the song and dance of rights fees again when you can just sell the whole thing? There's just too much smoke - new executives, Nick Khan being on the BoD after a cup of coffee, a boat load of cuts. They're leaning up for a reason beyond just stock performance. That doesn’t explain to me what a potential buyer really gets from WWE. Like, they get content but they’d be taking on the touring costs and can’t really adapt anything they have since WWE doesn’t really have IPs. And whoever buys it would still need to arrange something with FOX because it’s doing pretty well on Fridays considering it’s usually a death slot. At this point I could see Smackdown on NBC
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Post by deezy on Jun 2, 2021 11:21:08 GMT -5
Braun's release really shocks me. The others, Not so much. It's confusing but I know there is probably a bigger picture reasoning for this.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jun 2, 2021 11:21:57 GMT -5
Shocked and sad about Braun. He was one of the few people keeping me watching (as little as this might be these days).
He is now officially in my view the biggest waste of talent WWE has ever had. The guy could have been the biggest star in wrestling.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 11:22:00 GMT -5
I wonder when they let the talent know given Black was literally pushed last week. Hell 2 days ago they said that he's still in a Big E feud per reports. They probably told them yesterday. The latest from Fightful is that select people in the company knew yesterday and they made the calls today. It was for most a surprise. f*** that's horrible
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