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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Jan 10, 2023 22:26:14 GMT -5
The purchase going through on a night NXT held a show called New Year's Evil is too on the nose.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 10, 2023 22:26:18 GMT -5
Kind of unbelievable to even try to think about what effects this is gonna have on wrestling in America as a whole let alone just WWE That’s the thing to think about. I know people like to think AEW is self sustaining and will be 100% fine no matter what happens to WWE but if WWE goes down or even downsizes by half. that’s a huge HUGE chunk of wrestling that’ll go with it. Fans, money, tv revenue. It’s THE brand for pro wrestling in the world.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 10, 2023 22:26:48 GMT -5
If, and again that's a big, fat if this is happening, the ramifications for the entire industry are just insane to mull over. Do US broadcasters hesitate to back a Saudi-owned promotion? Do the Saudis just overwhelm everyone with tons of money? Do they buy up all the top available talent, ala what they've tried with their golf tour? Are there mass cuts in WWE or streamlining things in some other way? Just no way to know and no clue what it can all end up meaning. In case stuff about this breaks overnight, I'll just leave this here, same as when we had those apocalyptic TNA threads a few years back: I do not follow LIV Golf what so ever. But do they have a US TV deal?
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 10, 2023 22:26:59 GMT -5
Burn in hell, Vince.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 22:27:11 GMT -5
If the Saudi deal becomes official... I cannot see Sami Zayn and Mustafa Ali staying. I just can't... I know Sami's getting pushed hard at the moment but he has some deeply personal beliefs and never went to any of the Saudi shows out of protest.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 22:27:38 GMT -5
Sami and KO in AEW is gonna be quite the sight.
Io back in STARDOM hell f***ing yes.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 10, 2023 22:27:43 GMT -5
If, and again that's a big, fat if this is happening, the ramifications for the entire industry are just insane to mull over. Do US broadcasters hesitate to back a Saudi-owned promotion? Do the Saudis just overwhelm everyone with tons of money? Do they buy up all the top available talent, ala what they've tried with their golf tour? Are there mass cuts in WWE or streamlining things in some other way? Just no way to know and no clue what it can all end up meaning. In case stuff about this breaks overnight, I'll just leave this here, same as when we had those apocalyptic TNA threads a few years back: I do not follow LIV Golf what so ever. But do they have a US TV deal? Youtube and Facebook and have a streaming deal with DAZN
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 10, 2023 22:27:47 GMT -5
Kind of unbelievable to even try to think about what effects this is gonna have on wrestling in America as a whole let alone just WWE The amount of money it woudl take to bloat up WWE's talent budget is absolutely trivial given how much the Saudis already overspend for the shit they do, and I can imagine if Vince wanted to ask, he'd have pockets deep enough to try and buy out every star in any rival promotion and try to run them dry like it's the '80s again and he's printing money. Don't know how much he'd succeed, but that kind of ownership and resource backing could let Vince take another spin at total monopoly before he dies just for kicks and do a whole lot of damage.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Jan 10, 2023 22:27:52 GMT -5
The purchase going through on a night NXT held a show called New Year's Evil is too on the nose. Not as on the nose as December to Dismember, but we missed it by a week-and-a-half.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:04 GMT -5
So. Like, who are “The Saudis” Is it a big money conglomerate or is it literally the royal family I assume the same group that runs shit like LIV Golf Edit: Yep, those guys
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:09 GMT -5
30+ years of fandom about to go up in smoke.
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Post by ace on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:17 GMT -5
Sami and KO in AEW is gonna be quite the sight. Io back in STARDOM hell f***ing yes. Man I can’t wait to see those guys once a month and also on YouTube sometimes
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:21 GMT -5
I’m so sad. Genuinely sad. This is f***ing terrible. How the f*** does an evil country like Saudi now own like 80% of the world’s wrestling library? f***.
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:29 GMT -5
This seems fitting
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Post by canceled4truth on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:38 GMT -5
When Vince McMahon dies I will go on a liquid diet for days just so I can unleash a torrent of piss the world has never known upon his grave
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Post by DMO- on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:49 GMT -5
Hulk hogan bout to end Roman’s reign at mania now isn’t he?
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2023 22:28:50 GMT -5
So. Like, who are “The Saudis” Is it a big money conglomerate or is it literally the royal family I assume the same group that runs shit like LIV Golf Yes. The Saudi Investment Fund.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 22:29:37 GMT -5
Welp guys this is it for me then...Years and years...wow...Please FAN make sure to not punish people that are already hurting by this news with silly "we won" talk...No only Vince McMahon won here and f*** him
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Post by bob on Jan 10, 2023 22:29:42 GMT -5
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Post by mc74 on Jan 10, 2023 22:29:56 GMT -5
In the end, Vince got what he wanted. It's too bad it's at the expense of the betterment of professional wrestling.
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