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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 22:44:16 GMT -5
HHH was the hero we needed...but Zoom was right all along.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 10, 2023 22:44:17 GMT -5
I feel like we're all living a simulation. This can't be real. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS NOT REAL. Omg I can't believe this footage of me rn is on the Internet.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 10, 2023 22:44:22 GMT -5
The mystery terms of the Saudi deal have to be that they got to make the first offer if the company ever went up for sale, right? Nothing else would explain it being so secretive and this coming together this quickly.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:06 GMT -5
How many veterans of the plane hostage saga are still on the roster? A lot of wrestlers were well shaken up by it, can’t be happy to have the same people now controlling every aspect of their professional lives.
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Post by Mike Strike on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:11 GMT -5
I don't know why I keep seeing Hogan getting name dropped on every board discussing this and I'm not sure if I want to.
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Post by Andy Martin on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:15 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think Johnny Gargano wasn't actually injured this week, that dude got into his bunker early lol I’m sure Candice brought baked goods for him.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:24 GMT -5
I feel like we're all living in a simulation. This can't be real. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS NOT REAL. I was just saying something similar to my partner, like, this feels like The Matrix is a conscious entity and was all "heh heh heh let's watch them all suffer"...
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:42 GMT -5
The implications all of this has on the company are insane. What happens if Vince is in power and dies? What does this company look like? Are they just going to give him a blank checkbook and let him run others out of business? This could get really, really bad. Like end of the industry bad.
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Post by spagett on Jan 10, 2023 22:45:55 GMT -5
I wonder if The Rock pulls out now of Wrestlemania, if he had previously agreed to work the show. It's almost certain both Rock and Cena will have their team of people telling them to not do anything with WWE if they've been sold to Saudi Arabia. It would be PR suicide by them to be associated with WWE now.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 10, 2023 22:46:15 GMT -5
I was quite optimistic about a HHH era. He hasn't always been the greatest guy in the world but his heart seemed to be in the right place and he is a relatively young and passionate guy to be leading the company into pastures new.
I just knew Vince couldn't leave well enough alone though.
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Post by Error on Jan 10, 2023 22:46:21 GMT -5
How long until WM in Riyadh? 2, 3 years? They get one before the UK?
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 10, 2023 22:46:40 GMT -5
Same thing that happened when Elon Musk bought out Twitter and took it private. All the shareholders get bought out and get paid for their shares. Will there still be a "board of directors" then? They report to shareholders. So if there are no shareholders, no board? I have no idea what corporate structure is like in America. I'm not American. You'd be best Googling that.
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Post by mistery on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:03 GMT -5
The implications all of this has on the company are insane. What happens if Vince is in power and dies? What does this company look like? Are they just going to give him a blank checkbook and let him run others out of business? This could get really, really bad. Like end of the industry bad. Yeah. This is worth touching on as well. If all a person cares about is money (and they have absolutely no morals and are a man), then Vince pretty much has a blank checkbook to offer whatever they want.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:08 GMT -5
Realistically if Saudi buys it what are we looking at happening here? WWE becoming a front for some really dispicable shit... More dispicable than normal, anyway. And Vince McMahon officially wipes his sexual assault slate clean...
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Post by mc74 on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:17 GMT -5
The mystery terms of the Saudi deal have to be that they got to make the first offer if the company ever went up for sale, right? Nothing else would explain it being so secretive and this coming together this quickly. That, and Vince being guaranteed to be the one overseeing day-to-day operations.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:28 GMT -5
Just waiting for the bomb confirmation really.
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Post by DMO- on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:29 GMT -5
I don't know why I keep seeing Hogan getting name dropped on every board discussing this and I'm not sure if I want to. THE HULKSTERS GETTING A ROCKET STRAPPED TO HIS BACK DUDE!!!!
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Post by RareTradU on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:38 GMT -5
As outraged as we are as fans, if this is true, I expect the following:
-Vince McMahon places himself as head of creative. HHH will resign/retire from the company. -Some wrestlers will protest and resign namely Zayn and Ali, maybe some of the women. -Others will stay and reap the benefits of being owned by people who can literally pay any amount you can negotiate. -TV deals will still be brokered and will be profitable because the networks will pay for anything as long as it brings ratings which WWE will always do regardless of how negative this sale is. I don't see USA or Fox backing out of any deal over this. -Guys like Brock and Goldberg will be back. Guys like Rock, Cena, and Batista will further distance themselves from the company.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 10, 2023 22:47:43 GMT -5
One thing is for sure, smackdown is going to be something else with the possibility of many leaving. It's ALWAYS Smackdown I don't know what it is, but that show is just "The day after the apocalypse" every single time That's because there are two business days between the last show (NXT) and the next one (SmackDown).
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Post by Fade on Jan 10, 2023 22:48:04 GMT -5
I was quite optimistic about a HHH era. He hasn't always been the greatest guy in the world but his heart seemed to be in the right place and he is a relatively young and passionate guy to be leading the company into pastures new. I just knew Vince couldn't leave well enough alone though. f***ing insane, man. These last few months have been an elongated “look at the flowers”.
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