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Post by XIII on Jan 10, 2023 22:48:06 GMT -5
How long until WM in Riyadh? 2, 3 years? They get one before the UK? absolutely. got to get that propaganda machine up and running for Saudi 2032. WWE about to be a puppet for their agenda.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 10, 2023 22:48:23 GMT -5
It's hysterical how it went. "Well, Vince is never gonna go, so get used to the show being shit." "Actually Vince is gone and Triple H is in charge." "f*** you, no way." "No, for real- Oh, wait, Vince is back and he sold the company to Saudi Arabia."
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 10, 2023 22:48:59 GMT -5
How long until WM in Riyadh? 2, 3 years? They get one before the UK? Too bad they already announced Wrestlemania 40, because I could've TOTALLY seen it being in Saudi Arabia to celebrate the 40th edition of the show.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 10, 2023 22:49:04 GMT -5
We've had our very loud disagreements but f*** if this isn't that "I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf" shit I don't know what is. It's one of the darkest days in the history of professional wrestling, it really is. Sure, I've had my moments of ripping apart WWE for it's shitty booking under Vince, but in no way, shape, form, or fashion did I want this to be the outcome. I just wanted WWE after so many years of miserable booking & questionable creative decisions to turn the corner and become fun to watch again. And we had that for a few months until Vince sabotaged everything because his Goddamn ego wouldn't allow WWE to move on & flourish without him. I've seen some petty shit happen in the wrestling business, but this takes the f***ing cake. Vince did some pretty despicable shit, and yet we are the ones paying the ultimate price for it. If that isn't depressing, I don't know what is. I've been real critical of WWE for years now because I thought the show had become dogshit, and it was literally always from a place of wanting it to be better. KNowing it could be better, but seeing a lot of things and Mostly Vince Decisions as this horrible obstacle in the way of it getting better. I'd heard it was getting better. I caught I think Survivor Series a few months ago and it was on the whole a pretty good show I enjoyed and it was lacking a lot of the issues I'd had with the Vince stuff. NXT was always fun so I had hopes it was going in a different direction. I wanted to enjoy WWE again and I wanted it to be something I could be a fan of again, because my last WWE shirt is a KO-Mania one and I just have not been in it for a very long time. If the Saudis buy it out, that's an apocalyptic scenario and there's no coming back from that for me. I didn't want this any more than I wanted WWE to go away; I just wanted it to be better. And I don't think most people who have been critical or completely fallen off of WWE wanted this. Not any who are even remotely healthy about wresting, at least. This isn't the good times. This isn't funny. This doesn't make anything better. It's the Saudis teaming up with a rapist to ruin WWE forever for a lot of people. This is it. There's no un-crossing this line. There's no fixing this. It's an end nobody wanted.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 22:49:16 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. I have to imagine there's something about this because we went from "Vince trying to shove his way back in" to a potential sale within the next few hours in like four f***ing days.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jan 10, 2023 22:49:20 GMT -5
How long until WM in Riyadh? 2, 3 years? They get one before the UK? absolutely. got to get that propaganda machine up and running for Saudi 2032. WWE about to be a puppet for their agenda. It's all f***ing awful.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 22:49:52 GMT -5
somehow, someway, motherf***ing max landis is to blame for this.
nah but really, boy am i glad i'm going to the forum to see aew tomorrow. if i didn't get to go to a wrestling show in the next few weeks, i bet you could kiss that lifelong love goodbye.
you could've sold WWE to almost anyone else and i would've been one of the "we'll see you on monday" people. f*** you vince.
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Post by City Duck on Jan 10, 2023 22:50:00 GMT -5
God damn it's WEIRD to think about how the last Saudi show had more tourist propaganda stuff on it than there had been in years too
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Post by XIII on Jan 10, 2023 22:50:32 GMT -5
at least we got to see a glimpse of what a HHH WWE would look like even if for only a brief moment. I suspect that's why there was so little announced for Raw last night and why it was so lackluster.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 10, 2023 22:50:49 GMT -5
How long until WM in Riyadh? 2, 3 years? They get one before the UK? Wrestlemania 40 is supposed to be in Philly, and unless they feel like breaking any of those contracts, I'd say Wrestlemania 41 is likely to be the one they put in Riyadh. Get one in as soon as they can to usher in the 'new era'.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:10 GMT -5
Realistically if Saudi buys it what are we looking at happening here? Hard to say. If Vince is in charge, about the same. But when Vince dies, who the hell knows? It's the uncertainty, on top of the fact that supporting WWE now means supporting the KSA, that makes this outcome terrifying.
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Post by Demented on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:13 GMT -5
And here I was hoping Vince would kill his creation with a lethal dose of the bWo.
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Post by khali on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:14 GMT -5
The Triple H story is so weird. He’s the heir apparent to book forever and gets to run NXT. Then it’s all, including most of his guys, stripped away from him. Vince leaves and he finally hets the head booker position he was always supposed to have. And now it’s going to be taken away.
It’s crazy and also a shame that we may never fully see what he would have done with WWE.
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Post by fg on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:25 GMT -5
Also, if WWE gets sold to the Saudis, then EVERYONE should quit the company if they have any morals I think. Unless, they can’t do that for some reason.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:35 GMT -5
Another moment that has me laughing is:
"Vince wants to come back." "Well, he can't, he has to get the board on his side and remove two members." "Really? Because it says Vince walked into the office with his dick out and two people resigned and now he's in power again."
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:54 GMT -5
Is it sad, that I can't tell what's worse?
1. Selling to the Saudi's 2. Vince McMahon gets a free pass again, with the company going private
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Post by canceled4truth on Jan 10, 2023 22:52:09 GMT -5
somehow, someway, motherf***ing max landis is to blame for this. nah but really, boy am i glad i'm going to the forum to see aew tomorrow. if i didn't get to go to a wrestling show in the next few weeks, i bet you could kiss that lifelong love goodbye. you could've sold WWE to almost anyone else and i would've been one of the "we'll see you on monday" people. f*** you vince. There's a nonzero chance you run into Max himself there lol
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 22:52:27 GMT -5
And here I was hoping Vince would kill his creation with a lethal dose of the bWo. He killed it with a Bonesaw this time.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2023 22:52:28 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. Some of this may be true, but giving him a pretty large checkbook and letting him do whatever could be pretty catastrophic.
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Post by Fade on Jan 10, 2023 22:52:32 GMT -5
at least we got to see a glimpse of what a HHH WWE would look like even if for only a brief moment. I suspect that's why there was so little announced for Raw last night and why it was so lackluster. Finn’s always been..outspoken bout the whole Saudi thing. Wonder if with his tweet earlier..God almighty yo, I’ve said this like 8 times in the last week, this sucks for us. Imagine the dread and uncertainty of talent and employees.
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