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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 10, 2023 23:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 10, 2023 23:06:52 GMT -5
I kinda feel like we're playing out the scene in Toy Story 3 where we're all holding hands as we get closer to falling in the fire.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 23:07:05 GMT -5
Is this good or bad for AEW by the way? probably indifferent
This is ultimately the correct answer.
While I'm sure Tony Khan is giggling at the thought of Vince just being Vince, talent contracts aren't going to change overnight. Even guys who would want to leave, such as Ali and Zayn, aren't going anywhere if they're under contract.
While "casual" viewers are a dwindling group, the vast majority of wrestling fans simply are not going to care who owns things behind the scenes. If/when the talent people are used to or care about start abandoning ship and going elsewhere, then we might see some waves being made, but that'll be a trickle and it'll take years.
AEW's built itself a smaller, but still healthy audience on its own without having to play Eric Bischoff games against WWE.
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Post by Error on Jan 10, 2023 23:07:06 GMT -5
If my info is correct, Vince owns 28,752,105 shares of WWE stock. If he sells at around $120 a share (closing price and $30 which is conservative) he's looking at $3,400,000,000 for his shares alone.
Stephanie would be looking at $300,000,000 if the info I have is correct.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 10, 2023 23:07:12 GMT -5
Very potential jump of the gun here, but don't be surprised either
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 10, 2023 23:07:42 GMT -5
If my info is correct, Vince owns 28,752,105 shares of WWE stock. If he sells at around $120 a share (closing price and $30 which is conservative) he's looking at $3,400,000,000 for his shares alone. Stephanie would be looking at $300,000,000 if the info I have is correct. Does Hunter have the same amount of shares? So he gets $300,000,000 too?
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Jan 10, 2023 23:07:50 GMT -5
I'm hoping for the ultimate miracle and this deal gets shut down SOMEHOW. Oh who the f*** am I kidding.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:07 GMT -5
Woof. This would be prety akward for Sami Zayn. I don't see him or Mustafa Ali staying, like at all Zayn outwardly protested the Saudi shows... he's getting pushed well right now, but I don't see him working for WWE if they're sold to the Saudi's, he has very deep religious connotations to it all.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:35 GMT -5
By the way, none of us were "foolish" for being excited about the future the company over these past few months. None of us were "foolish" for daring to imagine what a Vince-free WWE would be like. People are much more hopeful than they are foolish, and none of us should feel bad wishing for something better. THANK YOU HOLY SHIT Yeah goddamn. I was feeling so good immediately after Summerslam. Like I couldn’t sleep I was so stoked. I guess I can say I was at the last Raw before shit exploded
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:37 GMT -5
I just can't go back to stilted sanitised Vince controlled robot Michael Cole. Just can't.
And I hope Triple H just says "f*** it, it's not important." And just spends the rest of his life with his family enjoying life.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:44 GMT -5
Is this good or bad for AEW by the way? It's not good for anyone. This is the bleakest possible scenario.
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Post by XIII on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:47 GMT -5
Not surprised that no one can confirm it as only the top brass 100% knows I’m sure. These dudes sources are probably low level workers/backstage workers
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 23:08:59 GMT -5
it is EXTREMELY bittersweet but at least we did get to know what wwe would be like without vince for a little bit, even if it never got to go into full flight
its something.. man
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:01 GMT -5
By the way, none of us were "foolish" for being excited about the future the company over these past few months. None of us were "foolish" for daring to imagine what a Vince-free WWE would be like. People are much more hopeful than they are foolish, and none of us should feel bad wishing for something better. If there was a way to pin a particular post, this would be it.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:08 GMT -5
By the way, none of us were "foolish" for being excited about the future the company over these past few months. None of us were "foolish" for daring to imagine what a Vince-free WWE would be like. People are much more hopeful than they are foolish, and none of us should feel bad wishing for something better. I was one of those people. Yeah it wasn't perfect, but no wrestling show ever has been unless you were 10 years old when you were watching it. And that's what hurts about this so much. We've seen what it could be. Now we're like maybe hours or minutes away from that going away again, probably for good. Because once the passage of time eventually gets Vince, it's still in the hands of some of the only people more shady than him.
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Post by FHgrad99 on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:16 GMT -5
This is not what I was expecting and this is definitely now what I was wanting either. I wasn't excited by the news that Vince was coming back and this possible news makes it much, much worse. Who really benefits from this besides Vince and the stockholders? I don't see how the WWE fans benefit. I wonder if Vince is prepared for the negative backlash he might be about to receive.
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Post by spagett on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:25 GMT -5
Bad most likely. There's a multitude of reasons why but one possible reason it's bad is that money is now genuinely bottomless in WWE. It's all about sportwashing so there's zero pressure to balance books or please shareholders. They could just offer MJF $20M a year in 2024 and it would just be a drop in the ocean for them. How would AEW compete with that? What if they struggle to get on tv cause no one wants to deal with Saudi? It's possible but I think in the end money talks and big companies like that tend to not really give a shit. If WWE still give them good ratings I don't think they'll care about any Saudi links. The only way it might change is if there really is a mass exodus of fans and WWE ratings tank.
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Post by Fade on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:39 GMT -5
Very potential jump of the gun here, but don't be surprised either who has said they don’t believe it sean. who.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 10, 2023 23:09:51 GMT -5
By the way, none of us were "foolish" for being excited about the future the company over these past few months. None of us were "foolish" for daring to imagine what a Vince-free WWE would be like. People are much more hopeful than they are foolish, and none of us should feel bad wishing for something better. THANK YOU HOLY SHIT I think I borrowed some of these words from a David Sedaris essay or something, but as today proved: NOTHING MATTERS
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 10, 2023 23:10:14 GMT -5
I just can't go back to stilted sanitised Vince controlled robot Michael Cole. Just can't. And I hope Triple H just says "f*** it, it's not important." And just spends the rest of his life with his family enjoying life. I don't think Cole can, either
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