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Post by jm on Jan 10, 2023 23:25:11 GMT -5
Steph and Trips interrupting a Schiavone interview tomorrow like: "So this place is All Elite, huh? Look at the verb: elite. We're not here to be elite."
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Jan 10, 2023 23:25:14 GMT -5
Jokes aside, though, if this deal goes through is this an extinction level event for WWE?
American networks won’t air LIV, why would they air this?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 23:25:15 GMT -5
Excuse you, I think you mean mån.sôör Nah he’s big masculine again, none of that male model bullshit. lol Just a reminder, Vince made MMM, not HHH
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Jan 10, 2023 23:25:20 GMT -5
Steph and Trips interrupting a Schiavone interview tomorrow like: They say time to play the game, look at the adjective, play!
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jan 10, 2023 23:25:37 GMT -5
I wonder what all those Vince Stan’s will think of “proud conservative American” selling his American company to not only a foreign government but a middle eastern one
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 10, 2023 23:26:07 GMT -5
What if the endgame is for the Saudis to buy it, get bored, or lose a ton of money from all the allegations, tv deals fall apart, wrestlers demanding unions and health insurance, and they sell it back to Vince dirt cheap I think they'd all the sooner kick Vince out and put someone else in than sell it back to him.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Jan 10, 2023 23:26:12 GMT -5
Trying to compose my thoughts on this...
WWE, even at it's absolute worst, has always held a special place in my heart. My uncle got me into wrestling when I was 10 years old. My first match was The Undertaker vs. Yokozuna casket match at Survivor Series 94.
My uncle had two strokes in September of 1998. In fact, the night before the first one, we were supposed to watch SummerSlam together. Instead, he had to go to the hospital. The last time I ever heard his voice was over the phone when I was allowed to call his room to tell him the results.
He remained partially paralyzed and on a trache and feeding tube, in a nursing home, for the rest of his life. But wrestling was our connection, even then. When I started working at the same nursing home, I would visit him daily and usually bring a tape/DVD to watch with him. And he knew what he was watching. When they released the anthologies of the big 4, you better believe I bought that shit to watch with him.
He died in 2012.
No matter how dire the product got, I still watched, because of that connection with my best friend, my uncle. When AEW formed, it was a relief, because I had an alternative product to enjoy, but I still watched WWE, up until the Toni Storm pie incident soured me. I've caught glimpses since Vince retired and it looked promising. So to see where it's all about to end up? This f***ing hurts, man.
It doesn't matter if you support WWE, AEW, Impact, NJPW or midget wrestling at your local bar. This is a dark time for professional wrestling everywhere. I know that realistically, it's not truly the end of the world as we know it, but damn if it doesn't feel that way right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 23:26:57 GMT -5
I wonder what all those Vince Stan’s will think of “proud conservative American” selling his American company to not only a foreign government but a middle eastern one i think pretty much the only thing in the entire world that the wrestling fandom can agree on, left or right or middle, is anyone but saudi arabia
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 10, 2023 23:27:18 GMT -5
Me as a child: Anything can happen in the WWE Me as an adult: Anything can happen in the WWE
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Post by J Lee O'Brien on Jan 10, 2023 23:27:18 GMT -5
Different scenario, same pieces. It was explicitly stated that this is about a sale/TV rights, and *not* a return to the regular work. Taking that at face value, while remembering that "carnies gonna carny," this is more a big to-do about him selling his majority of the class-B shares (basically selling the company in a way) with Barrios and the other one being back on the board to serve as favorable eyes & ears. It's convoluted. It's stupid. It's headline grabbing. It's very Vince. I dunno, it's something other than the prevailing doom n gloom. Or it could be the doom n gloom, to a hitherto unexpected degree. Woof.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 23:27:23 GMT -5
Can't believe I'm not in a place where I can say "I wanna go back and watch Athena vs Marina Shafir and Bron Breakker vs Grayson Waller... back when things were normal" lmfao
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Post by Demented on Jan 10, 2023 23:27:33 GMT -5
Don’t worry, guys. My sources tell me that it could be sold to Carlos Correa instead (pending physical). We interrupt this potential company takeover to show you Aaron Judge at the plate.... and he has been walked. We take you back to your company takeover. This is ESPN.
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Post by XIII on Jan 10, 2023 23:27:45 GMT -5
Nah he’s big masculine again, none of that male model bullshit. lol Just a reminder, Vince made MMM, not HHH Well the Saudi’s allow some stuff on the shows there but they’re going to need Mansoor to be more masculine was the gag I was going for, but fair play.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 10, 2023 23:28:09 GMT -5
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Post by City Duck on Jan 10, 2023 23:28:57 GMT -5
LOOK AT THE ADJECTIVE
HOWDY
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2023 23:29:09 GMT -5
Jokes aside, though, if this deal goes through is this an extinction level event for WWE? American networks won’t air LIV, why would they air this? I think they’ll be alright. A lot of American networks were tied up with PGA deals. I think sadly that was more the reason than morals. But who knows. I’ve given up.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 10, 2023 23:29:40 GMT -5
You know what?
I look like a total f***ing asshole.
I said Vince wasn't in the 100 most evil people to ever live.
But I think there's a legitimate chance of this starting an actual WAR.
Vince just wedged himself between two competing factions of the Saudi Royal Family.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2023 23:29:59 GMT -5
Trying to compose my thoughts on this... WWE, even at it's absolute worst, has always held a special place in my heart. My uncle got me into wrestling when I was 10 years old. My first match was The Undertaker vs. Yokozuna casket match at Survivor Series 94. My uncle had two strokes in September of 1998. In fact, the night before the first one, we were supposed to watch SummerSlam together. Instead, he had to go to the hospital. The last time I ever heard his voice was over the phone when I was allowed to call his room to tell him the results. He remained partially paralyzed and on a trache and feeding tube, in a nursing home, for the rest of his life. But wrestling was our connection, even then. When I started working at the same nursing home, I would visit him daily and usually bring a tape/DVD to watch with him. And he knew what he was watching. When they released the anthologies of the big 4, you better believe I bought that shit to watch with him. He died in 2012. No matter how dire the product got, I still watched, because of that connection with my best friend, my uncle. When AEW formed, it was a relief, because I had an alternative product to enjoy, but I still watched WWE, up until the Toni Storm pie incident soured me. I've caught glimpses since Vince retired and it looked promising. So to see where it's all about to end up? This f***ing hurts, man. It doesn't matter if you support WWE, AEW, Impact, NJPW or midget wrestling at your local bar. This is a dark time for professional wrestling everywhere. I know that realistically, it's not truly the end of the world as we know it, but damn if it doesn't feel that way right now. I can sympathize with this. My father passed away the day of WrestleMania in 2017 WWE was there for me at one of the darkest moments of my life. That night was the night the Hardy Boys reunited in WWE... and it will forever hold a special place in my heart because of that. My dad took me to WWE Life events even back when they were WWF. He knew how much it meant to me, he always knew. WWE's been in my life from damn near the beginning, news like this, no matter how down you've ever been on the product, is going to hurt because for most people, WWE's been a constant through the darkest and worst times of our lives, unwavering.
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Post by XIII on Jan 10, 2023 23:30:07 GMT -5
Don’t worry, guys. My sources tell me that it could be sold to Carlos Correa instead (pending physical). We interrupt this potential company takeover to show you Aaron Judge at the plate.... and he has been walked. We take you back to your company takeover. This is ESPN. ByTheWayDanaWhiteSlappedHisWifeInPublic…and let’s see what’s going on in the world of pickle ball.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jan 10, 2023 23:30:18 GMT -5
Just a reminder, Vince made MMM, not HHH Well the Saudi’s allow some stuff on the shows there but they’re going to need Mansoor to be more masculine was the gag I was going for, but fair play. Oh, just wait until they see Pretty Deadly
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