Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 11, 2023 13:20:54 GMT -5
Yeah I don't get all the Arby's hate either. Most of their sandwiches are really good, and I love that they offer curly fries. I keep wondering if there's some pop-culture joke I'm missing here (probably Simpsons, because it's always Simpsons) that made everyone collectively decide that Arby's is the worst thing ever.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 11, 2023 13:21:04 GMT -5
Not being a fan of non-fake fighting, this is the first I knew UFC had been sold at all! They sold for $4 Billion in 2016, now worth around $8 Bil. give or take. It’s what gave Vince the idea to sell in the first place
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Post by Chiral on Jan 11, 2023 13:21:08 GMT -5
last night was weed night for SRS tonight he's getting on some percs and hitting the town like Kurt Angling intensifies. SRS like
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2023 13:21:31 GMT -5
Ok, if we're manifesting stuff, can we manifest an HD release of all 3 Xenosaga games please? god please
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2023 13:22:25 GMT -5
I always knew this boards most important war would be arbys likers vs arbys haters
I just didn’t know when
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Post by tirtefaa on Jan 11, 2023 13:22:47 GMT -5
I'm glad I held off saying anything regarding the Saudi rumor. I know emotions can run high, but it is always best to not stress out over anything that isn't confirmed yet, believe me I know that's easier said than done. I'm just amazed that Vince was given an OK to spearhead a deal. I know he's the majority holder, but there has to be something like a vote of no confidence when it comes to providing him that position. At this point he's nothing more than a figurehead, which isn't needed for a company sale to happen, but I digress. If the Saudi deal does happen, it would indeed be the worst possibility, especially since it almost guarantees that Vince remains in some creative role.
I don't want to speculate too much on who would leave the company if this or that happened, but I would actually doubt much would occur out of principle, especially if the day to day routine were to likely not change. I was listening to Bischoff a few days ago and he mentioned that after the AOL Time Warner merger, things still felt the same for the next 6 months or so before he started noticing other things happening, and I think that whoever does buy WWE, the same would happen, so any employees who have their guard up will likely be eased into staying. The only difference being is if you had a Musk situation where they openly discuss budget cuts and such, which honestly is never the smart way to enter a business deal.
As far as Triple H goes, if he does indeed leave the company, I don't see him starting a new one. While he's definitely passionate about what he does, I think he knows how difficult it would be as an upstart, especially with who he's competing with. I could see him taking a smaller consultant role, or doing something regarding fitness or bodybuilding, but I think at this stage in his life he probably doesn't want the burden of all the items it would take to start something new.
Last thing I'll mention is the sort of celebratory reactions I've seen from people who are/were anti-WWE. Someone else mentioned it earlier, and they were 100% correct; much like when WCW closed their doors, WWF didn't inherit that audience. The remaining WCW audience in it's majority just stopped watching wrestling entirety. I had friends who were massive WCW fans, and after the doors were closed, they just found something else to occupy their time. Now saying this, you have to remember this was at a time when wrestling was super hot and we were all aware that there was an alternative available. Right now, WWE has a built in audience. This is an audience that will watch the product no matter how good or bad it becomes, because they invest in the product differently than a lot of us do. So to them, they will watch as long as it's available to them, maybe out of routine or tradition, or just because it's their brand. There's still fans who don't know that TNA existed, let alone are aware/care about AEW now, it's just not important to them.
So if anything nefarious happened to where WWE shut it doors for good, it's very doubtful that any particular company were to absorb a large portion of that audience, and if anything, would create doubt for the networks to want to initiate any other wrestling programs for other companies. As much as I absolutely despise Vince McMahon, one thing he has succeeded at has been his relation to sponsors and corporations as far as gaining trust. I couldn't imagine wrestling existing if not for the finagling that WWE has done for nearly 40 years. I guess what I'm getting at is that any wrong move that happens now affects professional wrestling negatively. WWF didn't "beat" WCW. WCW self destructed due to bad management and bad deals. WWF gained nothing by their implosion, much like any other wrestling organization would gain much without WWE around.
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Post by Chiral on Jan 11, 2023 13:24:23 GMT -5
I always knew this boards most important war would be arbys likers vs arbys haters I just didn’t know when
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Post by XIII on Jan 11, 2023 13:26:14 GMT -5
It’s pretty wild that carny-assed UFC still had the good sense to not do business with Saudi after the murder of Kashoggi. It’s so wild to me that everyone knows that MBS behind the murder and it’s just business as usual too, but that’s another story that we can’t properly go into here.
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Post by avenger on Jan 11, 2023 13:29:28 GMT -5
As others have said, even the bigger sources saying there’s not a deal are being really vague. Like, TMZ said “a deal has not been made between the two sides” and that could mean so many different things. There could be something in principle, there could be negotiations, they could just be saying they might put in a bid. They could just be calling to check if everything’s ok and if they need anything from the shops on th way home. If there’s nothing happening, just say “there is nothing happening” and there aren’t enough places doing that, especially WWE themselves. And I get why because saying it’s not happening even at the moment could tank the shares briefly. No-one's going to be saying “there is nothing happening”, because they want people coming back to see what the progress is. Everyone's driving content these days. The WWE themselves can't say anything, because anything they might say regarding a sale will have an effect on the sale price, and that could do anything from reduce the value of the company, to leaving them open to accusations of manipulating the share price. I work for a publicly listed company, that is in the process of being sold. The first anyone knew was the announcement to the stock exchange, which came two months after the first bid came in, in a process described as happening "fairly quickly". From that announcement to the day the sale is completed will be five months.
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Post by 06vwgti on Jan 11, 2023 13:30:45 GMT -5
I wonder if I can convince my family to stop at Arby's to eat during the next road trip. Haven't had it in years but did like their food.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 11, 2023 13:31:02 GMT -5
Yeah I don't get all the Arby's hate either. Most of their sandwiches are really good, and I love that they offer curly fries. I keep wondering if there's some pop-culture joke I'm missing here (probably Simpsons, because it's always Simpsons) that made everyone collectively decide that Arby's is the worst thing ever. The Simpsons definitely took some shots at them (Lord of the Flies episode, "I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's"), though it definitely wasn't alone.
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Post by avenger on Jan 11, 2023 13:32:39 GMT -5
I always knew this boards most important war would be arbys likers vs arbys haters I just didn’t know when I saw that ad so many times at the time, so how is this the first time I've ever noticed Batista's wig? And Rey's wig?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 11, 2023 13:33:14 GMT -5
As others have said, even the bigger sources saying there’s not a deal are being really vague. Like, TMZ said “a deal has not been made between the two sides” and that could mean so many different things. There could be something in principle, there could be negotiations, they could just be saying they might put in a bid. They could just be calling to check if everything’s ok and if they need anything from the shops on th way home. If there’s nothing happening, just say “there is nothing happening” and there aren’t enough places doing that, especially WWE themselves. And I get why because saying it’s not happening even at the moment could tank the shares briefly. No-one's going to be saying “there is nothing happening”, because they want people coming back to see what the progress is. Everyone's driving content these days. The WWE themselves can't say anything, because anything they might say regarding a sale will have an effect on the sale price, and that could do anything from reduce the value of the company, to leaving them open to accusations of manipulating the share price. I work for a publicly listed company, that is in the process of being sold. The first anyone knew was the announcement to the stock exchange, which came two months after the first bid came in, in a process described as happening "fairly quickly". From that announcement to the day the sale is completed will be five months. interestingly enough, the fact that it was denied is leading to a drop in the stock price of the company now that the market has opened so you do have a point. And I’m not even disagreeing, it’s just the sort of vague answering that’s gotten football journalism through for years. “(insert team here) is keeping an eye on (insert player here)” has, like, 18,000 connotations behind it.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Jan 11, 2023 13:35:34 GMT -5
My sources are telling me that Arby's has bought WWE
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Post by defectiveepitaph on Jan 11, 2023 13:36:09 GMT -5
This thread now feels like that time a couple months ago when everyone was tweeting like Twitter might be gone by the time they woke up. That was hilarious, and yes, the vibe is the same.
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Post by XIII on Jan 11, 2023 13:36:15 GMT -5
As others have said, even the bigger sources saying there’s not a deal are being really vague. Like, TMZ said “a deal has not been made between the two sides” and that could mean so many different things. There could be something in principle, there could be negotiations, they could just be saying they might put in a bid. They could just be calling to check if everything’s ok and if they need anything from the shops on th way home. If there’s nothing happening, just say “there is nothing happening” and there aren’t enough places doing that, especially WWE themselves. And I get why because saying it’s not happening even at the moment could tank the shares briefly. No-one's going to be saying “there is nothing happening”, because they want people coming back to see what the progress is. Everyone's driving content these days. The WWE themselves can't say anything, because anything they might say regarding a sale will have an effect on the sale price, and that could do anything from reduce the value of the company, to leaving them open to accusations of manipulating the share price. I work for a publicly listed company, that is in the process of being sold. The first anyone knew was the announcement to the stock exchange, which came two months after the first bid came in, in a process described as happening "fairly quickly". From that announcement to the day the sale is completed will be five months. Assuming that this five months announcement is a fairly standard timeframe to get everything completed, that one bit of news did say that they expected the sale to be done by the middle of the year…about five months from now. <cue suspenseful music>
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Post by defectiveepitaph on Jan 11, 2023 13:37:00 GMT -5
I always knew this boards most important war would be arbys likers vs arbys haters I just didn’t know when Time to bring back the Civil War banners
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Post by XIII on Jan 11, 2023 13:37:25 GMT -5
My sources are telling me that Arby's has bought WWE Mantaur return confirmed! hell yeah!
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 11, 2023 13:38:33 GMT -5
So, uhh... does anyone even remember that Dragon Lee signed a contract anymore?
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Jan 11, 2023 13:38:51 GMT -5
Arby's beef and Cheddar is hard to beat. Not a huge fan of their curly fries. Usually by the time I get to them they're cold and not that great. The crinkle cut fries they serve now are fantastic, however. Arby's is definitely better than their reputation.
Also, screw Vince and his love of blood money.
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