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Post by darbus alan on Jul 27, 2022 17:39:47 GMT -5
Basically, I'm going to care if people who stopped watching like I did, whose opinions I trust, say "hey, WWE is good again. Check it out." That means something. The people hate-watching or people who go by names like RomanRulez69 not so much.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jul 27, 2022 18:23:22 GMT -5
As long as the Saudi Arabia deal is in place, no.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jul 28, 2022 4:37:05 GMT -5
Vince retains his massive shareholding so most of the money from the company is funnelled into Vince's pockets, even now, and the corporate structure that enabled him to sexually harass women and buy silence is still in place, so nah, I'm good. The Saudi deal is a cherry on top of the 'Pass' sundae.
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Post by 4real on Jul 28, 2022 6:13:39 GMT -5
I watched Raw this week out of curiosity but I can’t see myself watching week by week again at this point. Raw wasn’t quite good enough to keep me watching.
Plus it’s still 3 hours.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 28, 2022 8:12:50 GMT -5
Honestly, I quit it so long ago that I don't feel any compulsion to check it out again; any time I do end up seeing a WWE show I tend to find something just feels "off" about it to me; could be Dunn's direction, could be the general way they present things, and who knows if that'll be changing at all in the near future, but I've been more than happy following other wrestling promotions for years now, so that suits me fine.
And yeah, still not cool with giving financial support while the Saudi deal and whatnot are in place, among some other factors. But again, I think for me the main thing is that outside of the early 90s I just never spent any real considerable length of time watching WWF/WWE with regularity, so "going back" to it would be a bigger shake up of my fandom status quo than anything else.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jul 28, 2022 8:34:56 GMT -5
I have no desire to move past re-watching Golden Era and New Generation stuff.
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Post by Mecca on Jul 28, 2022 8:42:56 GMT -5
Here's what CM Punk thinks about Vince leaving..
Upon news breaking of Vince retiring, Brock Lesnar reportedly walked out of WWE SmackDown and was pulled for advertising on WWE.com leading up to the show. Lesnar would end up appearing at the end of the show, taking out Theory.
Speaking at San Diego Comic Con (via Absolute Geek Podcast), Punk gave his thoughts on if anything will change in WWE.
"You think because he tweeted that 'I'm retired' that he's not going to be hands-on?" Punk said about Vince's retirement.
Punk continued by saying, "I don't think the structure there, the....what's the word I'm looking for...I don't think the culture there changes at all. It is what it is. I'll put it to you like this. Oh boy, people are going to be real f***ing mad about this, but f*** it. Mercedes [Sasha Banks] and Trinity [Naomi] leave, they announce on SmackDown that, 'gosh darn, we are so disappointed in them, they really let our fans down.' Brock splits. Comes back, obviously, I think he worked the show. Where is Michael Cole saying, 'Brock Lesnar really let these fans down.' I walked out. They went on TV and called me a quitter. What's changed? What's the difference? You're going to attack these two poor women who had enough and walked. They have bigger balls than everybody there. What's changed? There's nothing much that has changed. There's people that talk about it and people who do it. The people who lick the boots and have the audacity to say that about those two women. f***ing cowards and bootlickers. This shit is ridiculous. Why didn't they do it to Brock? They did it for me. It's none of my business."
When Lesnar showed up on WWE SmackDown, Cole and Pat McAfee hinted at the reports that Lesnar walked out by saying, "I thought...Nashville thought."
Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out o the May 16 episode of WWE Raw. WWE put out a statement on the situation saying, "During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis’ office with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk, and walked out."
During the May 20 episode of WWE SmackDown, Michael Cole announced that the two had been suspended indefinitely and said they let the WWE Universe down.
Banks and Naomi have yet to comment on the situation.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jul 28, 2022 8:52:28 GMT -5
I'm intrigued enough to keep checking. At this point Dunn's nauseating camera work is probably the biggest thing keeping me away.
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Post by FinalGwen on Jul 28, 2022 9:05:43 GMT -5
Phew, finally that horrific abuser is out of the picture (although still making his millions from the company). Time to settle in and watch some NXT UK andohnothiswasamistake. Never mind, I'm sure the other shows will be better - Oh hello Jordan Devlin. And Theory. And Riddle. And so on and so forth.
And yeah, Darby Allin's a scumbag too. But avoiding one person's matches is a lot easier than the infestation of creeps and predators WWE have on every level.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2022 9:48:54 GMT -5
avoiding one person's matches is a lot easier than the infestation of creeps and predators WWE have on every level. Let's not forget that Triple H, for months, deflected and covered for Velveteen Dream, and also endorsed Bill Demott as head trainer when his abuses (which included enabling sexual harassment) had been going on for years. That's to say nothing of wrestlers who are still actively featured like Riddle, Theory, and Devlin, "legends" who are still on the payroll like Lawler, and on and on. Like, I totally understand people who wanna take AEW to task for featuring Darby and Lethal. But WWE is way, way worse in that regard, in terms of both talent and management.
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 28, 2022 10:35:13 GMT -5
I mean, in WWE the abuse is systemic, going all the way to the top until he retired a little under a week ago.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of Jay Lethal being in AEW and Darby is a murky situation at its most generous reading. But Tony Khan hasn't had to pay out millions of hush money either or allegedly covered up a rape of one of his wrestlers. It's a blatant false equivalence.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jul 28, 2022 16:13:01 GMT -5
I don’t think I’ll never get back to where I was years ago for a number of reasons. One, I’m 35 years old. I have a family, I have a career, and I just don’t have the free time to devote to things like wrestling anymore. Two, I hate the modern WWE production style. Kevin Dunn leaving would be bigger for me than Vince leaving. And three, there’s just too much damn product. They have seven hours of TV each week, they have web shows, they have PPVs (or whatever they call them) seemingly all the time. Because there is so much, none of it seems important and if there is important stuff, I’m not sitting through that much content to see it live. And while you can see the highlights online, it’s not the same experience as seeing it spontaneously. The amount of content is the main reason I’ve kept up with AEW. Each week, it’s two hours of important stuff, one hour of extra relevant stuff if you want it, and a couple hours of online shows if you REALLY need a wrestling fix that week. All leading to a handful of PPVs a year. AEW is far from perfect, but I still like wrestling, and AEW provides a better experience for my current viewing availability. I can devote little time to it and still see complete stories.
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Post by DichEvans on Jul 28, 2022 16:15:09 GMT -5
I stopped watching because of how formulaic RAW was. Not out of spite, I just got bored.
If they had an interesting original story, I would be back in a heartbeat
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Post by Soultastic on Jul 28, 2022 19:17:50 GMT -5
Read the results for the first Raw after Vince left. First match ended in a DQ and last match ended with the babyface getting pinned and then getting jabronied by a different heel.
No thanks, not coming back.
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Post by CubsFan71 on Jul 28, 2022 19:44:14 GMT -5
Possibly. But it’s going to be awhile. Like until Brock and Oldbergs contracts are up. If they don’t re-sign them, yeah I’ll start watching. If they re-sign, peace out
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Post by unc40 on Jul 28, 2022 20:47:17 GMT -5
I quit watching because I was just tired of the same old thing every week but will go back and give it a try.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jul 28, 2022 21:02:04 GMT -5
Doubt it... shocks me to say that. I dont care about WWE at all.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jul 28, 2022 21:23:33 GMT -5
No cause Vince still gets money from it be successful. It would have to be an amazing product to be watching the TV regularly (cause I am not a Nelsen family watching live means little)
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 29, 2022 0:49:21 GMT -5
No
I dont even follow results now. I couldnt tell yiu who any of the champs are.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 29, 2022 0:57:05 GMT -5
Maybe.
Like, by FAN standards, I'm an awful, evil person.
But even I had enough of Vince's shit.
I'd like for the show to be better, because Peacock costs a whole damn lot less than FITE.
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