Legion
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Post by Legion on Aug 26, 2022 17:32:54 GMT -5
I wouldnt trust a word Meltz says about Bruce. Guys have beef, what he says about Bruce is likely more what HE wants than anything he has really heard at this point. But nothing he said isn't anything that hasn't been said by many people, including Bruce on some of it, many times over. Oh sure, the meat is for sure true - Bruce is a facilitator extraordinaire, I just meant the idea HHHUnter might want him gone seems for a Meltzer wish than a likelihood given we have no evidence of any HHHunter/Bruce beef
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Aug 26, 2022 17:35:16 GMT -5
We kinda already knew what was up but that's crazy to have your official title effectively be listed as "top dick rider", lmao. Oh man, I wanna change my name to that so bad now.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 26, 2022 18:06:30 GMT -5
Again, there’s no way for us to know if Jarrett was doing a good job or not in the 3 months he was in the role. Meltz said live events have been doing well (as in ticket sales). The events that were run during that time were already booked and pretty much sold before Jarrett even took over.
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 26, 2022 18:16:36 GMT -5
These sorts of things happen when a new CEO comes in. Vince is out, so a lot of Vince guys are going to be out in favor of people the new regime knows. This isn't a great example because of how badly they're bungling things, but Warner Bros. Discovery replaced the entire executive team when the merger was complete on top of a ton of senior management positions up and down the company.
I'm also glad that everyone else is as much a giddy teenager as I am about the "his job is to service his boss" line lmao.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 26, 2022 18:19:17 GMT -5
Again, there’s no way for us to know if Jarrett was doing a good job or not in the 3 months he was in the role. Meltz said live events have been doing well (as in ticket sales). The events that were run during that time were already booked and pretty much sold before Jarrett even took over. Yeah, WWE plans out their touring schedule like 12 months in advance for the most part, and usually announce shows 3-4 months in advance. Jarrett would have had zero impact on the current success of live events unless WWE is seeing crazy good “week of” ticket sales which could possibly be due to his work. EDIT: And I like Jarrett and felt he could’ve been good in the role, but there’s no way they would’ve known good or bad the impact Jeff was having.
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Post by Aceorton on Aug 26, 2022 20:54:29 GMT -5
Road Dogg was a shitty coach, a shitty writer, and then a shitty coach again, and he has zero experience in even the genre of the job he's getting an executive level position in. What are you talking about? Roadies are critical for live events.
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Aug 26, 2022 21:05:02 GMT -5
We kinda already knew what was up but that's crazy to have your official title effectively be listed as "top dick rider", lmao. If I'm hiring someone to be my dickrider you best believe I'm buying them ass implants
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Aug 26, 2022 21:09:13 GMT -5
Prichard is a guy who gets that his job is to service his boss.
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schma
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Post by schma on Aug 26, 2022 22:32:48 GMT -5
Years ago I walked into the cafeteria at work and my co-worker said "I'm not even going to ask why your knees are dirty" I quickly responded "why do you think I never need overtime?" I feel like Bruce would approve.
Because he knows that his job is to service his boss.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 26, 2022 22:40:37 GMT -5
Prichard is a guy who gets that his job is to service his boss. Talk about SOMETHING TO WRESTLE WITH!
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Post by 67 more on Aug 26, 2022 23:54:19 GMT -5
So Triple H is Douglas Reynholm to Vince's Denholm Reynholm Trips walks up to Solomon Crowe: YOU, COMPUTER MAN!
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 26, 2022 23:56:00 GMT -5
So he was doing a really good job and got fired mainly just cause he wasn't a Triple H guy? That's...concerning. I’m doubting that Jarrett’s role has much to do with how well live events are drawing. Plus, most events sell the bulk of tickets months in advance and he had this job for less than 3 months. That's not necessarily true. WWE tends to see big trends in the final few weeks and usually has strong walk-ups. He can get some of the credit, especially if those in the company felt he was doing a good job which it sounds like he was. He also just has more experience at this kind of stuff from his TNA days than Road Dogg. Hunter can make political decisions. It's part of the business sometimes. But the evidence points to this being a downgrade from a pure skill perspective.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 26, 2022 23:58:29 GMT -5
Also I trust Dave even when he has apparent feuds with folks (although it tends to be more people going after him and he laughs it off like he does with Eric). He's reported very highly of guys like Seth and Dax who have both gone after him in the past.
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Post by J. Hova on Aug 27, 2022 1:09:21 GMT -5
Is it actually confirmed that Double J got fired or was it one of those, "I came to work for Vince, not you guys" or "Wow, I'm working 80 hours a week now, I'm 55, screw this, I have kids and a wife at home I'd like to see."
This isn't to mention the fact that he probably has more money than the Federal Reserve from wrestling, promoting, shilling gold, etc.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 27, 2022 1:34:25 GMT -5
I'm really shocked that Triple H would hire one of his friends instead of somebody good at the job. It seems so self-serving and that just doesn't seem like Triple H.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 27, 2022 2:58:45 GMT -5
So he fired someone doing a good job for his covid denialist buddy? Seems about right. The Kliq had the reputation they had for a reason. I wasn't a fan of Jarrett getting a management role in the WWE, given he was the root of many of TNA's problems, but Road Dogg was a part of turning the PC into a superspreading looney bin during the pandemic, which got so bad they had to change plans for the main roster, that should have lead to him being unhirable, but here we are.
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nm
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Post by nm on Aug 27, 2022 3:07:31 GMT -5
Dave Meltzer noted that for the time Jeff Jarrett worked in that position, the live events business went up significantly..
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 27, 2022 6:44:25 GMT -5
We kinda already knew what was up but that's crazy to have your official title effectively be listed as "top dick rider", lmao. Oh man, I wanna change my name to that so bad now. Do it for all of us. The tops. The bottoms. The verses. We need this
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 27, 2022 7:42:04 GMT -5
I’m doubting that Jarrett’s role has much to do with how well live events are drawing. Plus, most events sell the bulk of tickets months in advance and he had this job for less than 3 months. That's not necessarily true. WWE tends to see big trends in the final few weeks and usually has strong walk-ups. He can get some of the credit, especially if those in the company felt he was doing a good job which it sounds like he was. He also just has more experience at this kind of stuff from his TNA days than Road Dogg. Hunter can make political decisions. It's part of the business sometimes. But the evidence points to this being a downgrade from a pure skill perspective. It’s definitely true that the bulk of tickets are sold months in advance. And Dave didn’t even say Jarrett did a good job in his report. He said the live events have been good from the fan reports that are sent in. I don’t doubt that Jarrett is a better fit than Road Dogg, but there’s not much that we know except looking at their resumes.
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Post by Fade on Aug 27, 2022 8:04:07 GMT -5
Bruce has always been such an advocate for Vince’s vision that I’d kill to hear his inner monologue in him going along with what Hunter wants.
Jarrett’s quite an inspiration in how he’s turned his life around so I hope for nothing but the best for the guy (exceptstartinghisownpromotionagain).
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