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Post by Display Name on Jul 12, 2024 15:06:09 GMT -5
This dumb mother f***er is doing coke with THAT heart? Oof.
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Post by The Ichi on Jul 12, 2024 15:07:59 GMT -5
Gotta be the most pointless signing they've ever made.
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Post by attitudeerasucked on Jul 12, 2024 15:10:01 GMT -5
I don't even know if Triple H wants the headache of Ric, anymore. I fully predict him to start his 4th or 5th failed podcast on Conrad's grifters network just to shit on TK and AEW, though.
Hogan has a WWE legends deal, so Ric has a good chance in getting it too...
Reminder that Ric Flair gets a free pass always. Hogan ("the POS who wouldn't put over Bret in 1993") on the other hand.... |
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Post by Nosnorb on Jul 12, 2024 15:15:07 GMT -5
Did anyone ever drink Wooo energy? It can’t be worse than Gridlock….can it. lol It's Ric Flair, so you know it's worse. I remember something about the taste being like skittles dissolved in battery acid, with a mushroom aftertaste. |
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Post by attitudeerasucked on Jul 12, 2024 15:15:44 GMT -5
Just pointing out TK's hypocrisy, that's all.
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Post by sassafrastaz on Jul 12, 2024 15:19:49 GMT -5
One more drink for the road before we never have to think of it again.  You can instantly see his face go: "Man, what in the absolute f*** am I doing?!" Bart Simpson: Watch this, Lis. You can actually pinpoint the second when the drink causes his soul to rip in half.
*Clicks on the remote to slowly advance the footage*
Bart Simpson: ...annnnnddddd now.
*Picture freezes on Andrade grimacing*
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jul 12, 2024 15:20:20 GMT -5
I swear there's a boatload of people who just went "yeah this shit isn't worth my time" when Flair was brought in, hopefully Tony has gotten the whole signing childhood idols thing out of his system
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 12, 2024 15:22:38 GMT -5
Yeah, not surprised Flair's talent contract and the sponsorship fell through at the same time; if the point of it was just to embezzle money from the company by proxy into Ric's pocket, you kind of need to be making money to do that, and Woo Energy was not f***ing making money.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 12, 2024 15:33:07 GMT -5
I swear there's a boatload of people who just went "yeah this shit isn't worth my time" when Flair was brought in, hopefully Tony has gotten the whole signing childhood idols thing out of his system I can buy the idea it was a Sting request and they made it happen because they’re still good friends and it makes sense for his retirement to do it and that’s not to say it should have been done at all but I get it. The fact he hasn’t been back since and only mentioned through the sponsorship sort of says it all in how it’s gone, really. |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jul 12, 2024 15:37:26 GMT -5
I swear there's a boatload of people who just went "yeah this shit isn't worth my time" when Flair was brought in, hopefully Tony has gotten the whole signing childhood idols thing out of his system I can buy the idea it was a Sting request and they made it happen because they’re still good friends and it makes sense for his retirement to do it and that’s not to say it should have been done at all but I get it. The fact he hasn’t been back since and only mentioned through the sponsorship sort of says it all in how it’s gone, really. I get it as well, just damn. Hell of a hit to the company image even if it was to appease someone who by all accounts is a fantastic dude in Sting |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 12, 2024 15:39:44 GMT -5
I can buy the idea it was a Sting request and they made it happen because they’re still good friends and it makes sense for his retirement to do it and that’s not to say it should have been done at all but I get it. The fact he hasn’t been back since and only mentioned through the sponsorship sort of says it all in how it’s gone, really. I get it as well, just damn. Hell of a hit to the company image even if it was to appease someone who by all accounts is a fantastic dude in Sting I wouldn’t say it was a major hit but yeah, sort of not really needed in the long run. I think people would have less of an issue if it really was just “Ric’s here for some dates of Sting’s retirement tour” rather than what this was. It’d still not be great but it’d save us promotion time or whatnot. |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jul 12, 2024 15:42:58 GMT -5
I get it as well, just damn. Hell of a hit to the company image even if it was to appease someone who by all accounts is a fantastic dude in Sting I wouldn’t say it was a major hit but yeah, sort of not really needed in the long run. I think people would have less of an issue if it really was just “Ric’s here for some dates of Sting’s retirement tour” rather than what this was. It’d still not be great but it’d save us promotion time or whatnot. Plus the constant fear a lot of us had that they were for sure going to put him in a match with or against the Bucks too. Shit was exhausting, that short run either way |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 12, 2024 15:56:00 GMT -5
I wouldn’t say it was a major hit but yeah, sort of not really needed in the long run. I think people would have less of an issue if it really was just “Ric’s here for some dates of Sting’s retirement tour” rather than what this was. It’d still not be great but it’d save us promotion time or whatnot. Plus the constant fear a lot of us had that they were for sure going to put him in a match with or against the Bucks too. Shit was exhausting, that short run either way No disagreement there. |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 12, 2024 16:21:00 GMT -5
I'd say it was a pretty big hit for the company if only because all they got for it in return was like, a warm fuzzy feeling in Sting during a farewell tour where he was already kind of given everything. And I don't mean this as some kind of "Sting is a selfish dickhead" way I just think given everything else in play, that was a decision that he could have been told 'no' over.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 12, 2024 16:24:05 GMT -5
I get it as well, just damn. Hell of a hit to the company image even if it was to appease someone who by all accounts is a fantastic dude in Sting I wouldn’t say it was a major hit but yeah, sort of not really needed in the long run. I think people would have less of an issue if it really was just “Ric’s here for some dates of Sting’s retirement tour” rather than what this was. It’d still not be great but it’d save us promotion time or whatnot. Yeah you bascially have to accept that crappy guests are just a part of wrestling. I may have hated bloody Naito stinking the place up but can accept that's the price to pay for AEW being the obvious choice for any NJPW wrestlers looking to leave and getting the likes of ZSJ, Ishii, Shingo etc as guests. No real harm done. Any ill feeling is on NJPW not AEW. Long-term deals are different, as is that ugly logo making the show look worse, taken with a few other things around the same time it undermined AEW as an alternative to WWE. The ending of Dynamite this week was enhanced by the all-in graphic on the screen behind them. Imagine the whole thing taking place with Flair's fungus face behind instead. Might as well repost this just as reminder how much worse things looked with that eyesore there.  |
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Post by markymark on Jul 12, 2024 16:24:23 GMT -5
I'd say it was a pretty big hit for the company if only because all they got for it in return was like, a warm fuzzy feeling in Sting during a farewell tour where he was already kind of given everything. And I don't mean this as some kind of "Sting is a selfish dickhead" way I just think given everything else in play, that was a decision that he could have been told 'no' over.
Just curious, do you think it did more damage than the All In footage release?
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Jul 12, 2024 16:39:02 GMT -5
According to a report by Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the partnership between Ric Flair and AEW may have ended prematurely. “Those who have pointed out no “Wooooo! Energy” graphics on the screen of late, that is a smart observation and unless something changes it doesn’t look like you’ll be seeing that going forward. There was no explanation given but unless something changes it does look like that deal is over with.”  The only downside is that Okada didn't get to call Flair the "b-word" directly to his face on Dynamite. Good riddance to bad rubbish. |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 12, 2024 16:42:03 GMT -5
I'd say it was a pretty big hit for the company if only because all they got for it in return was like, a warm fuzzy feeling in Sting during a farewell tour where he was already kind of given everything. And I don't mean this as some kind of "Sting is a selfish dickhead" way I just think given everything else in play, that was a decision that he could have been told 'no' over. Just curious, do you think it did more damage than the All In footage release?
I think it did a different kind of damage; AEW previously passed on Flair after the DSotR episode and it felt like Tony was keeping him at an arm's length from his business. Then he went back on that and brought on the shriveled up rapist and plastered his mushroom juice all over the show, making it look worse even when Flair wasn't around. I think the All In footage stirred a lot more hell and bullshit that was already basically there in the first place, and also I guess it's worth keeping in mind that they put it out to specifically debunk Punk smearing the company. Even if it didn't have as big an impact, signing Ric was an entirely unforced error. |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jul 12, 2024 16:45:02 GMT -5
I'd say it was a pretty big hit for the company if only because all they got for it in return was like, a warm fuzzy feeling in Sting during a farewell tour where he was already kind of given everything. And I don't mean this as some kind of "Sting is a selfish dickhead" way I just think given everything else in play, that was a decision that he could have been told 'no' over.
Just curious, do you think it did more damage than the All In footage release?
To people who were regular watchers of AEW, absolutely. There is something to be said for the aura and soul of a company, even if it's a wrestling company. |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jul 12, 2024 16:46:26 GMT -5
I wouldn’t say it was a major hit but yeah, sort of not really needed in the long run. I think people would have less of an issue if it really was just “Ric’s here for some dates of Sting’s retirement tour” rather than what this was. It’d still not be great but it’d save us promotion time or whatnot. Yeah you bascially have to accept that crappy guests are just a part of wrestling. I may have hated bloody Naito stinking the place up but can accept that's the price to pay for AEW being the obvious choice for any NJPW wrestlers looking to leave and getting the likes of ZSJ, Ishii, Shingo etc as guests. No real harm done. Any ill feeling is on NJPW not AEW. Long-term deals are different, as is that ugly logo making the show look worse, taken with a few other things around the same time it undermined AEW as an alternative to WWE. The ending of Dynamite this week was enhanced by the all-in graphic on the screen behind them. Imagine the whole thing taking place with Flair's fungus face behind instead. Might as well repost this just as reminder how much worse things looked with that eyesore there. Don't know what you'r on about this looks great  I'd pay eight thousand dollars or whatever the f*** Wembley prices are at right now to see this |
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