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Post by kingoftheindies on Jan 10, 2024 14:39:59 GMT -5
Once again I'll say this. I have no issue with people saying this was dumb and not liking it, but I also think Tony knew exactly what he was doing. I don't think this is like some of the rants he's done in the past
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 10, 2024 15:01:05 GMT -5
These are certainly a series of events that happened. If anything I'm more interested in Jinder than probably I ever have been. And I like 2 Nickleback songs. You can photograph meme them all day, “If Everyone Cared” and “Rockstar” are classics.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 10, 2024 15:02:16 GMT -5
Absolutely one of the funniest tweets Dave has ever done. This is a feud that will never die.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 10, 2024 15:09:55 GMT -5
Someone book Bischoff vs Meltzer in a match and put us all out of our misery.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Jan 10, 2024 15:14:01 GMT -5
Someone book Bischoff vs Meltzer in a match and put us all out of our misery. A modern day Rosie versus [REDACTED]!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2024 15:35:05 GMT -5
This tribalism is so god damn frustrating. It sucks that this forum tends to blow up when this shit occurs. Obviously it's better than the depth of hell that is Twitter but it's just not what I'm interested in and knowing that the majority of discussion goes towards threads like this lessens my want to be here.
Khan is annoying as hell online. Knowing he's doing it for some idiotic ratings reason in no way changes that. If anything, the idea he's being annoying on purpose makes it worse. He thinks this crap is doing good for him and not realizing that getting a few extra people angry enough to view a product doesn't translate into them actually enjoying it nor will it make up for the people he drives away in the long term. Ratings eventually went up when Vince left because people were tired with him, his ideologies, and his booking strategies (you might argue it's because of the sexual assault allegations but the ratings increased when he returned after that so I'm not so sure). I wonder if history will show the same for Khan. Some idiot intern taking a jab isn't the same as some idiot boss of a million dollar company making multiple jabs including one that really shits on the wrestlers and not just the company. Jinder getting shit on is collateral that doesn't exist with the WWE account's post. Some idiot intern shouldn't be better at this than the boss of the company.
Khan is at the heart of this tribalism. He feeds it openly more than anyone else. Wrestlers under his employment are frustrated at the tribalism and yet he continues with no regard to how encouraging a tribalistic fanbase can cause issues for your talent. You can say he's doing this for ratings but then that means he's decided whatever ratings bump being an idiot online gets him is worth frustrating his wrestlers, insulting other wrestlers, and feeding into a tribalistic fanbase that shouldn't be encouraged. This crap isn't worth it to me and I hardly believe it's going to be worth it to him in the long run.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jan 10, 2024 16:09:14 GMT -5
Dreaming of a world where we’re free of discourse on ratings, attendance figures, and tribalism.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 10, 2024 16:16:33 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities.
We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now.
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Post by daaave on Jan 10, 2024 16:25:02 GMT -5
Dreaming of a world where we’re free of discourse on ratings, attendance figures, and tribalism. It's very hard these days to find somehwere on the internet where you can just discuss wrestling
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 10, 2024 16:25:41 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities. We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now. Obviously those of us doing that are doing it because we want a return to the days where Vince McMahon can cover up murders and rape women without anyone even batting an eye.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 10, 2024 16:33:57 GMT -5
I’m sick of the tribal tattoos. Seems every wrestler coming out of ovw has them. Especially if they join evolution.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 10, 2024 16:34:20 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities. We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now. We can also call TK a clown without being accused of defending TK's behavior because we're not reacting like Helen Lovejoy over it.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2024 16:35:33 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities. We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now. I'm with you - but I do think it's worth noting again that WBD put out some really positive numbers yesterday that are good news for AEW. Tony wasn't highlighting those numbers and instead helped kick up a bit of a shitstorm that I'm not entirely sure was "good press." It's not a systematic problem with the business, but I don't think arguing it shows his priorities are misguided is all that out of line.
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Post by dpg on Jan 10, 2024 16:37:09 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities. We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now. We can also call TK a clown without being accused of defending TK's behavior because we're not reacting like Helen Lovejoy over it. Unless there's some context I've missed, it just seems silly to make the tweet. Not sure why he's passing comment about it at all really.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 10, 2024 16:39:06 GMT -5
Man, every time I come back in this thread, enough happens to make me realize that the fanbase has passed me by with it's weird sense of priorities. We can call TK a clown for tweeting without acting it's a systematic problem with the business. Come on now. I'm with you - but I do think it's worth noting again that WBD put out some really positive numbers yesterday that are good news for AEW. Tony wasn't highlighting those numbers and instead helped kick up a bit of a shitstorm that I'm not entirely sure was "good press." It's not a systematic problem with the business, but I don't think arguing it shows his priorities are misguided is all that out of line. It's not good press but, like, I also don't think WBD as a company is too worried about that, especially since just today, they decided to axe a critically acclaimed show with a passionate fanbase in Our Flag Means Death. It's sort of one of those things that I hope they have the discussion with TK about bad images whilst that same person is pointing to themselves in the mirror.
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Jan 10, 2024 16:45:11 GMT -5
it just seems silly to make the tweet. Isn't this Twitter in a nutshell?
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Post by 06vwgti on Jan 10, 2024 16:46:04 GMT -5
I’m sick of the tribal tattoos. Seems every wrestler coming out of ovw has them. Especially if they join evolution. Somehow Bron Breakker who was born in 97 has a tribal tattoo straight out of the 90s.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2024 16:48:44 GMT -5
This turning into a Bischoff vs Meltzer slugfest online is certainly hilarious.
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Post by khali on Jan 10, 2024 16:52:02 GMT -5
My personal favorite response to these things are “he should be worried about fixing ___ on this show instead of tweeting,” as if we live in some binary universe where TK firing off a random tweet on a Tuesday somehow hinders his ability to write the best possible show.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 10, 2024 16:53:40 GMT -5
I'm with you - but I do think it's worth noting again that WBD put out some really positive numbers yesterday that are good news for AEW. Tony wasn't highlighting those numbers and instead helped kick up a bit of a shitstorm that I'm not entirely sure was "good press." It's not a systematic problem with the business, but I don't think arguing it shows his priorities are misguided is all that out of line. It's not good press but, like, I also don't think WBD as a company is too worried about that, especially since just today, they decided to axe a critically acclaimed show with a passionate fanbase in Our Flag Means Death. It's sort of one of those things that I hope they have the discussion with TK about bad images whilst that same person is pointing to themselves in the mirror. Yeah, I was bummed to hear that it got cancelled. WBD/TK wasn't my point, though. I was trying to say that people in his own company might be like "WTF" that he's spending time yesterday kicking up dirt in response to an immature tweet instead of taking it as an opportunity to try and push back against some of the "WBD's getting rid of AEW" nonsense.
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