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Evil Vito 05-05-2021 08:58 AM

Daniel Bryan is the master of renegotiation tactics, which is why he's started mentioning dream opponents outside of WWE recently. Done it before, will do it again. Hope he enjoys his increase in salary.

drave 05-05-2021 08:59 AM

would still be very cool to see him and Ray Fenix. Tag team or opponents, either would be great.

Evil Vito 05-05-2021 09:04 AM

Do I think Bryan will actually leave WWE? No.

Will that stop me from daydreaming about The Final Countdown hitting at the end of Double or Nothing? Also no.

Emperor Smeat 05-12-2021 04:54 PM

According to the Wrestling Observer Radio and Fightful Select, these are the locations currently being considered for this year's SummerSlam event:
  • Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • A location yet to be determined in Texas

Jordan 05-12-2021 06:09 PM

I hope they don't pick MSG so I don't feel pressured to go.

RaginRonic 05-13-2021 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito (Post 5451005)
Do I think Bryan will actually leave WWE? No.

Will that stop me from daydreaming about The Final Countdown hitting at the end of Double or Nothing? Also no.

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You mean this? Though this one is a puzzle to be put together....XB

Emperor Smeat 05-13-2021 03:34 PM

According to Fightful, Zelina Vega is currently in the process of potentially returning to WWE.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Less than a year after being released, Zelina Vega and WWE are working toward her return.

Fightful first reported that Vega (Thea Trinidad-Budgen) was at the Performance Center Thursday doing filming for something and that "the working plan is for her to return to the company." Dave Meltzer confirmed the report.

The 30-year-old was released by WWE last November following issues regarding their policies about individual deals with third parties like Twitch where she has a popular, revenue generating channel. That release sparked interest from SAG-AFTRA after she tweeted about unionization, but nothing ever came of that interest.

In March, Meltzer reported that Trinidad had signed an undisclosed short-term deal that wouldn't allow her to work for another wrestling company.


ClockShot 05-13-2021 07:13 PM

Well, she either cut a deal with Vince to keep making extra cash on the side. Or she's getting more money altogether.

Bad News Gertner 05-13-2021 07:20 PM

Lol of course.

erickman 05-13-2021 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClockShot (Post 5453002)
Well, she either cut a deal with Vince to keep making extra cash on the side. Or she's getting more money altogether.

yeah i think they cut a deal an if she is going to work with the rocks kid, all must be forgiving.

Emperor Smeat 05-13-2021 08:52 PM

Current rumor going around the net regarding Bray's recent absence from RAW hints at him currently suffering a bad bout of depression.

Supposedly the loss of his close friend Brodie Lee is still hitting him very hard all these months later.

Fignuts 05-13-2021 09:03 PM

I'm sure the direction they took his character the past year or so isn't helping either.

Emperor Smeat 05-14-2021 02:51 PM

WWE currently planning to resume touring in mid-July according to the Mat Men podcast and Wrestling Observer.

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Originally Posted by Observer
In this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer confirmed the news that was first reported by Mat Men's Andrew Zarian on Thursday that WWE is exploring a return to touring in a few months.

Zarian first said that Friday, July 16th's SmackDown would be the first such show with fans. He later specified the message he recieved was "fans back July 16-19" and wasn't sure if that meant a one-off stretch or not.

What is unknown is whether the first shows will be at the ThunderDome at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, or in another city completely. It's also unknown if house shows are still in the plan for the future and if so, how that schedule will change from past years.


Emperor Smeat 05-14-2021 07:44 PM

According to WrestlingInc, Sonya Deville's stalker was recently ruled incompetent to stand trial for the stalking and kidnapping charges against him related to last year's kidnapping attempt incident at Sonya's home.

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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
As previously reported, Phillip A. Thomas had a competency hearing this week. Thomas is facing life in prison on multiple charges after attempting to kidnap Daria Berenato, a.k.a. Sonya Deville, at her home on August 16, 2020.

Wrestling Inc. has learned that Thomas has been found incompetent to stand trial. He is awaiting transfer to Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida.

As noted, Deville had her temporary protection injunction against Thomas extended last week. The next protection hearing is October 7th at 9 a.m.

Thomas was charged with Aggravated Stalking, Armed Burglary of a Dwelling, Attempted Armed Kidnapping, and Criminal Mischief. Depositions for the case started in February.


Emperor Smeat 05-15-2021 07:24 PM

Seems Zelina Vega being open to a potential return to WWE might be due to the company recently weakening the ban put in place for their talents social media accounts and outside third party deals.

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Originally Posted by PWI
Despite big plans to represent their own talent to monetize third party bookings including sponsorships, film and TV roles, World Wrestling Entertainment has already shut down their Talent Management Group.

WWE launched plans for the division in November 2020, announcing, "WWE Talent Management Group will deliver best-in-class 360-degree support of Talent across all internal lines of business and key external partners, amplifying Talent brand value and maximizing monetization opportunities for Talent and WWE."

The company began staffing the division at that point.

PWInsider.com is told the decision to shutter the division was made just few weeks back and in all, the division only existed for four to five weeks.


erickman 05-15-2021 07:50 PM

guess vince did not make as much money as he thought he would

Emperor Smeat 05-15-2021 08:01 PM

Yeup and both him and WWE President Nick Khan completely overestimated WWE's talents level of interest to want to continue shilling products as if nothing had happened since they no longer were getting paid extra for it or were losing out on huge sums of money.

Like Asuka started to blur out products she uses or buys on her Youtube channel just to get around WWE's ban so it wouldn't affect her pay in any way.

xrodmuc316 05-15-2021 11:06 PM

I think we can all agree that was such a bad decision.

WWE might, and BIG might, but they might have gotten away with 10% of whatever extra income the wrestlers make being applied to their downside guarantees. If a wrestler has has a million downside guarantee, they can use their side ventures to make as much as possible, but WWE can count up to 100k off their downside.

It's still a real shitty practice, but a talent would rather lose 10% of their downside and still get to earn an extra day 500k on the side. 1.4 million is better than 1 million.

erickman 05-15-2021 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5453357)
I think we can all agree that was such a bad decision.

WWE might, and BIG might, but they might have gotten away with 10% of whatever extra income the wrestlers make being applied to their downside guarantees. If a wrestler has has a million downside guarantee, they can use their side ventures to make as much as possible, but WWE can count up to 100k off their downside.

It's still a real shitty practice, but a talent would rather lose 10% of their downside and still get to earn an extra day 500k on the side. 1.4 million is better than 1 million.

that's what i was about to say as promoter they can get 10% that's how they did indy bookings and signings in the past. vince got greedy

Evil Vito 05-20-2021 02:39 PM

WWE going back to crowds earlier than planned is said to be a Fox request/mandate.

Not really surprised though given that the other sports in Fox's portfolio are back to having fans so it'll just "look better" if they have a live audience too.

Evil Vito 05-21-2021 02:18 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, good to know! <a href="https://t.co/1DdAz1Y7Pm">https://t.co/1DdAz1Y7Pm</a></p>&mdash; Austin #Creed4G4 - Future King of The Ring (@AustinCreedWins) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustinCreedWins/status/1395739639063924739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seems WWE wrestlers learned of their return to crowds via Twitter.

Evil Vito 05-21-2021 02:24 PM

Ruthless passive aggression.

Evil Vito 05-26-2021 09:43 AM

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Beyond the already reported cuts within World Wrestling Entertainment today, PWInsider.com can also report that a number of major international office staffers were let go today.

The story making the rounds is that WWE President Nick Khan, in another show of his growing power, will personally be overseeing those offices in order to keep them in closer alignment with WWE HQ here in the States.

As part of this process, Jay Rosenstock, WWE's Executive Vice President of International was let go. He came to WWE in October 2019 to overall all of the company's eight international regional managers, responsibilities that Khan will now handle.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my brain can’t comprehend and my heart is fucking breaking for all my friends. along with being great humans, everyone behind the scenes at wwe digital worked their asses off to build a huge money making brand and don’t get near the credit they deserve</p>&mdash; Cathy Kelley (@catherinekelley) <a href="https://twitter.com/catherinekelley/status/1397243658999640072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WWE Digital is now reporting to Kevin Dunn so I'm sure that will go down the shitter.

drave 05-26-2021 09:59 AM

The digital landscape is often underappreciated. Often it isn't until something is seriously broken that those types of roles are given thanks.




Fuck Kevin Dunn, tbh.

Lock Jaw 05-26-2021 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drave (Post 5455497)
Fuck Kevin Dunn, tbh.

https://i.imgur.com/9ggxWJ9.gif

Lock Jaw 05-26-2021 10:10 AM

When I get my producer job, I am immediately instituting a 500% increase in amount of camera cuts.

drave 05-26-2021 10:30 AM

On hockey games only!


A cut for every punch

Lock Jaw 05-26-2021 02:56 PM

We used to cover the local rassling fed and the producer/director would sometimes do that....

slik 05-26-2021 03:35 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jimmy Smith joining WWE Raw announce team <a href="https://t.co/5hndTSS8z2">https://t.co/5hndTSS8z2</a> <a href="https://t.co/5WnTQAp5Y5">pic.twitter.com/5WnTQAp5Y5</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) <a href="https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1397633149853519873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Emperor Smeat 05-26-2021 05:04 PM

Why they didn't just go with him instead of Virk to begin with is a head scratcher since unlike Virk, he has been getting actual training by WWE for that new job.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A
Smith auditioned for a WWE commentary job earlier this year and has since been training with WWE and Michael Cole to prepare for a possible role, according to Meltzer, who added that according to sources in WWE, “Cole has praised him heavily and found him to be very versatile.”


Evil Vito 05-27-2021 02:24 PM

SummerSlam to take place on Saturday August 21 at a yet-to-be-announced NFL stadium.

Evil Vito 05-27-2021 02:32 PM

Both Miami and Tampa have home preseason games on August 21 so SummerSlam won't be there. Jacksonville's stadium would be unavailable for obvious reasons. Dallas, LA, New Orleans, Phoenix, Chicago, and NY/NJ are booked as well.

Pats Stadium would be available and SummerSlam was meant to be in Boston last year, but Foxboro is an hour outside of Boston.

slik 05-27-2021 02:48 PM

SummerSlam is at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and Cena will be a big part of it.

Evil Vito 05-27-2021 03:19 PM

I've already forgotten Vegas has an NFL stadium.

screech 05-27-2021 03:26 PM

There's a nightclub in one of the endzones, isn't there?

slik 05-27-2021 04:55 PM

There is, but I don't think it's open yet


https://vegas.eater.com/2021/5/11/22...-raiders-games

Emperor Smeat 05-27-2021 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito (Post 5455640)
I've already forgotten Vegas has an NFL stadium.

Vegas probably wishing they could do the same since the city recently had to withdraw more money from an emergency fund just to pay off the newest round of stadium debt owed from the bonds they issued.

Seems they didn't plan out the payments for these bonds that well since this is the second time in recent months they got hit with unscheduled payments owed.

erickman 05-27-2021 05:22 PM

so tom got the boot now from wwe, i am surprised wwe did not try to get josh mathews back , he is the most cole like person out there.

Sepholio 05-27-2021 05:31 PM

Surprised they let Tom go too.

erickman 05-27-2021 05:35 PM

i am surprised tom did not go sooner, when they hired people around him.


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