:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I don’t know if I can name a single billionaire who isn’t completely insane

I think even just ranking the wrestling billionaires:

1) Vince - psychopath
2) Trump - more powerful psychopath
3) TK - autistic psychopath
4) Ted Turner - the most normal I guess but definitely still a psychopath

Tony Khan is definitely a different kind of CEO but in light of some of the absolute horrible CEO's the world has seen in professional wrestling and all the other businesses in the world for the last 300 years, its refreshing.

He is definitely less seasoned but obviously very passionate. Fuck it, it's a nice change to see a CEO actually seem to care and live in the moment as opposed to just doing calculated stuff in order to "look" and "appear" good and appease the Boards or any other kind of oversights the company has.

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Look at all those glorious pews.

Tony could have bought the rights to ‘86 World Championship Wrestling pew pew theme for a fraction of what he paid for the NBA on NBC theme.

:nono:

Call me when they have someone shooting lasers from their eyeballs

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Looks like multiple video screens?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video of what’s been built so far of the new AEW Dynamite set. Please credit me if you are using my pics or videos. Thx <a href="https://t.co/K2PuUi0rwY">pic.twitter.com/K2PuUi0rwY</a></p>&mdash; Future Joey (@JoeyJohnela) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyJohnela/status/1610413859478859776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Shida takes out Storm cue Mercedes?

Arent we at the point yet that we can recognize fools gold? Do they really believe Mercedes Monè is going to lead to ANY improvement?

It is a legitimate improvement to their women's division, both in her name value and in her ability in the ring.

What lol? Sasha Banks is a botch machine

And yet, her catalogue of work in WWE is still superior to that of the majority of the women in AEW.

Thus, improvement.

Like I'm not saying there was a high bar or anything.

She's not Manami fucking Toyota over here.

She's going to be a game changer for sure

That all depends.

Is she signed to NJPW or AEW?

Because if she's signed to NJPW, and only making sparse appearances in AEW then improvement or not, its not really going to change the dynamic of the women's division.

Sasha Banks needed WWE way more than WWE needs her. I wonder how long it is until there’s a big personality blow-up?

Would be amazing if everyone was waiting for Sasha and then Nia Jax debuted

As the Funkasaurus 2000

Don't even put that idea out into the universe :rant:

So, did you know that there is gonna be a Battle of the Belts tonight? Booker of the Year, folks.

I can honestly say that even I am surprised at how little hype there has been for this. I can’t name a single match on the card. TK seems to love this shit, but sometimes it’s like he’s not even trying.

Lol, CM Punk posted “Duh” in response to Dax’s comments about Punk and The Elite needing to come together and work. Dave Meltzer has spun that into Punk crawling back to Tony about getting a spot back instead of reading it as “No shit, but these fucking morons.”

Yes…

It’s been plugged heavily on AEW TV and I even saw it on social.

It got covered in the TV thread but I like the new set for Dynamite. At the very least it freshens the look but I actually really like the way it creates a massive background for the entrance going on.

Jerichos entrance looked amazing with the massive gold sparkly background.

The whole setup is visually appealing and the way they have reworked the entrance videos to take full advantage is great.

Getting a new set and pimping the fuck out of it is right out of WCW ‘99.

At least AEW will be able to sign Johnny Gargano and Tegan Nox soon.

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lmao what a NERD

Tony Khan holding the ropes open for people…holy shit.

Ringside news had some "fun facts" yesterday on their Twitter feed, including Tony Khan allegedly having parties at the hotels of dirtsheet reporters which included drugs.

oh no adults doing drugs!

Would somebody think of the children!

I wouldn't be able to enter the ring, I'd just be staring like "wtf?"

Talks about Punk being bought out are allegedly not happening and he’s “on ice” at the moment.

Maybe all the baby men make up and we get the elite v punk and FTR at a ppv after all

Then AEW would still not draw ratings :rofl::rofl::rofl:

On a serious note, we all know what would happen...

That seems pretty accurate.

Look we cant let something like drugs spoil the long tradition of clean athletes in wrestling. Theres a history to uphold here guys!!!

Look, we can’t let something bad get in the way of AEW.

Warner has apparently changed its stance and is allowing Mark Briscoe to appear on AEW TV.

For what should be a feel good side story, this doesn’t feel all that good.

No amount of apologizing for their statements mattered. One of them had to die so the other could be a major sympathetic figure to get them on TV. Just feels gross.

Corporations, man…

Mark walking out with the ROH Tag Titles is gonna get me right in the feels.

It is odd that it is alright by WBD to have a Bank Robbing drug addict on, and continually use a guy who talked about wanting to rape multiple women, but not a guy who tweeted something 9 years ago that he long since apologized for.

Did Warner change its stance or did Tony realize that someone was going to end up asking a Warner exec about this stance, leading them to answer "Who?" and blowing up the whole fucking charade?

What?

I've made it fairly clear that my opinion of the whole thing is this "Warner Exec" doesn't exist, and was used as a cover for either Tony not wanting to book the Briscoes in AEW, or his EVPs not wanting him to book the Briscoes in AEW.

What?

See any of Noid’s takes on how The Bucks don’t want to bring in and/or properly feature tag teams that are superior to themselves.

Also aligns with his take that Tony will happyily benefit from someone’s death.

Is this an “opinion” you personally came up with based on anything in particular or is this the scuttlebutt on another forum?

I mean, if the Bucks really went out of their way to not bring in teams better than them, they’d be the only team in the company.

My own opinion, with some corroborating evidence I have seen from another forum. Primarily, the dude doesn't have a spine, so doesn't want to take the heat.

I'd respect him a bit more if he said "I don't have any plans for them at this time." Disappointing, but a logical answer. It's better than making up an Exec that won't let them on WarnerMedia, but somehow let them on Warnermedia for ROH PPVs on BR. They were banned from doing a tribute, but were allowed to show his picture for a few seconds. It's all bullshit.

If he was lying, then I'd imagine the actual warner execs would have words with him.

Does he ever actually say that warner execs said it tho? I know he's implied theres a higher power at play but I cant remember if he ever actually specifically called out warner.

This seems more like another one of those “I WANT this to be the case” things rather than anything based on… anything really.

But without seeing the evidence provided via the scuttlebutt on the smart people forums, WE’LL NEVER KNOW!

Congratulations! You've just described 97% of IWC discourse*.









*I may be lowballing, here.

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97% of IWC discourse is people not knowing the truth because they don’t have access to the evidence available via the scuttlebutt on the smart people forum? Damn. Meltzer gotta sneak his way on there somehow.

... how cute of you to think I am including myself in the 3%... :roll:

Meltzer is also in the 97%. Only differences are that A. I am not grifting a bunch of "smart" marks, B. I use Occam's Razor as part of the stuff I am pulling out of my ass, and C. I will admit that I am pulling stuff out of my ass, and will admit that I am wrong. Maybe I should start saying "plans change."

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Stoked.

That is a really solid seat if the ring is centered!

Well, damn. Respect there, man.

Anyone loving Action Andretti? All the news about him being the next big thing, I dunno.

Ring works solid to really good, hate the name, ring Gear and entrance scream CAW to me. Nothing against the guy, really hope he has an amazing career just not exactly sure what about him is so appealing to the insiders atm.

I think I might have seen the Briscoes wrestle twice but it was hard not to be emotional during the Mark vs. Lethal match. Jay Lethal looked emotionally destroyed at points in that match.

I hope I get to see a bit more of Mark on AEW moving forward but I have a feeling hes more likely to be a ROH aattraction.

I am not that impressed by a guy trying to be a carbon copy of Will Ospreay, especially since Will Ospreay has never really hooked me either. I would rather they just try to get Ospreay full time instead.

I don’t have to see Action Andretti to know that Jericho has done this with him because he’s no threat.

After Jericho is done drying up Starks, he’s onto Swerve.

Seth Rollins is #1Fan's most hated wrestler ever, confirmed!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CLIP: Seth Rollins calls CM Punk a &quot;cancer&quot; and tells him to stay away from WWE. <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWERollins</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Nick_Hausman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nick_Hausman</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEGames</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE2K23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE2K23</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoyalRumble</a> <a href="https://t.co/m9QC71bunL">pic.twitter.com/m9QC71bunL</a></p>&mdash; WrestlingINC.com (@WrestlingInc) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc/status/1619391805237366784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

*waits for everything to suddenly be Seth Rollins fault*

Is this a Noid “Everything is Jericho’s fault” reference, a Punk “Everything is The Elite’s fault” reference or a me “Everything is Seph’s fault” reference? There’s too many “Over the top blame” jokes that could be pertinent to that post.

One thing we know for certain: it’s not Snitsky’s fault.

I've been watching AEW the last two weeks and let me tell you what, it SUCKS. I watched the Rumble last night by WWE and it ROCKED. It was so good, even WWE's Nia blows away AEW's Nyla. AEW and Kenny suck now.

Ironically, Cumdunce’s existence is actually Seth Rollins’ fault as he Rollins was the subject of his “coming out as a derp” thread. Seth Rollins would go on to have a full-blown retarded guy gimmick. More irony.

So according to Schiavone, he is either not allowed to talk to Cody because Cody works in WWE, or he is full of shit trying to FEDBAD (even though Ricky Starks was allowed to be backstage with Cody at the Royal Rumble). Gee, I REALLY wonder which one it is :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I guess he could be trying to suggest that they just don’t talk anymore because they’re not in proximity to each other, but that is a terrible way to say it. But a really stupid move to try and FEDBAD like that when it can be so easily disproven.

Also, I’m glad it doesn’t seem likely Starks has fallen for AEW’s shit and bought into the idea of being “elevated” by Jericho and he is likely WWE bound. Good for him.

All of those positions are retarded so you can apply any of them here.

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LOL come on Internet :rofl:

Tony Khan on booking

That is def cocaine rambles.

Man using an excel spreadsheet to book

Tiny Khan just found out he can turn his tablet sideways and look at his booking pages in landscape mode instead of portrait mode, and much like all his signings, it is a GAME CHANGER!

hes trying to cook the rasslin book. Probably uses the same recipe as his crack rock.

lol 100%

Just hope they don’t lead to cocaine ramble shambles.

FEDBAD is ramping back up again, Tiny making sure the troops are toeing the line :rofl:

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2023/01...o-comparisons/

https://b1671682.smushcdn.com/167168...strip=1&webp=1

But also...

https://i.redd.it/cojtqt36hxr81.jpg

:nono:

what is wrong with you

I find it offensive that she has a problem with FEDBAD even mentioning Eddie, when it is done every week in a company the man never worked for. She is so fiercely loyal to Eddie that she had 55% of his tombstone removed?? I am sorry, but that is some cold blooded shit. Just don't be buried next to him, but to take the time and money to cut through marble and have your name and picture with him removed, well she shouldn't have the moral high ground to be offended people are comparing Dom to Eddie.

Like deciphering ancient sumerian through a Kaleidescope.

What exactly is so hard to understand? Once you rip apart a tombstone, you don't get to pretend to have outrage over loyalty. His tombstone says "Loving Husband Always Together". I guess they could try to sneak an * on there somewhere, maybe have it say "JK" and provide the location of Vickie's actual ultimate resting place.

After doing that, it is bad enough she STILL uses his name to make money. She is not showing up on AEW TV as Vickie Benson now is she? But she is really going to act outraged over Dom? Don't begrudge somebody else for drawing comparisons when you weren't even loyal enough to not disturb his final resting place. They literally cut the headstone so it looks like it was never there. If she cared so much about defending his legacy, maybe don't turn his grave into an embarrassment.

Is that his they usually do adjacent plots, with the stone already prepared? That’s fucking weird.

It is weird, but it is more weird to do that and then have it cut out lol

Zeb was such a good gimmick!

Royal Rumble REALLY has Tiny Khan shook. He clearly sent an email to Ratchet-Up FEDBAD :rofl::rofl::rofl:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry, I don’t do jobs. I’ll beat <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gunther?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gunther</a>’s stupid ass. <a href="https://t.co/4BmFKkC7xH">https://t.co/4BmFKkC7xH</a></p>&mdash; Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) <a href="https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1620549209022930944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Chris Jericho embarrassing his legacy again. Fucking hell.

Dominik saying Eddie Guerrero was his generation’s Dominik Mysterio was fucking awesome.

Please rank the following despicable acts of FEDBAD:

- Vickie Guerrero getting re-married and deciding she no longer wants to be buried next to her ex-husband 15+ years after his death.

- Tony Khan only donating $10,000 to pay for the funeral of a wrestler he never met.

- JR calling out a guy for being an ass kisser but also being seen in public with his boss.

- Nyla Rose having a penis.