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I feel like Lana missed the "point" of the video or "didn't follow the instructions" or whatevr
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Supposedly Brock Lesnar made around $10 million last year in WWE based on an earnings list from Forbes.
Assuming the numbers reported are correct, that made him the highest paid wrestler in WWE last year and doubled what Reigns made at the #2 spot. 1. Brock Lesnar: $10 million 2. Roman Reigns: $5 million 3. Randy Orton: $4.1 million 4. Seth Rollins: $4 million 5. Triple H: $3.3 million 6. Becky Lynch: $3.1 million 7. Bill Goldberg: $3 million 8. Shane McMahon: $2.1 million 9. Stephanie McMahon: $2 million 10. Braun Strowman: $1.9 million https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbi.../#2a2a132f160b |
I wonder how much money Steve Austin made just from merchandise. Even just the t-shirts.
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I heard a rumor from a friend (he believes anything he reads) that WWE did not want Goldberg to win the title from Bray but Ol Bill used his creative control and they gave it to him anyway
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Nah. Well, maybe, if by creative control they mean "him being a giant fucking star that has Vince's ear." It was the right move. Bray Wyatt fucking sucks. But the writers probably love him and think that he should have been champion forever and a day. So yeah, it's probably a Vince vision that the writers don't get.
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Re: New Japan: I like isolated things I see. Their great stuff can be really great, but it is like biting into a lemon.
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Apparently ROH's parent company Sinclair is close to running out of money because of how dire things have been on the stocks side of the company.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Highlight: Sinclair Broadcast Group's "current free cash flow yield [they've] lost over the last 12 months relative to enterprise value is 66%," <a href="https://twitter.com/NewConstructs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@newconstructs</a> CEO David Trainer says. "They don't have any money. They've got quite a bit of debt, not a lot of cash." <a href="https://t.co/v2ywj0StnS">pic.twitter.com/v2ywj0StnS</a></p>— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/1247260108242944000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Loved that gear on her, but it doesn't make up for her being completely and utterly shit. And she's been up there for a fucking DECADE.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Times like this we need a laugh. Here's a true "only in wrestling" story: a certain <a href="https://twitter.com/MLW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLW</a> wrestler refused to check his email because of concerns about the virus. Thankfully, after a conversation and powering up his antivirus software, he is back in the game. Can't make this up ��</p>— Court Bauer (@courtbauer) <a href="https://twitter.com/courtbauer/status/1247881861159845888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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With the apocalypse upon us, it just seems even more crazy that The Iron Shiek is going to outlive every wrestler who ever lived. Current crop included.
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Damn that video made me like Snitsky. Seems like a cool dude. Really surprised he never came back considering Vinces hard on for big dudes.
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lmfao Nia Jax shot on Ronda Rousey for being too dangerous in the ring, said she went to upper management and put her foot down and told them to stop letting Ronda injure people, in particular Alexa Bliss.
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Its Vince McMahon as the devil. That's all I need it for.
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Seems UFC's plans to hold events at a private island and tribal lands got trashed after ESPN and Disney told Dana White to stop his antics regarding the coronavirus.
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Lol Tennessee. Maybe Covid-19 can't infect the inbred.
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According to this week's Observer Newsletter, the financial hit from the coronavirus outbreak in Japan has reached a point where the current feeling is WWE now has a much easier road to establish themselves as a major force in the market.
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Also early estimates for Mania 36's PPV buys numbers are very low going by Google trends as an indicator.
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This Indu Sher aesthetic is way off. I know they're just now finding footing, but they've got a ways to go.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I've seen comments that Gargano Vs Ciampa from NXT last night needed Titanic music and I agree. This fits the match perfectly. <a href="https://t.co/alZVhu5T4V">pic.twitter.com/alZVhu5T4V</a></p>— JamieOD (@JamieOD) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieOD/status/1248194277177516033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The Gargano/Ciampa “epics” have been overrated to an AEW scale.
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Your entire posting career is why abortion should be legalized.
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Nakamura keeps calling Braun "brown"
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Nakamura is still excellent.
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I still picture someone giving Braun green crayons and paper in an attempt to get him to "draw money."
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WWE somehow turned into the Gamestop of wrestling in regards to their stubbornness with the coronavirus outbreak.
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Essential media Lmaooooooooo
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The reasoning behind his decision is even more stupider considering it hasn't really happened to other shows that had to suspend production or other sports in general. Same for not even being the reason why the XFL folded again.
Being speculated Vince thinks FOX and USA Network will use this occasion to void or restructure their tv deals if WWE can't produce a certain number of live tv shows due to the coronavirus. Quote:
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Imagining the whole roster walking out on Vince, but Vince still puts on a show that is just him on camera the entire time
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That is so strange, re: live shows.
There's no way WWE wouldn't have legal rights to avoid this, as there is no precedent for this scenario. Also strange bc spoilers weren't leaking - in fact, less is known about what will happen onscreen now than ever before. |
"WWE Universe, Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan couldn't be here tonight, but instead we've got the next best thing! It's the Stingy and Battery show!"
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Listening to Jim Cornette's review of Wrestlemania 36:
What a fucking knob this guy is. He sounds pretty racist, too. Wouldn't even call Asuka and Kairi Sane by name. Says he loves John Morrison, but doesn't even know who Kofi Kingston or the Usos are (how is that possible?). I know none of this is new information, but I was just so angry listening that I had to vent somewhere. OK, back to it then. :y: |
I know a lot of people love him, but his assessments are WAY the fuck off on this one.
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And I seriously think he believes his name is Ron Gronkowski.
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Santino Marella would like to buy you a beer.
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Cornette has pushed the crotchety grandpa routine too far. He needs to dial it right back and just tell stories again.
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Going live every week instead of taping a month or two worth of shows is baffling and unconscionable.
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I must admit something...I’m binge watching The Big Show Show and its not terrible.
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I just got to the first wrestler cameo. Just marked out for Mark Henry.
Update: Rikishi and Foley just showed up. Best. Episode. Ever. Update #2: These 3 men better have gotten a good payday for this episode to sing. |
I keep hearing it's not bad, in a family sitcom sorta way.
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It’s not great by any means, but it’s funny. It knows what it is and makes me chuckle quite a bit. It is currently #3 on Netflix behind Tiger King and Ozark.
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It's more entertaining than any HHH title run
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Good for Big Show. I hate a lot of his matches, but I think he's a good dude.
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WWE announced one of their on-screen employees who isn't a wrestler had recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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WWE doing a league for the interim cruiserweight championship is pretty cool.
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I'm still surprised that they buckled down (to an extent) on the cruiserweight thing. Yeah, it's an afterthought now, and it was always going to end up that way, but that Vince McMahon was like "Cruiserweights, pal!" is just weird. And they've been around for about four years now.
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They could really just scrap the CW thing and never speak about it again. It hasn't meant anything since the CWC. They should have just made that a yearly thing and plucked talent they like from it for their shows.
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The division still has a lot of untapped potential considering the vast talent WWE has lying around for it but 205 Live itself no longer has any real reason to be around anymore considering its been running on fumes for at least a year now.
WWE's biggest blunders were not restocking the division with notable talent every so often and completely detaching it from RAW. The former just led to quality talent drains after every Draft/Shakeup while the latter caused it to lose a lot of viewers and making it easier for WWE to neglect the brand over time. |
The other day I was looking at the "Superstars" section of WWE.com, which I guess lists everyone from NXT/NXT UK/205/RAW/Smackdown and it was surprising the amount of people there that I was like "who the hell is that"
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You have TJ Perkins win. Cool, whatever. Dude's turned out to be a total toss-pot, but you have him win and get an IC Title match. He wins and you've got a mid-card guy. Cedric Alexander stood out, so let him go to NXT and be over in front of that audience. Could have been a North American Champion or formed a tag team with someone. You have him look for redemption in the second CWC. Brian Kendrick could be signed to either SmackDown under the advise of Daniel Bryan (kayfabe GM) or worked the occasional NXT spot. You can still bring in The Singh Brothers to be the heaters for Jinder Mahal (which you shouldn't have done anyway). But you know what I mean? These guys would all mean the same or even more if they weren't trapped on 205 Live. If you built the CWC as something that launches someone into the mid-card, at least, it's something in your tool-box for at least the next few years. You can have Cedric Alexander win the second one. 2018 could have been Ricochet. Last year could have been Angel Garza. All these guys could have gotten a shot at either the IC or US Title and won. It's something that hardcore audience would be anticipating every year, and it would be alternative programming for the WWE Network that they can run that people might actually watch. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To be clear, the category of "essential media” WWE claims its tapings belong to is: "Workers who support radio, television, and media service, including, but not limited to front line news reporters, studio, and technicians for newsgathering and reporting.”<br><br>Utter nonsense.</p>— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1249402898255093763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
This is in regards to WWE resuming live tapings despite Orlando shutting down and a letter given to talent and staff in case officers or government officials tried to shut down their tapings. Impact gave a similar letter in case Tennessee state officials showed up during their tapings which didn't happen. AEW did have Georgia state officials show up during their tapings a couple weeks ago but mainly to make sure they were following public gathering rules and health safety for the coronavirus at that time. |
WWE is going to add a 5 minute news and weather segment and give some nobody from nxt a weatherman gimmick and a tag team a newscasters gimmick
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Here's Max Storm with your WWE universe Weather report:
Storm: I'm forecasting a 100% chance of pain! Plus some spotty showers in Kansas..back to you |
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My guess is that they will show classic content. Whether that's just going through the classic Raws and SmackDowns and airing the Takeovers or full PPVs (possibly with risque content edited out), but they will have to do something. I wonder how AEW plans to get around it. I'm not a fan of them, but they don't have the classic library to show. At some point they're going to have to go dark too, which could be more of an XFL situation with Shad Khan pulling out if the TV deal money doesn't materialize. Messy, messy times. |
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My other option is win a few million in the lottery and run my own, I could do a hell of a lot better than the guy who won $35 million in Powerball and spent it all on Wrestlelicious |
WWEs fight like a girl on Quibi is stupid.
SPOILER: show Quibi is lame overall after a week, I'll probably keep watching this just because theres almost nothing else worth watching |
As it turns out, Daniel Bryan was asked not to travel by Brie and advised by her doctor not to go, but he ignored that and consulted with a 'naturopath', whatever the fuck that is, who told him there was no risk. So he traveled, came back, didn't self-isolate and is going to continue to go to work every week, directly putting his wife, child, and and unborn child at risk.
Bryan's a great worker, generally seems like a nice guy who pretty much everyone in the industry respects. But stuff like this and going out of his way to find a doctor to clear him after all his concussion issues shows he can be a bit stubborn for his own good. |
Brie needs to pull a DDP and put her foot down big time both for Bryan's own well-being and her family's well-being.
Maybe not go as harsh as DDP did with demanding a month of isolation and throwing several jabs at Jake Roberts online. |
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*For anyone who may not be aware of what I mean, AM RAW was the precursor to their HULU airing, in that they used to show a rerun of RAW on USA about 3 am, but condensed their show considerably, cutting a lot more than the fat and bloat of extended commercial breaks, but mostly all entrances, backstage packages, vignettes, dead spots in multi-segment matches, and even some matches in their entirety. The "whole" two/three hour show (they started this back when RAW was still just two hours except for the occasional "super show") would air in about 45 minutes. I remember watching once where they even had a "return" from commercial break with a replay of something supposedly important that happened earlier in the show, but that important thing was never aired to begin with because THE WHOLE MATCH AND ANGLE was cut from the rebroadcast. But they used to also have a ticker on the bottom of the screen during this show like they were MSNBC with live event dates and a bunch of other shit. |
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1. there's almost assuredly a force majeure clause in the contract, that may or may not expressly include this very specific or a similar scenario of a pandemic and/or a gov't. prevention of live events, which would result in either, a) WWE being paid much less than what they can survive on for airing non-live RAW/SD or "other" programming, or, b) the contract is now void, and/or will be ordered by a court to be re-negotiated (which the result would almost definitely need court approval), or (even) re-written by the court which would likely result in much less $ or $0 for WWE due to the situation, including less/lack of ad revenues & WWE's inability to put on live shows, etc., or... 2. even without a force majeure clause, due to the situation, including less/lack of ad revenues & WWE's inability to put on live shows, etc., the contract is now or would be deemed void by a court, and/or will be ordered by a court to be re-negotiated (which the result would almost definitely need court approval), or (even) re-written by the court which would likely result in much less $ or $0 for WWE, or... 3. (worst case for WWE) the contract contains a liquidated damages clause, which says that if WWE cannot or fails to perform under the terms of the contract (i.e., WWE is in breach of contract for failure to provide the minimum # of live broadcast shows) regardless of fault, inability, or governmental prevention, etc., WWE will actually owe USA & Fox a minimum and/or maximum amount of $ (likely millions regardless, but possibly calculated/limited by the # of shows impacted) and USA will owe WWE little or nothing in comparison. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait.<br><br>So DeSantis sent out a public memo on Thursday with the galaxy brain decision to add basically all sports personnel as long as the events are closed to public, and nobody knew until today? And WWE didn't tell anyone that this was the reason for their about-face?<br><br>What!?!? <a href="https://t.co/lhFf9mgCwe">pic.twitter.com/lhFf9mgCwe</a></p>— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1249875084560515072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Meanwhile in a completely unrelated thing, wrestling is suddenly trending on Twitter and it has nothing to do with Monday's episode of RAW or WWE in general. Its actually not even anything wrestling-related at all. R-Truth gif sums up the trend: https://i.imgur.com/hE3K8Pg.gif |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4/14:92: nice bit from the Randy Savage / Shawn Michaels WWF Championship match in Munich.<br><br>Sherri, as always, is great.<br><br>Plus Savage is still selling is perpetually-injured knee. <a href="https://t.co/LTiILtZreD">pic.twitter.com/LTiILtZreD</a></p>— OVP - Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/ovppodcast/status/1250043124690214913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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