...BUT THEY WIN THE 18 TO 49 DEMO WHICH IS THE PRIMARY DEMOGRAPHIC BY WHICH AD RATES ARE SET FOR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING

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You do know advertisers are bending over backwards to give TNT all their money so they can get those 250,000 18-49 year olds to see their product. It's such a HUGE number!

So huge it's definitely worth bragging about, every... single... week...

:yes::eek::yes:

If I’m trying to get my product over with people, the audience I am going to go after are those 45 year old men who watch pro-wrestling on basic cable every Wednesday. No questions asked.

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FUCK YES!

Wonder if its an exclusive deal or if its like several others in AEW where he can still work for the NWA assuming NWA manages to resume any time soon.

Good @ Eddie Kingston

That guy could cut a hell of a promo

According to WrestlingInc, Zack Ryder/Matt Cardona's deal with AEW is for 5 shows in length with the potential of it being turned into a regular deal afterwards.

AEW did something similar with Riho when it came to her intital deal since that was also for 5 shows and due to her not being sure about wanting to wrestling in the US at the time.

Jeff Cobb also had a per-show type deal but his didn't go beyond two shows but he wasn't interested in a long term deal since it could have impacted his NJPW career.

Honestly, I feel like the best use of any person that is worthy of being made money off of is to beat the fuck out of the goofier people who were only signed to piss Cornette off (This should have been Brian Cage. or Lance Archer. or Brodie Lee.) Have them just run through them without as much as breaking a sweat. Maybe have one of their heroes (Allin or Cassidy) actually catch him off guard and come close, only for him to snap and destroy them. I'm talking about actually have them do an Unprotected Chair Shot to the head, and have the guy carted off. THEN you put them against a Cody or a Page or a Mox. And you have one of the goofs show concern for whoever like "I don't know if facing this guy is a good idea."

As a sub-thing with that, you maybe have Luchasaurus see the writing on the wall and stop doing shitty half-speed kicks. He turns on Jungleboy and becomes a monster in his own right. Marko Stunt tries to reason with the big guy, and gets shelved for his trouble.

And you have a few built in stories for Luchasaurus: The revenge angle from Jungleboy. The actual stars vs. him. The inevitable Monster vs. Monster feud.

As for Slurgate with Excaliber. This would be the perfect time to bring him back in sans mask once the whole thing boils over.

And I will provide these booking services and more for half of what he's paying one of the Executive Vice Presidents.

You could do that with someone, but you could also just not use the goofier people and have Brian Cage, Lance Archer or Brodie Lee destroy guys who look like they're worth a damn.

Fair point, but I figure if you're gonna get some heat on the guys, the Basement Dwelling Neckbeards love them some goofy fuckbuckets. And if you're going to have goofy fuckbuckets on your roster (which you absolutely SHOULDN'T, but that ship's done sailed), the best you can do is treat the goofy fuckbuckets like goofy fuckbuckets who get murdered by folks who are worth making money with before putting them up against real stars. And naturally, if it were me, I'd be making it clear to them that they'd be booked like goofy fuckbuckets that are gonna get wrecked by people worth a damn until it's time to renew their contract, and then let them figure out their future from there. And use the money saved to get people actually worth featuring on a cable television network.

As for the goofy fuckbuckets, you can get more mileage out of some of them than you can others. Pockets would get killed off as soon as he did his schtick and ate a match ending finisher. Folks would start realizing how stupid it is.

That's a good point. :y:

If the rumor/spoiler for next week's episode is true...

They will literally sign ANYBODY lol

Lol, I just looked it up. Wow.

Similar to Bret with the AEW World title and Tyson with the TNT title, AEW is having Madusa present the trophy for their Women's Tag Tournament.

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I really dont want to see Madusa's run down face.

Madusa looks like Chris Jericho. I cant tell either apart from the face.

She should call herself “Sebastian Bach” and beat him in a squash.

So if Shaul Guerrero is doing the announcing...is Aiden English running around somewhere?

Also I'm digging Anna Jay with the Dark Order.

I knew it was inevitable but Dynamite getting pre empted for NBA this month kinda stinks

But they're so popular? Why would TNT preempt such a popular show?

Why are being obsessed and negative at odds to you? It's just a lot of fun shitting all over shit wrestling. It's all some of us have left.

They shouldn't be so weak of character.

Glad to see Veda Scott doing commentary for the women's tourney. Hopefully leads to more screen time for her down the line. V sexy.

Raw, at the height of its popularity, was preempted yearly by a dog show.

Hahahaha! I remember that shit. Putting a VHS to record it when it started late and I was young.


Woke up the next morning to watch, just to see a fucking dog show. Ugh.

lol I didn't think Noid would be triggered more than he was when he couldn't comprehend people enjoying post 2016 brand split SmackDown...but people enjoying AEW has sent him to a new level

He's gone full Frank Grimes

Imma keep posting more of this then.

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Really weird to shit on people who enjoy a show that you don't like. It's fine to not like the show but goddamn.

Was talking to a buddy who watched WCW back in the day and has now gotten into AEW.

Says he's still into Jericho, likes the Brian Cage and Taz pairing, and thinks Moxley should be a jobber instead of the champion. Didn't ask him who should be champ instead, probably should just to see.

I don’t shit on people for liking AEW. They can’t help they have poor taste. I shit on AEW because it is poor.

Lol same here, that was the worst!

Main reason that stopped was due to WWE making a very specific demand of no more dog shows on Mondays when they were in talks with USA Network to bring back RAW after their stay on Spike TV.

And why do you think that was?

Because WWE in the late 90s/early 00s was incredibly unpopular. You made it very clear in your sarcastic comment that only unpopular shows get preempted for major sports like the NBA and... dog showing.

No, the point is that wrestling fans carry the perception of being uneducated losers. It’s probably pretty close to reality, given how many of them are willing to laugh at things like orange juice being dunked on someone’s head.

This is why the people who go “Wooo! Number 7 in the demos! Wrestling’s cool again!” probably need to check themselves. These people aren’t that desirable to advertisers — right, wrong or otherwise. They’re 45 year old neckbeards with bad taste, so they’re going to get bumped for the NBA, which may not have those ratings, but is going to be more appealing. Or dog shows.

I bought 3 of the AEW figures today. Should have bought them all but niggas broke these days you know?

I want to bury my face in there unwashed, sweaty, 5 poops before showered, asses.

Which ones?

Been interested the most for the Jericho and Pentagon Jr figures from the first couple sets.