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Originally Posted by drave
I don't care enough about wrestling overall to look elsewhere. Even if I did, the allegation of cultists is here on TeePeeDubyaDubyad0tcom
You and CrippyZ have a feud that's gone on before AEW. Wouldn't be surprised if he told you that before AEW even existed.
Passive-aggressive behaviors = / = cultish behaviors
Screech has a podcast you should check out and Slik likes to stir the pot via twitter and thread titles.
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Nope, it literally started because I didn’t love AEW and called bullshit on Meltzer’s narrative that the WWE was busting balls with NXT to put them six feet under. I was 100% correct, but it just wasn’t fashionable to say then. The correct answer was “Yay! Anything Else! I love Anything Else!”
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Originally Posted by Jordan X
Wrestling is entirely drowning right now. There are enough hangers on for both WWE and AEW to keep it relevant financially and in some imaginative ways it is "bigger" than ever. That's why this thread exists, the supposition of importance by tv execs and ad rates for cable and network tv. This debate is so exhausted and trivial. The true debate should be the depth of talent in the industry as a whole and how it go to this point, and I mean both creative talent as well as in ring performance. We are all hanging on to the constantly growing distant past.
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I don’t think it’s that a big a mystery as to how it got here. And I don’t think the business side isn’t worth discussing. It’s more interesting than the on-air content. There is more money in live television than there ever has been, and both companies are frankly shitting the bed with subpar content (for the most part — SmackDown is actually okay, but certain bridges have been burned).
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Originally Posted by thecc
That must be exactly what it is. Not the fact that both of you act like the biggest losers over this shit. Didn’t you spend all night lurking on a board that hated an aew ppv, only to come here and be like “see people hate it.” That not the behavior of a rational person.
And that’s why both of you deserve to be bullied for the rest of your lives.
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No, I’ve never done that. Not sure who you’re confusing me with, but you’re confused. But there we go, another TPWWinner.
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Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito
I enjoy AEW and I'm glad the ratings are sufficient enough to keep them going.
That's about it. I don't have any delusions about it ever being mainstream or whatever but as long as they're doing enough to keep going and they're producing content that entertains me, I hope they can continue to do enough to carry on.
There, was that so complicated?
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That’s if it will keep them going. If I have to see another person who simultaneously mocks the WWE for decreasing ratings while lauding AEW for 650k, my head’s going to explode. They are nowhere near as secure as people think they are.
What’s to stop Vince McMahon offering TNT different wrestling content in 2024 or whenever for cheaper than AEW? The idea that AEW has somehow got this permanent place in wrestling is pretty unwarranted. The Khans can keep it going for as long as they want, but it doesn’t mean people are going to watch it or give a shit enough to provide a platform indefinitely.
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Originally Posted by Conspiracy Victim Vito
No matter what company it is, if enough people are watching to operate and they enjoy it, let them enjoy it.
If you lost your passion for wrestling or find modern wrestling unwatchable, unfortunate but understandable, find something else to do.
But all the constant fighting from all angles about "THE STATE OF THE BUSINESS" or whatever is tiresome.
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Shut the fuck up and stop gatekeeping conversation. You don’t get to decide what anyone else is interested in discussing any more than I do, or xrod does. If interest in wrestling drops and no one wants to put it on the air, no one has anything to enjoy, genius. That is why some people want to talk about it — because they can think more than about 3 weeks in front of them. And outside a 3 foot radius of where they are situated.
The irony of this place: You cunts did it to me with the WWE too, so don’t pretend to have always been on the “Wow, WWE sucks boat.” When you tell someone to let them enjoy what they enjoy, but then tell people they shouldn’t enjoy (x), you are doing EXACTLY THAT THING. At least I will tell you why what you enjoy sucks.
Wrestling is deader than usual — in terms of interest. AEW has not helped. These boards are deader than they’ve ever been. AEW has not helped. There’s only so much water in the well and now more people in the industry are splitting it. See how that goes. More bad wrestling is not good for wrestling. I don’t have to like it and I don’t need to bite my fucking tongue about that.