"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Volare]

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[Big Vic]

They should just stop trying to explain it at this point


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE offered us contracts because it was financially cheaper than all of the security guards we kept injuring.<br>We signed the contracts to pay for our hired guns to do our dirty work. <br>Our goal is still to destroy our current employer, WWE. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RETRIBUTION?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RETRIBUTION</a> <a href="https://t.co/UYN0xWS6VZ">https://t.co/UYN0xWS6VZ</a></p>&mdash; T-BAR (@TBARRetribution) <a href="https://twitter.com/TBARRetribution/status/1309722682473275395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It's becoming more like Antifa and George Soros by the second :shifty:

[Gerard]

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I'm guessing whoever did the editing on this wasn't too clued in about wrestling, Macho goes for a backdrop on Flair and it's edited into the top rope Flair fling, Hogans entire moves of doom are all over the place, Vader is again wearing his singlet back to front, and the edited in sounds are really bad. :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE’s Mounting Problems: Audience Declines, Saudi Arabia, Andrew Yang <a href="https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05">https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05</a> <a href="https://t.co/uRaZ5OKrlb">pic.twitter.com/uRaZ5OKrlb</a></p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1309533335920705537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Gerard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE’s Mounting Problems: Audience Declines, Saudi Arabia, Andrew Yang <a href="https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05">https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05</a> <a href="https://t.co/uRaZ5OKrlb">pic.twitter.com/uRaZ5OKrlb</a></p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1309533335920705537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

All summed up by one phrase, "It's the drizzling Shits". Wrestling's heyday has come and gone, the Monday Night Wars were pretty much it's peak (and that's when people generally weren't fully aware of how staged it was), been all downhill from there.

[Bad News Gertner]

The Monday Night Wars were not wrestling's heyday or "peak"

[Gerard]

The Monday Night Wars were not wrestling's heyday or "peak"

Matter of opinion:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1194486-debating-the-real-golden-age-of-wrestling


If anything the MNW were the last time it really peaked and had a ton of interest Globally, and that's over 20 years ago now.

Now it's just mundane shit with Promos that sound like they're being delivered at gunpoint, everyone talks the same way, everyone uses the same sad little "Vince'isms" in their Promos.

[Volare]

I'm blind and answered my own question, disregard.

[Bad News Gertner]

Matter of opinion:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1194486-debating-the-real-golden-age-of-wrestling


If anything the MNW were the last time it really peaked and had a ton of interest Globally, and that's over 20 years ago now.

Now it's just mundane shit with Promos that sound like they're being delivered at gunpoint, everyone talks the same way, everyone uses the same sad little "Vince'isms" in their Promos.

I would say 1983 is the peak but yeah it hasn't reached close to the MNW heights

[Black Widow]

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[Emperor Smeat]

Whatever plans WWE had for Retribution got put on hold for at least the next 2 weeks since the group got placed quarantined due to being in recent contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. None of the 5 members tested positive though.

Also seems Nia Jax wasn't that happy with WWE's announcement of her and Shayna being pulled from Clash of Champs since that quickly led to rumors going around that they were among those who tested positive for the coronavirus.

[Lock Jaw]

It would have been quite the storyline if they kayfabe killed off Jey Uso

[Volare]

Mr. Gertner....your thoughts please.

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[Bad News Gertner]

Lol I heard Jim tell this on the Drive Thru. I've seen the match but I don't think it's on youtube anymore

[Volare]

Awww damn. Now THAT I want to see lol.

[Bad News Gertner]

Just heard this amazing angle that never came to be from the one of the owners of the Global Wreatling Federation in the early 90s.

The idea was a Vietnamese wrestler who they said was a former Vietcong would debut with a dog tag around his neck. Week after week a family would come out upset and asking why this guy was wearing their father/husbands dog tag around his neck. Eventually the wrestler would turn to the family and point to his stomach insinuating he ate him.

Lol amazing.

[Volare]

Wooooooow!

[Mr. Nerfect]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE’s Mounting Problems: Audience Declines, Saudi Arabia, Andrew Yang <a href="https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05">https://t.co/PXFo8ywE05</a> <a href="https://t.co/uRaZ5OKrlb">pic.twitter.com/uRaZ5OKrlb</a></p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1309533335920705537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Could be called "common sense" or "Jim Cornette was right."

[Droford]

I notice the question is "why i stopped watching professional wrestling " not "why i stopped watching WWE" cause the later could probably have an answer of "started watching other wrestling like AEW"

[Droford]

No.

So many things are better now than they were when you were younger. Also, every young fan remembers times when it was shit. This is a recency bias excuse used to explain bad content.

I think actual in ring wrestling has tended to get better as ive gotten older but the older stuff is more memorable even if a lot of it was terrible but younger me liked storylines more, now I am more a fan of the actual wrestling

[Emperor Smeat]

I notice the question is "why i stopped watching professional wrestling " not "why i stopped watching WWE" cause the later could probably have an answer of "started watching other wrestling like AEW"

The poll was mostly about WWE and less about wrestling in general since that was the only company discussed in the article.

For the most part, people equate "pro wrestling" with WWE in the US.

Regarding the TV decline, VIP noted that WWE RAW has lost around 2 million viewers for most of their 2020 episodes versus 2015 levels. Exclusive data from pollsters YouGov shows that the main reasons behind the decline has to do with low-quality writing in the storylines. YouGov polled 471 adults aged 18 or older who used to watch at least one of WWE NXT, RAW, SmackDown or AEW Dynamite. They collected the following data on reasons why United States viewers stopped watching pro wrestling on TV:

* 30% - It seemed more cartoonish than when I liked it
* 29% - Storylines were not as good/interesting
* 28% - Characters were not as good/interesting
* 26% - Matches were not as good/interesting
* 14% - The content was more geared toward children
* 9% - Announcing was not as good
* 7% - The show wasn't listening to the fans
* 24% - Other
* 12% - Not sure

[Savio]

Could be called "common sense" or "Jim Cornette was right."
Geez get his cock out of your mouth.

[Bad News Gertner]

This is probably the best segment in Raw history that doesn't get talked about. It's the first promo after Backlund snapping. The first part of it is cut out. It's so great.

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[Bad News Gertner]

It's also Macho Man's final show

[Seanny One Ball]

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Fucking gravy

[Bad News Gertner]

Kinda bored with wrestling. Need something new to get into or a new stretch watch. Tried watching 95 Raw but I just can't get into it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Never ever heard Vince laugh genuinely like that before

[Bad News Gertner]

sy3um6RXxAw

Fucking gravy

I've been wondering lately if a TNT style show could work nowadays. It was so great.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kinda bored with wrestling. Need something new to get into or a new stretch watch. Tried watching 95 Raw but I just can't get into it.

Early TNA might be interesting if you looking for some quick laughs and not actual quality wrestling considering those early era shows were chalk full of absurd Russo style booking and moments.

Think the first ever dark match in company history ended up with the ring getting damaged moments before TNA was set to air their debut show.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol wasn't that a guy by the name of Cheex

[GD]

Have you revisited Kurt Angle's TNA debut and subsequent feud with Samoa Joe? Feel like it gets overshadowed a lot.

[Emperor Smeat]

Lol wasn't that a guy by the name of Cheex

Yeup and that was the only match he ever had in TNA.

[Seanny One Ball]

Kinda bored with wrestling. Need something new to get into or a new stretch watch. Tried watching 95 Raw but I just can't get into it.


You should do an ECW deep dive.
It's time.

[Bad News Gertner]

95 ECW would be a good idea. I've watched all the 99 and 2000 TV.

[Seanny One Ball]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeee Maaaaaaaaaaaan Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice Shooooooooooot

Good shot man

[Lock Jaw]

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[Tom Guycott]

It would have been quite the storyline if they kayfabe killed off Jey Uso

Only if Jimmy comes with the Red, White, and Blue trunks to wreck shop at the next PPV.

[GD]

Am thowin' it UCE!

[Fignuts]

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Wait did they actually use the Conan theme or did someone dub that into the video?

[Fignuts]

Asuka was making pancakes on her youtube channel and the electric egg mixer broke.

So she put the mixer into a power drill.

Woman of my fucking dreams.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently Georgia Championship Wrestling is getting revived with their return show happening this weekend.

Georgia Championship Wrestling is returning on October 3rd with a show in Eatonton, Georgia at the Elks Lodge ...

The upcoming event on October 3rd will not have a long gap between it and the next event as Georgia Championship Wrestling is planning to make a full revival. Chris Nelms, who’s a promoter and wrestler will be in action on the October 3rd card and is spearheading the revival along with Grady Odum and Tim Rice. I was able to speak with Chris about the plans for Georgia Championship Wrestling and he reiterated that the goal is for a full revival and eventually, a territory-style group which will see GCW work with four-to-five different promotions in Georgia under the Georgia Championship Wrestling banner.

Nelms added that a “Georgia Championship” would be recognized as the main title that all under the banner would be able to challenge for. Past the October 3rd show, they are currently working on securing more dates in other towns in the state.

As far as broadcasting shows to the masses, they are looking into possibly doing an internet-based show or possibly presenting the program on local television. At the October 3rd show, interviews will be conducted via Facebook and they’re planning to upload footage from Saturday’s show to their YouTube channel in the following weeks as that gets set up.

Chris Nelms confirmed that they will be bringing in legends from Georgia Championship Wrestling’s past for appearances as things progress. As it stands, Grady Odum is the owner of GCW while Chris Nelms and Tim Rice will serve executive roles as well as promoting and booking.

[Bad News Gertner]

An update on Jim Valley from Kris Zellner on Twitter

Jim now has Shingles on top of everything. Poor fucking guy.

Zellner also announced that himself and his entire family also tested positive. Shit is scary. He thought his mom was having a stroke but it was Covid delirium.

[Emperor Smeat]

Feel really bad for him. Can't catch a break at all from his ordeal.

[GD]

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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You waited patiently, and now here it is!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BriscosBigAnnouncement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BriscosBigAnnouncement</a>!!<br><br>Thank you Tony for making this happen!<br><br>PLEASE RETWEET &amp; SPREAD MY HUGE NEWS!!!! <a href="https://t.co/AKClBewOUt">pic.twitter.com/AKClBewOUt</a></p>&mdash; Gerald BRISCO ��█♂️ (@Fgbrisco) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fgbrisco/status/1311472991188860928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I still chuckle at JR mimicking Gerald's "Mister Mack Mayun" :lol:

[Lock Jaw]

I think he looks like that one dude from Pirate of the Carribean

[Big Vic]

Jericho is nearly as old as Gerald Brisco was when he was playing the part of Vinces stooge

[Lock Jaw]

Dag, yo

[Lock Jaw]

Jericho still great though.... at least last I saw....

[Lock Jaw]

Was scrolling my FB feed and saw a video of Cody Rhodes.... forgot that he went out and got himself a horrible neck tattoo.... pretty much ruined himself....

[Emperor Smeat]

I think he looks like that one dude from Pirate of the Carribean

Thought the same as well.

[Black Widow]

I think he looks like that one dude from Pirate of the CarribeanKinda reminds me of Tommy Lee Jones.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">21 years ago today, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a> laid down one of the greatest People's Elbows ever �� <a href="https://twitter.com/BRWrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BRWrestling</a><br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWENetwork</a>)<a href="https://t.co/vPASeP121O">pic.twitter.com/vPASeP121O</a></p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1311358451755352065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

Jericho is nearly as old as Gerald Brisco was when he was playing the part of Vinces stooge

HHH is only 1 year younger

[Emperor Smeat]

Unlike with their NXT TakeOver XXX event, WWE is currently rumored to be holding this Sunday's TakeOver 31 event at their ThunderDome.

Basis for the rumor revolves around a recent scheduling change WWE made for ThunderDome fan registrations for next week's RAW and recent comments Triple H made during his NXT TakeOer media call.

It looks like WWE NXT may debut in the ThunderDome with Sunday's "Takeover: 31" event.

It was previously reported that WWE officials had discussed potentially holding Takeover at the Amway Center in Orlando, which would be the ThunderDome debut for the brand, instead of the NXT Arena on the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. There's been no update on the location for Sunday, but now we have a new clue that is fueling speculation on Takeover at the ThunderDome.

WWE announced today that ThunderDome registration for Monday's RAW will open up tomorrow, Friday. WWE usually opens ThunderDome registration for RAW shows on Saturdays. It's possible that they pushed the ThunderDome registration for RAW up one day so that they can open ThunderDome registration for Takeover on Saturday, the day before the big event ...

As noted, Triple H hosted a media call on Wednesday to promote Takeover and promised a new feel for the brand this weekend ...

Triple H later reiterated the "game changing" comments and teased a new look and feel for Takeover.

"So this Sunday's Takeover will have a very unique look and feel, something totally different that hasn't been done so far," he said. "You'll find out more on Sunday, but it will be very unique, and I think hopefully, at least for us, game changing."

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems WWE's new restrictions on outside third party services for their talent is even worse than previously assumed.

Before it was assumed that Twitch accounts would be mostly left alone as long as talent removed any WWE owned ring names or references in the accounts. Turns out WWE is taking over ownership of those accounts regardless if they are under their talents real names and also taking a chunk out of any money earned by their talent on the service.

Even worse is any leftover money talent receives from Twitch will now count against their downside guarantees meaning they are no longer earning any extra money on the side.

Wrestling Inc. has learned that Vince McMahon sent an email to talent this week reminding them that they have until this Friday, October 2nd, to sever any unauthorized business relationships with third parties. It was noted that talent who fail to comply could be fined, suspended or terminated.

As Wrestling Inc. first exclusively reported in September, McMahon issued an edict instructing talent that they can no longer engage with third parties. The company later clarified the edict, stating that talent could maintain Twitch and YouTube accounts under their real names, however they would still need to inform the company of those accounts.

Wrestling Inc. has also learned that talent were told this week that the company will be taking control of their Twitch accounts in four weeks. WWE will own those accounts, however talent will receive a percentage of the revenue, which counts against their downside guarantees.

[Fignuts]

But they’re NOT employees, they’re independent contractors.

lol so fucked

[Bad News Gertner]

I love Punk's idea. Everything just say no. What are they gonna do, fire everyone?

[Vastardikai]

It feels like Vince McMahon and Dana White are in a competition over who can fuck their talent over the hardest.

[Emperor Smeat]

I could see Paige wanting out of WWE since that new edict is going to hurt her the most out of everyone who uses Twitch in WWE.

Not only is she the highest ranked streamer in WWE in terms of both subs and earnings, she probably makes as much money if not more from Twitch than from her WWE contract based on recent estimates.

[xrodmuc316]

Seems WWE's new restrictions on outside third party services for their talent is even worse than previously assumed.

Before it was assumed that Twitch accounts would be mostly left alone as long as talent removed any WWE owned ring names or references in the accounts. Turns out WWE is taking over ownership of those accounts regardless if they are under their talents real names and also taking a chunk out of any money earned by their talent on the service.

Even worse is any leftover money talent receives from Twitch will now count against their downside guarantees meaning they are no longer earning any extra money on the side.

How could they possibly enforce that? Unless WWE has a backdoor deal with Twitch where they got Twitch not to pay any of the wrestlers directly.

They should strike by not showing up for Smackdown, just have a Twitch stream going where they just sit and watch Smackdown.

Also, id love to be a fly on the wall when they try to tell Ronda Rousey that lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Legally, its probably muddy since the whole process depends on talent willingly handing over ownership of their accounts and also agreeing to the new terms for their downsides.

If a talent says no, only real way out is WWE agreeing to their release since anything else likely leaves WWE the ability to start punishing and fining them via whatever disciplinary terms are in their contracts if they keep using their account.

WWE's whole plan assumes a talent won't just stop using Twitch or use it a lot less often since then they'd own a mostly useless account once the subs money dries up.

[Gerard]

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LOL, love the rant that Conrad goes on.

[Emperor Smeat]

Turns out Triple H's hyped up announcement regarding NXT TakeOver 31 having a "very unique look and feel" ended up being a bit anti-climatic. Its taking place at the Performance Center and not at the ThunderDome as had been rumored earlier.

Same PC that only recently reopened from its recent coronavirus outbreak and has been WWE's hotbed for outbreaks these past few months.

[slik]

I've had two different people who are sometimes in the know tell me WrestleMania 37 is going back to Tampa and Sofi will be getting WrestleMania 38 instead. WWE will obviously announce it somewhat soon as WM tix will still go on sale likely in November.

This story is starting to break today ^


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are tentative plans in place for WrestleMania 37 to emanate from Tampa, instead of the Hollywood, I'm told.<br><br>The move would see the Raymond James Stadium - the original venue for WM36 - host the Show of Shows.<br><br>��: <a href="https://twitter.com/Inside_TheRopes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Inside_TheRopes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ITRWrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ITRWrestling</a><a href="https://t.co/ErmD8eoxgf">https://t.co/ErmD8eoxgf</a></p>&mdash; Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingGary/status/1312052566671470592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[drave]

no more cinematic matches plz.

[Emperor Smeat]

If they do go ahead with Mania in Tampa, they better bring back Kairi Sane and have her do a grand entrance on that giant pirate ship or else why even bother.

[GD]

Would make for an epic Wrestlemania moment

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOgWZ22U4AAguL4.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Lesnar would have stood a better chance against Kairi had he used the Swiss Chair of Nefarious Neutrality instead.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">McIntyre with the unforgiving Swiss Chair of Nefarious Neutrality. <a href="https://t.co/VQD6xLRmer">pic.twitter.com/VQD6xLRmer</a></p>&mdash; TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) <a href="https://twitter.com/tde_gif/status/1310384874688307202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE's new ban on third party service just keeps getting worse the more WWE goes ahead with it.

Newest issue is WWE has been making their talents sign newly revised contracts containing terms demanding they continue using Twitch via WWE owned accounts and if they don't, WWE would consider it to be the same as if they failed to perform their regular job and open themselves up to punishments.

Comes from recent talks Andrew Yang had with talent within the company regarding the new ban on third party services.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hearing from talent that WWE is forcing performers to sign new contracts that include twitch. Streaming on twitch will become a work obligation and if talent doesn’t stream they will forego earnings, be suspended or face penalties. Doesn’t sound like independent contractors.</p>&mdash; Andrew Yang������ (@AndrewYang) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1312102299469115392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Stu Hart]

The independent contractors issue will be the final nail in the coffin of WWE. Surely enough of noise will be made for the American government to hold hearings on the flagrant abuse of contractors, the lack of benefits or a union .

Speaking of unions , why don’t these performers belong to some actors union yet ?

[drave]

That's some next level bullshit with the third party stuff coming up.

[ClockShot]

Next few days are about to get interesting.

[xrodmuc316]

How could WWE make them do Twitch on their off time??? Lol Vince is seriously losing it

[Bad News Gertner]

The independent contractors issue will be the final nail in the coffin of WWE. Surely enough of noise will be made for the American government to hold hearings on the flagrant abuse of contractors, the lack of benefits or a union .

Speaking of unions , why don’t these performers belong to some actors union yet ?

Jesse Ventura tried back in the day

[Bad News Gertner]

Samu posted on FB that Tracey Smothers cancer has returned along with a heart issue. Not doing so well. Smothers is the fucking best and a treasure.

[Savio]

Twitch shit is unbelievable :mad:

[Stu Hart]

Jesse Ventura tried back in the day

Yes,

But at that time wrestling was “still in the closet”. Now it’s widely acknowledged and accepted that they are actors. Also, wrestling doesn’t pay to athletic commissions anymore.

Wwe wrestlers cannot take bookings elsewhere, or even have other revenue streams - they are employees without benefits.

If a class action lawsuit or senate hearing had to occur , and it found wwe in the wrong, I wonder if they would be responsible medical etc for all the previous wrestlers...

[erickman]

i remember when twitch banned impact for a week i can see un happy wrestlers getting themselves banned from twitch. we may get a sex tape

[Savio]

Hmmm you think AJ Styles will just start screaming the N word repeatedly next stream?

[Jordan]

This 3rd party story is fucking bullshit. I hope that this is the end for WWE. I'm done with that megalomaniac.

[XL]

If I didn’t already fork out next to nothing to keep up with WWE I think this is the point I’d consider saying “Fuck Vince” and stop giving the guy any money.

[Emperor Smeat]

Even though WWE is still dealing with the aftermath of their recent coronavirus outbreak at the Performance Center, supposedly they will have a limited live crowd for tomorrow's NXT TakeOver 31 event.

Between that and the recent news of NXT going live every week, WWE's been making some really dumb decisions of late regarding their handling of the coronavirus and future plans for shows.

The WWE NXT Takeover 31 event this Sunday, which is scheduled to take place at the WWE Performance Center, will have a “crowd of sorts” present, according to news first reported by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select.

The report notes that requests were made to bring friends and family of the talent to the event, with the idea being to create somewhat of a crowd environment for Takeover.

Triple H revealed earlier this week in a pre-NXT Takeover conference call that the show would have a unique look and feel that has never been done before, but at the time did not elaborate on what that may entail.

[Emperor Smeat]

Also seems the reason why WWE is moving NXT from Full Sail to their Performance Center is a mix of NXT hasn't been using Full Sail students to help with production since going closed set for tapings and Full Sail recently partially re-opened and didn't want to risk the chance that someone from WWE could infect their students and staff.

Plus moving away from Full Sail means WWE no longer has to follow Full Sail's rules for NXT tapings.

A new report has some details on why WWE is apparently moving NXT from Full Sail University and will tape at the WWE Performance Center for the time being. As noted last night, WWE is reportedly set to return to the PC for NXT and 205 Live starting with NXT Takeover: 31 on Sunday. According to Wrestling Inc, the move is an amicably split from Full Sail and the “door is open” for them to return.

The site reports that the main reason for the move is that NXT isn’t using Full Sail students at their tapings, which they’ve previously done for things like camera personnel and production assistants. Full Sail students who were taking classes had the opportunity to shadow NXT crew and learn aspects of what they do. NXT is currently a closed set featuring only WWE personnel and Full Sail is not allowing fans to attend live events on campus for the foreseeable future.

In addition, the school has partially reopened for in-person learning and with NXT using some of the conference rooms, they sometimes could come into contact with students in passing. The idea of keeping the roster and crew as the only people using facilities and avoiding contact to minimize risk was a factor in the decision. This also allows NXT to make the decision when they want to allow fans on their own and means they won’t have to coincide with Full Sail’s decisions.

[Gerard]

How could WWE make them do Twitch on their off time??? Lol Vince is seriously losing it

Money grabbing old prick, he's what 75 and still wants more and more like he's gonna be here forever.

[Savio]

Retribution should have debuted post twotch announcement in a worked shoot angle

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently WWE renamed their ring area used for tapings inside the Performance Center to the new name of Capitol Wrestling Center.

Will look similar to WWE's ThunderDome but with a mix of virtual and live fans for the crowd.

In terms of historical significance of the name, Capitol Wrestling was the precursor to WWE.

Beginning this Sunday at TakeOver 31, NXT returns to the Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., for its weekly shows, and there will an entirely different look to the venue.

The newly remodeled television set inside the Performance Center is now known as the Capitol Wrestling Center, and it will be unveiled at TakeOver.

In addition to video walls surrounding the ring with virtual fans, similar to the ThunderDome, the venue also will welcome back live fans in a limited capacity. Levesque said the crowd is likely to be around 100 people at Sunday’s TakeOver.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems something recently happened behind-the-scenes at Pro Wrestlng Sheet since Ryan Satin announced he has left the website.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">EXCLUSIVE: This week I requested my release from <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingSheet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WrestlingSheet</a> and effective immediately I’ll be stepping away from the site. <br><br>Details to come in the near future regarding my replacement, as the site owners want to keep it going and build on the integrity of the brand.</p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1312141814845980672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Doesn't seem like he got a new job with WWE since he hasn't teased it based on all the tweets he's sent since then.

[#1-norm-fan]

Good to hear they plan to keep going and build on the integrity of Wrestling Sheet.

[Fignuts]

Who the fuck is Ryan Satin?

[Lock Jaw]

One of those newz sheetz dudes

[Emperor Smeat]

Former TMZ reporter that got cozy with WWE over the years ending up with him getting hired for their WWE Backstage show before that got cancelled.

During that period he also got involved in a bunch of sleazy-like stuff like the time he was stalking an adult entertainer on Twitter without realizing everyone could read his public tweets and getting into countless bickering feuds with Meltzer, Bixenspan, and others whenever he got called out on his shady reporting.

Even his departure from TMZ to form his own website had some sleazy stuff involved.

[Bad News Gertner]

Got the VXS show on. Sabu is fighting some mong in the Main Event. Just watched Lio Rush vs Brian Cage. Too Cold Scorpio is supposed to be on it.

[Bad News Gertner]

Pillman Jr is wrestling in a fatal 4 way with 3 guys I've never heard of. It's been pretty bad. Pillman won.



Cage vs Rush was ok.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jordan Oilver vs Too Cold Scorpio. Now we are talking.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol they went almost 30 minutes. Scorpio is almost 55 and did a double springboard moonsault.

[Bad News Gertner]

Matt Tremont vs Homicide next. AR Fox was supposed to fight Homicide but had travel issues.

[Droford]

Who the fuck is Ryan Satin?

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[Sepholio]

Jordan Oilver vs Too Cold Scorpio. Now we are talking.

I didn't even know Too Cold Scorpio still wrestled. He was one of my favorites when I was little.

[Bad News Gertner]

I LOOOOOVE Too Cold. He's a bit chubby but can still go.

Tremont vs Homicide was terrible.




Mother fucking Sabu next

[Emperor Smeat]

I didn't even know Too Cold Scorpio still wrestled. He was one of my favorites when I was little.

Besides the show Gertner watched, he also wrestling again this Friday for GCW's For the Culture show.

Its part of GCW's The Collective series that was originally meant to happen during Mania 36 weekend. That show, Janela's Spring Break 4 show, and Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 3 show look the most interesting out of the set of upcoming shows.

[Bad News Gertner]

Sabu got hurt during the match so they ended it early. Hurt his back. Tried to climb the top rope and had to climb back down, like three minutes into the match. Match didn't go 5 minutes.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Rock talks about wrestling Roman Reigns at WrestleMania in this interview from his YouTube channel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> �� <a href="https://t.co/QuEuy7l66u">pic.twitter.com/QuEuy7l66u</a></p>&mdash; Kenton (@Kenton_la) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kenton_la/status/1312961574815105026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Droford]

Sabu got hurt during the match so they ended it early. Hurt his back. Tried to climb the top rope and had to climb back down, like three minutes into the match. Match didn't go 5 minutes.

1 minute for every 11 years old he is.

Surprised it lasted thst long lol

[Lock Jaw]

Randy "The Ram" Robinson would have got up that top rope no matter what

[Big Vic]

Seems WWE's new restrictions on outside third party services for their talent is even worse than previously assumed.

Before it was assumed that Twitch accounts would be mostly left alone as long as talent removed any WWE owned ring names or references in the accounts. Turns out WWE is taking over ownership of those accounts regardless if they are under their talents real names and also taking a chunk out of any money earned by their talent on the service.

Even worse is any leftover money talent receives from Twitch will now count against their downside guarantees meaning they are no longer earning any extra money on the side.

I could see Paige wanting out of WWE since that new edict is going to hurt her the most out of everyone.
Why, is WWE targeting Porn Hub too?

[Volare]

Why, is WWE targeting Porn Hub too?

Don't think she has her own channel on there....

[GD]

iWfwQxvPvWA

[XL]

TBH the only Mania Main Event I will accept is Roman v Rock.

[Gerard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You waited patiently, and now here it is!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BriscosBigAnnouncement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BriscosBigAnnouncement</a>!!<br><br>Thank you Tony for making this happen!<br><br>PLEASE RETWEET &amp; SPREAD MY HUGE NEWS!!!! <a href="https://t.co/AKClBewOUt">pic.twitter.com/AKClBewOUt</a></p>&mdash; Gerald BRISCO ��█♂️ (@Fgbrisco) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fgbrisco/status/1311472991188860928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is he hoping to audition as a Geriatric Wolverine or something?

[RP]

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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Asked again about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWENXT</a> being in the upcoming <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> Draft, Triple H reiterates he's genuinely unsure of whether or not that will be the case.</p>&mdash; Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1312942078956056582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The amount of ineptitude regarding WWE's management and decision making process is mind boggling.

Compared to WCW and TNA, WWE's ineptness is on another level but unlike those two, they haven't suffered any real crippling punishment because of it. Like WCW crashed as fast as they quickly rose in the mid to late 90s due to their ineptness coming back to bite them hard while TNA's ineptness has led to them being just a shell of their former self and hanging on by the skin of their teeth over the years.

Any struggles WWE has felt just gets offset by the massive money pouring into the company leading to them not really bothering to fix their core problems. Even the threat of a potential new serious rival hasn't really led to them making changes for the better for their overall product.

[Droford]

I cant see nxt being involved since it would be obvious how rigged it would be when NXT drafts guys like Shorty G and Akira Tozawa and raw/sd take more of nxt big names

[Emperor Smeat]

Ideally, NXT would also be drafting some of RAW & SD's big name stars to even out whatever big names they'd lose.

Right now, they likely are just going to lose a bunch of people anyways and get nothing in return like what happened with 205 Live with the last Draft and Superstar Shakeups.

At least with them involved in the actual drafting process, that would be WWE signaling once again that NXT is meant to be an actual brand and be in near equal status to their other brands until they decide afterwards to flip flop again on NXT's status.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Holy shit, of all the things to take a gripe with, the idea of a few roster moves not being sure of is nowhere near the level of incompetence of a WCW, TNA or AEW. It's possible that Trips is just keeping it under wraps or they haven't decided yet.

I'd be interested in the idea of AJ Styles going to NXT, but it's possible that NXT doesn't really get anybody because they've already achieved their goal against AEW anyway. Or AEW did it for them. 850k is not a threat.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The WWE are a content creation company at this point. They probably make more money off Main Event being put together and sold to India, Brazil and Australia than anyone except for maybe AEW makes for Dynamite. They're not as obsessed about whether wrestler (x) is going to be on (a) show as fans of the product are. It literally doesn't mean shit to them at this point, because the shows are just there to fill time in exchange for giant sacks of money. They are bad at communicating that to people, or don't want to, so you get non-answers about the things that don't really matter to them.

You can be annoyed that the WWE has become so big and unrivaled that they are just a money-printing operation now. The artisty is not there. But holy shit, you are incompetent if you think that they are incompetent.

[Droford]

The networks have too much say in who goes to what show and I'm sure if they want certain guys on SD they're going to SD. WWE has to deal with the fall out creatively instead of them getting to pick who goes where to fit their plans.

And ultimately I think USA cares more about its Flagship show in RAW than NXT. Ever since Retribution got outted to who they are they've stayed on RAW instead of showing up on SD.

I'm fairly sure the only NXT to SD move has been Riddle ..oh and the Forgotten Sons lol..

Whereas RAW got Baszler, Bianca Bel Air, Keith Lee Angel Garza and Retribution recently as well as Austin Theory for a short time

NXT has got demotions back from Breezango, Balor, Ember Moon and Austin Theory back

[Mr. Nerfect]

It also doesn’t really matter. They’re just WWE shows. What does it really fucking matter if AJ Styles is on Raw or SmackDown or where exactly Edge vs. Randy Orton takes place? It’s barely trivial.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wanna be... <a href="https://t.co/fqv086DAnQ">pic.twitter.com/fqv086DAnQ</a></p>&mdash; KAIRI SANE カイリ・セイン (@KairiSaneWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KairiSaneWWE/status/1313442238433697793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Most people looking at the syringe and I'm wondering why he has toilet paper under his door


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yo Braun Strowman, what's that over there?<br><br>Not a SYRINGE is it? <a href="https://t.co/AnOsXpJ326">pic.twitter.com/AnOsXpJ326</a></p>&mdash; THE WHOLESOME INSOMNIAC (@InsomniacRaging) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsomniacRaging/status/1313627718966284290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

Turns out Ryan Satin left Pro Wrestling Sheet for a new job with FOX Sports to cover WWE-related wrestling news.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">�� FOX Sports welcomes new digital contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ryansatin</a>, who will provide regular commentary on the WWE for the new FOX Sports app and <a href="https://t.co/KIrd4IcvD0">https://t.co/KIrd4IcvD0</a>.<br><br>Here are the six moves he wants to see in the WWE Draft, beginning Friday on FOX.<a href="https://t.co/BVcxUT9EU4">https://t.co/BVcxUT9EU4</a></p>&mdash; FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1313574043069669376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

According to WrestleVotes, WWE has been working on ideas for Otis to lose the MitB case and give it to someone else instead since Creative soured on the idea of him being the one to cash in the case.

Only thing preventing it from happening is Vince supposedly is still a big fan of Otis and him having the MitB case.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There have been multiple pitched ideas to remove the MITB briefcase from Otis &amp; make the storyline a main focus again, some of which are really decent ideas I’ve been told. However, and this is a big however, Otis’ biggest fan is Vince. So right now, no go.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1313540783388200960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Good. Otis shouldn’t have won.

[Fignuts]

Honestly, the whole concept is a bit stale at this point. I can't even remember who the last few people to win it before Otis were.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Turns out Ryan Satin left Pro Wrestling Sheet for a new job with FOX Sports to cover WWE-related wrestling news.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">�� FOX Sports welcomes new digital contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ryansatin</a>, who will provide regular commentary on the WWE for the new FOX Sports app and <a href="https://t.co/KIrd4IcvD0">https://t.co/KIrd4IcvD0</a>.<br><br>Here are the six moves he wants to see in the WWE Draft, beginning Friday on FOX.<a href="https://t.co/BVcxUT9EU4">https://t.co/BVcxUT9EU4</a></p>&mdash; FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1313574043069669376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It upsets me that anyone makes posts about Ryan Satin.

[Droford]

It also doesn’t really matter. They’re just WWE shows. What does it really fucking matter if AJ Styles is on Raw or SmackDown or where exactly Edge vs. Randy Orton takes place? It’s barely trivial.

It matters to FOX and USA.

[Droford]

Honestly, the whole concept is a bit stale at this point. I can't even remember who the last few people to win it before Otis were.

How could you forget Brock winning in 2019 and using the briefcase as a boom box?

[Black Widow]

GwVWE-atN1k

Damn! Some nerds really don't realize how much of a loser they come off as.

[Lock Jaw]

You just jealous that that dude got to meet Sasha Banks

[Black Widow]

Difference is it wouldn't be a puppet i was sticking my fingers in if it was me.

[Lock Jaw]

Slow down there Sammy Guevara

[Evil Vito]

WWE are advertising for new writers.

**THE WWE CREATIVE TEAM IS CURRENTLY STAFFING JUNIOR TO SENIOR LEVEL WRITING POSITIONS**
WWE develops and produces the longest running weekly episodic television show in history. With 52 weeks of original programming combining action, adventure, comedy, horror, drama and reality, the creative team’s goal is to provide compelling stories portrayed by the world’s most charismatic, diverse, larger-than-life characters on or off television.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop clearly defined yet emotionally complex characters for a diverse group of WWE Superstars
Script descriptive, thought-provoking, edgy, creative storylines for Monday Night RAW, SmackDown LIVE as well as select programming on the WWE Network
Collaborate with a team of road and home-based writers to create compelling Monday Night RAW and Smackdown LIVE stories that capture a global audience fitting multiple demographics
Provide punch-up for specific scripted segments as well as review the totality of entire episodes for continuity and flow
Incorporate consumer insights and social media to deliver impactful storylines that are consistent with the WWE brand and each talent’s skills and history
---
Those key responsibilities are hilarious given the current state of their storytelling.

[Emperor Smeat]

It upsets me that anyone makes posts about Ryan Satin.

Th guy acts like a wanker online but just found it very interesting how abrupt his departure was from Pro Wrestling Sheet and him going right back to FOX for some of that sweet WWE-related money he was getting before.

Probably was applying for the job behind Pro Wrestling Sheet's back since he sold the website to new owners some time back and was hush about his future unlike the last time where he was more open about getting a job with FOX and WWE.

At least it wasn't something harassment-related since supposedly that was one of the factors behind his departure from TMZ.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently Florida will be lifting their restrictions on attendance for live events very soon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The state of Florida will begin allowing full capacity attendance for stadiums events. <br><br>Vince has been privately holding out hope for a full capacity WrestleMania. He gets his wish. Whether or not 65K fans show up is another question.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1313894463106842626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[drave]

FL proving one again why it gets made fun of so often.

[XL]

Jesus that’s bold. Like start with 50% capacity and see how many people that kills first.

[Lock Jaw]

Would be "funny" if dumb wrestling fans packed the crowd and were chanting "we are awesome", and then later all got the Covid

[Fignuts]

WE ARE VOMITING CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

[Emperor Smeat]

Most people looking at the syringe and I'm wondering why he has toilet paper under his door


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yo Braun Strowman, what's that over there?<br><br>Not a SYRINGE is it? <a href="https://t.co/AnOsXpJ326">pic.twitter.com/AnOsXpJ326</a></p>&mdash; THE WHOLESOME INSOMNIAC (@InsomniacRaging) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsomniacRaging/status/1313627718966284290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

According to Braun, the syringe is for B12 shots since his body has an issue processing caffeine. He didn't answer the mystery of the toiler paper under his door though.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Braun Strowman on the syringe in his bathroom: “For everyone trying to make a big deal about the last post I did and delete. I take b12 shots everyday because my body is super sensitive to caffeine and I can only use so much without feeling like I’m having heart palpitations.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6xwqA0xsfi">pic.twitter.com/6xwqA0xsfi</a></p>&mdash; Daily Wrestling News (@DailyWWENews) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyWWENews/status/1313844869610127361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Droford]

Apparently Florida will be lifting their restrictions on attendance for live events very soon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The state of Florida will begin allowing full capacity attendance for stadiums events. <br><br>Vince has been privately holding out hope for a full capacity WrestleMania. He gets his wish. Whether or not 65K fans show up is another question.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1313894463106842626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tickets should be cheap

I might go

[Droford]

WE ARE VOMITING CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

Thats not covid clap clap clap

[Bad News Gertner]

Whatever happened to Dalton Castle? I remember he was like the talk of wrestling for a while.

[Nicky Fives]

According to Braun, the syringe is for B12 shots since his body has an issue processing caffeine. He didn't answer the mystery of the toiler paper under his door though.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Braun Strowman on the syringe in his bathroom: “For everyone trying to make a big deal about the last post I did and delete. I take b12 shots everyday because my body is super sensitive to caffeine and I can only use so much without feeling like I’m having heart palpitations.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6xwqA0xsfi">pic.twitter.com/6xwqA0xsfi</a></p>&mdash; Daily Wrestling News (@DailyWWENews) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyWWENews/status/1313844869610127361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I immediately think that's a closet/pantry for towels where he sticks his extra rolls of tp and he maybe has a cat that likes to fuck with it....

[Black Widow]

Loser really wasted $ to be cringe again.

dNiA57YN7hw

[Fignuts]

Whatever happened to Dalton Castle? I remember he was like the talk of wrestling for a while.

He's still in ROH.

Speaking of which, ROH is getting some buzz right now. They've reinvented their presentation to be a pure sports style production. Even the wrestling itself is supposedly a bit slowed down from the usual indy stuff. I might get honor club for a month to check it out.

[Bad News Gertner]

Does he still do the same gimmick? I remember it was Dalton Castle and his Boys

[Fignuts]

Not sure, but I think he has the same gimmick, just toned sown a bit.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Fightful, WWE has been holding talks for the past year regarding the idea of NXT getting a second weekly TV show.

These talks went as far as reaching the planning stage prior to WWE's recent outbreak and its currently not known if WWE is still going ahead with these plans.

The show itself had a tentative name of "NXT Underground" and would feature unused talent and their recent EVOLVE signings.

There could be more NXT content on the way soon. Fightful has learned that a once-pitched NXT product was at least in the planning stages in September, before the most recent outbreak.

Once pitched as "NXT Underground" well before "Raw Underground" happened, but it wasn't to be anything like the Raw Underground we see today, outside of having peers watch the show. The idea was floated around last year, but not everyone was on board with the idea, which was tabled. There was a pilot for the event shot at the WWE Performance Center in Summer 2019, which would have been the setting of the event. We're told it has long been a Ryan Katz project.

The latest we've heard is that some unused NXT talent and new EVOLVE signings were tentatively planned for the show. Again, we are unsure of how the recent COVID outbreak have affected this.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5 years ago today, Sasha vs Bayley Ironwoman Match happened at Takeover: Respect. We got this gem ������<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/fNw3mKcywe">pic.twitter.com/fNw3mKcywe</a></p>&mdash; Fightful Wrestling (@FightfulWrestle) <a href="https://twitter.com/FightfulWrestle/status/1313895558420070400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Sepholio]

Finns jaw broken in 2 places.

[Emperor Smeat]

AEW's home network TNT is about to get hit with a huge wave of layoffs as part of WarnerMedia's current restructuring plans that are massive in scale.

Main reason is WarnerMedia has been getting hammered in revenues in several key areas during the coronavirus pandemic and their HBO Max streaming service being a big bust in terms of expectations and revenues since its launch.

The company is implementing the cuts due to the decline in revenue from cable subscriptions, television ad revenue and movie ticket sales. The company noted that "an acceleration in shifting consumer behavior, especially in the way content is being viewed" is responsible for much of the decline.

"Like the rest of the entertainment industry, we have not been immune to the significant impact of the pandemic," a WarnerMedia spokesperson said in a statement. "That includes an acceleration in shifting consumer behavior, especially in the way content is being viewed. We shared with our employees recently that the organization will be restructured to respond to those changes and prioritize growth opportunities, with an emphasis on direct-to-consumer. We are in the midst of that process and it will involve increased investments in priority areas and, unfortunately, reductions in others."

This is the second round of layoffs for WarnerMedia as they cut 500 jobs in August at Warner Bros. Both NBCU and WarnerMedia have implemented layoffs recently as they pivot towards streaming. While WarnerMedia's HBO Max service has only garnered 4.1 million subscriptions since it launched in May, overall HBO subscriptions, which includes viewers watching it on premium channel bundles, rose to 36 million. It was noted that the increase in subscriptions "hasn't offset deeper declines at the commercial entertainment cable networks TNT, TBS and TruTV."

The huge hit in ad revenues probably going to get worse for WarnerMedia and the TV industry in general since that was a huge fear experts had with the coronavirus pandemic if it didn't ease up prior to the Fall sweeps.

AEW got extremely lucky with the timing of their modified TV deal with TNT since they would be hurting just as badly if the only real money coming in was from their share of ad revenues.

[Droford]

Finns jaw broken in 2 places.

The NXT title seems cursed all of a sudden.

Kross Separated his shoulder winning it and Finn broke his jaw in his first defense.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE got named in a $40 million civil lawsuit filed against Matt Riddle and others in regards to the sexual abuse allegations surrounding him.

Among the allegations in this lawsuit includes Riddle bragged about sexually abusing Candy Cartwright to EVOLVE's owner and he did nothing about it and Riddle playing a major role in getting her bookings with WWE and EVOLVE earlier this year to be dropped because she wouldn't continue performing sexual acts on him.

The lawsuit does have some issues though in regards to getting a date wrong about Riddle's signing with WWE and how it portrays the partnership between WWE and EVOLVE since the inclusion of WWE as a defendant is the shakiest out of the group listed.

https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/candy-cartwright-files-lawsuit-against-matt-riddle-wwe-evolve-322136

[Mr. Nerfect]

According to Fightful, WWE has been holding talks for the past year regarding the idea of NXT getting a second weekly TV show.

These talks went as far as reaching the planning stage prior to WWE's recent outbreak and its currently not known if WWE is still going ahead with these plans.

The show itself had a tentative name of "NXT Underground" and would feature unused talent and their recent EVOLVE signings.

Yeah, no shit. This is why they put NXT on unopposed for a few weeks without AEW around. Not because they “wanted the jump,” which doesn’t make any fucking sense.

AEW's home network TNT is about to get hit with a huge wave of layoffs as part of WarnerMedia's current restructuring plans that are massive in scale.

Main reason is WarnerMedia has been getting hammered in revenues in several key areas during the coronavirus pandemic and their HBO Max streaming service being a big bust in terms of expectations and revenues since its launch.



The huge hit in ad revenues probably going to get worse for WarnerMedia and the TV industry in general since that was a huge fear experts had with the coronavirus pandemic if it didn't ease up prior to the Fall sweeps.

AEW got extremely lucky with the timing of their modified TV deal with TNT since they would be hurting just as badly if the only real money coming in was from their share of ad revenues.

Hopefully they just cut AEW. They wouldn’t be getting anywhere near the ad revenue of a show that has that many viewers, especially with the 50/50 split. It’s probably performing at no better than 40% of what a show with that number of people watching should. Smart money would be to scrap that and start their own promotion or give the spot to someone else for less money and possibly more viewers.

WWE got named in a $40 million civil lawsuit filed against Matt Riddle and others in regards to the sexual abuse allegations surrounding him.

Among the allegations in this lawsuit includes Riddle bragged about sexually abusing Candy Cartwright to EVOLVE's owner and he did nothing about it and Riddle playing a major role in getting her bookings with WWE and EVOLVE earlier this year to be dropped because she wouldn't continue performing sexual acts on him.

The lawsuit does have some issues though in regards to getting a date wrong about Riddle's signing with WWE and how it portrays the partnership between WWE and EVOLVE since the inclusion of WWE as a defendant is the shakiest out of the group listed.

https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/candy-cartwright-files-lawsuit-against-matt-riddle-wwe-evolve-322136

Sounds like the Kyros concussion lawsuit.

[Emperor Smeat]

The Cartwright lawsuit is barely anything like the Kyros lawsuit since what doomed that concussion lawsuit was it being way too ambiguous with the claims being made against WWE and Kyros having a history of filing frivolous lawsuits and acting very unprofessional on the job.

The reason WWE is the shakiest is due to them being a lot tougher challenger to prove against since the basis of her claims of them being complacent in Riddle's sexual abuse revolves around the weakest and easiest part of her lawsuit to take apart on WWE's end. Even if an amended lawsuit fixes and/or strengthens the EVOLVE connection, still going to be tough to beat WWE's legal machine. The dates in question are the easiest to resolve in an amended lawsuit since they are only off by a bit.

Had Riddle not filed a civil lawsuit against her, I doubt she would have even filed this one against Riddle and others. Riddle's prior legal case involving the restraining order against her got torn to pieces by her lawyer and the general feeling was had Riddle gone to court over it, he was going to lose badly.

[Emperor Smeat]

Why would WarnerMedia or TNT even consider dumping AEW since both have been praising the company a lot for the numbers and consistent high rankings they've been giving to the network compared to what TNT used to get on Wednesdays during that time slot.

Also WarnerMedia already mentioned they have long term expansion plans in place for AEW with their other properties.

Just because you hate AEW doesn't mean what you suggested is a bright idea. If anything, probably would just hurt TNT way more since your asking for them to spend a lot of money to start up their own promotion when ITV already proved that's not a wise idea for a network to do or assume they can even find another company that would produce similar results as AEW when that's less likely to happen.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Why would WarnerMedia or TNT even consider dumping AEW since both have been praising the company a lot for the numbers and consistent high rankings they've been giving to the network compared to what TNT used to get on Wednesdays during that time slot.

Also WarnerMedia already mentioned they have long term expansion plans in place for AEW with their other properties.

Just because you hate AEW doesn't mean what you suggested is a bright idea. If anything, probably would just hurt TNT way more since your asking for them to spend a lot of money to start up their own promotion when ITV already proved that's not a wise idea for a network to do or assume they can even find another company that would produce similar results as AEW when that's less likely to happen.

The answer was in my last post. Because they're probably doing utter shit when it comes to ad revenue. Companies don't usually come out and say that shit, but there's no actual evidence that they are genuinely happy (other than people interpreting PR talk and spin the way they like) or that AEW is actually doing that well.

Being "top five" means shit if you're not making the network mint.

Let's say they licensed some ROH content off Sinclair for $20 million a year. They'd save $25 million on rights and could also keep twice as much ad revenue. Get Sinclair to front the costs for Brock Lesnar, CM Punk and Ronda Rousey (in a few months). How does that hurt them? Because they don't have Silly Billy Chris Jericho on their show anymore? Pfft. He'd jump ship if given the chance anyway.

WarnerMedia can announce expansion plans all they want. They announced expansion plans and then they announced they are culling their fucking ranks.

[drave]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Emperor Smeat]

So your bright idea is for TNT to replace AEW with an even more niche of a company and get a notorious penny pinching owner to spend millions on a few part-timers that won't help the company in the long run. That's assuming Sinclair can even get two of those 3 since I seriously doubt WWE would let a rival easily snag Lesnar and Rousey.

Whatever savings they get from ad revenues splits is going to evaporate afterwards if ROH doesn't maintain what AEW had been doing for TV numbers.

[mike adamle]

Anyone watching the collective?

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to watch just Janela's Spring Break 4 and Bloodsport 3 shows from the Collective set of shows.

[Mr. Nerfect]

So your bright idea is for TNT to replace AEW with an even more niche of a company and get a notorious penny pinching owner to spend millions on a few part-timers that won't help the company in the long run. That's assuming Sinclair can even get two of those 3 since I seriously doubt WWE would let a rival easily snag Lesnar and Rousey.

Whatever savings they get from ad revenues splits is going to evaporate afterwards if ROH doesn't maintain what AEW had been doing for TV numbers.

It’s only “more niche” because it doesn’t have the exposure. AEW doesn’t scrape 850k viewers because it is good content. It’s because the Khans’ capital bought their way to #2. You’re entire premise of the criticism is flawed, but nice try.

Brock Lesnar, CM Punk and Ronda Rousey wouldn’t help a company long-term? You’ve been smoking the Meltzer plant for too long. Of course they would fucking help. You put Brock Lesnar vs. anybody, CM Punk vs. anybody and Ronda Rousey vs. anybody on a PPV and you’ve made three stars bigger than anyone in AEW overnight. And you know that. You’re just a mark for the smark snark.

Any wrestling product would draw as well (or as badly) as AEW. It would probably be smarter to replace it with something that isn’t wrestling, because you’d get more ad revenue out of it in the first place.

[XL]

Maybe The Rock could bankroll this company with Lesnar, Punk, and Rousey. Maybe they could get Jacob Fatu in (is he still in your/Cornette’s good graces?) and they could take over the world?

[Emperor Smeat]

Even for The Rock, Lesnar might be way too pricey of a talent to get for a new promotion. Based on some numbers that floated around, Lesnar got somewhere around $12 million just from his last year with WWE. Based on reports of how he does business dealings, not going to get him for any cheaper than what he's been getting paid by WWE.

For some comparison, Noid once suggested for NJPW to hire Lesnar to a contract despite Lesnar making around a third of what NJPW makes in an entire year for net revenues.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Maybe The Rock could bankroll this company with Lesnar, Punk, and Rousey. Maybe they could get Jacob Fatu in (is he still in your/Cornette’s good graces?) and they could take over the world?

Lol, yeah. Silly me, predicting that The Rock might get into the live entertainment. It's not like he then went on to buy a currently defunct football league or anything.

Brock Lesnar has a WWE asking price. I'd have a very high asking price too if I had to go out and perform in such a boring environment. New Japan absolutely could have made an offer to Brock. The increase you could potentially see in business could provide future dividends. Sinclair are a multi-billion dollar entity. If they wanted to, they could offer Brock every bit of $12 million to appear for a few PPVs and use that to segue into a cable TV deal that blows AEW out of the water. Those rights fees can add revenue streams while they don't actually have to lose what ROH already brings them (in fact, it'd likely become more popular).

MLW don't have much capital themselves, but they are connected to entities that desperately want (in some cases, need to expand). Signing wrestling stars to perform on their wrestling properties so they can increase their revenue from their wrestling makes sense. If DAZN and BeIN Sports split the costs of a few Lesnar dates between them, having Brock on their content could potentially allow a network deal of even just $25 million to be made, which covers Brock and allows MLW to make the big plays to future talent to also draw people in. This goes to DAZN's specials and the BeIN ratings too.

There is definitely room in the world for a new default #2 promotion. AEW is only there because the Khans had the money and the connections to sign Jericho and JR and get the TNT deal before any content was actually produced. Tell me I'm lying, lol. Since then, they've signed NO real stars (Luke Harper, Matt Hardy and The Revival don't really count as being on that level). It's been a bust in terms of the potential. If anything else comes along, it's got a real good shot at supplanting AEW, as long as it actually has the platform to compete. If TNT wants wrestling, they'd probably prefer that wrestling over #3. I just cut out the middle-man there.

Rock puts $7 million into a wrestling promotion and you don't think there is anyone with money out there that isn't going to cover the rest of the bases to get something off the ground? And you don't think Dwayne fucking Johnson -- the biggest star in Hollywood right now, and the guy who turned ripped people hitting watermelons with hammers or whatever into a 3 million viewer hit on NBC -- isn't going to be able to walk out of an interview with some TV executives with a giant sack of TV rights money? It's literally a license to print thanks to where television is right now.

May 2021. That's the ideal announcement time. Because that's when Ronda Rousey gets out of her WWE deal (which they could possibly elongate because of her time off if they know in advance). It's also sweeps time and upfronts. Imagine The Rock showing up at one with Ronda and showing a promo for his new wrestling promotion to launch over the summer or whatever. Instant storm of attention.

ROH and MLW getting major cash flow injections is the other. Sinclair and DAZN want to play. You need to pay to play. But any of these things pisses all over the vanity project on TNT.

[mike adamle]

Going to watch just Janela's Spring Break 4 and Bloodsport 3 shows from the Collective set of shows.

I got the whole package. Atticus Cogar almost got his ear cut off by a light tube earlier in the main event of the first show.

Also had a syringe put through his neck...

[Emperor Smeat]

Yikes. Did they stop the match to attend to his ear injury or he just went ahead with things as is?

Stuff like syringes and blade boards are the things I like the least about deathmatches and indie style hardcore matches. With syringes, its mostly because I don't like needles in general.

[mike adamle]

The ref held Colby corino back a little bit longer than normal but other than that nothing.

SUP show was really good and prob should've opened the day. Lee Moriarty vs Daniel Makabe was a really good move for move technical contest

[mike adamle]

Alex Shelley vs lee moriarty vs Tre Lamar from aiw is match of the weekend so far. One of the best 3 ways in recent times

[Droford]

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The Bischoff vs Retribution twitter stuff is better than anything WWE has done with them lol

[Mr. Nerfect]

Donovan fucking owns Bischoff on Twitter.

[mike adamle]

AIW show from the collective was a banger. The no rope barbed wire match was insane. I think Matthew justice got legit knocked out by a chair shot to the head. Awesome stuff, new favorite match of the weekend.

Fell asleep before For The Culture, watching it now. So far its an Indy spotfest show.

[thecc]

Gonna be watching big gay brunch live. Will probably also watch for the culture and AIW later.

[Black Widow]

Wtf is a big gay brunch?

[drave]

just "brunch"

[mike adamle]

Its pretty bad so far lol

[mike adamle]

For the culture was a good 3 matches. Ach vs lee moriartt was match of the show

[mike adamle]

Aiw was really good, sup was surprisingly good too. D-generation.f sucked

[thecc]

Dark Sheik/ Still life with apricots and pears was fun. Really wish Kevin Gill wasn't on commentary.

[mike adamle]

It was alright. Went on forever

[Black Widow]

just "brunch"
Sounds super cringe

[mike adamle]

It is

[mike adamle]

I'm sure the parents with kids there loved the jizz spewing dildo curbstomp spot at an 11 a.m. show

[Black Widow]

Another loser to go along with puppet man:lol::rofl:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej7Gp3GXsAcmy62?format=jpg&name=large

[Emperor Smeat]

Opening match between Orange Cassidy and Rickey Shane Page at Joey Janela's Spring Break 4 was pretty good.

The pre-match shenanigans and swerves with the Open Challenge stip was also a bit funny.

[Emperor Smeat]

IronBeast vs. The Rascalz and Lee Moriarty vs. Jonathan Gresham matches were very good although that Moriaty vs. Gresham match went on for way too long.

That's the only real complaint I have about Janela's specialty shows since there always seems to be that one match that just goes on and on and either drags down the show's flow or makes these GCW shows feel a bit too long for its own good.

[Savio]

How much do wrestlers get paid for those fan interviews?

[Emperor Smeat]

Blake Christian just busted out one of the worst ever looking hurricanranas. Like his body forgot half-way what it was doing and paused in mid-air.

[mike adamle]

But that leg cradle stuff pile driver by Chris dickinson was niiiice

[Emperor Smeat]

How much do wrestlers get paid for those fan interviews?

Probably nothing unless it also involved the wrestler's company or like those shoot video interviews.

[Emperor Smeat]

6-man tag with Ortiz & Santana, Tony Depen vs. Alex Shelley, and Lio Rush vs. ACH were all very entertaining.

3 matches left on the card but one being the Clusterfuck that's going to be extra long based on how Janela and Ethan Page have booked them in the past.

I'd be surprised if this Spring Break 4 show hits under 4 hours with the rate things are going.

Oh wow ... Janela vs. Ricky Morton isn't the main event match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if Morton suddenly got fatter or that shirt and gear combo isn't a flattering look for him.

[Emperor Smeat]

Janela va. Morton was way better than I was expecting. Some of the stuff Morton did and took was crazy for someone of his age.

[Emperor Smeat]

Clusterfuck Battle Royal was very entertaining overall.

Might have been the best in terms of ring action but not in terms of general craziness since that still goes to the first one from these Spring Break shows.

[Emperor Smeat]

The main event deathmatch was pretty good.

Joey Janela's Spring Break 4 show was very entertaining overall but someone really needs to tell Janela just because you have a 4-5 hour window for these shows, doesn't mean you actually need to almost go right to that length each time.

[Vastardikai]

I feel like I'd like Janella a lot more if he didn't wrestle.

[Emperor Smeat]

Sort of feel bad for the next indie group since GCW left them like 15 minutes before the start of their show for cleanup and ring prep assuming it can even start on time now.

[Emperor Smeat]

I feel like I'd like Janella a lot more if he didn't wrestle.

He has a great wrestling mind when it comes to putting together indie shows but he's also someone who can be divisive in terms of his wrestling skills since he comes from a deathmatch and hardcore background.

If you like that sort of stuff, then he's fine as a wrestler overall but if not, then he's not going to really wow you with his skills.

[slik]

Great Jericho Moments


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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shoutout to the dude who hit himself in the hog with the confetti gun. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JJSB4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JJSB4</a><a href="https://t.co/iXcFPi1ZZ4">https://t.co/iXcFPi1ZZ4</a> <a href="https://t.co/FRDTVLvNXa">pic.twitter.com/FRDTVLvNXa</a></p>&mdash; ��TIGER DRIVER�� (@TigerDriver9X) <a href="https://twitter.com/TigerDriver9X/status/1315119182330163205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Black Widow]

https://i.ibb.co/YpqhQYg/Screenshot-20201011-160553-Samsung-Internet.jpg

[slik]

what is this from



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I must’ve missed this part of WWE?���� <a href="https://t.co/EsYz7FzkNy">pic.twitter.com/EsYz7FzkNy</a></p>&mdash; Wez (@Big_Wezza) <a href="https://twitter.com/Big_Wezza/status/1154096159411068930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm this old <a href="https://t.co/VnXvFVWYN0">pic.twitter.com/VnXvFVWYN0</a></p>&mdash; Harvey Specter™ (@theJay_Show) <a href="https://twitter.com/theJay_Show/status/1130098462123548672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Black Widow]

what is this from



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I'd start training if i got to do that to Alexa or Sasha and others but mainly them.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Fightful, WWE is currently dealing with a serious case of some within NXT and developmental who still think the coronavirus is just a big hoax and have been spreading conspiracy theories about it there.

Already has led to several other people within NXT becoming very frustrated over what has been going on behind the scenes.

[Fignuts]

what is this from



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Not from anything I'm aware of. And I'm aware of quite a lot.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just two days after his WWE return, Lars Sullivan has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to a woman on Instagram:<a href="https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK">https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK</a></p>&mdash; WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV/status/1315429234379304960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[DaveWadding]

According to Fightful, WWE is currently dealing with a serious case of some within NXT and developmental who still think the coronavirus is just a big hoax and have been spreading conspiracy theories about it there.

Already has led to several other people within NXT becoming very frustrated over what has been going on behind the scenes.

Road Dogg and Shawn for sure :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the originator of the spread was Drake Wuertz since he's already been involved as the likely source of the QAnon spread within WWE.

David Bixenspan recently uncovered stuff about Wuertz being a very vocal supporter of that group and even tried to get others within WWE to donate to a QAnon associated charity group that's now being investigated for improper finances and impersonating law enforcement.

Same dumbass who accidentally provided some very valuable ammo against Riddle and WWE for the current lawsuit by Riddle's accuser.

[Emperor Smeat]

Currently watching Bloodsport 3 and a clean shaven Simon Gotch/Grimm somehow is even more weird to see than a clean shaven Tama Tonga.

[Emperor Smeat]

Feels like I've seen a match or two of this Erik Hammer guy before but can't remember at all. The name sounds very familiar.

He does have a great looking mustache though. Haven't seen a mustache that good in wrestling since the first time I saw The Butcher wrestle at last year's Bloodsport show.

[Emperor Smeat]

Filthy Tom Lawlor v. Homicide was very good. Best match on this Bloodsport show so far.

[xrodmuc316]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just two days after his WWE return, Lars Sullivan has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to a woman on Instagram:<a href="https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK">https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK</a></p>&mdash; WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV/status/1315429234379304960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That woman lol. From what I gather, she is selling pics. Then she is freaking out because he said he likes her legs in a pic he bought from her, and then asked if she has booty pics, then she refunded his money and blocked him.

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't exactly say that the screenshots she posted is inappropriate given the nature of their relationship, that being she sells pictures and he asked about buying additional pictures.

I really don't like blaming the victim, but does she put every dude that asks her that on blast, or did she do it to him because he is on tv? She even said at one point "You are pretty well known".

[Emperor Smeat]

Chris Dickinson vs. Jon Moxley ruled.

Bloodsport 3 was a very fun show overall. That match, the women's tournament in general, and Tom Lawlor vs. Homicide were the best.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just two days after his WWE return, Lars Sullivan has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to a woman on Instagram:<a href="https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK">https://t.co/sCfnNNqgDK</a></p>&mdash; WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV/status/1315429234379304960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

More on LARS

https://www.bodyslam.net/2020/10/11/exclusive-wwes-lars-sullivan-caught-harassing-woman-on-instagram/

[Fignuts]

Holy shit, how is Lars this fucking dumb?

[GD]

Wow! Sorry, Triple A.

[Vastardikai]

what is this from



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God Damnit Japan.

a few thoughts:

1. To its credit, it's one of the few times I have had to question whether something I saw in a wrestling ring is real or not. Because I can't tell if this was a sexual assault or not. And before you say "It's wrestling, of course it isn't." I have to bring up the incidents between Rick Rude and Francine.

2. This had no business taking part in a wrestling event. Full stop. This is wrestling, not porn. I like to keep the two separate.

3. This will be the thing that kills Jim Cornette, should he ever see it.

4. I hope she is of age (US, not Japan). If she isn't we could be seeing the new AEW Women's Champion.

5. Joey Ryan is planning his comeback as we speak.

[Gerard]

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Austin was sooo bad at taking chokeslams, he basically hopped and fell backwards.

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That was about the only time he was drilled from any real height because of who was delivering it.

[Seanny One Ball]

Why would Steve Austin of all people have any problem with a gigantic man grabbing him by the neck and slamming him on his back?

I guess he was just a fag.

[XL]

God Damnit Japan.

a few thoughts:

1. To its credit, it's one of the few times I have had to question whether something I saw in a wrestling ring is real or not. Because I can't tell if this was a sexual assault or not. And before you say "It's wrestling, of course it isn't." I have to bring up the incidents between Rick Rude and Francine.

2. This had no business taking part in a wrestling event. Full stop. This is wrestling, not porn. I like to keep the two separate.

3. This will be the thing that kills Jim Cornette, should he ever see it.

4. I hope she is of age (US, not Japan). If she isn't we could be seeing the new AEW Women's Champion.

5. Joey Ryan is planning his comeback as we speak.
Tbf that’s the most animated I’ve ever seen a Japanese Wrestling audience.

[Fignuts]

God Damnit Japan.

a few thoughts:

1. To its credit, it's one of the few times I have had to question whether something I saw in a wrestling ring is real or not. Because I can't tell if this was a sexual assault or not. And before you say "It's wrestling, of course it isn't." I have to bring up the incidents between Rick Rude and Francine.

2. This had no business taking part in a wrestling event. Full stop. This is wrestling, not porn. I like to keep the two separate.

3. This will be the thing that kills Jim Cornette, should he ever see it.

4. I hope she is of age (US, not Japan). If she isn't we could be seeing the new AEW Women's Champion.

5. Joey Ryan is planning his comeback as we speak.

I mean it's Japan. This is probably what the entire promotion is about. It's not porn in a wrestling show. It's wrestling at a porn show.

And of course she's of age, It's Japan not Bangkok.

[Bad News Gertner]

Brian Pillman and Jake Roberts are reportedly two of the Season 3 episodes of DSOTR

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems Lars Sullivan's recent online controversy whittled away more of his remaining support within the company. According to WrestleVotes, Vince still being a supporter of him is why he hasn't been canned yet over his growing controversies.

Lars Sullivan reportedly does not have many supporters left in the WWE locker room, especially after his latest controversy went public on social media this past weekend.

A Reddit user posted a screenshot this weekend that showed how married yoga instructor Annika Naidoo-Fuge blocked Sullivan on Instagram after he made inappropriate comments ...

Lars is no stranger to online controversy, but this latest was made public just a day after he made his return to WWE TV during Friday's SmackDown, after being out of action for more than 1 year with a knee injury.

It was reported today by @Wrestlevotes that WWE is aware of Lars' latest "troubles" online. It was also said that it's beyond safe to say that Lars does not have many supporters left in the WWE locker room. However, one of those supporters has the ultimate say, and that may be the end of it. That supporter is WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE is aware of Lars Sullivans’ latest “troubles” and it’s beyond safe to say he doesn’t have many supporters left in the locker room. However, one of those supporters has the ultimate say, so that’s that.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1315702989882097664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Link: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/10/lars-sullivan-inappropriate-conversation-with-yoga-675807/

[Bad News Gertner]

95 ECW would be a good idea. I've watched all the 99 and 2000 TV.

Ended up going with 1995 ECW. I've seen 95 episodes here and there, but not the whole run. I can't wait to get to the summer. It really gets good around then.

[Black Widow]

Seems Lars Sullivan's recent online controversy whittled away more of his remaining support within the company. According to WrestleVotes, Vince still being a supporter of him is why he hasn't been canned yet over his growing controversies.



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE is aware of Lars Sullivans’ latest “troubles” and it’s beyond safe to say he doesn’t have many supporters left in the locker room. However, one of those supporters has the ultimate say, so that’s that.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1315702989882097664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Link: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/10/lars-sullivan-inappropriate-conversation-with-yoga-675807/Fu** old ass Vince thinking people give a damn about a human version of plain lay's potato chips.

[drave]

No, but with a publicly traded company, it matters to a lot of people.

[Black Widow]

I'm agreeing nobody gives a fuck about Mr Nyquil but him.

[Big Vic]

Brian Pillman and Jake Roberts are reportedly two of the Season 3 episodes of DSOTRNice on Pillman, doubt I'll learn anything new since I own his DVD though.

[Seanny One Ball]

If Bruiser Bedlam/Taras Bulbs/Johnny K9 doesn't get an episode then what is the fucking point anymore? Honestly the guy firebombed a freaking police station. It really doesn't matter if nobody knows who he was.

Scott Hall should have one too, dude shot a guy in the head in self defence and nobody knew until his career was nearly over.

Zumhofe/Sweeten don't deserve episodes for being mucky bastards.
Same goes for Grizzly Smith.

John Nord should have an episode though. He's completely insane.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to PWInsider, Joey Ryan recently filed a $10 million lawsuit against Impact Wrestling as part of his recent spree of lawsuits.

For the Impact lawsuit, he's suing over claims of them breaching his contract when they fired him over his sexual abuse allegations.

Ryan's contract ran through August 2021 and Impact released him on June 22nd. Based on language in the contract regarding warning and reprimands, he claims they needed to inform of him of any issue in writing along with a "5 day cure period" as it states in the contract.

According to the contract language, if nothing could be worked out by the wrestler in five days, he and Impact would then have 30 days to resolve any issues. At that point, Impact could have terminated the deal another 30 days after that if there was still unresolvable issues.

The $10 million sought is in addition to legal fees and other "relief" that a court may find in his favor.

This comes after Ryan filed multi-million lawsuits against several accusers that emerged during the #SpeakingOut movement earlier this year. PWInsider noted he has filed six lawsuits.

[Seanny One Ball]

Fu** old ass Vince thinking people give a damn about a human version of plain lay's potato chips.

I'm agreeing nobody gives a fuck about Mr Nyquil but him.


These are both market leading brands.
Randy Savage would have endorsed them in a heartbeat.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2️⃣3️⃣ years ago today, We all collectively experienced the very first <a href="https://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steveaustinBSR</a> ➡️ <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a> Stone Cold Stunner! <a href="https://t.co/nsGyWsf9rT">pic.twitter.com/nsGyWsf9rT</a></p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1316053728391200769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rock's selling becoming more comical over time was the best part of him taking Stunners back in the day.

Him and Scott Hall had the best sells out of everyone who took the move while some of the earlier Stunners to Vince and Sgt. Slaughter were among the worst ever sells.

[Bad News Gertner]

Just thought of a cool game for TPWW thinking about how Gerald Brisco was the same age as HHH is now when he was a stooge. Gonna post some old wrestlers next to some newer wrestlers and ya'll gotta figure out who is older based on the pictures.



Good idea, or is this stupid.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

it could work. Just v specific.

[GD]

Sounds fun...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ended up going with 1995 ECW. I've seen 95 episodes here and there, but not the whole run. I can't wait to get to the summer. It really gets good around then.

This is around the time they start pushing Taz I think? Or that may have been later. Also when the Steiners were in ECW. What a time to be alive.

[Bad News Gertner]

This is around the time they start pushing Taz I think? Or that may have been later. Also when the Steiners were in ECW. What a time to be alive.

I just watched the Steiners with Eddie Guerrero vs Too Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko and Cactus Jack from an Aug.1995 show.

Too Cold was so fucking great in ECW and he gets constantly overlooked.


Yup that's when they were pushing Taz

[Bad News Gertner]

it could work. Just v specific.

Like I'll show a 1984 picture of Tony Garea and a current AJ Styles.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Teddy Long's story of the one time he had Mae Young represent him as his lawyer during a WWE's Wrestler Court trial over him selling Viagra pills in the locker room.

Hannibal TV hosted a Q&A session with Teddy Long ...

Teddy recalled being called into Wrestler’s Court in WWE. He said one of the times he was called in was because he was caught selling Viagra to the men’s roster.

“So Undertaker was the judge, and so they took me to Wrestler’s Court twice and the first time they took me to Wrestler’s Court was because I was selling Viagra to the boys. So, they were gonna try and give me this big sentence about the Viagra so I didn’t have no lawyer so, I ended up having to get Mae Young, God rest her soul. Mae Young was my lawyer and so, when I took Mae Young in their with me to Wrestler’s Court to defend me, we almost had my case won and Mae Young yells out and she says, ‘Niagara’ instead of Viagra, so that was a [discrepancy] right there so that’s how I lost my case and so, I ended up having to buy a bunch of beer and a bunch of food and stuff. That was part of my sentence but, Wrestler’s Court was pretty good. I just enjoyed watching other people but they got me twice.”

[Savio]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2️⃣3️⃣ years ago today, We all collectively experienced the very first <a href="https://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steveaustinBSR</a> ➡️ <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a> Stone Cold Stunner! <a href="https://t.co/nsGyWsf9rT">pic.twitter.com/nsGyWsf9rT</a></p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1316053728391200769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rock's selling becoming more comical over time was the best part of him taking Stunners back in the day.

Him and Scott Hall had the best sells out of everyone who took the move while some of the earlier Stunners to Vince and Sgt. Slaughter were among the worst ever sells.How many did Hall take? I only remember the one

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure since he didn't really interact that much with Austin during his time in WWE and the crazy sell he did at Mania 18 is usually what gets talked the most about their match on the show.

While looking up if there were any gifs of other potential Hall Stunners moments, came across another great Stunner sell from Rusev from Mania 32.

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8168997/rusev.gif

[Bad News Gertner]

Someone posted the Ricardo Rodriguez RF shoot on YouTube. It's REALLY friggen good.

uCUUKWuf9iE

[Damian Rey 2.0]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2️⃣3️⃣ years ago today, We all collectively experienced the very first <a href="https://twitter.com/steveaustinBSR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@steveaustinBSR</a> ➡️ <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRock</a> Stone Cold Stunner! <a href="https://t.co/nsGyWsf9rT">pic.twitter.com/nsGyWsf9rT</a></p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1316053728391200769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rock's selling becoming more comical over time was the best part of him taking Stunners back in the day.

Him and Scott Hall had the best sells out of everyone who took the move while some of the earlier Stunners to Vince and Sgt. Slaughter were among the worst ever sells.

X7 Stunner he takes in that clip was the best one. Got the ropes perfectly.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiseled to the Gods... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nofilter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nofilter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hatersgonnahate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hatersgonnahate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/physique?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#physique</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/luchagod?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#luchagod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GLOAT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GLOAT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEonFOX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDownOnFox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDownOnFox</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q49wlfywxN">pic.twitter.com/Q49wlfywxN</a></p>&mdash; KALISTO (manny) (@KalistoWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KalistoWWE/status/1316048164961611778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bad News Gertner]

Nice on Pillman, doubt I'll learn anything new since I own his DVD though.

They are also apparently doing 1995 Collision in Korea- the WCW show that took place in North Korea. I've heard a couple crazy stories from Scott Norton so I can imagine this one will be good.

[Seanny One Ball]

"So I just started throwing Koreans everywhere..."

- Scott Norton, 1995

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol!

I remember Norton telling a story where every time he'd make a phone he would hear a second click when the person he was talking to hung up

[XL]

Confession: I don’t like Rock’s Stunner sell.