I’ll take Punk back just to see the tears. Even if they come from him.

Val Venis sells weed in Arizona now.

Does Val Venis still have Hunter Biden child porn on his laptop that he's going to share?

Val Venis is trash.

Don't ever break character again

Now book him in a world title feud against Frank’s Trash Man character from Always Sunny.

Wade Keller claiming the new WBD deal contains rebranded Max streaming and carries a value of 5 years, $1.2 billion ($240 million a year)

Dead company, pack it in

I hope the new layout is like HBO Max and not Discovery+

And then adding an ADDITIONAL $15,000 just for the hell of it :rofl:

If true, for that deal to include 4 hours of prime time and secure streaming, WBD are getting it at an absolute steal. It’s like the Peacock deal, Raw and SmackDown rolled into one. WWE gets more for Raw currently than AEW will be getting out of this entire deal.

WWE will probably set be getting more than what AEW will be getting out of the totality of their deal per year. AEW will get all the positive dirt sheet write-ups, but the gap between the two companies will probably never have been wider.

Maybe its actually more money, it's all a matter of perspective.

Of course it’s more money. Is it enough money? Joking about AEW’s waste aside…probably enough to cover their expenses. Is it going to come with problems? Absolutely. Is it big in the context of what live entertainment should probably be worth? Nah.

It's only wrestling after all

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF

Is anyone expecting AEW to be making WWE levels on their TV deals?

Cool. Let’s not talk about it on a wrestling forum. :y:

No, but $200 million per year is right in line with where you’d expect them to be. It’s not exactly them “pwning” the doubters.

Thanks for trying to talk about such uninteresting news then

I’d expect such a colossal failure of a venture to get $0.

I don’t really know what to do with this.

They got a deal that’s what you’d expect.

I guess the thing here is that some AEW fans that aren’t on this forum are selling it as this big triumph? Or now aren’t able to?

Genuinely don’t know as I’m not on twitter, etc.

You have Vito in here doing a lite version of that. Rogerer gave it a shot too. The product still sucks and put into context, $240 million for 5 hours of television and your backlog of PPVs is pretty piss-poor.

Thanks for your detailed expert financial valuation, fuckface.

The ever ethical Bryan Alvarez reported that the Billion dollars is not real, that it was put out there by WWE to make AEW look bad when they end up getting a 3 year $300 million deal.

Mental Gymnastics at it's finest :rofl::rofl::rofl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AEWOfficial...t=share_button

This is a large issue that is problematic to any expectation that the shows will improve. It should not be one way or the other. The word everybody throws around is tribalism, but it is closed mindedness. Just because somebody criticizes something AEW did does not mean they are just lying to make AEW look bad because they are WWE fans, and vice versa. It is this weird pseudo argument that allows anybody to overlook any criticism and go on with a deluded opinion with no desire to hope for a better product.

That’s pretty bleak. The funny thing is though — I’m pretty sure the Observer crew have floated stories to set a low bar for AEW. :lol:

Ahh yes... don't worry, he's "pretty sure" guys... so scientific and factual...

Who the eff are you. Did the real Noid die in 2016 and you simply replaced him after ditching the body?

That’s all you’ve been left with? You got a point you want to argue with? Go back into hiding, fake lawyer. Either that or request to suck my balls again. Remember when you used to be my little acolyte? :lol:

I don't need to be here for whatever conversation you're having in your head

There’s a difference between someone have a conversation in their head and someone not contributing to the conversation being had.

It's a word salad projection about... people needing to criticise AEW so that the product gets better? In the middle of a discussion about how much they're getting on their TV deal, apparently an amount that is simultaneously unremarkable and hilarious.

Just because you deleted your post after I replied to it doesn't mean I was conversing with myself :rofl:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As announced at the Warner Bros. Discovery 2023 Upfront presentation today, TNT will launch a second night of professional wrestling with a new 2-hour series, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWCollision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWCollision</a>, starting on Saturday, June 17th LIVE at 8pm ET/7pm CT on <a href="https://twitter.com/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tntdrama</a>!<br><br>To read the full press release:… <a href="https://t.co/roOipqNDD6">pic.twitter.com/roOipqNDD6</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1658844955761057792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Andrade coming back in interesting. Didn't he punch Sammy just to get fired?

So the press release confirms Andrade El Idolo, Miro, Thunder Rosa, Samoa Joe, and Powerhouse Hobbs will be featured acts on Collision.

Those first three all had varying degrees of issues with management, talent, or both. Add in the obvious inclusion of CM Punk and the unofficial roster split lines are being drawn.

I'm jazzed at Andrade coming back. He might've been a prick backstage but he's a great talent and I think he was getting lost in the shuffle of the roster bloat.

I hope this points to LFI getting more shine. Rush will be jobbing to Jungle Boy on Dynamite this week but hopefully they can find a nice home on Collision.

I did delete my post but just for anyone else reading, I wasn't refering to that, I was referring to your drivel

Was hoping Collision would be a more serious, more traditional product but theres orange cassidy front and center.