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WWE reportedly close to being sold to Endeavor
Would be turning WWE and UFC into a combined, publicly traded company
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scoop details: UFC and WWE are expected to form a new publicly traded company as part of the agreement.<br><br>This allows WWE to follow the Endeavor/UFC playbook, which has been very lucrative/effective. <a href="https://t.co/UP60LfmaWO">https://t.co/UP60LfmaWO</a></p>— Alex Sherman (@sherman4949) <a href="https://twitter.com/sherman4949/status/1642625089425244162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
*ahem*
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what is the "endeavor/ufc playbook?"
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Better than the Saudis.
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Clicking around, sounds like Endeavor is only buying 51% of the company.
Wouldn't be surprised if Vince won't let it go and he's got the other 49%. |
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This should be....interesting.
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Will this change anything about the WWE at all?
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Gonna laugh when we get a bunch of tweetz tomorrow about "plans change" though.
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Can't wait for a real Forbidden Door PPV where Punk fights Jon Jones and Bart Gunn fights Tito Ortiz.
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time to bring swagger back
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Too bad his bucket hat is All Elite and cant jump ship with him.
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But who knows what it says in the NBC/Peacock contract. Might be a while before we get to this point. |
yeah they would want the ppv back
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YAHAR BACK IN BUSINESS MATEYS
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I don’t think they’re going to bring PPV back. WWE might try and dabble in it anyway, but I think their streaming model is one that is working big for them. Why buck it? WWE and UFC can have different models. There’s also international business to worry about.
If they’re technically the same company (which I find weird), I can see them amalgamating some office jobs after a while. Do you need two executive Vice Presidents of…Live Events, for example? |
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The more interesting thing is the television rights. Selling now was the goal because a buyer like Comcast would then own the shows. Now Endeavor is going to have to still try and get good rights deals for Raw and Smackdown, which I doubt they have the ability to. |
yeah the big 3 will go back to ppv while the others will stay on streaming
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How pissed is Tiny Khan going to be when Vince and Dana White are laughing at what a fucking dork he is at a Board Meeting? :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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One of the first thing TK does afterwards is announce he is expanding the WWE HoF into the Pro Wrestling HoF, and the first member is Vince with TK presenting. Vince then comes up the stage and TK welcomes him to the new HoF and then gets a crazy smirk on his face and yells "YOOOUUU'RRREEEE FFFFIIIIIRRRRRRRREEEEDDDDD" and has security escort Vince out of the building.
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LOL come on, Tiny would have a 0% chance of NOT trying to hug Vince
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Ok he hugs him and then he fires him, fine.
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My guess is a lot of office staff would be viewed as redundant between UFC and WWE and would get cut.
I am curious to see how UFC fans would feel about Vince 'fake fighting' McMahon being a massive shareholder of UFC. |
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Ariel Helwani about to get banned from WWE by Endeavor
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Appreciating the fact that the setup is different depending on location but what do you get other than a load of ancillary shows if you take PLEs off the network? That said, it was something I had listed in my response to a “Fix WWE” thread that I wrote but never posted 3 years ago: premium events (Rumble/Mania/SummerSlam/Survivor Series) become quarterly PPV exclusives with the other 8 monthly specials being included in the subscription.
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Well the announcement has been made. UFC and WWE to merge and be traded on the NYSE under the symbol "TKO".
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, <a href="https://twitter.com/Endeavor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Endeavor</a> announced it has signed an agreement to form a $21+ billion global live sports and entertainment company made up of <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UFC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a>. <a href="https://t.co/lPrkBmKJXm">https://t.co/lPrkBmKJXm</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZBk95c5exU">pic.twitter.com/ZBk95c5exU</a></p>— Endeavor (@Endeavor) <a href="https://twitter.com/Endeavor/status/1642844890152435713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Brawl for all 2 incoming
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Brawl For All actually a good name for a joint WWE/UFC show
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TKO…interesting.
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PICTURED: Dana White and Vince McMahon celebrate merger |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon better end this press conference quickly, later today he’s scheduled to tie a woman to some train tracks <a href="https://t.co/ROiouQYOcD">pic.twitter.com/ROiouQYOcD</a></p>— Brad Williams (@funnybrad) <a href="https://twitter.com/funnybrad/status/1642886683199967233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Is that another fake Vince with moustache pic?
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Nope. That's real, pal.
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"He surrounds himself with glad-handing, nonsensical, douchebag yes men"
I can presume this line from Punk's pipebomb is still true since apparently nobody in Vince's circle asked him how he could possibly think that's a good look. |
All Vince needs now to complete his crisis is a 23-year old girlfriend who looks unnervingly similar to Steph.
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I think it's real dude. lol
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That is the mustache I’d expect from an 80 year old newly single man who has never grown facial hair before.
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Suddenly I feel like I have to call him Vincente from now on.
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I hope Vince finally gets those pictures of spiderman.
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I think dying the hair and the eyebrows is far worse than the stache!
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TKO is gonna be the new ticker symbol, Marc Mero gonna be looking for royalties!
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The Vince moustache jokes needs it's own thread.
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Man this is really cool stuff. Vince is the fucking Goat
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon has agreed to sell WWE to Endeavor... but that news has been overshadowed by his moustache 👀<br><br>We'll shave our follow-up questions about this for later 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/lnU7Qo1kBI">pic.twitter.com/lnU7Qo1kBI</a></p>— Breakfast Television (@breakfasttv) <a href="https://twitter.com/breakfasttv/status/1643208475424563200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Lookin like Vincent Snidely McWhiplash over here.
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I mean.....its an objectively terrible look for Vince. Cartoon criminal, terrible John Waters are all pretty spot on. Only type of person who could pull that off (other than John Waters) is maybe a stern ex military black dad who goes to church all the time.
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#firevince trending :rofl:
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Wait a second. Didn’t Ted Turner have a mustache like that?
He also sold his wrestling company for far less than what it was worth. … Hmm… |
Vince having the mustache is genius. Distracting everyone from everything he's done. Fucking hilarious.
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i don't think it's distracting anyone from what he's done. it just adds a bit of cartoon flair to his villainy.
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If “sexual misconduct” is one of the things you’ve done, I’d definitely suggest going with a different mustache to distract people from it.
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Dammit. Ron with the dastardly swoop-in. Very fitting picture.
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"Sorry to deny you a moment of primate triumph, but you'll have to go elsewhere to sound your barbaric yawp." |
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Vince is about to start colorizing old Gorgeous George matches. |
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The McAdams family.
TBH tho I guarantee you the McMahons are far more sordid and lurid than the Adamses. |
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that's the issue brock was having too
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WWE alone would certainly never give Brock Lesnar a push
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Newz reposted from casual
Warner Bros Discovery potentially interested in getting WWE programming Quote:
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I am surprised Raw hasn't moved to Tuesday already. NFL eats them alive for like 20 weeks out of the year.
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If I was lumped with AEW, I’d want WWE programming too.
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ESPN has exclusive rights to UFC? That's what I just read...I haven't paid any attention to it the last few years.
The next WWE media rights negations should be interesting. FOX will want to keep a share but Universal might finally just say fuck it again. |
Really well put together timeline here:
https://wrestlenomics.com/2023/05/12...f-wwe-and-ufc/ March 23rd, 2023 is especially interesting: Quote:
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Really interesting to see how insistent Endeavor is that Vince be involved. Is that them being attached to the outmoded idea of Vince, or was his involvement in key business decisions something that has been undervalued by internet pundits? It was always suggested that Triple H was notoriously bad at handling that side of things.
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