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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat
Also another main reason for WWE's firing of their co-presidents was due to them and Vince bickering over the increasing talent costs in the company. Vince wanted to sign and keep more talent regardless of their use to the company while the co-presidents wanted the signings to stop and rosters trimmed down since there was too much dead weight.
Also both co-presidents saw the Network as WWE's future for financial success while Vince didn't which is why WWE now is considering pulling PPVs out of the service.
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Originally Posted by Guru Dave
So they were fired for making valid points and concerns.
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And because "I'm Vince McMahon, dammit!"
The first point there lends creedence to my theory about "toy collecting". Throw money at talent, no matter their role or lack thereof, just so they aren't potentially making
anyone else any money. Especially true with AEW in play, but they had been lightweight doing this since the early 2000s and without the supposed competition. Sign up all the folks making any sort of noise, and sit on them so that "another WCW" doesn't happen. Too bad for them - though lucky for fans - that they weren't looking that hard at Japan.
On the second point, company (Vince) dicked themselves over by putting NXT on TV just to fuck with what was supposed to be an unopposed AEW show. That was one of the biggest draws to subscribe, and now you're giving it away? Recklessness on par with telling people they were stupid to spend $60 on a PPV when they could get a subscription for what was supposed to be an introductory $10 a month, but became such a marketing juggernaut, they had to stick to it.