08-10-2021, 05:06 PM | #401 |
It's a blood match!
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08-10-2021, 07:01 PM | #402 |
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Only going to get much worse based on the recent rumors of another big wave of cuts arriving soon. Vince's recent visit to the Performance Center with a bunch of high level WWE officials really does feel like it was a Trojan Horse moment for NXT and the scouting wasn't for main roster call-ups but instead to personally see who should get cut and who gets to stay for the time being. |
08-10-2021, 08:34 PM | #403 |
You know that’s right
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Gargano and Ciampa are gone aren’t they
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08-10-2021, 10:46 PM | #404 |
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I saw on twitter people were saying there were more 'comedy' segments on NXT tonight and that they brought up Ilja Dragonuv who is facing Walter for the NXT UK Title but had him lose clean in his regular NXT debut.
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08-10-2021, 11:14 PM | #405 |
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Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis storyline seems like the most interesting thing in NXT by far (other than Cameron Grimes maybe) even though lots of people seem to hate it
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08-11-2021, 12:08 AM | #406 | |
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WALTER came out for the heel music distraction but instead of ending the match right there with Dunne getting a cheap sneaky win, they had them wrestle a bit longer making you think Ilja was going to over come the odds. Instead Dunne just hits him with his finisher clean moments later for the win anyways. Then they did main roster style 50-50 booking with having Ilja beat up WALTER so he could stand tall to end the show. |
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08-11-2021, 12:23 AM | #407 | |
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08-11-2021, 04:27 AM | #408 | |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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(note: this was born partially out of where I was going to go eariler, but as I stated, I can't exactly follow the same stream of conciousness ) Circling back to a thing I know I've mentioned before: I kinda feel bad for, of all people, Triple H. I legit think his plan was to actually *address* most of WWE's problems with lack of star power with call ups and pushes up the entire card while he was fucking around with XFL 2.0. By the time he would've looked, he might not have liked the roster at first glance, but with all the fresh faces and moving merch, he'd have been a fool to just change gears with what was supposed to be working. Then, Vince panic scrapped that when the pandemic shutdowns hit full swing, and all his attention was back on his baby. And that led to a faster transition of NXT becoming more like the main roster instead of the main roster being like the hot NXT of old. All the far reaching plans like UE or Walter fell away (unaided by shitheads like Patrick Clark), and now the product goes right back into the cesspool of what has always been plaguing it. |
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08-11-2021, 04:33 AM | #409 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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I would honestly like to see some the cut talent filter to NWA. Make that shit a viable location that people would seek out instead of perpetually getting their thunder stolen by AEW.
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08-11-2021, 08:44 AM | #410 |
It's a blood match!
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Same. Thus far everyone has gone to work for AEW or Impact but there is also ROH which I think is a better financial option than NWA, but seem to be hiring new talent even less. I hope both ROH and NWA get some new talent coming in. I don't think NWA is destined for success at this point but we shall see. I guess you can put MLW on that list too even though I think that they are a big disappointment.
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08-11-2021, 09:54 AM | #411 |
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This is a result of all the talent hoarding that went on a few years ago. I have no doubt that the released wrestlers fill find work and use it as an opportunity to rebuild themselves. Even those who weren't fortunate enough to get the WWE rub via active participation.
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08-11-2021, 09:59 AM | #412 |
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I'd like to see more of the talent leave and go to to NWA or MLW as well but I fear it isn't going to be the trend. There are 2 billionaires in town now. There's also still NJPW as a premier destination. Between those 3 I feel like the smaller companies will be left begging for scraps.
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08-11-2021, 11:09 AM | #413 |
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I'm amazed NWA and MLW are still operational. Same for ROH. Have no clue how any of the three have enough funds to stay in biz.
Impact I'm not surprised by because all of wrestling could collapse in North America and Impact would still find a way to survive, it's like the cockroach of the rasslin world. |
08-11-2021, 04:22 PM | #414 |
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ROH pretty much has a steady stream of funds flowing into the company since Sinclair sees them as being cheap weekly content for their television networks. Even when they took a break because of the pandemic, they kept getting money from Sinclair so they could continue paying their talent and staff without having to lay off anyone.
MLW managed to get financial stronger during the pandemic because they kept signing as many deals as possible to the point they can now drop older deals for better paying ones. No clue on NWA since they've pretty much been hanging on a thread during this pandemic based on the stories about them. If it wasn't for their recent deal with FITE, they probably still would be shut down because of the pandemic. |
08-11-2021, 04:54 PM | #415 |
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Reading up on Court Bauer. Doesn't paint a good picture.
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08-11-2021, 11:29 PM | #416 | |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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08-11-2021, 11:35 PM | #417 | |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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It's likely not going to work out that way, but this could really bite WWE in the ass if things shake out the "right" way. And for what? To blow everything up and pretty much start over because they forgot how this works? There's only so much that can happen and they can still coast by on their brand recognition. |
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