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March Wrasslin' |OT| Forecast for Wrestlemania...cloudy with a heavy chance of Reigns
- Thread starter Alucard
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http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/kevin-owens-knee-surgery-27202141
Not sure how long that takes to recover from but he won't be wrestling at the NXT stuff at Wrestlemania. Just hope he be ready by late May for the next pay per view.
Professor Beef
Banned
Now I understand, when they showed this logo:
They were talking about Kane.
I'm not trying to overload my borwser with gifs, friend
I DO browse PopGAF, after all
Nocturnowl
Member
Carnby
Member
"...am I really a turd?"
real talk. My manager requested a 1 on 1 with me. How do I get through it without saying I cannot work with my coworker indefinitely and I am looking for a new job? It's gonna be hard.
I was wondering why he was off the recent live shows.
If he's already walking without crutches, that's a good sign.
Professor Beef
Banned
Just bury your coworker. I've already had to do it a few times at my job because people don't like getting shit done.
notworksafe
Member
Dang that's a bummer. I was hoping to see Owens in San Jose. At least he's going to be okay.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Dammit. I was going to a nxt house show this Saturday and excited to see him. This bums me out.
UberTag
Member
Announced tonight? Nope.
Just Zbyszko tonight and Nash next week.
Possibly Fujinami in between if that's still happening.
Pristine_Condition
Member
No smart wrestler will sign an agreement that doesn't have some sort of "if the WWE comes calling..." opt-out clause. So if this is being done as a response to "NXT raiding talent," it's gonna be an insta-fail.
It probably does spell danger for PWG if it happens though. But that's largely PWG's doing. They've always relied too much on ROH guys. I think they are smart enough to adapt, but it'll set them back. You don't build a local base of talent and storylines that people care about for that talent overnight.
The only way ROH has the money and stroke to have that (the NXT opt-out thing) not be the case is if a deal with SpikeTV/Viacom is not only real, but really financially lucrative for ROH/Sinclair
Barring the SpikeTV/Viacom scenario, it's most likely that this is driven by the pressures of being a weekly TV promotion and always having to worry about talent going off on another indy date and getting injured, which hurts your long-term booking for the TV show.
Problem with this, for ROH, is they see themselves as "we're not an indy anymore, we are owned by a multi-million dollar TV conglomerate" in the front office (the guy from ROH that was on Wrestling Observer Live a couple of weeks ago said this many times) but every indication suggests that they are still super budget constrained by their parent company.
The other problem is, of course, that even if you have talent under exclusivity contracts, those guys can still go out and work a house show for YOU and still take a bad bump and get injured and be off TV. You just payed a lot more for that to still happen.
The ROH guy that was on Alvarez's show said one very smart thing: They desperately (my words not his) need to get into that next tier of larger buildings. If they are consistently selling a thousand or more additional tickets, a lot of the budget problem goes away, and the talent can not only be locked down, but they can also go out and deepen the bench.
Problem is, it's gonna be hard to build that more casual fanbase that they need to attract to sell a thousand or more new tickets with the current product. The product just doesn't look "big time" in any way.
So some of it gets back to the problem of "you gotta spend some money to make money," and I still don't see Sinclair digging too deep into their pockets to make that happen. This is a common excuse for why the lighting/production looks like crap a lot of the time, but it's especially the case with the actual wrestling talent.
Another part of it (especially on the production side) is just a question of having the right people in place to make smart production and aesthetic choices. Frankly, I don't know if ROH has those people. Some of the problems ROH has on the production side aren't simply problems of money. I see some just plain bad artistic direction choices being made with the production assets they DO have that make the product look worse than it has to.
I feel like someone else in this thread was asking whether they should bury a 343 employee for the same reason.
Carnby
Member
The only way I'd consider staying is if he is fired immediately. Even then I'd still want to leave.
http://www.iskinstitute.com/kc/knee/meniscus_tear/t3.html
Looks like he'll be back by the next tapings.
Shadowlink
Member
It's going to be an amazing event.
Pristine_Condition
Member
A partial meniscectomy is not that big a deal. I know a number of people that have had them. Usually it's a scope deal, with a small cut, and you can be back to full activity in a couple weeks.
Edit: Beaten.
Edit: Beaten.
Jeff Albertson
Member
So what's Uhaa going to be called when he joins NXT?
Problem for Vince is Uhaa isn't too keen on dancing
Problem for Vince is Uhaa isn't too keen on dancing
How can any of you look at this with a straight face and wonder why they went in another direction? I can't even begin to understand the mind of a wrestling fan.
BronsonLee
Member
WM 28 Bryan would be in the main event right now.
blackaroni
Member
Who's ready for Snoop Dogg and Bill Simmons on next week's Raw?
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
They're still selling tickets, so I hope they're not sold out.
I'm ready for that Snoop and R Truth segment.
Shadowlink
Member
Is Sami Zayn making his return in the SJ event?
slightconfuse
Banned
Hopefully we get a good BS Report or 2
This is something I haven't seem commented on elsewhere.
If you're looking for proof that NXT is going to become a touring brand in May, look no further than their live event schedule.
They typically have announced return dates for every one of their house shows.
They ran Bartow, FL and Citrus Springs, FL this past weekend. No return dates announced. No live event tickets are on sale past Jacksonville, FL on April 18th, and no dates have been announced past that date outside of the Full Sail taping on April 23rd.
NXT is leaving FL friends, and it's doing it soon.
Source: http://nxttickets.ticketforce.com/
If you're looking for proof that NXT is going to become a touring brand in May, look no further than their live event schedule.
They typically have announced return dates for every one of their house shows.
They ran Bartow, FL and Citrus Springs, FL this past weekend. No return dates announced. No live event tickets are on sale past Jacksonville, FL on April 18th, and no dates have been announced past that date outside of the Full Sail taping on April 23rd.
NXT is leaving FL friends, and it's doing it soon.
Source: http://nxttickets.ticketforce.com/
Barrage
Member
Also without Zayn, Balor, and Neville. But hey, who's counting.
Professor Beef
Banned
Calmly let your manager know the hows and whys re: your shitty coworker, and stress that you can't continue working with someone like him. Don't let your boss know that you're looking for work elsewhere until you've actually found something, obviously. If your boss is a good one, then s/he'll probably be willing to work out a solution.
Hopefully things go better for you soon, and good luck on that job hunt.
No Zayn, Balor, Neville, Charlotte, Banks, or Breeze either
Which is an odd thing for a house show, they typically have everyone on board.
I imagine with the absence of Owens for a few weeks they will have more top talent there.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
So what, the nxt house shows have dempsey, corbin, dubstep cowboys, and lucha dragons?
no thanks
no thanks
x Power Pad Death Stomp x
Member
I really want NXT to come to the northeast/Boston area. I was successfuly able to use it to get my two kids into wrestling and taking them to see it live would be amazing.
It's a crap shoot, like WWE live events. You go hoping to see the big stars in good matches. You could get anyone doing anything though.
I have been happy with both shows I went to. I got a debuting Sami Zayn and Kassius Ohno vs The Wyatt Family at one, and Itami vs Balor vs Neville at another.
scratching my itch to play it as I type...if I start on my city I won't get done until 2am est :/.
slightconfuse
Banned
Lol Rey de Reyes canceled again.
AAA needs to get their shit together
AAA needs to get their shit together
D
Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Haa-Hoo District
That's good.
They got screwed over by mother nature. Theres nothing you can do.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Heavy approved