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March Wrasslin' |OT2| The Rollercoaster to WrestleMania XXXIII!
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WWE has a lot of money but don't want be messing with people copyright and contracts. I mean they caught with messing with people contracts and haven't done it since
Lets all bow our heads in respect of the impending retirement of one of Wrestling's greats...
Thought this might be about Mahony since he can't buy a GWF win.
Matt Hardy on Twitter:
Well, you are accurate. #BROKEN Matt Hardy is officially @RebyHardy & myself's licensed trademark, as stated by the US Patent Department.
Don't disrespect your jobbers brother. I hold the key to getting you jabronies OVER
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Banned
Not to mention funding a wreslting company that doesn't make any money.
El Vagabando about to eat good on the blue brand.
They'll be Broken at some point. It's the whole reason WWE wanted them back.
Will the gimmick work in Vince's hands? Probably not. But that's why they wanted them.
And as for TNA? I'm sure WWE's legal team is already handling all of that.
Roland_Gunner
Member
The family behind Anthem are borderline billionaires. The idea that they don't have lawyers on hand is kinda weird.
I still don't understand why the in the fuck they picked up TNA.
Bluekaveli
Member
And not one blue fuck was given!Lets all bow our heads in respect of the impending retirement of one of Wrestling's greats...
Honestly, the way they've trimmed the wage budget (either by design or by being shittier than Dixie Carter), filming a quarter of TV in a week, having a TV deal (even on a terrible network) and become the creagtive lead on World of Sport getting that UK TV money, I wouldn't be shocked if they started turning tiny profits soon.
Yeah, give that and Takeover some room to breathe
It's not necessarily that they're billionaires. But they'd have to fund lawsuits against the Hardy's and WWE, and fund a wrestling company that is leaking money. Plus, Vince is a billionaire and he could use stalling tactics to basically drain their money. Not to mention their inevitable defeat in these lawsuits would be a giant black eye to the promotion in terms of ever getting talent. Basically unless Anthem have OJ Simpson tier lawyers, they should choose their battles
Doesn't mean that Anthem as a company have experience with an extremely aggressive company like WWE.
But if they have amazing lawyers? Sure, WWE should be careful.
Lets all bow our heads in respect of the impending retirement of one of Wrestling's greats...
We're talking about Undertaker, right?
Bluekaveli
Member
You damn fool, you're about 5 months out of touch.
Lets all bow our heads in respect of the impending retirement of one of Wrestling's greats...
That is gif just cringey.
Roland_Gunner
Member
The WWE dropped nearly a half dozen guys from developmental deals after getting a letter from Sinclair. What makes you think they've got the testicular fortitude for a multi-year legal battle that would mostly benefit the Hardys?
Watching WWE is giving me CTE.
Does it not appeal to your interests, Beef?
Bluekaveli
Member
Fair game brother. I'll let you slide.
Actually, this point you made makes me think an Anthem lawsuit of WWE would probably get thrown out since WWE was simply operating under the belief that the BROKEN gimmick is property of the Hardys.
The real answer to all of this is that the Hardy's wouldn't debut the broken gimmick on WWE TV because Vince can't own it
Laws00
Member
i know it's going to be crazy
i do expect people to chant you suck but mean it in an enduring way
giancarlo123x
Banned
Can't he bypass with some part timers rule shenanigans like Lesnar and his drugs?
Tommy Dreamer passed a WWE doctor
TarpitCarnivore
Member
I loved the power slam as a kid.
You make a fair point.
TimeEffect
Member
The thing that confuses me most about Taker/Reigns is that Reigns is supposed to be being disrespectful, which should garner him heat amongst the marks.
But then he gets attacked by Braun Strowman, and gets into a match with him, and we're supposed to cheer him for facing a heel.
???
It's just confusing. Reigns is clearly still going to remain a face, he's just being a bit of a dick for a PPV match. He's not even a full fledged dick, so it's like fans are supposed to cheer him, but not really.
This is also an awful way to turn him, because there is zero tension for this match other than "Roman suddenly is being a dick to Undertaker, but just a little bit for Mania"
But then he gets attacked by Braun Strowman, and gets into a match with him, and we're supposed to cheer him for facing a heel.
???
It's just confusing. Reigns is clearly still going to remain a face, he's just being a bit of a dick for a PPV match. He's not even a full fledged dick, so it's like fans are supposed to cheer him, but not really.
This is also an awful way to turn him, because there is zero tension for this match other than "Roman suddenly is being a dick to Undertaker, but just a little bit for Mania"
Bluekaveli
Member
This guy needs a contract
I loved the power slam as a kid.
I honestly miss old 80s and 90s style wrestling. Yeah, it was slower and to some it might be more boring, but to me it felt like that style still carried enough suspension of disbelief in order to pass off professional wrestling as a sport (which from a presentation standpoint, is what it was meant to be). Sure, you still had your bullshit like Hogan hulking up or Undertaker no selling chair shots. But you didn't see finishing moves used as goddamn transition spots like you see today.
HashtagLapsed
Member
WwE wont risk doing the broken thing if it isn't 100%. A long term lawsuit will cost more money than they will probably make.
WWE management might be carny madness a lot of the time, but in 2017 I really doubt they would do it unless they were sure.
Anthem will probably still try either way, so whatever.
WWE management might be carny madness a lot of the time, but in 2017 I really doubt they would do it unless they were sure.
Anthem will probably still try either way, so whatever.
Just cringey man. Just Nikki beggin attention with her fake boobs, it gets easy hits due to the thristy teens etc.
He said he is fighting after Mania as well.
all day, friend. the only one we need.
I'm sure he says a lot of things.
I'll definitely take the AJ Styles and Sami Zayns of today over the Hogan era wrestling, but yeah, fucking stop destroying the entire point of having finishers. It's just stupid and helps absolutely no one.
I think it's one of the reasons I love Smackdown. They have finishers do their actual job a lot more often, and they'll pin people with non-finishing moves as well (Alexa's DDT in her cage match with Becky, Usos super kick to Jordan for the Tag Championship).
Ain't nothing wrong with a superplex finish, brother. Windham's float-over superplex was cooool.
Neville was using that Superplex as his finisher for a bit which was awesome.