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Wrasslin' Thread 20XX |OT| New Age WrestleGAF
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OmegaSupreme
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Why not? It's Wrestlemania weekend. All eyes are on wrestling(at least those that still watch) It's been common practice for years for other promotions to also run shows alongside Wrestlemania.
I guess I'm not so much of a wrestling fan that I'd want to watch 3 hours of wrestling to warm up for Wrestlemania night 1, especially since there' a second night of wrestlemania.
OmegaSupreme
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Fair enough. I can't even be bothered to watch WrestleMania at all these days because of the time commitment and I generally dislike WWE and refuse to support them. I just watch clips at this point. I couldn't even tell you the last full event I watched by any company lol.
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It's time for Impact to bring LVE back!
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OmegaSupreme
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GardenOfAbbylon
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Hypothetical
Ric Flair won the 1992 Royal Rumble, as we know. If you could book an alternate winner, who and why? What plans would you have for them? Would you put the title on an established top guy or would you put it on someone midcard (or lower) and build them up? And i'm only talking people who were actually in the Rumble match. Which means no Bret Hart, Marty Jannetty, etc
Ric Flair won the 1992 Royal Rumble, as we know. If you could book an alternate winner, who and why? What plans would you have for them? Would you put the title on an established top guy or would you put it on someone midcard (or lower) and build them up? And i'm only talking people who were actually in the Rumble match. Which means no Bret Hart, Marty Jannetty, etc
Bullet Club
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PWInsider.com has confirmed with several sources that MLW has recently been in discussions with Discovery, who had a short relationship with Impact Wrestling a few years ago when that company aired on Destination America. With Discovery's launch of their new streaming service Discovery+ (which is an EXCELLENT service) at the onset of 2021, they have been very aggressive and hungry at acquiring new content, including a number of ViceTV properties such as Dark Side of the Ring.
If MLW can lock in a deal there, it's a huge block of cable networks as well as the streaming service that MLW-related programming could sit upon as the Discovery flagship network and Investigation Discovery hit in the area of 96 million homes. Discovery also owns DSports, which internationally has a strong footprint in a number of countries as a sports network.
Discovery was among the entities that had discussions with WWE last year when the company was exploring the future of the WWE Network. They broadcast Impact Wrestling on Destination America for about a year, but when relations between the sides soured, Discovery added Ring of Honor to the network on the same night, which only diluted Impact's audience. When Impact did not hit a contractually required number that would have triggered an additional two years on Discovery, they exited the network. Destination America is said to be slated for a massive rebranding, so it would not appear that would be landing point for MLW, should they lock in a deal with Discovery.
Have Sid win and then Hulk can beat him at WM.
How could I forget the annual "release people after Wrestlemania" shtick? So what's the over-under on how many people will get released? (It's 3 so far.)
NickFire
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Kind of surprised by Samoa Joe. I'm sure he'll find work if he wants it though.
Same here. I figured he wasn't on RAW because they were moving him to Smackdown to announce.
jufonuk
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Please come to AEW
NickFire
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Joe still has relevance, and it would be a much, much better pick up than Christian.
I don't like saying negative things about Christian because he was 1/2 of a legendary tag team and I was a big fan. But man, his first AEW entrance was the first time I felt a TNA vibe while watching AEW.
OmegaSupreme
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I'd argue it's worse. Christian still had a lot to give when TNA got him. He was still young and was arguably in his prime.
Joe will find work somewhere. Once again though fuck WWE. Record breaking profits again and you release people?
NickFire
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I can't blame them if they are worried about future profits right now. Peacock or no peacock, their product just sucks right now.
Optimus Lime
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Axing my girl Billie Kay is just unforgivable. What the fuck are they thinking.
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They put the IIconics on the shelf (one of the hottest women's tag teams), split them up and then release them.
Meanwhile, they make a tag team out of Mandy Rose and Dana Brooks....a tag team the fans don't even care about.
Vince is putting these wrestlers on the main roster just to die. There's always chatter about how Vince loves to push certain wrestlers based on their looks alone, which is absolutely stupid. lol The man is killing his business.
Meanwhile, they make a tag team out of Mandy Rose and Dana Brooks....a tag team the fans don't even care about.
Vince is putting these wrestlers on the main roster just to die. There's always chatter about how Vince loves to push certain wrestlers based on their looks alone, which is absolutely stupid. lol The man is killing his business.
Dthomp
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That she isn't a tall interchangeable American Blond?
I kid, but good for her and Peyton. I think they will both find a home in AEW, well at least Peyton, and like Tay Conti she will be a star there sooner rather then later.
If I had to guess, or my hope for where these guys/gals go:
AEW:
Samoa Joe
Peyton Royce
Billie Kay
Impact:
Hot Mess Chelsea Green
Kalisto
NWA:
Mickie James (Maybe Impact)
Tucker
I'd love if AEW could scoop up Chelsea too, but I think she has too many ties to Impact to end up in AEW. They may be better off with just Peyton in the long run so she doesn't get stuck in a team with Billie again if she wants a true singles run. Billie could have a fun little NWA run too, she's got range as a character. I'm ready for Peyton to get a real chance to stand out. Britt is in trouble cause everything she can do I think Peyton has the potential to do it better, but anything to not ever have to see Big Swole or Jade Cargill on my TV again would be good so bring on the Aussies
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Joe, Billie & Payton being released is a bit of a surprise. Improves the depth of the other companies though so that's good.
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Big jump in the ratings for Dynamite now that NXT has moved nights.
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jufonuk
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I just want Joe in AEW
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I think Peyton is a lock since her husband works there.
AJUMP23
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Ya but he doesn't do anything.
NickFire
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THIS!!!!!!!
Seriously, I do not understand what has happened to the women's division in WWE. It's like they saw how bad AEW's was (is) and said hold my beer.
jufonuk
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Bea and Sadie need to come back to AEW and get impact Into it somehow. Do it. Honestly very few women’s matches in AEW hold my attention.
Agent X
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What's even more baffling is that after WWE broke up The IIconics, both members were frequently placed in tag team matches (with different teammates) anyway, instead of being pushed as singles competitors.
ManaByte
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Right now, WWE is just being used to create talent for other brands.
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Bullet Club
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They have their 2 Youtube shows as well.
Joe, Peyton & Billie would be good signings.
Having Mickie come in short term to work with Britt would be good too
Classicrockfan
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I would see Mickie James going to nwa with her husband Nick Aldis.
Bullet Club
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That will probably happen. But like Thunder Rosa & Serena Deeb, she could work in AEW as well.
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OmegaSupreme
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OmegaSupreme
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I wonder how much of that big bump AEW will retain?
Bullet Club
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Meltzer seems to think that a lot of the bump was due to Jericho being on Austin's WWE Network show.
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ManaByte
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So it’s the reverse of WCW making everyone change the channel to see Foley.
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Bullet Club
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Yeah sort of. This one is more positive though and doesn't really hurt WWE, where the Foley spoiler/diss on Nitro was a big fuck up for WCW.
Bullet Club
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That's cool, especially if it airs on Viceland in Australia.