UK Kat Von D

7 minutes ago, Louch said:

A Heath slater will pull a bigger family show audience than anyone on nxt uk

Oh yeah Heath would do great on the Indy scene for sure, so would Spud. Guys like No Way Jose ain’t pulling a big crowd over here though, especially if NXT U.K. floods the market with guys who are able to wrestle all over again 

Fits right in

34 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

I dunno, with Docs and a Black/Yellow Fred Perry he'd fit in those rallies just as much.

Nah, that would be trying to hard. Just give him a Tiki Torch for his entrance and be done with him 

23 minutes ago, Louch said:

Whoever doesn’t sign anywhere and comes over here for a few months as shows start back and they need names to gets fans to shows, will likely clean up 

Unless WWE clear out NXT UK and sack the whole thing off 

2 hours ago, David said:

Why wouldn't they want him to get over? I assume him being over would have meant more money for the company?

I assume for the same reason that most the wrestlers aren’t allowed to go unscripted on a live mic. If half the roster decided to start doing random shit online to try and get over it could lead to any type of bad press. Imagine if a nutter like Lars Sullivan decided to do something creative to get himself over off his own back.

Ryder was kept off tele while arenas chanted “we want Ryder” and only even ended up using him when they had no choice. All the evidence suggests they didn’t want to encourage people taking it upon themselves to get over. They seem okay with wrestlers chatting a bit of shit on twitter, but even knows where the line is.

I’ve got a proper thing for her, she is well fit 

I’d be extremely surprised if WWE go back to hoarding within 90 days and If be even more surprised if Rusev is back within a year 

4 minutes ago, David said:

And how would you know that? Until there's actual financial packages put to him there's no telling where he'll end up.

In a way, this could work out great for someone like him. If we see an uptick in business over the next few months, he could use AEW as leverage to get a better deal from WWE. If Vince sees AEW as any kind of competition he'll want to prevent Rusev signing there and could offer him an improved deal.

Wasn't there mention earlier in the thread of some talent that got better deals than they would have due to the threat that AEW would snap them up?

It’s well known he has been unhappy with WWE for ages. If he resigns they will probably just book his wife into a different on screen relationship every week to fuck with him a bit more.

Im sure he will land on his feet, because he seems like a good guy, great talent and has name value. Still doesn’t make their decision to fire him during a pandemic any better. The only upside is that he will be spending his no compete in lockdown. 

Yeah, WWE has been stockpiling wrestlers and offering big contracts to keep wrestlers away from AEW. It has lead to a lot of wrestlers in WWE being unhappy when they can’t get a push or a spot on the card. 

3 minutes ago, David said:

I'm fairly certain WWE will look to pick some of these guys back up again. Not all of them, of course, but some. 

Yeah, some of the backstage guys will get picked up again. It is extremely unlikely that Rusev will want to go back any time soon. 

@Daaaaaad! they aren’t running shows, they have one show announced for next month. All their Dynamite Episodes have been pre taped till then so they aren’t running anything right now 

Yeah, most companies aren’t behaving the way WWE are.

No other large wrestling company has stopped payments or fired anyone. WWE are the company who are least likely to go out of business and are still going to have record breaking profits.

They are also the only company still running shows.  

38 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

I'm certain Pitcos has included that knowing Maxwell will pick it

Nah, that category doesn’t apply to me either

7 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

From what I saw, Tony Khan has offered to pay for hotels for anyone who wants to wrestle so they can isolate and told the wrestlers if they want to stay home, it won’t be held against them. 

That sounds exactly like pointlessly firing a bunch of loyal employees for no reason.

He also said they will save $140million by postponing the new headquarters.

20 minutes ago, David said:

There's still a very good chance that Rusev is back in WWE before his three month non-compete is up. 

What on Earth makes you think that? 

11 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said:

I'm sure AEW has some kind of budget they are working with.
Can't see them having unlimited funds. 

I’m sure they do, but it is going to be very high and Rusev isn’t going to push them over the limit. The money the Khans are worth they would probably be able to sign every wrestler on the earth before going skint. It’s two-three years before a start up company is expected to be profitable and Tony’s Dad is happy with the current progress 

11 minutes ago, Yakashi said:

Anything is possible when your dad pays for sports franchises for you to run. 

That is literally the first point I was making, AEW can sign whoever they want and give them all tanks. 

3 minutes ago, GeronimoJacksBeard said:

Point is Ryder got himself over as a goof and loveable loser before WWE presented him as such. Kenny got over from his matches, Zack definitely didn't.

Yeah, I’m aware they aren’t exactly the same. Just saying that you can be a goof and still be believable in the ring. Mick Foley was a loser and a goof as well (not from the start but certainly at points he was.) He still was totally believable in the ring though.  

I can’t say for certain that if Ryder had been booked strongly in the ring he would have caught on with the audience. It ain’t impossible though. 

1 hour ago, tiger_rick said:

UKFF says Tony Khan gets £8 a week pocket money, if his chores are all done, and has to ask his Dad if he can go for a shit. Someone's lying to us somewhere.

If that is the case he has done pretty well to get AEW this far on only £8. 

2 hours ago, BomberPat said:

the thing is, Zack Ryder's entire YouTube show premise painted him as a goof and a loser. So when that translated to TV he was booked as a goof and a loser, and people complained that he was being buried. 

Kenny Omega is a goof outside the ring too. Being a goof doesn’t really matter in a fight, especially in a fake one 

29 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Of everyone released, even in these tough times, AEW would be insane to not already be in contact with Drake Maverick and Rusev. I’d already be pricing up how much it costs to rent a tank for Rusev’s eventual debut.

Google says Tony Khan is worth $7billion, can afford to sign everyone released and give them all tanks if he wants.

Kahn is probably going to pick up more of the released wrestlers than he should, as long as he uses them well I don’t mind too much though 

Just now, David said:

Epstein? What are you rambling on about? 

Sorry, was that not you? Could have sworn it was you you thought Jeffrey Epstein killed him self in prison 

7 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Chill out babe, it's just a joke. I'm having a poo, and it amused me x

I don’t get it, but then I don’t understand why @David thinks my bootlicking comment wasn’t directed at him either. The guy thinks Epstein killed himself which is basically deepthroating the boot 

@SuperBacon I don’t understand what connection you are trying to make there? Are you accusing me of defending billionaires because I think three live shows a week is more than one show in five weeks?