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They had other plans. Learned something from the first time AEW got a big lead-in from the NBA and twitter was slating fat Jericho.

Its up there with Daniels I suppose, but Dr Death Steve Williams signing in 1998. Vince/WWF would have had plenty of chances to sign him up over the years if he really believed in him. Wouldn't have been put him in Brawl for All if there were any real plans. A favour hire and if it worked out 'great'. All the hype were his mates doing some wishful thinking.

In 2001. The original plan was for WCW to be its own thing. With the belief there was a Saturday night slot on TNN. There's ads for cancelled shows that were going to be TV tapings. By the time the brand split became an idea in 2002 there was the talk of Nitro/Smackdown. Which is something i've never really put much faith in beyond the people that talked to Meltzer were floating it as an idea in meetings.

Its a draw with ratings and attendance. Definitely not going away. It has moved around a little May-June-July. With the way the PPV schedule is set-up I could see it the end of July/early August.

ITV Box Office side I think helped get them on TV with them. Cheap filler content on ITV4 with the occasional bit of cashflow coming back through PPVs. As its not like ITV Box Office had much in the way of content. It was a handful of boxing matches. I think all 3 PPVs were on it before it closed. Double or Nothing getting the most promotion. If there hadn't been the idea there could be a financial return from PPVs. I'm not sure they would have taken on Dynamite.

ITV4 schedule is upto next Thursday on their website, and it is not listed.

Congrats to Ruby and Ang! And to everyone else saved from Saraya v. Ruby or Saraya/Zak v. Ruby/Ang

It was from last year after the interactions in the Rumble, but isn't this where some people saw Gunther and the Imperium for a spell?

I don't see the promotion thing happening. In part because it might be the last straw for Linda to finally divorce him and get a cut. Instead I see a lot of lawyers getting paid, and donations to Trump/Republican PACs. Try and get that Presidential pardon sewn up as a worse case scenario.

Two people that have been nothing like Jericho. Picked specific acts to work with Gunns/Acclaimed and Darby. Played 2nd fiddle in-ring and promos for the most part. Could go months without doing anything on TV. With how blatant Jericho was during the Trios match, they're either going to tack on HOOK v. Jericho for Dynasty or get added to the card to set-up Double or Nothing. Either way I'd say get ready for an FTW title reign using the gimmick to have a bunch of TV matches. So he can pretend he can still hang with people half his age, before putting HOOK "over".

He's a guy in his mid-50s, if he goes away he ain't coming back in any meaningful way. He's just desperately clinging to his spot.

I'm not sure on that front. There was the strongest rumour at the time he was off to WWE, only for the WWE hiring freeze to bite when the sale was going through. Considering some of the ex-NXT acts on the main roster, he would have found his way there. If he had spent the past year in WWE he'd be in a much better spot than he is now i'd reckon.

Hangman feud into the Elite reunion into OC matches only disrupted from an International Title reign because of the concussion. Straight onto the Continetnal Classic where his winning streak carried the importance of the tournament, and his post-match promos helped shaped the overall style the company as carried on. He was likely to be part of the tag tournament most recently, but is has been rather obvious he was being tapped for the IWGP World Title. What a shame he hasn't done "anything significant" for 3 months after being the company workhorse for years. Something that still includes the attempt at elevating STP, CMLL sidequest, and FTR feud.

The eye injury was in the singles match with Andrade. It was just as part of the tag match to further set-up the Tokyo Dome.

WWF would still have existed even if Vince never took over. Its an unknown quite what they would have looked like under someone else With the way cable tv and what we think of as PPVs were developing during the '80s, companies would have been going national. Still shakes out largely the same.