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  1. 1 hour ago, JNLister said:

    Just seen the amazing comparison of Ultimate Warrior coming out in 1990 and saying "Yeah, I know I accepted Hogan's challenge, but I've decided to step aside and let Bruno Sammartino take my place."

    Hogan v Bruno would have kicked arse too though. 

  2. https://www.thesportster.com/sables-lawsuit-against-the-wwe-explained/ 

    Sable's lawsuit was nearly 25 years ago.

    Sunny also said that her food was shit in (I believe X-Pac confirmed both this and shitting in Sable's bag.). Amy Weber also spoke out about Randy Orton and Edge in 2005 after she was released too.

    https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-bullying-from-wrestlers-drove-amy-weber-out/

    Honestly, if this does go to a criminal trial Vince is (quite rightly) fucked. 

  3. 4 hours ago, RedRooster said:

     

    Another major Tony Khan announcement next week, presumably it's either Mercedes Mone or Okada? Or maybe both?

    I'd honestly be shocked if Okada goes to AEW.
    I can't see him officially leaving New Japan, relinquishing whatever title he had and (apparently) moving to America to go to AEW.
    I know money talks and all the reports are saying he's going to AEW but I just can't see it.

  4. I've always thought 'Party Hard' by Andrew WK is a great All-Star Wrestling, full-on babyface 'get the crowd going' kind of track. 

    Also, during my tenure training at FWA North East (RIP) in 2005 we were coming up with gimmicks and I thought of a 'fat stripper who thinks he's the sexiest man alive' gimmick. His entrance music would have been 'I Touch Myself' by the Divinyls. 

  5. 1 hour ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

    He gave back 400 million dollars because the Saudi's murdered a journalist. I don't doubt he cares about the bottom line, it's his job, but to claim that outweighs any moral objections he has does not appear to be based on precedent mimsy. 

    A journalist was murdered. It got worldwide press attention. It was great PR for his company to stop any dealings with the Saudi's at that point. 400 million for a multi billion dollar company will not be a fatal hit. I'm sure there's probably some way he could even claim it as a tax write off or something 

    As horrific and abhorrent as this whole thing is it has made barely a blip in the mainstream. A sponsor dropped out but quickly got back on board when Vince publicly resigned. He has no financial or PR reason, currently, to do anything else.

    I'm sure he has some kind of moral compass like everyone does but you don't get to be a billionaire by being nice. If it's good PR or can make you money, you do it. If you're forced to do it because it will be bad PR or cost you massive future earnings, you do it. Otherwise you hand it to legal and make it quietly go away or ignore it. 

  6. Okay, a moan..

    I used to love the Rumble match. It was a guaranteed hour(ish) of non stop action.

    Over the past God knows how many years it has just felt so lifeless and formulaic. If someone was in the match for twenty minutes they were fighting the entire time. Now it's come in, do one or two spots, lay down for ten minutes, maybe have a staredown with someone, lay down again, wash rinse repeat.

    It feels very 'Going through the motions' rather than an actual struggle or fight.

    Maybe I've just not watched enough modern mainstream wrestling lately and everything is like this now but the whole event felt a bit like everyone was just cruising. 

     

  7. 13 hours ago, herbie747 said:

    Paul London is live now on Rene Dupree's podcast channel and just said "this is the tip of the iceberg"... lots more to come apparently. 

     

     

    He dated Ashley Massaro and has referenced some of the intimidation and harassment she received from certain executives in the company when they both worked there.

    If Ashley's story gets used then, yes, I can imagine there is a lot more to come. 

    I imagine if (allegedly) Christy Hemme is able to circumvent her (alleged) NDA she might have quite the story to tell too. 

  8. 1 hour ago, Browser Brady said:

    This seems to be exactly it. Sad but true . I wonder if the Netflix and Rock announcements were expedited to “get ahead” of the bad news or if it was just a  crazy week in terms of timing ???

    Nothing like that is coincidence.

    It's a 'look how mainstream and wholesome we are. We have The Rock on our Board of Directors. We're a wholesome company! Americana! USA! USA!'

     

  9. 52 minutes ago, Browser Brady said:

    As mentioned earlier, their share price hasn’t been dented at all really .

     

    I would have thought it would have dropped significantly but no…

     

    Outside of wrestling, do people care ?

    People may care from the perspective of 'Oh that's horrible' etc but beyond that I sadly doubt it. Professional wrestling is seen as the lowest form of entertainment in most circles anyway. The general non fans think only idiots or weirdos watch it/enjoy it and it only ever gains mainstream traction for the negative stuff.

    Advertisers and decision makers won't care as long as it is seen as a good investment. 

    'This company is run by a paedophile and a drug addict, Sir'

    'Yes, but is it profitable?". 

     

  10. 38 minutes ago, Duke said:

    He could cash in on Cody immediately after he wins the belt on the show after Mania. He said he was going to finish the story, but he was never promised a happy ending.

    Absolutely. It totally fits the Cody character. He finally defeats the undefeatable Reigns. He completes his story....and then Priest cashes in and steals it.

    Instant heat on Priest and Cody now has to get it back. It was stolen from him just like it was from his Dad. It's perfect for the story arc. 

     

  11. 1 hour ago, air_raid said:

     

    Contract signing angles I didn’t mind in the days when all matches were pre arranged whether we saw them signed for, they were announced up front or not. But after 25+ years now of matches just happening spur of the moment, I feel there’s inconsistency in whether contracts are needed for matches or not.

    Genuine question - is this a UFC thing? Do they do big production weigh-ins/confrontations for all fights on the show or just the main ones?

    I'm just trying to figure out whether it is influenced by something like that.

  12. 4 minutes ago, Supremo said:

    Poor Santana. Refuses to return as a tag team with Ortiz, insists he wants to be a singles competitor, has the Ortiz feud play out exclusively on Rampage, wins the blow-off, vanishes for months, and then it’s Ortiz who returns to TV first.

    Just reform the tag team already, mate. It’s over.

    What happened with those two? A real life falling out? Was it over anything in particular or just that Santana wanted to go singles?

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