Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 11, 2023 Awards Moderator Posted January 11, 2023 44 minutes ago, Supremo said: Thoughts and prayers are with Max Caster at this tough time. It’s hard to rhyme with, “Saudi.” K-Kwik would have had no trouble. Quote
d-d-d-dAz Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 It’s interesting. I’m amazed no one outside the WWE has taken a look yet, and gone ‘we might need to stop this’. The NFL/MLB/MLS/NBA etc etc would never be allowed to sell to a foreign government, so I’ll be amazed if the WWE get a completely free pass. In this country there’d at least be restrictions on sale. Such a shame if it does go Saudi. Quote
ElBigFella Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 Yeah, exactly my thoughts. Are we certain the US Government are going to be happy with what they class as one of their leading 'sports' associations falling into the hands of a controversial foreign Government? I'm sure there is more to this than meets the eye - for example, we can confidently speculate this is Vince's favoured route. Is it possible Vince is briefing the press that a deal is done in order to weaken the hand of other board members who may favour a sale to an American media giant? Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted January 11, 2023 Members Posted January 11, 2023 54 minutes ago, Supremo said: Thoughts and prayers are with Max Caster at this tough time. It’s hard to rhyme with, “Saudi.” Howdy. Rowdy. Audi. Gaudí. Bowdy bowdy. Dowdy. Piece of piss. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 I won't believe the Saudi deal until someone credible confirms it, but it would be a fitting end to the company. Everything seems to be moving too fast for a sale of a company of this size to have gone through, but we'll see how it pans out. There has to be more to the Vince story than what's come out already - between Steph getting out a month before the news broke (and again now), Vince's reaction changing from a victory lap to quietly fucking off in the night, it always felt like there was something on the verge of being revealed. Beyond that, I have to believe that Vince knew there was something coming down the line when he opted to wrestle at Wrestlemania for the first time in ten years, and do the self-congratulatory Pat McAfee interview last year. He'd been booking his own departure for a while. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, FUM said: People claiming the Saudi deal is done on Twitter do not have the first idea how a publicly traded company works. Sales don’t get done overnight. Shall we all wait until the contracts are signed before expressing our anger then? Quote
Paid Members Nick James Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 The sumo chap from The Greatest Royal Rumble will be washing his thong as we speak if the Saudi's get the gig. Quote
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 Has this been reported by any major news outlets? There's a world of difference between real world journalists and wrestling "journalists", after all. Quote
Paid Members chokeout Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 Just now, LaGoosh said: Has this been reported by any major news outlets? There's a world of difference between real world journalists and wrestling "journalists", after all. This industry was built on wild speculation and people with no idea what they're talking about offering their unwanted opinions as fact and i'll be dammed if anyone takes that away from me!! Quote
Guest Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 The Saudis have had stakes in American companies for decades. Hell watch the Michael Moore films about the Bush government to see the treatment the royal family receive. If you strip away your affection for wrestling, wwe are a medium sized tv production company that makes tv shows that are based around wrestling. Comparisons to real sports being bought aren’t even close. the deal itself is unlikely to be formally agreed in the coming days, but a letter of intent can be signed that has the high level agreements and then it works it’s way through lawyers. Wwe won’t die, most people who watch don’t care, they just want to watch wrestling Quote
Rockbus2 Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 Is this the same lot who own Newcastle who are buying? Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Rockbus2 said: Is this the same lot who own Newcastle who are buying? Don’t know. But maybe it will lead to Vince finally buying Newcastle. Maybe an exchange deal. Quote
BrodyGraham Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 PIF who are apparently buying WWE are majority owners of Newcastle with an 80% stake, so yeah mostly. Quote
Paid Members garynysmon Posted January 11, 2023 Paid Members Posted January 11, 2023 I'll piss myself if TNA Impact outlives WWE. Quote
Guest Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 So will Vince, but he can't help it these days. Quote
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