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Post by Dyno on Jun 15, 2022 16:13:04 GMT -5
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Post by Pierre The Enormous on Jun 15, 2022 16:33:01 GMT -5
I think we're seeing the WWE fall in real time
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Post by Penguino on Jun 15, 2022 17:08:55 GMT -5
my god this is bad news for him
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Post by Red Pirate Rogers on Jun 15, 2022 20:13:22 GMT -5
Me when Neil DeGrasse Tyson was accused: Really? WHAT?!?
Me when Tom Brokaw was accused: Seriously? Man…
Me when Vince McMahon is revealed: …well…yeah…I mean obviously
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Jun 16, 2022 11:23:35 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but I always figured it would be former male employees getting hush money.
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Jun 17, 2022 6:36:28 GMT -5
Not only is Vince the subject of a Board of Directors investigation regarding sexual impropriety, he's also going to trial relating to his actions as the owner of Alpha Entertainment and the XFL in the days before declaring bankruptcy.
When it rains, it pours.
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Post by Red Pirate Rogers on Jun 17, 2022 8:34:58 GMT -5
And Stephanie’s taking over…for now at least…
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Post by joshdoingthings on Jul 8, 2022 11:52:42 GMT -5
Guess who just (apparently) payed 12 million in hush money…
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Jul 8, 2022 14:19:11 GMT -5
I might be naive, but generally you don't need to pay people to keep quiet about things that are on the up-and-up.
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Post by joshdoingthings on Jul 9, 2022 2:18:14 GMT -5
I might be naive, but generally you don't need to pay people to keep quiet about things that are on the up-and-up. Fair, hence the apparently in there. Still it would be a very Vince McMahon move in my opinion. |
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Post by Dyno on Jul 22, 2022 15:50:57 GMT -5
And he's gone...
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Post by Dyno on Jul 22, 2022 16:14:46 GMT -5
And on the back of the announcement, apparently Brock Lesnar left Smackdown "pissed off".
Stephanie & Nick Khan announced as co-CEO's.
My hope is that Khan concentrates on the money side of things, TV deals, sponsorship etc and leaves Stephanie & HHH to run the wrestling side. Khan has proven to be clueless on the wrestling side as was proven by some of the releases since he started.
Whatever happens from here on in, WWE is just about to go through a big change.
Also thought this tweet from TK was a bit stupid.
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Post by Pierre The Enormous on Jul 22, 2022 18:52:52 GMT -5
And on the back of the announcement, apparently Brock Lesnar left Smackdown "pissed off". Stephanie & Nick Khan announced as co-CEO's. My hope is that Khan concentrates on the money side of things, TV deals, sponsorship etc and leaves Stephanie & HHH to run the wrestling side. Khan has proven to be clueless on the wrestling side as was proven by some of the releases since he started. Whatever happens from here on in, WWE is just about to go through a big change. Also thought this tweet from TK was a bit stupid. TK should be put in Twitter Timeout |
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Post by Skullgore on Jul 22, 2022 21:05:56 GMT -5
Tony Khan is a mad lad. Given the circumstances, I have no problem with anyone dunking on Vince.
I don’t think this actually changes a whole lot as far what happens on screen goes. Not as much as I fear some people are hoping, which is the main roster going black and gold. NXT was - and still is - a very niche product. The wider WWE audience is seeking something different than that. If they really are going back to TV-14, then that would be the biggest change. I don’t expect them to dive head first into more mature content, though. It probably starts just by being less restrictive on the profanity. And hey, Cody is probably out until at least the Rumble so they have a good half-year before they have to worry about someone bleeding buckets.
Overall, that company is not for me anyway. Even when I was still watching it I realized that. The only reason I even hung on as long as I did was following wrestlers in that I had become fans of elsewhere. AEW scratches my English language wrestling itch well enough. I still have a lot of misgivings about how they do things. Getting rid of Vince was prerequisite to any of those things changing, so who knows? It seems like a good first step anyway.
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Post by Duke Mongoose on Jul 23, 2022 8:40:31 GMT -5
My hope is that with Vince no longer as the head of creative things will get a bit more consistent. No more scripts/formats torn up and re-written as the show goes on the air. Also hopefully no more Vince-isms (Wrestlers losing their first/last name arbitrarily, for example).
While the show has its issues, one need only look at NXT 2.0 to see that WWE is capable of formatting a show to make sense. I think one of the biggest issues that main roster WWE has is bizarre formatting. Wrestlers come to the ring for their match then wait in the ring for up to 20 minutes while commercials and other nonsense take place. Why would anyone do this? Odds are if I don't care about the wrestler in the ring I'm not going to stick around for 20 minutes to watch them wrestle.
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