Idk I think someone said it was personal - didn’t someone say his significant other had covid?
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That was actually a loser leaves town (well, WCW)
If they really wanted to replay it..,dusty actually won the title as the Midnight Rider, but NWA bylaws states a masked wrestler must unmask before the nwa office if they held the world title (which is reasonable since they’d want to know the identity of the wrestler that was traveling the world and defending their title). Dusty would’ve been suspended if he unmasked due to his loser leaves town stipulation, so he had to relinquish the belt back to the NWA.
Nobody remembers because that was NEVER said. They said they were an alternative to wwe and that they wouldn’t sign someone just because they’re ex wwe. They’ve stayed true to both statements.
This is such bs as well. People like you love throwing out that number from the debut and say they haven’t grown since. After the first couple weeks they settled into the 600-700k range. They’ve absolutely grown from that. They were trending up getting closer and closer to a million right before Covid. Ratings took a hit when no fan shows started. They eventually came back up and had been in the 900k-1.2m range before they got bumped off Wednesday for the nba playoffs. Their year over year rating numbers have been up for quite awhile. They’re also getting 1.5-1.7m viewers with dvr added. Not to mention their subs on Twitter and YouTube continues to go up, up over 2m subs on YT.
They’re nothing like tna. A subtle shot every so often means nothing. Takes 2 seconds to come up with. It was well documented they never watched nxt on monitors backstage when they were head to head. They aren’t concerned with wwe.
As for the comment about signing and pushing a bunch of wwe cast offs... 😂. The AEW roster is at 101 wrestlers. 20 are former wwe. I believe that’s including ones like Tay Conti and Nick Commoroto who AEW made. All except 3-4 of the ex wwe wrestlers left wwe on their own even though wwe tried to re-sign them.
So that leaves 81 wrestlers who are homegrown or never spent time in wwe.
They pushed some former wwe guys early on because they had name recognition but that clearly stopped long ago. Every title was held by an AEW original up until the last few weeks when Miro won the tnt title. It’ll likely be awhile but he will most likely be dropping it to a homegrown guy. Omega will likely be dropping the AEW title to an AEW original as well.
So the comparison doesn’t fit at all.
It’ll probably take several weeks to build back up to where they were before they got bumped to Friday’s.
He’s mentioned on Twitter that he really wants to tell everyone what’s been going on but he can’t. So I’m guessing something stupid has been going on behind the scenes.
I love the idea. Would be a great story plus Omega and Cody would have a great feud/match. But AEW bashers would throw a fit saying Cody went back on his word and he’s just pushing himself yet again... HHH... blah blah blah, the usual garbage they spew regarding him.
I still think you are 12 years old
At best.
The Zay AEW spin cycle always makes me chuckle
...but he ain't wrong. 2021 AEW is like 2010 TNA? They were both wrestling feds, both employed Young Bucks and Sting. After that, pretty much they have jack sh!t in common. Horrible take.
Hell, how many of those TNA wrestlers later returned to WWE? Bischoff, Hogan, Angle, even the New Age Outlaws aka Voodoo Kin Mafia were later re-employed by WWE. So, who hires whose castoffs and retreads again?
You act like it's a one-off.
It would be easier to take him seriously if he said one negative thing about AEW. No company bats 1.000
Yet you would think they are doing things no one else has ever done and it's changing the industry.
No, it's not.
It would be easier to take him seriously if he said one negative thing about AEW. No company bats 1.000
Yet you would think they are doing things no one else has ever done and it's changing the industry.
No, it's not.
WWE also re-signed lashley and McIntyre from tna - heck he even brought back the ultimate warrior
I also don't understand the need for so many "factions" in the AEW. You have The Elite, Dark Order, Nightmare Family, Inner Circle, Team Taz, The Pinnacle, QT Marshall's faction, The Hardy Family, Best Friends, The Pretty Picture and that doesn't include Jurassic Express and Death Triangle since they only have 3 members. It just seems like overkill having that many to me.
I think they are going to do a six man title at some point.
Like a lot of things probably just waiting until they are back in their normal time slot.
I don’t remember who said it but you have to think they have something planned for tonight. Surely Vickie isn’t actually wrestling.
Hopefully it is the former Zelina Vega.
Like a lot of things probably just waiting until they are back in their normal time slot.
I don’t remember who said it but you have to think they have something planned for tonight. Surely Vickie isn’t actually wrestling.
Hopefully it is the former Zelina Vega.
I think that was confirmed that there were going to do the six man belts (I could be wrong)
I read somewhere that the issue was that both he and WWE have tried to trademark the name Keith Lee and until that is resolved in the legal system, he isn't being allowed to compete.
You either willfully ignore times I’ve criticized or disliked things they’ve done or just haven’t paid attention. They just get more right than wrong therefore I praise more than criticize.
Interesting show today on Busted Open, worth a listen if you have SiriusXM.
Dynamite has Sammy vs MJF
Penta and Kingston vs The Bucks
Miro vs. Pillman Jr.
Baker and Rebel vs Nyla and Vickie
And some other stuff I can’t remember
Dynamite has Sammy vs MJF
Penta and Kingston vs The Bucks
Miro vs. Pillman Jr.
Baker and Rebel vs Nyla and Vickie
And some other stuff I can’t remember
This guy was in ECW. A company that took shots at the competition in nearly every segment.
Dynamite has been pretty good so far but man that women’s match was awful.
Plus it looked like Rebel legit hurt her knee again.
Plus it looked like Rebel legit hurt her knee again.
JR dropped a WWE Dynamite tonight.
Cue Zay's 3 paragraph explanation for why that's what they wanted to happen and the reasons why...
Cue Zay's 3 paragraph explanation for why that's what they wanted to happen and the reasons why...
Jr’s older and will slip up. I’m sure a lot of the stuff he says is habit that he’s had to break. Was it good, particularly after that great tribute video? No. But shit happens. Sit on it and spin. 🙄
So was Black. Vince just doesn’t know how to use his guys anymore. He just wants to push Roman and live off of Cena and Lesnar’s name.
Zmark response
If/when you have kids and they get a bad grade 100% you will blame the teacher
Del headlined that show in louisville in late 97 with Bret, if I remember correctly.
I would speak privately with him on Facebook and was a good guy…I was really good friends with former wrestler Terry Garvin and they were good friends. He overcame a lot of addiction and was a stand up guy
While things went fairly smooth at the Performance Center in Orlando today, it was reported earlier that the company let go of several employees at WWE HQ in Stamford. We’re still waiting for additional details on those cuts, but as noted, some were from the marketing department. It’s believed that these changes will continue as the corporate restructuring led by Khan continues.
Shortly after leaving WWE, Moxley joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AEW, but it wasn't long before he suffered a MRSA infection in his elbow, which forced him to miss some time, including a scheduled match against Kenny Omega at All Out 2019.
Paquette recalled that Triple H was compassionate about the situation and offered any help WWE could provide:
Paquette recalled that Triple H was compassionate about the situation and offered any help WWE could provide:
You most definitely rode the short bus to school.
Young people in their prime mess up on live tv. So it’s fair to assume that someone much older, who spent 20+ years saying certain names and words, will mess up and revert to old habits at times. Not rocket science nor is it even a big deal. If it happened every week then something would need to be said or done.
JR did commentary for njpw a few years ago and did a good job - very few mistakes - not 90s wcw JR but still a pretty good job.
As long as JR goes at 50% of how good he used to be, he’s still better then a vast majority of commentary in wrestling today. Does that make sense?
I think JR is one of the best, but I wouldn’t have him do weekly shows at this point. He served his purpose of being a familiar voice to draw people in. No one is all the sudden going to start watching AEW right now because of JR, and no one will leave if he isn’t doing commentary anymore.
He’s still great at the backstage, sit down interview formats and he could still call some of the bigger matches. I’m just not sure he has it in him for weekly tv anymore.
He’s still great at the backstage, sit down interview formats and he could still call some of the bigger matches. I’m just not sure he has it in him for weekly tv anymore.
I love hearing some of Jericho's comments and analysis but dear Lord does he have to yell the entire time? That was what drove me nuts about Mauro Ranallo...."MAMMA MIA!!!!!!"
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