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WWE TV, Rumours and Discussion - Part VII
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NXT was better when it was 1 hour anyway.
NXT use to be much more enjoyable, perhaps it felt less “wwe” than it does now.
The bookings were very different, it was much more raw (not RAW), and they embraced factions and much more realistic backstage promos and segments.
These days it feels very much like a heat/velocity, with a few “bigger” stars, but even they are defined waaaay down by being wheeled out on RAW and squashed or wwe 50/50 booked.
The bookings were very different, it was much more raw (not RAW), and they embraced factions and much more realistic backstage promos and segments.
These days it feels very much like a heat/velocity, with a few “bigger” stars, but even they are defined waaaay down by being wheeled out on RAW and squashed or wwe 50/50 booked.
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Not in Vinces eyes
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Different time
They horded the talent back when are companies were expanding or building.
Now those companies have full lists, they will still hire the odd one or two but it still wasn’t right what they did at the time only to throw them out the door during the pandemic.
Tried hoarding. Now trying reverse hoarding.
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Not bothered about NXT getting rebooted, they might be able to turn it into a watchable show, it's been terrible for years. The only shining lights over the last few years on there have been Keith Lee, Karrion Kross and Damian Priest. I haven't enjoyed NXT since like 2016.
Wouldn't care if it got scrapped to be honest, it's a waste of money.
Wouldn't care if it got scrapped to be honest, it's a waste of money.
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Fascinating to see what happens with Cole and Dunne if that's the case.
Would WWE even be trying to re-sign them?
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They shouldn't be releasing anyone against their will in a pandemic when there's nowhere else to work, and when they are still highly profitable. It's especially egregious when its guys who've come from overseas, because work permits are so tough to get.
If there's a positive about all this, it's that every other wrestling company in the world benefits, and perhaps it even helps BritWres get its shit together again - no one is ever going to trust WWE again when they start hoarding talent post-pandemic.
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Cole is a star and a fav of Paul and HBK so I would say yes.
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Had heard rumours USA network aren’t to happy with WWE and their promotion of Smackdown on Fox.
Cena was backstage at Raw last week and they did nothing with him. Even a little segment promoted would of boosted ratings.
Cena was backstage at Raw last week and they did nothing with him. Even a little segment promoted would of boosted ratings.
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Honestly would you expect any business to keep hundreds employed without them actually “working”.
WWE had to many employed, pretty sure 99% of businesses in the pandemic have made some form of cost cutting regardless of whether they are profitable or not.
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Bronson was a fave of Triple H as well.
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WWE was the only wrestling company to release anybody.
They also made ridiculous profits.
It was WWE that stockpiled them with promises then threw them out the door with a garbage bag of their stuff.
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True.
Maybe they can get Vince not to wear his glasses and they can convince him that Adam is Shawn.
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They already have a ton of people. They just don’t use them but instead keep 50/50 booking those on tv, besides Roman.
How many mysterio v uso matches have we had week in week out now?
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if this report is accurate, sounds like NXT is screwed
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Business is business and it’s cut throat, we as fans think and expect they will do what we want because we enjoy it but they don’t. Can you blame them for anything they do? In the end all they care about is making money like every business does.
Whether we agree with it or not is another thing but in the end it’s a business that’s there to make money.
Just putting it out there but cornette did a bobby eaton special on his podcast this week. No talk about current wrestling at all. Was a very good listen from someone talking about someone they love. Man enough to admit it almost broke me at the end.
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That’s fine and all but when they are signing some of these guys on multi year deals then just cutting them its pretty shitty form. Contract is barely worth the piece of paper it’s on from the wrestlers perspective
You can say that about nearly every sports contract on the world.
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