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They've been doing a long running story that the Dark Order is trying to win the TNT title back for Mr. Brodie, Hangman's redemption arc seems like it would dovetail nicely with that.

I mean 800k or whatever the final number was isn't too bad considering it was going up against a Presidential address.

Yeah, but I seem to recall a few times before that where all logic would seem to indicate he would have won and didn't, which was puzzling me at the time and now makes me wonder how long they knew and were just hoping it was going to go away.

I'm wondering if they were starting to sour on him even before the allegations broke, as it seemed like his ring work was far behind his character work with no signs of it improving. Plus it seemed a little weird at the time when it seemed storyline wise they were building him up to win the NXT title and just.....didn't. I know that's common on main brand WWE but it felt very "plans changed" for NXT.

On one hand I can see how a performer would like not having to worry about fans hijacking the story you're trying to tell, but of course when they do that it means you did your job poorly. You can't be a whiny pissbaby about fans rejecting the story and not the company that fights them every step of the way.

I would imagine any release for Dream would involve stacks of NDAs saying he can't talk about how the company harbored and protected a guy who at best read spoke to teenagers inappropriately.

Hell, the last time Dream had a match in front of other NXT workers and PC trainees, they were noticeably not reacting to anything he did. I think WWE feels like they painted themselves in a corner with him since Hunter vocally defended keeping him around so many times and now it seems like he's a pariah to his co workers. Knowing WWE mentality they probably are refusing to release him out of spite because they think it will look like they are caving in.

IIRC the kidnapping case was dropped, the victim declined to pursue it. People tended to interpret how it went down as "Alberto wrote a check to make it go away".

Well sometimes you run into something so absurd it makes you laugh, I would think that's what Joey was referring to.

I hope there's a crackdown on this nonsense too, but this is a company that already meddles in every part of their independent contractor's lives to make sure they aren't able to earn a penny without it going through Vince's fingers first, but are apparently OK with talent posting dangerous anti vax and covid denial bullshit on social media.

Impact is basically in the same boat as ROH where they are owned by their TV station and provide the best value as (relatively) low cost content.

Dave basically said the only thing keeping AEW and New Japan guys from being on each other's shows at this point is travel restrictions. As soon as people can fly internationally with less BS it's on.

and just like that Miro was PWO's favorite wrestler.

I kinda hope the Caveman from CMLL gets pissed at their shenanigans and leaves so he can come to AEW and have a match with their caveman.

Holy shit, Dax just had Tully's spirit invade his body. That was some JCP 1985 threatening Dusty Rhodes promo.

Inner Circle coming out on bikes and pyro probably made Hunter bust a nut.

They are great douchebag heels, even if it's in a "Jack Nicholson plays a good crazy guy because he's crazy" way.

I distinctly remember him throwing in an "ask Ivory" when referencing David McClane not being a good person and thinking it was weird no one else seemed to be corroborating these claims he was talking about as if they were common knowledge. The only negative thing I could see anyone say about him when I looked into it was people suggesting maybe he was too much of a fan to be trying to run a promotion. Looking back, it seems like he was just leaning in to the "he really likes women's wrestling so he must be a weirdo" stereotype and just assuming it was true.

It was, but they can always do a segment backstage with Kenny and all the belts.

Sad thing is that it's been that way for a while if anyone in the media actually gave a shit about wresting other than when there's a drug or CTE related issue. There has to be some intrepid reporter out there looking to make their bones that should be all over this company, but society as a whole seems to have developed a "look at that funny rasslin' company with the wacky owner, aint' they so darn cute!" mindset. Not to mention most media outlets probably won't touch Q related stuff like Drake because they need to keep up their veneer that both sides are equally valid points of view despite the clear amount of damage one side is doing/trying to do.

If Kenny doesn't come out draped in all the belts like a gringo Ultimo Dragon, I will be disappointed.

Speaking of children, Drake was previously posting videos of his kids repeating Q Anon propaganda, which was both sad and very scary.

The fact that he didn't think wearing an NXT shirt while stating masks lead to child sex trafficking could potentially cause problems speaks volumes. Also him doing all this while working for the company that still employs Velveteen Dream is some "the call is coming from inside the house" shit.

A couple of referees in NXT are commenting on "a busy day at the office this morning " and basically subtweeting about how embarrassing Drake is getting. Plus Fightful reported Drake was suspended at some point and was banned from the building. Definitely getting the impression people are getting real tired of his bullshit.

In these trying times, it is kind of refreshing that some things are exactly like they have always been.