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That's not really fair considering WCW had all their TV canceled and made them as coveted as a turd in a punch bowl. If that hadn't happened it would have been sold for way more. Not $9 billion of course, but significantly more than $4.2 mil.

This all smacks of Punk trying to get everything he wants because he knows AEW wants him back to help kick off the new show, and I don't blame him for that.....but why would anyone go to the mat for fucking Ace Steel? I know their history and all but potentially blowing some big paydays over him is some real "cutting off your nose to spite your face" energy. If this ends up keeping him from returning, he's either an idiot or he never really wanted to come back and is just making ridiculous requests until they tell him to fuck off Then he can make more whiny Instagram stories about how everyone is mean to him. This man is just so exhausting.

Doing a nice package honoring Superstar was a really nice gesture when you consider he's the one guy Vince would be justified being a grudge holding asshole towards.

I loved the interaction when he bumped into Solo. I've thought for a while the end game is Roman pushing his luck too far and getting murked by Solo, and it looks like that might be where we're heading. Solo has that "Taz in ECW" vibe (probably no accident considering who's got a hand in booking this), and him going on a murder spree is going to be awesome.

While the steroids certainly did their damage, the drinking might have been Graham's worst enemy. He drank himself into needing a liver transplant, and then promptly ended up with cirrhosis in that one too. It's most likely the cause of all his mood swings toward Vince/WWE and the reason he'd go back with his hand out when he needed money. I've always wondered if Vince had a soft spot for him even after all the bullshit since he's the type of guy who would have got a megapush under VKM but his dad insisted on sticking with Bob Backlund. I've often theorized that's why he became such a "body guy", there was clearly still some mileage in Graham as champ but Sr had to keep his word to Howdy Doody instead.

I mean no matter what TK was going to outlast Vince, even if he's doing his damndest to make up the 40 year cocaine head start Vince had.

So in the WBD upfront, they mentioned how the new Max service (the combined HBO Max and Discovery+) is going to have live sports in addition to all the other content. All In isn't being called a PPV on any of the advertising, and while it could be a loss leader to get eyes on the product it would make more sense to have it as a special event for the corporate partner's new streaming service. Putting all the pieces together it sure looks like AEW and WBD signed a new deal that not only pays them more for Collision but seems to include streaming as well. It wouldn't make sense for them to throw Dark/After Dark overboard unless they had some kind of exclusive streaming deal in place. They used those shows to give looks to unsigned talent and give reps to folks not getting regular TV time, and while adding Collison helps with the TV time issue, getting rid of a place to give talent a look doesn't really seem like a smart business move unless you just got paid a boatload of cash by your TV partner.

Hangman reuniting with the Elite was some good shit, pal.

That was quite the surreal moment hearing the announcers react in real time to Superstar's passing as Jericho was suplexing Roddy Strong through a table.

So there seems to be rumblings that point to the AEW video game (finally) getting released in June. Apparently you can pre-load it on Xbox systems which is something that only happens near launch, and it would fit in with TK wanting June to be a massive month with Collision debuting. It also looks like some if all of the delay came from needing to retool some things to keep a T rating, perhaps there was a Jon Moxley mode where the goal was to bleed on as many things as possible

The product is hot, but honestly it's just a bonus when it is. They were doing just fine before they got hot, not making as much money of course, but you have shows like Mania and the Rumble that sell out before any matches are announced (well the Rumble always has at least 2 matches announced, but you know what I mean). Of course Vince is a shitbag of world class proportions, but he is also undoubtedly the greatest wrestling promoter in history. He got WWE to the point where it was basically idiot proofed by getting massive TV deals, and then getting Endeavor to pay way more than anyone thought to buy it.

it feels weird to call someone like him underrated, but he kind of is how he obviously influenced so many.

The best thing Vince did was get WWE to the point where it basically runs itself. As long as they keep getting TV money, they will always be profitable. The pandemic was probably the worst case scenario in terms of potential disasters, and they really didn't miss a beat. With the Thunderdome deal they managed to return to a level of normalcy no other sport was able to, and other than the initial few weeks where the whole world was trying to figure out wtf to do next they just kept on trucking.

With an added pinch of the WWE trope of having people playing cops who are way too believably young to be one.

Between All Japan, JCP, and CMLL (well EMLL back then) 86-87 must have been the time period where there was the most belts in pro wrestling.

It would make sense storyline wise since Seth was the one who put him on the shelf, but business wise it would be stupid to turn one of them when both are pretty hugely over right now.

So I guess if we follow the usual WWE pattern of combining feuds in tag team matches you would assume KO/Sami's mystery partner in the match with Imperium is going to be Ali.

lol looked like Gunther missed his cue so Sami had to feed him his foot for him to hold it

Dom continuing to be a heat magnet is amazing to behold

RIP Sanga's chest carpet

I wanted a GOONTA-Reed meatfest, but they're both heels so I get it.

Good to see Ali getting some love, even though it means he's going to be murdered by GOONTA.

*sigh* I forgot JD McRapey is on Raw now.

Dang, Sami is on fire

Beat a MLS team in the US Open Cup on Tuesday and beat our rival Birmingham on Saturday. Probably gonna get smoked by Columbus n the next round of the Cup, but any time a USL team beats a MLS team it's a notable event.