NintendoLogic

Given the story of him calling WWE to make sure Vince was OK after the exploding limo angle, it's entirely possible he believes HHH's title wins were shoots.

If French Wikipedia is to be believed, the French equivalents of babyface and heel are beau and toc, respectively.

For the past few years, HHH's role has been to play good cop to Vince's bad cop. Imagine how difficult that role must be these days. That kind of stress would take its toll on anybody.

In other news: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29078406/source-patriots-trade-rob-gronkowski-buccaneers-4th-round-pick If I'm Mojo Rawley, I'm updating my resume right now. Also, Gronk is the current 24/7 champion, so it'll be interesting to see how they get the belt off him.

Wouldn't it be something if "John" turned out to be Seth Rollins? That'd be the ultimate swerve.

Now Oliver Luck is suing Vince McMahon. Luck wasn't listed as one of the creditors in the XFL's bankruptcy filing, so people figured that either he had already been paid in full or his contract contained an opt-out clause that allowed Vince to pay him a prorated portion of his deal in case the league folded. As it turns out, Vince terminated him for cause right before folding the league, and now he's suing for wrongful termination. Luck was the guy Vince picked to signal to the world that the new XFL was going to be a legitimate sports enterprise and not a carnival sideshow, so this has to be the end of whatever remained of Vince's reputation in the legitimate business world.

On a lighter note, Killer Kross has received his new WWE name. https://shop.wwe.com/karrion-kross-xii-authentic-t-shirt/398C07655A.html?dwvar_398C07655A_color=black At least they had the good sense to not name him Killer Karrion Kross.

RIP to the GOAT.

Jimmy pretty much hit the nail on the head regarding the complicity of the wrestlers in all this. The networks have Vince by the balls, so they would have all the leverage in the world if they banded together. If they can't bring themselves to exploit it, that's on them. Drake Maverick talking about how thankful he was to be able to participate in the interim cruiserweight title tournament after they canned his ass was pathetic. If he had an ounce of self-respect, he would have told WWE to fuck off and went straight home (or whatever passes for home for him these days). Vince treats the wrestlers like well-paid chattel because he knows they'll take it.

Firing undercard talent en masse to maintain profit margins for Wall Street in the middle of a pandemic that has shut down every other form of sport and entertainment is in the top handful of scummiest things Vince has ever done, and think of the ground that covers. The only way I can imagine myself caring about anything this company does going forward is if the wrestlers finally get a clue and unionize.

To me, a sport should contain either direct competition or an objective scoring system. Boxing and MMA contain the former but not the latter. Golf and most track and field events contain the latter but not the former. Gymnastics and figure skating contain neither, so they're not sports in my book.

Cornette should know that lesson better than anybody considering how many of his towns the Gangstas killed in SMW. Also, Dave pointed out on Twitter that many of the things done in the Carolinas as late as the early nineties wouldn't have been allowed in northern California even in the late sixties.

Alpha owned the trademark because Vince sold it to them (read: sold it to himself) in his capacity as CEO of WWE. Before that, it belonged to WWE. Vince McMahon and WWE are separate legal entities. When dealing with property belonging to WWE, Vince has a duty to act in the best interests of the company. There's no way selling a company-owned trademark to a shell corporation at well below market value after turning down a much larger offer can be rationally construed as such.

As CEO, Vince has a duty to place the interests of the company ahead of his own business interests. The XFL trademark was WWE's intellectual property. What he did with it would be like if he turned down an offer to buy a building owned by WWE and then sold it to himself at below market value.

https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29031903/wwe-deemed-essential-business-florida-mayor-says So the mayor of Orange County declared WWE an essential business after "some conversation" with Florida's Trump crony governor. And Vince's wife runs a pro-Trump super PAC. Like I said in the XFL thread, it must be nice being rich enough that the law doesn't apply to you.

The XFL's bankruptcy filing revealed that the WWE held an ownership stake in the league, which pretty well puts the lie to the notion that the two businesses were completely separate. Apparently, it was done to make up for the fact that Vince turned down a $50 million offer for the XFL trademark from the AAF and gave it to himself basically for free, which was a major breach of his fiduciary duty since the trademark was owned by WWE and not Vince personally. It must be nice being rich enough that the law doesn't apply to you.

Kairi Sane is scheduled to wrestle Nia Jax, which is almost as dangerous as being exposed to coronavirus.

If that's the case, then they're idiots at best and sociopaths at worst and nobody should evince even the slightest concern for their well-being.

I could see Fox trying to stick it to WWE, especially since they apparently thought they were getting a serious sports-oriented wrestling program built around Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey. But I was under the impression that USA needs WWE just as much as WWE needs them, if not more. After all, WWE programming is basically the only thing they have these days that anyone watches. The days of them being the most watched cable network are long gone.

This is your worst take yet, bubba.

I believe he's referring to Austin and Dude Love winning the tag titles in 1997. People have often called Bad News the proto-Stone Cold, so he was jokingly calling Austin a poor man's Bad News. At least, I hope he was joking.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat disappointed in Bryan, but I'm also not too surprised. I don't think it's possible to achieve a position of prominence in WWE without being reprogrammed to a degree by Vince's reality distortion field. Also, Brie said in her podcast that they see a naturopathic doctor, so it's possible he subscribes to all sorts of kooky ideas.

https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/29021347/xfl-suspends-operations-lays-employees-no-plans-return-2021 What do you know, another McMahon business failure. It's not even his fault this time, though. It was probably doomed in the long run regardless, but it seemed to be pretty well-run before everything went to hell.

Looking forward to them teaching the Young Bucks and Lucha Brothers how to work.

Isn't AEW getting millions in guaranteed money from TNT through 2023?