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Really? I thought he was the least responsible; SRS was the one who reported it (for clicks?) before anyone confirmed it. But he reported this because before this breaking news, before his own admission, he had verified this, except, he apparently was just not right and had nothing favourable (for us hardcores) on record; as there were conflicting reports? So, am I jumping the shark and not waiting, if I say that he reported it cuz it drives his business up? Say what you want about Meltzer and Keller, but they did not report this as news, and, like, if you listen to Meltz's radio, he was not going overboard, just talking about Steph's reaction and what happens to her and HHH. He mentioned the Saudis, but not in any kind of overwhelming way.

Some people (not me) hate 70s Jumbo so that does check out

Also, am I the only one here who doesn't see the big deal about Takeshita? Like, he is good, quite good, but he isn't like some incredibly prodigious talent, can't-miss superstar or anything. I dunno. I have been trying to give him a fair chance and see what I am missing.

Fuck match 7 of this tired ass series, but otherwise, I am really really looking forward to this show. As someone who is a huge fanboy of Sasha and has been marking out for her on this forum for the past 8 years, I will absolutely mark out and lose my shit if she debuts, so you are all hereby warned

Also, like, being employed by CNBC isn't particularly better as far as credibility is concerned. Again, the MMA media was right about UFC being sold, even while they were mocked for even entertaining that idea. We should not forget history.

The way the denials took so much time and have been worded makes me think that while the sale to Saudi is not closed, it definitely is going to happen. There's so much emphasis on "this point in time" and "lawyers and bankers will meet each other", as someone who reviews denials, official statements, public releases, contracts and legal agreements for a living, it makes me think that the two parties are definitely negotiating, and there is absolutely a meeting of the minds that WWE will be sold to Saudi Arabia, but the terms have not been finalised yet. If there was nothing to these rumours, the denial would have come out much earlier - we know better than to act like Vince McMahon goes to sleep at 10 PM and forgets about work - and would have been much more sweeping and unequivocal. Not so much of "we are exploring all options, nothing has been finalised, at this point in time there is no deal in place" etc. It reminds me of when UFC got sold. For months and months, there were rumours about the sale, but the Fertitas and Dana vehemently, repeatedly and consistently denied the sale was happening...right until they sent a press release about the sale. Even Sasha's contract last year for that matter. I do think some of the worrying in this thread is a bit overboard. Saudi has invested in Premier League teams and a lot of other places, and they have certainly not removed the women in power there or the Jewish/Syrian people working in such companies. Look at Newcastle. They allowed women's matches to happen in Riyadh. The entire aim is to sportswash their evil empire, so they will not make any massive PR blunders like firing the women's division or Sami when he is in the middle of his career highlight. MBS wouldn't want the negative publicity emanating from that, especially after the nosedive his so-called progressive regime took after the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. I don't want the Saudis to purchase WWE for a different reason. Not cuz it will hurt WWE's bottom line or record revenue or modus operandi - stock price actually jumped a couple of bucks after these rumours came to light - or because fans will boycott WWE - the promotion and its owners have already done many terrible things, and not only do many fans not get bothered by it, they actually idolise these people and make excuses for them - but because as rich as Vince is, MBS is 1000 times richer, and he is not hesitant about spending money. There is a great chance that he offers pretty much every talented wrestler and useful veteran like, generational wealth, tens of millions of dollars per year, just to remain contracted with WWE and not work anyplace else. Think of WWE's strategy from 2018-2020, except on steroids. That would really kill all alternatives to WWE, including even AEW perhaps, or make them utterly meaningless. Very few wrestlers would refuse that kind of money. We have seen that it was enough to get Shawn Michaels, for instance, to come out of retirement, to get Goldberg to work Saudi Arabia. Some people like Sami and Cena might refuse, but most would not. If I am Tony Khan, I really hope and pray that these rumours are not true. I believe it is, though.

Say what you want about her promo, she is definitely a draw

Same here. Tbh I want someone to come out to popular Bollywood music. You can't tell me that this song won't bang hard as a theme song -

Ratings will get back up when the build for Revolution gets in its proper full swing. AEW's TV audience have been shown to stop watching for a bit when there are other big things happening in the world - like Christmas and New Year. I would think it's because watching AEW has not become a part of life after several decades of TV shows, unlike with many WWE shows. AEW also gets more affected than WWE during times like Thanksgiving and elections, I suspect for the same reasons as noted.

Historical in comparison to his career, yeah. Just shows his career was never all that successful.

The world's best possible HHH, and that's not a compliment imo. Lots of good things about him, just absolutely not a top guy in any shape or form, no matter how much he tries. A midcarder through and through. Personally, I have no interest in seeing him do his tired shtick for the 300000000th time in 2023. Who had that line about breaking 1000 guitars and never drawing a single dime? IIRC, he guy who said it wasn't a money draw himself, but ignoring the messenger, can't argue with the message.

Darby and Joe with two TV matches of the year contenders either side of the new year

lol Danielson really is the GOAT

I am sorry but Sanjay Dutt and Satnam Singh are great

What were they chanting? I couldn't make out

Completely unnecessary post-match beatdown

Starks looks like such a star, man

Being able to wear Olympic gold in bed helps

Cena and Sami have had singles matches before, right?

That was a lot of fun. I think I like this Cena more than PWG Jawn

Are they already teasing a dissension? It's way too soon to separate Roman and Sami

Sami and Owens made absolutely the correct choice to re-sign

Imma call this version USADA Cena

Jesus fucking Christ this pop

He doesn't even look impressive anymore. When he first came out, my immediate comparison was Lance Archer, except Archer can do fun movez