Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 19, 2019 Report Posted January 19, 2019 If companies are financially solvent enough to be signing wrestlers to contracts, they can alow their workers to organize and bargain collectively for their benefits. Next up, we’ll be hearing how they’d like to provide healthcare to the wrestlers, but that would also bankrupt the company. Quote
Alucard Posted January 19, 2019 Report Posted January 19, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 9:25 PM, Coffey said: "Very solid in the ring and on the mic." Wow. You and I have a very obvious difference on what solid means. My favorite was when he almost killed B.J. Whitmer with a Piledriver on the ring apron. Super solid. I admit I didn't see much of his ROH run, but he always came off top notch in Impact for the year he spent there. Quote
Slasher Posted January 20, 2019 Report Posted January 20, 2019 There is a trend now where people are worried about the long term viability of American football, which is currently something that makes billions of dollars in their sleep, way beyond anything WWE or any other wrestling organization can possibly hope to make. The reason for this is because health insurance coverage is getting too expensive for leagues to possibly cover every single player. In the NFL there's only so many spots you can grab so yes they are all covered in terms of health insurance, but if the NFL was taking on other leagues like the WWE does, they probably would end up running up a body count they can't afford to cover all. Minor league baseball had to have a law passed to ensure that they can keep paying their players less than minimum wage. All of that is to say that while it is nice to unionize and of course it is the fairest thing to do when you are asking people to throw themselves around risking injury, that shit is expensive. A single person could cost upward to 50,000 dollars just to insure. You are talking about an ever expanding roster here with 100+ talents. The simple truth is wrestling and football are so inherently dangerous that if you need to shell out a fortune just to be insured, then maybe those sports aren't worth it anymore. Is Vince greedy? Yeah sure of course. But like El-P says, capitalist moguls are focused on making money. That is the bottom line they look at, not how many employees they made smile. It's just their nature. They got to that position by being heartless. Why would they stop now that they are at the top? The singular driving objective of every business is to make as much money as you can in the window of opportunity you have. Vince and the WWE is no different. Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 20, 2019 Report Posted January 20, 2019 The joys of late capitalism. Quote
C.S. Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 AEW has signed "Jungle Boy" Nate Coy. Rumor has it that Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale star Luke Perry and a team of lawyers were there for the negotiations, and they opted for a shorter deal instead of the two years originally offered. Of course, it should probably be mentioned that "Jungle Boy" is Luke Perry's son. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 Jericho was drunk on Twitter last night and started saying lots of shit. Not a good look IMO Quote
...TG Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 That first one is quite something given Chris' recent look. The second one is surprising as he's always been very careful about not pissing off Vince. Quote
Migs Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 I'm sort of surprised to see him say that about Impact, just given what we know about his relationship with Callis. Quote
C.S. Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 Jericho and Brock got into a backstage confrontation after Brock concussed Orton at that one SummerSlam. Safe to say they probably don't like each other. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 What is it with past their prime acts trying to talk shit to Brock while drunk? Perfect tried it in the 2000s and Jericho is talking trash now. Yeah, go ahead and face one of the strongest motherfuckers to ever step into the UFC, that'll work out for dad bod Y2J. Quote
C.S. Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 Drunken Jericho is the absolute worst, but is it sad to admit I'd still root for him over lazy d-bag Brock? Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 1 minute ago, KawadaSmile said: What is it with past their prime acts trying to talk shit to Brock while drunk? Perfect tried it in the 2000s and Jericho is talking trash now. Yeah, go ahead and face one of the strongest motherfuckers to ever step into the UFC, that'll work out for dad bod Y2J. Also just a weird criticism. Brock looked way more cut than he does when he's in wrestling-only mode. Quote
NintendoLogic Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 It should be remembered that the Jericho/Brock confrontation was largely driven by Michael Hayes trying to work Jericho and pretending that the finish to the Orton match wasn't planned. Quote
C.S. Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: It should be remembered that the Jericho/Brock confrontation was largely driven by Michael Hayes trying to work Jericho and pretending that the finish to the Orton match wasn't planned. Only in wrestling would someone as "eccentric" as Hayes have an executive position. Quote
Strummer Posted January 28, 2019 Report Posted January 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: It should be remembered that the Jericho/Brock confrontation was largely driven by Michael Hayes trying to work Jericho and pretending that the finish to the Orton match wasn't planned. Yup. Not defending Jericho but they were doing a wcw "work the locker room" deal that night. No one knew the finish backstage except top management Quote
El-P Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Latest BTE with a really funny line about Joey Ryan signing anything without reading, like that "lifelong contract with Lucha Underground". Also, Cody is falling in love with MJF, or so it seems... Quote
WingedEagle Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Meltzer reported last night that the Best Friends are headed to AEW. More interestingly, the move sees Beretta apparently break a verbal commitment he had given NJPW. Curious to see how that type of activity impact the company's efforts to supplant ROH as NJPW's domestic partner. Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Lord willing, this means Big Dust on color commentary for a lot of the time. Quote
SomethingSavage Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Excalibur + Chuckie T doing commentary on a weekly show for all of ever, plz&thnx. I realize they're no JR & Tony. But that'll do, pig. That'll do. Quote
FMKK Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 Lol, for some reason Randy Orton to AEW is a big rumour online at the minute. That would be hilarious and I guess pretty interesting. Quote
El-P Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, FMKK said: Lol, for some reason Randy Orton to AEW is a big rumour online at the minute. That reminds me Yokozuna is gonna be joining WCW as part of the nWo. Apparently, Jimmy Havoc is all in. Well, that's a name I don't exactly care for, everything I've seen from this guy was meh at best, stupid and quite bad at worst. The Lucha Bros. teasing on the latest BTE is another thing though. Just like seeing that brief appearance from Pillman. Those three, yeah. Quote
sek69 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 Ryan Satin made some kind of offhand comment about how Randy to AEW would be their "Hall shows up on Nitro" moment and all the cut n' paste sites went all "ORTON TO AEW? IT COULD HAPPEN" when no one said any such thing. Quote
C.S. Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 Posts like this are unbelievably embarrassing and speak to the perpetual infanthood so many young wrestlers seem stuck in on social media. I get that the fan was just as childish, but this does Havoc and AEW no favors. I've never seen him and I already can't stand him (and not in a money-drawing "heel heat" sort of way). As for Orton to AEW, he just cleanly defeated Mustafa Ali this week, so I doubt it. With that said, it would be interesting to see him outside of his WWE bubble and comfort zone. I said interesting, not exciting or something I'd actually want to happen. Quote
FMKK Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 I can't believe that his hot comeback tweet was to say that he's shit in bed as well as in the ring. Good job bud. Quote
El-P Posted February 6, 2019 Report Posted February 6, 2019 43 minutes ago, FMKK said: I can't believe that his hot comeback tweet was to say that he's shit in bed as well as in the ring. Good job bud. Yeah, did he even realize what he said ? Quote
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