SirEdger Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Timbo Slice said: The merger on Tuesday makes people think a lot of on-screen talent will get let go, but the reporting makes it seem it’s going to be more office/clerical types that go since they won’t need separate departments anymore in a lot of areas. Can’t imagine it’ll affect talent that much. If (and that's a big if) there are talents affected, it'll either be NXT talents from the PC who aren't progressing or healthy talents who aren't used at all (see Aliyah & Elias for instance). Although I think that the way that they dealt with Lacey Evans and letting her contract lapse and not renew it might be the way they choose to go about it going forward. This definitely lessens the possible fan backlash compared to what went down during the pandemic era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 I can definitely see WWE switching to the AEW model of just letting peoples' deals run out instead of doing mass firings. I'm sure no one in the company gives a shit about the PR aspect of it, but surely they understand the morale boost of folks not having to constantly worry about the grim reaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 11, 2023 Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/port-authority-pd-investigating-sexual-assault-claim-matt-riddle-made-against-officer The tl;dr of the story is Matt Riddle (allegedly) got loaded on the flight back from India and got into a fracas with the Port Authority police at JFK, which led to him claiming he was "sexually assaulted" by the cops. Not sure why WWE keeps him around at this point, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 Seems FOX is out of the next TV deal negotiations and Amazon or Disney will get them. HHH was spotted next to Jeff Bezos at NY Fashion Week too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted September 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 WWE on ABC could be huge The TGIF era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 As most people were anticipating, tomorrow there will be a lot of cuts for people with office jobs. Quote WWE President Nick Khan just issued an email to all employees announcing that all employees are to work remotely tomorrow as the company will beginning post-Endeavor acquisition layoffs. Employees have been asked to remain home and work from there tomorrow in order to allow the company's human resources department to be able the layoffs privately. Endeavor's Ari Emanuel noted on CNBC earlier this week that with WWE and UFC merging under one new parent company TKO, that there would be savings made through eliminating redundancies in employees across the two companies. As PWInsider.com has noted for weeks, there have been great concerns among WWE employees in Stamford what their future would hold after the acquisition. Tomorrow, they will begin to find out, and for some of them, it will be the end of their WWE run. Endeavor's very first 'deavors season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 Nick Khan's rise to the top is nothing short of amazing, even if it is a corporate deviant reigning over the sleaziest of the circles of corporate hell. A speed run, if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 Nick Khan genuinely has the kind of personality and skill set where he could make the jump to politics in ten years if he really wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Brown Koko Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Monday Night Raw and NXT Leaving USA Network, SmackDown Changing Channels https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/monday-night-raw-nxt-leaving-usa-network-smackdown-changing-fox/?utm_source=Comicbook.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230921_092503_Comicbook.com Daily Newsletter&utm_content=Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Quote AXIOS reports that Vince McMahon is hinting that he wants out of the family business, according to regulatory filings tied to WWE's recent merger with the UFC. The new combined entity, TKO, has registered all of McMahon's shares for sale, thus enabling him to avoid the lockup period that applies to other TKO stockholders like Endeavor and Silver Lake. McMahon currently holds around 28.84 million TKO shares, which was valued at $3 billion as of yesterday's market close. On first glance, this simply seems to be about giving McMahon flexibility. Or maybe even giving TKO flexibility, given the ongoing investigation. Particularly given that the subsequent registration statement, filed last week. But that same filing says that McMahon, alongside two other TKO executives, "will be selling stockholders in this offering." That's a definite verb tense, penned by lawyers who are paid a lot of money to be accurate. https://twitter.com/WrestleOps/status/1704922391585890783?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1704922391585890783|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url= Also Quote ‘TKO’ itself says in a regulatory filing: "Vince McMahon's membership on our Board could expose us to negative publicity and/or have other adverse financial and operational impacts on our business. His membership also may result in additional scrutiny or otherwise exacerbate the other risks described herein. Any of these outcomes could directly or indirectly have adverse financial and operational impacts on our business." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Definitely some interesting news out today... - SmackDown back on USA is obviously a huge development. On one hand, going from broadcast back to cable seems like a step back for the company...but supposedly they got a huge deal that I've read is up 40% (approximately $1.4 billion) from their previous deal. That's just bonkers to me. FOX was overpaying for it network TV, but somehow its worth more to NBC/Universal? Will it become a 3-hour show? - RAW (and NXT, which could easily just back to being a streaming-only show) is supposedly going to be on the market and there's no guarantee that it will stay on USA. Again, its a bit confusing to me. Yes, its the "flagship" show...but SmackDown became the A-show once it went to FOX and the thrust of the company became the Bloodline story for the better part of 2 years (with even Cena doing mostly SmackDown appearances whenever he'd come back) and I'm not sure what other cable channels are trying to land it. - ....which leads to whether Amazon or some other streamer will do a big bid. I mean, Amazon has the money to outbid anyone if they so choose. I always had the feeling, though, that Vince, for as forward-thinking as developing the WWE Network was 10 years ago, still believes very strongly in the ubiquity of old fashioned cable television. I think Vince would rather get $750m to keep Raw on a cable channel than he would take $1 billion to put it on Amazon. - But now it seems Vince may be straight-up cashing out? Gotta love that move. Pull off every trick in the book to essentially re-take control of the company, make a massive deal in which you come out the biggest winner over your own daughter and son-in-law, and then basically walk away having not only all the moneys but also one last showing of rrrrrrrruthless aggggrrrresion to the Board that tried to boot you over your insatiable sex drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 It's a trade off really. He could break the bank making a deal with Amazon, but WWE would lose a lot of eyeballs going from cable TV to streaming. Even with cord cutting rising every year, USA Network is in more homes than any streaming service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 I'm curious how much NFL Thursday Night Football being on Amazon Prime video live might change the perspective as it pertains businesses looking at streaming services. I know I read not too long back that AEW was looking at streaming on MAX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 Yeah, many competitions are getting on that streaming train. Champions League, NBA games, several RealFootball leagues are everywhere, from Amazon Prime to Star+ to HBO, even. Even YouTube and Twitch had their own games. The one advantage WWE does have, though, is that it does have an incredible place to catalog their stuff, which most other sports and services don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 USA throwing huge money for SD but not Raw doesn't make much sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, Cien Caras said: Peacock is the shits! Massive downgrade compared to the old Network. Who even has cable anymore? Oh, my whole experience with the WWE is through the Network. That site is legit very good. Fortunately, I never had to use Peacock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 Matt Riddle got the boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 Riddle vs heavyweight Ospreay rematch :whooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 He was never the same after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 Matt Riddle has to be one of the biggest gaps between my enjoyment of them when they’re at their best and the actual guy they are. Him vs Roman was maybe my favorite Roman championship defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 1 hour ago, KawadaSmile said: He was never the same after that Truly the pro wrestling version of Ether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 Heavy rumors are flying that Triple H and Stephanie are separating, and that they’ve been estranged for several months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 Oh those rumors have been percolating for a long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 I would hardly take anything reported by Slice Wrestling seriously AT ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 I hope this is another false rumor I've been swindled by. Brian Pillman Jr. is now - ugh - Lexis King. It's named after his late sister and mother, so it's meaningful to him, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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