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[sek69]

8 hours ago, C.S. said:

Sarah Logan/Valhalla not being renewed either, but that's less surprising, since I think most of us assumed she was let go several release cycles ago.

To go back to what @The Thread Killer said about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, her husband just said in an interview not too long ago that she would be back on TV soon. 

 

11 hours ago, The Thread Killer said:

Besides, the one thing that a lot of people seem to be dancing around with this whole thing is that, quite honestly...Ron Killings is not that good.  It's great that he was the most popular guy backstage and everybody loved him, but seriously? Considering how long the guy was in WWE, can you even name five matches he had in all that were classics? Because I can't.

He was seldom if ever put in the position to have classic matches though. What he did do was perform his role better than pretty much anyone else in WWE history. He wasn't a six star classic guy, but he had a connection with the audience not everyone has.

[C.S.]

15 hours ago, sek69 said:

He wasn't a six star classic guy, but he had a connection with the audience not everyone has.

Which is why AEW should take R-Truth. He's a better worker and talker than 90% of their roster.

[sek69]

Mariah May finally showed up on NXT, after Ricky I can't wait or them to rename her Mariah Patriots or Mariah Bengals 

[Timbo Slice]

I don’t know why the new WWE protocol is to debut someone without a name and then give them their name the following week. Very odd. 

[C.S.]

12 hours ago, sek69 said:

Mariah May finally showed up on NXT, after Ricky I can't wait or them to rename her Mariah Patriots or Mariah Bengals 

Juniper June and Daisy December are leading candidates - Meltzer

(Not really Meltzer)

[The Thread Killer]

The sad thing is that apparently WWE actually gives these guys input into what they want their new names to be. It’s goofy that WWE insists on changing the names of a lot of the people coming in, but it’s almost sadder that some of the names that the new talent end up getting saddled with are self-inflicted, to a degree. 

Damien Priest and Aleister Black are a couple of the rare occasions where I think the new names were actually an improvement (because “Tommy End” … really?) but a lot of times, yeesh.

[C.S.]

1 minute ago, The Thread Killer said:

Damien Priest and Aleister Black are a couple of the rare occasions where I think the new names were actually an improvement (because “Tommy End” … really?) but a lot of times, yeesh.

I love the name Damien Priest, but come on, Punishment Martinez is fucking BADASS too.

[The Thread Killer]

3 hours ago, C.S. said:

I love the name Damien Priest, but come on, Punishment Martinez is fucking BADASS too.

Yeah, true enough, it wasn’t bad.

[Embrodak]

Bron Breakker has to be the most natural talent since Brock Lesnar.

[JRH]

I've said it elsewhere, but the amount of advertising around the arena and even on props like the MITB briefcase is getting to be way too exceessive. It's almost as if WWE has become the live-action equivalent of a merchandise-based cartoon, only much less subtle.

[El-P]

It's only gonna get worse. And someone mentioned AI slop. Wait until WWE's programs are filled with awful AI shit. This is absolutely coming. Before too long, Mania is gonna look like a giant IA advertisement for crypto (well, it kinda already is, Logan Paul, ya know).

Meltzer is saying TKO wants advertisements on outfits too. That will definitely give them a "real sport" feel though...

[The Thread Killer]

47 minutes ago, El-P said:

Meltzer is saying TKO wants advertisements on outfits too.

I saw someone mention on Twitter/X that they look forward to the inevitable moment when you tune in to WWE programming to see Michael Cole with some sort of corporate logo boldly tattooed right across the middle of his forehead.

[JRH]

1 hour ago, El-P said:

 

Meltzer is saying TKO wants advertisements on outfits too. That will definitely give them a "real sport" feel though...

 

It's been done, Brock had the Jimmy John's logo on his tights, and before that, Randy Savage had Slim Jim-themed tights.

[The Thread Killer]

27 minutes ago, JRH said:

It's been done, Brock had the Jimmy John's logo on his tights

Ironically, the Brock Lesnar thing was a holdover from his UFC days. Those were sponsors that he had from his time fighting in MMA and he kept them when he came back to WWE, which apparently Vince was not happy with because WWE did not get any of the money. That was back in the pre-Endeavor/TKO days where the fighters were allowed to set up their own sponsorships. Now it’s entirely up to TKO, and the sponsors pay the company directly, with the fighters only getting a fraction of the profit.