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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

loving carny motherfuckers.

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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

fatherofmustard posted:

Is Trump the first WWE hall of famer to get COVID?

DDP had it a little bit ago.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I hope she gets the paycheck but is completely unsuccessful.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1312102299469115392

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Fightful is reporting that WWE is going to go back to a "friends and family" crowd at Takeover 31 which is taking place in the Performance Center.


After the Performance Center just had an outbreak, no less.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Tato posted:

lmao, wonder what WWE talent is talking all big here. Not a single WWE talent will push back on this or dare to file a case. At least not until 15 years later and the statute of limitations has passed

Guessing AJ.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=140085

Good article about all this bullshit.

quote:

However, the one connecting frustration across all talents who are upset is the realization that they will soon be required to stream and appear on Twitch as part of their WWE booking contracts. All of the talents told a very similar story, which is that they have been informed that even if they now chose to shutter their personal accounts instead of letting WWE take them over, they will still be booked to appear and stream as part of WWE’s planned larger-scale Twitch presence going forward. So, like a casino, either way, the house wins.

Pylons fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Oct 3, 2020

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Someone brought up a good point about this. A lot of wrestlers, since they don't really need money, stream for charity.

Is WWE taking cuts of that?


... Would that count towards their downside?

Pylons fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Oct 3, 2020

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1312212063884730369?s=19

The last time they did this, 30 people got infected.

Pylons fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Oct 3, 2020

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1313239766742167553?s=19

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Wow, when did they start putting factions on Main Event?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1313574043069669376?s=20


Hahahahahahahahaha

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Aphrodite posted:

It may surprise you to learn Cesaro actually currently holds a title.

The tag titles don't mean anything in WWE.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

StarkRavingMad posted:

People pay a subscription (Zelina’s is $30 a month) and you post whatever pics and videos you like, and then you can also DM people and be like “hey want to see this video of me with a buttplug and wearing bunny ears, tip me another $20” and then you can also be like “hey tip me $1000 and I will take one single photo of me wearing whatever you like” like Zelina is doing. It’s not, like, regulated, so if five perverts all asked her for a picture of her dressed like Buster Keaton there’s nothing stopping her from using the same one other than someone getting mad at her.

For the most part, wrestlers have stayed away from OnlyFans because it has a much more porn-y stigma than like Patreon but that seems to be changing maybe, Priscilla Kelly is on there too.

Or, uh, so I’ve heard.

Enzo Amore has one for wrestling training, I think.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Lucha House Party will never be drafted, they will be the last pick.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Why isn't the Third Brand in the draft?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Unrelated, I wonder whatever happened to Prince Puma.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I legitimately feel kinda bad for her.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Wrestling fans are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet sometimes.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Hey, remember when they had to split SCU up so Scorpio Sky could do singles stuff?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

The idea that they try to sell with the Universal and WWE title being equal is loving hilarious because it never is, has, or will be the case.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1315753058673004546


NXT UK trying to sign Ben Carter. Just lol if he takes the deal.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1315765156752826368

Very good wrestler Chad Gable has been re-signed to Smackdown.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1315766822218723330

Oh my god are they splitting up Lucha House Party too?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Nobody gives a gently caress about the tag titles.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/AndradeCienWWE/status/1316041358403141633

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

He did sign a 5 year contract 5 years ago.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Majinfoose posted:

Why does WWE seem to have far more injuries doing such a generally boring in ring style?

Because they also keep people on who are not the best (or just flat out unsafe) workers because they like their look.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

explosivo posted:

Really? Out of anyone in WWE Andrade is the guy?

It's an enormous indictment on WWE that Andrade is where he is.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

I'm not honestly sure what he'd do in AEW (though I'm sure they could figure out something for him) but holy gently caress would Fenix vs. La Sombra slap.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

https://twitter.com/MsCharlotteWWE/status/1316064998083514374?s=20

False alarm, lol. What a loving dumb tweet. This is the most (and most excited) people have been about Andrade in a long time (and that in itself is a really bad sign!) and now nobody will give a single poo poo.

Pylons fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Oct 13, 2020

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Alaois posted:

how the gently caress is Io Shirai not the second person on either list after Sombra what the gently caress

Because there's probably a 75% chance she leaves after this deal is done.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Benne posted:

That's ... not even how the Eddy spot works? Eddy tossed the chair to the other guy and then took a bump.

Yeah, I don't think refs usually look at the evidence after-the-fact.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Rarity posted:

How high is AEW's top person? (who I assume is Riho)

Shida is #6, Riho is #8

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

BrigadierSensible posted:

Can I be a pedantic tool about this criteria?

Why isn't "Charisma", or "Promo ability" counted? Surely they are two important skills/attributes to be a professional wrestler and entertainer? Or would that be covered by Technical Proficiency?

Isn't it mostly a kayfabe list? Being a good talker won't win you championships or matches.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Eat My Fuc posted:

Aren't the demos pretty good though? The ratings discourse always confuses the hell out of me because for one thing ratings were plummeting when WWE got their current mega deals, and sometimes people say that only the demo matters and sometimes they don't and I feel like people here are smarter than the people over at places like reddit where there are a million conflicting opinions that are probably all wrong and confusing to me.

It could explain why networks keep pouring money into the WWE if their demos are good despite falling viewership.

TV is desperate to keep live sports (or sports entertainment) because it's one of the only things that isn't getting snapped up by streaming services. Eventually that isn't going to be enough to prop them up though and they're not well positioned for when that happens.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Didn't that relationship start with some vaguely sexual assaulting?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Hirez posted:

He's definitely up there, especially as a "main eventer" thats lasted many years and many gimmicks - and all his gimmicks suck, his promos suck, and his wrestling is trash... hmm I wonder what the common denominator is... (and for once I'd say it's not WWE!)

I mean it is definitely also WWE's fault because they let him do what he wants while they micro-manage and script the hell out of everyone else.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Seams posted:

What are they being investigated for? I thought Florida was the Wild West when it comes to covid?

I think Florida's situation is that the Governor doesn't give a poo poo but local governments still have some leeway to introduce restrictions or investigate.

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