All-Purpose News Thread Part II

CDJ

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I don't think UFC is particularly bad, but WWE is second to none when it comes to putting together video packages. Pretty much anybody can take from them in that regard.

Can deal without Kevin Dunn's shaky bullshit and millions of camera cuts in a 30 second angle. Although from what I do watch, it seems like they've cut back from that now that Vince's involvement is reduced.
Yeah I’m more so maybe talking those video packages and maybe make the entrances more elaborate. Def don’t need Dunn camera cuts lol
 

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Yeah I’m more so maybe talking those video packages and maybe make the entrances more elaborate. Def don’t need Dunn camera cuts lol
I don't think you see the entrances getting more elaborate for UFC. You'll have your occasional guy like Izzy that does something, but for the most part guys are gonna be focused on their fights.

Wouldn't plan on seeing anything like a titantron/entrance as long as they can sell tickets either. Even WWE has began significantly reducing their titantron for their PPVs simply because the product's hot and they can sell tickets.
 

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You're not getting what I'm saying lol...

I think there's a strong chance Riddle isn't even employed by WWE by the time Punk is available.
I do understand, I just think it's very unlikely. He's a massive douche canoe but he's massively over with kids.

The only way he's let go is if he commits a felony or sexual assault allegations that are substantiated come to light.
 

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I don't think you see the entrances getting more elaborate for UFC. You'll have your occasional guy like Izzy that does something, but for the most part guys are gonna be focused on their fights.

Wouldn't plan on seeing anything like a titantron/entrance as long as they can sell tickets either. Even WWE has began significantly reducing their titantron for their PPVs simply because the product's hot and they can sell tickets.
Bellator does a pretty good job with entrances, it’s somewhere between a WWE one and a UFC one
 
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I do understand, I just think it's very unlikely. He's a massive douche canoe but he's massively over with kids.

The only way he's let go is if he commits a felony or sexual assault allegations that are substantiated come to light.

WWE has previously let go of both Jeff Hardy and Kurt Angle due to substance abuse issues, and both were way more over Riddle is or ever has been lol.

He's already got two wellness strikes and was just in rehab. If it turns out that he was shitfaced and making a scene in public, and then cried wolf on sexual assault bringing even more attention to himself, he's probably screwed.
 

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I know its lazy to throw all the black wrestlers together, but put her and a returning Bianca together with Lashley and the Suit Profits and let Jade and Bianca be a Road Warrior-like tag team that just squashes teams and gets the titles and hold them for a long time
I'd love this down the road honestly. I'd book her as a massive heel at first to build up credibility. Then have them run roughshod among the women's tag division.
 

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I know its lazy to throw all the black wrestlers together, but put her and a returning Bianca together with Lashley and the Suit Profits and let Jade and Bianca be a Road Warrior-like tag team that just squashes teams and gets the titles and hold them for a long time

Know how Sami and KO kinda lost their steam because they didn't really have anybody to feud against?

Take that with the women's tag "Division" and multiply it by 1,000 lol.

Bianca with the Suit Profits should be a no-brainer, but I would assume that would be to build a JD/Suit Profits program, and probably Bianca vs. Rhea at a very big show. (If not Mania)
 

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Know how Sami and KO kinda lost their steam because they didn't really have anybody to feud against?

Take that with the women's tag "Division" and multiply it by 1,000 lol.

Bianca with the Suit Profits should be a no-brainer, but I would assume that would be to build a JD/Suit Profits program, and probably Bianca vs. Rhea at a very big show. (If not Mania)

They could just bludgeon a different two of Natty, Shotzi, Nikki, Dana Brooke, week after week

Or I suppose Jade could do that on her own....maybe have her go on a long winning streak? Maybe like 50-60 in a row?
 
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They could just bludgeon a different two of Natty, Shotzi, Nikki, Dana Brooke, week after week

Or I suppose Jade could do that on her own....maybe have her go on a long winning streak? Maybe like 50-60 in a row?

Feel like that only works if you're building a team to challenge them. That division is literally nothing right now, and I'm not sure it ever will be anything.

They just slap together two girls at random to carry the titles around until they slap two more girls together.

It'll be interesting to see what they do with Jade mainly because she could probably use a little bit in NXT just to get used to the WWE system/style, but the rumor supposedly is that she's costing them enough that it's not worth it to not have her on the main roster.
 

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They could just bludgeon a different two of Natty, Shotzi, Nikki, Dana Brooke, week after week

Or I suppose Jade could do that on her own....maybe have her go on a long winning streak? Maybe like 50-60 in a row?
This is how I would do it. Either throw her into the fire vs. Charlotte or have her do squash matches until she gets to Charlotte.

Re: the suit profits. Creative is trying really hard to make them heels, but Ford amd Lashley are just so over, I think they'll be faces....initially.

You can do Lashley/Reigns at the Rumble and then have them turn sometime just after that going into Mania season?
 

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You guys do realize Jade is terrible at wrestling right. Throwing in a feud with Charlotte Or Bianca right away is a bad idea. Jade has charisma and I like looking at her(despite not usually being into muscular girls) but she barely improved in the ring at all during her time in AEW.
 
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The image made it look huge. Google says "Optus Stadium is a multi-purpose venue seating 60,000 people in AFL mode." If it were to sell out potentially some of the seats would not be sold due to cameras and/or entranceway however they would potentially have thousands on the floor. That capacity would be smaller than most if not all NFL stadiums. Still has the potential for a lot of people to attend a wrestling show but not the large number I was expecting given my first impression of the stadium.
 

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You guys do realize Jade is terrible at wrestling right. Throwing in a feud with Charlotte Or Bianca right away is a bad idea. Jade has charisma and I like looking at her(despite not usually being into muscular girls) but she barely improved in the ring at all during her time in AEW.
She has 2 of the 3 things needed to be an absolute star. She has the charisma and the looks in spades. If she learns to work half as well as Zoey Stark, for instance, her and Ripley are going to be the faces of the division for the next 10 years.
 
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Throw Jade right into the fire.she can learn on the fly through Charlotte,Becky,Asuka and the other veterans
 

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i wouldn't throw her in right away. teach her some fundamentals and see how that goes when the Rumble comes around
 

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This entire thing is pretty laughable. Vikingo over MJF and Cody. Orange Cassidy over Cody. LA Knight is somewhere around 130.

Jey Uso is completely unranked. I get he's spent half the year as part of a tag team... But so is Dax, who is ranked (And should be) and is still part of that tag team. Jimmy and Jey are pretty definitively done until after Wrestlemania at the earliest. Pretty sure several other tag team guys are ranked as well.
 
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