All-Purpose News Thread Part II

[GKJ]

Yeah it was a magical girl inspired gimmick like Sailor Moon.

She teamed up with Chase U one match and they transformed with her. It was pretty funny

I did see that, that was actually pretty cool.

 

[sansabri]

so we could've had a sailor moon gimmick with 3 women. so missed out. so so so missed out

 

[Emperoreddy]

Insider reporting that the new home of NXT most likely will be CW.

Also that it will be a very large increase to what NXT has gotten in the past.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[GKJ]

I saw this



and immediately thought of the CW. That's without the byline since Elon is a turd boy.

 

[Emperoreddy]

It's official. NXT will air on CW starting next October.

 

[Emperoreddy]

NXT's current contract is worth $15 million a year

The CW deal is supposedly over double that.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

NWA fumbling the bag hard. Had a deal with CW to air their show....proceed to run a program where the heels snort cocaine and CW nopes right out and goes to NXT.

 

[Jussi]

NWA fumbling the bag hard. Had a deal with CW to air their show....proceed to run a program where the heels snort cocaine and CW nopes right out and goes to NXT.

Wait, what? Or should I even ask?

 

[GKJ]

Giulia is apparently signed through March.

 

[Jussi]

Giulia is apparently signed through March.

Free to do Mania then...

 

[Fro]

Sportskeeda is reporting WWE updated punks profile...I didn't click the link bc they are more wrong than right

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Vince McMahon plans to unload a big chunk of his shares in WWE parent TKO

McMahon intends to sell 8.4 million of his shares, TKO said in a release Thursday. He owned more than 28 million shares as of August, according to a regulatory filing.

TKO’s stock fell 5% after the closing bell Thursday.

The move could be an indication that McMahon plans to get out of his family business.

 

[Emperoreddy]

His ownership of those stocks and the fact he can dump them without warning is a big reason the TKO stock hasn't been doing well.

Would not shocked me if this is the start of him being forced out for good

I also think everyone involved knew this before the sale and the conspiracy theory that the sale was a 5D chess move to get him back in charge of creative was nonsense.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Sportskeeda is reporting WWE updated punks profile...I didn't click the link bc they are more wrong than right

It was, but apparently it's not that uncommon for alumni pages to get small updates. JR'S was recently as well.

It's basically down to whether you believe SRS who is adamant he isn't coming, or BWE who has stuck to his guns that there is a very good chance it's happening.

Dave seems to have retreated to "anything can happen" land I imagine because he doesn't want to get yelled at by either side of this.

 

[Emperoreddy]

NWA fumbling the bag hard. Had a deal with CW to air their show....proceed to run a program where the heels snort cocaine and CW nopes right out and goes to NXT.

The deal was nearly done and allegedly very lucrative and went down the damn toilet thanks to that cocaine spot.

Just clown shoes shit

 

[Emperoreddy]

Come on Nick, they are already dead.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

so we could've had a sailor moon gimmick with 3 women. so missed out. so so so missed out

I feel like there's no way to say this without it sounding bad but... I don't know if it's on the talent end or the creative end, but WWE's Asian female wrestlers seem very cookie cutter.

Like, Asuka stands out, but Iyo, Kairi, Xia Li... All seem essentially the same. Mia Yim stands out just because she's built like a truck and has blue hair.

 

[Ben Grimm]

TKO stock falls as Vince McMahon plans to sell big chunk of his stake in WWE parent

Vince McMahon plans to sell a substantial chunk of his stake in TKO, the parent company of WWE, the wrestling empire founded by his father.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Sheppy]

I feel like there's no way to say this without it sounding bad but... I don't know if it's on the talent end or the creative end, but WWE's Asian female wrestlers seem very cookie cutter.

Like, Asuka stands out, but Iyo, Kairi, Xia Li... All seem essentially the same. Mia Yim stands out just because she's built like a truck and has blue hair.

There's just very few ways to differentiate yourself. When you look at Kairi, Iyo and Asuka - It's the same style ring attire (aside from Iyo in NXT for a while) - They have to really, really get you with their charisma and in ring ability. Even with Sarray her in ring gear was near identical to the others. (Yes, I understand that's more of their traditional ring attire)

The worst thing they could have done with Asuka was to have her dance around like the Gobbeldy Gooker - She should be a stone cold killer.

That said, Auska is head and shoulders above them in terms of presence. I think her and Iyo are fine, but yeah, It's super tough to get over.

 

[Grackle Party]

NXT heal Iyo was great, all black, great theme. Really a shame how they ruin great presentation on the main roster. So many examples like not using rebel heart etc..

 

[Emperoreddy]

Punk in troll mode today. Posts an IG saying he has "met the devil" and then he replied to Grayson Waller's IG post where Waller makes a pipe bomb reference.

 

[Jussi]

NXT heal Iyo was great, all black, great theme. Really a shame how they ruin great presentation on the main roster. So many examples like not using rebel heart etc..

This has been explained several times before but WWE has moved away from CFO$ themes because there was a whole mess with them re: their producers getting all the royalties and then eventually splitting up, despite WWE trying to sign them as an in-house music producer. It was/is a giant mess and WWE took CFO$'s side by dropping the music they made.

 

[GKJ]

Rumor apparently is that Raw could be headed to FX, which also would come with a change in day I believe

 

[Emperoreddy]

Rumor apparently is that Raw could be headed to FX, which also would come with a change in day I believe

WWE potentially getting that Disney money