Daily Discussion Thread | February 06, 2023
A glowing commendation for all to see
I'm in this with you.
A golden splash of respect
A glittering stamp for a feel-good thing
For an especially amazing showing.
Can't stop seeing stars
- By - tiredsultan
Nick Khan on what kind of a buyer they are looking for: A partner that has more than just deep pockets… a partner that understands the media business and is in the media business, one who understands how to further monetize the media business, one that certainly understands WWE’s IP and product.
- By - wrestling678
[Bloomberg] AEW is also considering starting a streaming service, likely through a deal with its broadcast partner, WBD, according to a person familiar with management’s thinking, who asked not to be named. Last year, AEW broke $100 million in annual revenue for the first time, the person says
- By - sjajsn
We don't need oil money, but ironically oil money might be the only kind of money that would be able to afford the club with the asking price.
Not necessarily. There's a lot of US consortiums that could be interested or Jim Ratcliffe (if he's serious)...
Sure, but if we end up in a bidding war, middle eastern owners are probably going to win
That's definitely true.
The netflix series wasn't great because of the action, it was good because of the character arcs and writing. It really doesn't NEED the mature rating
Agree. I think what's keeping the low expectations from some fans is that they think Disney/Marvel will not change the formula for the show and no confirmation of Karen and Foggy.
EXERCISE YOUR CALLS!!!
Okey, there's something that we don't know, right?
His cooking is that good Fergie don't care about age, he's travelling the country.
Dude, I just want him to lift a last Premier League before...
Swerve to me should be a future World Champ.
He's winning the TNT title this year, at least. He should be the one who defeat Wardlow for it.
I really can’t subscribe to another Wardlow reign, the first was super underwhelming.
Give him the benefit of the doubt. They have a chance to vindicate him.
Dreaming is free.
Love the fred shithousery throughout the 7 minutes of ET
And Rashford wasting like 2/3 minutes by himself
I’m sure the cost savings of running the Orlando DarkZone makes it possible to use all the international & contracted talent they have booked for Supercard.
Hopefully best case scenario is Wednesday's tape of Dark Elevation + Dynamite (and maybe even Dark), and Friday's tape with ROH + Live Rampage.
If they truly respect that, then the Saudis don't fit the criteria.
That's super interesting.
Overall, I think AEW has matchups and segments that can draw, but they also go to a lot of things that don’t draw. There are too many random matches with no build that feature fairly unknown or unbuilt names. Takeshita vs Cage is a good example. No build, and Brian Cage hasn’t done anything in months.
No build? Man, Takeshita literally defended Danielson FROM Cage last week.
Wow the television audience did not want to watch Cage Takeshita, it was a solid number until that, rest of the show did well keeping their audience
It's two guys who are not household names and they were after an Acclaimed's segment. I think it's normal that this drop happened.
So you’re telling me WWE isn’t dying because that what I was told numerous times early in the year lol
Early in the year? Who said that? WWE just did a gigantic Royal Rumble gate and they're pulling monstrous ratings.
Before H took over and aew had major momentum
Well, then there's the answer. People confuse the terms "momentum" with "dying".
Okey, good. The evidence is right there. He shouldn't be close to Carrington.
Wonder if they'd go the WWE "PLE" route with the PPV's or if they'd put them up on a delay, plus if it's own thing through WBD instead of being added to say HBO Max they could just take Honor Club and rebrand it.
No way they do that. A quick estimate of PPVs' revenue is like 20M per year for AEW, no way Tony let that go (unless they strike a better deal with WBD).
It's interesting that it's not joining HBO Max, it's starting a whole new thing.
THIS EPISODE LITERALLY ENDED WITH WARDLOW POWERBOMBING PEOPLE, THAT WAS SO FUCKING BADASS
Translation:
Darby Allin and hardcore matches.
They're putting the rocket on Takeshita, and it's absolutely the right call.