Wrestling Thread
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Cincinnati is not a good market these days. Smackdown only did 7.2K back there in October for a 16.2 arena when the yearly average for the show at the time was 11.3K.
And the card for that show included Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Sami Zayn, Bron Brakker. Not exactly overflowing with star power, but Cody is one of the biggest draws in the company. If he can't do better than that in Cincinnati, ain't no one on that AEW roster going to move tickets in Cincinnati.
LA Knight was in a dark match. Only local/semi local was Erik, who is from Cleveland, also in a dark match. I obviously have no idea if either one of them were advertised locally. But Erik isn't selling a single ticket except to friends and family anyway.
I’m going to shoot that guy on Twitter who posted all the unverified rumors to get this nonsense CM Punk conversation started again. Jcup2013 or something like that is his username
CM Punk needs to be nowhere near an AEW ring in the near or far future. Lesson should be sufficiently learned there for both sides.
I thought SRS shot down the WWE “issue” rumors but then he’s posting this today?
He did. The two things aren’t mutually exclusive though.
There's a lot of sincere apologizing, groveling, and ego swallowing Punk would have to do to ever make it work out again, just like what he ended up having to do in WWE.
A 47 year old takes a well-deserved break from the ring and suddenly he's had a falling out with TKO and people are talking about him and AEW again? Sometimes time off is just time off.
It didn't help matters that WWE creative is a mess and had him go out there after WM to cut a promo about how he isn't going anywhere then he proceeds to be off TV for nearly 2 months.
Remember when Joe Hendry was a thing? I don't think WWE even brought him along for the European tour.
How are brackets only possible when it’s a tournament? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tournament without a bracket.
How are you going to have a tournament that has both singles and tag matches in it? Is it going to be two separate brackets? If not, what are you going to do when a tag team advances to face a singles competitor, make the singles competitor have a handicap match? Give them a random tag partner?
Every time this thing is brought up, the more clear it is WWE had put near zero thought into it before announcing it. I don’t even know if you can go as far as saying they had concepts of a plan. Cena had an idea and they said eff it let’s do it instead of saying no to this stupidity.
How are you going to have a tournament that has both singles and tag matches in it? Is it going to be two separate brackets? If not, what are you going to do when a tag team advances to face a singles competitor, make the singles competitor have a handicap match? Give them a random tag partner?
Every time this thing is brought up, the more clear it is WWE had put near zero thought into it before announcing it. I don’t even know if you can go as far as saying they had concepts of a plan. Cena had an idea and they said eff it let’s do it instead of saying no to this stupidity.
Yes. Those of us that feel this way, and there are many, all feel the same about Skip and Stephen A. They're both sports versions Its literally everything that's wrong with sports media and society in general. Shock value and volume rewarded over substance.
Danhausen is ridiculously stupid but somehow entertaining. I have no clue how he got so suddenly embedded in pop culture. Jmo but his crazy ascent will end just as abruptly in the next 6-12 months.
Because he latched on to the Knicks and they had that win streak
Crazy how espn cutting costs but overpaying for mcafee I can’t stand it he’s like the similar of guy fieri on food network
100% correct. A break makes sense but because of his promo, he's now in "where's Wardlow?" territory. He's just a lightning rod and some want drama to encircle him to watch him spiral. We can also ask where Sheamus and Orton are too but I just assume they're considered part-time guys now and will come and go. But no one created a 'scene' for Orton as has happened with Punk this week lol. Latest news is Punk will end up on SD as it goes back to 2 hours.
Punk is indeed a lightning rod, much of it his own fault, while Orton and Sheamus aren’t. As far as Sheamus goes, he’s never been anywhere close to as liked/hated by fans as much as Punk has, both in terms of quantity and veracity. I’m frankly surprised Sheamus wasn’t one of the people the cut.
I think HHH LOVES Sheamus and he's always gotten a reaction. Hell, I love the guy even though there's not a lot left for him except the IC title. Even then, fans want Gable to have it next.
Don’t know whether the guy himself is doing it or it was thought up by the E, but good on whoever decided to do that.
Somehow he was already huge before that. He had an official merch release with the knicks right at the beginning of the playoffs.
Idk how he got so popular in mainstream so fast, but he did.
Agreed. I'll rarely ever criticize someone for doing something for charity. Only time I would is if it's a scam charity or one created to discriminate against others in some capacity - like say if someone had a Nazi charity, for example.