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American Dragon

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Freaking Jericho made me pop for The List’s return. I couldn’t help it! I’m such a mark.
You just made the list is good stuff.

But it’s funny because he had that clipboard and I was like “Does he have a list?!” Then he says he has a contract. But he swerved us and had a list.
 
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A whole slew of matches just got pulled by TNA because TNA doesn’t want their wrestlers going up against AEW anymore to appease WWE and the TNA wrestlers are pissed over it.

TNA signs everyone to cheap pay per appearance deals then pulls them from matches to cost them money.

Screws over the indies.

Does nothing to benefit TNA

Does nothing to benefit the impacted wrestlers

Imagine letting WWE turn you into a heel company when you should be the scrappy underdog.

This is why TNA will always and forever be LOLTNA.
 

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A whole slew of matches just got pulled by TNA because TNA doesn’t want their wrestlers going up against AEW anymore to appease WWE and the TNA wrestlers are pissed over it.

TNA signs everyone to cheap pay per appearance deals then pulls them from matches to cost them money.

Screws over the indies.

Does nothing to benefit TNA

Does nothing to benefit the impacted wrestlers

Imagine letting WWE turn you into a heel company when you should be the scrappy underdog.

This is why TNA will always and forever be LOLTNA.
So people will stop signing with TNA then?
 

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It'll be interesting to see how TNA plays out over the next few years. Do they make it at all, who do they work with if any. They aren't for me right now, but I hope it works out for them.
 
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One of the biggest indies operating today might not even book TNA talent moving forward now. This is why you don’t pull the BS TNA did, especially when their wrestlers aren’t under full-time contracts paying them a living wage. TNA literally potentially costing their talent money into perpetuity by pulling this stunt.



“Working with talent on an independent level, after clearing everything, and doing business, only to have said talent pulled after the fact, high or low profile, gives me zero reason to work with anyone from said company making said arrangements.

“Abysmal dogshit.

“When you have an understanding and it gets cleared, all parties involved have weighed risks. To get it cleared by multiple channels and by multiple companies, to then have said company go BACK on it, is garbage, and a Memorial show at that.”
 
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It’s going to be just like the last couple of Cal years. Cloud over everything. People fighting about him on every thread on this whole board. Going to be awful.
It will be like that until we can get back to a final four or win a title and it will only get worse every year until one of those things happen. A new coach will get a pass year one and then better deliver or Cat Paw gonna ***** a lot.
 

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With Leon Slater being pulled from the Ricochet match at the Hitchcock Memorial Show because TNA/WWE are being some baby back bitc*es, Tony Khan should send in a legit wrestler to face Ricochet and rack up some more big PR/good vibe points. Even get the word out that he’s covering the cost for the replacement since surely any legit AEW guy is going to cost more than Leon Slater.
 

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TNA got rid of some taping dates so they can pay their talent less since virtually everyone is on a per appearance deal.

 

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Carlos Silva himself said they pulled their talent from the matches because of partner conflicts. Even the wrestling news sites are reporting people within TNA believe it’s because of WWE.
Grain of salt - some of those dirt sheets are clickbait and just stir the iwc pot

I don’t care either way about that jd guy but he talks loud and every other work is fkin I mean I get his schtick is some ny guy but a lot of people dig it so he leans into it
 

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Carlos Silva himself said they pulled their talent from the matches because of partner conflicts. Even the wrestling news sites are reporting people within TNA believe it’s because of WWE.
WWE has a little show of their own in 10 days. I doubt they care who MJF or Ricochet wrestles at some indie event. They also don't run TNA. We're nearing a point where you're going to blame WWE if the toaster burns your strawberry pop tart.
 

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WWE has a little show of their own in 10 days. I doubt they care who MJF or Ricochet wrestles at some indie event. They also don't run TNA. We're nearing a point where you're going to blame WWE if the toaster burns your strawberry pop tart.
Even Coachman was blaming WWE on the radio today. Who knows if it is true, but there several big names saying that.
 

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Oh if this is on the espn part man that’d be great


If I were WWE, I think I might have had that match kick the whole thing off on Saturday. Have them beat the snot out of each other and push the viewers to get the app hooked up after watching that the first night.
 

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If I were WWE, I think I might have had that match kick the whole thing off on Saturday. Have them beat the snot out of each other and push the viewers to get the app hooked up after watching that the first night.
Ya but I think with a 2 day event people see night 1 as the appetizer and day 2 as the main event so I can see why maybe they went that route.
 

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Question for the engineers? How do they pull off the translucent roof? I know the Astrodome tried that first and it just blinded everyone.
 

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I don't see any way they let Lesnar win. Oba already is one of the best pops they have and they just can't kill that momentum. There is no storyline I can envision that needs Brock to win at this point. Oba needs the win to position himself as the beast in WWE (no pun intended).
 

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I don't see any way they let Lesnar win. Oba already is one of the best pops they have and they just can't kill that momentum. There is no storyline I can envision that needs Brock to win at this point. Oba needs the win to position himself as the beast in WWE (no pun intended).
I could see Gunther getting involved to help Brock win to further the story of Heyman and Brock owing Gunther a favor to set up the Gunther/Brock Summerslam Brock retirement match that has been rumored.
 

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Don’t know enough about his speaking to have an intelligent opinion on it. That guy is kind of all aura, as the kids might say. He’s like when Lesnar came up. It’s there, whatever it is.

he might end up needing a mouthpiece but I’ve only seen him literally four or five times.
 

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Damian Priest going on an interview today and saying the Pat McAfee stuff sucks

Pat McAfee’s big surprise announcement on national TV is apparently just 25% off WrestleMania tickets.

McAfee still a bigger focal point in the main event feud than one of the guys that’s actually going to be doing the damn wrestling.

WWE trying to sell tickets and McAfee telling fans it’s *** and to stay home for the Sunday show.

Does anyone in this stupid *ucking company have a brain?
 
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