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For Great Justice

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  1. 9 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

    What’s the “biggest sport” that doesn’t have a contract with those three networks? I’d presume MLS or one of the individual CFB/cbb conferences? 

    CBS still has the NFL and its share of the NCAA Tournament, right? And CBSSN if you’re into Tuesday Night MACtion (and let’s be honest, who isn’t). I’m not hip on my corporate hierarchies but I think Paramount is free and clear of Disney/Fox/WBD?

    Wow, if WWE wasn’t aware of this development when negotiating their deal, they have to be pissed. Given timing and UFC’s relationship with ESPN they surely were, but winding up on Netflix while basically the entire sports world goes a difference direction, can’t make them feel great.

  2. The press release doesn’t include AEW under “combat sports”, but I don’t know why you’d enter into this JV and not include it?

    https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/02/espn-fox-and-warner-bros-discovery-forming-joint-venture-to-launch-streaming-sports-service-in-the-u-s/?fbclid=PAAaZB9m8TN32bMbk_KKbbqRmMvVPVNsBwD74nGQ5Uk9f9A4w22-duxZfA4bc_aem_Ac1sLHwsZtAGvOjReOD7A2kB_OcuVHjXrVc6RB4I1FCpuAKk5SUC0FDASp7KzK5EP5E&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social

    This could be a very big deal for AEW if this app becomes the center of the sports universe while WWE is over on Netflix

    Thought 2: how would this pass anti-trust laws? I love the concept of “sports only cable” but seems a little monopoly-y

  3. It would be a fun piece of booking if Sting starts the match as AEW/Crow Sting, gets “taken out in the back” by the Bucks halfway through, then re-emerges as Man Called Sting for the sprint to the finish. This also works vice-versa. Seems only right.

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  4. 6 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said:

    It feels like “making it obvious that Cody doesn’t have as much support as 2014 Daniel Bryan” is a strategy with some downsides

    Because let’s be blunt here. Cody’s fans support really isn’t deep enough to cause an open fan rebellion here.

    Yeah I agree with this. Cody fans are like…Astros fans. Lots of recent success, good turnout, it’s a good time. Bryan fans were Phillies fans. It’s just a different deal.

  5. Drew’s promo was so good, made even better by Punk using every trope imaginable beforehand - pointing at the sign, cutting the most Great Value Hard Times promo imaginable, mentioning the local sports team…

    Then just “I prayed for this…and it happened.”

    So good. Punk’s was cheeks.

  6. I don’t at all say this to demean him in any way, but at some point I believe reality has to set in that Punk’s body just isn’t built to be a pro wrestler, not anymore at least. “Skinny fat” jokes aside, I think it’s pretty clear that there’s a physiological thing where his muscles just can’t do the thing his mind is asking them to do. And that sucks. Aging sucks.

    It reminds me Stephen Strasburg, who while taller had a similar build and had to work really hard to stay thin and muscular. Eventually his body just caved.

  7. Just now, Cobra Commander said:

    gotta get the house up for Bossier City going head to head with the Rumble

    With it being effectively Shreveport I’d have expected renowned DVDVR poster Tony Khan to make it a love letter to Mid South, like he did when they were in Memphis, as a counter programming tactic.

    Then I remembered how many are dead, blackballed, or actively hate his product. I guess there’s Hacksaw and Jake. And JR if his contract isn’t up yet.

    Maybe Wardlow puts on a gorilla suit or something. 

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  8. The return of the W-L records and rankings, the associated commentary and even it showing up on the lower third made the show feel like season one AEW and made me smile. You were missed.

    Meanwhile, uh…

    The Butcher vs Kommander vs. Kip Sabian vs. Vikingo?

    Bryan Danielson vs. Yuji Nagata, in Bossier City, Louisiana?!

    Holy shit! Who sent Coach the WAR tapes!? The man is out of control and I love it.

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  9. It would be a very Gunther thing to win the Rumble, choose Seth, then appear on SD to explain to Roman why: he wants him to pass Hogan, then pass Bruno, THEN he will be worthy of Gunther taking his title from him. 

    Fits the character, gets you Gunther/Seth, Punk/Cody and Rock/Roman at Mania and plants the seeds to Roman/Gunther down the line. 

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