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  1. 39 minutes ago, The Natural said:

    I remember people saying how they enjoyed Asuka/Bayley from NXT TakeOver: Dallas 2016 more on a second viewing, myself included. Asuka/Bayley were unfortunate following Nakamura vs. Zayn. That's still the best NXT swansong from NXT to main roster.

    I think Zayn still holds up as arguably the greatest NXT run of anyone, bar none.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Eivion said:

    Are they paying people less now? I remember a comment years ago Punk made about Shannon Moore being able to afford by a $300K house. Moore would have been a slightly lower position than Enzo during a less money making period, and I would imagine lives a modest lifestyle.

    Moore made about $200K in 3 years of WCW, then worked another 5 years or so in two stints at WWE. If he lived frugally, it's pretty easy to see him having $50K from his WCW run, and $50K/year from WWE.

     

  3. On 4/2/2019 at 6:42 AM, Black Angel said:

    I don't generally get along with them actually. It's mainly because every day after work they'll hit the bars and me and a few other co-workers don't really go out like that. If I drink I drink at house. But for whatever reason they take it hard. Not to mention the endless complaining about having to show up at 8 in the morning for work. Also they should know better than trying to play these jokes since the last time they played these types jokes two of them got their faces kicked in. 

    Hang on. AFD pranks resulted in a violent altercation and not only hasn't the company cracked down, but when another prank gets an angry verbal reaction, they suspend the person the prank was pulled on? What kind of morons run this company and how can I get hired there so I can cash in with an easy 6-figure lawsuit?

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  4. 16 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said:

    Most journalists don't last in the profession until they hit their 40s because it is extremely difficult to find someone who will pay you a livable wage with benefits. I obviously understand your point, but it takes a special kind of person to advocate for worker's rights in someone elses business while at the same time treating your own employees like crap. 

    Ok but again, "can't make a living in this industry" is, I would argue, quite a bit different from "dying decades younger than is normal".

    Whether Meltzer and WO are shitty bosses isn't necessarily as important as the issue that in this instance they are promoting.

  5. Can people really not just read what I wrote, understand the difference between companies with big money behind them paying six figures for exclusive contracts and indies paying 20 bucks and a hot dog for a night's work and deduce that I'm only talking about one of those groups?

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  6. 3 minutes ago, JohnnyJ said:

    Not trying to start with the whataboutism, but wasnt the observer recently accused of not paying writers and giving out free subs in exchange for content? Would love to see what the pension plan looks like. It’s probably buried somewhere in his shed next to the Magee tape.

    How many Observer writers have died in their 40s?

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  7. So are we bringing up AEW/RoH to say that these companies should also be forced to lose "independent contractor" status for workers under exclusive contracts, or are people bringing this up to say that if pushing WWE on this front doesn't also push those companies, it shouldn't be done, because if so, hi, welcome to how this works when you're waging a PR campaign. You target the largest, most visible corporation, the one that sets the standard for the industry, rightly or wrongly, get them to do what you want, and then go after #2 and #3.

    It's why people who've been pushing for $15/hr minimum wages have targeted large fast-food corporations and Amazon. Because if WWE can be profitable while treating fairly with all their workers, (and they absolutely can,) then the rest will fall in line.

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  8. 3 hours ago, AxB said:

    Whereas in the attitude era, they got away from the numerals to hide how long they'd been doing it. X-Seven and all that. In One thousand, nine hundred and sixty five years they're going to have a real problem deciding what to call that year's show. They've already done Wrestlemania 2000.

    Wrestlemania MM, obviously.

  9. My department had to do a mandatory test on some new Google software that my department would use like 20% of, giving us the choice to either spend 12+ hours studying courses we would never use or get in multiple choice guessing hell, where failing meant you couldn't retake the test for 24 hours.

    I found an answer key for 5 euros online, and sent the .pdf to coworkers I liked.

  10. Me five years ago, after Bryan beat up Bray Wyatt in the cage and led the Yes chants on top of it: I could not be any more into a wrestler than I am right now.

    Me last night, after Bryan went on Vince McMahon's television program and made the case, speaking directly to Vince McMahon, that billionaires were immoral: ❤❤❤❤❤

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  11. So tired of motherfuckers in this game who think they're clever headshotting me while I'm fishing.

    They all ride off and I hunt them down and get like seven to one ratios on them before they leave the session cuz if they were any good they wouldn't be bothering fishers in the first place.

  12. 3 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said:

    I know Daniel's being a dick about how he points it out but it's baffling how we're supposed to boo a man who's telling the truth.  All that stuff was accurate and it was sad hearing the crowd cheer about it.  Kind of wish they'd let him find ways to talk about that while as a face so people actually cared.

    Do we need to post the pic of the McMahons in the Oval Office again to remind you who runs this dumb company?

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