> I think this too.
> Got to keep him happy so he doesn't start spilling beans on the McMahon family.
> That's where im at. I think it was legit. They've just offered him a bunch of money to come back because they have no confidence in their star power.
> It's all for Unreal. They create storylines and work people just so they can show how clever they are on their behind the scenes totally not scripted Netflix documentary show.
Can't wait for more random, shuffled 10-man tags, Death Jitsu tags, Young Cucks doing whatever, wrestlers losing their debuts, zero direction for anyone in the women's division, etc. Make sure you watch the good guys on Wednesdays.
^ Literal top comment on the thread.
> It’s crazy how far they have leaned into trying shape public opinion around endless greed and labor suppression. But then again look at who they feature openly in their Hulk Hogan documentary
Did you know ROH is on tonight and you don't have to watch the Fed?
Blackpool Combat Club / Death Riders formed: March 2022
Judgment Day formed: April 2022
Bullet Club: 14 years
DX: 4 years
nWo: 5 years
> I feel bad but i can't take this guy seriously
> They ducked up his look. He went from 90s teen comedy bully with the mullet to butch Backstreet Boys fangirl.
> They nerfed his look but the bigger issue is going to be his moveset. I bet they won’t let him do half the shit he does on the indies and that’s kind of his whole selling point.
> Awe yes. The WWE special..... /looks at Stardom Giulia.
> He has one of the worst looks I've ever seen in wrestling.
> Presenting Kroos as this world beating tough guy is not the move. They should've introduced him as an an unanassuming job talent
> I think it's so funny they made him look like a super annoying fortnite streamer
> To me, he looks nothing like how a wrestler should look like.
> I just don’t know why they have him looking like a 2000 Backstreet Boy.
> It's ...fat bastard with a bowl cut? Help me, I'm old.
> Protecting the burgers in catering from him
> Are they protecting the catering?
Bodyshaming is OK when it's the Fed, btw.
> You guys could watch any other promotion . Some of them even have wrestlers do the wrestling.
> We all know we live in hell, but it's amazing the ways they find to make it heller.
> So Darby Allin is defending the AEW world championship on dynamite tomorrow, might watch that instead of caring about this
> Folks, things are only going to degrade from here on out. I hope you're prepared.
> The schadenfreude of watching this company continually step on their dick when it comes to creative choices like this will never not entertain me.
> Look i barely keep an eye on stuff now. Usually i check out things posted here or on instagram.
> Holy fuck they have run out of ideas.
> fuck me if I ever watch even a minute of the shite they put out.
You know, Dementia Dave and Lyin Bryan may have been incorrect about everything, but I'm totally going to trust them on this. And you should, too. Why? Fed Bad, of course. Continue to allow them to think for you. Lap it up, sickos.
> Basically they wanted to use John for something on Backlash and announced something that hasn’t even been figured out
> I think after the recent releases and news of the paycuts, they just wanted some positive PR.
> they came up with it five minutes before the announcement lmao
> Always smart to try and cook something you don't know the recipe for lol
> So Cena is passionate enough about it to put his name on it but they don’t know what ‘it’ is? Maybe he should have known his why and been more authentic… Well he is and always has been a corporate stooge so this is actually incredibly on brand
> I feel like they had John come up with something after the Club WWE announcement leaked as being for Backlash and got a negative reaction
> The company really just finds way to make themselves worse and worse every week. They had nothing planned for Cena's appearance and wanted him there to sell tickets and enhance ESPN subscriptions.
> A very WWE move of announcing something then having to figure out how it’ll work
> I’m thinking about getting into AEW now that WWE is going down the corporate trash route. Can someone give me a quick overview on how AEW works such as the shows, ppvs, championships, main storylines etc.
> I’ve been watching wrestling since I was a kid. I watched WWE exclusively when I was child before watching TNA back when they had Aj styles, jay lethal, Scott Steiner, angle, etc. Than I took a long hiatus until about 3 years ago when I started watching WWE again. But with all of the corporate TKO meddling and ADs I’m thinking about giving AEW a shot. So I want an overview so that I’m not going in blindly.
Updoots to the left please
wanna help TKO/Endeavor pay off their debts from their other failed ventures? buy a ridiculously overpriced ticket today! And be safe in the knowledge that as little as possible is going to go to the actual wrestlers!
Y’all gotta stop attending these shows smh. Stop giving TKO your money!
Perhaps the Fed has successfully used this device with Finn-Liv, Finn-Roxanne, El Grande Americano, Heyman-Aldis, B-Fab-Jade and many other feuds and storylines over the last couple of years ... but we are in a Fed Bad-a-thon right now ... so with Austin Theory and Maxxine Dupri talking, the top upvoted comment must be a Fed Bad otherwise the thread cannot exist.
That shit is NOT gonna go anywhere
They just do this to create online hype.
Feels like there's been a million of these background talking scenes in recent years and none of them have mattered
Nobody will ever care about either of them in any capacity. Who cares that Maxxine was crazy over just three months ago and Theory was crazy over when it looked like he was splitting with Waller?
Lazy Triple H booking
Sure, NXT has only done one in its entire existence.
But the main topic we need to discuss -- highest upvoted, of course -- on next week's card post is whether there will be another. I'm biting my nails, shaking, shitting and pissing myself.
No reason to discuss the matches or storylines. DAE Fed Bad for AI infultrating every part of NXT?
Something the Fed has never done.
She didn't just win the Royal Rumble and then win the women's championship in a great match at WrestleMania just a few years ago. She isn't the most trusted locker room veteran to work with young talent. The Fed doesn't support her new women's training academy. She isn't a 4-time women's champion, NXT champion, two-time tag team champion and the FIRST grand slam and triple crown champion in Fed history.
Nah, she needs a "proper" run with the tag team titles alongside Mercedes unlike their long reigns in the Fed.
She badly needs a change of scenery. She'll get treated like the star she is.
I mean, lets be honest, if theres anyone who feels like they have a foot out the door rn its Bayley who can join AEW with Mercedes to win the tag championship and become a major star.
It feels like bayleys the one that took the 50% pay cut. Considering how generous she is I would believe it
They've lowballed her already, haven't they?
She is someone in desperate need of a change of scenery.
I feel like if she does she'll really get some flowers long overdue.
They’ll lowball when the contact is up for renewal.
Morale must be in the toilet right now.
Damn got excited for a sec that she was leaving too
She gone
#shegone
now go get paid to have fun with your friends please lol
They clearly have no plans for her
I think Bayley is heading out too judging by that. Probably lowballed her as well
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I’m sure he has an excuse for every scummy thing TKO has done.
If there's anyone who would still consider himself a lifer after all the shit TKO pulled, it's Seth.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's Seth Rollins. Dude is such a mark for Triple H and WWE, to the point that he'd probably do this for the company he loves.
Given his love and devotion to Hunter I’m just gonna assume it’s Seth
Sure, he's still a huge star and his only appearances have been WrestleMania for 10 total minutes and Backlash next to his literal home in Tampa ... and sure ... he told us a half-dozen times that he signed a WWE contract and would be around often doing ambassador work just like this ... but ugh he's going to be on screen for the third time in five months!!!
Fed should not be using him for anything. Especially their business interests!
> Gotta pop that rating at all costs
> Surprising since we were told we'd never see him again
> This news is 100% going to be some new way for TKO to squeeze more money out of fans. Some new Club WWE exclusive or whatever.
> The history making news will be having to pay an extra fee to watch WWE on Netflix and for the first time ever... TKO is going to negotiate a restructed contract with your favorite Superstars LIVE ON PLE!!!!
> We can’t miss you if you never leave.
> You may as well not be retired if you're gonna come back every PLE.
> The senior that just won’t leave after graduation.
> WWE must be hella desperate to drive those ticket sales up after Wrestlemania flopping hard both in ticket prices, and fan reception, and John Cena loves WWE too much to not help out
> "Please tune into this show nobody remembers is happening"
> So desperate he has to show up for every PLE
It would certainly be better if Reigns were wrestling MFT members and midcarders in singles and trios matches every Monday and Friday for no reason like Jon Moxley does with Don Callis Family and random midcarders, right?
> DOA. That's not good.
> His pose is so fucking lame!
> I never have been sure what people see in this guy. There’s absolutely nothing interesting about him. Just another generic undersized douchey white guy indie heel. They’re a dime a dozen.
(Ricky Saints is Black.)
> Brian Christopher level pop
> Shocking amount of zero reaction
> His AEW theme was so much better
> That no pop for Saints
> God he sucks so much. I don't get what people see in this dude
> His whole segment was cringe.
> When put in the sink or swim position he's always sunk
(Did he not have a "five-star" match with Bryan Danielson?)
> Dude is hella corny and is nowhere near as good in the ring or on the mic as he thinks he is.
> Getting away from WWE is the answer. Whether its AEW, NJPW, TNA, or whatever. I found it extremely refreshing to watch a wrestling show that wanted its viewers to enjoy wrestling.
> I'm starting to come to grips with the fact that this company is increasingly just not for me. // You have plenty of options to turn to, trust me not watching WWE anymore will save your sanity and your finances better.
> Welp boys and girls, I've been done but now I'm DONE DONE.
> Because the product isn’t quite unwatchable enough yet.
> Lol keep it coming. Keep giving people more reasons to not watch this shitty product.
> No. If he joins I'm legitimately done with WWE. I don't want him anywhere near my sports or my entertainment. I'm a longtime SAS hater, so take that for what you will. But dear god. Please no
> Nows a great time to stop watching WWE, guys. They're making it easier and easier.
Clearly all the money the Fed saved went to Triple Nose. (Top comment, of course.) Because employee pay and talent pay are definitely the same bucket of income.
They didn't spend any of it on the 11 NXT wrestlers who got main roster contracts, free agent signings like Royce Keys, Evil and Paige in the last few months alone.
HHHimler fired a bunch of people just so he could get more money!
F the Fed. F TKO. F HHH.
> Was just about to comment this. They took the money from those salaries to fund Triple H’s contract. Robbed Peter to pay Paul.
> How dare you point out the Fed signed people ... Please continue to stand up for the bajillion dollar corporation who cut a bunch of well liked people, including one of the most beloved women in the business today, all to improve their profit margins. How's that boot taste? Nom nom on that boot.
> "He's totally here forever, guys!" wink - Nick Khan, probably
> Holy shit.. I’m sure HHH deserves the new contract and presumably the raise that comes with it, but pick your time on the announcement here guys. Announcing the guy who probably gave the names of all the job losses gets a raise just a day after is embarrassingly shoddy PR.
> That being an announcement is tone deaf as fuck
What do you mean it wasn't an announcement? It was an internal conversation that was leaked to the media? When Fed Badding, There's no difference.
> That's unfortunate.
> Its always the employee who struggles the most while the employers just hoard the money. Sad sad world we live in
> Triple H is the perfect fall guy for all of TKO’s fuck up’s. Idk how people don’t see that the guy who built up NXT where he provided them with spectacular matches when wwe was doing absolute shit is suddenly writing trash television.
> New Era coming soon?
> Annoucing this days after cutting 20 people is a fucking joke.
> And I bet he continues to dig in his ass.
> Well we know this isn’t merit based.
> Is it wrong if I comment on this even tho I don’t even watch or support WWE anymore. No right, fuck both these guys.