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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Zombie Lemur posted:

WWE Junkie using the bloated/blown up Jericho pic for his profile just makes me imagine him looking like that.

every time i see that i think it's brock

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JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

Shard posted:

*HOT SHOTTED*

TEE BAR

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
https://twitter.com/TongueyMeltzer/status/1440622079338971141

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

Source please

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Shard posted:

Source please

https://twitter.com/TongueyMeltzer/status/1440657512022245384

(someone doesn't understand what net worth means)

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


Shard posted:

Source please

I understand there's an invoice doing the rounds.

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


The wildest one for me is the idea that Nyla Rose is getting two million. I mean, I'm sure she does pretty well and she's worth whatever they pay her, but...

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



Absolutely howling at the comments:

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1442531341430444034?s=20

Them: SMACKDOWN DOES BETTER RATINGS THAN AEW!!!
Dave: Well, it'll be a more realistic comparison when SD airs on cable for a bit in Oct.
Them: NO! THAT'S NOT FAIR!!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Lamuella posted:

The wildest one for me is the idea that Nyla Rose is getting two million. I mean, I'm sure she does pretty well and she's worth whatever they pay her, but...

This, plus one of those links has Nyla Rose with a net worth of $5 million while the Bucks have a net worth of $1 million each. I don't know how net worth is calculated, but I would assume the Bucks are higher than most in AEW just with their merch game alone over the past 5-10 years.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Ganso Bomb posted:

This, plus one of those links has Nyla Rose with a net worth of $5 million while the Bucks have a net worth of $1 million each. I don't know how net worth is calculated, but I would assume the Bucks are higher than most in AEW just with their merch game alone over the past 5-10 years.

They spent it all on sneakers.

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

MassRafTer posted:

They spent it all on sneakers.

Never mind, I believe the tweet and all of the links now

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
as far as i've understood most of those net worth articles are complete bullshit

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Yeah I have no idea how you possibly get so high for Nyla unless she had some big money corporate gig before she got into wrestling

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Psycho Mantits posted:

This thread is what prompted me to finally delete my Twitter account, since I realized I spent most of my time on there blocking and/or insulting WWE fanboys when I could be doing literally anything else and it would be more a productive use of my time. So thanks, goons.

It took getting the cops called on me to convince me to give up so you’re ahead of the game.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

flatluigi posted:

as far as i've understood most of those net worth articles are complete bullshit

I think Bryan Alvarez googled his live on one of the shows and it was something absurd like 6 million.

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
...what?
https://twitter.com/redmenace80/status/1442432935819300871

Renaissance Spam
Jun 5, 2010

Can it wait a for a bit? I'm in the middle of some *gyrations*



When you think about it, the Hapsburg dynasty have provided a living to so many WW1 historians...

*edit: I'm probably a coward but this felt like the same joke with a less hyperbolic comparison.

Renaissance Spam fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Sep 28, 2021

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

I can see where the broke brained mental gymnastic link to that, but Jesus Christ.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
https://twitter.com/Burkinator_/status/1442643123482595330

https://twitter.com/Burkinator_/status/1442657993296842754

https://twitter.com/Burkinator_/status/1442658838046445568

BLACKLIVESMATTER Helped get Aubrey Huff and David Portnoy Suspended from Twitter.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

https://twitter.com/Burkinator_/status/1442664497840283654

Spiderdrake
May 12, 2001



All disingenuous clap trap aside: He's right we need at least 1 Hobbs vs Miro title match

cagliostr0
Jun 8, 2020
Please ignore the current tag champs

JT Smiley
Mar 3, 2006
Thats whats up!

cagliostr0 posted:

Please ignore the current tag champs

The current narrative is that AEW doesn't push black wrestlers. Ignore the fact that the majority of that outrage comes from people who happen to not be black themselves.

Q7kid
Jul 24, 2009

cagliostr0 posted:

Please ignore the current tag champs

One of the first tag champs was Black as well. The whole line of attack regarding AEW's supposed racial homogeneity is incredibly disingenuous.

Assenayo
Aug 25, 2021
"Women don't count!!!!"
"Other races don't count!"
"LGBTQ representation doesn't count!"

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

cagliostr0 posted:

Please ignore the current tag champs

dudes like him are just picking up the justifiable 'aew hasn't had a lot of Black talent in major angles' argument that people have had in recent months and broadening it to 'people of color' without putting any further thought into it, or genuinely caring about how said wrestlers are actually getting used in each company. sure, Big E is 'feuding' with Lashley, but he got the title as so much of an afterthought that they didn't even book him on the PPV originally and clearly have no plans for him to continue holding the title in the future

my hot take on the issue is that wrestling in general has been so bad at promoting Black wrestlers that there were very few available outside the indies for aew to hire as the company was being established. they've been good at hiring fresh faces and building them as stars (hobbs, jade, nyla, velvet, scorpio, top flight, private party, acclaimed, sonny kiss, lee johnson) and by all accounts they're continuing in that direction, but they can't really do what they did with punk or danielson and pick people up to slot directly into their title scenes if they're not, like, there to offer contracts to. new day and bianca are probably tied up for a long time to stay in the WWE, but maybe i can hope naomi's contract is up for renewal sometime soon?

Malcolm Excellent
May 20, 2007

Buglord
"Hey... where the brothas at?!"

some 325b white guy with no following or pull on twitter.

El Generico
Feb 3, 2009

Birds revere you and consider you one of their own.

You are welcome in their holy places.
https://twitter.com/CounselorTejada/status/1442672847864877057

They're not stars and AEW isn't succeeding until someone gets a shampoo endorsement gig.

bebaloorpabopalo
Nov 23, 2005

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

AEW wrestlers are not in commercials so I hate them now, actually :(

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

top flight in a cage match with lucha bros sounds like some hype fuckin booking.

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

kidcoelacanth posted:

AEW wrestlers are not in commercials so I hate them now, actually :(

Peter Avalon was :smith:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
https://twitter.com/Burkinator_/status/1442691395018428419

So invested in AEW's black talent that I don't even know their names

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

El Generico posted:

They're not stars and AEW isn't succeeding until someone gets a shampoo endorsement gig.

Like Booker TEdge!

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





tbf this is the article which that Burke chap is using to back up their claims https://twitter.com/ThisIsNasty/status/1441380646245470210?s=19

(source for the data in there, for the record: https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1440039602681630730?s=19)

and I will very much take this with a grain of salt because (a) it's Forbes, which is a capitalist rag (b) Vincels are all over the replies in that first tweet, but it does seem like better qualitative data about viewer demographics than any of us have had before now

that said, the whole argument about AEW being extremely white is a fallacious one imo, especially considering WWE's history of systemic racism

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Based on the actual stats it's less that AEW struggles to attract black viewers (their %s match the overall population) and more that black viewers are overrepresented in WWE's demos compared to the overall population.

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.



Full Gear 2019. First defense of the tag titles. SCU vs Private Party vs Lucha Bros. But I'm sure he's not counting Mexican people.

Lamuella fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Sep 28, 2021

DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011

Venomous posted:

tbf this is the article which that Burke chap is using to back up their claims https://twitter.com/ThisIsNasty/status/1441380646245470210?s=19


this guy's feed is just a stream of weirdo poo poo

https://twitter.com/ThisIsNasty/status/1441553034857762823?s=20

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Naomi should turn heel and join the Bloodline because maybe then she'd get actual screentime. Or I dunno, we can keep having her shunted off in a one minute backstage segment every couple of weeks. I guess that's progressive too

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Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





isn't the Fox channel that broadcasts Smackdown the one that's still owned by Murdoch? Lmao @ distinguishing between that and Fox News as if it means anything

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