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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Gumball Gumption posted:

Tony Khan puts on a Willy Wonka like contest to find the best fan booker and gift them money

he should hire some of the doom posters in the AEW thread to put on a show worse then wwe

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RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
who else is rich and likes wrestling? max landis? there's gotta be more

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

blunt posted:

Nathan Jones. Mordercai. Kizarny. Hidenreich.

Man the mid 2000s were wild.

Jackson Andrews

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Pamela Springstein posted:

who else is rich and likes wrestling? max landis? there's gotta be more

Yeah the wrestling wars needs a new tna

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
Thinks It's All Real
WWE has certainly released video games with fired wrestlers on it. What is the grace period where that is still allowed? Like I would imagine they just have to technically pay the person for their likeness.

But I’d you are a masked wrestler, what’s to stop them from putting you in the game and not paying you if WWE owns the character and look? Or going the Fake Razor/Diesel rout where they use the same gimmick, but the person just looks nothing like them.

Tweak
Jul 28, 2003

or dont whatever








I hope the Nia Jax release is because Rock told them he can't make Wrestlemania

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Quantum of Phallus posted:

he should hire some of the doom posters in the AEW thread to put on a show worse then wwe

AEW Souled Out

*cues the porno funk and Hogan*

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
earlier today https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1456370859141181453

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

The probably fired Nia to placate Charlotte

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

2K22 devs are one more round of releases away from going "Okay fine, we'll just release the character creator and let you make your own drat roster!"

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Quantum of Phallus posted:

you would need another crazy fan with loads of money like BBT to bankroll a mythical third big company. and I just can’t see that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n667OlRba3U

THATS DEADLOCK'S MUSIC

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
I'm picturing a scenario where someone gives Jim Cornette the money to start a new promotion and it's just 2 hours of every godwaful 1980's wrestling trope you can imagine

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

Rhonne posted:

2K22 devs are one more round of releases away from going "Okay fine, we'll just release the character creator and let you make your own drat roster!"

This year YOU are the bookers! You are the creators! Seriously please make our game we haven't seen our families in 2 years

blunt
Jul 7, 2005

Drakkel posted:

I'm picturing a scenario where someone gives Jim Cornette the money to start a new promotion and it's just 2 hours of every godwaful 1980's wrestling trope you can imagine

NWA POWERRRRRRRR?

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

That DICK! posted:

the aggression towards him is insane to me. he's far and away the most entertaining performer ive ever seen live and his tweets were cause for pity, not mockery.

It's truly one of the weirder things here.

He wasn't even THAT bad on the main roster, they just put him in bad gear and gave him bad music. He had a ton of bangers on NXT less than a year ago.

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!
Man it really is incredible that they went on an investor call and announced they were making SO much money they actually made more profit than they figured they would make, and then an hour later fired like 30 people for "budget cuts"

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



WWE is sick of people referring to mostly a bunch of WCW guys as the Smackdown Six

Psychepath
Apr 30, 2003

Rhonne posted:

2K22 devs are one more round of releases away from going "Okay fine, we'll just release the character creator and let you make your own drat roster!"

Of the 2k Battlegrounds roster, released September of last year, around 85 of 142 playable characters are either retired, dead, not real, or in AEW.

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Drakkel posted:

Man it really is incredible that they went on an investor call and announced they were making SO much money they actually made more profit than they figured they would make, and then an hour later fired like 30 people for "budget cuts"

Gotta make those record breaking profits even more record breaking!

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Lamuella posted:

So Keith Lee is, like, the easiest pickup in the world for AEW, right?

AEW has an embarrassment of riches already. Where would they put him?

Not to say he wouldn't be great in AEW.

Liquid Communism
Mar 9, 2004

коммунизм хранится в яичках

flatluigi posted:

keith lee should retire for his health

At very least take some time off, cut some weight, and figure out just how much his heart can handle before going back to wrestling full time.


Poor bastard. Got COVID doing what the E demanded of him, then got a rib gimmick and released after he couldn't go as hard after the heart problems it caused.

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

AEW has an embarrassment of riches already. Where would they put him?

Not to say he wouldn't be great in AEW.

Lio's heavy. But yeah that roster is pretty crowded.

Fluffy Bunnies
Jan 10, 2009

I'm glad keith lee is free and nia jax is gone

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
markets really like job cuts. they assume companies will make similar money while cutting costs. capitalism, the best system of allocating resources there is.

bebaloorpabopalo
Nov 23, 2005

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.
crazy how keith lee has so many doctors and they all post on this forum

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

Rick posted:

It's truly one of the weirder things here.

He wasn't even THAT bad on the main roster, they just put him in bad gear and gave him bad music. He had a ton of bangers on NXT less than a year ago.

People got mad at him for posting "Hey sorry I'll tell you what's up with me when I can" like 4 times. That cancels out years of good wrestling

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

personally i turned on keith lee when he started talking about how much he likes tom macdonald

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
Now that's fair

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
I wonder if there's another billionaire wrestling fan who wants to start a company. There's certainly enough free agent talent to form a solid roster.

Drakkel
May 6, 2007

IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

I wonder if there's another billionaire wrestling fan who wants to start a company. There's certainly enough free agent talent to form a solid roster.

I feel like Elon Musk would be stupid/insane enough to try it but then he'd probably try to pay the wrestlers entirely in dogecoin or some poo poo

Hirez
Feb 3, 2003

Weber scored 49 points?

:allears: :allears: :allears:
Is BBT an only child?

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Vince got inspired when he heard ROH was releasing their whole roster.

FUCKFACE MORON
Apr 23, 2010

by sebmojo

Hirez posted:

Is BBT an only child?
I think he has a sister

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

bebaloorpabopalo posted:

crazy how keith lee has so many doctors and they all post on this forum

lol

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/_denisesalcedo/status/1456418131040108545

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Drakkel posted:

I feel like Elon Musk would be stupid/insane enough to try it but then he'd probably try to pay the wrestlers entirely in dogecoin or some poo poo

I know what a South African is going to out do Vince at

CopywrightMMXI
Jun 1, 2011

One time a guy stole some downhill skis out of my jeep and I was so mad I punched a mailbox. I'm against crime, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
As one of Keith Lee’s doctors I will let you know* that he needs a clear bill of cardiac health before he should wrestle.





*gently caress respecting his privacy, we can do one HIPPA violation per year

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.

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

AEW has an embarrassment of riches already. Where would they put him?

Not to say he wouldn't be great in AEW.

He is far and away the biggest black free agent in wrestling now and the first straight up black main eventer AEW have access to which has been a sore spot for a bit.

maruhkati
Sep 29, 2021

NAZ REID
https://twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1456417114848333835

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Teddybear
May 16, 2009

Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!



WWE just leaves a path of wrestler destruction in its wake.

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