Official WWE/ECW/WCW/TNA talk, or whatever v2

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Giving these guys a monopoly will be awful for wrestlers.

Just like it was last time.

[rubecube]

BD gets it.

While playing up AEW’s identity as a “challenger brand” rather than a legitimate competitor, Danielson continued to act mystified by the approach TKO/WWE is taking toward his current employer. But he did lay out one reason many believe the larger outfit wants to limit AEW’s growth or end their existence entirely: wrestler compensation. In the process, he makes a big claim about how much of its revenue AEW pays out to talent:

“AEW existing and being this challenger brand and being as successful as we’ve been has changed the landscape for wrestling for the wrestlers themselves.

“Wrestlers are being paid more now than ever. From a sports rights perspective — so for example, most major sports in the United States, the players get anywhere between 40% to 50% of the revenue. And WWE was paying their wrestlers nowhere close to that…

“AEW does pay that 40% to 50% of their revenue to their wrestlers and despite making much less money. I mean, our TV rights deal was incredible, but we’re still the challenger brand catching up on however many years WWE’s had. But they do have to pay more, because if they don’t, the talent is going to leave and go to AEW. AEW does pay that 40% to 50% of their revenue to their wrestlers. You know, despite making much less money. I mean… our TV rights deal was incredible, but we’re still the challenger brand catching up on however many years WWE has.”

[Yanda]

Just getting caught up on worlds collide, the suicide dive from Laesca was awesome.

Here is the clip,

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...uge_tope_dive/

[TheIronMaiden]

With WrestleMania confirmed in Saudi Arabia, it makes me wonder how long before the super bowl is hosted there.

[LIP MAN]

Pretty excited for the weekend. Hate that the brands are overlapping but there’s 2 solid cards this Saturday. Funny enough seeing a lot of people talking about AJ Lee negatively. Not sure why, she was a trendsetter for the division and now there’s a really great division on almost every promotion.

[LIP MAN]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

With WrestleMania confirmed in Saudi Arabia, it makes me wonder how long before the super bowl is hosted there.

Oh man, say it ain’t so. But I could totally see it. Wonder if a Eurasian division ever happens in my lifetime.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

With WrestleMania confirmed in Saudi Arabia, it makes me wonder how long before the super bowl is hosted there.

I'd think London first, but probably sometime down the road.

[Blaster86]

Once it happens in London (and it will), Saudi Arabia will be very close behind it.

[SuperMatt18]

I don't know if a Super Bowl will...it's too big of a showcase for the league and their sponsors to potentially go to Saudi for that. As well as the time change.

WWE can make it work.

[darockwilder]

This guy in the Flames jersey in the front row is getting a ton of camera time on Dynamite tonight.

[LIP MAN]

All Out was fantastic top to bottom. Now on to Palooza. Been an okay show so far. I still hate all these ads, I feel like a urinal video ad just exploded on my TV.

[dammage79]

Little bit of ring rust for AJ Lee but it worked. That black widow submission is the RKO of submissions. Can happen out of nowhere.

[mr_luck07]

This is the earliest an inductee for the next year's HOF class been announced IIRC.

[CaptainCrunch]

That Iyo Stephanie was a contender for match of the year.


The AJ Punk Seth Becky match was a hell of a lot of fun, I think I would be positive that TJ booked that match, it had a ton of call backs to the old Stampede Wrestling tag team matches.


Yeah, AJ was really rusty at the start, but she settled down, I'm amazed on that table collapse that she didn't break something.


Pretty fun ppv though.