The only thing I can see is that it replaces a PLE. There are no PLE’s scheduled in December that I saw on the schedule so this likely is taking the place of one and the Day One PLE hasn’t been announced for 2025 so it may not happen which would leave December and January without PLE’s. When they start releasing next years schedule, it should be interesting to see if they leave some months without a big show so this can take its place, as they need to do 1 per quarter.
I’m interested to see what they do with this, if it’s treated like a PLE with meaningful stuff or if it’s just a show because NBC wanted a show.
I know a lot of you, most of you probably, just want a TV deal, but the business aspect of it all interests me. It’s why I disagree about ratings not mattering, ratings bring the advertisers, advertisers bring the money, the money keeps the show going.
For anyone wondering about TruTV, the current plan is to turn it into a sports focused channel, NASCAR has agreed to a deal with WBD putting 5 races on TNT but TruTV will have all practice and qualifying for the next 10 years if I read the deal right. Some College Football and Basketball is also coming, WBD also has the rights to the French Open. So I guess they’re going to spend that NBA money to bring in different cheaper sports.
I really wanted PPV’s to become PLE’s on MAX, it could still happen but who knows. I am concerned a bit about the claim it would only be two shows, but three networks, unless TruTV is simulcasting some stuff. Otherwise it makes no sense, but three networks, and three shows, and apparently a Shockwave is coming.
170 million a year is great, should just about cover the costs of Final Countdown for the rest of Bryan’s run. I kid, this is great, nobody except WWE has seen huge amounts of money for Wrestling. I don’t care for needles and grocery bag suffocation’s but AEW is desperately needed to counter the WWE’s monopolistic ways.
The thing about shopping another broadcast package though is quite interesting, especially with those FOX (or Tubi) rumors a week ago.
Going through those stages of grief, I can’t wait to see how he processes it and uses it, and on whom he does use it.
Also… what’s the deal with the Summary being just a German YouTube advertisement, lol.
She’s been on a really crappy roller coaster lately not just the year and half long absence but the closing of her promotion too and now this, I hope she comes back stronger.
Do concussions really take weeks to recover from?
We now know it’s a traumatic brain injury that causes them, sometimes with permanent damage and over time it leads to CTE which leads in a lot of cases to a lower quality of life, dementia, Alzheimer’s and other problems. Look at Bryan Danielson, he had so many concussions, at least 10 in WWE, that it was causing seizures, he got cleared by one doctor but WWE’s refused to clear him, so he saw a different doctor that found the brain lesion that forced his retirement.
Is this just precautionary?
So I looked into the testing, right now most football teams are using SCAT5 testing, a combination of baseline testing, questions and symptoms, and then retesting to compare against the baseline. Sometimes they do brain scans/EEG’s. So some of it is still precautionary, but mostly they just know how to test for it now. Typically the more you have the more they make you wait before clearing you.
Or is it a result of new research since 2007?
Definitely a lot more is known about it now. People like Christopher Nowinksi have made understanding this their life’s work. Nowinski claimed he worked for a whole year with post-concussion symptoms for WWE before retiring, and also said he had a 3-year long headache, which is part of why he took it so serious.
Where used to we’d just tell people to “walk it off” we now know better if they are showing symptoms.
But, I think you can also point to money being a reason they take it more serious now, a group of Retired NFL players sued the NFL because apparently the NFL knew about concussions and what they were doing but didn’t step in and do anything. They settled out of court for 875 Million and the NFL never had to go to discovery to find out what they knew. Those that died from CTE got something like 5mm, the ones with Dementia got something like 3 or 4 as did the ones with Alzheimer’s.
Why not, it seems like a fun idea and might get some Jags fans to tune into a Dynamite.
I’d kind of like to see them do a whole Rampage this way, tape two or three matches, then have the broadcast booth interview people like it’s the Game Day stage before the game. I see some fun in that.
PWInsider says it’s not a work. :'(
WWE certainly makes me feel better about my light hoarding…
The Fist, I get it, the Mordecai cross sure, Cena’s chain yeah that’s cool at Mania Access…
But, why the hell do they need to keep a milk hose or 15 godfather hats or old referee shirts… it’s a little odd.
It certainly incentives… something…
I get why they want to do it, but I think it hurts them in cordcutter land.
I don’t like the new logo, also really pissed about that 30 day delay from TV to streaming on Peacock, who the hell does that even remotely benefit?
CW here we come… they have a habit of this with shows, they pump them full of bigger talents heading into and just after getting them onto a new network then slowly back them into whatever mold they want.
TK better be paying Smart Mark Sterling some good retainer money, they might end up in court with Court… assuming his head doesn’t explode, lol.
700 for the console, 80 for the Disc drive, and who knows what for the vertical stand on top of that. You are looking at probably 800 USD before any sales tax to get it all. Then you have to pay another 80-160 a year for a PS+ level, it just feels greedy.
The AI upscaling had best be top notch if they want these things to sell, because I’m not seeing a lot of reasons to upgrade from the base model here.
It doesn’t even have a frelling disc drive, get out of here.
WWE had no choice in the matter really, who makes a deal with a 2 month gap like that? That just came across as goofy to me and USA had all the leverage. I just hate it for people like Otis and it’s probably bad for Not so Spooky Witches/Jade & Bianca as the women’s tag teams are probably the first to be cut.
They can’t have the SmackDown slot, Fox already sold it to college sports and the UFL which will bring in more ad revenue than wrestling.
I’d love for them to be on FOX though, I always thought it was crazy that AEW were trying to put all their eggs into one basket.
Current rumors flying around are it’s possibly a streaming show for FOX’s Tubi service, if so I’d guess it’s likely to be a lot like AEW Dark or Rampage, something they can pair with Collision the way they do Rampage with Dynamite.
Personally Shockwave sounds like the name of a PPV to me, but we shall see.
Also… I love the crazy theories. Reminds me of the stuff back in the old forum days.
Based on All Out, it looks like the BCC wants to do the job, and I don’t want it to be Mox.
I think there are four members of the roster I’d personally be happy with…
Wheeler Yuta, not a good talker, but he’s got great ring work and facial expressions also maybe a member of the BCC so if his BCC feud is the end this would work for me.
Jack Perry, might as well go all in on him if you want him to take that next level, but he needs to do something big before we get there.
Daniel Garcia. His work with MJF is a whole new attitude, his dismantling of MJF also appears to be an attempt to move him up the card and it worked for me, I would not be upset if he gets the job done.
My 4th pick that I don’t think has a shot because for some reason he’s been watered down… Jay White.
They are relatively young and I expect all of them to be AEW for a long time and properly booked I’d dig any of them being on top.
EDIT: Spelling Correction
There have been posts on X/Twitter/Nitter and some Discords that some of the Mod-Menus have bypassed the anti-cheat, which makes all of this crappy for Deck players.