Monthly News Thread (September/October 2018)

[Paris in Flames]

"Alright Lio, now just chant "Lash-ley" the whole match and be really annoying."

Yeah, that checks out.

"NOW LAUGH, LIO, LAUGH"

 

[Dr Pepper]

"NOW LAUGH, LIO, LAUGH"

"OK GOOD, NOW RUN AROUND THE RING WHILE STILL TAUNTING THE OTHER GUY!"

 

[Brodeur]

"NOW LAUGH, LIO, LAUGH"

"I SAID LAUGH DAMMIT." (maniacal laughter from Vince)

 

[GKJ]

Apologies if I missed it here, but I just read last week's Observer and Lio is being fed all his stuff thru an earpiece by Vince.

It's probably the segment the commentators are most looking forward to each week.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

"Well, my sisters hot. I don't know if I really would have minded that.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Oh the potential incest angle. Man the early 2000s were a messed up time. They aired some messed up storylines. The incest angle would have fit right in.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Oh the potential incest angle. Man the early 2000s were a messed up time. They aired some messed up storylines. The incest angle would have fit right in.

That's like when I tuned out for real and didn't know anything going on in the WWE for several years.

 

[SeidoN]

Meltz says KO is due back March/April

 

[Sheppy]

Meltz says KO is due back March/April

Yep. I'm done with RAW for a while.

 

[Cor]

- NJPW are interested in signing Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and Shinsuke Nakamura. However Nakamura and Anderson are likely to resign with the WWE as they moved to the USA when they signed and both have stated they don't have any intentions of leaving the USA again. Meltzer mentioned however that there is some talk of Gallows potentially looking to go back however.


Ultimatley, it's extremely likely that all 3 stay, but it would be interesting to see how Anderson would be used if Gallows left.

 

[Cor]

- Shawn Michaels and Brock Lesnar are being paid the most for the Crown Jewel Event, making 3M each for the event. The Undertaker is next at 2M.


I don’t think there’s anyone who would turn down the one event payday the WWE can offer when doing these Saudi events.

 

[GKJ]

Meltz says KO is due back March/April

Sounds like a Night-After-Wrestlemania return.

 

[GarbageGoal]

Meltz says KO is due back March/April

Ouch.

 

[Disclose]

cant miss KO Mania 4...

 

[M.C.G. 31]

FOX apparently wants Smackdown to be less comedy and more focused on the actual sport.

 

[The Gongshow]

FOX apparently wants Smackdown to be less comedy and more focused on the actual sport.

They better not cancel Truth T.V!!

 

[Disclose]

we can only hope the product changes.
i dont want injuries, but lets have a fight please.. like we know they can.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Meltzer reported an analyst finding that Crown Jewel is only going to get WWE $2-3million for the show, which makes it seem odd as to why they’d take this much heat doing the show for that amount of money.

It was estimated that if they cancelled the deal, it would cost $12-to-$16-million in operating income in 2019.

 

[ColePens]

Meltzer reported an analyst finding that Crown Jewel is only going to get WWE $2-3million for the show, which makes it seem odd as to why they’d take this much heat doing the show for that amount of money.

It was estimated that if they cancelled the deal, it would cost $12-to-$16-million in operating income in 2019.

That doesn't match up with what Meltzer said was on the financial statement (public traded company means it's available) where they had to disclose 45m although details of the full deal were not given.

Something isn't adding up there. Maybe they mean they are only getting 2-3 for this one in addition to the contractual agreement of the 45m/yr.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

That doesn't match up with what Meltzer said was on the financial statement (public traded company means it's available) where they had to disclose 45m although details of the full deal were not given.

Something isn't adding up there. Maybe they mean they are only getting 2-3 for this one in addition to the contractual agreement of the 45m/yr.

WWE’s Saudi Arabia “Conundrum” May Cause Up To $16M Hit To The Solar Plexus – Analyst

 

[WingsMJN2965]

- NJPW are interested in signing Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and Shinsuke Nakamura. However Nakamura and Anderson are likely to resign with the WWE as they moved to the USA when they signed and both have stated they don't have any intentions of leaving the USA again. Meltzer mentioned however that there is some talk of Gallows potentially looking to go back however.


Ultimatley, it's extremely likely that all 3 stay, but it would be interesting to see how Anderson would be used if Gallows left.

Might as well photoshop Finn Balor's "Happy to have a job" smile on their faces.

 

[Del Preston]

One of Charlotte's ex-husbands alleges there is police dashcam footage of her making racist comments towards the African American community.



From pages 3 and 4 of the lawsuit:

Multiple false allegations of physical and/or psychological abuse perpetrated by the Plaintiff on Defendant #1 and Defendant #2. Notably, alleged criminal misconduct by the Plaintiff that is unsupported by any official records, medical reports or any other supporting documentation. Moreover, such misconduct being attributed to the Plaintiff that is, in fact, contradicted by official police reports and police dash cam video footage depicting Defendant #1 being the "out-of-control" aggressor in a physical and verbal tirade which was directed at the responding officers as well as her disparging and racist comments being directed at the Afro-American community in Chapel Hill, NC.

 

[GKJ]

FOX apparently wants Smackdown to be less comedy and more focused on the actual sport.

They’re doing business with the wrong promotion then

 

[GKJ]

That doesn't match up with what Meltzer said was on the financial statement (public traded company means it's available) where they had to disclose 45m although details of the full deal were not given.

Something isn't adding up there. Maybe they mean they are only getting 2-3 for this one in addition to the contractual agreement of the 45m/yr.

WWE’s Saudi Arabia “Conundrum” May Cause Up To $16M Hit To The Solar Plexus – Analyst

I don’t think anyone knows the financial influx until January. It’s been kept confidential from stock holder calls I believe, which was part of the agreement with KSA.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

They’re doing business with the wrong promotion then

They pretty much want NJPW but with the name value of WWE.

Hopefully that means we get an NXT version of Smackdown with the new deal, though, and Triple H has more control of that and Vince can dick around with the comedy on Raw.