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Haven't watched anything they've done but the video has 97k views. That's basically a fairly popular CVV interview.
Oh The Normies, I've seen some of their stuff before. They did a three-part series on Mariah May and Toni Storm feud. I actually kind of like watching some of their wrestling stuff because there's not really much female representation in the 2-3 places I talk wrestling on the internet.
Their video on the women's Blood and Guts - the noises and reactions they were making were hilarious.
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Ya man could be a pivot if both Seth and Bron are out just shuffle the deck around
Sports Illustrated and Fightful reporting AEW Double Or Nothing will be held in NYC at Louis Armstrong Stadium. It's a smaller one than Arthur Ashe where they did the Grand Slam shows for a few years.
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I just want to recognize in this thread that Bad Bunny took a bump through a roof last night. This is what happens when these indie style wrestlers don't listen to veterans. A producer really should've stepped in and told him no.
Wikipedia says it seats 14K. Depending on what it's setup for, AEW should have no problem selling that out or nearly selling it out.
I know I was being rhetorical - this is why they shouldn’t have gone back to Vegas so soon.
Tourism to the USA has gone down the drain too, and I would think Vegas relies as heavily on international tourism as any other major city in the US. Also, even domestic tourism is going to be pretty costly to get there. It's pretty remotely located for a major city, not really a the type of place that you do a road trip to.
If I'm a fan who was thinking of heading to Vegas for the week/weekend to attend or participate in all the stuff other than the actual WM shows, I would think twice about even going now. Sadly, people who had planned on going but not buying a WM ticket are screwed now unless WWE changes their mind. I'm not sure how many people that would actually entail, but I know some who have done that in the past to support the indies, they either couldn't afford a WM ticket and/or didn't want to support WWE.
Thought I heard last year Vegas was in a bust for tourism bc they raised their prices on everything. Someone posted it costs like 100 bucks for a bucket of beers.
places like Nashville and Vegas thrived b/c prices were reasonable and people could still have fun - both those places have basically priced out the common person that used to go.
I used to get mailers for 29 dollar hotel fares in Vegas. Nashville used to not be far off from that either. Given that was closer to 2000 but still.
Vegas tourism is down like 17% from last year, which was a very down year for Vegas. Year over year Mania tickets are down like 15% compared to this point last year. I may have the numbers reversed but you get the point.
And to add on to the prices, WWE has priced out the common person too. A guy I follow on YouTube - Dporticus - who got into wrestling like 2-3 years ago watching only WWE has really lost a ton of interest in WWE to the point he barely even talks about it anymore because they’ve priced him out of attending shows. Going to shows was his favorite part of being a wrestling fan and WWE took that away from him with the prices. That’s not the only reason why (bad creative and openly embracing MAGA) but the ticket prices were the straw that broke the camel’s back for him.
Yep. Those 1.99 buffets and free drinks while you are gambling have mostly vanished.
1.99 is probably like a down payment on a small fountain drink now
Just like in national lampoons Vegas vacation “do you want the blue or the yellow”
I'm not worrying about how tickets do for WrestleMania lol. They'll be fine. It's impossible to spin tix sells for shows like Mania or Summerslam into a negative. They sell themselves. It still blows my mind watching older Mania's and seeing it in some ordinary arena. It's up there with the glass breaking and Austin getting no reaction at the start of his Stone Cold run.
Ratings are likely up across the board for several reasons. Football is done, weather for a large portion of the country had been horrible, the new metrics treated wrestling like an ugly stepchild, and just maybe the IWC has been too negative. Like, maybe AEW isn't awful. Maybe WWE isn't what it was in 2024 but that doesn't mean every single show is a plague. Maybe TNA rebounded because some decided to give them a few weeks to get their crap together and didn't just say "you get one chance with me, buster!" The hardcores are fickle and reactionary. Doesn't mean normal fans think the same way.
Ratings are likely up across the board for several reasons. Football is done, weather for a large portion of the country had been horrible, the new metrics treated wrestling like an ugly stepchild, and just maybe the IWC has been too negative. Like, maybe AEW isn't awful. Maybe WWE isn't what it was in 2024 but that doesn't mean every single show is a plague. Maybe TNA rebounded because some decided to give them a few weeks to get their crap together and didn't just say "you get one chance with me, buster!" The hardcores are fickle and reactionary. Doesn't mean normal fans think the same way.
Too many people on social media act like just because something isn’t booked to their liking it means it’s ****.
52 weeks a year of 4+ hours of TV each for WWE and AEW. You’re never going to like everything. It’s never been that way and never will be.
Then these social media app algorithms are cooked to feed you rage bait left and right and the creators can monetize the rage bait for themselves. Guarantee you if these technocrats just eliminated being able to monetize your social media that a lot of the rage bait would go away because then what’s the point? What, hope ESPN, Fox News, or OAN will give you a contract to rage about wrestling on TV or their website?
As far as TNA goes, they’ve been giving far too many second chances than they’ve ever deserved. We all know how it’s going to end eventually. We all watched or read about the **** show that happened on their AMC debut. TNA being LOLTNA is inevitable like death.
Logan Paul is such an incredibly naive person
Thinks being an all-state football player puts him on the same level of athlete as All-Pro NFL players. There’s all state players playing in D3!
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Thinks being an all-state football player puts him on the same level of athlete as All-Pro NFL players. There’s all state players playing in D3!
Tom Brady Calls Logan Paul's Athleticism "Cute" - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News
Logan Paul speaks with Tom Brady about athleticism.
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Andrew Zarian is saying AJ Styles is going to AEW
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Abe from Chi City (@abe112983.bsky.social)
Andrew Zarian’s podcast responding to Andrew Zarian’s tweet is a chef’s kiss. Seriously though there’s no one more plugged in with AEW than him. Deal is done #AJIsAllElite #AEW (and as always people told me I was crazy a year ago when I called this) #WrestleSky
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NoAndrew Zarian is saying AJ Styles is going to AEW
Abe from Chi City (@abe112983.bsky.social)
Andrew Zarian’s podcast responding to Andrew Zarian’s tweet is a chef’s kiss. Seriously though there’s no one more plugged in with AEW than him. Deal is done #AJIsAllElite #AEW (and as always people told me I was crazy a year ago when I called this) #WrestleSky
Cody Rhodes is doing a meet and greet Thursday in Louisville at the Kroger of Beulah Church.