Wrestling Thread (WWE, AEW, etc)

Originally posted by John_Candy:

Impact got banned by Twitch. Meanwhile...

https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/aew-dynamite-extended-through-2023-warnermedia-adding-second-show-301771

The four-year deal is worth $175 million, just under $45 million per year, and includes TNT having an option for 2024 at a significantly increased price.

The deal would also include adding another hour of television later this year, which would be taped on Wednesdays but air on another night, likely on TNT but could be on another Turner station.

Since its inception in October, AEW has skewed the youngest of any pro wrestling show on television as well as the highest in viewers per home, meaning more family and friends watch the show in groups than any other show.

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

A 2nd show?

This is one of the reasons I like aew right now is bc of their one show a week. It feels more exciting getting ready to watch it since it's just on once a week.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

A 2nd show?

This is one of the reasons I like aew right now is bc of their one show a week. It feels more exciting getting ready to watch it since it's just on once a week.

Technically they already have a second show on the YT channel : AEW Dark. It might be a version of this that becomes the second show.

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

Aew dark is fine. 1 hour show on YouTube, that's perfect. I just don't want another smackdown / thunder.

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

A 2nd show?

This is one of the reasons I like aew right now is bc of their one show a week. It feels more exciting getting ready to watch it since it's just on once a week.

Technically they already have a second show on the YT channel : AEW Dark. It might be a version of this that becomes the second show.

Aew dark is fine. 1 hour show on YouTube, that's perfect. I just don't want another smackdown / thunder.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

A 2nd show?

This is one of the reasons I like aew right now is bc of their one show a week. It feels more exciting getting ready to watch it since it's just on once a week.

Technically they already have a second show on the YT channel : AEW Dark. It might be a version of this that becomes the second show.

Aew dark is fine. 1 hour show on YouTube, that's perfect. I just don't want another smackdown / thunder.

I think a second show could be fine if it gives screen time to those not currently involved in the title picture and the bigger feuds/those whose stories are currently not in need of Dynamite's air time.

Use it to grow and develop other stars under contract although that will result in low/lower ratings in all likelihood.

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

But that's basically what Thunder was and you don't want that as a wrestling company. One of the main reasons wcw had to fold was bc of Thunder. B list guys and the whole production was too expensive. Wwe can get away with nxt bc of how much money they have and nxt guys aren't played a lot.

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by TheGore49er:

But that's basically what Thunder was and you don't want that as a wrestling company. One of the main reasons wcw had to fold was bc of Thunder. B list guys and the whole production was too expensive. Wwe can get away with nxt bc of how much money they have and nxt guys aren't played a lot.

If it's an hour long show they can tape it on the same night as Dynamite an hour beforehand and save the production costs. Like they do with Dark currently.

If they try to run and film a second show weekly like Thunder or Smackdown then yes, they will f**k themselves in the ass with either a show focused solely on the B content or over exposing the the A content.

Originally posted by John_Candy:

So I assume Taz will call the second show.

CNN)WWE vice president Triple H has apologized for a "terrible joke" about one of his top female stars, in which he questioned whether former wrestler Paige knew how many children she had.

The 27-year-old - real name Saraya-Jade Bevis - who retired from the ring due to injury in 2018 but is still a prominent personality on WWE shows, was the subject of intense online attention and abuse after intimate videos and pictures of her were leaked in 2017.

She revealed in a podcast interview with former WWE ring announcer Lillian Garcia that she had contemplated suicide and suffered anorexia as a result of the leak.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

I didn't think it was that bad of a joke.

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
Paige did. More or less her cuck boyfriend as well.