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[UFCMPunk]

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Sounds like Rhea is actually hurt again which is why they wrote her off on NXT.

That sucks if she's hurt yet again. Being one of the top stars of the division and someone they obviously think real highly of, if she's gonna miss more time again, that's really gonna change plans eventually..

Obviously this sucks, but the timing of it couldn't have worked out better. Liv needs new challengers, the whole Judgment Day storyline has run its course. So now maybe the other Women on RAW can do other stuff outside the tag division.

[Majingir]

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I don't even know if Alpha Academys costume is PG

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1851993606183158087?t=gWJ5d6d2GyBM8g7OMKVDEA&s=19

[Majingir]

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https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1852758243824574544?t=E6LspgjnmklI4DeoriOLuA&s=19

Someone check on Bret Hart.

[UFCMPunk]

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https://twitter.com/WWE/status/18527...DeoriOLuA&s=19

Someone check on Bret Hart.

Gunther vs Goldberg at Wrestlemania... Bret Hart as Special Guest Ref is RIGHT THERE, DO IT!

Does Gunther drop the title to Seth or Punk? I assume whoever doesn’t win the title will win the Men's Rumble so either way Seth vs Punk happens.

[Majingir]

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March 2025 is gonna be insane leading in to WM.

Sounds like Raw in Belgium, Scotland, England all in that month. Smackdown in Spain, Italy, England.

The Netflix deal will be huge for that as I'm sure those shows will air live on Netflix. No more waiting for the delayed airing to show, although US might be delayed for SD, but Raw worldwide and SD internationally definitely will be live.

I could really see a London WM happening sooner rather than later.

[TheMatrix31]

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So what, were gonna ****ing have spoilers everywhere for integral weekly shows leading into Wrestlemania?

Ugh. How incredibly dumb.

[Majingir]

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So what, were gonna ****ing have spoilers everywhere for integral weekly shows leading into Wrestlemania?

Ugh. How incredibly dumb.

It'll probably be airing live on Netflix. Obviously most people will be at work/school on a Monday at 2pm ET (11am PT) or whenever it starts, but it does mean you get the show instantly to watch the second you get home and have time to watch something instead of waiting until the usual live time.

[TheMatrix31]

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Hopefully but in a way that's worse. Forcing your main audience to have to do that.

[Majingir]

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I'll miss having a live channel wwe network once Netflix takes over. Today for instance, they're airing Ortons top WM matches. One match I watched was WM24 with him vs Cena vs HHH.

I forgot Orton still used Burn In My Light then.

I'm also somewhat surprised to see so many flashes going off in the crowd. This was probably around the peak of digital cameras. I know around 02-05 especially we saw so many camera flashes in the crowd, but digital camera flashes look much different than the older camera flashes.

And not long after this is when smart phones started taking over and the camera flashes died.

Hopefully but in a way that's worse. Forcing your main audience to have to do that.

I would've tried this during a different time of the year, like the build to the rumble, but this could very likely be a Netflix demand since this makes more sense for Netflix than WWE.

Netflix doesn't care if US viewers have to watch the show on demand after school/work, they'll watch it regardless, especially for SD on USA which doesn't matter to Netflix. International viewers, which I imagine there are more of than US TV viewers, will watch more if it's a live show for them which is better for Netflix.

Netflix also apparently wants Raw specifically to be the stacked show (since it airs in the US as well) with Punk, Cody, Roman. I do wonder if they move Roman at least to Raw. He's carried SD for the last 4+ years now, and has been on the SD roster since just after WM35. Would be close to 6 years by time the next draft happens.

[dubcity]

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I'll miss having a live channel wwe network once Netflix takes over. Today for instance, they're airing Ortons top WM matches. One match I watched was WM24 with him vs Cena vs HHH.

I'm hoping one day WWE will have a constant live stream on their Youtube vault channel, or even their main channel. So many channels have started doing that, and we all know they have enough content to do it too.

[Majingir]

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I'm hoping one day WWE will have a constant live stream on their Youtube vault channel, or even their main channel. So many channels have started doing that, and we all know they have enough content to do it too.

Does Netflix have the ability to do that?

I didn't use prime video until recently but was surprised to see it had a bunch of live channels to watch since I'm subscribed to prime.

Wonder if Netflix would just have live channels too such as a live wwe network the same way it is outside the US right now.

Would be a good pitch to sports networks too. Like if Netflix gets MLB or NBA rights one day, they could even host MLB Network or NBATV live channel straight through their streaming service.

[Mercury112491]

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So what, were gonna ****ing have spoilers everywhere for integral weekly shows leading into Wrestlemania?

Ugh. How incredibly dumb.

I could not possibly be more done with the over seas nonsense. I’m tired of the crowds. I’m tired of the weird timing. Tired of taped shows.


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[UFCMPunk]

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I could not possibly be more done with the over seas nonsense. I’m tired of the crowds. I’m tired of the weird timing. Tired of taped shows.


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I enjoy the international crowds and shows as much as everyone else. It's why I went to AEW All In this year so I could experience a international crowd in person. WWE is risking over saturating the international market with that many shows. It's one thing if they are doing a tour and want to cap it off with a Live RAW or Smackdown, that's fine. This though... it's risky because the reason the crowds are so good is because it's been so long since WWE did shows in that country, let alone big time PLEs.

[SmashMan]

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I don't mind them. I just...don't read spoilers and watch the show?

The only part I don't like about taped shows is the obvious crowd noise they add in post-production. It never, ever sounds natural.

[Majingir]

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Hayes and Prichard are on a temp leave from WWE for "unknown reasons".

Could be nothing or could be something. Could it be related to the Vince case? Not saying they're involved, but perhaps being interviewed to see what they know about anything that went on. But Bruce basically has said on record that even if Vince is who people say he is, Bruce won't care/see Vince like that because of what Vince has done for him/his wife.