WWE Off-Topic

[SmashMan]

Yeah, I didn't phrase that how I intended. My fault.

Obviously every network/provider is going to care about what sponsors think. I just assume that brands would factor in looser restrictions on streaming vs cable when choosing to advertise on that program, but maybe one didn't think it through and we're stuck listening to half-muted moments because of it. It's also entirely possible I don't know how any of this works and my assumptions are wrong.

I'd like to see someone ask about the censoring. I think that fits with the types of questions they get into on the post-shows.

I don't think anyone asks about vault content because by and large nobody cares. I mean guys like us here do, but we saw how they slowed down original and classic content on the WWE Network and put out even less of it since they moved to Peacock. Analytics must have show that current live events drive significantly more traffic than anything else.

[TheMatrix31]

That's ****ing ridiculous. How about who cares what people are chanting at wrestling shows.

God, opening this industry up is like the worst thing to have happened. I don't care how much exposure they get now. Catering to **** outside of wrestling *constantly* is really starting to ruin the experience. They changed **** You Rollins on Raw and they were blurring it out. That's absolutely ridiculous.

[UFCMPunk]

With Money In The Bank coming up next week, I thought I share an interesting new interview from CVV who interviewed Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy of course won the MITB Ladder Match at WrestleMania 23, they had major plans for him at next year's Mania by having him announce he would cash in at WrestleMania 24. Then Undertaker got injured, he needed to drop the title, Kennedy got hurt in a match on RAW and proceeded to lose the briefcase because WWE misdiagnosed his injury thinking he was going to be out longer so they made him lose the briefcase to Edge. Edge then went on to cash in on Undertaker, the very same thing Kennedy was going to do if he never got hurt.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yuMp6BlEJTE

[Majingir]

With Money In The Bank coming up next week, I thought I share an interesting new interview from CVV who interviewed Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy of course won the MITB Ladder Match at WrestleMania 23, they had major plans for him at next year's Mania by having him announce he would cash in at WrestleMania 24. Then Undertaker got injured, he needed to drop the title, Kennedy got hurt in a match on RAW and proceeded to lose the briefcase because WWE misdiagnosed his injury thinking he was going to be out longer so they made him lose the briefcase to Edge. Edge then went on to cash in on Undertaker, the very same thing Kennedy was going to do if he never got hurt.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yuMp6BlEJTE

Has anyone had worse luck in wrestling history than Mr.Kennedy (KENNEDY)?

He seemed like such an obvious future main eventer (I think his peak would be higher than someone like LA Knight).

Won MITB, as you said, plans were for him to cash in and win but the medical staff messed all it up for him.

He came back, was going to be part of the McMahon storyline which IIRC would've culminated in a WM match with Kennedy (Vince in his corner) vs HHH (Steph in his corner) for control of WWE, but he got suspended for steroids and then he fell off after that.

[TheMatrix31]

Kennedy was awesome. Miss that guy.

[Majingir]

Some of my fave Truth moments:

https://youtu.be/K6JvdygFNDA?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/stny5BtQBjw?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/38sp3ur6_lw?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/x7N9TahgQFc?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/-oHIJJ0lZb4?feature=shared

[UFCMPunk]

So how long until we get an official WrestleMania announcement for next year? Obviously if there are issues getting Vegas next year, and they still plan on holding Mania in Vegas next year, they could simply tell us Las Vegas is hosting Mania again with "April 2026" and telling us the dates will be confirmed later. It really does seem pulling out of New Orleans without confirmation of a date from Vegas was a bad idea. I know it's likely to still end up in Vegas, I'm hoping somehow it ends up in London at Wembley but I'm starting to think it may end up in a US City that's not Vegas with how long this is taking. Looking at their options...... and this might be a person wish list too lol.

- Indianapolis: Indy already paid for the big three shows and hosted the Royal Rumble this year. They are now guaranteed a future Mania and Summerslam, and with Indianapolis hosting the Men's NCAA Final 4 in April of 2026, it seems unlikely they could get Indianapolis in 2026, let alone on short notice.

- Dallas: Given how WWE likes to put shows against AEW, given All In Texas is happening in Arlington, TX outside of Dallas. I could easily see WWE wanting to put Mania back in Dallas just because AEW ran All In in that area. It's farther away than Arlington and Dallas but Houston would also be in consideration again because it's still Texas.

- Atlanta, GA: I know they have done Bad Blood and are doing a full weekend next month with SNME & Evolution, but how they haven't at least run Summerslam in Atlanta with Cody being the top guy is baffling. I honestly thought Summerslam 2024 would have been in Atlanta because Cody would have been Champion and it would have been a great homecoming. Atlanta also hasn't hosted a Mania since Mania 27...... and Atlanta deserves a better Mania than that lol.

- Phoenix: If they want to stay on the West Coast, and again given they keep trying to outdo AEW. Double or Nothing was just held in Phoenix, this could be an option on short notice. Hasn't hosted a WrestleMania since Mania 26, which if you don't count the Saudi show then this featured HBK's last match.

- Nashville, TN: It's likely WWE will just wait for that fancy new stadium to open up, but if they want a place like Las Vegas, Nashville is perfect hence the nickname Nashvegas. They hosted Summerslam 2022, and it was one of the best cities I've visited for a wrestling show.

[Majingir]

WWE being the walking billboard continues.

Going forward, all folding tables will be branded with Slim Jim on it.

Who's ready for LA Knight to be in the "Summerslam Slim Jim Tables Match"?

Which makes me think, what other weapons could be branded?

Chairs=KitKat? (Have a break)

Ladders=Home Depot? (Self explanatory)

Garbage bins=Waste Management

[SmashMan]

I didn't know Slick's "Jive Soul Bro" was actually a cover. Did any of the older guys here know? Am I way behind on this?

[UFCMPunk]

WWE being the walking billboard continues.

Going forward, all folding tables will be branded with Slim Jim on it.

Who's ready for LA Knight to be in the "Summerslam Slim Jim Tables Match"?

Which makes me think, what other weapons could be branded?

Chairs=KitKat? (Have a break)

Ladders=Home Depot? (Self explanatory)

Garbage bins=Waste Management

Uh.... well how about a Slim Jim... Gym.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hih_EM1oo0

[SmashMan]

Uh.... well how about a Slim Jim... Gym.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hih_EM1oo0

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PGLzm-Gy0dQ

[Majingir]

Obviously this isn't some regular fan doing it, it's some completely messed up person, but can we stop having crazy people?!

People were reporting a stalker at the PC during the NXT taping on Tuesday. The person was after Roxanne Perez (who obviously wasn't even on the show). Sounds like some serious threats from that stalker on social media too.


It isn't a wwe specific problem, anyone famous, especially women, deal with issues like this fairly often, but it's just sad how often it happens, especially within the WWE world (probably just because we hear about all these instances since wrestling news is more public).

[UFCMPunk]

Watching back the Men's & Women's MITB Match from 2020, this is such a nice gem from the Covid era. Both matches taking place at once, and inside WWE Headquarters. Having to work your way to the roof of the building where a ring with the both briefcases are above it was so unique. You had fun little spots like AJ Styles having flashbacks to the Boneyard match, Heyman in catering which starts a food fight. Daniel Bryan & AJ Styles fighting into Vince's office, and Vince yelling at them to leave his office lol. You can see Bryan is trying so hard to not laugh toward the end lol. The Johnny Ace spot where he says People Power aged badly but I guess anything involving Vince in the history of WWE aged badly given the circumstances.

This will probably never happen again as TKO wouldn't be able to charge $1000+ for seats at WWE.... TKO Headquarters? Though I imagine if they did, Rock would be waiting for the winners to trade their soul for the briefcase only for him to take the briefcases for himself, disappear and never finish the story arc.

[dubcity]

Obviously this isn't some regular fan doing it, it's some completely messed up person, but can we stop having crazy people?!

People were reporting a stalker at the PC during the NXT taping on Tuesday. The person was after Roxanne Perez (who obviously wasn't even on the show). Sounds like some serious threats from that stalker on social media too.


It isn't a wwe specific problem, anyone famous, especially women, deal with issues like this fairly often, but it's just sad how often it happens, especially within the WWE world (probably just because we hear about all these instances since wrestling news is more public).

I just think it's weird that Adam Pearce made an official statement about it. Like, this is real life stuff, right? Not a storyline. If so, why do I care about what the Raw GM is saying? WWE is so weird sometimes.

[UFCMPunk]

Obviously this isn't some regular fan doing it, it's some completely messed up person, but can we stop having crazy people?!

People were reporting a stalker at the PC during the NXT taping on Tuesday. The person was after Roxanne Perez (who obviously wasn't even on the show). Sounds like some serious threats from that stalker on social media too.


It isn't a wwe specific problem, anyone famous, especially women, deal with issues like this fairly often, but it's just sad how often it happens, especially within the WWE world (probably just because we hear about all these instances since wrestling news is more public).

WWE is going to have to get the FBI involved at this point. Same person who made the Roxanne posts, made another account targeting Dominik Mysterio. It's even more scarier as this person says he wants to pretend to be security at a WWE event, and bring 2 knives with him. Said if that didn't work, they would resort to a bomb threat.

Adam Pearce is also an agent backstage which is why he tweeted about it.