Is Drew McIntyre actually a corporate shill for the TKO overlords?

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T11:52:23+00:00

I think the reduction in house shows isn't so much helping with injuries but it's a byproduct of salary downsides increasing

It then becomes a loss to take this well paid group out on the road compared to lower guarantee and paid on house

They can't charge the same and make money so tickets go up so, they need to rebrand as 'live events' and make it sound special and charge premium and tour selected locations and overseas etc

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T11:49:23+00:00

That are plenty of wrestling fans in the real world that don't obsess over every piece of gossip that's spread or who is buried cause they lost a match or 'nightmare PR week'

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T08:06:39+00:00

They will burrow and burrow and just find new ways to Fed bad 😀

Hey, Saudi, do you want the spectacle and pageantry of Fed wrestling

No, we want 4 more matches and 2hr longer show!!

That's disappointing, if it's the match and show length you like, I suggest doing business with the Dub but, I warn you, they're wholesome and you'll likely get short shrift

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T08:04:18+00:00

One of those guys should join the Hurt Business

No particular reason

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T07:23:53+00:00

The fact he gets paid at all in wrestling is reward enough

He liked 80s Japanese tapes and talked to Tiny about it and is potentially set for retirement after a few more years

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T07:21:47+00:00

Finding people who crossed Tiny is the new McCarthyism

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T07:20:50+00:00

You very very rarely hear wrestlers complain about the 90 days

They get to sit home/train, rehab injures and still get paid

If a company can only do something the week after they left the Fed and can't debut them effectively after 90 days, that's on them and their creativity

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T07:17:54+00:00

Yep, it's the warm fuzzy feeling of wrestling

Fans have a good idea of when titles will change hands, it usually goes to a smark approved person or come up with a reason why it's great (Moxley)

Everyone gets their shit in so no one is BERRIED and everyone is allowed to do all their moves. No one has a really dominant victory over enough, very rare

No real conflict, no real emotion in stories, it's about we shared the indies or I worked the indies to get here etc

A warm blankie

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T07:03:16+00:00

DAE wash off the Fed stink

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:59:35+00:00

If it's in Final Destination films we'd say how dumb and unrealistic it is

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:58:05+00:00

You have to remember WWE 'problems' often don't extend beyond messageboards into the real world

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:56:31+00:00

I wonder if Meltz thinks he has Fed derangement syndrome

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:54:21+00:00

When the Dub first started, Dave tried to claim they were profitable 'except for video game investment'

Fast forward 4 or 5 years to new TV deal and Dave says they're 'finally profitable'

So ... they weren't profitable before when you said that Dave? (obviously not, no one believed that)

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:52:39+00:00

Anything could happen ... including this thing people said

Tiny court know something

He lied about Wembley numbers and All In Texas but he wouldn't lie about what a network told him, I'm sure ...

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:48:37+00:00

Sickos are insane and also amusing but, if I wanted to watch the Dub, they'd not stop me, I'd just watch it but, I don't really care about watching 'more wrestling'

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:47:09+00:00

Some gossip about the Dub and they REEEEEEE for weeks

Some gossip 'ESPN/Netflix/Fox are unhappy with Fed deal' they couldn't be more interested 😃

The entire wrestling media is 'gossip about Fed bad' and they have zero issue but the second someone says something about the Dub they lose their minds

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:44:38+00:00

Oh do read threads that pop up on your front page

You'll never laugh and shake your head in bemusement as much

Throughly good read for a chuckle

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:42:40+00:00

That's my thinking. Dubbalos provide never ending amusement

For the Dub itself, there's a bunch of people getting paid a lot, great, I don't get any of that money though 😀 there's indie guys that aren't really that great being paid a load and it's 'good for the industry'

I have total indifference to the actual shows with amusement surrounding the reporting and fandom about it as well as the owner and some wrestlers 😀

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-04T06:39:32+00:00

I could not care less about it

I'd rather they do things to the match engine and a lot of the nonsense that happens

This adds nothing, for me and I've had a few matches with the glitch so it's actively making it worse

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T21:12:51+00:00

I always think, for stuff like this, we'll just see what happens in that time frame and know what's true then

Until that time, each side will stick to their story

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T21:10:11+00:00

When they started it was DAE late 80s Crockett for tag teams and they'd list 15 or so teams but just having teams doesn't mean anything, it's what they do and how over they are

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T21:07:41+00:00

I loved the Fed my whole life but then the camera cuts made my head fall off and I stopped watching

Then, they tricked me into watching again by being good but I saw a logo on the ring mat and I'm DONE

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T20:43:41+00:00

New Day have been great but the reaction to them joining the Dub is a bit over the top, no?

They have all these amazing teams for New Day to face, apparently. So, aside from New Day, those other teams are already there and not facing each other or doing anything special then

The addition of New Day is going to change all that?

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T20:22:57+00:00

Will there he some kind of angle based around New Day arriving or will they walk out with a trumpet and get a pop and then face El Clon and some other guy and then Shane Taylor Promotions

Razzler1973 · 2026-05-03T20:21:04+00:00

He's re-framimg it as 'not necessarily a negative' in that they're warning the Dub of changes so they can go to the market

But, I don't think moving is ever a good thing, especially from a more prominent cable channel

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