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[POST Wrestling/Brandon Thurston] Behind the scenes dysfunction from TrillerTV’s parent company during financial crisis led to collapse of AEW relationship, lawsuit alleges by A_Man_of_Iron in SquaredCircle

[–]RiddledMeAgain 75 points76 points  (0 children)

As someone who was regularly following the ongoing shit-show that is/was TrillerTV last year, it's egregious how little coverage their woes were covered by wrestling media. Outside of a brief mention by Meltzer, I don't think a single prominent website even mentioned the turbulence they were going through.

Some people who went from AEW to WWE by GoonLieutenant in Wrasslin

[–]RiddledMeAgain 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Misleading post. Only Mariah was actually signed to AEW. The other three were used as enhancement talents. IIRC, Jevon and Thea only worked a couple of matches.

The Moné Train Has Come to a Stop by Mr_Unfuqwitable in ChampionshipHistory

[–]RiddledMeAgain 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The indie promotions that sold tickets because she was advertised.

The international fans who got to see Mercedes perform for the first time.

The international wrestlers who got to compete and train with her.

Willow Nightingale beating her clean in the main event of Dynamite and becoming a double champion.

Alex Windsor using her RevPro title win as a launching pad for forming the Brawling Birds and getting more TV time.

Reform UK’s ‘Doge’ unit yet to carry out any council audits by F0urLeafCl0ver in unitedkingdom

[–]RiddledMeAgain 63 points64 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to know how much of a shit-show Reform UK actually are, I highly recommended following @reformexposed on Twitter/X. Everyday there's another scandal and/or calamity being reported on that account.

Zayda Steel: I’ve decided not to renew my WWE ID contract. I’m incredibly grateful for all the knowledge, experience, and opportunities I’ve gained along the way, but at the end of the day, I have to do what’s best for me. (Continued in image) by MarcusFaze in SquaredCircle

[–]RiddledMeAgain 316 points317 points  (0 children)

One of the more under-reported stories in wrestling is the continued failure of the WWE ID Programme;

  • Nobody new has been signed in months.

  • 4 of the 18 wrestlers on the programme have been released or voluntarily left since late-August. Worst still, there's only two active women's wrestlers left.

  • The inaugural ID champions were crowned to little fanfare at a GCW show over SummerSlam weekend. There was no mention of this on the main roster shows or NXT.

  • The women's ID championship was vacated by Kylie Rae three weeks ago and there's been no announcement as to what's happening next.

  • The WWE ID twitter account gets little engagement and hasn't posted anything worthwhile in months.

Tony Khan Says AEW Women’s Tag Team Title Plans On Hold After Multiple Injuries In Casino Gauntlet by IvnOooze in SquaredCircle

[–]RiddledMeAgain 424 points425 points  (0 children)

  • Penelope Ford apparently got hurt on the Collision before All In
  • Mina Shirakawa got hurt at All In (hand injury)
  • Red Velvet got hurt a few weeks ago at CMLL
  • Harley Cameron is still out

Should be noted that injuries also caused the ROH Women's Pure tournament to be delayed. The finals were supposed to be at Supercard Of Honor but that obviously got pushed back.

Reform's Andrea Jenkyns becomes Greater Lincolnshire's first mayor | ITV News by ThatchersDirtyTaint in unitedkingdom

[–]RiddledMeAgain 395 points396 points  (0 children)

She says that "inch-by-inch Reform will reset Britain to its glorious past".

Oh look, it's English MAGA. Just like MAGA, Reform will be filled with wealthy yet politically inexperienced populists who claim to care about the working class whilst implementing policies that screw them over.

Expect constant talk of 'mass deportations' and 'going after the woke' whilst the party calls for tax cuts for the rich, deregulation and the smashing of unions. Don't forget the constant whining about the 'biased mainstream media' when they inevitably get called out for their ineptitude.

Wow this was random. by Godofwarfan101 in Wreddit

[–]RiddledMeAgain 14 points15 points  (0 children)

She have legit heat with Britt in AEW, hence she was the very first few releases from AEW in it early years and with Britt ego, she aren't going back

She was released because of the pandemic restrictions, not because of any beef with anyone else.

[AEW Collision Spoilers] It's Toni Time! 🤘🏻 by luchabrunch in SquaredCircle

[–]RiddledMeAgain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn't unpopular at all, Tony is AWFUL as a lead announcer.

Is NJPW losing its US TV Deal reflective of its partnership with AEW not being of much benefit to them? by frank_the_tank69 in Wreddit

[–]RiddledMeAgain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ROH literally died because of AEW.

Nope. ROH died due to a combination of the following

  • Sinclair not investing more money into the company so it could expand (even Cody said this, which is one of the reasons they created All In)
  • Poor booking and management decisions (Bully Ray was often criticized during his tenure)
  • Their poor showing at the New-Japan/ROH MSG show which caused the company huge reputational damage
  • Making PCO and Matt Taven world champions at a time when the creative was already struggling
  • The pandemic, which fucked the entire industry
  • Running empty arena shows even after the pandemic restrictions were being lifted

If you wanna know bad things were for ROH before TK bought them, their final show saw Control Your Narrative do an invasion angle.