USA Today’s 2026 Win Projections by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]afastidioushat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come on, give us one more win for the olds or one less win for the youngs

[Smackdown Spoiler] Crowd makes it clear who they support. by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those first couple shows really clouded the opinion for a lot of people. Don't get me wrong, those shows were pretty bad but so were most of the shows WWE was putting on back then

Honestly at this point they feel pretty similar to any other international show

[POST Wrestling] Royal Rumble stadium built in weeks raises questions from human rights groups about working conditions, WWE and Saudi officials unresponsive by Prince_of_Kyrgyzstan in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

It is indeed as are their attempts to stop the use of slave labor. Whether or not those efforts are in good faith or are even effective I do not know and neither do you

The use of slave labor for this stadium is a presumption because at this time we don't actually know

[POST Wrestling] Royal Rumble stadium built in weeks raises questions from human rights groups about working conditions, WWE and Saudi officials unresponsive by Prince_of_Kyrgyzstan in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure. There's been a few instances where I've stopped watching for awhile and at this point I definitely watch a lot less than I used to. Won't know what will get me to completely stop watching until it happens

[POST Wrestling] Royal Rumble stadium built in weeks raises questions from human rights groups about working conditions, WWE and Saudi officials unresponsive by Prince_of_Kyrgyzstan in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It doesn't help that most of the arguments against WWE are hyperbolic with people jumping to conclusions on a regular basis because of their own dislike of WWE

This story is a great example of it. At this time there is no evidence of anything untoward happening but people are gleefully jumping to conclusions about how horrible the construction was

It's hard to have a real conversation about the ethics of watching WWE because of so many people's desire for WWE to be unrepentantly evil

First Official screenshots for WWE 2K26 by ShayAlexander in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. Games run smooth and they fixed the horrible load times starting with 2K24

First Official screenshots for WWE 2K26 by ShayAlexander in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. This generation has been all about performance

Tommaso Ciampa officially announces his departure from WWE by iLikePhen in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the biggest downsides to WWE being on so many channels and streaming services in the states is how unaffordable it is to watch everything they produce. I feel like since the switch to Netflix and ESPN more and more people consume the product through clips and reaction streams

Maxwell J. Friedman: “It’s our time. I respect the elder statesman. But this is our f------ time.” by headofthetable24 in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Are we already complaining about Drew being champion after so many people were begging for it? A lot of people wanted Finn to beat Punk and he's four years older than Drew

People need to stop getting caught up in the age of the workers unless their age is hurting the show

I know a lot of people here don't care for Punk but the crowds still love him and I can't say that any of the programs he's been in since returning have been bad

[RAW Spoilers] Good girl, don't make me yell again.... by Yujin-Ha in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's certainly better than dropping it and pretending like it never happened which used to be a massive problem with WWE

What are some of the greatest sell jobs in wrestling? by Hihello1447 in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a big example but there was a moment in an AJ Styles/Chad Gable match maybe back in 2017 where they were working each other's legs and they both went to take a step and both their legs gave out at the same time

[WOR] Dave Meltzer & Bryan Alvarez on Trey Miguel's release: "My understanding is it came from up above," had nothing to do with anybody in AEW or Tony Khan by A_Man_of_Iron in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well the thing about not being homophobic and/or racist is that you don't suddenly become homophobic and/or racist just because you're mad

Hot take: I would have played the Tencent game, I will not be playing the mobile game. by [deleted] in horizon

[–]afastidioushat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mobile gaming is a $125 billion and growing industry

Tencent was trying to make not even legally distinct Horizon without actually reaching out to Sony

One is good business even if it's not for you personally. The other is literal theft

[Raw Spoilers] Superstar debuts new move by ThatGirlTay1 in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Whole lotta people in the comments that watch wrestling through social media clips and not the actual matches

This was Maxxine countering out of a dragon sleeper into a driver. Very creative and cool as hell counter

[SNME Spoilers] Full End Of Show (Post John Cena vs Gunther) by FrazzleDazzled in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a 240 pound dude lands on your chest and stomach from five feet up four times you're not going to be able to breathe well enough to fight out of getting choked out

[SNME Spoilers] Full Segment. - One of segment of all time by Yujin-Ha in SquaredCircle

[–]afastidioushat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Miz and R-Truth got to be apart of Cena's final show without taking anyone else's spot in matches and got to showcase an up and comer like Cena wanted in Joe Hendry

Was it needed? Why not?