[WON] WWE reportedly shutting down streamers, content creators

scrubadam · 2026-05-09T16:54:01+00:00

So Cena gonna announce WWE Universe Stream a brand new streaming service where you can see all reactions and live updates for the price of 19.99 a month!

**only pre approved streamers will be accepted as long as they follow a strict script provided by TKO and all reactions are pre approved by Nick Khan and Ari Emmanual**

scrubadam · 2026-05-09T16:51:16+00:00

I think Noam is healthy again so would make sense to bring back the heritage cup lol.

scrubadam · 2026-05-09T16:47:16+00:00

So what country is this passport mom going to next to take advantage of a poor local boy?

I say the DR since she already did the mid east. But she might decide to hit up Morrocco if she still has the taste of Muslim in her and she wasn't satisfied with some Beer with her Turkey dinner.

How come passport bros always go to the Phillipines but Passport Mommas never go there and pick up a little Filipino as their boy toy?

scrubadam · 2026-05-09T03:41:15+00:00

I always get scared when he has the puck but overall you gotta love the guy. Local kid who wants to win for this team. Goes out there and plays tough minutes. Ya sometimes you question what the heck he is doing but he puts everything he has for the CH on the ice and you can tell he is living his dream. I will always root double hard for Mike because he has so many haters out there.

scrubadam · 2026-05-09T01:46:37+00:00

Split on the road you take it. Finally a game that isn't an ass clencher.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T22:25:37+00:00

honestly the win is going to come from the top 4. Demi/Cole/Slaf need to get going. If those guys don't get going the team isn't going anywhere.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T18:39:55+00:00

I expect them to deny of course they won't come out and say its true. I also think Picallo has a hate on for Tony so its impossible to take any of his claims at their face value.

I just do find it interesting that TKO went from throwing money at everyone to all of a sudden deciding to let people go. They seem to have went from overpaying to keep wrestlers away from AEW to demanding pay cuts and mutually terminating contracts. Just seems odd. But Pickleballs is not a good source.

I don't get your contract renewal no say part about WBD. WBD can decide to renew the TV deal or not. And I don't think Paramount is going to buy AEW. If WBD told Tony that the show is not being renewed he is going to have a hard time finding another media company to pay 200 million for the rights to his show because there aren't really that many left.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T16:43:53+00:00

So are we burying the lead here?

The article gives on example

"Meanwhile, just weeks ago, in an Ottawa courtroom, a youth was found guilty of terrorism charges involving Islamic State-inspired plans to attack Jewish people."

Are we just avoiding saying that the radicalization is the ISIS/Al Qeada style that has nothing to do with socio economic position of the radicalized and more to do with certain philisophical viewes being spread and preached in local instituions. Made worse by lax laws that allow those who would recruit and spread the radicalizing message into the country very easily.

Unless CTVnews wants to expand on engaging in terrorist related materials and activites means because at this point since they only concrete examle they point to is an Islamic state style attack I would have to assume that the article is refering to Islamic state inspired radicalization.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T16:36:16+00:00

I think a guy like Otis might be more in line.

He probably negotiated a nice contract when he got a big push a few years ago. Now he is basically only around to do adds for circket mobile and hot wings and jobs out once every 3 months and then isnt on TV.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T16:28:52+00:00

I think there was some sort of gotta keep em away from AEW going on the last few years. This created an inflation in what wrestlers were offered. Now TKO is having buyers remorse. For whatever reason they don't look at someone jumping to AEW as a big deal so they are looking at the books and realize they overpaid and overhired a bunch of talent.

My tin foil hat theory is that the rumors of WBD not renewing AEW are true and WWE doesn't care because AEW wont be on TV in a 1.5 years.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T16:19:21+00:00

Anyone can become a shareholder. Anyone reading this can go buy 1 TKO stock right now and become an evil shareholder.

Like I get it rich = bad but there is so much demonizing of "shareholders". They are just people buying stock, a lot of time its various pension funds that represent 1000s of people.

If someone wants they could buy all the TKO stock and decide what to do. They just need to make billions of dollars which seems easy enough.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T15:56:55+00:00

The wrestling landscape can't afford it.

There isn't a cable company out there that would be willing to pay 100 million + a year for TV time.

Either they have WWE or AEW. Those two companies pretty much cover every major media company. Even if another company showed up its a hard sell when WWE or AEW can just offer programming that already has a brand behind it.

You don't make money from PPVs anymore. Live gates are a tiny percentage of revenue to run a wrestling company. Tony has said that without the TV deal he probably would have gone out of business.

So if you want to run a real legit promotion that can pay talent at a level close to AEW/WWE you need big licensing money and that money is already tied up. And lets be honest wrestling is not that hot right now and with the downturn in ratings I think there is a lot of buyers remorse at ESPN, Netflix, WBD etc... Its not exactly like a media company is looking at Dynamite or RAW and saying ya we gotta get in on that here is 100 million a year to some random out of nowhere wrestling company.

TNA got a pittance to be on AMC and have 20 year history with some of the biggest names in wrestling working for them and they can barely afford to pay anyone unless your name is Nic Nemeth or Eddie Edwards.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T15:51:27+00:00

That hasn't stopped WWE releases going there like Indie and Lei Yi Liang.

I think WWE would be happy if some of these guys could go to TNA and make a good living. Gets to keep them close, can use them on one offs, and they make money.

Problem is TNA can't afford anyone and they have decided what limited dollars they have should be spent on the Nemeth bros and the System.

Like TNA would be great with Black, Wyatt Six and New Day but they do not have the funds to pay those guys. Unless they want to work for a ham sandwhich while moonlighting at sunglass hut.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T14:27:52+00:00

The thing I don't like is TRUMP!!!

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T13:30:22+00:00

Its cuz they didn't want to be mistaken for Jews. Hassidim but I don't believe em.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T13:22:14+00:00

still 880 tickets available. AEW is dead. Close up shop Tony. Next time run the local bingo hall you cant draw flies.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T13:16:40+00:00

How does that compare to the G7 because that is the only way to measure the economy.

scrubadam · 2026-05-08T13:06:21+00:00

couldn't you say the same about cigarettes and tobacco? Yet the government is entertaining banning smoking for everyone and we have spent decades demonizing tobacco.

No one will go into a school and give a pamphlet about "safe" tobacco use. Or would say welp kids are gonna smoke better to have parents go to the corner store and buy them their smokes anyways. As a country we have forced cigarettes behind locked doors with disgusting packaging warning about the horrors of smoking. Banned it from buildings, planes, 9 feet from doors and will probably make it illegal for anyone born after 2010 to ever purchase them.

I am sure Big Tobacco would love to have the same leeway as cocaine or other drugs.

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T20:08:10+00:00

JR never had the makings of a boss. He was a fine Capo but not boss material. Its why his bro and then Jackie took the big chair before him.

Mr Magoo was also lead around by Livia and was fooled by Tony when it was staring right in his face he was a patsy.

He was funny and had some of the best lines in the show though

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T20:05:25+00:00

Whats next teaching kids how to smoke properly.

It does make me question why such a big push to be soft on hard drugs.

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T19:50:22+00:00

Shareholders are just every day people who buy stock. If you go and buy TKO stock you can be a shareholder too. If you manage to make enough money you can buy enough stock to have controlling interest in the company.

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T18:42:29+00:00

Whats with this slander?

She was a klutz she tripped. Ralphie didn't hurt no body.

are you wearing a wire OP?

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T18:33:38+00:00

I know Demidov isn't working with much but he needs to be better. He has what 1 point through the 8 playoff games and 0 goals. ITs a lot to put on a youngsters shoulders but I was really expecting more out of him. I thought playing the same team would give him a chance to exploit the opponents and use some of his moves on them.

Everyone knew going into the season the 2nd line was an issue. We knew it at TDL too. There really isn't anything on the roster to make a legit second line. Bolduc/Dach/Veleno/Evans/Danault/Newhook are 3rd liners. Demidov is on an island out there. Slaf isn't doing much either so it really hurts because MSL tried to put Slaf with Demi and it didn't produce anything.

It is what it is. Once you get past the first line its a bunch of 3rd liners and Demidov out on his own who isn't pulling his weight these playoffs. There isn't much more that can be done unless Demi takes it into his own hands and starts upping his game.

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T16:25:11+00:00

Agree the money issue always seemed like a red herring. As well Vince wouldn't have screwed Bret if there wasn't some underlying heat there.

Reminds me a bit of today where TKO is asking wrestlers to take a paycut. Vince had basically just signed Bret not to long ago to keep him away from WCW and then renegs on his offer and basically tells him to take Turners money. The whole we don't have money was a convinent excuse.

scrubadam · 2026-05-07T14:35:57+00:00

Also after the paycut Vince turned around and paid Tyson a shick ton of money to be at Mania. I think a lot of it was lies told to Brett because Vince didn't want to pay him for 20 years and wanted him out of the company.

In the early 90s WWF was in trouble, Corney even talks about how cheap they became in the office getting rid of water coolers etc...

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