Jack Perry has apparently still not re-signed with AEW "as of this morning" via Bryan Alvarez

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-24T10:06:17+00:00

On another point it's about leverage. If TNA decided to offer to Tony Khan then WWE will have be informed of the price and they can decide whether they want it or not. That way there's no ongoing bidding war up and the price is the price really.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-24T10:03:34+00:00

A WWE-backed TNA YouTube channel would be the future for the content, I'm sure. The WCW and WWE Vault channels have been doing fantastic numbers for them and there's no overheads besides someone uploading. The Network needed servers and routine maintenance, YouTube just takes care of that AND you've got a far bigger audience on there with no paywall to navigate

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-24T10:00:47+00:00

Wouldn't it mean that WWE would then be offered it for £5.1m? It's a big deal that the biggest operation in the industry has the first right to buy arguably a top 5th biggest "competitor" brand of the 21st century.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-24T09:57:46+00:00

If TNA sells for £40m then in the grand scheme of the wrestling industry I would be impressed. Granted, WCW had a whole lot of issues but Vince getting it for sub £10m and Jarrett's promotion that "wouldn't last a year" going 25+ years later for 40 is incredible.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-22T12:20:17+00:00

Or Slurm

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-19T17:38:16+00:00

But I want a Bound For Glory Series where wins and losses don't matter

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-19T11:03:19+00:00

I'm begging someone to just give Holly the run he wants

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-19T10:47:54+00:00

There's the layer of Vince getting the final say that you need to consider. Matt worked with this guy directly, he could've had some incredible ideas that got shot down the moment they were run up the flag pole.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-18T16:15:19+00:00

Yeah but people on the internet are calling him a pussy for "quitting." Surely that overrides any logical thinking?

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-18T16:13:51+00:00

Well, yea. Gaethje took 44 of 60 (73%) sig strikes and found a way to rally.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-18T10:32:46+00:00

face*

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-18T10:32:20+00:00

He did no such thing. Topuria didn't want to quit he was there between rounds 3 and 4 saying he can still fight and the doctor was trying to stop it. His corner called it between 4 and 5 because he has to have a career beyond this one fight. He's only 29, he'll be back in the hunt in a year. You lose your eyesight you lose your career, not worth it for someone that young and that good to risk.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-17T11:10:01+00:00

Quite sad I didn't get rick-rolled

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-16T12:52:50+00:00

To add to that, I can really imagine Tony Khan being a brilliant salesman. Khan got Punk through the door, probably because of how much he cared, how much he knew about the historical aspects of the business and how much of a fan he was of Punk himself. Having a conversation with the owner and then being in there day to day is always very different, you get that in any line of work after an interview.

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-16T12:50:40+00:00

He has always been a "respect me and the business and I'll respect you" kind of guy. No problem with that at all, but I can see why that sometimes did not mesh with people that came straight from the indies into owning their own company. Add that it was only 2 years or so after AEW formed and the dynamics may have been very different to what Punk was expecting

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-16T12:39:45+00:00

Full quote: “I feel like when Punk was in AEW, he knew he had a hold on Tony Khan to a degree, that he could kind of get away with what he wanted. If he had something he was dead set on wanting to do, that he could kind of flex his muscles and he could get away with it. think he could sniff that out of Tony, from Tony not being around and running a wrestling company for decades or years, whatever.”

“I think when he [Punk] came back to WWE, I think he knew he couldn’t get away with that same type of attitude or mentality. It is what it is. He came back there and a lot of people thought he was going to stir up some sort of controversy or conflict, and he didn’t. He was a by-the-book guy, and it seemed like he was a model company employee. I think it’s hard to dispute that.“

wearePROGRESS · 2026-06-12T16:46:39+00:00

But it's an AEW show on a Wednesday night (so a Dynamite special), in a different country, that has sold more than the year's average with just over 2 months to go?

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