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AEW in Fall 2022- Spreading lies and bullshit to the media.
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Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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My best guess is they thought CM Punk was being unprofessional for airing out their dirty laundry in public (although us CM Punk defenders would say The Elite started it first) and in a dispute between the homegrown talent and the outside talent brought in, I think the locker room sides with the Day 1 guys 99 times out of 100.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Eric Bischoff is Dr. Lipschitz.
They also drove Cody out of the company depending on who you believe, they have beef with FTR, and they storm someone's locker room 3 on 1 and he's not supposed to defend himself? I don't think anyone will get fired for the reasons I already said but this is ridiculous.
Also supposedly at the talent meeting the other week Omega gave a speech in which he was alleged to have said that some of the guys can't lace his boots and are complaining too much.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Is it an overstatement to think that this could be the most crucial 48 hours in the company's history so far? It's fascinating to see how they respond.
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Retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
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The only thing I can think of that would in some way make things less tense is sliently turn Dynamite and Rampage into respective shows for Punk and the Elite. They'd only need to work together for big shows and ideally can avoid one another on a talent level. Besides making a show pretty much built around a trios title isn't the worst thing.
Otherwise, I dunno. Can't not address it, and I don't think either side will be able to help it.
Otherwise, I dunno. Can't not address it, and I don't think either side will be able to help it.
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If Discovery isn't happy then Punk is done. It's the one thing that would trump any level of star power. From SRS:
- He received a text at 05:00, followed up by a phone call at 05:30, that suggested that Discovery wasn't happy about the situation. He originally wasn't going to talk about it, but since people keep shit-talking his journalistic skills (my words, not his), he decided to. He prefaced it as "incredibly, remarkably unconfirmed", but Punk may have received an email saying that he was expected to be fired or that led him to expect to be fired, with a meeting scheduled for 13:00. He emphasised that this was not confirmed.
So it's unprofessional to air out dirty laundry in public, but wholly professional and business-like to do so via bits/shorts on a YouTube show, to take digs at talent in on-air promos, and keep stoking the fires that the person you have been trying to hire since the inception of the company is an unprofessional jerk that politicked his ex-friend down the card? Gotcha.
Being with or siding with "Day 1" guys should only go so far when you're seeing the types of ratings/gates that are getting pulled in, thus giving you more money, from the guy that people are all pointing to and saying "he's a cancer." Lost in all of the Elite drama are the guys like Hobbs, FTR, (I believe) Starks, and others that have said Punk is a great dude and is readily available to give feedback on things if you're looking for insight on how to be better. So what, we're supposed to believe those guys, especially FTR, are outliers and possibly liars?
I've seen rumors that Steel's to be fired because of everything, which like, yeah, I get that there needs to be someone admonished in all of this, but if the reports of the Elite rushing into Punk's dressing room and potentially putting Ace's wife in danger are true, I'd 100% kick someone's ass (or bite them).
At what point do people stop being thankful of Kenny, Matt, and Nick for having a job and start understanding that in order to keep said job, and to stay relevant, shit has to change?
Being with or siding with "Day 1" guys should only go so far when you're seeing the types of ratings/gates that are getting pulled in, thus giving you more money, from the guy that people are all pointing to and saying "he's a cancer." Lost in all of the Elite drama are the guys like Hobbs, FTR, (I believe) Starks, and others that have said Punk is a great dude and is readily available to give feedback on things if you're looking for insight on how to be better. So what, we're supposed to believe those guys, especially FTR, are outliers and possibly liars?
I've seen rumors that Steel's to be fired because of everything, which like, yeah, I get that there needs to be someone admonished in all of this, but if the reports of the Elite rushing into Punk's dressing room and potentially putting Ace's wife in danger are true, I'd 100% kick someone's ass (or bite them).
At what point do people stop being thankful of Kenny, Matt, and Nick for having a job and start understanding that in order to keep said job, and to stay relevant, shit has to change?
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Look. Eddie Kingston got two weeks suspension for pie facing Sammy Guevara. In theory, some heads are gonna roll if the stories about black eyes, shoot chair shots, and biting (and potentially accidentally hurting Larry!) are true. If no one gets punished, it's definitely a double standard and is going to alienate most of the locker room.
I don't blame Discovery for being unhappy about this but they should be unhappy with the entire company not one person or even one side.
um if anything they would be asking Tony not to do anything that would make the ratings go down
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If I'm Discovery, I'm telling Tony Khan to get a strong #2 that he can delegate some leadership responsibilities to or else. Chris Jericho pep speeches alone aren't going to cut it.
I got this. Put me in coach
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LEAKED SCRIPT FOR THE COLD OPEN FOR DYNAMITE TOMORROW
"The events of the past 96 hours were all a dream."
"The events of the past 96 hours were all a dream."
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Time to redo the video game with Punk featured square in the middle on the cover.
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Omega reportedly offered to hash it out with a game of Street Fighter 2 Turbo:
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Just how trustworthy is The Arcadian Vanguard news team? Is Tony Khan revealing locker room news while discussing Big 10 football with John McAdam?
IF true then the fact Omega and Punk were willing to talk at all is a good sign. The Young Bucks are not that important over all. Omega despite my opinion on him is actually a needle mover.
Let's put Ace and The Bucks on a bus and call it a day.
Let's put Ace and The Bucks on a bus and call it a day.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Fuckin real life Indian in the Cupboard, man.
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Brian Last is an arrogant jackass. But he owns Arcadian Vanguard, which owns the newly relaunched Wrestling News…which was a major newsletter back in the day. He has guys like Mike Sempervive and Brian Solomon running The Wrestling News. Those guys are legit. I believe Solomon is actually a real, trained journalist and published author.
If they are reporting something, I would be just as inclined to believe it as I would if it was reported by Meltzer, Keller or Mike Johnson. Actually, maybe even more so because Meltzer is personal friends with Kenny and The Bucks.
SRS is also on my shortlist of very reliable names in wrestling "journalists". I can't vouch for what kind of person he is but he seems to be very accurate and gets a fair number of SCOOPS.
Gary
If You're Into It, I'm Out of It
Cornette.
Then who's this guy at the moment?
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Dr. Katz was not a character on Rugrats. He had his own show on its separate channel.
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I got a bad feeling we've seen the last of CM Punk in AEW:
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I hope no one gets fired. This is simply going to lead to good TV.
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If Punk is done with AEW then I can't see him going back to WWE. I think he has too much pride and is too stubborn to come crawling back there. Maybe if they decide to indict him into the HOF in the next 10 years. I think he's done with wrestling all together.