WWE in Fall 2024/Winter 2025: Anyone still watching?

[Mickey Massuco]

WWE launches new indie wrestling development program

October 29, 2024 – WWE today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind developmental program designed to provide up-and-coming independent wrestlers a pathway to a potential career in WWE. The program will be called WWE ID, short for WWE Independent Development™. “WWE ID is the latest in our...

www.wwe.com

Included in the program are wrestling schools/promotions such as Reality of Wrestling (Booker), Nightmare Factory (Cody) and Black & Brave Academy (Rollins) along with Elite Pro Wrestling and KnokX Pro Academy.


Hunter has talked for years about wanting to go back to a territory style of development and this appears to be the beginning of that ideal.

This actually seems really cool.

Good for all the indy talent but this is going to have big consequences for the indy scene and for the younger crop of talent in NXT. You can't employ everybody and provide TV time to every talent so some are going to be squeezed out. It's just like them doing shots in AJPW or NOAH. Great for the buys but there's an underlying agenda that will not benefit wrestling as a whole.

I don’t think a lot of these territories will be on tv. it sounds more like a training program that may do stuff like house shows.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

They do this every few years it feels like before they get bored or decide it costs too much. It's nice while it lasts.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Rhea Ripley is injured which means there are currently no active Aussies in the company. Not a good day for our friend @muzzington

 

[Hawk 34]

Rhea Ripley is injured which means there are currently no active Aussies in the company. Not a good day for our friend @muzzington

I wish that were true but Grayson Waller still remains a dark cloud.

 

[muzzington]

Rhea Ripley is injured which means there are currently no active Aussies in the company. Not a good day for our friend @muzzington

I'm still riding the Toni Storm high.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time

WWE has been the home of some of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace a professional wrestling ring. From legendary in-ring competitors to extremely charismatic

www.si.com

This is clearly a “biggest star” list. I agree with the top three but after that ehhhh

Really I don’t think HHH should be above Savage or Sammartino but what do I know.

 

[alkeiper]

Triple H over a lot of people is absurd. Over Sammartino is sacrilege. Andre at 16 is a larf. Also chuckled at first mainstream breakout star. Gorgeous George existed!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Rhea Ripley is injured which means there are currently no active Aussies in the company. Not a good day for our friend @muzzington

You mean on the main roster, right? Didn't they just sign some chick from Australia to NXT?

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1851986569156071784

I guess I can believe this based on how the salaries have exploded? Most midcard level guys were at 156K during the late 90s, but is Bret really making 7 figures to appear a few times a year???

 

[alkeiper]

I can believe it. Think about how much their passive income streams have grown.

 

[Hawk 34]

WWE has informed Baron Corbin, Tegan Nox, and Indi Hartwell they will not be retained when their current contracts expire, all of which will occur in the very near future.

 

[strummer]

Hartwell was just on tv last week

 

[Valeyard]

Corbin gonna be NWA champion in three months

 

[Valeyard]

I want Knox to have a Toni Storm breakout

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

SIGN CORBIN PLEASE TONY

 

[strummer]

Corbin had been with the company since 2012

 

[Fall of Epic]

Can't say they didn't try with Corbin. Gave him featured roles and monster pushes but never had that one match or gimmick that put him over the edge. The Roman feud in late 2019/early 2020 and Happy Corbin was his best work.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Broke Corbin was his best work IMO not Happy. He was actually getting over as a face which was truly impressive given how unlikable he is.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I had literally no idea Crown Jewel was tomorrow

• WWE Crown Jewel Championship match: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther
• WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship match: WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax vs. Women's World Champion Liv Morgan
• Triple threat match for United States Championship: LA Knight (c) vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes
• Fatal-four way tag team match for WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair (c) vs. Kairi Sane and Iyo Sky vs. Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
• Roman Reigns, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama, Tonga Loa and Jacob Fatu)
• Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
• Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

This is a good card. No idea if I'll bother to watch/steal it. But the fact there's actually more than 5 fucking matches is a good start

 

[strummer]

So WWE running a kidnapping angle while in Saudi....

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

hahaha, they really are amazing.

 

[Valeyard]

It's smart. Build to the next Khashoggi Kup or whatever it was they made belts for.

 

[Brocklock]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1854205557210566778

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

HHH trying to clear out all the Vince guys while he can but he's still coming for you once Trump takes the Oath brother.

 

[Valeyard]

Getting rid of Vince's guys for Vince's new endeavor

 

[Hawk 34]

Elimination Chamber will originate from Rogers Centre in Toronto on March 1st.

This will be the first PLE at this venue since WM 18.

Also of note, WWE will be doing an overseas tour leading into WM and will be airing Raw live on Netflix despite the time difference.

 

[strummer]

WWE is adding a US title for the women's division

 

[Valeyard]

On one hand I love that because it's more for people to do (Dakota needs something, man). On the other i don't trust them to fill time wisely anymore.

 

[strummer]

WWE is going all 1996 and taping the next 2 Raws after tonight's live show. So the next live Raw will not be until Dec. 2.

They are doing the same for Smackdown


Eh so I guess they are just taping next weeks Raw. The 11/25 show will be live.

Saw somewhere they were taping through Thanksgiving but guess not

 

[Valeyard]

TK has to do the funny thing Wednesday