WWE in the Time of the Pandemic (3/9/20 till ?????)

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Starting this week with rumors that WWE forced David Starr out of WXW and PROGRESS in Europe over him stomping on the NXT UK Title and his pro union/anti WWE promos plus his constant ragging on WWE's US indy consigliere Gabe Sapolsky

Doesn't come as a surprise (even David Starr seems to be taking a "Well. Freedom of speeches doesn't mean freedom from consequences" stance on Twitter) but this does not bode well for creative freedom for the indy scene, especially in Europe.

 

[Precious Roy]

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Was surprised to find out this is Sami's first title on the main roster. I thought for sure he'd had a brief run with the US or IC title at some point. I'm surprised him and Owens never had the tag belts either

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

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as far as Raw, we're getting Rey Vs Angel Garza so that should be good stuff. Also Edge is advertised which should really have been a surprise but gotta pop the ratings~

 

[909]

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Bah gawd he even kills shit gimmicks

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

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drew is so great

 

[Tino Standard]

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I know we aren’t supposed to think about these things, but what was the main event of Raw supposed to be if we didn’t get an impromptu 8-man tag?

 

[strummer]

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I know you can almost always say this but that 3rd hour was dull as hell

 

[JHawk]

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I know we aren’t supposed to think about these things, but what was the main event of Raw supposed to be if we didn’t get an impromptu 8-man tag?

Apparently Riddick Moss vs. Cedric Alexander since even the Black-Rollins match was made during the show.

Which means, kayfabe wise, they only signed enough matches for a two hour show

 

[Baby Shoes]

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https://twitter.com/braunstrowman/status/1237366272788254721

 

[Baby Shoes]

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https://twitter.com/riddickmoss/status/1237388586774913024

Ridiculous Moss drinking them snark tears. Now they just need to give him that banger theme his team with Tino had in NXT.

https://youtu.be/RCa_Shtq9cQ

In all seriousness, good on him if they want to give him a little push but it all seems so out of left field like when Harry Smith got called up for a two week push so they could give him a wellness violation.

 

[Baby Shoes]

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Did I see the commercial right and NXT is coming from a crowd-less performance center tonight?

Pretty decent card announced in North American Title match with Keith Lee vs Cameron Grimes, Broserweights defend against Undisputed Era and women’s number one contender tournament with Dakota Kai vs Mia Yim.

 

[Baby Shoes]

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Found more on the PC NXT tonight.

Not Coronavirus-based, just coincidental. This is the week that Full Sail was booked that was alluded to not that long ago. I had just seen a rumor that they were looking into the Impact Zone so I thought it was still a little way off.

 

[Hawk 34]

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They just did a tour of shows in the Midwest. Why not just do a live or even taped show from one of those venues instead of their gym. Oh I know why.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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Idk where people got the memo about this being a fan-less show tonight for NXT but it looks like there will be a small crowd there. Looks like they set it up to look exactly like scaled down version of Full Sail.

https://twitter.com/MrJacobCohen/status/1237872293898006528

 

[Epic for the Summer]

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Smackdown will also be live from the Performance Center this week.

 

[Baby Shoes]

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Hope they don’t let a crowd in this time

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

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https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/weeks-wwe-smackdown-no-longer-taking-place-detroit-306316

 

[Baby Shoes]

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https://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-41092738-4

Uh...

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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https://twitter.com/georgiasmith87/status/1238040653474471937
Davey Boy Smith is finally getting into WWE Hall of Fame.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

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https://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-41092738-4

Uh...

Man... why rely on government/local authorities at that point tbh? Like any parents with kids is gonna want to attend a live WWE event with 10,000+ people?

 

[tekcop]

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Love to hold a huge event with thousands of international visitors during a pandemic.

 

[Gary]

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https://mobile.twitter.com/BossMoz/status/1238201135652958208

 

[Kageho]

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https://wrestletalk.com/news/report-triple-h-receives-quiet-demotion-in-wwe/

Apparently a while back in December, WWE demoted Hunter from Head of Talent to Global whatever it is called, and specifically told to watch over the NXT brand and why the NXT Japan brand started picking up and looking like it was back on. Brad Blum is currently doing Trips' old job now.

Not really sure that's a demotion, because Trips at least does a lot of good stuff with NXT (even I admit that).

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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Fox Sports is closing their studios for a week. So no WWE Backstage next week. CM Punk and Rhea Ripley were supposed to be on!

I'm curious how the hell FS1 will fill their airtime with no sports or no talking head shows. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe interacting with each other through Skype?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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Annnd RAW on Monday will be taking place from the WWE Performance Center.

 

[Baby Shoes]

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Full Sail shutting down so it sounds like WWE will continue doing NXT out of the PC.

 

[KingPK]

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This is fucking weird.

 

[fazzle]

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It absolutely is, but I'm glad I'm watching it just because of how nuts it is

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

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HHH being actually funny is somewhat saving it.

 

[HSJ]

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I'm digging this.