If tomorrow sucks, #WrestleMania is dead as we know it. All the extra fun stuff like surprises, cameos, and backstage interviews have been replaced by ESPN ads, Applebees commercials, video packages, and announcer yapping. Corporate dipshits screwing with creative. 4 hour show, about an hour 20-ish of wrestling. Two hours of bullshit.
The talent works hard, none of this is on them, but these matches are pretty typical for TV or PPV. I'm not asking anyone to go out and k*ll themselves, this ain't AEW, but there used to be a Mania-match feel that was absent from most of Saturday's matches. Night 2 has potential, but we're still going to have APPLEBEES COMMMERCIALS.
Mania can definitely still have it's moments (congrats Bianca), production and entrances are badass, but that Mania day feeling inside is gone. It's like how McDonalds used to look in the 80s/90s compared to the gray box of shit it's become now. That's what this has done to my nostalgia.
Brag about your gates and your viral moments all you want, but back in the day even the bad WrestleManias still felt like WrestleMania. Y'all have absolutely murdered that feeling. Thanks, @WWE. As a fan of 44 years I can't tell you what that means to me.
I was at WrestleMania live and had a great time watching the show.
Then I check Twitter and see people timing matches and breaking down “in-ring minutes” like it’s a lab experiment.
Meanwhile, the Super Bowl only has about 11 to 18 minutes of actual gameplay in a 3+ hour broadcast (that’s a true stat BTW, look it up), and you don’t see diehard NFL fans obsessing over that.
The way some wrestling fans consume the product is insane.
@TheDrainmaker The last ppv I ordered on max was a mess, my app glitched out. Said too many users ( no one was using the account) ended up hooking up an old Roku to get it to work. It woulda been a lot easier to pirate the show than to actually pay the $40.
Dynasty PPV will be available on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, MyAEW, DAZN, traditional cable and many other providers.
FITE/TRILLER TV NO LONGER OFFERING AEW PPVS. IT'S OFFICIAL.
Just a fun question for y'all nothing serious. In my 38 years of wrestling, where would you put me between one and 500. Do I even make the list? Don't worry I have thick skin if you guys don't think so that's fine.
The state of wrestling media tonight says everything.
Coverage was selective, and that’s being generous. Ricochet’s apology was amplified, but the original tweet that warranted it was largely ignored. That’s not accidental. That’s selective reporting designed to control perception.
Yes, deleting the tweet was the right move. It never should have been posted in the first place. If there’s any real accountability, it should go beyond a deletion and include a meaningful gesture...such as supporting a reputable MS foundation.
But the bigger issue is the media’s role in this. Ignoring the offense and then circulating the apology is not balance, it’s protection. And it’s exactly why trust in wrestling media continues to erode.
Fans are paying attention. They’re not as easily misled as some seem to believe.
TONIGHT!
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Instead of having 13+ fights per card with multiple meh fights, why don't we:
1. Limit cards to 10 fights
2. Put the leftovers on a Wednesday card
Would be a better viewing experience on Saturdays while still allowing us hardcores our share of fun on Wednesdays🤔
Thoughts?
@davemeltzerWON I remember you being the one hyping Gail Kim up when she was coming up on the Indy's back in the early 2000s. If I am being truthful you are a big reason I have always been a fan of her. Why the beef ? @davemeltzerWON
Could have predicted the response. You'd rather not learn history and business unlike pretty much all of your trainers and those who promoted you in WWE, TNA, who all subscribed and read religiously.
The real question is How the fuck was Dan Hooker being able to pay his own morgage/rent for his family plus the rent and all the extras for this sidechick with UFC pay.
With that said, I don’t know we didn’t run the time limit, with a rematch taking place Saturday. I am personally very much over Briscoe and Fletcher. Feuds just never seem to end.
Ciampa shouldn’t have lost the championship this quickly. He’s so far above that shit