January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997482 Nick Khan means nothing for creative. He's an executer from outside. He's gonna do what Mr. McMahon tells him to do, including firing people again if need be. He can move to another business realm and not bat an eye. Thinking Vince being back doesn't mean WWE is entirely Vince's creature again (was it ever not ?) is fooling yourselves. Vince is WWE, WWE is Vince. He won't go unless it's under his own will entirely, and he apparently won't let WWE be without him deciding what's it's gonna be. Oh, to be a mouse somewhere in Paul & Stephy's house and listen to the conversations....
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997483 And right after Steph resigns... So two weeks ago the board voted unanimously against Vince coming back. So Cokeboy gets rid of three people, replaces them, other three resign and now he gets the vote he wanted without anyone being against it. Y'all weren't kidding when y'all talked about the power he truly had as a shareholder. Good lawd.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997496 I mean, Saudi being interested is not big news I think. Some rumors about shit being a done deal (and making WWE private again) make no sense, how the hell could that thing be done in just a couple of days? lol. All the cryptic tweets being about Triple H would make more sense. Maybe Vince wants to put Johnny Ace in charge of talent again...
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997498 More people on Twitter heavily implying the Saudi rumor is happening, and as such the reason Vince bum rushed his way back on the board so he could make it official.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997502 11 minutes ago, sek69 said: More people on Twitter heavily implying the Saudi rumor is happening, and as such the reason Vince bum rushed his way back on the board so he could make it official. Vince somehow being savvy enough to negotiate everything he wanted in total privacy while he was gone, somehow avoid any leaks to reputable/major media outlets when talks are with Saudi Arabia of all places, and then doing a hostile takeover so he could sign the deal he wanted is something I don't have any ways to describe.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997503 Was just reminded by Twitter that if this is true it probably ends the whole "War in 2024" gimmick MJF has been doing.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997504 Tony K's gotta be absolutely giddy at this point. Jags went from last years laughingstock to AFC South champs, Fullham is solidly entrenched in the midcard in the Premier League after riding the regulation yo-yo, and Vince is pouring gallons of gas on WWE and is preparing to light the match.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997505 I mean, it ends the women's division most likely. It ends Sami Zayn's WWE career. It ends whatever level of transparency from the company was available by being public. And it gives Saudi the wrestling library of what, 90% of US wrestling?
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997506 5 minutes ago, sek69 said: Tony K's gotta be absolutely giddy at this point. Jags went from last years laughingstock to AFC South champs, Fullham is solidly entrenched in the midcard in the Premier League after riding the regulation yo-yo, and Vince is pouring gallons of gas on WWE and is preparing to light the match. Unless the Saudis just decide to go full LIV/Ronaldo and offer hundreds of millions of dollars to guys to jump.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997507 1 minute ago, PeteF3 said: Unless the Saudis just decide to go full LIV/Ronaldo and offer hundreds of millions of dollars to guys to jump Based on how their understanding of wrestling seems to have stopped in the 90s, the only person in AEW they would probably offer money to is Sting. Also probably Double J because he always finds a way.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997508 Man, I do not look forward to KSA OWNING WWE. Fucking Mansoor will be world champ and Sami will have to seek exile in Jacksonville. Fuck this shit. I'm gonna st*b Vince.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997509 And if he really pulled this shit off, he probably stays in charge and has to answer to nobody with the company going private. Unless the allegations against him (and/or more show up) go to trial and he ends up like Weinstein. This whole rumor is so fucking crazy I refuse to believe it until it's truly official, lol.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997511 35 minutes ago, Coffey said: How reliable is this jabrone? He's the guy who declared flat-out that Mercedes Mone was #AllElite, so I guess we'll get a hint tomorrow night one way or the other. I asked about him on another board discussing the Sasha situation, because I'd never heard of him. Bix replied to me: "Reporter for DAZN. Better known long term for MMA reporting but has a good track record with his AEW reporting. And DAZN is a distributor of AEW content in some countries, so there's also that wrinkle."
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997512 FWIW I believe Mercedes is going to show up in AEW at some point, just makes too much business sense not to. She already moved tickets for the NJPW show she's doing, so appearing on AEW TV would only be beneficial to all parties.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997514 So basically it seems like the whole thing started with Bryan Alvarez stirring shit:
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997516 2 hours ago, KawadaSmile said: I'm gonna st*b Vince Welcome to the party (est. 1984)! Then. Now. Forever.
January 11, 20232 yr comment_5997519 The track record of wrestling "journalists" "reporting" on WWE news is pretty abysmal, so I'm going to need to see this confirmed by legitimate business news sources before I believe it.
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