Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic Part 504: Death of WWE

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I'm confused what point he even thinks he's making. Like, it sounds like he's just trying to call them sissies for playing video games, but he does that by wistfully recalling that wrestlers used to... Carry knives and guns on them? What?

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He misses the days where real manly men would make each other miserable, soap each other's asses, and take wrestler's court super seriously.

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and do literally all the drugs.

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This is the first time I've actually been sold on Kevin Owens: Babyface.

https://youtu.be/a4RAgXsEdZw

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Real manly men like D-Von here.

https://twitter.com/Maffewgregg/status/1352781309417037825?s=20

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has there ever been a time when there were wrestlers NOT trying to be pretty?

they are straight up called "babyfaces"

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Also heels like Gorgeous George
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With roughly a week to go before the ppv...

Royal Rumble card
McIntyre vs Goldberg for the WWE Championship
Reigns vs Owens in a Last Man Standing Match for the Universal Championship
Men's Rumble confirmed combatants: Bryan, Lashley, Styles, Orton, Otis, The Miz, Jey Uso, Cesaro, Jeff Hardy, Zayn, Ziggler, Nakamura
Women's Rumble confirmed combatants: Nia, Charlotte, Belair, Bayley, Mandy, Dana, Peyton, Alexa, Shayna, Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott, Tamina

With nothing truly set in stone, I'm going on a wild prediction that Miz cashes in on McIntyre after he retains, Reigns retains, Bryan wins the Rumble and challenges Reigns, and Alexa wins the Women's Rumble

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I'm more leaning a Rhea Ripley win with a Bianca Belair outside opportunity.

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https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX/status/1353413508164177921?s=19

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so here's your big wwe news story for 2021
https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/wwe-network-peacock-exclusively-streaming-1234890954/

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The DEATH of WWE (Network as an independent streaming service)

You called it steiner.

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WWE gonna start saying their network numbers are the entire Peacock subscriber numbers

ShatteredElysium posted...

WWE gonna start saying their network numbers are the entire Peacock subscriber numbers

"All of these people are a part of the WWE Universe and are the only reason Peacock has the numbers it does!"

I'm kind of curious how many people drop the Network and Peacock entirely now considering I feel there's a lot of people who had the Network before and just forgot they've been paying monthly or if the switch is finally enough to get them to stop paying for it.

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WWE is getting paid $1 billion over 5 years.

This feels like they overpaid like a lot.

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Yeah its obviously a huge win for WWE

Peacock must be desperate
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more like peacucked am i right

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Hmm I've never had interest in WWE Network outside of free trials and the occasional Royal Rumble but WWE Network + Peacock might be worth subscribing to I'll have to see what else Peacock actually has

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Lopen posted...

Hmm I've never had interest in WWE Network outside of free trials and the occasional Royal Rumble but WWE Network + Peacock might be worth subscribing to I'll have to see what else Peacock actually has

Its the NBC streaming service

They have all the shit NBC owns

You probably already know most of that
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Yeah I mostly just need to refresh on what the heck is actually on NBC past and present.

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Wait isnt Peacock free?

Or is this like a paid commercial free version?

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Theres a free tier with limited content plus ads if you have a cable/satellite login

Theres a $4.99 tier with all the content plus ads

Theres a $9.99 tier with all the content ad-free
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Ah got it.

Guess everything I've tried to watch has been in the limited content.

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Hey guys fuck WWE Network, get Peacock so you can just watch AP Bio instead I promise you'll enjoy it more than WWE.

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Ok I am informed that my first tier listed there does not require any login. Otherwise correct
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Hey guys fuck WWE Network, get Peacock so you can just watch AP Bio instead I promise you'll enjoy it more than WWE.

But they cancelled AP Bio so fuck them

AP Bio wasn't that good anyway.

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Not gonna lie between this and the death of NBC Sports I'm wondering if NBC might just buy WWE outright sometime soon.

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It probably makes more financial sense for them to do that than to do this deal

The only obstacle is will Vince sell?
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ShatteredElysium posted...

But they cancelled AP Bio so fuck them

AP Bio is renewed for a fourth season

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Hmm!

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1353760578821627906?s=19

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I feel like it should just premiere on Peacock during NHL season. That makes the most sense to me.
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The quality of WWE fans at this point.

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1353776723838590977

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Jakyl25 posted...

I feel like it should just premiere on Peacock during NHL season. That makes the most sense to me.

Well as long as it makes sense to you

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Eddv posted...

Well as long as it makes sense to you

I just dont understand your proposal of FS1 paying NBCU for temporary rights during hockey

Plus wouldnt they have College Basketball?
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DREW MAC basically said Taker was full of shit and that wrestlers are tougher and better than those in the Attitude Era.

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Jakyl25 posted...

I just dont understand your proposal of FS1 paying NBCU for temporary rights during hockey

Plus wouldnt they have College Basketball?

I'm saying there's no reason for NXT to remain on NBC at all. Theyre already paying for NXT once.

They can make Fox pay the show's first run elsewhere I bet and double dip the chip.

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https://twitter.com/tapemachines/status/1353716119916466176?s=20

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This isn't entirely Nia Jax's fault, for a change of pace, but Jesus Christ, set her down and try the spot again.

https://twitter.com/KyloCool630/status/1353881554997620737?s=20

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So Edge is officially back for the Royal Rumble.

Will the tagline now be "The Greatest Royal Rumble Ever"? Or did we already get that at one of the Saudi shows?

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TheRock1525 posted...

So Edge is officially back for the Royal Rumble.

Will the tagline now be "The Greatest Royal Rumble Ever"? Or did we already get that at one of the Saudi shows?

only if they have to pre-tape and edit together the entire thing

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https://twitter.com/bossmoz/status/1354033675101331458?s=21
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https://twitter.com/themattcardona/status/1353883560210477056?s=21

Did not expect the nostalgia to hit so hard at the end
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/bossmoz/status/1354033675101331458?s=21

This influenced me to read said interview. So THAT explains the random tag title win from the Hardys in 2000.

Ironically, Godfather would eventually ditch the hos for a completely forgettable 2 month long heel run in 2002.

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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Ironically, Godfather would eventually ditch the hos for a completely forgettable 2 month long heel run in 2002.

It must have been, because I honestly have no memory of this
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WWEs take on their current top contender 20 years ago

https://twitter.com/wrestlecritic/status/1353036709391433729?s=21
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I remember that

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https://twitter.com/wwe/status/1354101326653882368?s=21

I resent this statement as a 3MB fan
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Jakyl25 posted...

It must have been, because I honestly have no memory of this

It was incredibly sad tbh. Godfather returned in 2002, but was running an escort service (because he couldn't call them hos on camera). Said escort service cost him a few matches against the likes of Booker T, Test, and Mr. Perfect among others, so he shut it down and started going to the ring solo and using his cane as a weapon if necessary. He spent all of April and May on Jakked, Velocity, and Heat wrestling the likes of Faarooq, Funaki, Mark Henry, and Hugh Morrus.

Then in September he appeared to attempt to break up Billy and Chuck's Wedding with the Ho Train, thus pretending Spring 2002 never happened.

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Whoever is doing rumble numbers I want in

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