I’m an off and on watcher of wrestling these days. I saw punks rant. Are the EVPs he’s referring to the Young Bucks?

Yeah. They had a pretty nasty fight afterwards too. Apparently Ace Steel threw a chair into Nicks eye and bit and pulled Omegas hair.

In reality that isn't the issue, being friends with someone or not really isn't anyone else's business.

It's more that the locker room picks sides about it and it turns into high school, Punk thought the Bucks were leaking shit to Meltzer painting him poorly.

Also Punk really ****ing doesn't like Adam Page.

This is the most I've cared about AEW since it was created.

Which is unfortunate because their roster is better than WWE's and they do better matches unless you watch for women's wrestling, WWE is better at that.

Yeah. Ok.

Do you objectively think that WWE's roster is better? I mean I guess if you like the Roman Reigns misery tour that could count for something but top to bottom AEW has a better roster than WWE does.

Oh 110%. Do I believe the talent in WWE has been used appropriately? No.

Do I believe things are changing direction under HHH? Absolutely.

Any hopes of The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman returning?

Their show is better than it was, I also think their releasing of half the roster handed AEW a ton of talent and now that roster is better top to bottom.

AEW is starting to give off WCW vibes which is a shame because i actually like their product.

Love or hate Vince it was his show and everyone knew that. I don't think tony has what it takes to keep the locker room and egos in check.

Eh I don't buy into that either, AEW has had few problems for the most part..it's wrestling some people don't like each other..

Vince was perfectly fine with Shawn Michaels being ****ed up on drugs and being a total dick to everyone.

AEW is going through growing pains as it becomes an actual company and not just bros dressing as dicks for some ppv buys and is all headed by a total mark.

Give it time.

Point and counter point.

When I was a kid, I watched wrestling to see hulked up dudes wearing outlandish costumes and looking tough and superhero like.

Most of AEW's wrestlers are less muscular than the children who watch wrestling. These are guys you'll see at your local gym except they can do many flips. Too many generic looking wrestlers in AEW.........they have too many wrestlers in general.

Seen rumors that Punk got seriously injured during the altercation. Torn muscle in the arm.

Oof. Now the rumblings that Discovery is involved and Pink is all but fired.

LOL. Attack and piss off your biggest star and then fire him.

Omega and the Bucks are clowns and AEW will soon go the way of TNA/Impact.

Cody bailed at the right time it seems. Either dude was keeping everything under wraps or could see the shit show coming.

He tore a muscle fighting two dudes with no muscles?

They didn't do anything wrong, though? From every account that cared to speak on it, Bucks and Omega were not the ones that got the Cabana story out, and when they went to confront CM Punk like he asked them to his friend throws a chair at them, nailing Nick in the eye then bites Omega.

Grabbing my popcorn.

See y'all back in the WWE

You might want to lay down the dirt sheets LMAO

Nah man. It's the only interesting thing about wrestling nowadays

fair enough

Ahh hell, I forgot to mention the most exciting thing that happened....MJF is back!

Welp, Vince is apparently making plans to take back over, and seems like he's willing to make it a hostile one.

Now this is long term storytelling

PR Newswire: news distribution, targeting and monitoring
Vince McMahon Takes Actions in Support of Plan for WWE to Undertake a Review of Strategic Alternatives and Capture Unique Opportunity to Maximize Long-term Value for All Shareholders
NEWS PROVIDED BY

Vince McMahon
Jan 05, 2023, 16:25 ET

Submits written consent to WWE Board electing himself and Company veterans George Barrios and Michelle Wilson as Directors

Actions are necessary to ensure McMahon's full participation in upcoming media rights negotiations and review of strategic alternatives

GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vince McMahon, the founder and controlling shareholder of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. ("WWE" or the "Company") (NYSE: WWE), announced today that he has taken necessary actions to position the Company to capitalize on a unique opportunity to maximize long-term value for all WWE shareholders. The actions, communicated to WWE's Board of Directors today via written consent, include the election to the Board of Mr. McMahon, as well as Michelle Wilson and George Barrios – former WWE Co-Presidents and Board members, and currently the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Isos Capital Management – and the requisite removal from the Board of three directors. Mr. McMahon expects to assume the role of Executive Chairman of the Board.

Mr. McMahon's new role will enable unified decision making through the Company's upcoming media rights negotiations and a parallel full review of the Company's strategic alternatives, which Mr. McMahon believes is the right course of action and in the best interests of WWE and WWE shareholders amidst the current dynamics in the media and entertainment industry. As Mr. McMahon has communicated to the Board, he believes there is a narrow window of opportunity to create significant value for all shareholders and that to do so, the strategic alternatives review must occur in tandem with the media rights negotiations. He also expressed to the Board that he believes these two initiatives require Mr. McMahon's direct participation, leadership, and support as controlling shareholder.

"WWE is entering a critical juncture in its history with the upcoming media rights negotiations coinciding with increased industry-wide demand for quality content and live events and with more companies seeking to own the intellectual property on their platforms," said Mr. McMahon. "The only way for WWE to fully capitalize on this opportunity is for me to return as Executive Chairman and support the management team in the negotiations for our media rights and to combine that with a review of strategic alternatives. My return will allow WWE, as well as any transaction counterparties, to engage in these processes knowing they will have the support of the controlling shareholder."

Prior to delivering written consent, Mr. McMahon sent two separate letters to the Board in late December in which he expressed the urgency of his return to the Company as Executive Chairman and his desire to work collaboratively with the Board and management team. Following conversations with representatives of the Company both before and after Mr. McMahon's most recent letter on December 31, Mr. McMahon determined, consistent with his rights as controlling shareholder, that the steps announced today are necessary to maximize value for all WWE shareholders.

Mr. McMahon said, "Ms. Wilson and Mr. Barrios are highly qualified directors whose professional experience positions them well to help the Company achieve the best possible outcomes in both initiatives. As former WWE Co-Presidents and Board members, they are intimately familiar with industry dynamics and the organization's operations and have helped guide the Company through past successful media rights negotiations. I look forward to working closely again with Michelle and George – as well as the Company's remaining directors and management team, who have my full support and confidence. WWE has an exceptional management team in place, and I do not intend for my return to have any impact on their roles, duties, or responsibilities."

Some excerpts from WSJ

Mr. McMahon, who has majority voting power through his ownership of WWE’s Class-B stock, has told the company that he is electing himself and two former co-presidents and directors, Michelle Wilson and George Barrios, to the board, the people said. The move to reinstate Mr. McMahon, which the board previously rebuffed, and the others will require three current directors to vacate their positions.

The 77-year-old sent a letter to WWE’s board in late December detailing his desire to return to the company he ran for four decades, to help spearhead a strategic-review process, the people said.

The board responded last month in a letter to Mr. McMahon that it was prepared to initiate a review process and would welcome working with him on it. However, it said it unanimously agreed that Mr. McMahon’s return to the business wouldn’t be in shareholders’ best interest, according to people familiar with the letters.

He has communicated to the board that unless he has direct involvement as executive chairman from the outset of a strategic review, he won’t support or approve any media-rights deal or sale, the people said.

Oh Vince

No way this was never not going to happen. It's why I never started watching again.

It's a damn shame because the product has gotten so much better since HHH took over.

I'm sure they'll find some more women to accuse him of various acts of debauchery.

I'm honestly surprised it took as long as it did. When the news came out i don't think any of us were shocked.

JPMorgan has been hired to help facilitate a sale. It'shappening.gif

Comcast and Saudi Arabia are two of the bidders.

Lmao if Saudi Arabia buys WWE

The divas will be dressing like nascar drivers every show. That’s probably the beginning of the end of the interest in women’s wrestling.

It’s going to be Comcast, since WWE is already integrated into Peacock. I wouldn’t be surprised if Vince held secret successful negotiations with Comcast during his mini-vacation, which prompted his hostile return.

Did you really think a known workaholic who built a multi-billion dollar company over the course of 40 years was just going to accept his “retirement?”

Plus, only the McMahons have Class B Stock in the company, which gives them substantially more voting power. Vince owns 80% voting power. I’m just surprised that this didn’t happen sooner.

Limitations regarding some legal matters kept this from happening earlier

Stephanie just resigned.

Holy shit.

What a shame. It was actually looking decent there for a while. Apparently the talent is super bummed about this as well.

Not shocked. She was gone earlier until Vince quit and now he's back.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> has been sold to <br>Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The company will go back to being private. Unknown if Vince McMahon will return to head of creative but it is expected by some people.</p>&mdash; Steven Muehlhausen (@SMuehlhausenJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/SMuehlhausenJr/status/1613014122517655552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol lmao lol

They are going to drive away the one good thing they have right now and that's Sami Zayn.

RIP Jay Briscoe! Hell of a tag team wrestler and single too. his wife died and his two kids are in bad shape too.

That Jay Briscoe story is awful..

His wife whoever didn't die that was false, head on collision both he and the other drive are the fatalities. Jay was taking his 2 girls to cheerleading practice and wham head on collision. Both of his daughters are in critical condition from what I heard, 1 is expected to recover with serious injuries the other they aren't sure about. She has to have back surgery as she's currently paralyzed from the waist down.

The school district his daughters attend in Laurel Delaware is closed today due to this.
This accident apparently happened about 5 minutes from his house.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmwOYAoW...jpg&name=small

Jesus Christ that's horrible.

LMAO Yikes. May have made an oopsie if the wrong outlet picks this up.

WWE CEO Nick Khan briefly commented on the allegations of sexual assault made against Vince McMahon: "Maybe certain things that were acceptable years ago aren't acceptable now. The modern day rules should apply to the modern day. I don't think it should apply to the past."

That certainly makes the WWE look great.

Thank god jay briscoe wife is ok but his girls are in bad shape. Also jay was not wearing a seatbelt and got hit when the other driver pulled into his lane for a headon crash. He was just a few miles away from his house.

Yikes-a-roo

People wonder why Stephanie bounced the **** out with a quickness.

Went to the show tonight out of curiosity to see it live. Pretty neat and they had this Chiefs themed shirt just for those at the show that was stylized after the old Stone Cold Shirts with CHAMPS 3:16 instead.

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Nice shirt

Jesus H Christ watching Vikingo live is insane.

I thought about going just to see him vs Omega.

Not my style of wrestling, but definitely a sight to see.

LMAO yeah, it's more spectacle than match, but the dude legit defies gravity. Just ****ing insane to watch him.

WWE will be sold to Endeavor and merged with UFC to create a new publicly traded company

Incoming $80 Wrestlemania

So this is coming from someone who stopped watching wrestling back around 2005-2006 and just started to sort of watch it again over the last year. I didn't catch every Raw or Smackdown and I don't pay for PPVs. I just read what happened on Reddit after the fact or watch clips.

But Roman Reigns is literally the most boring ****ing champion I've ever seen. Jesus Christ.

The Bloodline story has been pretty good (especially recently), but it sure feels like WWE dropped the ball big time last night.

Cody Rhodes was red hot coming into Mania. He just came back from that torn pec and ridiculous Hell in a Cell match against Seth. Won the Rumble, reunited KO and Sami.

Really felt like last night was the right time for Roman to drop the belts.

With his long reign as Champ, I can’t believe he’s dropping it anywhere but Mania. So we’re probably in for another year of this.

I really don’t see why any casual fan would tune in for any Roman main event until maybe Mania next year.

And that's why I saw what happened last night and wondered what the **** they were doing. For the last year I've watched the Bloodline story and saw what I figured would be the conclusion last night. Shit...KO and Zayn won the tag team titles which should have meant that Reigns dropped his at WM. Then you can have him go full psycho and the Usos split from him.

Instead....meh. I really won't be watching anymore of the shows. I'll probably still check Reddit to get recaps but **** spending hours watching bullshit.

Probably hoping Rock can go at WM40.

Not sure if you're aware but at the very least watch RAW tonight. The one after Mania is always ****ing incredible one way or another. Literally the most passionate gathered from WM all packed in and they usually have at least a couple surprises and big debuts.

I'll probably record it and then check the recap to see if I need to watch it. It just sucks because I was actually finding myself enjoying wrestling again and then that ****ing bullshit happened.

Reigns is boring as ****.

LMAO this might make you feel better. The entire crowd ****ing SHITTING on Roman when he's supposed to be a face. After WM33 I think

https://youtu.be/GdOPGNjx9S0

Assuming Steiners kid debuts tonight.

I’ve seen some speculation that Cody will win in a rematch at Summerslam, but that won’t have the heat that this did. It was right there and they made the wrong call imo.

If the Rock beats Roman, that buries the entire roster. He’s 50 and wouldn’t be a full time performer. That would be a fun moment, but very short lived.

Last night felt very Starrcade 1997 for me.

Hogan vs Sting should’ve been a great payoff from an epic story. It was the biggest event of the year and the time was right. Instead, they got cute and botched the finish. The rematches were never the same.

I don’t think WWE will be able to recreate the energy that Cody had going into last night. The fans will just assume Roman will win until Mania next year. They won’t be near as invested in any future main events from him. And by next year, they might just be completely over it. Roman would have “Go Away Heat” by then.

And all of the talk about Reigns needing to hit that 1000 mark are stupid to me. Who gives a shit? You're telling me that this dude is supposed to be one of the greatest ever? He's boring as ****. And he doesn't win matches clean. Last night would have been a little bit more palatable if he had done it without Solo's help.

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The man literally looks like a cartoon villain now.

Zero fans care about Reigns hitting 1000 days.

That doesn’t create heat. Stories create heat.

Cody had the perfect story and opportunity to take the titles. Big whiff.

I like him. Hope he does.

I want Gunther vs Bronn.

Bronn may very well be the guy pencilled in to take the titles off Roman. They're going to push him to the ****ing moon immediately.

I wonder how much Vince and the selling of the company had to do with this. I can 100% see vince not wanting Cody to be the face of the company during the sale

Endeavor owns 51%, WWE shareholders get 49%.
Vince third in power, Nick Khan 4th
Will be new publicly traded company combined with UFC.

Vince still has a **** ton of say.

This made me laugh.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cody Rhodes: I hope there’s no hard feelings about the whole me smashing your throne thing in AEW.<br><br>Triple H booking the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WrestleMania</a> main event: <a href="https://t.co/SjQbekhxTP">pic.twitter.com/SjQbekhxTP</a></p>&mdash; Public Enemies Podcast (@TheEnemiesPE3) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEnemiesPE3/status/1642734612588683264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Zero impact. The deal was already done.

WWE just has a high level of hatred for its fan base.