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#121 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 93 weeks ago
Seems to me the republicans want Ukraine to be taken…and Poland probably too…
Then we will have fully erased the progress since 1945…
The purpose of allowing that to happen is beyond my comprehension…
But oh well…let it happen i guess…if you all want WW3 this would be the best way to make it happen…
If Ukraine and Poland won’t stand with each other they’ll go down together
#122 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 93 weeks ago
Donald Trump has to be the devil reincarnate…
#123 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 94 weeks ago
Brett Sawyer died. RIP.
I remember him and Buzz as a tag team briefly in NWA 1985. Wasn't much for them to do as there was simply too much talent on the roster during that period.
I think their peak was 1983 mid south/mid Atlantic.
This relates to my above post indirectly.
I feel as though the 80s were the golden age of wrestling...and I always will. And given the absolute amateur hour that wrestling is now...it pains me as we get further away from that era.
My theory is that Vince greatly benefitted from the territories. The amazing stuff happening in mid south, mid atlantic, Houston wrestling...the list goes on...
Vince had the luxury of paying people more than anyone else could...as he poached the territory talents, he was also killing the territories...There was a brief symbiotic relationship there that turned parasitic. As each territory died so did decades of wrestling knowledge and along with it pipelines for well trained hands from announcing to the in ring talent and everything in between...
What is left? The people who like WWE no matter what they do is all that's left...and then everybody pays attention for awhile during wrestlemania season. The amount of revenue WWE generates is not sustainable in my opinion unless they grow the audience. This is something they really need to...they are great at shaping the optics to make it seem like they are invincible...and they are even willing to rewrite wrestling history to make themselves seem more impressive than they actually are...
So to come full circle...I was only 3 years old in 1985. But I know enough to know this: Bret and Buzz Sawyer were amazing talents and if they can't find a spot somewhere because a roster was too loaded, wow!...how they hell are we where we are in 2023?
#124 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 94 weeks ago
mitchejw wrote:The Facebook and Twitter media definitely made sure you’d come to this conclusion eventually…
AEW is a jerk off vanity project…
It’s like Uber…never shown a profit ever…just keeps going for some reason
Coz it's ran by a billionaires kid, i think vanity project is the perfect term for it. The booking is awful & the product is like an indie show with a budget
Spot on!
For those that do want a more thorough understanding of the situation...some of the wrestlers in AEW are also EVPs in the company. They've been using their power to fuck with CM Punk since he arrived. At first it started more covert but then guys on tv would do things to embarrass punk and they just did unprofessional shit.
So Punk is turning the company around in a lot of ways...they had their first $1 million gate just a few months into his run. The more succesful Punk got, the more these EVPs got jealous and instead of embracing the success they sabotaged it left and right. Punk didn't make it better by publicly calling them out...but he also wasn't wrong. Their number 1 draw by far was being sabotaged by the very people who were in charge of running it. Rather than Tony Khan allowing the run to play out and elevating the brand, he did nothing. Repeatedly, he did nothing and allowed the situation to fester and get worse.
And so now it's fully exposed...who cares about ratings? who cares about gates? who cares about revenue? Tony wants to be friends with everyone. And that's why they are going to continue to circle the drain until daddy says 'no more.' I'm not sure what that would take...as I'm certain this is a great write off for the Khans. But due to the fact that it's just something 'to do' for Tony Khan it will never be taken very seriously.
And this is coming from someone who was really hoping it would succeed.
Edit: I learned shortly after posting this that AEW's Saturday Night show went from a viewership of 800-850k on aveage to 350k after Punk's firing.
They're on their way to becoming TNA...a promotion that is content with 100k viewers.
#125 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 95 weeks ago
It seems like the media keeps suggesting that Trump and/or Biden will not run in 2024. Does anyone actually believe it's not inevitable at this point?
Trump supporters don't even care what he has to offer anymore. It's all ride or die at this point...defiant to the end...and completely and totally substanceless. Trump has nothing to offer except revenge.
I was reading about the Michigan GOP...they're completely broke and literally fist fighting each other at meetings and conventions. Losers keep running and doubling down on the same shit that cost them in 2022.
How does the Republican Party get out of this?
#126 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 95 weeks ago
I keep seeing Back to the Future 4 trailers - but I've heard no official word that it they are real...the trailers are really impressive and could easily fool lots of people if they are fake.
Anyone know anything about it? My favorite trailer begins, 'when time travel is invented it will be the biggest ethical dilemma that mankind will ever have to deal with...'
#127 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 96 weeks ago
The Facebook and Twitter media definitely made sure you’d come to this conclusion eventually…
AEW is a jerk off vanity project…
It’s like Uber…never shown a profit ever…just keeps going for some reason
#128 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 97 weeks ago
We all agree here that the Wagnor (sp?) was murdered by the soviet state, correct?
#129 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 97 weeks ago
Democrats like Obama and Biden are what Republicans were in the 90s.
They steered right while the lunatic fringe went far left.
Yeah the other side has problems too. I really wish they could somehow move on from Trumpism.
I'd like to see the alternate timeline where Kasich gets the 2016 nomination.
I don't really see an agenda anymore...other than they universally hate immigrants.
What do the republicans (the current form) have to offer anyone other than who they already have?
That GOP debate was such a waste of time...
For me the Trump era started in Obama's first term. It's so exhausting...why keep this up? Can you offer something new? Or will the current iteration of the Republican party have to die off (voting base included)
#130 Re: The Garden » Current Events... » 97 weeks ago
I’ve actually done that before, James…
Can’t say I’ve watched every second of the debates you’re referring to…
but i can see how charming Reagan is…and there weren’t any insults…maybe subtle jabs…nothing directly or overt
But i also can’t really see huge differences in the parties back then.
Now…the republicans are unrecognizable…and democrats are even unrecognizable even from the Clinton days…