Seriously, I have no clue what Grantsdale is trying to say.  Read more

What are you talking about? You’re acting like those deals are for shows that they’re not doing now. And they tend to give some kind of hints about upcoming new expenditures, as well. They're about to have the most profitable years in wrestling history and have had a PR makeover, so why even bother with something that… Read more

I’m not sure what you’re talking about? We don’t know if Fox (or USA for the increase) demanded any production changes or anything like that, but they’re basically doubling the TV rights in a year. They’ll be profiting at least $200 million/year from them. Read more

Mark Cuban’s AXS TV on Friday nights with a streaming service (some shows there are in English but not all) at NJPWWorld.com Read more

Follow some non-WWE wrestling. There’s still hope. Read more

Exactly. Given the KSA handling of all of this, how could anyone expect them to let WWE do a “normal” show next Friday instead of a repeat of Greatest Royal Rumble’s propaganda extravaganza? Read more

You’re missing the point: If they were just running a regular show for regular paying civilian fans in Saudi Arabia without government involvement, it would be a non-issue, just as it was a few years ago. Taking the money and doing propaganda for them is the escalation. Read more

That would be great! Thanks. Read more

I dunno, I don’t see any comments saying that, I just see you frothing at the mouth to talk about how terrible at pro wrestling you think the guy who just got diagnosed with a cancer relapse is. Read more

So it looks like the previous bout with cancer has only been referenced once before in public, albeit obliquely: Read more

This is definitely a normal and appropriate internet comment. Read more

Is your paper online anywhere? Read more

But nobody would really be complaining, if like a few years ago, they just did non-governmental shows. Read more

I thought that was supposed to be misleading by design but not the way you’re thinking. Bliss-Banks in Abu Dhabi was “the first women’s match ever in the Middle East” (it wasn’t, but let’s keep going) because, in their fantasy land, WWE “pushed for change” or whatever, so the way to change the KSA is to go there. Read more

I wasn't dismissing the Cuba thing in and of itself, just that it was a terrible analogy to the position WWE is in. Read more

I didn't, actually, but which site reported it? Got a link? Read more

It doesn’t say that, though. Read more

...the other mentions of Evolution in the article were about how it’s a cynical exercise in PR as much as anything, though. Read more

...did you read the rest of the article? Should make it fairly obvious. Read more

Re-read the article. It was reported right after Greatest Royal Rumble that the next Saudi show would be in November. The exact date was likely on the books the whole time. Are you really naive enough to think this isn’t by design, even though it couldn’t be more obvious? Read more