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-the WM19 video package for Hogan vs. Vince including it and the soft voiced narrator going “Hulk Hogan testified against his former boss” Read more

As unlikely as it sounds, he really had just gotten legit neck surgery that he had needed stemming from a weightlifting injury. Read more

Basically because of the attendance disappointing and that they didn’t try to get more out of the first Okada-Tanahashi match in the west, plus the Dome ticket stuff being recent. Read more

My understanding is that MetLife Stadium was their main contact, not WWE. Read more

I think they do have people coordinating that, and it’s possible they did everything right. It’s the dumb statement that makes me even consider that it was at least partially their fault. Read more

One of the truly amazing things about WWE is their ability to release statements that make things worse than if they had said nothing. It’s happened for decades. Read more

I’m guessing that’s either in the security stuff they didn’t produced or the security stuff they redacted heavily out of that one doc they did produce. Read more

Well, yeah, we’re talking about a transit system with numerous unmarked bus stops, bus drivers who are of zero help if you’re going someplace for the first time, buses that will just no-show repeatedly, etc. Read more

Hello, guy who has a weird complex about things other people enjoy and didn't read the article. Read more

They needed Sinclair's lawyers after whatever happened with WWE that briefly got the date pulled. Read more

Fighters only strip if they won’t make weight with any clothes on, and yes, men do it, too. But they started having the modesty curtain available for the female fighters after an all-women's promotion affiliated with the UFC came up with it. Read more

Invicta started using it several years ago and the UFC picked it up. Read more

For starters, there can be a middle ground between “announce nothing” and “no lineups until 2-3 weeks out.” But the reality of NJPW in the U.S. is that it’s a destination boutique product. And after instances where fans have been burned, making sure they get fans to travel will require advertising SOMETHING further in Read more

I think it’s hard to say. ROH & NJPW clearly went with such an early on-sale date to get ahead of NXT ticket sales, knowing that there was no way they’d go on sale before SummerSlam weekend since that was in the same market, including with another NXT show. But first non-WWE show at the current MSG was also a huge Read more

Gunn is one of those guys, like Bobby Roode now, who’s best as a tag team wrestler. Missing a certain something, but with good enough basics, psychology, and athleticism to be half of a really good tag team with a bunch of different partners. But as a singles? Meh. Read more