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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:28:45 AM EDT

if true...

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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:31:40 AM EDT

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Wrastlin’ is still a thing? As in people actually watch it?

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:32:39 AM EDT

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It’s real to me dammit.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:33:40 AM EDT

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Lllllllletsss get ready to jihad!!!

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:34:28 AM EDT

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Double tap

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:34:32 AM EDT

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So is The Iron Sheik coming back?

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:35:09 AM EDT

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Popularity is down but WWE revenue is crazy.

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-announces-revenue-3046-million-2022-third-quarter-full-quarter-earnings-report

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:35:19 AM EDT

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Like it or not it's still big business, in terms of billions of dollars.

Not really a fan of Saudi Arabia buying US companies...

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:35:24 AM EDT

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You do know it's all an act, right?
Unless they start killing journalists on air, why does it matter if someone sells their entertainment business to the Saudi's?

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:37:31 AM EDT

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Jihad in a CAGE!!!

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:41:06 AM EDT

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I guess kids like this stuff. I've hated it since I was 7 and found out I was being bamboozled.

What's hilarious is adults used to believe this was real. How can people be so silly?

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:42:22 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:44:20 AM EDT

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Just southerners believed it.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:45:06 AM EDT

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You do know it's all an act, right?
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China buys our manufacturing, Saudi buys our entertainment.

...welcome to the new America.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:46:28 AM EDT

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Popularity is down but WWE revenue is crazy.

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Wrastlin’ is still a thing? As in people actually watch it?

About half of the performers these days are scantily-clad women. If the Saudis put a stop to that, it'll tank.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:48:40 AM EDT

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About half of the performers these days are scantily-clad women. If the Saudis put a stop to that, it'll tank.

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Wrastlin' is still a thing? As in people actually watch it?

About half of the performers these days are scantily-clad women. If the Saudis put a stop to that, it'll tank.

was thinking the same thing

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:48:56 AM EDT

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Popularity is down but WWE revenue is crazy.

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Wrastlin’ is still a thing? As in people actually watch it?

The Saudi PIF usually gets involved in the sports and entertainment space when companies need cash.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:49:03 AM EDT

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You do know it's all an act, right?
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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:49:54 AM EDT

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Never watched it.
Wrestling (like other sports) + beer
Therefore: Saudi + beer
Uh...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehustle.co/12132022-budweiser-world-cup/amp/

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Posted: 1/11/2023 9:50:30 AM EDT

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You think that is bad ?

Look at who resides in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:51:15 AM EDT

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I think a lot more of it has to do with the Vince McMahon sexual assault allegations. This sale takes the company private and no longer has to answer to the SEC.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:55:22 AM EDT

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I think a lot more of it has to do with the Vince McMahon sexual assault allegations. This sale takes the company private and no longer has to answer to the SEC.

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The Saudi PIF usually gets involved in the sports and entertainment space when companies need cash.

I think a lot more of it has to do with the Vince McMahon sexual assault allegations. This sale takes the company private and no longer has to answer to the SEC.

Could be, but they always need a leveraged angle…..so maybe the problem is bad enough and they got a smoking deal.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:55:52 AM EDT

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(Monster Truck Man Voice) NEXT MONDAY NIGHT GET YOUR PRAYER RUGS READY!!! THOSE LOVELY DIVAS OF WWE WILL HAVE AN ALL OUT ~~BRA AND PANTIES~~ BURKA AND SANDALS MATCH!!! MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY! (MTMV).

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:56:46 AM EDT

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Well played.

Posted: 1/11/2023 9:58:57 AM EDT

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Will the female wrestlers have to cover themselves up and wear burqas while wrestling?

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:01:57 AM EDT

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About half of the performers these days are scantily-clad women. If the Saudis put a stop to that, it'll tank.

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Wrastlin’ is still a thing? As in people actually watch it?

About half of the performers these days are scantily-clad women. If the Saudis put a stop to that, it'll tank.

Yes, if the sale happens, it is going to be interesting because certain things might change to appease the new owners.

Also, will wrestlers quit over the sale? There are wrestlers that don't participate in the yearly Saudi show for political reasons.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:04:47 AM EDT

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Jihad in Riyahd 2023!

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:04:59 AM EDT

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Well, I wondered that myself. Looks like they had a few women's matches when WWE held shows there, women were forced to wear long pants, lone sleeve shirt, and a t-shirt to conceal their boobies.

You'll be happy to know the goats were completely unclothed.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:05:39 AM EDT

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At least they're honest in that its all an act.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:06:27 AM EDT

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Southpark's Took His Job

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8SmUVqVZs

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:06:41 AM EDT

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Yes.

WWE stock has skyrocketed in the last few years. Turns out
it was a fantastic investment. Clay Travis was going on about it a few
days ago.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:07:39 AM EDT

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It’s real to me dammit.

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If I can see it, it’s real.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:09:01 AM EDT

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Popularity is down but WWE revenue is crazy.

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Dang!! that is nuts!! talk about a cash cow

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:09:35 AM EDT

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Ox Baker causes a riot in Cleveland 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFrOb00xnA

Yeah? Cleveland, OH is in the south now?

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:09:42 AM EDT

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Yes.

WWE stock has skyrocketed in the last few years. Turns out
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This. Mock it all you want but it's big business. I bought a couple hundred shares back in 2014 for around $23/share before they launched their network. Just looked this morning after seeing this news and it's currently at $90.23 a share. That is real to me.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:10:02 AM EDT

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I guess kids like this stuff. I've hated it since I was 7 and found out I was being bamboozled.

What's hilarious is adults used to believe this was real. How can people be so silly?

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Well, to be fair, we all love to watch movies, we know that shit ain't real yet people get caught up in them with significant emotional reactions and spend billions of dollars going to the theater to experience said reactions.

This is just live theater..... really, REALLY bad live theater, but still theater.

I think it's also fair to point out that when wrestling was at it's most popular, the "Attitude" era, there was plenty of shit that went down that WAS real. I think that mixture is what hooked people.

I stopped watching a LONG time ago and every time i see a commercial where they discuss the latest drama, i really have no urge to watch because it's the same shit rehashed for the billionth time.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:10:36 AM EDT

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That's been a thing for quite some time.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:11:12 AM EDT

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The Saudis with the checkbooks love their infidel womyn scantily dressed, if not completely undressed.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:12:00 AM EDT

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I grew up with Midsouth Wrestling. After getting my driver's license all that fell by the side.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:12:07 AM EDT

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In before "Look what they took from us" wrestling meme.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:12:26 AM EDT

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Just southerners believed it.

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Yeah? Cleveland, OH is in the south now?

Sam Wyche "You don't live in Cleveland" speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMa20xXykI

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:13:29 AM EDT

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When I hear coworkers talking about professional rasslin' as if it was real is usually how I can tell who has low-grade mental health issues, or just short on IQ points.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:15:05 AM EDT

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I guess kids like this stuff. I've hated it since I was 7 and found out I was being bamboozled.

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My 85 year old grandpa was a firm believer. ‘Rasslin’s real!’ This was in the early ‘70’s before WWE and big wrestling on a National scale. Black and white TV showing matches from the local arena. On the other hand, he never believed men landed on the moon - ‘They filmed all that in Hollywood!’

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:19:02 AM EDT

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Yes, if the sale happens, it is going to be interesting because certain things might change to appease the new owners.

Also, will wrestlers quit over the sale? There are wrestlers that don't participate in the yearly Saudi show for political reasons.

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Is there any other major wrestling companies anymore that can pay high salaries?

A quick google pretty much show that maybe AEW can use this to grow...

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:20:32 AM EDT

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They are heavily involved in F1.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:21:36 AM EDT

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Wwe is as real as the NFL and nascar.

Posted: 1/11/2023 10:21:44 AM EDT

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My 85 year old grandpa was a firm believer. 'Rasslin's real!' This was in the early '70's before WWE and big wrestling on a National scale. Black and white TV showing matches from the local arena. On the other hand, he never believed men landed on the moon - 'They filmed all that in Hollywood!'

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Yeah, the 70's were quite different. My dad was a huge fan growing up during the "territory days".

I was too young back then and grew up with the WWF cartoon style wrestling where everyone had a gimmick day job...the wrestling garbage man, the wrestling hockey player, the wrestling racecar driver, etc., but was always intrigued by the old territory style wrestling and how emotionally invested people were. I recently got hooked on the 'Tales from the Territories' show on Vice...insane how people were so bought in that it was real that they would actually bring a firearm into the arena in hopes of shooting a wrestler that injured a fan favorite.