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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 12:51:34 GMT -5
I am open to being proven wrong...
...but I have a nagging suspicion that the WWE isn't going to look the same in 5 years...
...and I do not mean that as being in a good way. I don't see the upside to this for WWE.
Additionally, really wish Vince would just go the hell away.
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Post by k5 on Apr 3, 2023 13:19:15 GMT -5
I am open to being proven wrong... ...but I have a nagging suspicion that the WWE isn't going to look the same in 5 years... ...and I do not mean that as being in a good way. I don't see the upside to this for WWE. Additionally, really wish Vince would just go the hell away. it was inevitably heading in the direction it’s on as a global company.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 13:21:46 GMT -5
I am open to being proven wrong... ...but I have a nagging suspicion that the WWE isn't going to look the same in 5 years... ...and I do not mean that as being in a good way. I don't see the upside to this for WWE. Additionally, really wish Vince would just go the hell away. it was inevitably heading in the direction it’s on as a global company. I suppose so. It definitely doesn't come as a shock.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 3, 2023 13:27:12 GMT -5
how do you merge a scripted fight business with a real fight business
Maybe this is their subtle way of saying, "Oh right... UFC is predetermined too, we just paid the sports tax to say it wasn't, unlike WWE."
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Apr 3, 2023 13:55:02 GMT -5
how do you merge a scripted fight business with a real fight business
Maybe this is their subtle way of saying, "Oh right... UFC is predetermined too, we just paid the sports tax to say it wasn't, unlike WWE."
UFC’s outcomes may be predetermined but their fights are not fake like WWE. UFC beats the crap out of each other. WWE play fights. I’m not hating on UFC or WWE, I’m just stating facts of the differences between the two. How do you merge two companies like that? What do they mean by merge?
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Apr 3, 2023 13:57:14 GMT -5
Maybe this is their subtle way of saying, "Oh right... UFC is predetermined too, we just paid the sports tax to say it wasn't, unlike WWE." UFC’s outcomes may be predetermined but their fights are not fake like WWE. UFC beats the crap out of each other. WWE play fights. I’m not hating on UFC or WWE, I’m just stating facts of the differences between the two. How do you merge two companies like that? What do they mean by merge? I don't think they mean that UFC and WWE are going to be one product. It more than likely means that WWE and UFC are going to be owned by the same company.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 3, 2023 13:57:35 GMT -5
Maybe this is their subtle way of saying, "Oh right... UFC is predetermined too, we just paid the sports tax to say it wasn't, unlike WWE."
UFC’s outcomes may be predetermined but their fights are not fake like WWE. UFC beats the crap out of each other. WWE play fights. I’m not hating on WWE, I’m just stating facts of the differences between the two. How do you merge two companies like that? What do they mean by merge?
Well, when Jim Crockett bought UWF from Bill Watts and had the NWA and UWF merge, it meant the end of the UWF.
It makes no sense to me either. It's like if a company bought the NHL and the NBA and said they merged the two companies. So does that mean Crosby and Malkin play hockey with a basketball against basketball players on the ice??
Maybe we will just get Brock Lesnar winning and holding the WWE and UFC Titles at the same time in all of this! Ha ha ha
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Apr 3, 2023 14:09:28 GMT -5
UFC’s outcomes may be predetermined but their fights are not fake like WWE. UFC beats the crap out of each other. WWE play fights. I’m not hating on UFC or WWE, I’m just stating facts of the differences between the two. How do you merge two companies like that? What do they mean by merge? I don't think they mean that UFC and WWE are going to be one product. It more than likely means that WWE and UFC are going to be owned by the same company. UFC’s outcomes may be predetermined but their fights are not fake like WWE. UFC beats the crap out of each other. WWE play fights. I’m not hating on WWE, I’m just stating facts of the differences between the two. How do you merge two companies like that? What do they mean by merge?
Well, when Jim Crockett bought UWF from Bill Watts and had the NWA and UWF merge, it meant the end of the UWF.
It makes no sense to me either. It's like if a company bought the NHL and the NBA and said they merged the two companies. So does that mean Crosby and Malkin play hockey with a basketball against basketball players on the ice??
Maybe we will just get Brock Lesnar winning and holding the WWE and UFC Titles at the same time in all of this! Ha ha ha
the definition of merge is “combine or cause to combine to form a single entity” oh no. wtf are they about to do lol
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Apr 3, 2023 14:10:26 GMT -5
we’re gonna get roman as undisputed wwe universal champion AND ufc heavyweight champion
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 14:20:53 GMT -5
They're just going to be under the same parent company. The same way njpw and stardom are both owned by bushiroad.
When it comes to the product I do expect the sports entertainer fighters in UFC to crossover, and I expect lots of WWE ads during UFC and some promos and skits in the crowd at UFC events etc. But it's not like they're going to become one joint promotion here.
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Apr 3, 2023 14:53:20 GMT -5
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Post by k5 on Apr 4, 2023 2:36:59 GMT -5
mcgregor is going to win the wwe title in Saudi Arabia 2025. lol
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 4, 2023 19:55:43 GMT -5
Crazy news but I also see no changes anyways except more profit
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Post by LA Times on Apr 4, 2023 20:00:45 GMT -5
Crazy news but I also see no changes anyways except more profit More profit for owners and executives but less pay most likely for the talent/independent contractors.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 4, 2023 20:02:15 GMT -5
Crazy news but I also see no changes anyways except more profit More profit for owners and executives but less pay most likely for the talent/independent contractors. You think so? Hopefully not. The talent deserve the best 100%.
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Post by LA Times on Apr 4, 2023 20:04:14 GMT -5
More profit for owners and executives but less pay most likely for the talent/independent contractors. You think so? Hopefully not. The talent deserve the best 100%. UFC has a reputation for cheaping out on fighter pay, especially under Endeavor. Francis Ngannou left while he was reigning HW champion over pay disputes.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 4, 2023 20:07:38 GMT -5
You think so? Hopefully not. The talent deserve the best 100%. UFC has a reputation for cheaping out on fighter pay, especially under Endeavor. Francis Ngannou left while he was reigning HW champion over pay disputes. Yeah I remember Brock saying he should have got paid more in UFC but this was before Endeavor took over.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 5, 2023 6:55:08 GMT -5
There’s still time to pull out. Nothing is finalized and with the way the stock prices of WWE dropped, I hope someone realizes and gets them out of this
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Post by The American Daydream on Apr 5, 2023 7:38:36 GMT -5
There’s still time to pull out. Nothing is finalized and with the way the stock prices of WWE dropped, I hope someone realizes and gets them out of this "In a presentation to investors Monday, Endeavor says the deal values WWE stock at $105.98 a share. At that price, McMahon, 77, should be worth $3.047 billion." I don't think he's backing out considering his all time high net worth was 3.2 billion in 2019. In 2020 his net worth shrunk to 1.7 billion so now he's back on track to reach a new all time high. Yesterdays close was $97.23 a share so it's definitely on the incline. I don't mind the merger, just would rather see McMahon disappear from it all and go away. Give me Dana as the face of UFC and HHH as the face of WWE. Let Vince and the Endeavor CEO go golfing or whatever tf old people do all day when they're not getting in the way of younger folks progress.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2023 10:24:30 GMT -5
^^^ I'm pretty sure he was just making a joke. Their stock rose a bunch yesterday.
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