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AEW All In 2025 peaked at 9.6k viewers representing a 45% increase from the previous PPV offering, Double or Nothing. This would indicate roughly how many buys were received for the show on the Youtube Platform
Lol, Meltzer was the clown who said no one would watch RAF. He was out of touch and didn't see the success of RAF coming. They are headlining Khamzat and Arman. RAF helped make Arman a bigger star today than before RAF.
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Bret was uncomfortable cutting generic "Babyface Top Guy" promos when Vince micromanaged him in the early 90s. When Vince changed his philosophy to just let guys cook & speak from the heart in the Attitude Era, Bret was one of the best promos in the biz.
They almost fed everyone to Bret in 1998 and he couldn't get over. Bret got the better of Flair, Sting, Savage, Luger and DDP in 1998.
This company is way too online. The Cut is an awful name. The Last Outfit is better but not great with the first name don't listen to the internet.
Over 1m views for the International RAF live stream (excluding the US) within less than 4 hours. That is double the views that RAF 13 had after 24 hours and ia the most views for an RAF event on Youtube.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, YOUR MAIN EVENTS FOR #RAFABUDHABI 🗣️
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Tony Khan was literally asked point blank by Brandon Thurston if AEW is profitable and he didn't answer and instead said he didn't know the expenses and talked up record revenues. Anyone who is not an idiot knows that is a PR answer for NOT PROFITABLE.
Bret/Austin was never the rightful WM14 match. Michaels was the bigger star than Bret in every way. WM 13 was built on Bret/Austin and did the lowest Mania buyrate in history.
Thinking about the alternative reality where VKM bites the bullet on Bret Hart’s deal, Shawn Michaels doesn’t fry his back on a casket, and both guys get to enjoy the fruits of their labor and perform in a hot WWF product in 98/99.
I can’t shake the feeling that the promotion wasn’t able to fully fill the gaping hole left by both of them for a while. Probably not until Dwayne turned baby permanently and Hunter became “The Game”.
Bret/Austin was the rightful WM 14 main, and they had another classic in them where you get double juice and Steve finally beats Bret.
And then what. Does Bret then link up with Vince in an act of desperation to salvage his career? He already didn’t like the promotion’s direction so being Vince’s corporate champion on a crusade to clean up the product makes a ton of sense. And then Rock joining later in the year could be one of those things where McMahon thought Bret was aging and not getting things done, goes with the younger horse and Bret Hart could turn back babyface and leave the corporation in time for Mania 15.
I still kick Shawn out of DX after WM14 and play DX vs Nation the same way. When Shawn comes back I run him against Shamrock, Taker and Foley. Pick any order you’d like. Michaels/Helmsley Mania 15 direction.
Chris Jericho’s rollout feud in the Federation would be as a young punk fucking with Bret Hart and it ends with an alliance of sorts/occasional tag team. Hart works Angle/Benoit and gets retired by Chris on a Canadian PPV. My HBK write off is WWF not coming to terms on a new deal in 2000 and him taking two years off of the business before the 02 return.
The was the real beginning of the downfall for WCW. Fingerpoke of Doom worked tremendously. This double turn was the end of the nWo and the begining of business declined. Had they continued with the nWo, they wouldnt have declined IMO
Most observers attribute the Fingerpoke of Doom as the death knell of WCW. It wasn’t. Uncensored ‘99 was. Hogan inexplicably turned face & Flair turned heel, denying Goldberg his revenge against the nWo. A cynic might say this was intentional on Hogan’s part. #WCW #HulkHogan
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I'm not the kind of guy to say, "I told you so..."
Dynamite @davemeltzerWON proven to be a fraud in 4K for the 47,476th time.
The fraud Meltzer who has meltdowns about WWE announced attendance numbers if they include comps or people in the building, now wants to count every traditional HBO customer as a Max subscriber. Articles going back to 2021 explain the combined number. @davemeltzerWON
Big Daddy for the Hall of Fame.
For anyone subscribed to HBO, what do you have to do to get access to MAX? Is something where you have to out of your way to get access to it?
The fraud Meltzer who has meltdowns about WWE announced attendance numbers if they include comps or people in the building, now wants to count every traditional HBO customer as a Max subscriber. Articles going back to 2021 explain the combined number. @davemeltzerWON
One of my good buddies just casually returning to remind me of the times I would stay up until 3am watching AEW Collision live and saw the best match in AEW history. You couldn't pay me to watch Collision nowadays.
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It's absurd that AEW is continuing to argue that they can't find Nick Nemeth and argue supposedly that he will not waive his right to process service. He wrestles for TNA.
Interesting that AEW's going after Brandon Thurston for attempting to intervene. He's arguing disclosure.
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The main and co-main events of #RAF14 may be MMA crossover matches, but fans are also in for a treat with some of the highest-level wrestling matchups RAF has put together yet with JO vs Ridge Lovett, Sebastian Rivera vs Vito, JB vs Caliendo & Lucia Yepez vs Sarah Hildebrandt.
