Anti-AEW wrestling fans are wild. On a call-in show yesterday I heard someone ask "Even with the new [multi-hundred-million multi-year] TV deal, can AEW still get canceled?" The "Pretty please? Fingers crossed?" was implicit. Do something else with your life. Go count the trains at the depot 🤼 - ThreadSky

seantcollins.com • 70 days ago

Anti-AEW wrestling fans are wild. On a call-in show yesterday I heard someone ask "Even with the new [multi-hundred-million multi-year] TV deal, can AEW still get canceled?" The "Pretty please? Fingers crossed?" was implicit. Do something else with your life. Go count the trains at the depot 🤼

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thedarkrattler.bsky.social•70 days ago

While I find the anti-AEW crowd generally annoying and all too happy to spread their negativity, I don't think it's wrong to ask certain questions given the current moves over the last few years of the people running WBD especially David Zaslav. Just look at Sesame Street, Batgirl, TCM and more.

thedarkrattler.bsky.social•70 days ago

Now I admit I didn't hear how the question was asked or what the intent of the person doing the questioning was but ensuring AEW has an ironclad contract that can't be torn up at the whims of some guy who'd rather take a tax write off over releasing projects already produced does seem valid to me.

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

Can you take my word about how the question was asked then, instead of inventing a new question?

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

i'm sorry, that was rude. i've just got some numbskulls up in here and i'm not at my best. I understand what you're saying, but there was no impression given that this person was asking about AEW getting Zaslav'd specifically.

thedarkrattler.bsky.social•70 days ago

And I never intended to make it sound like I was disputing what you heard on the call either. I'm glad AEW got this new deal. It's great for the company and wrestling in general. I just don't have any trust left for Zaslav so I worry what might happen if he changes his mind suddenly.

thedarkrattler.bsky.social•70 days ago

So I apologize if I wasn't clear in my original comments or made it sound like I was attacking you.

abe112983.bsky.social•70 days ago

Holy shit 2 people actually sounding like grown ups being civil with discourse. I thought those days were dead and buried😂. Seriously, it’s good to see that. That’s the differentiator between here and that cesspool we all left

teamkaos1998.bsky.social•70 days ago

Last night's Dynamite was the highest rated show on tbs since...the 11-20 episode of Dynamite. Aew programming is literally becoming the bread and butter of tbs and tnt. These weirdos who pine for cancelation are drinking drano

golanandglobus.bsky.social•70 days ago

I wish they would drink drano 🤷‍♂️

torqpenderloin.bsky.social•70 days ago

how hard is it not to watch something? twitter and the grifters have ruined people's brains. i dont watch raw or smackdown. its extremely easy to do.

nostikvvvibes.bsky.social•70 days ago

I dont think these people watch raw or smackdown either.

nolasue.bsky.social•70 days ago

Same, and I don't constantly shit post about how I don't like WWE. I just keep it moving and let people enjoy things. More competition is better for everyone (including the fans)!

abe112983.bsky.social•70 days ago

No the best one was the guy on Reddit I believe who wanted to file an FCC complaint stating that Shad Khan paid WBD to pay TK so he didn’t look bad. I’m not even making that up

abe112983.bsky.social•70 days ago

To answer the dipshits question directly. Nooooooo it can’t. Sports franchise distribution agreement aren’t like scripted TV shows. The Network can’t just “cancel” a fucking wrestling company. I suppose if they wanted to pay TK everything in one lump some they could but it will never, ever happen

chrisvrennashairdo.bsky.social•70 days ago

I hate the Fed. Absolutely hate it, but without that company existing. There are a ton of workers out of a job, and not all of them could even work for AEW. The streaming deals, will hopefully lead to a real boon period for both of the companies.

supersandy1988.bsky.social•70 days ago

Could be Dubbalos making out they are making money because they gave up part ownership so they can put out they’ve got a bigger deal. 🤷‍♂️

Suppose money doesn’t matter when the owner has leave daddy alone payments

bimbe.bsky.social•70 days ago

Where I was still so guy was marking for Wwe it was pretty funny. He was going at it with people in my section. I wish I recorded it.

wolf82.bsky.social•70 days ago

I do my best to ignore these people. The gap between my and their opinion is too vast for any common ground. And I've found mitigating to BlueSky has seriously helped me avoid coming across these opinions.

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

oh it's like night and day from Twitter. I genuinely believe Twitter's algorithm has a negative economic effect on AEW

tonyburgess1969.bsky.social•70 days ago

Do you think a sometimes struggling AEW continues to be a threat to the WWE and other promotions? It seems like that to me.

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

A segment of the audience, and of the office in Stamford, certainly acts like it is!

wolfiereigns.bsky.social•70 days ago

Now that's to generous you know they can't count past two

manster2099.bsky.social•70 days ago

There’s angles and matches I don’t like in every promotion, but they’re not actually wrestling fans if they want a company shuttered. I complain about some things, but I really -try- to focus on the good, like Shelton Benjamin showing us he was always this good and the deranged Ospreay vs Darby.

edgeofsundown.bsky.social•70 days ago

I'm not anti AEW, but it's getting boring. Same thing over and over with Cage, Moxley etc....
And sorry (not sorry) but Matt Menard = Glen Gilberti

spideycloned.bsky.social•70 days ago

We've literally had the bloodline since the pandemic. Judgment day is going on year three. Cody is about to enter the first full year of a championship. Kross doing another group cult gimmick. Wyatt's barely making a wave. Drew back to feuding with og bloodline.

spideycloned.bsky.social•70 days ago

Meanwhile your first post here is comparing Matt Menard to Disco Inferno, so it's not a surprise that people aren't exactly welcoming of this.

pyrofish77.bsky.social•70 days ago

Matt Menard = Glenn Gilberti if GlennGilberti had a clue about anything. He's a veteran comedy wrestler who can go when he needs to, but is best used in a role where he primarily runs his mouth. He's basically a much snarkier Colt Cabana, and there is a place for him.

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

Ratings for RAW when the McMahons announced "YOU are the authority!," the brand's creative nadir: 2.47 million viewers

Ratings for this week's RAW, when the company is as hot as it's been since the Attitude Era: 1.533 million viewers

Fire Triple H! Cancel Raw!

(or just understand how TV works)
🤼

blazinbobby81.bsky.social•70 days ago

It's pretty telling that SNME drew a 1.7 in a primetime network slot with heavy heavy promotion

seantcollins.com•70 days ago

dumb replies to this, unsurprisingly

shanembailey.com•70 days ago

Yeah, that's dumb. It's better for everyone if it exists. I haven't loved their storylines as much this year, but the wrestling is TOP notch and I still really like the shows. They are fun! They just aren't as good as they have been. Soon it will be good again and have stories i like.

shanembailey.com•70 days ago

Online wrestling fans for the most part are pretty dumb. lol

It's too tribal.

nofunatparties.bsky.social•70 days ago

It was insane to see a certain section being absolutely miserable after the new TV deal was announced. Someone legit made a post on some sub-reddit saying something like - "Is it just me who is just feeling very down today?"

benthehammer.bsky.social•70 days ago

I’m not a AEW fan, but I’m glad it exists.

elitesuperbeast.bsky.social•70 days ago

I’ll never understand people like that. And what’s up with all the wrestling “journalists” who claim AEW is in the mud? Maybe it’s just me but it really feels like there’s been a huge shift in the community towards hating AEW and kissing WWE’s ass

sportsfan69.bsky.social•70 days ago

I kinda sympathize with them, to be honest. it's an industry based on getting clicks, at this point most of them couldn't pay the bills if they were too positive about AEW.

cjy40.bsky.social•70 days ago

Right, but them continuing to act that way is convincing people the AEW product is bad. It’s a cycle for the moment, but it has an expiration date.

sportsfan69.bsky.social•70 days ago

You're not wrong but it's difficult to realize that in the moment. I remember one journalist saying they had to space out stories that made Punk look bad because they knew his fans would attack his credibility.

cjy40.bsky.social•70 days ago

Absolutely understand that position. I agree with you. I continue to believe that when Bryan Danielson got to call us all “fickle” that had to be so, so satisfying.

rafram.bsky.social•70 days ago

I think they genuinely don't enjoy wrestling. They watch something other than AEW hate it and blame AEW for them not enjoying it. Trains would be a good hobby to switch to.

rainykoishi.bsky.social•70 days ago

I saw some super long video essay from a youtube channel I'd never heard of titled "the rise and fall of aew" and its so fascinating to see peoples brains just operate this way in a complete denial of reality

blazinbobby81.bsky.social•70 days ago

Saw that video in my feed, immediately hit the "Don't recommend channel" button. YT is fucked up like this anymore. Just tries to force feed you garbage click/rage bait. Like, you enjoy comics and watch Comicstorian, well here, watch some right wing Geeks n Gamers tell you pop culture is too "woke".

hugetinymistake.bsky.social•70 days ago

They can't wrap their heads around the simple fact that even with the ratings declining the ratings are amazing for cable and probably one of the top programs WBD currently has in its entire portfolio.

nealk.bsky.social•70 days ago

And it costs them so much less than scripted shows! People really don't understand how any of this works.

hugetinymistake.bsky.social•70 days ago

Well, some also don't want to wrap their heads around it because TINY CON

blamaquina.bsky.social•70 days ago

People are so reluctant to watch AEW that they just accept whatever WWE gives them. AEW is where the best wrestle and it’s proven every show.

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