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Arbuckle was leaving no matter what.... if they can get two great picks then that's fantastic.

Clearly Niku is in the dog house for whatever reason it is.

1st overall and a 3rd round pick for a back up qb.... great trade by Calgary.

I would assume that the qb coach wouldn't have much in the say of if we are bringing back Nichols or Zach. I'm surprised that Pierce hasn't been promoted as of yet. Perhaps they are looking at someone else at OC....

Based on his stats from last season it seemed like he either puts up a monster game or terrible numbers. We will see how he adapts to a new system...

I'm absolutely thrilled that New England lost today!! Finally the dynasty ends!

I thought Bryant is a free agent?

Spiderverse was visual candy, I haven't been as dazzled by the visuals of a movie since Speed Racer. And yes I said DAZZLED

Just use discord... Its better.

Adams is a great depth receiver... Not going to pay him as a #1 guy though.

If we retain Nichols , I wouldn't say it's the end of the world because we still have most of our o line and a great RB.

Crappy that WJ will be gone.... that's a huge loss....

It's almost as if he was an inexperienced QB and needs time to grow

Why would he regret going in on the best qb in the league? Proven QB over a guy who did play well for a stretch of 5 games.... the safer bet would be to stick with BLM

Terrible with Durant also! Also terrible with a healthy Nichols!

For myself what was the draw for me with the WWE was the personalities of the wrestlers more so the scripts given to them. Everything just seems so forced and wooden on WWE these days.

Totally unrelated.... I tried sending you a private message and the site said that you could not receive any private messages.... maybe check to see if you got it because I sent a long winded message. Back to topic - I'd say in the 80's everyone knew who Hogan, Savage, Ultimate Warrior and Andre the Giant were. Even a lot of the secondary talent was quite popular such as Hillbilly Jim, Rick Rude, Beefcake, Million Dollar Man etc.... 90's - Bret Hart, Stone Cold, Goldberg, Undertaker, The Rock.... 00's - Lesnar, Cena , Bastista... 10's - ???? The NFL is on a downswing of popularity (while the NBA is scooping up all the eyes) and I'd say I see more jerseys of football players then Bullet Club or Wyatt shirts..... I'd also say the Super Bowl ratings kind of still prove that EVERYONE still watches the big game. Not just football fans. Going back to UFC everyone knew who GSP and Rousey were.... hence why they started getting roles in mainstream movies like Fast and the Furious and Captain America. Wrestling appears to be at it's lowest so clearly it won't become a huge hit over night again... but as what one of those Cornette videos said near the end.... if they keep doing corny stupid **** then how can they expect to regain all the lost wrestling fans from the glory days.

Maybe some guys value loyalty and a greater chance at winning the cup?

I'll stick with the mainstream conversation. I guess interpretation of what mainstream is would differ based on what the metric is. I wouldn't even use being on national television as mainstream mainly because the younger generation does not have cable and a large margin stream (legally or illegally) all programming. I'm not sure how it is in your circle of friends or co workers but for me it kind of crazy on how many people have Kodi boxes these days. I don't know how any company can measure anything with so many people streaming. When I was referring to mainstream, I was referring to it being popular among the general public. It's alarming that WWE has to bring in guys from the past to get a cheap rating bump because so few of the young guys they groomed have broken into main stream. Aside from Batista and Cena has anyone made it big in the last 15 years? I wouldn't count Ronda Rousey since UFC was the one who popularized her. AEW has a long way to go to break it mainstream when guys like Omega become house hold names. Sure these guys are making nice careers and selling good merch.... but it's nowhere near the level of 1998 Steve Austin / NWO / DX shirts which you would see absolutely everywhere. Lets use UFC for example.... the brand is mainstream to a point that people refer to Mixed Martial Arts as UFC. But the star power has dwindled massively over the last few years to a point where they are still trying to cling that one nugget of lightning that they hit when Mayweather put over McGregor. They are practically begging GSP to come out of retirement again because at this point almost all of their champions / bigger stars are not mainstream. Nobody has a hot clue who Kamaru Usman , Israel Adesanya, Alexander Volkanski are.... UFC are still profitable and are on big time tv with Fox.... but they are on a downward trend with ratings and PPV sales which doesn't make it look good for the future. Rome wasn't build in one day , but AEW has a mountain to climb before they hit mainstream.... if ever?

Agree to disagree

Also I'd assume the comfort level of playing with a group of guys he knows in a system he's comfortable with in comparison to going to Ottawa or Toronto where he starts off fresh and playing on a potential dumpster fire of a team.

I couldn't find the thread where to post issues with the site. I noticed that the expanded/condensed toggle doesn't seem to function anymore. I've tried this on 3 different computers , using both Windows / Linux and with Chrome and Firefox. Is anyone else having this first world problem that I'm experiencing?

They are not mainstream at all. I don't even think TNA ever reached mainstream. ECW in it's hey day I don't think would of been considered main stream. The average person doesn't have a hot clue about them. I constantly have to explain who Kenny Omega is , I've yet to meet any non wrestling fans who know who he is. Which sucks because he does deserve more attention. Crap even WWE at this point isn't exactly main stream.... aside from the kids and old man crowd does anyone know any of the big current super stars that were not wrestling back in the glory days? People are familiar with the brand but the average person has no **** clue who Roman Reigns or Kofi Kingston is. It's not one segment .... it's the though process of thinking this is a good idea. Clearly ideas will bomb.... but when you have momentum and come up with absolutely ridiculous things like this.....it's deja vu. I almost expect a Kiss Demon and Kiss to be playing next week... that's what it reminds me of. I'm not saying I want demise.... it just seems very amateurish to do what they have been doing. I would hope that instead of letting the inmates run the asylum that they would go through someone like Arn Anderson and he would tell these guys to smarten up because it's embarrassing and will not win over the casual fan that they will need. I looked up Dark Order and first thing I thought of was this looks like indie level Insane Clown Posse. At least with TNA when I first watched it I saw guys who looked like wrestlers and could perform in the ring. Also the cheap shots are because you keep saying you have experience and make it seem like your opinion holds weight when it clearly doesn't. I've seen local wrestling and it doesn't take any kind of education or deep knowledge to put on a local show. Their is no barrier of entry and clearly anyone can put on a show as I said before. It's noble and nice that you have the passion and kept with it. But this don't make it seem like it involved extreme skills or some kind of insider knowledge to put it on. Maybe Danny Duggan may have a case with his Northern tours or the WFX guy since his shows were more elaborate (i.e. Money mark pays for more bells and whistles) but a local show at a bar or community club doesn't take much aside from knowing phone numbers, getting a ring, and paying out cash. And before you say well have you ever put on a show , clearly the answer is no but I watched Ring Masters do it and outside of the quality of talent they paid for it's practically the same experience. Just because you do something for very long doesn't mean it's the best. In fact on Facebook I have seen well done video ads from your competition. They looked professional and much better then the typical wrestling taping flyer on a shop window kind of crap that used to work in 1995. As of late it appears that they are doing a better at hitting potential customers. Its impressive that a brand new company surpassed someone doing it for 20 years in no time. As for the best in ring product, that's subjective and as of late I can't comment since I have not been. Now if you were using your previous experiences training at real wrestling schools, travelling across North America with wrestling as your career, going to Japan / Mexico , gaining invaluable experience then that would be a different story. Everyone is entitled to an opinion... just because you have a different opinion does not make your opinion the correct one.

Definitely not a cult of cornette guy. I find his stories funny but find him trying to hard to get attention. It is a character but his opinions are valid, maybe his method of delivery is tacky. He has points, it just sometimes he goes way over board to get a reaction and it kind of makes it cringey. His points on my videos about Khan and Dark Order though area dead on though. I find Brian Zane to be more tolerable and enjoyable to listen to. Hannibal TV is also interesting to watch and he clearly thinks AEW is absolutely god awful.... but I don't hold him in high regards since he's more on the same level as a Danny Duggan or a lesser extend an Unknown Poster type of guy. It's hard to listen to people talk about AEW who are in the business because guys like Jim Ross are getting paid HUGE from the money mark so clearly he'll never say anything bad. And other possible free agents won't crap on it because of the potential easy pay off that they'll get. Reminds me of Dixie Carter who also a money mark, barely anyone crapped on her when she was shelling out pay cheques.... when the money runs out then everyone craps on her. I guess it was the same with WCW when they had guys sitting at home for a year getting paid for doing no shows.... once that dried up everyone came out and crapped on them.

Maybe Masoli doesn't need the money? Maybe he values health and long term success over a quick buck?