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Did Trump just wake up from a nap right before that speech? Line of the night was from Schumer: "We dont govern by temper tantrum". haha

Joey Janella. Penelope. MJF (he's 23 and really good). Hangman Page ofcourse. Over 53,000 people watching. EDIT: Neville (PAC) out now. Looking jacked. EDIT 2: Announces second show will be in Jacksonville and partial proceeds to fight gun violence. EDIT 3: Chris Jericho!

All In 2 Double Or Nothing, May 25th at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Im due for a trip to Vegas!

Over 30,000 watching the live youtube stream (and thats with some streaming issues lol). Forgot to mention Chris Daniels, Frankie Kaz, Scorpio Sky all signed. Billy Gunn is there. Jaguars Cheerleaders! EDIT: Over 40,000 watching now. Cody made an interesting remark. He said in wrestling the wrestlers are the least paid. And its true when you compare it to major sports where the talent have aprox 50% split of revenue. In wrestling its way way lower. Cody said in AEW they intend to change that. More money for the talent. EDIT: Bucks talking now. Said Khan family approached them and Cody and asked them if they really wanted to change the world.

Justin Roberts is involved. He did All In and was a ring announcer with WWE. Todd Pettengill is at the rally hosting as well so he's possible. They used Bobby Cruise, Don Callis and Sean Mooney at All In. I'd expect them all to be possibilities. EDIT: I should add that Jim Ross is rumoured to be apart of this, particularly in some of the behind the scenes aspect (he was VP in WWE and WCW) but he could be involved in announcing. If its me, I try to scoop Tony Schiavone and Don Callis as my TV announcers.

Some unconfirmed rumours that AEW has a deal done with Turner to air on TNT and its big money and multi-year, that AEW will offer health insurance, TV will be Tuesday (I think one of the trademarks they registered was a Tuesday night show). Rally begins at 4pm and apparently there are several hundred people lined up to get in. Bucks flew to Jacksonville on Khan's private jet. Apparently they will reveal some talent tonight that hasnt been mentioned including "surprises". PAC (Neville in WWE) is allegedly one of them. Speculation Kenny could be there. Conrad Thompson (Ric Flair's son-in-law) is one of the hosts of the rally. He produced the Starrcast event at All In.

Going to the conference final was a windfall for True North. All their business interests are tied to the Jets doing well. If they are a cap team that misses the window and begins to suck, sure, we can talk about trading guys away due to money and rebuilding. But every team would feel the same way in that scenario. Chipman did manage expectations in year one when he said the Jets would NOT be a cap team unless they had a chance of winning the cup. They're basically a cap team now. And will be for the foreseeable future. If they trade Laine it wont be because they cant afford him. It might be because they feel his market value isnt worth what he brings. But if they really want to keep him, they will keep him.

Trump campaign manager working with Russian intelligence. Hmmmm NO COLLUSSION.

Also when WCW added Thunder, the big stars wanted more money to work. So a guy making millions says he's only contracted to work 4 TV's and a PPV per month so wants more money to work Thunder. Eventually Thunder sucks because no "stars" are willing to work it. WCW used to fly their entire roster to TV as well because they often had no idea what the show line up would be until show day. Massive expenses. Lanny Poffo had a huge deal and never worked one single time for WCW. WCW could have rebounded. They were still getting a 2.0-3.0 rating on Nitro (RAW gets less than that now). They were just badly mismanaged and a Turner executive killed the TV (some say maliciously to allow a sale to WWE because of a relationship with someone there). It makes you realize how badly Dixie Carter screwed up TNA. They had that sweet Spike TV deal and she just didnt get it. She could have had Paul Heyman but instead chose Hogan/Bischoff and Russo.

Guaranteed contracts existed before Turner signed Hall & Nash but his huge guaranteed deals to both of them made WWE walk away. One year later, WWE wouldn't have walked away (especially if they could predict how the nWo would hurt their business). Its not that Turner gave MORE money to guys, its that in WWE you were guaranteed less but could make more. In WCW the guarantee pay caused guys to miss work and not care. WCW had a bad habit of giving big deals to guys they never used either. When Benoit, Eddie etc jumped to WWE it was for really good deals, but less than WCW offered. They jumped for the opportunity to make more because there was an opportunity to be a bigger star. Same with Jericho. We havent had any rumours yet on what AEW is paying. They wanted Bandido and he signed with ROH and ROH does not "over pay" so that would tell us AEW wasn't offering unreasonable contracts. Bucks and Cody turned down $1 million from WWE but their involved in management of AEW. I suspect, if the rumor of WWE's offer to Kenny is true, his deal with AEW would be for less money but probably has the chance to make up the difference. I have had some local guys tell me Kenny is crazy if he doesnt take the bigger money deal. But average people every day make decisions where they accept less pay for a more rewarding job. When you're talking millions, if WWE offers $3.5 but not going to WWE results in him making $2 million but having more control, more time off, more fun, more rewarding experience and part of something historic...is he really sacrificing a lot? How much do you need to be happy? Thats the question. The Khans are business people. I dont think they're being worked by Cody. They will have a budget. They will know what they want in a TV deal. What they need for PPV buy rates etc. If WWE gets $1 billion for TV, can AEW get $100 million deal? And if so, if they draw 1 million - 1.5 million viewers, what does the next deal look like? Its really exciting to think about a legit alternative to WWE. And I guarantee if AEW is a legitimate alternative to WWE, it will make WWE a lot better than it currently is. And the boys will benefit greatly. So will the fans. In fact, if you like wrestling you HOPE Kenny signs with AEW.

Reminder, Shad Khan owns the Jacksonville Jags and is worth $6.4 billion, a figure that puts Vince to shame. His son, Tony, who will head AEW is 36 years old. They're certainly saying all the right things. I had heard that they were negotiating with a couple of guys who received offers from Impact and in response, AEW "tripled" their offer. If true, they're very serious. Getting Omega will certainly be the biggest feather in their cap.

They could probably get a deal done pretty easily if they offered more freedom, not more money. They used to have guys that were able to do Japan tours but that was before the era of guaranteed contracts (not entirely, but for most people).

You lost me at the Jets being a mid-cap team that wont push the cap. Can we follow that up with "no one wants to play here" and "Jets cant sign their own free agents" to complete the trifecta.

No its true, he's young and has a lot of potential. You disagree? Weird.

What a prediction to get behind, that the incumbent is most likely to win. lol tell me last week's Lotto Max numbers too. Anyway, of course, the Dems didnt screw up at all. They ran a good campaign and had Trump beat. They lost a narrow Electorate College, won a very large popular vote. If the Dems can be blamed for Trump conspiring with Russia and Wikileaks, Russia's anti-Hilary campaign and help to Trump, Rudy's conspiring with the New York FBI to pressure Comey into a ridiculous undermining of Clinton (which he tried to walk back like a week later) and the imbalanced media that covered Hilary feeling faint one day as the worst thing ever vs Trump's lack of...well, lack of stable mental faculties...then, sure, the Dems better figure something out. Minus the Russia interference, Hilary wins running away. Even with the Russia interference, she very likely wins without Comey's BS. She might have won had Trump not paid off his mistresses. The Dems should examine the 2016 election very closely but not because they ran a bad campaign. They need to be united from the beginning and stop cutting each others balls after in the primaries. They need to be prepared to be dirty and use social media better. Its always a long uphill battle against an incumbent. But if they run the same campaign, 9 times out of 10 they win.

Sounds like New Japan thought they could keep Kenny absent a working relationship with All Elite and were taken aback when Kenny publicly announced he was leaving. Sounds like they're back-tracking a bit and taking another look at a deal with AEW. They want to keep Kenny that much. A WWE source told Meltzer they want Kenny very badly but it doesnt look like it's going to happen. Some of the AEW holding deals are for five years.

He won in the sense he's the President. But he cheated. So...

Regardless, she won the election. She had Trump whooped with A LOT working against her. The Dems shouldn't sleep on that fact and try to re-invent the wheel.

Hypothetically, if I was doing it, I'd have made sure the decision was apart of it. But if a very large media company was doing it, their deadlines would be such that it would be long wrapped by now. But if I knew people involved in such a venture I would certainly have suggested they be able to insert such a decision into the finished product.

As I recall, they assumed they'd lose and were going to leverage the discourse among his "base" to create a new far right national media empire. They were quite surprised to win. And I think part of the issue with Trump is he conducted his business with that expectation. So when he defends doing business with Russia as "of course I continued to do business, so what, Im a businessman" its because he really feels that way and got caught operating as though he'd lose. I suspect the Russians would have screwed with Hilary regardless of who her opponent was. It just so happened that they had someone willing to work with them because he wanted to for his own financial gain (and hobnobbing with dictators) and/or because they had compromising material on him. There is speculation of Trump laundering money for Russians so it would be a no-brainer to continue working with them and even if he decided to take being President seriously, he couldn't because he was compromised. His desire for power was his undoing. Running for President was the biggest mistake he ever made. Because he won. Because Russia helped him. Because he motivated the racist alt right. If he had lost, we'd be talking about TrumpNews like we talk about FOX. Losing meant a new empire and a global celebrity and power. Winning could very well mean the end of his business empire and/or worse.

Tony Khan being involved in AEW gives it hope. If they can get a TV deal that pays, even decent initially. Look at WWE the the billion deal they got for relatively low ratings. If Elite can be half of that, they're looking at at even bigger TV deal next time (depending on the landscape). Its hard to imagine anyone ever becoming as big as WWE but if Elite ever got a billion TV deal and along with that, comparable merchandise, house shows, PPV, they'd be in the conversation as far as on the level. And then you go public and everyone gets super rich. Kenny is in such a unique position. Go to WWE and take the big money. And you still have exciting matches there that are fresh. And new challenges. There is still a "change the world" aspect to him going to WWE and trying to change it from the inside (and believe me, Hunter is "all in" for Kenny). Or go with AEW and help them get the TV deal they need (Kenny definitely gives them advantages), sells merch, sells tickets (Kenny can be heavily credited with ROH's biggest year and New Japan's US growth (along with Jericho). Its not a stretch to say that this is a critical point in wrestling (previous critical points being WWE signing Hogan in 84, Austin 3:16, Hogan to WCW, Hall & Nash to WCW, Montreal Screwjob, etc). And Kenny's decision is the key factor in what happens. He deserves it too. Some other significant Kenny news will be forthcoming shortly as well.

As a wrestling fan its actually a lot of fun right now. You have New Japan's biggest show of the year just ending and their usual time frame for contracts to expire (end of January), plus the Rumble and all the rumours (that usually fall flat) of guest stars for that and the increased fun and interest that is the Rumble to WrestleMania corridor. Plus now with All Elite, the impact on ROH and the biggest free agent since...I cant even remember when. Lots of fun!

He was reportedly dropping numerous F-bombs towards Pelosi when meeting with her (remember that when he feigns outrage over the MutherF'er remark). And also asked her why everyone wants to impeach him. The walls are closing in.

You can blame Stephanie. There was actually a TV writer named Chris Kreski that no one talks about unless they're really into wrestling. He was there when Vince Russo was head writer. When Russo abruptly quit, Kreski was promoted to head writer. Being a legit TV guy, he would create story boards charting the storylines and people would make fun of him. He did it so he could keep track and make sure the stories were logical. WWE's highest ratings came under Kreski. When Vince decided Stephanie should be moved up as head of creative, Kreski left the company. Steph them embarked on the "hire TV writers" trend. When you have 50 writers on staff, they have to justify their existence and thus, every tiny detail is scripted. To a degree, Vince was a bit of a self loathing wrestling fan. He always wanted to go legit. Thus, they arent in the wrestling business. They are like Disney. So they think anyway. (Steph recently said WWE could be as big as Disney one day lol)