Finn Baller
Superstar
guys if we are gonna redirect things to a food discussion can we stay on things like duck breast and not diabetes in a bottle 
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OneDeep
Superstar
Only had that biscuit once in that
yetBut Churches Frosted Biscuits though
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
I'm shocked that wrestling fans eat like complete shyt. 
Finn Baller
Superstar
John Ourand (Puck News): “If the reported numbers are true about David Zaslav re-upping with AEW, what must he be thinking when WWE’s minor league show NXT destroyed them head-to-head in the ratings this week? 874K vs. 329K. It does not appear WBD knows when or how much to spend.”—A media executive
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OneDeep
Superstar
Had to look up deep fried butter 
Why is that a thing
But back to regularly scheduled programming
Why is that a thing
But back to regularly scheduled programming
Brad Piff
The Money & The Miles
no no noJohn Ourand (Puck News): “If the reported numbers are true about David Zaslav re-upping with AEW, what must he be thinking when WWE’s minor league show NXT destroyed them head-to-head in the ratings this week? 874K vs. 329K. It does not appear WBD knows when or how much to spend.”—A media executive
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see you don’t understand
NXT only won because they are on network tv
never mind that they used to regularly get 600-700k viewers on USA and still would have beaten AEW this week anyway
OneDeep
Superstar
But they didn’t promote it enoughno no no
see you don’t understand
NXT only won because they are on network tv
never mind that they used to regularly get 600-700k viewers on USA and still would have beaten AEW this week anyway
Finn Baller
Superstar
no no no
see you don’t understand
NXT only won because they are on network tv
never mind that they used to regularly get 600-700k viewers on USA and still would have beaten AEW this week anyway
in 2023 TBS was the 14th most watched channel on TV whereas The CW was only 28th. The CW doing those numbers for NXT is because of NXT, not the other way around.
firemanBk
The Manslayer
Now to be fair, after a summer of drinking and fukkin around, I'm dry for a few weeks at least...
but...if I wasn'tI would've paired it with this:
What's up with those gins my guy
You drink them neat? On the rocks?
Classic gin & tonic?
Rooting for AEW to fail is the weirdest sh1t. Not even gonna get into helping the wrestlers or people's jobs, as a fan having a viable place for other wrestlers forces WWE to actually have to try to put on the best shows they can and handle their roster well. Even if you only watch WWE, it has been proven that is not good for the quality of their shows when they can do whatever the fukk they want with no worry of anyone wanting to leave or switching the channel.
I'm a gin and soda guy. I actually abhor tonic water. Soda enhances / brings out the taste of the gin, be it floral or citrus. I prefer more citrus botanicals in gin, like Roku has.
The thing about gin is that you can get good gin cheap...it's the easiest spirit to distill. Rainier gin is one of my favorites and it's by a beer maker here in Seattle. Imagine Natty or PBR having a great gin
OneDeep
Superstar
I’m not rooting for them to fail
Just pointing out the glaring bad creative & booking
Finn Baller
Superstar
I don't think that's necessarily true at all. Nobody here or anywhere is nostalgic for 2019-2021 WWE, that time period wasn't treated fondly at all and AEW was around then. They also cut a ton of wrestlers in 2020, including former world champions, and AEW was around then so I wouldn't say they handled their roster well because of AEW's presence either.
IMO NXT was better in the early to mid 2010s when there was no AEW compared to the final years of black and gold era on USA Network going head to head with Dynamite.
I agree its more fun to have other televised wrestling promotions around because of the intrigue of people jumping from one company to the other, but I don't think it's accurate to say AEW made WWE step their game up, at least not initially anyways. Some people will point to Cody but he was already doing the American Nightmare gimmick and presentation before AEW, plus they tried to make a run at Cody before AEW started too
I don't think the majority of people want to see AEW fail, I think they just want to see AEW fans/Tony Khan/some of the wrestlers humbled
I watched Nitro and Raw both on Monday nights growing up, as well as ECW. I just want to watch entertaining, well-booked wrestling.I don't think that's necessarily true at all. Nobody here or anywhere is nostalgic for 2019-2021 WWE, that time period wasn't treated fondly at all and AEW was around then. They also cut a ton of wrestlers in 2020, including former world champions, and AEW was around then so I wouldn't say they handled their roster well because of AEW's presence either.
IMO NXT was better in the early to mid 2010s when there was no AEW compared to the final years of black and gold era on USA Network going head to head with Dynamite.
I agree its more fun to have other televised wrestling promotions around because of the intrigue of people jumping from one company to the other, but I don't think it's accurate to say AEW made WWE step their game up, at least not initially anyways. Some people will point to Cody but he was already doing the American Nightmare gimmick and presentation before AEW, plus they tried to make a run at Cody before AEW started too
I don't think the majority of people want to see AEW fail, I think they just want to see AEW fans/Tony Khan/some of the wrestlers humbled
AEW basically was getting hot twice; the first time from when Dynamite started til Covid, then again in Summer/Fall 2021. We couldn't really get a good feel for how WWE would react to AEW getting hot the first time because of Covid. That WWE stepped their game up in 2022 in part as a response to AEW coming out hot in Summer/Fall 2021, signing Punk/Bryan and doing 1.2s isn't far fetched.