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It was the main event so no way was it "card filler". It also wasn't a deathmatch.
There's no reason for that match to have any sort of stipulation attached to it considering all the other matches in the tournament were just singles. That's really what I meant. Random hardcore stipulations in matches on free TV that don't have the heat for it aren't a good thing and devalue the times when a feud actually needs a stipulation match.
 
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There's no reason for that match to have any sort of stipulation attached to it considering all the other matches in the tournament were just singles. That's really what I meant. Random hardcore stipulations in matches on free TV that don't have the heat for it aren't a good thing and devalue the times when a feud actually needs a stipulation match.
I think Jeff asked for that to hide how little he could do in the match alone and to slow it down. Otherwise we would have had a five minute match which some people would see as burying Darby. We see something similar with Sting only having tag team matches. There's no way he could keep up with Darby in the ring and would either botch a lot of moves or the match just wouldn't look as good as it could have been. Any form of hardcore match on live television is okay, but anytime a company has done that there was some build up for it, even a week in some cases. AEW though was just all "anything goes in this match!".

Should note that the Brodie Lee/Cody dogcollar match was on Dynamite and they had some build up for it.
 
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look man i know its still sportsball but hockey ain't no football in ratings terms
Play offs are still happening and that's going to decrease the amount of people watching other shows. 2021 saw 2.4 million people on average watching in the United States alone. This year they're doing even better.

Flames vs Stars for instance saw 1.2m max during their games for instance. Wednesday 18th saw Flames vs Oilers and Rangers vs Hurricanes (Flames vs Oilers was the better game and saw the Flames winning 9-6 which pissed off the wife). There's a Blues vs Avalanche next Wednesday so I'd expect AEW's numbers to be down again and should be better than Lightning vs Panthers game.
 
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It'll be antislapped or dismissed. Once you get falsely accused nothing will save you, especially a public figure.
The Depp trial may prove this wrong
There's no reason for that match to have any sort of stipulation attached to it considering all the other matches in the tournament were just singles. That's really what I meant. Random hardcore stipulations in matches on free TV that don't have the heat for it aren't a good thing and devalue the times when a feud actually needs a stipulation match.
>"No, have the high flying stuntmen wrestle a normal match because free tv shouldn't have high spots"
It's an advantage AEW has over WWE. They actually take risks, both figuratively and literally.
 
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I would take the "announcement" with the grain of salt
The site that reported this also reported that Jeff Hardy was going to get removed in a previous patch.
2K issued a statement on the issue. Carter is removed from the pack and replaced in MyFaction with Seth Rollins and Booker T cards.
 
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A guy that used to work for WWE is claiming that Sasha and Naomi are both in the middle of renegotiating their contracts because they each only have a couple of months left on their current deals.

This makes the walk-out make much more sense. They're done with the company and just don't want to get buried before they leave.
Then they can just bury them verbally "taking their ball and going home"
 
You'd figure they'd actually remove him from this statement then
If it's wrong, then we can all laugh at wrestling and games journalists together.

Also Kairi has a new wrestling costume...it's wonderful:
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And also a Drklght pic so you can feel weird about giving nearly nude Kairi pics Islamic moons.

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A guy that used to work for WWE is claiming that Sasha and Naomi are both in the middle of renegotiating their contracts because they each only have a couple of months left on their current deals.

This makes the walk-out make much more sense. They're done with the company and just don't want to get buried before they leave.
I know it's not the territory days any more, but whatever happened to going out on your back?
 
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