Wrestling Thread 5: FKA The Viking Experience • Page 83

Just saw a Double or Nothing commercial on ESPN. Don’t watch much tv so I don’t know if they’ve been running spots for a while

 

Just got the press release from Warner for this. Pretty major.

 

The Bleacher Report being the streaming service is super interesting. Solid pick up for them.

 

Wrong thread

 

Is 'real sports analytics' something we want in pro wrestling? I guess it's cool, i'll just have to wait and see how they do it.

 

i'm just wondering when they're going to do something about these brand specific title since the brand split is over

 

they're going to do the opposite and introduce a third top wildcard title to float around shows

 

wait the brand split is over?

 

Kinda. What's the point of the Brand Split if the top stars are floating to both each week?

Both shows began with the Miz and Roman this week.

 

Shaq to AEW.

 

wrong thread

 

That and the writing teams are the same now as well. So it's basically all Raw.

 

I'm guessing the khans have a good relationship with shaq, I wonder if they would ever ask him to call a match.

 

“One thing we really strongly want to present is wins and losses mattering again in pro wrestling. That takes more than the W and the L column,” he said. “We’re talking about percentage of times someone loses to this particular maneuver, percentages against somebody of this height, a whole by-the-numbers approach that really intrigues me. It’s not a cornerstone of AEW necessarily but it’s a great peripheral element we’re working on and that’s going to be exclusive to us.”

Sounds pretty cool. Could be very good for building feuds in the background or having someone learn new moves and counters to overcome an opponent they can't beat. Stuff like that.

 

W/L in match type pushing why someone would want a submission match vs. no holds barred etc...

 

I would never want to hear Shaq call a match

 

Probably gets some tho

 

it's over. From what i remember, was the "wild card rule" mentioned this week? They're gonna try and restrain themselves as much as possible, but as you saw from the VERY FIRST DAY of this "rule" they couldn't stick to 3. And now we're getting 5, same people.

It's not a real rule. The split is over for the forseeable future.

 

They mentioned the wild card rule like 10 times in the first 5 minutes of Smackdown

 

i count 5 "Raw people" on smackdown this week. Was it mentioned after the first 5 minutes?
- Usos, Miz, Lacey, Sami Zayn,

 

Ricochet

 

ah right. Sorry, i dont really know who's on what show or what the rules really are

.....because it's not a real rule. They're just trying to end the brand split with an excuse.

 

Bring back the brand split