Also a pretty big blow to the Knockouts division, especially with them almost certainly losing Grace by end of year as well, and having lost Purrazzo and Trinity not too long ago comparably.
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Yeah, while theyβve brought some people in since it still feels like they havenβt fully recovered since those departures. They can pretty easily elevate a few, but still need a few more people, I think.
I wish the best for Gisele. I hadnβt seen her before she showed up in TNA and really enjoyed when she played the first boss to beat when new people came in. I kinda thought this would be her year to become KO champ.
Honestly with the story switch from Diva > Knockout that she did with (iirc?) Gail Kim, it honestly seemed like she was being set up to do so.
That being said she also signed with TNA in early 2022 so her contract was probably coming due in 3 months time. Unless if she purposely didn't wanna follow Scott to MLP a KO title run may have been out of the question since Grace is probably holding the belt till she leaves for WWE.
aside from wrestling shes a pretty big inspiration for me as a trans girl i loved her documentary about coming out and im so glad tna supported her. she'll obviously turn up in maple leaf but i really do hope for a run in roh too because id love to see her and ember.
She's got a lot of friends between ROH/AEW, I have no doubt she'll pop in at least on occasion, especially assuming MLP doesn't get a tv deal (as I cannot imagine 'new small Canadian indie wrestling company' gets a tv deal lol).
yeah this is the way; i love when talent can go from company to company just having fun without contracts so i hope that more companies can work together like this :)
Same. We've had too many decades of 'You work for us and us alone so go fuck yourself if you don't like it'. The post-pandemic, post-AEW wrestling world isn't putting up with that anymore. Life's too short to not wanna see meaty people slapping meat across company lines.
of course i'd also like the same companies to get together and push for unionisation and benefits too to make sure they get paid fairly too :)
We want em to push but that's the one I don't think they'll get ever unless if a company starts up unionized from the get-go. Fucking business is too carny still until another generation of people run through management and clear out the old chaf.
Hell look at this shit from today/yesterday from Konnan (who I know isn't exactly a stellar example of 'good promoter':
All these shits need to retire or die first before unions will be a thing in wrestling.
why am i not surprised there.
@cupcakezealot @GeekFTW i think becorse MLP got athena + Don callis + QT she will get an showing at ROH / AEW π
i think AEW / ROH works with scott / MLP π
Takeshita as well. Scott ain't stupid, he knows AEW/ROH will 100% work with him and clearly is and that's real good for both parties. Also got ELP from NJ, Yamashita from TJ. Working with AEW-ROH is gonna be worth it for the connections alone, especially for access to Rocky who helps facilitate a lot of this stuff.
@GeekFTW ooh sorry forgot takeshita π
that wasnt a "i dont like that they are open to work with eachother"
i love that TK works with scott π
Earlier I said I saw Odyssey Jones was released, and my reaction was ".....who?"
And now I see Gisele Shaw has been released from TNA.
Again........who?
All of your "who is this wrestler?" questions can be solved in seconds thanks to a new internet invention called "search engines". They seem to be the latest online fad, as there's Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, just to name a few. They've only been around for a couple decades, so I can understand why you might not have heard of them.
Tap for spoiler
Big freakin' /s in case it isn't obvious.
In all seriousness, save yourself the down votes and use Google, or whatever your preferred search may be.
thanks to a new internet invention called βsearch enginesβ
i heard they have the internet on computers now
Next you'll tell me computers can make calls and send text messages, too.
..shit..
the only good thing ben affleck did from jay and silent bob
Don't forget the 'Hunting Season' scene, that was the shit too.
he was the bomb in phantoms
also fun fact i never saw good will hunting and the only thing i know about gus van sant is from jay and silent bob and i'm 1000% ok with that.
He was also the bomb as Batman, yo.
Tap for spoiler
Seriously, I was genuinely excited at the idea of Affleck as Batman. He really wanted to do the character justice (no pun intended), and he's the one actor that looks the most "Bruce Wayne" of all those to portray him before or since. Unfortunately, Affleck as Batman suffered the same fate as Affleck as Daredevil, the interpretation was poor. If he had written and/or directed those movies himself, the hate would be warranted. But as an actor, all he can do is give the best performance he can within the confines of the director's vision. Hell, look at Ryan Reynolds, people hated him as Green Lantern but love him as Deadpool. The difference is GL is a shit movie, while DP is great. Seems everyone loves DP.
Who's down with DP?
Whoβs down with DP?
phrasing
haha j/k seriously though i will also agree that ben affleck was amazing in dogma (hell the whole movie is amazing - but alan rickman most of all).
but also i can never see any other batman other than michael keaton :(
Despite being an 80's kid, my very first Batman was Adam West. Batman and Robin were also part of the Superfriends, and would occasionally show up on Scooby Doo. Then came Keaton in '89, and Batman TAS a couple years later. I was also starting to get into the comics around '90-'91. So by the time I was a teenager, I had already learned there were many interpretations of the beloved character, which opened me up to not really caring about continuity nor favoring specific portrayals. What I care about most, is being entertained.
Whoβs down with DP?
You knew what you were doing when you typed that.
But, me.
I stole the joke from a T-shirt, the front reads "I β€ DP" with an image of Deadpool on the back. Not sure if it was official merch or not.
Word, Phantoms like a ma-fucker. π€
Dude, If ya don't know Odyssey Jones, that's one thing. If you're only watching the main roster and not NXT then he's only 'been around' for a literal month and now is gone. Blink and you can miss him.
If ya don't know Gisele Shaw then you don't watch TNA period cause she's been on screen for 3 years and ya probably shouldn't comment on stuff you don't watch cause ya can't have an opinion on it lol. Look the people up at least, ignorance helps no one.
I don't watch the NHL but I ain't going to the hockey community and going "Who?!" after the news of the guy who died last week lol.
Oh, I don't watch WWE in general, or TNA. But I still know who Moose is, and Joe Hendry, and Jordanne Grace.
The top people in a promotion tend to make waves, and headlines. And then there's people who just sit on a roster, appear regularly, play their part, and nobody talks about them.
With NHL it's even worse, because you have Wayne Gretzgy, and then a WHOLE LOTTA "who?" since the league founded over 100 years ago. But their problem is that NHL fans don't really talk about NHL to anyone. So non-fans never hear the names, or know who's a good player. Same problem with the MLB.
My dad HATES wrestling. Like he actively detests it. He still knows Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, and The Rock. I'm unclear if he knows John Cena or Ric Flair, but he's demonstrated proof that he knows the others I mentioned by name. Because society talks about those guys. Or at least they did when they wrestled. But I could fully understand why he wouldn't know who Shelton Benjamin is.
Oh, I don't watch WWE in general, or TNA. But I still know who Moose is, and Joe Hendry, and Jordanne Grace.
This disqualifies your opinion of "I've never heard of this person, so they don't matter."
The top people in a promotion tend to make waves, and headlines. And then there's people who just sit on a roster, appear regularly, play their part, and nobody talks about them.
If you're not watching in the first place, why do you feel the need to express an opinion? The "big names" don't just instantly burst into household name status, everyone starts as bottom of the barrel fodder. Even the people who found fame outside wrestling, still had to build themselves up in some way. The stars don't align for everyone to become recognized outside of their weekly audience, and you don't need to shit on them for it.
But more importantly this:
The top people in a promotion tend to make waves, and headlines.
The people in question are literally making headlines, and you're still playing the "who?" card.
With NHL it's even worse, because you have Wayne Gretzgy, and then a WHOLE LOTTA "who?" since the league founded over 100 years ago. But their problem is that NHL fans don't really talk about NHL to anyone. So non-fans never hear the names, or know who's a good player. Same problem with the MLB.
And if this were an NHL forum, and you were acting like anyone who isn't the The Great One is irrelevant, even though you don't watch the NHL, we'd be having this same conversation.
My dad HATES wrestling. Like he actively detests it. He still knows Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, and The Rock. I'm unclear if he knows John Cena or Ric Flair, but he's demonstrated proof that he knows the others I mentioned by name. Because society talks about those guys. Or at least they did when they wrestled. But I could fully understand why he wouldn't know who Shelton Benjamin is.
Your father's opinion on wrestling and knowledge of certain wrestling personalities is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.