Topic: Wrestling Thread (AEW, NJPW, WWE, etc) (*)

[stoa]

Or he simply could have had some time to think and reflect, felt bad about how things turned out and wanted to make amends. I don't think it's beyond the pale to believe this whole episode may have given Punk a bit more sympathy for HHH's side of the fence.

He could have done it any other way. To be honest, I think it's a clear sign to Tony Khan to get his shit together and keep the other people in line, if he wants CM Punk to come back. Not necessarily in terms of CM Punk being about to sign for WWE (which is impossible anyway as he's under contract with AEW) or even being open to signing for them once his AEW-contract runs out, but more in terms of showing Tony that despite all the history and all the nasty stories about Punk's relationship with WWE he might still be open to do something with them even if it's just to piss Tony off for not treating Punk the way he thought he should be treated.

[damomad]

Or he simply could have had some time to think and reflect, felt bad about how things turned out and wanted to make amends. I don't think it's beyond the pale to believe this whole episode may have given Punk a bit more sympathy for HHH's side of the fence.

Really hard to know but that's not beyond the pale at all. Triple H had an awful health scare, Punk maybe heard about that said fuck it life is too short and wanted to bury the hatchet when they were in town.

Bret Hart made amends with both HBK and Vince McMahon, after that I always assume anything is possible in wrestling.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Or he simply could have had some time to think and reflect, felt bad about how things turned out and wanted to make amends. I don't think it's beyond the pale to believe this whole episode may have given Punk a bit more sympathy for HHH's side of the fence.

Someone did raise this, if he is actually looking to work on himself, perhaps he is looking to get closure and apologize to people he wronged. By all accounts he left with no issue either.

He could have done this better though, other than just turning up.

Having said that, AEW talent turn up backstage all the time with no consequence - QT Marshall, Ricky Starks, Shawn Spears, Dustin Rhodes

I think part of the issue is Wrestling Media making a mountain out of a molehill - I don't usually criticize them but Meltzer is directly the man to stir up trouble again with the Punk/Moxley thing just as a deal was to be made for a return. I think we all know Punk was the main culprit of Brawl Out but a lot of people are calling Meltzer out for implying that the Elite are completely faultless and traumatized by the whole affair

[Stockholm Syndrome]

https://twitter.com/stephaniemchase/status/1650857789538074624?cxt=HHwWgIDUgbeag-ktAAAA

All In Seat Map and Pricing. Honestly not bad prices compared to other Wembley events

They are going for a full stadium set up as well,

[damomad]

https://twitter.com/stephaniemchase/status/1650857789538074624?cxt=HHwWgIDUgbeag-ktAAAA

All In Seat Map and Pricing. Honestly not bad prices compared to other Wembley events

They are going for a full stadium set up as well,

Prices seem ok, I don't see the logic in different prices for the top bowl really though, terrible view from all angles.

Not a chance they are selling out, I'll go for a £30 ticket just to be there (and in case I'm wrong) but will pick up a discount closer to the time.

[tubby]

P3 or P6 looking a good option.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Prices seem ok, I don't see the logic in different prices for the top bowl really though, terrible view from all angles.

Not a chance they are selling out, I'll go for a £30 ticket just to be there (and in case I'm wrong) but will pick up a discount closer to the time.

Top bowl actually has really good views actually whenever I have gone to Wembley; can see all of the pitch and pretty well actually

[Stockholm Syndrome]

P3 or P6 looking a good option.

Looking at P3, 4, or 5 myself

[tubby]

Did any of you who signed up for the pre-sale get a confirmation email or anything?

[OsirisMVZ]

Not yet

[tubby]

Not yet

Ta, us neither.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Did any of you who signed up for the pre-sale get a confirmation email or anything?

No but when I tried again to sign up (because I got no email) it did tell me I had already signed up for it so they were aware

[LiverLuke]

the new championship just screams we can't have Roman lose so the others get a consolation title. If cody wins for example he looks like a right chump.

[gazzalfc]

the new championship just screams we can't have Roman lose so the others get a consolation title. If cody wins for example he looks like a right chump.

Welcome back to Vince booking the show. It's just like he never left

[Riquende]

So, Ticketmaster's pre-sale is apparently Tuesday, and Live Nation's is Thursday. Does that seem weird? Are there only a limited number of tickets reserved for presales, or are the people jumping in Thursday going to find the best seats snapped up already?

Or is one of the dates potentially wrong?

[OsirisMVZ]

People joining on Thursday/Friday will find a lot of the seats to have been booked up already. There were almost 30k pre-registers and thats assuming 1 pre-reg will only buy 1 ticket each.

[tubby]

FFS I pre-registered with Live Nation.  Are they still open on Ticketmaster?

EDIT: Wait, no.  Looks like I did it with Ticketmaster.  Phew.

[damomad]

So, Ticketmaster's pre-sale is apparently Tuesday, and Live Nation's is Thursday. Does that seem weird? Are there only a limited number of tickets reserved for presales, or are the people jumping in Thursday going to find the best seats snapped up already?

Or is one of the dates potentially wrong?

Any big events I've been to, the pre sale usually has some of the less desirable seats/prices, people then rush to buy them not taking the chance to wait another day to get better/cheaper seats.

[tubby]

Any big events I've been to, the pre sale usually has some of the less desirable seats/prices, people then rush to buy them not taking the chance to wait another day to get better/cheaper seats.

That's interesting, good tip.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/vince-mcmahon-wwe-sued-by-ex-writer-over-racist-scene-scripts

WWE being sued in relation to unfair dismissal of a black, female, employee, on the basis that she spoke up too much about racist scripts, and some of the ideas for the scripts are absolutely wild

[Stockholm Syndrome]

They included a story of Monsoor claiming that his big secret was that he was behind 9/11

It's frankly shocking that such an idea actually leaves someone's mouth.

This was all around the time Apollo Crews started the Nigerian gimmick with the over-exaggerated accent

[Riquende]

Mentioned on Dynamite that the presale codes will be sent out this weekend.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Thought last night was a much better Dynamite just on the basis of some basic things - start off with a great opener and end in a great Main Event, babyfaces coming out to save each other, commentary acknowledgements. Wasn't a perfect episode but much, much better.

Roddy Strong coming in, never really been a guy for me, but he is good in the ring and an ally for Adam Cole so yeah ok. Can be a Trio or Tag when Kyle comes back.

OC is probably the Dynamite MVP this year, putting on awesome TV matches and being a great fighting champ. He has taken the International Title and turned it into the "workrate" title with excellent matches against great talent.

Last week felt like a first draft, this one felt like actually thought out somewhat

So yeah much improved

[Stockholm Syndrome]

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/vince-mcmahon-wwe-sued-by-ex-writer-over-racist-scene-scripts

WWE being sued in relation to unfair dismissal of a black, female, employee, on the basis that she spoke up too much about racist scripts, and some of the ideas for the scripts are absolutely wild

Also a note from the court papers which was a rumour circulating for the past few months, Stephanie is added as Ms. McMahon, which people are reading in to with the Steph and HHH divorced rumour

[damomad]

Also a note from the court papers which was a rumour circulating for the past few months, Stephanie is added as Ms. McMahon, which people are reading in to with the Steph and HHH divorced rumour

Test is up there somewhere smiling down.

[I've been a good boy]

Also a note from the court papers which was a rumour circulating for the past few months, Stephanie is added as Ms. McMahon, which people are reading in to with the Steph and HHH divorced rumour

First I've heard of that rumour

[Stockholm Syndrome]

First I've heard of that rumour

I've been seeing it since last years Mania when she was going around without a wedding ring

[tubby]

Takeshita is going to be a made man off the back of this BCC/Elite feud.

[amir87]

Also a note from the court papers which was a rumour circulating for the past few months, Stephanie is added as Ms. McMahon, which people are reading in to with the Steph and HHH divorced rumour

Time to play the game uh huh huh!

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Takeshita is going to be a made man off the back of this BCC/Elite feud.

I certainly hope so, because he is a legitimate prodigy.

A guy who does his university dissertation on the German Suplex deserves the world in my eyes.

Seen the argument made that he should win the Owen Tournament given how important an aspect foreign wrestling was to Owens career wrestling in Japan, I certainly wouldn't disagree to an argument of Takeshita winning the Owen

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Btw to anyone waiting on them, just got my pre-sale code now for All In so they should be going around soon

[damomad]

Btw to anyone waiting on them, just got my pre-sale code now for All In so they should be going around soon

Cheers, just booked a meeting with myself for 11 on Tuesday

[tubby]

Yeah we got ours on the 3 accounts we signed up with.  Girlfriend is already trying to get that day as WFH.

[Malaysian Kopite]

OC's just great. The lazy slaps and then turning up for the wrong interview at the end cracked me up. I always dread that he's going to grow stale but they've clearly got enough confidence in him to have constantly open Dynamite. The International Championship's in a much more interesting place than the TNT belt.

[Riquende]

First of the All In ticket days then...

I re-arranged my week to have today WFH to get it sorted, logged into Ticketmaster a few moments ago and noticed there was a special VIP presale starting at 9am. Then a minute later I got an email from FITE with a code for that presale thanks to my AEW subscription... so if you're also an AEW FITE subscriber then keep an eye out for that (I generally don't bother looking at their emails).

[tubby]

We're trying that now and the system is garbage.  You can't see what seat it's allocated you, wtf is this.

[Riquende]

We're trying that now and the system is garbage.  You can't see what seat it's allocated you, wtf is this.

Yeah, the most you can do is specify the price you want and what level of the stadium it is. I looked at a map beforehand and had marked out which blocks I'd be okay with, took a good few refreshes before I got offered seats there so took them.

As I'm booked up now I've got two regular 11am presale codes going if anyone wants them.

[tubby]

We're going to take a massive risk and wait till the Ticketmaster pre-sale.  They might have better sections available.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

I'm a little worried now because I have a meeting at 11 so I will have to jump on after that, hope it isn't too bad

[tubby]

Got our tickets, 110.