Some Wrestling News & Rumours 2019 Thread ***NO CHAT***

Lithium93_

No wonder Shinsuke Nakamura's coasting if he's on that a year.

Agent Coulson

I remember reading last year that Jinder was on close to $1m a year (not sure how true it is) but if it is anywhere close to that why would he ever want to work for anyone else.

I'd be signing 5/10/ lifetime contracts for that kind of money if I were him.

The White Wolf

No way Jinder is on that even accounting for his pull in his home market. If he is then fair ****ing play to whoever negotiated that.

I'd believe the Great Khali was on that before I'd believe Jinder is

Jerichoholic

Jinder's never getting booked anywhere else, he's far better off staying where he is. Rolling up geeks on a golf course in comedy skits.

lawlolawl

Lithium93_ wrote: »

No wonder Shinsuke Nakamura's coasting if he's on that a year.

I think I remember hearing he's on the guts of a million a year.

Him, Balor and a few others got great deals at the time.

J. Marston

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Jinder's never getting booked anywhere else, he's far better off staying where he is. Rolling up geeks on a golf course in comedy skits.

R-Truth isn't a geek. Comedy may be his thing but I wouldn't call him a geek because of it.

Loughc

J. Marston wrote: »

R-Truth isn't a geek. Comedy may be his thing but I wouldn't call him a geek because of it.

It’s ok this is jericho’s Gimmick now he doesn’t really believe it.

Itssoeasy

The White Wolf wrote: »

No way Jinder is on that even accounting for his pull in his home market. If he is then fair ****ing play to whoever negotiated that.

I'd believe the Great Khali was on that before I'd believe Jinder is

Home market ? He's canadian sand I think WWE have canada covered.

The White Wolf

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Home market ? He's canadian sand I think WWE have canada covered.

Ah.....thought he was from India given the way they tried to sell him to that Market.

Agent Coulson

Episodes 5 & 6 of Vice's The Wrestlers are great one follows Womens wrestling and domestic violence that goes with it sadly and the other follows Mexican wrestlers including Rey Fenix.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Agent Coulson wrote: »

What's the average yearly wage for a WWE wrestler these days?

$500k?


Well then it's a no brainer for these guys to sign a 5 year deal take the money and run and phone it in every night you are there what are they going to do fire you.

Majority of the mid card probably make low six figures. 200 to 300k I'd say.

ERG89

I enjoyed the Stardom one. Came across it randomly on YouTube. Jungle Kyona & Mayu Iwatani were a really interesting part of the it. Both had fascinating back stories. Shame the viceland docs are so tricky to watch easily.

Jerichoholic

J. Marston wrote: »

R-Truth isn't a geek. Comedy may be his thing but I wouldn't call him a geek because of it.

In WWE terms, if you are running around the building after the 24/7 title you are a geek.

Agent Coulson

So reading today that the latest way for Vince to kill off RAW and Smackdown is to stop all action when they go to ad breaks so if there is a match on which is usually when they take there ad breaks the Entertainers have to stop Entertaining and what they are doing for the duration of the the ad break before being given a cue to start again as the ad ends and they go back live to the show.


How to kill a crowd at a live televised event.

Jerichoholic

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So reading today that the latest way for Vince to kill off RAW and Smackdown is to stop all action when they go to ad breaks so if there is a match on which is usually when they take there ad breaks the Entertainers have to stop Entertaining and what they are doing for the duration of the the ad break before being given a cue to start again as the ad ends and they go back live to the show.


How to kill a crowd at a live televised event.

I think it's more 2/3 falls matches and elimination matches so that there's a natural time for a break.

I doubt it will last more than a couple of weeks though.

RollieFingers

See Rollins said WWE has the best pro wrestling on the planet ....... lol. He can't seriously think that.

Loughc

Jerichoholic wrote: »

I think it's more 2/3 falls matches and elimination matches so that there's a natural time for a break.

I doubt it will last more than a couple of weeks though.

It’ll last as long as the 3rd hour on Raw going more “Raw”

Loughc

RollieFingers wrote: »

See Rollins said WWE has the best pro wrestling on the planet ....... lol. He can't seriously think that.

He doesn’t have to believe it but if I was getting paid what he was I’d say the Same thing.

JP Liz V1

Bellas told Jimmy Fallon both have retired from WWE

lawlolawl

Rollins is having a meltdown on Twitter over people ragging on how **** WWE is at the moment.


lol

johnnyryan89

lawlolawl wrote: »

Rollins is having a meltdown on Twitter over people ragging on how **** WWE is at the moment.


lol

But if Jericho did it, or started having pops at people everyone would be masterbating at his sheer brilliance.

sky88

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

But if Jericho did it, or started having pops at people everyone would be masterbating at his sheer brilliance.

Yep standard wrestling fans at the minute on Twitter at the minute. If guy does something and he’s in wwe it’s terrible same thing happens outside it’s genius

Jerichoholic

Nah, Rollins belittling Will Ospreay is a bit far fetched. He's coming accross a whiny and deluded. Rollins can't compare with his level.

lawlolawl

Jerichoholic wrote: »

Nah, Rollins belittling Will Ospreay is a bit far fetched. He's coming accross a whiny and deluded. Rollins can't compare with his level.

It's hilarious that he was saying that WWE already have a better version of Ospreay in Ricochet when Ricochet is toned way the **** down in WWE and works pretty much the same match every time now. Also, Ospreay has changed his style quite a bit so comparing him to Ricochet is a bit silly.



Ospreay is on track to be the most noteworthy wrestler of 2019 by a long shot.

SureYWouldntYa

You'd be frustrated too working 300 odd days a year and doing the absolute best you can do, while one of his best friends having just left and is getting on fantastic with competitors

Dean is now one of the darlings of the internet and Rollins is as flat as a 2 day open can of coke

He's as good as their number 1 guy right now but it's not clicking for him atm

RollieFingers

Ricochet is great, but as said definitely toned down in WWE. Ospreay is better in 2019, matches against Shingo, YOH, Bandido and ELP in BOSJ and against Dragon Lee were all fantastic, have to disagree with Rollins assessment.

ERG89

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

You'd be frustrated too working 300 odd days a year

Don't know what days WWE work now but it sure as hell ain't 300, not with the brand split. It's not the 1980's anymore.

Jerichoholic

Ospreay is easily the best in the world right now, and that's by a long way. He's improved an awful lot in the last year and he was already fantastic then.

SureYWouldntYa

ERG89 wrote: »

Don't know what days WWE work now but it sure as hell ain't 300, not with the brand split. It's not the 1980's anymore.

When you include travel and foreign trips where they can go 2/3 weeks without being home like the European trips it's not too far off

A quick google tells me Rollins had 158 matches inc house shows in 2018, so the number of working days is probably closer to 250 which is still ridiculous

lawlolawl

This Rollins thing is him realising that he is trapped working in a **** company in an industry he loves having 2-2.5 star matches against guys who are failed football players who just do wrestling because they are tall.


All his friends and the guys he actually wants to wrestle are doing much better work in companies that aren't horribly evil.