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#11,929
knoxvol52 said:
Does Brock Lesnar show up at the Royal Rumble or the next night on Raw?
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I could see Brock as a surprise entrant in the Rumble. He hasn't been around since SummerSlam so it would be a nice surprise. The more I think about it,and with Punk being back,I could see AJ Lee as a surprise entrant in the Women's match for a one off type deal.

Kamille would be a big get for AEW. She could easily inserted into the title picture at any point. I thought it was her at Hard to Kill when a blonde came out of the limo. Of course it was Dana Brooke....
 
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Pennheel said:
I could see Brock as a surprise entrant in the Rumble. He hasn't been around since SummerSlam so it would be a nice surprise. The more I think about it,and with Punk being back,I could see AJ Lee as a surprise entrant in the Women's match for a one off type deal.

Kamille would be a big get for AEW. She could easily inserted into the title picture at any point. I thought it was her at Hard to Kill when a blonde came out of the limo. Of course it was Dana Brooke....
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Would like to see her and Statlander or Jamie Hayter go at it!
 
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#11,931
Good Rampage.

I'd like to see Riccaboni at the desk full time. JR has to be nearing retirement and Tony wears a bunch of other hats. Between Excalibur, Nigel, Taz, Kevin Kelly, and Riccaboni, the should be able to cover the 4 shows. Let Tony be the "fill in" guy.
 
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#11,932
Pennheel said:
I never got around to playing it myself. I like the WWE 2K games for the most part. I usually only play universe mode to book my own shows and wrestlers. I might check out Fight Forever eventually if they add some stuff to it.

Man,what a first show back for TNA from pretty much start to finish. Xia Brookside and Tasha Steelz had a good match to start. They seem to be focusing on the new young talent which they have a lot of in the Knockouts division.

Pardon the pun,but Jake Something really is something and I could see him getting a big push soon as a homegrown talent.

It looks like Nemeths first challenge is Steve Maclin as he said he's going to earn a title match.

I saw that Okada is going to be joining the Motor City Machine Guns in a 6 man tag next week which is really cool. Jordynne Grace is facing Trinity in a rematch next week as well.

Ospreay/Alexander 2 was a great match. Both guys have great chemistry in the ring. A good match to check out. Scott D'amore cut an intense promo stating TNA is back. With this show,I'll look forward to this show on a weekly basis.
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Finally getting around to Impact. My DVR didn't record it and it wasn't popping up on demand. Then I realized I needed to switch everything to record TNA instead of Impact Wrestling. It has a new listing after the name change. Doh

Good show though.

Coincidentally I watched NJPW today too. Got the Okada vs Danielson match from Wrestle Kingdom. Excellent match. It'll be interesting to see who wins the Okada lottery now that we know he is going to be signing somewhere in the states.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Good Rampage.

I'd like to see Riccaboni at the desk full time. JR has to be nearing retirement and Tony wears a bunch of other hats. Between Excalibur, Nigel, Taz, Kevin Kelly, and Riccaboni, the should be able to cover the 4 shows. Let Tony be the "fill in" guy.
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Totally agree on Riccaboni. I could do without Kevin Kelly for several reasons. Riccaboni should be the play by play guy for Collision. Excalibur for Dynamite. Schiavone for Rampage. Let the other guys be the color and analysts.
 
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VolInNorthCack said:
Totally agree on Riccaboni. I could do without Kevin Kelly for several reasons. Riccaboni should be the play by play guy for Collision. Excalibur for Dynamite. Schiavone for Rampage. Let the other guys be the color and analysts.
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I prefer just about anyone to Tony honestly. I don't mind Kevin Kelly. I think Riccaboni should do play by play on Collision and ROH. Let Excalibur do it on Dynamite and Rampage. They can arrange Taz, Nigel, and Kelly however they like doing color, with Tony as the backup.

Riccaboni was also doing NJPW with Kelly. But they have new English commentators now. I noticed it when I watched New Japan World today. It's a pair of younger guys on the call now. I know Kelly is signed with AEW full-time, so I'm hoping Riccaboni is going to be too.
 
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Up late watching Collision.

I'm happy to see Daunte getting the match against Cope. I want to see him get a singles run. Darius and Action are a good tag team and should be featured in that division.

I say it every week. I love Toni Storm.

Daddy Magic is dynamic on the mic. He's got a future as a manager. AEW hasn't had anyone be really successful at that.
@VolInNorthCack is correct though...full Russo on that ending. Still, I'm not upset about a cage match.
 
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Speaking of wrestling games,news just came out about WWE 2K24. Deluxe Edition(which I'll get) comes out on Match 5th and Standard Edition March 8th. The 40 years of WrestleMania showcase sounds cool. I wasnt crazy about the Cena one from this year,and never finished it. Sounds fun! I played 2k23 for the last time a few weeks ago so I get a lot of playtime out of these games.
 
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#11,945
WallyBalls said:
Probably puts their product even further from me to be honest, but, I am interested for what it means for other sports/properties moving forward.

Netflix/Apple/Amazon all have some rather large cash piles ready and waiting.
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Linear cable is a shambling corpse at this point. Even Spectrum and Xfinity are moving away from it. They are stopping distribution of cable boxes and moving to Xumo (a set top box) that uses their app.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Linear cable is a shambling corpse at this point. Even Spectrum and Xfinity are moving away from it. They are stopping distribution of cable boxes and moving to Xumo (a set top box) that uses their app.
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Oh for sure, fiber and 5G was the final nail in it. Once those are fully built out, it will cease to exist for all but some rare instances.

I'm more wondering if they abandon broadcast 'channels' eventually (I may be off on the terminology) or if they maintain something like USA/Fox in addition to a stand alone streaming service.

I guess I answered my own question since Smackdown goes to USA in the fall, so maybe for now they'll split the difference and see how things end up.
 
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WallyBalls said:
Oh for sure, fiber and 5G was the final nail in it. Once those are fully built out, it will cease to exist for all but some rare instances.

I'm more wondering if they abandon broadcast 'channels' eventually (I may be off on the terminology) or if they maintain something like USA/Fox in addition to a stand alone streaming service.

I guess I answered my own question since Smackdown goes to USA in the fall, so maybe for now they'll split the difference and see how things end up.
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The big broadcast networks (ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX) will likely stay. Cable channels like USA and TNT will move content to the apps eventually I would think.

It would be easy to move AEW to Max, for instance. That plus a way to get ESPN without a cable provider would end my last reasons to have linear cable at all.
 
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Yeah, i was very hopeful they'd go ahead and get AEW and Max together last year when that was swirling around.

If LCUB would get moving I'd have already cut it, and the only reason I even deal with Comcast is just for broadband...
 
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#11,949
WallyBalls said:
Yeah, i was very hopeful they'd go ahead and get AEW and Max together last year when that was swirling around.

If LCUB would get moving I'd have already cut it, and the only reason I even deal with Comcast is just for broadband...
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I have Spectrum for internet and cell phone.
Cable is Sling. Hoping Max gets AEW on the next contract. It's bound to happen eventually. The Raw on Netflix thing may well hasten it.
 
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