He is. Not like they are competing with anyone to use Hogan either.

And I am pretty sure the only people who give a shit about the ratings are online fans. Cause nothing outside of that group says anything about WBD being anything but happy with AEW.  And they surely give no fucks about ratings while a strike is going on so long as AEW gets weekly content out.  Not be shocked if RoH gets on the air in the spring if the actors reject the current offer coming.

TK cares for ratings. And you know it.

And, it is a measure, whether you try to convince people otherwise or not.

Several social media pages reported AEW's interest in Hogan, but to reclarify the reports, it is to pop the live event attendance and build interest in AEW.

Good for Flair Tony will pay him insane amounts of money to do little to nothing

There must be a couple million now between Flair, Big Show and Mark Henry going to waste.

Well, part of the Flair deal was a sponsorship to advertise his energy drink. So like with Prime paying for Paul, Carma is likely paying for Flair.

Flair has been cleared to wrestle again and wants a match with MJF. And to quote, Flair " that will get a rating "

Dear God. No. Just stop.

He wanted one final match in WWE too, but they told him no.

I want the MJF match as I am all about absolutely garbage fire of matches, ala Goldberg vs Taker.

DO IT.

I hope MJF hits the Heat Seeker and Flair breaks a hip.

Someone hopefully suggests a Hogan v HBK tribute and MJF sells like a epileptic.

Speaking of embarrassing. Big Show wobbling out onto the stage and his legs barely sustaining his balance should scream " hey, probably not a good idea having a match. "

Nov 3, 2023 23:01:31 GMT NATH45 said:

Someone hopefully suggests a Hogan v HBK tribute and MJF sells like an epileptic.

Speaking of embarrassing. Big Show wobbling out onto the stage and his legs barely sustaining his balance should scream "Hey, probably not a good idea having a match. "

He'll get the tag & KO Jericho. A good payday.

Hey, if Sting can still "go", why not Ric Flair and Big Show? :suspic:

Big Show really let himself go people are saying. When he was hip and cool he was 550 pounds. Now he is a disgustingly obese 380. Really sad to see someone do this to themselves.

He better start building some young talent before the last dinosaurs of the attitude era finally retire.

What type of doctor clears Flair to take bumps? In a company that a good 50% of the roster got injured this year. And each of his final matches are worse then the last.

And here comes Ric Flair..

Flair says as of now he has no plans to wrestle again, and does not expect to in AEW.

So this is all fake news based on Flair saying he was medically clear, and not mentioning him saying he does not think he will wrestle for AEW.

Flair is a walking contradiction. As late as October this year he was talking about having another match, and the most recent comments :

“No, I don’t think I will. If you’re asking me if I want to? I have to be careful what I say because it never comes out (the right way). I just made it very clear to everybody that I can take bumps. I have a doctor’s release to do anything I want like that. Do I think I’ll wrestle again? No. Would I like to? Obviously. I’m never going to say no,”

Can't Hunter just pay him to sit at the PC and tell stories about doing blow and hookers to avoid an eventual embarrassment.

He wants another retirement match since his went so poorly. But that is a far cry from wanting to come back to the ring full time.

Tony stopping his program for MJF to give Flair a match seems very, very unlikely.

Remember this " new era " TK promised, and what he's delivering instead is the stars of the 1990s.

Nov 4, 2023 6:19:32 GMT NATH45 said:

Flair is a walking contradiction. As late as October this year he was talking about having another match, and the most recent comments :

“No, I don’t think I will. If you’re asking me if I want to? I have to be careful what I say because it never comes out (the right way). I just made it very clear to everybody that I can take bumps. I have a doctor’s release to do anything I want like that. Do I think I’ll wrestle again? No. Would I like to? Obviously. I’m never going to say no,”

Can't Hunter just pay him to sit at the PC and tell stories about doing blow and hookers to avoid an eventual embarrassment.

They should cancel Rampage for a month and replace it with an uncut reality tv with Flair trying to interact the the younger generation in AEW.

Nov 5, 2023 2:59:41 GMT X-zero said:

Nov 4, 2023 6:19:32 GMT NATH45 said:

Flair is a walking contradiction. As late as October this year he was talking about having another match, and the most recent comments :

“No, I don’t think I will. If you’re asking me if I want to? I have to be careful what I say because it never comes out (the right way). I just made it very clear to everybody that I can take bumps. I have a doctor’s release to do anything I want like that. Do I think I’ll wrestle again? No. Would I like to? Obviously. I’m never going to say no,”

Can't Hunter just pay him to sit at the PC and tell stories about doing blow and hookers to avoid an eventual embarrassment.

They should cancel Rampage for a month and replace it with an uncut reality tv with Flair trying to interact the the younger generation in AEW.

Flair :

" So after running for our lives because Haku had a knife, Savage and I ended up hiding in a broom closest and doing blow off a soaking wet hooker while Arn kept watch.. ahh, good times. I bet you guys get up to some wild stuff too.. "

AEW original :

" I once stayed up too late playing Mario Party and now my mum is threatening to cut off the wifi. "

Fucking brutal... This is a post fun clips channel too that is now moved to make a video. I still love AEW, and am happy with them, but Flair clearly was something no one wanted.  And not a bad video highlighting the real problems with AEW.  

Bringing in people for their old gimmicks, rigid booking despite injuries, not using their deep roster to their advantage and HHH's WWE being the hot new product pushing young guys, while AEW is running Flair, Sting, and former WWE champs.  Tony forgot he was supposed to be the alternative to WWE, not competing with them, and not trying to become them.  Also highlights something I pointed out, AEW has good and bad shows, which is a real problem, as bad cards you know will be bad cards once you see the match list.

In weird news, CW wanted RoH instead of NXT but Tony told them no last year, so they went to NWA instead. Then NWA fucked up and they got NXT.

Not sure what the fuck this news is about. How the hell does he turn down a TV deal for RoH...

Nov 9, 2023 22:32:12 GMT c said:

In weird news, CW wanted RoH instead of NXT but Tony told them no last year, so they went to NWA instead. Then NWA fucked up and they got NXT.

Not sure what the fuck this news is about. How the hell does he turn down a TV deal for RoH...

Maybe Khan's all about that Turner exclusivity.

Oh shit, yeah the timeline was about when WBD pushed for exclusivity in exchange for Wembley that the offer would have came.   That said WBD is a minority owner in CW.

Nov 9, 2023 20:15:44 GMT c said:

Fucking brutal... This is a post fun clips channel too that is now moved to make a video. I still love AEW, and am happy with them, but Flair clearly was something no one wanted.  And not a bad video highlighting the real problems with AEW.  

Bringing in people for their old gimmicks, rigid booking despite injuries, not using their deep roster to their advantage and HHH's WWE being the hot new product pushing young guys, while AEW is running Flair, Sting, and former WWE champs.  Tony forgot he was supposed to be the alternative to WWE, not competing with them, and not trying to become them.  Also highlights something I pointed out, AEW has good and bad shows, which is a real problem, as bad cards you know will be bad cards once you see the match list.

AEW is in danger of not necessarily crashing and burning, but fading away.

Omega won't last forever, Jericho is old, Sting is old, Edge is old, Christian is old, Flair is older, Mox at least to me isn't a thing any more, Danielson is on his last legs, Cole can't stay healthy.... and pretty much anyone worth a damn is in their 30s or 40s and likely doesn't have the years in front of the.

Well, they've got MJF and Jay White..

They've gotta start making new stars. Otherwise, it becomes what WWE was a few years ago.. nostalgia.

I've just seen this on Facebook.

" On the same day she joins Onlyfans, it has now been confirmed that The Bunny (real name Laura Dennis) and AEW have mutually agreed to part ways.

Laura Dennis was under contract with AEW since 2019. "

Once the stars leaves, the next generation will make AEW relevant again. Indy 101 really. Usually you get all your guys raided, but for AEW it will be in the next few years when people are to retire or do not get resigned that the roster starts to open up.

Nov 10, 2023 0:55:30 GMT NATH45 said:

I've just seen this on Facebook.

" On the same day she joins Onlyfans, it has now been confirmed that The Bunny (real name Laura Dennis) and AEW have mutually agreed to part ways.

Laura Dennis was under contract with AEW since 2019. "

I assume she wanted to leave to return to TNA.  For girls TNA is really where to go if you want to be used in the US.   Bunch of girls have OnlyFans that worked AEW so they are likely unrelated.  The fact she used Allie however is likely a hint she is TNA bound.