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It looks like there may not be a “Bidding War of 2024” after all.


Haus Of Wrestling is reporting via WWE sources that the company has had “zero talks” with the AEW World and ROH World Tag-Team Champion, and are of the belief that MJF has actually quietly re-signed with AEW already.


Additionally, the report claims that the idea Friedman is set to enter free agency imminently is a “false narrative,” and that he has actually inked a deal already that will see him remain with AEW through 2027.


“This is a completely in his head storyline,” one WWE source said.


Another source added, “1000%. I was told a while ago he is under a long-term deal, which is why they stopped pushing the 2024 stuff.”
 
SportsByRo said:

DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON THE DEATH OF WCW IN THE WORKS FROM THE ROCK'S PRODUCTION COMPANY | PWInsider.com

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reporting the hiring of several new top executives for The Rock's Seven Bucks Production company, Deadline.comalso revealed the next pro wrestling-related project in the pipeline, noting that Seven Bucks is working on a docuseries about the "demise of World Championship Wrestling" in conjunction with Vice.

Seven Bucks and Vice partnered for the roundtable discussion series Tales of the Territories, which looked at Dallas, Memphis, the Carolinas, Hawaii, Portland and other wrestling hotbeds from the past over ten one-hour episodes that aired on Vice TV in 2022.


Deadline's mention noted, "a docuseries investigating the mysterious demise of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), once the biggest wrestling company in America" as part of a number of other projects Seven Bucks have in development. There is no word on a timeline for production to begin on the potential series.

World Championship Wrestling, owned by Turner Broadcasting after it acquired Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988, shuttered in March 2001 and was sold to WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation. While the promotion sputtered for a good period of time, it was soundly the number two company for most of its existence. In the fall of 1995, Ted Turner ordered WCW Monday Nitro into existence on TNT to give the company its own primetime series, at which point, for the first time, WCW and WWF were on equal footing in terms of cable television programming.

WCW, under Eric Bischoff, took the fight to the WWF and famously beat Raw head to head for 83 weeks, evolving and changing how pro wrestling TV was produced - and with a blueprint that can still be seen in modern day pro wrestling production. For a period of time from 1995 through 1998, WCW ran neck and neck with WWF before overtaking the promotion. The advent of the Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon feud and the overall presentation of the Attitude Era allowed WWF to turn the tide of battle and for the last several years of its existence, WCW went through different overseers and creative teams but were unable to recapture the mystique of the NWO vs. WCW feud that empowered the promotion in the mid-1990s.

There have been several WWE-produced documentaries looking at WCW and the Monday Night War of that time period as well as several books, including Guy Evans' Nitro, that have looked at the rise and fall of WCW. One would think Evans' book would be the blueprint for the series.
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Cant get enough of these type of joints
 
OGDirtyD said:
Cant get enough of these type of joints
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But wait, there’s more!

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A potential docuseries about ECW, based in part on Tod Gordon's memoir, Tod is God, has been shopped to a number of different potential broadcast and streaming outlets, including Amazon's Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery, PWInsider.com has learned.

There is no word on where the project currently stands in terms of development beyond being pitched. There has been no filming that we are aware of as of this writing.
 


This should show management they don’t need to rely on Bloodline shit heavy anymore. Ppl are interested in in this CTRL storyline and that Rey / Santos shit gon play out like them Spanish soap operas. Also having Dragon Lee show out on some classic WCW cruiser weight shit is doing them good. Think we def getting closer to the end of the Bloodline saga.
 
Iceberg_Taylor said:


This should show management they don’t need to rely on Bloodline shit heavy anymore. Ppl are interested in in this CTRL storyline and that Rey / Santos shit gon play out like them Spanish soap operas. Also having Dragon Lee show out on some classic WCW cruiser weight shit is doing them good. Think we def getting closer to the end of the Bloodline saga.
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Yeah but they had to build it up to get to this point tho. I think the proof in the pudding will be AFTER wargames. We'll see how the women's saga will play out.

Bit if Becky gets the pin again...throw it all in the trash
 
IP360 said:
Yeah but they had to build it up to get to this point tho. I think the proof in the pudding will be AFTER wargames. We'll see how the women's saga will play out.

Bit if Becky gets the pin again...throw it all in the trash
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Well yeh of course they had to build it up but thats the point. Invest in other characters on your show and give them and the audience something to sink their teeth into.

Plus Iyo is a draw, like a real star; she has proven to be a solid ratings champion and over the last 2-3 months the segments with her are the highest of any other point on these Smackdowns. Now with they have this new chapter with Bayley that will continue well after war games to give them legs.
 
IP360 said:
Yeah but they had to build it up to get to this point tho. I think the proof in the pudding will be AFTER wargames. We'll see how the women's saga will play out.

Bit if Becky gets the pin again...throw it all in the trash
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I say we going right into DMG CTRL kicking Bayley out probably after WARGAMES so things should turn up even more. Bayley due for her big baby face run without all the Hugger bullshit attached to it.

We'll prolly get her teaming w/ Charlotte and Bianca against them thru out December and then maybe her and Iyo 1 on 1 for the Rumble cus word is there is no December ppv
 
Chi-Town B said:
She didn't want anything to do with the company which is why she dropped Bella and now she's upset they don't want anything to do with her.
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They been gassin their contribution to the company OD lol
Funny cause not that long ago when they decided to drop the "Bella" name they were posting up online all celebratory and shit
Now they salty
 
Earlier this month, AEW President Tony Khan announced the first-ever Continental Classic tournament. In a video published to social media, all twelve “fighters” for the tournament were revealed…

Gold League:

• Jon Moxley
• Swerve Strickland
• RUSH
• Mark Briscoe
• Jay Lethal
• Jay White

Blue League:

• Bryan Danielson
• Claudio Castagnoli
• Andrade
• Daniel Garcia
• Eddie Kingston
• Brody King

The first match takes place on tonight’s Dynamite and continues though the end of December.
 
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