The "let's not take this shyt so seriously" AEW news & fukkery thread

[Norrin Radd]

 

[Mordy4Life]

 

[Thebadguy]

NXT messed up by not giving her the name Jacy Jayne.

 

[mannyrs13]

Wouldn't such a relationship need to be public knowledge or disclosed given if WB/Discovery was publicly traded? Maybe someone more familiar with stocks and shyt can chime in.

I see some people say yes, but I'm wondering if thats not the other way around. WBD is publicly traded but AEW isn't. Maybe because AEW is broadcast on WBD networks? I would understand a Yes answer if TK owned part of WBD, kinda confused about the WBD owning AEW way instead. Would them owning a part of AEW have an impact on their own stock? I guess its like the Khan family owning the Jags and then the EPL team, it may not have any effect on the business of either team since its separate.

 

[mannyrs13]

Date must've not gone well and thats how we ended up here. Or maybe Aminata saw the danger looming and didn't pursue further actions to save herself from any harm.

 

[KFBF]

I see some people say yes, but I'm wondering if thats not the other way around. WBD is publicly traded but AEW isn't. Maybe because AEW is broadcast on WBD networks? I would understand a Yes answer if TK owned part of WBD, kinda confused about the WBD owning AEW way instead. Would them owning a part of AEW have an impact on their own stock? I guess its like the Khan family owning the Jags and then the EPL team, it may not have any effect on the business of either team since its separate.

Based on my admittedly limited understanding because they're ostensibly using the shareholders money it would need to be disclosed. But I don't know if there are disclosure laws or workarounds so they don't need to make it public.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I'd like to see a third party verify that AEW is paying out 40% - 50% of revenue to wrestlers. Might be true might not be they have every incentive to lie or fudge the truth.

We have much more knowledge about the TKO model as all that information became public due to UFC lawsuits. If I recall correctly the UFC numbers were 10-15% or less. Would not surprise me at all if WWE was at like 20% and looking to get down to like 12%. I'm sure they'd argue something stupid that basically amounts to "you're also being paid in exposure" which doesn't mean much if you're tied up into the wrestling equivalent of A 360 deal.

Edit: looked into this really quickly and all reporting I saw claims UFC pay at 20% max. Also seen it as low as 15/16%.

All the proof I need is TKO publicly freaking out about Swerve's contract. It makes sense they screamed that he was overvalued as a principle as he was paid on a scale TKO wouldn't dream of. That plus AEW's other ownership model being the literal NFL. It makes sense is that's their practice as that's what they know.

Wouldn't such a relationship need to be public knowledge or disclosed given if WB/Discovery was publicly traded? Maybe someone more familiar with stocks and shyt can chime in.

Nope. Several entities are minority owners of AEW and we know of none of them. All AEW says is no one has more than 10% or any decision-making power.

My #1 conspiracy theory is Cody still has a piece of ownership and that's a big reason why AEW really wants to avoid discovery rn.

 

[br82186]

Are the matches for her and Isla Dawn try out matches?

 

[KFBF]

All the proof I need is TKO publicly freaking out about Swerve's contract.

I absolutely believe that is proof enough for you.

Several entities are minority owners of AEW and we know of none of them. All AEW says is no one has more than 10% or any decision-making power

The other minority owners not being disclosed would only be relevant if they were publicly traded companies.

 

[K-Apps]

Could be big news for AEW if this happens

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

What a concept lol

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Could be big news for AEW if this happens

This is not a good thing, we do not need another media monopoly

 

[AStrangeName]

This is not a good thing, we do not need another media monopoly

If Lina Khan was able to break up these companies, we wouldn't have to be dealing with this. But of course, these companies formed like Voltron when she tried to break them up.

 

[Mordy4Life]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Mercedes back on the runway for NY Fashion Week