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If you pirate wrestling, you are not a wrestling fan. If you like something enough to watch it, you should like it enough to pay the asking price. This is true for WWE, but it's especially true for smaller companies. I see people bragging about pirating TNA shows, and it's like come on. That's a smaller company that is putting on a big show to entertain you, that you want to watch, and you feel the need to steal it? I even see people talking about pirating New Japan shows. NJPW World is $10. You can't pay $10 to watch Wrestle Kingdom? Everyone talks about how Japanese wrestling is struggling since COVID, you can't contribute $10 for a show you're going out of your way to watch? If you like wrestling, as I do, and you want to see many healthy and thriving wrestling promotions, you should be willing to pay to watch them. Do not pirate wrestling. It hurts the industry, which in turn, hurts all the fans.
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>>19163607 >If you pirate wrestling, you are not a wrestling fan. and that's a good thing because wrestling fans like OP are obese and smell like shit
Anonymous
>Think of the millionaires
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>>19163607 I paid for NJPW World for years before they made it to where I couldn't watch on my Xbox anymore. They won't get another Yen out of me until they fix their shit.
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>>19163614 It doesn't matter how rich someone is. It's impossible to justify running a company if it's not making money. It's impossible to pay great wrestlers to stick around if the company isn't making good money. The way it works is that they put on a show, and they very reasonably request that you pay to watch it.
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>>19163663 Then they should put on a show worth paying for
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>>19163670 If you don't think it's worth paying for, it's not worth your time to watch it at all.
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>>19163607 AEW fans won't like this. They're infamous for pirating AEW PPVs.
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I pirate everything. Games, movies wrestling. I even pirate food and water, even my apartment and car and this cell phone I'm typing on right now. I don't pay for jack shit.
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>>19163680 Shit they basically upload every show in full on the reddit. No need to purchase atp
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>>19163678 It's good to try before you buy
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>>19163715 Have you ever once pirated a PPV, and then said "that was really good, I'll go ahead and purchase the official stream now"?
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I just buy one sub and watch that promotion for awhile until I get tired of it then swap to another.
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>>19163719 Imagine a theatre letting you watch a play and then decide if you want to purchase a ticket while you're leaving
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>>19163719 No. Because why would I pay for something if I get the same thing for free
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>>19163742 No wonder wrestling is struggling with so many low quality "fans"
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>>19163607 it's not an issue for me because all the feds I like are cheap. indiechads win again.
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>>19163607 I've shoot been buying AEW PPVs since they put them on HBO MAX. It's much more convenient than fighting with shitty third world streams and the resolution is fucking fantastic.
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Here's a good compromise: pay for the content, but screen-record it so that you won't have to pay for it again.
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>>19163607 If wrestling companies are gonna make their shit too expensive/inconvenient to watch, then yohoho motherfuckers!
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>>19163768 It's not inconvenient, you just download the app and subscribe.
Anonymous
>>19163774 wwe & espn priced me out so it's inconvenient for my wallet
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>>19163774 Which app? For which company? Is it an annual cost, or monthly? Does the company even have an app, or is it only on some obscure cable channel? Maybe it's a PPV still only available through TV providers?
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>>19163792 Name the promotion and I'll tell you off the top of my head because it's all quite simple.
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>>19163782 Do you live in a cardboard box or something?
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>>19163806 I'll save you typing time- If it's something I want to see and it's not something I can easily locate and afford through an internet connection, I'm finding it on the high seas.
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>>19163607 Not paying for something that's heavily commericalized. If you want me to pay cut out all the commercialization.
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>>19163828 What possible promotion is there that fits that description?
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>>19163782 >edrone admits to being poor and stupid Sorry about your food stamps, anon.
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I pay for all my streaming services as well as music and games. I make a point to never use the legitimate products however, and choose to pirate everything I buy on a mattress of principals.
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>>19163839 I mostly watch gcw actually
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>>19163607 This. You wouldn't download a car.
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>>19163713 I downloaded a car in the 00's. I'm not paying for wrestling.
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>>19163854 No wonder you're so poor and stupid
gutsy (doin my bess)
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>>19163861 >I downloaded a car you WOULDNT...
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>>19163854 I wouldn't go around admitting that
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>>19163607 I subscribe to WON
I subscribe to netflix so I guess I pay for WWE
I bought All In
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>>19163862 >>19163880 try it friends you might like it
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*hits crackpipe* Could you like download and 3D print a car?
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>>19163607 don't care + I'm gonna pirate stream aew tonight and not watch it just to spite you
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>>19163927 You are the average AEW "supporter," which is why that company is in such a dire state.
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>>19163607 WWF was in the hole in 1996 and it forced them to improve the product, so no I'm not gonna reward them for their mediocrity and complacency.
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>>19164057 If you think it's mediocre then you shouldn't be watching at all. Don't waste your life on something you're not enjoying. Watch a different show, or play a game or read a book or something.
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>>19164080 I enjoy watching like 15% of a show om average and the rest I just fast forward through, it still doesn't justify paying full price.
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don't give a fuck i won't give a single legitimate view to aew ever cry harder you fat sack of sludge
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Shut the fuck up.
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>>19163607 I agree with the sentiment except for the TKO Jews. Fuck them. Paying them to kill wrestling is not right.
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I only pay for Wrestle Universe, so I can support the japanese promotions. I only started watching WWE legally this year when it came to Netflix, and even then I stopped when they brought Brock Lesnar back. If AEW wants my legal viewership, they should put the PPVs on MAX at no additional cost.