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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 17:44:49 No.19649166 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>19649221 >>19649362 >>19649426

I watched this show because it's close to Rumble season when I usually get back into WWE, and I gotta say, what is happening with anything in this company?

What is the creative direction for WWE in 2026? People are spinning their wheels in place for weeks, hotshotted title changes, no real meaningful long term storytelling either.

Where are they going with any of this? It legit feels like Triple H doesn't give a shit anymore, and this is the guy who booked Black and Gold that was known for its long term storytelling.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 17:47:27 No.19649184 Report

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black and gold NXT was shit too. all i know is, Paul is preparing for his daughter's to get into the ring. World Women's Entertainment

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 17:53:16 No.19649221 Report

Quoted By: >>19649316

>>19649166
They genuinely don't care how shit everything is because all the contracts are locked in now. Netflix still has 4 more years minimum, USA just signed for Smackdown, and ESPN just signed for the PPVs for multiple years. They don't need to give a shit about show quality and can focus on squeezing every penny out of ad space promotional spots and branding.
And then when the contracts are running down they will kick their own ass in gear for 6-8 months and then take all the reports and metrics about increasing fan interest and growth compared to the last however many years to the next retarded company to bid on the broadcast rights who will fall for it. It literally benefits them to have the show be terrible right now

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 17:57:13 No.19649236 Report

Quoted By: >>19649245

Counterpoint to the negativity: I thought the show was excellent. Not every episode needs to be filled to the brim with “stuff”, we can have slower episodes.
The Punk/Bronn match was excellent, one of the best matches I’ve seen this year and Punk continues to show why he’s the fucking man. I also really loved the Stranger Things set, it was cool and fun and I laughed a lot at Michael Cole in the van.
That’s enough for me and it should be enough for anyone to be quite frank. I don’t know why there’s this narrative that wrestling shows have to be “exciting” or “constant action”. I love the Godfather, that’s far from an action movie, and you don’t see people criticize it for being slow. So why is WWE subject to so much criticism?

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 17:59:36 No.19649245 Report

Quoted By: >>19649283 >>19649286

>>19649236
It's not just the show, it's the fact that it feels like Triple H has no vision for how anything is going.

Jey had a slow burn heel turn and then he's just a tag wrestler again. Finn kicked Dom out of JD two times and he's just back. Maxxine got a serious push and then they took her belt away a month later. JD had a funeral segment do Liv Morgan implying she's been kicked out and now she's just back and she's not angry?

Literally nothing is going anywhere aside from the Vision

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:10:50 No.19649283 Report

Quoted By: >>19649297 >>19649569

>>19649245
You’re just echoing things you read online, things planted by anti-WWE journalists. Try just watching the show on its own, without expectations of what it “should be”. You’ll enjoy it, and life in general, a lot more when you don’t set these insane expectations for everything.
We get such a good show every Monday, why are people acting like it’s bad all of a sudden? Unless, of course, it’s a concentrated effort to try and make the WWE look bad, most likely created by people who aren’t happy that we are supported by the US President, Israel, or Saudi Arabia.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:11:58 No.19649286 Report

Quoted By: >>19649295 >>19649301

>>19649245
>JD had a funeral segment do Liv Morgan implying she's been kicked out
no they didn't

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:14:14 No.19649295 Report

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>>19649286
This ain’t someone who watches the product, it’s an anti-WWE grifter. More and more of them popping up, funny how that money seems to be flowing at the same time the anti-ICE protestors start getting paid.
I’m onto you all, I know Soros is funding this shit, and you WILL be stopped.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:14:31 No.19649297 Report

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>>19649283
pls touch grass

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:14:55 No.19649301 Report

Quoted By: >>19649327 >>19649378

>>19649286
They literally did

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:19:22 No.19649316 Report

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>>19649221
The Saudi contract isn't locked in. If Rumble and WrestleMania don't impress there's a real chance it's not renewed.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:22:12 No.19649327 Report

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>>19649301
they were mourning her injury and long term absence ya fuckin tard not kicking her out of the group

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:29:33 No.19649362 Report

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>>19649166
I was expecting something on the level of the original Netflix premiere, which itself was on the level of a SNME. This show was just very average and oddly paced. Bad even for a RAW. For a "season premiere" and the beginning of RumbleMania season, it is really a headscratcher

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:31:57 No.19649378 Report

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>>19649301
this was a 30 second long skit that ended with Raquel saying they were all idiots and Liv would be back in a few months

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:33:15 No.19649385 Report

Quoted By: >>19649399 >>19649468

>>19649316
Aren't they huge fantasy booking marks with infinite money?

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:36:09 No.19649399 Report

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>>19649385
I honestly think TKO's plan is to milk WWE for all it's worth, artificially inflate it's value with unsustainable ticket prices (gate) and a spiderweb of licensing deals... and then sell to the Saudi marks at 10x it's actual worth

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:40:41 No.19649417 Report

Quoted By: >>19649445 >>19649449

>>19649399
I always hear this gay retard argument, but you gay retards never explain what happens next. So, what happens next? Interest crashes, ticket prices crash, viewers leave, WWE loses all their deals, and the glorious AEW dogwanker fed becomes the undisputed #1 company, something like that?

Your delusions aren't real and they aren't an argument either. They're just you humiliating yourself by showing you can't hold a reasonable position during a debate.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:42:49 No.19649426 Report

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>>19649166
>and this is the guy who booked Black and Gold that was known for its long term storytelling.
I don't understand why smarks pretend NXT was good. every match was just guy vs guy 2. Why is it a surprise that raw is now the same shit

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:46:23 No.19649445 Report

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>>19649417
forget it. I may be retarded but I still love WWE. I just think it's obvious TKO are milking it to an unsustainable level. When that dries up they will sell.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:48:01 No.19649449 Report

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>>19649417
>I always hear this gay retard argument
>Your delusions aren't real and they aren't an argument either
Nobody was arguing or trying to argue you fat cunt

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:55:47 No.19649468 Report

Quoted By: >>19649476

>>19649385
If Saudis were just marks then they would've bought WWE when WWE were looking for buyers. Saudis are spending much more now than they did when the deal was first signed. Saudis could offer to buy a portion TKO and cover the cost of Saudi show production for yearly PLEs but that likely gets rejected by TKO. I just think it's possible they look to invest in something they can actually own a piece of. If they don't get enough tourists for WrestleMania maybe they could look to produce something with a smaller/no live audience but larger online viewership potential. But if it's tourism that's most important and WWE underperform for them then they could easily switch to other types of live events on shorter contracts until they find something that sticks.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 18:57:21 No.19649476 Report

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>>19649468
they tried mate, the board title was changed to arabic for like a year

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jan 2026 19:21:31 No.19649569 Report

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>>19649283
It's insane expectations to expect a show to be good and actually feel like it's leading somewhere? Take TKO's dick out your mouth. I'm not saying they should have mega episodes every week, I just want my time to not feel wasted. That's the reason I dropped WWE to begin with until Rumble season, because nothing has any direction

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