>>7708625>i'm not even gonna entertain half of this dribbleLMAO the word is drivel, dude. DRIVEL.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/drivel> childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddleAnd you're still wrong and still don't know what you're talking about. There are matches that go on after Raw/Smackdown to send the crowd home happy, often multi-man tag matches, and these are never aired.....ever. Because they are DARK MATCHES. Many times they don't get the full "production" treatment (with 15 cameras all making live-cuts), a bunch of action outside the ring, etc. The point is just to get the footage on camera for later analysis.
99% of House Show matches are treated as DARK MATCHES -- companies don't want them aired because it gives away upcoming storylines, certain moves a wrestler is trying out, a new finisher a performer is working on, etc. AEW doesn't do House Shows and most of their YouTube is squash matches, not truly competitive "tryout"/dark matches.
It's possible to do a taping for Superstars, Heat, Velocity, whatever.....THEN have a Dark Match (so the wrestler getting their try-out isn't in front of a dead/quiet audience)....THEN air Raw/Smackdown/whatever as a live show. The placement of the Dark Match has nothing to do with the designation.
When you broadcast a match, it's no longer a dark match....period. Whether it happens as the first match of the night, 5th match, or 15th and final match. If it's broadcast, it's not a dark match. The point of dark matches are for 1) the live crowd, and 2) behind the scenes use. That's it. End of list. If it's broadcast to (potentially) millions of people, IT'S NOT A FUCKING DARK MATCH!!
I still love you and I'm not mad at you, even if you are ESL. <3
