Hello SquaredCircle! Welcome to our Weekly Discussion Thread!

What have you watched lately? Seen any great matches? Have suggestions for things to watch? Anything not getting covered in other threads that ya wanna fill people in about? Questions about promotions, wrestlers, ‘the business’ or more?

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(Reminder, this thread can and will contain spoilers for possibly any show. Spoiler tags are not required in here, but if the show just happened try and keep spoiler talk it to its respective discussion thread for the first day).

  • JelloBrainsEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Per PWInsider:

    Numerous outlets are reporting that Warner Brothers Discovery has notified the NBA that they will be exercising their rights within their current NBA deal and have matched the Amazon Prime Video deal.

    The reported price of that deal is in the $1.8B range, which is significantly more than WBD is paying now for the NBA. And for that extra expense, they will get less programming than they get under their current deal as NBC Universal is now also getting a slate of games as a new third partner in the NBA package.

    What that means to AEW is to be determined.

    Variety has a response from the NBA.

    “We’ve received WBD’s proposal and are in the process of reviewing it,” the NBA said in a statement. Amazon declined to comment.

    Rumor mill for AEW is their exclusive WBD negotiation window is over, they have an alleged deal, but the current one runs out in January… again, I just want them on TV and don’t like this long drawn out process for what should have been a quick, we’re here for x number of more years.

    • GeekFTWOPMEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      don’t like this long drawn out process for what should have been a quick, we’re here for x number of more years.

      Same. I still have mild PTSD from growing up and watching the fucking network logo WWF/E would throw up seemed to change every 11 days (which as a Canadian thankfully didn’t mean much lol).

    • GeekFTWOPMEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      NBA went ‘LOLNAW’ so now it’s time to go to the courts!

      …and by that I mean courtrooms lol

      • JelloBrainsEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        I hope the NBA realizes just how dumb with money Warner is and how much money they will lose on crazy ventures. They better have crossed all their t’s and dotted the i’s perfectly, because Zaslav’s lawyers will be looking for the tiniest fuck up or email that says they didn’t look at TNT’s offer in good faith. I read that part of their reasoning for declining is Amazon has more availability than MAX, I don’t think that’s enough if the clause was about matching money offers. I look forward to the legal battle.

        Sidenote: If I’m TNT/TBS I make a play for Baseball, Bally Sports plans to no longer broadcast baseball following this year, The Atlanta Braves were called America’s Team because Turner had them on a TBS for years, their contract is now available to do it again, what’s more Turner than Baseball and Wrestling? Without the NBA I just don’t see them letting AEW go, unless they are selling off the networks.