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PEOPLE’S HARSH TAKES ON WWE ID PROGRAM, TKO IS ABOUT GENERATING REVENUE, CYNDI LAUPER IN THE HALL AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2024-11-03 10:00:00

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I don’t watch ROH at all but do they have any storylines in their product?

They do. 

I am kind of obsessed with this topic but why does Tamina still have a job? 

Yes, yes you are. She has a job because the company deems her worthy of a job. Could her family connection play a role in that? Perhaps.

I've been looking at the WWE live event schedule going through early next year and noticed that they aren't running any small markets and mainly going to major cities. Have you heard if WWE is no longer doing shows and events in the smaller cities? 

Since TKO the focus has been about generating as much revenue as possible and they see bigger cities as a better place to put their product than smaller markets. I can't say they will never run small towns again but the focus is definitely on the bigger markets going forward. 

Why isn't Cyndi Lauper in the WWE Hall of Fame? 

Only Vince McMahon and company know for sure. It could be she didn't want to do it but I have no knowledge of it. If she wants to do it, she is a slam dunk candidate to me. 

I see narratives sprouting up about how the ID program is "bad" for indie wrestling, which doesn't make much sense since they're working with schools to get people proper training. But you know what everyone keeps leaving out? Wrestlers getting paid! Do these people forget that all but the top 1% of indie wrestlers cannot survive on indie wrestling money? What about the fact that if someone gets hurt, they have nobody to help them and likely don't have money to afford to fix it or cover their bills while they're out of action and work? Everyone focuses so much on praising the "starving artist" mentality. Hey, people don't need to suffer and live in inhumane conditions for their dream. It's 2024. Maybe let's all collectively focus less on indie companies who are sad that they can't rip off talent and be happy for the talent hopefully getting opportunities to have a livable income and some kind of safety net if they get hurt. Am I wrong?

I think that the people taking umbrage with the ID program are ridiculously off base. It’s good for the companies that get support from WWE. It’s good for the talents that want to get to WWE to learn what the company looks for when they are young. It’s a winning situation. Talents that don’t have WWE aspirations can go to other indies and work.

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