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Fox Sports Executives Backstage At Smackdown Live

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Sports Illustrated writer Richard Deitsch is reporting, that a number of FOX Sports executives, including FOX Sports President Eric Shanks, FOX Sports Producer Jacobs Ullman and even Colin Cowherd, who has always knocked professional wrestling fans (but also admits he grew up watching Don Owens’ Pacific Northwest promotion) were all at last night’s Smackdown Live taping at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

WWE is looking to secure a new TV deal before quarter 3 of this year. While WWE continues to map out future plans and work on securing its next major partnership with a broadcaster, FOX has been speculated as one of those in the race for WWE’s rights.

FOX has been attempting to negotiate a new deal with UFC, however at this time UFC has requested more than Fox will pay.  It should also be noted that UFC owner IMG, represents WWE, so it’s not out of the question that they could offer a package deal for both entities to FOX or another broadcaster.

FOX Sports has aired wrestling in past, with TNA’s Impact Wrestling series when it was initially a one hour broadcast in the early 2000s, but that was believed to have been a “pay for play” deal at the time.  Obviously, any relationship between WWE and FOX would be a far more lucrative and top-flight deal, especially as the FOX is poised to sell much of its television and film assets to Disney, a move that will leave FOX flush with lots of money to potentially spend on sports properties, something it has been said FOX is eyeing greatly forward.

My Thoughts:

If you have followed me for any length of time on Twitter, then you know I love this side of the business. I find it extremely relatable to jobs in the past (on a smaller scale) and interesting. While many will say this is Fox trying to replace UFC due to them wanting to much, I see it as something else. Fox is going all in on sports and live events because that’s where money is on television today. Raw and Smackdown Live along with their entertainment shows (Total Bellas and Total Divas) provides more viewers than UFC on itss own does. I believe Fox is attempting to double down and grab both UFC and WWE. This would allow Fox to become a one stop shop for combat sports and sports entertainment. Keep an eye on this as I believe Fox is a real player however don’t sleep on the relationship between Vince and NBCU Universal. While change is always fun to discuss, very rarely does a company allow it’s best Cable shows leave. This is a business move by WWE and was leaked so NBC Universal knows they were there.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

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Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

  • Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
  • Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
  • Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
  • Rush: 0-1, 0 points
  • Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
  • Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

 

Here are your Blue League standings!

  • Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
  • Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
  • Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
  • Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
  • Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
  • Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

 

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.


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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

  • Bryan Danielson
  • Andrade El Idolo
  • Brody King
  • Claudio Castagnoli
  • Daniel Garcia
  • Eddie Kingston

Gold League

  • Jon Moxley
  • Swerve Strickland
  • Rush
  • Mark Briscoe
  • Jay Lethal
  • Jay White

 

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

  • Every match has a 20 minute time limit
  • The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
  • EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

 

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!


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