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I love Kenny so much.

If we can talk about the wrestling world at large, 2016 saw unprecedented cooperation between large companies and smaller independents with events like the Cruiserweight Classic and the recently announced United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Where do you think we’re going from here?

It seems as though we’re headed towards a monopoly, if I were to speak honestly. WWE is hiring people just to hire them. That’s fine, and I’m happy for whoever’s happy to collect a paycheck from them. A lot of my good friends are now receiving work and receiving money. But sadly, a lot of those people are signing with WWE just to ride the pine. You can’t put all these guys on TV. On one end, you have these mom-and-pop indy superstars getting TV time, and people all around the world are able to see the art of what they do. And in a lot of cases, they’re enjoying it, which is fantastic. I’m really happy about that.

But as everyone gets picked up, as all these independent promotions have to shut down and close their doors because of WWE scooping everyone up, everyone’s going to lose an option. And that guy you saw for that one tournament, you’re not going to see him anymore. You can’t put him on TV, there’s only so much time. So eventually, people are going to run out of options. I want to be one of the options for people. You want to go eat a McDonald’s hamburger? That’s cool. McDonald’s can be good. Do I like them every day? Do I want to eat McDonald’s seven days a week for every meal? Probably not. Eventually, I’m going to want to go someplace for a triple-A grade steak. I may not necessarily have the traffic flow of McDonald’s, but guess what? The quality is there, and it’s for the distinguished wrestling viewer. People who are wanting something more out of their programming. That’s what I want to provide for people in 2017.


Number One With A Bullet: Kenny Omega Shares His Fear Wrestling Is Heading Towards A Monopoly

 

I wanna see styles vs hhh vs Rollins vs Owens idgaf, make it happen.

Hhh obviously will go over cause he's hhh

 

Cody Rhodes did not like that Bayley/Goldust/Club segment

 

speaking of, I can't tell if I like this or not

 

I'd like it more if it didn't say "Cody"

 

JOHN CENA

 

Holy shit AJ is over as fuck. lol

I can't tell what Cena's deal is at this point. He goes back and forth with the crowd in seconds.

 

Cena is Goat

 

Holy shit. Guess Cena isn't winning the Rumble. lol

 

Cena gonna be the heel vs AJ at the Rumble?

still trying to figure out how Taker fits into all this...

 

This is gonna be a great episode. I love that the main event picture has flipped so much over the last two weeks. Corbin and Ziggler shouldn't be there, but its gonna be great seeing something different. Cena/AJ should be another classic.

 

Corbin shouldn't be main event yet, but it'll be great seeing him get his toes wet with Styles

 

I'd much rather have Corbin and Ziggler getting a one off title shot than them just doing bullshit with the same four guys like Raw has been doing. Certainly helps keeps things fresh.

Hope we actually get the match and don't ruin it with Dean/Miz hyjinx.

 

Someone on Reddit suggested Miz come out during the Rumble to DB's music.

SO PERFECT

 

That cena segment was all kinds of strange, the crowd is just ridiculous tonight

 

Miz

 

Cena killed it at the end of that promo. I want him to get that attitude back and go on a crusade against the New Era.

 

lol they outdrew Raw, but Raw said they sold out the arena. Make up your mind Vince.

 

Cena segment was weird.

But the rest of this episode should be fantastic.

 

AA gear is so fucking ugly.

 

new AA gear is

JIMMY
BLACK

JEY
RED

hope they keep that scheme so I can tell them apart

 

Brays injured again?

 

Drunk slater

 

I wonder if they held off on Rhyno turning on heath because of the Ryder injury

 

This is gonna be my first time watching Smackdown since the summer. Missed the Cena segment you guys are talking about, but hopefully the rest is good. I still really like the panning camera shots