Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min · 12 segments
Is AEW officially in massive trouble? Phil Marks is joined by Hollywood talent agent Nick LoPiccolo to deliver a brutal reality check to Tony Khan and Dave Meltzer. We break down the real business…
Nick LoPiccoloGuestSo Paramount has reached a deal with 12 state attorneys general that removes a major obstacle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros.
And the same way he was like, oh, I predict by summer, they'll whatever the fuck, boom.
And it's like Husey said earlier, Time Cop, like Paramount's committing to doing 33 theatrical releases.
So what are people going to go on strike for them doing more, creating more work? for actors and writers and all of this shit paramount wants wbd a lot of people are scared and they got it now and people are done blocking it essentially they've reached this settlement or whatever and paramount they want to get these ips right they want to get fucking dc they want to get scooby-doo they want to get harry potter they want to get all of that batman all of that shit and um they're looking they're looking at wbd that owns looney tunes and all of that they see what's going on with wbd they swoop in and politic for political reasons because paramount is perceived as a maga company and who people have ties with and connections with you know uh california wants to try and block it uh but they they're unable to and it's likely things like tnt sport to doesn't exist or maybe it does and maybe a fucking wwe show ends up on there or something who knows maybe aw still exists on there according to tony's very optimistic um but like cnn might go away and all of these things so paramount has reached a deal with the 12 state attorneys general that removes a major obstacle so there's a ticking fee um they were to begin accruing a seven million dollar daily ticking fee on october 1st as well And that's why Paramount was like, we're just going to get the fuck out of here because you guys are just trying to hold this off to bully us by the $7 million a day thing.
You know, like you're going to bully us into what you guys want and we're not even doing anything bad.
In fact, we're committing to more theatrical releases and we want to build theme parks and all that sort of shit, right? We move along here and Dave Meltzer comes out with all of these wacky conspiracy theories.
He would know and he would trust that this is what has been said for a year, two years, maybe not two years.
When Nick was like, look, WBD gave Tone a heads up that they're not going to be renewing the one year, whatever the fuck.
So whether you love or hate Niccolo Piccolo, there's no like there's nobody you should be listening to BJ Bethel and shit.
So Paramount has reached a deal with 12 state attorneys general that removes a major obstacle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros.
And the same way he was like, oh, I predict by summer, they'll whatever the fuck, boom.
And it's like Husey said earlier, Time Cop, like Paramount's committing to doing 33 theatrical releases.
So what are people going to go on strike for them doing more, creating more work? for actors and writers and all of this shit paramount wants wbd a lot of people are scared and they got it now and people are done blocking it essentially they've reached this settlement or whatever and paramount they want to get these ips right they want to get fucking dc they want to get scooby-doo they want to get harry potter they want to get all of that batman all of that shit and um they're looking they're looking at wbd that owns looney tunes and all of that they see what's going on with wbd they swoop in and politic for political reasons because paramount is perceived as a maga company and who people have ties with and connections with you know uh california wants to try and block it uh but they they're unable to and it's likely things like tnt sport to doesn't exist or maybe it does and maybe a fucking wwe show ends up on there or something who knows maybe aw still exists on there according to tony's very optimistic um but like cnn might go away and all of these things so paramount has reached a deal with the 12 state attorneys general that removes a major obstacle so there's a ticking fee um they were to begin accruing a seven million dollar daily ticking fee on october 1st as well And that's why Paramount was like, we're just going to get the fuck out of here because you guys are just trying to hold this off to bully us by the $7 million a day thing.
You know, like you're going to bully us into what you guys want and we're not even doing anything bad.
In fact, we're committing to more theatrical releases and we want to build theme parks and all that sort of shit, right? We move along here and Dave Meltzer comes out with all of these wacky conspiracy theories.
He would know and he would trust that this is what has been said for a year, two years, maybe not two years.
When Nick was like, look, WBD gave Tone a heads up that they're not going to be renewing the one year, whatever the fuck.
So whether you love or hate Niccolo Piccolo, there's no like there's nobody you should be listening to BJ Bethel and shit.
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