12-20-2019, 11:55 AM | #53361 | |
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12-20-2019, 12:24 PM | #53362 |
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Was chatting w a source who told me two matches WWE is considering for WM 36....
Tyson Fury vs. Brock Lesnar Rey / Dominick / Cain Velasquez vs. Seth /AOP |
12-20-2019, 12:27 PM | #53363 | |
2 Dicks out for Trips
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12-20-2019, 12:33 PM | #53364 |
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Gotta do something with the vanilla midgets
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12-20-2019, 03:54 PM | #53365 |
King of Love and Piss
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12-20-2019, 05:03 PM | #53366 |
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12-20-2019, 06:21 PM | #53367 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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It pays to have a good lawyer.... USSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not guilty.
https://weartv.com/news/local/wwe-su...CnxA30P5Es8Ers |
12-20-2019, 06:29 PM | #53368 | |
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Apparently some sales numbers for the WWE 2K series were recently revealed as part of an on-going lawsuit involving copyright infringement claims regarding Randy Orton's tattoos in the games.
WWE 2K16, 2K17, and 2K18 averaged around 3.38 million copies sold while 2K20 is currently well below that pace. Quote:
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12-20-2019, 07:22 PM | #53369 |
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So does WWE make its money from everything other than actual wrestling at this point?
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12-20-2019, 08:00 PM | #53370 |
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Pretty much. TV deals and other rights deals have been carrying the company financially for a long while now.
Take out both and WWE probably is a lot closer to death of WCW range or upper indies range like NXT but without WWE's money subsidizing it. |
12-20-2019, 09:27 PM | #53371 |
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The guy that did Orton's tattoos is going to ruin wrestlers getting tattoos. Vince ain't going to pay every tattoo artist that tattoos wrestlers
The tattoo guy also wasn't thinking big enough..he should be asking for a cut of ppv sales and network money WWE have to go back and blur up Orton on the network like the wwf logo |
12-21-2019, 03:59 AM | #53372 |
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Randomly wondered onto an ROH show. Its Dinastia Munoz (RUSH & Dragon Lee) vs the Briscoes in a 60 man Iron Man match. Really excellent last 5 minutes.
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12-21-2019, 04:29 AM | #53373 |
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Have this vague memory of Ashley Massaro managing Londrick during their reign as WWE Tag Team Champions and the trio making their entrance to her music. This is closest thing I've been able to find.
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12-21-2019, 04:34 AM | #53374 |
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I miss titantrons
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12-21-2019, 08:35 AM | #53375 | |
boop/bop/beep
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12-21-2019, 10:51 AM | #53376 |
Tongue my Fartbox
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12-21-2019, 02:47 PM | #53377 |
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That's what happens when you learn flips instead of fundamentals
Lol could you imagine that happening in Mid-South with Bill Watts |
12-21-2019, 06:31 PM | #53378 |
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12-21-2019, 08:03 PM | #53379 |
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When Ric Flair debuted Meltzer said people said Flair was ruining the bizness bc they were used to the boring stuff like headlocks and hammerlocks and thought Flair's wrestling style was 'over the top/cartoonish'.
Now Flair is the gold standard for many. Wouldn't surprise me if Ricochet and others who flip/kick often are not the gold standard in the future for many. |
12-21-2019, 08:03 PM | #53380 |
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#Bless the Sammy G
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12-21-2019, 08:17 PM | #53381 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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I picture Orange Cassidy lasting 2 weeks in Mid-South. One week being his in ring funeral. Buzz Sawyer would eat him alive.
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12-21-2019, 08:53 PM | #53382 |
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David Bixenspan going hard after PWInsider after they once again joined in on the WWE dog pile against AEW and also for some recent digs they made towards Ryan Satin.
PWI in recent times have really become the Vince McMahon and/or WWE of wrestling journalism in terms of their pettiness and spitfulnessl towards others for even the smallest issues.
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12-21-2019, 09:02 PM | #53383 |
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Like when Meltzer is petty towards someone its either due to him arguing over some of the dumbest things possible or being goated by trolls to start arguments.
Satin can be pretty bad at times as well with stuff like that and even Fightful's Sapp but none of them compare to PWI's growing pettiness during the past year or two. Only reason PWI gets less backlash for their antics is due to them not really doing it on social media and instead mostly on their pay shows and terribly designed website. |
12-21-2019, 09:38 PM | #53384 |
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Buzz Sawyer was also a piece of dog shit and not really someone that should be a shining example of anything. I’ll take orange Cassidy over that fucking crook any day of the week.
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12-21-2019, 09:40 PM | #53385 |
CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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12-21-2019, 10:26 PM | #53386 |
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12-21-2019, 11:52 PM | #53387 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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You are not wrong. He would eat him alive BECAUSE he's a piece of dogshit. I just didn't want to put him at a Butch Reed level.
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12-22-2019, 01:13 PM | #53388 |
His name is Jeff Harvey
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Finally got my 9th row WrestleMania tickets in the mail. Anybody else going? Maybe I'll make a thread later after I'm done Christmas shopping to put up all the WrestleMania weekend info on.
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12-22-2019, 07:54 PM | #53389 |
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This just got posted on YouTube and holy fuck! I had no idea this was even a thing. Two of the bigger themes of the decade came from this. So cool!
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12-22-2019, 11:25 PM | #53390 | |
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12-22-2019, 11:54 PM | #53391 |
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Supposedly the lack of sourcing is due to PWI viewing themselves as being above dirtsheet reporters and also being very stubborn when it comes to reporting news they can't break first. Also some real jealously and resentment towards the Observer and Meltzer that has gotten a lot worse over the past year or two.
Also wouldn't be surprised if they don't really have that many insider sources that are wrestler or Creative-based outside whatever WWE approves. The Saudi travel issue might have exposed that problem since they hesitated on reporting details and when they did, it was mostly just WWE's PR stance while also blaming wrestlers for "spreading rumors" which was Corey Graves stance on his podcast show. Last edited by Emperor Smeat; 12-23-2019 at 12:30 AM. |
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Pretty big step up from some Korean movie where he's a gentile giant, but suddenly can kick copious amounts of ass when he eats spicy food. *Correction: It was Jet Li. I wasn't being racist, I thought I was thinking of a scene from one of the Ip Man movies, and I was thinking of Fearless. A quick minute of internet sleuthing cleared that up. Also, Nathan''s been in more movies than I thought. Good for him. |
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12-23-2019, 12:32 AM | #53393 |
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Which makes even less sense considering they dropped him into the name generator specifically so they can use the name Dean Ambrose with impunity. Why did they even bother?
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12-23-2019, 12:42 AM | #53394 | ||
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And hilarously, they could scrub themselves clean with a trip to NWA or Japan. In fact, Japan with Mox would be a fantasy that lends credence to the assertion of the New Japan video package that insinuates that "Death Riders" being an actual group Moxley is a part of. And you add in his Japanese son to the mix, and you have... well, I was going to say four horsemen, but not in the trademarked throw your fingers up way, but in the "behold a pale rider..." way. |
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12-23-2019, 12:47 AM | #53395 | |
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Wouldn't really be able to make that into a team name, though. Well, not one they could use. Then again, WWE did try to start a women's stable called "Submission Sorority" without doing like 30 seconds of investigation as to why that would be a very, very bad idea. |
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12-23-2019, 12:52 AM | #53396 |
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Personally, I wasn't a huge fan of "Grab Them Cakes". I was one of those that was wondering what happened to him coming out to "Another One Bites The Dust". I was way too young to understand copyrights and whatnot back then.
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12-23-2019, 01:19 AM | #53397 |
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I agree. Another One Bites The Dust was WAY better.
Grab Them Cakes made him too cartoony |
12-23-2019, 03:52 AM | #53398 | |
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12-23-2019, 05:57 AM | #53399 |
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Reminiscing some of Vince McMahon's terrible decisions from 2019. From announcing the Wild Card rule and immediately breaking the rules within the next hour of the show to the "no wrestling during commercials" shtick which led to a few weeks of "2-out-of-3" falls matches. Completely butchering Ambrose's heel turn from last year, stunting Seth Rollins' progress as a baby face champion and unnecessarily shoving Wyatt into the Universal title picture. It's also sad that Drew McIntyre hasn't won a major championship since the NXT world title.
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12-24-2019, 01:27 AM | #53400 | |
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Kinda wish he were on his release resurgence like now. It was fine when he was helping the European wrestling renaissance, but now? The man could be a hot ticket item for AEW or NJPW or NWA. Hell, I honestly even could see him as someone who could honestly be a helpful piece of the RoH roster to slow their apparent crumbling. Instead, WWE does what WWE does, and takes any interest and excitement and momentum built either by outside circumstance or even A PUSH THEY THEMSELVES START and just let the guy become background again in short order. |
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