06-15-2014, 02:35 AM | #6041 |
Doin' It Right
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06-15-2014, 03:21 AM | #6042 |
As over as Crystal Pepsi
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06-15-2014, 06:27 AM | #6043 |
Out Of Step
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It's kinda funny that they've worked for every major promotion in the last 20 years, pretty sure if 'Manias ever held in Detroit they'd be a lock for the HOF.
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06-15-2014, 06:28 AM | #6044 |
Out Of Step
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I may be overselling that somewhat.
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06-15-2014, 07:10 AM | #6045 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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06-15-2014, 07:26 AM | #6046 |
Resident drug enabler
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06-15-2014, 08:39 AM | #6047 |
the heartbreak king
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06-15-2014, 09:04 AM | #6048 |
Best Poster
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06-15-2014, 09:18 AM | #6049 |
Out Of Step
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Haven't they done appearances in ROH/CZW as well? I'm stretching major promotions here I know.
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06-15-2014, 09:20 AM | #6050 |
Out Of Step
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They were in XPW as well. I'm ignoring 'major' promotions completely now.
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06-15-2014, 09:36 AM | #6051 |
the heartbreak king
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they are true wrestling legends and gods
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06-15-2014, 10:17 AM | #6052 |
President of Freedonia
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I think it would be delightfully twisted if Bo Dallas got a submission move as one of his signatures, and once he applies the hold he yells at his opponent to NOT give up.
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06-15-2014, 10:22 AM | #6053 |
TPWW's #3 Peep
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That would be pretty cool actually.
Bo Dallas still sucks though. |
06-15-2014, 10:30 AM | #6054 |
Best Poster
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06-15-2014, 12:50 PM | #6055 |
Shelly Martinez = Ratings
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06-15-2014, 02:24 PM | #6056 |
Hey Mister!
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Wouldn't want ICP fans mixing with the classy, elegant wrestling fan base.
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06-15-2014, 02:48 PM | #6057 |
Resident drug enabler
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If only their fanbase were more classy ICP would be able to take their rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
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06-15-2014, 02:56 PM | #6058 |
FIT Challenge Slag People
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06-15-2014, 03:09 PM | #6059 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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06-15-2014, 04:46 PM | #6060 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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06-15-2014, 05:00 PM | #6061 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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wrestling heaven
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06-15-2014, 05:01 PM | #6062 |
TPWW's #3 Peep
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Who's the guy in the middle supposed to be?
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06-15-2014, 05:07 PM | #6063 |
Resident drug enabler
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Brian Pillman
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06-15-2014, 05:08 PM | #6064 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Think Brian Pillman.
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06-15-2014, 05:12 PM | #6065 |
Resident drug enabler
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Team Smelly Ball Fan knows its 8 bit wrestlers.
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06-15-2014, 09:31 PM | #6067 | |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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06-15-2014, 09:40 PM | #6068 |
You can't teach that
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06-15-2014, 09:42 PM | #6069 | |
You can't teach that
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People got behind Ryback jumping to the main event, he got huge pops. Then 500 screw job finishes and then disappearing from the main event, and losing to Henry at Wrestlemania killed alot of his momentum. Then he started getting good heat as a heel against Cena only to be ultimately misused, buried and forgotten. |
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06-16-2014, 01:08 AM | #6070 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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06-16-2014, 01:53 AM | #6071 | |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Even without the issue of people finding a way around the 6-month commitment, dirtsheets have hinted a few times the Network hasn't grown well or at all since Mania. |
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06-16-2014, 02:18 AM | #6072 |
Feeling Oof-y
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How much would it cost them to launch outside of the US?
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06-16-2014, 04:10 AM | #6073 |
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06-16-2014, 04:25 AM | #6074 | ||||
Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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It's not "revisionist history" that they tried to do too much too soon for Ryback. Yes, he was over, but not "carry the company" over. The heel turn didn't help, but people wanted him because he was the new hot thing. It wasn't going to be Cena vs. Orton for the 800th time, so we'll get on board with just about anything. AS HE WAS, without any character development, he would have fizzled out anyway. There was a reason for the Goldberg chants, and it wasn't just because of the bald look. Squashing countless local nobodies was going to get old, but the mishandling of how he was booked faded his star faster. You don't just become better than people you never faced... and there were a bunch of tiers of the card he was bypassing with that rocket up his ass. It didn't work. And when that happened, it was somehow "his" fault for not being able to connect with fans as opposed to WWE's fault for trying to rush a new marketable superstar. That's not revisionist history. Getting huge pops and gaining momentum isn't the same as becoming an iconic, credible threat almost overnight. Lesnar wasn't pushed that fast. Hell, even Goldberg won the US title first during his steak, and that was like six or seven months after he debuted... not six or seven weeks to WHC contention. Even Daniel Bryan's constant snubbing was actually a blessing- they bult a milkable angle in getting screwed out of title shots and made him into a badass workhorse with an unbreakable spirit who can beat anyone on any given night with even odds and needs unfair handicaps and prematch beatdowns to lose. Add to that, at this point, he has history with Kane and (pre Mania) was a world champion, and you have a character... which the WWE puts a premium on. By not wanting to make him one, they seem to have unintentionally MADE HIM ONE! I say again that I hope they don't make that mistake with Reigns. As tempting as it is to slingshot him to be "the man", and as much as people "say" they want to see this happen, it is too soon. They need to build him up first, and I don't mean the instant, early pomp and circumstance. They're on a nice path, but they need to take their time. They need to build a lot of people up first, over time. They need to better define tiers on the card. They debut new people and seem to have an unrealistic expectation that it's going to be the biggest thing ever- the next "Hulkamainia"- right out of the gate. A lot of people on the roster right now all had promising starts, and then WWE goes nowhere with it. It's kind of like baking a cake. You stick the batter in the oven at about 350 and let it bake for like 30 minutes... what you CAN'T do is blast the oven to 600 and expect delicious results in 5 minutes, then blame the cake for not looking like it does on the box. [note: cake baking time not 100% accurate] Back on Ryback, he and Henning* vs Goldust and ? is one of my favorite angles going on right now, because of what it's doing for everyone involved. These mystery partners picked by Cody is doing nothing but furthering the rift between he and his brother, it gives whoever Goldie's partner is some TV/ring time, and RybAxel not only keep rolling with wins over these makeshift teams which :gasp: builds them up as a credible threat tag team that can one day (now sooner than later) go up against the Usos for the titles without looking like some random, thrown together tandem, but them taking credit for breaking up tag teams (hillariously including The Rockers) gives them a nice arrogant dick heel edge. Henning* isn't made to look like a jackass like during his singles run. Ryback isn't pinning people who aren't even on the WWE roster like during his. They're being made to look legit. And all of this is being accomplished by ONE FREAKIN' ANGLE. They can do things like that for lower card people to push them up the ladder over time. I once wrote a long time ago that Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler- one of my favorite modern matchups- could have been a PPV headline and possibly even a WWEWHC title match by now, and no one would have batted an eye because they would have been established main eventers after a series of angles, builds, and pushes over time. If you tried to make this happen RIGHT NOW by Summer Slam, though, you'd have a tougher time selling that same match as legit. Hell, you have a hard time arguing at this point that it would even belong on a PPV card simply because of how hard they've been jobbing Dolph out and letting Kofi languish doing nothing of note. |
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06-16-2014, 07:01 AM | #6075 |
Resident drug enabler
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Ryback would have been fine if they hadn't jobbed him out after Hell in a Cell. It didn't have anything to do with "too much too soon". He got over for the same reason Goldberg got over. He was the one guy that could be pitted against the cocky, asshole heel and the fans could get behind him and believe the heel is gonna not only lose but get the living shit beat out of him. They could have kept riding that wave as long as they kept that aura. Instead they chose to willingly shit on it by jobbing him out out of nowhere and trying to turn him into a sympathetic face instead. That works for a guy like Daniel Bryan. Not for a fucking monster. It wasn't too much too soon. There was nothing to suggest he would have fizzled out if they had kept doing what they were doing. It worked.
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06-16-2014, 07:19 AM | #6076 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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It was too much too soon. It was his FIRST non-squash match.
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06-16-2014, 08:46 AM | #6077 |
Resident drug enabler
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Who gives a shit? He was getting over as fuck. He didn't need to win the title right away. Once he had that CM Punk match though, he should have stayed in the main event/upper card as an unstoppable force.
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06-16-2014, 11:58 AM | #6078 |
MEIN FUHRER! I CAN WALK!
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I have nowhere else to put this treasure I just found, so I'll leave it here. Not since Krusty visited his relatives in Annapolis, MD or posed for his trading card photo has such a collectible piece of excitement been harnessed for the masses. |
06-16-2014, 12:42 PM | #6079 | |
You can't teach that
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LOL of course its revisionist history. You dont even have your time right. 6-7 weeks? Ryback debuted in April and challenged punk in like October, he wasnt new off the street. Goldberg had NO feuds before winning the world title. He was squashing Jerry Flynn on a weekly basis when he was the US champ, and leading into his world title win. |
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06-16-2014, 01:27 PM | #6080 |
OLD SCHOOL FAN
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