02-17-2017, 04:03 PM | #32361 |
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02-17-2017, 06:11 PM | #32362 |
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Pretty crazy it costs almost 900,000 to do each episode of Raw and SD
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02-17-2017, 09:56 PM | #32363 |
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02-17-2017, 09:58 PM | #32364 |
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Bruce Prichard's show has been much better late. He's a lot more tolerable when he and Conrad aren't "arguing" or bitching about Meltzer and telling bullshit stories.
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02-17-2017, 11:14 PM | #32366 |
Tongue my Fartbox
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From anywhere he darn well pleases |
02-18-2017, 09:52 AM | #32367 |
It's a blood match!
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I really don't enjoy Prichard, I feel that he's narcissistic and even though I know he was close to Vince, I feel he's full of shit.
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02-18-2017, 11:03 AM | #32368 |
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Ivan Koloff died
Dead wrestler Trifecta |
02-18-2017, 11:12 AM | #32369 |
It's a blood match!
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Always in three's. So weird.
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02-18-2017, 11:43 AM | #32370 |
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You will never forget the name...
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02-18-2017, 06:09 PM | #32371 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Apparently another TMNT-WWE crossover for toys is being made. First set had Sting, Taker, Cena, and Macho while the newest set is going to have Rock, Warrior, Piper, and Balor.
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02-18-2017, 06:26 PM | #32372 |
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02-18-2017, 08:21 PM | #32373 |
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I get used to it. A good little side account to go with the other viewpoints in professional wrestling. Historically, he gets things very "wrong," but you just take it with the grain that it is. I absolutely hate it when he tries to be funny though. Tony Schiavone is hilarious though. Wasn't as good on his latest podcast, but I'm hoping it was an off week.
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02-18-2017, 08:22 PM | #32374 |
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02-18-2017, 08:23 PM | #32375 |
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This is WWE's current strategy -- just throw all your eras together and pretend that you can still run Ultimate Warrior vs. The Rock anytime you like.
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02-19-2017, 01:23 AM | #32376 |
It's a blood match!
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Those toys suck, glad I grew up with Jakks Bone Crushing Action figures, they were fun to simulate matches with.
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02-19-2017, 01:55 AM | #32377 |
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The original Jakks figures were the absolute best.
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02-19-2017, 04:36 PM | #32378 |
King K Cool
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With that wild hair and missing tooth, Donatello looks like some sort of crazy cat lady.
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02-19-2017, 04:36 PM | #32379 |
King K Cool
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Also, why is Raphael the only one with pupils?
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02-19-2017, 05:21 PM | #32380 |
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Probably for the People's Eyebrow effect
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02-19-2017, 05:25 PM | #32381 |
King K Cool
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Oh yeah, most likely but I think it still works even without pupils.
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02-19-2017, 05:33 PM | #32382 |
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Yeah Rock Ralph looks just as good without pupils.
Last set didn't have them either for the turtles. |
02-19-2017, 08:18 PM | #32383 | |
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02-19-2017, 11:52 PM | #32384 |
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Downloaded a 12 disk Attitude Era set some guy made. Currently watching Unforgiven 1998. Pretty sweet PPV.
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02-20-2017, 01:28 AM | #32385 |
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I'll be glad if we get "Evil Emma" back.
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02-20-2017, 01:54 AM | #32386 |
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Apparently Asuka is only a few wins away from matching the real number of Goldberg's WCW win streak. She'd need another 24 wins to get to the fake/inflated number WCW and WWE uses whenever they talk about his streak.
Also has the chance to pass Balor for most Takeover wins in a row. |
02-20-2017, 05:36 AM | #32387 |
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You know what? I'd have her do it. Why the fuck not? I always assumed that Ember Moon would win the belt from Asuka at Orlando, but is anyone actually really clamoring for that? You can have her face Nikki Cross and go over, or even just have her beat Ember Moon. Make a big deal out of it and then have her drop the belt later in the year or go up to the main roster undefeated and slide her into the role of being a killer up there too.
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02-20-2017, 06:09 AM | #32388 |
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People are going to hate this, but when I was thinking about random shit the WWE could do, I had this idea that they could create their own competition in a more "realistic" sense than what they are doing with the RAW/SmackDown divide. I don't know whether you dig up an old property or have NXT play the role, with the story being that Triple H takes his show on the road or whatever, but you'd try and get a two-hour show on opposite to RAW.
Let's just use "Nitro" because fuck it -- I'm nostalgic for that shit and WWE have heeled themselves to me, so WCW are instant babyfaces in the memory. It could also mean a hilarious Tony Schiavone/Kevin Nash commentary team. You'd have to commit and make sure Vince actually doesn't get a chance to run it. Whether you have Shane or Triple H take the helm is completely up to you. But maybe you try and work something out with Bravo, which are also owned by NBC Universal, so you aren't going to a different network company. Hopefully by putting forward oranges to the WWE's apples, you can bring back some fans of professional wrestling and move the hardcore audience over and hopefully drive up the focus on RAW. SmackDown would remain SmackDown and just be what it is, but you can try and get Talking Smack onto the air after it in order to get a bit more money from USA, but on Monday you'd have RAW and Nitro, or whatever you want to call it, on at the same time. I don't know if advertisers would like the idea of people being encouraged to flick, but you can schedule it so commercial breaks are always going to match up or whatever. If E! loses interest in putting out WWE reality content (which is really helping them at the moment), then you can always try and move those shows to Bravo, which has that reality show thing going on. You can even try and do more original content for them like something that follows The Miz and Maryse or Rusev and Lana as further Total Divas spin-offs. Anyway, a big goal with having this "WWE competitor" that isn't just part of their extended continuity would be to eventually get back into PPV -- which is not a dead business. They've gone dark on traditional PPV for a while now, but I think that eventually you can go back and have your usual WWE canon "Network Specials" (with WrestleMania being the peak show), but then have this PPV series that exists outside it -- or at least one PPV show that exists as this massive show, not bigger than WrestleMania, but separate to it. If there is this separate company running around that exists outside traditional WWE, you can exclude them from the Network and have their big shows be sent out via online PPV streaming or something. There must be a way to keep the revenue in-house without simply throwing it into the Network package. I think it would be great for certain talent too. A guy like Dolph Ziggler could quit, jump ship, go by Nick Nemeth and be less sports entertainmenty. A guy like Cesaro could stop forcing personality out in WWE and go and be Claudio Castagnoli on the other Monday show. The cruiserweights aren't getting over on RAW? Have them jump to this new place and have the angle be that they are sick and tired of being a sideshow attraction at the WWE circus. In my mind, even if you don't call it WCW, it would have a very WCW-like presentation. It could be aimed at a slightly older audience -- one that might stay up and flick over to that final hour of RAW when they are done. I'd probably keep most of the women exclusive to RAW and SmackDown, and maybe keep the more sports entertainmenty types on those shows too. I doubt a working relationship with them is possible, but having a small amount of crossover with New Japan, as they did with Tyler Breeze and Jushin Liger in NXT, would be awesome. Ideally, I'd have the first match of the first show be Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman, Jr. as a throwback to the very first Nitro match. It's just a pipe-dream, but there are loads of potential benefits to it -- including giving Shane or Triple H some more practice running live television without a safety net. I think it could maximize some talent that have just been exposed so much in one environment, reinvigorate PPV as a revenue stream, generate more revenue from the television deal(s). The biggest obstacle would be it possibly upsetting the USA Network for potentially driving viewers away from RAW to another network; but I'm sure there is a way to frame it that points out that it will ultimately generate higher ratings for RAW, and for stockholders it could be explained like Coca-Cola having Coke and Fanta. |
02-20-2017, 06:17 AM | #32389 |
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What happens if the new product completely outdoes RAW and Smackdown! though? What if you run your own product into the ground as a result of this project? I see waaay too many holes in this for it to ever feasibly work in the real world. Would be fun as hell though, and I'd be game to see it.
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02-20-2017, 06:33 AM | #32390 |
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If it outdoes RAW and SmackDown, then that says something about RAW and SmackDown, doesn't it? I know that isn't a constructive response, haha, but if you are pulling, say, 4 million viewers with this show -- that's not something to cry about. The only way it really damages RAW is if it takes a really large part of RAW's audience and then it doesn't give back. But then you have this new product.
It doesn't really hurt WWE in any way, but I can see that being a hard sell to the USA Network. But if USA doesn't get on board, then you can move RAW to another competing network and maybe get yourself out of the three hour dilemma. Realistically, I don't think a new show would do that well against it, but it might give WWE another "top rated cable property" which is ultimately a good look for them. It's not likely to knock RAW out of second place or whatever it is. But the idea would hopefully be to eventually grow both show's viewership. Maybe the promise can be that you will eventually get RAW back to 2.0 share with the injected buzz, and that it will be great for both networks and something for cable in general, before digital delivery completely replaces it? |
02-20-2017, 06:52 AM | #32391 |
I'm a loner, Dottie...
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I guess if you had a good enough pitch you might be able to pull something off. Still feel like if it surpassed RAW or even came close Vince would flip his shit and bury it though. Doesn't feel like he'd be at all okay with something overshadowing his baby.
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02-20-2017, 09:55 AM | #32392 |
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According to a poll on WWE.com, more people would rather see Kelly Kelly (who's winning the poll with 17%) return than Beth Phoenix (who's in second place at 16%).
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02-20-2017, 11:02 AM | #32393 |
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That's because people miss having the opportunity to fap during a wrestling show.
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02-20-2017, 11:05 AM | #32394 |
King K Cool
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I'd say Beth Phoenix is way more "fappable" than Kelly Kelly but I'm sure that's just me.
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02-20-2017, 11:33 AM | #32395 |
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02-20-2017, 12:05 PM | #32396 | |
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02-20-2017, 12:31 PM | #32397 |
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Asuka vs Charolette streak vs streak.
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02-20-2017, 01:10 PM | #32398 |
King K Cool
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WWEShop.com have started reselling the nWo Wolfpac T-shirt.
I can't help but think that it's probably because that woman wore one last week. |
02-20-2017, 01:10 PM | #32399 |
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02-20-2017, 01:34 PM | #32400 |
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