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It's always ethical to trick the emmys
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Jan 13, 2024 16:19
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Shinjobi posted:An extremely on brand hire then Fitting. El Gallinero Gros posted:ESPN was accused of making up people for the purpose of qualifying for Emmy nominations, I believe some Emmys were taken back How do made up people win awards? I guess it could work for group awards.
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Jan 13, 2024 16:21
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lmao they would have been better off just buying some knock off Emmy trophies and then giving them out to whoever.
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Jan 13, 2024 16:22
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See this used to be what the Cable Ace awards were for.
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Jan 13, 2024 16:28
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victimless crime should face no punishment
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Jan 13, 2024 16:49
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Fitting. quote:ESPN circumvented the rule by inserting fake names into the credit list it submitted to NATAS for “College GameDay.” The Athletic reviewed the credit lists for the years the show won: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In each one of those seven years, names similar to the names of on-air personalities – and with identical initials – were listed all under the title of “associate producers.”
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Jan 13, 2024 16:59
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Chris James 2 posted:He and Griff still evidently don't understand why Julia didn't like the Varsity Blonds gimmick in AEW and couldn't wait to do something more fun like House of Black, and his ideas for the team there sucked, so I'd be more surprised if he didn't think this was amazing too Haha man. I always thought it was a callback/mashup of The Varsity Club and The Hollywood Blondes they were going for but Pillman's idea was way more lame than that. What a wiener.
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Suplex Liberace posted:victimless crime should face no punishment It's the rare case of the victim coming off worse than the criminal. I hope they picked some names from the Bobson Dugnutt list. edit: for reference and because that list always makes me laugh 
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Jan 13, 2024 17:16
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So the Fed got this guy so he can get them made up Emmys? I hope the fake name used is "Triple HGH".
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Jan 13, 2024 17:26
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Why not just give the on-air personalities producer credits so they could get the awards? Money?
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Jan 13, 2024 18:09
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my favorite part of the story is that it's unclear if anyone actually asked him to do this or if he just went rogue to give like a slightly confused Lee Corso several trophies.
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Jan 13, 2024 18:13
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Cody finally finishes the story when this dude passes him the WWE title with "Country Roads" on the name plate.
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Jan 13, 2024 18:20
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TheKingslayer posted:I know the common idea is that it's supposed to sound that way since dude is a heel, but I'm not entirely sold on that. If HHH came up with it he absolutely thinks it sounds cool as hell. And that's part of my issue with Roman's...uh...reign. Between his whiny catchphrase and him needing a million Bloodline interferences to win anything, on paper he's the shittiest lil' poo poo heel in the company. Begs for attention, can't do anything by himself. But in practice everyone in the company and on commentary can't stop talking about how he's the BIGGEST BADDEST STRONGEST MOST DOMINANT CHAMPION EVER DA HEAD OF DA TABLE BIG DOG OOOOOH ROMAN REIGNS THE DESTROYER. Y'all can't have it both ways, fuckers. 
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Jan 13, 2024 18:26
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Isn't that weird? It makes it feel like the company in kayfabe is tacitly behind the heel champion and it should make the whole brand a heel.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:07
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Vandar posted:And that's part of my issue with Roman's...uh...reign. Between his whiny catchphrase and him needing a million Bloodline interferences to win anything, on paper he's the shittiest lil' poo poo heel in the company. Begs for attention, can't do anything by himself. Best champion of all time - has stupid looking Superman punch as his special.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:22
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Entitled chickenshit heel champs have been slowly established as the baseline even during the days of SuperCena. Nearly all the heels he faced were like that. What's new about Reigns is that he is such a whiny jackass, but with the smothering support from WWE SuperCena got in terms of publicity. It's a unique blend, including the worst of both worlds.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:24
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What if…The Rock wants to sit at the head of Vin Diesels table and he’s using the WWE to take over the Fast Franchise
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Pillowpants posted:What if…The Rock wants to sit at the head of Vin Diesels table and he’s using the WWE to take over the Fast Franchise The Rock is going to win the belt and the next Fast movie is going to be Vin Diesel trying to steal the WWE Championship
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Ganso Bomb posted:The Rock is going to win the belt and the next Fast movie is going to be Vin Diesel trying to steal the WWE Championship the movie ends in a blowoff match at wrestlemania where vin diesal loses and roman farts on his car
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Jan 13, 2024 19:40
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Digital Jedi posted:And a collection of some of Roman's shirt available now to buy Seeing all these together made me realize Roman's logo is basically the Monarch's from Venture Bros....or some terrible, 2000-era "extreme" Spider-Man variant. Chris James 2 posted:He and Griff still evidently don't understand why Julia didn't like the Varsity Blonds gimmick in AEW and couldn't wait to do something more fun like House of Black, and his ideas for the team there sucked, so I'd be more surprised if he didn't think this was amazing too I don't think the Varsity Blondes gimmick is bad...for heels, because adult men wearing letterman jackets are clearly not good guys. Of course Beepie thought it was the perfect good guy look. JethroMcB fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jan 13, 2024 |
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Jan 13, 2024 19:41
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TheKingslayer posted:Haha man. I always thought it was a callback/mashup of The Varsity Club and The Hollywood Blondes they were going for but Pillman's idea was way more lame than that. I didn't even think of Varsity Club. The Hollywood Blondes connection with Pillman just seemed the absolutely logical conclusion. That it came from "kinda sounding like Varsity Blues" is incredible. That being said, I dug the Varsity Blondes gimmick and Julia added a ton to it. I wouldn't have minded seeing them get a bigger push, but it was obvious even back then that Julia Hart probably had a higher ceiling than that act and I could see her wanting to branch out. Hell, she's kinda outgrowing House of Black now.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:45
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The Varsity Blondes were cartoony and objectively kind of lame, but wrestling is great when it has some things that are cartoony and objectively kind of lame.
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Jan 13, 2024 20:14
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Grendels Dad posted:Entitled chickenshit heel champs have been slowly established as the baseline even during the days of SuperCena. Nearly all the heels he faced were like that. What's new about Reigns is that he is such a whiny jackass, but with the smothering support from WWE SuperCena got in terms of publicity. It's a unique blend, including the worst of both worlds. I’ve said before wwe wants Roman to be both the biggest face and the biggest heel in the company at the same time. So it makes everything feel disconnected.
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Jan 13, 2024 20:17
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I've been reading Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling and it's actively making me like Bret a lot less. He just constantly comes across as a whiny hypocrite who will cheat on his girlfiend (and then wife) at the drop of a hat and then blame her for making him do it, and has a lot of extremely questionable opinions about various minorities. I'm about 25% in, does it ever get better or even entertaining? One amusing bit though: the man was so loving devoted to kayfabe that he wouldn't tall his then-girlfriend (and future wife) that wrestling was fake and actively tried to conceal it from her, which is just comically stupid and probably was comically stupid at the turn of the 80s when he did it.
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Jan 13, 2024 20:41
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The Varsity Blondes were fine as the baby face equivalent of the Factory or the Wingmen.
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I can't really tell you whether it gets "better" because I think it's an absolutely fascinating book written by an extremely interesting person who was writing from a place of pain, betrayal and righteous anger, while also being an extremely flawed person in his own right. If you don't like it now, you won't like it the rest of the way, but I think it's an intriguing look into so many parts of the wrestling world that were at the time rarely if ever explored at this depth.
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Jan 13, 2024 20:56
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I remember when people were begging WWE to turn Cena heel and seeing how they've used Roman I'm really glad it didn't happen because we'd have gotten 6 years of Nexus Cena burying all the babyfaces with momentum instead of the heels
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Jan 13, 2024 21:00
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HHH finally made a wrestler with more cold rear end nicknames and phrases than he had lol
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Jan 13, 2024 21:17
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Tampa Bae posted:I remember when people were begging WWE to turn Cena heel and seeing how they've used Roman I'm really glad it didn't happen because we'd have gotten 6 years of Nexus Cena burying all the babyfaces with momentum instead of the heels I dunno, I think Cena doing a heel rear end-kissing corporate champion gimmick (which is basically what he was doing as a face anyway) would have been a more interesting character than Roman's cocky but boring tough guy bouncer gimmick.
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Tampa Bae posted:I remember when people were begging WWE to turn Cena heel and seeing how they've used Roman I'm really glad it didn't happen because we'd have gotten 6 years of Nexus Cena burying all the babyfaces with momentum instead of the heels If they did heel-Cena as a long-term gimmick like they did heel-Cena in the Firefly Funhouse match, I don't know if it'd have worked but I think there'd have been potential. Otherwise yeah there were a lot of ways heel-Cena would have just been another thing that went wrong in a dull un-fun way
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Jan 13, 2024 21:39
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Tampa Bae posted:I remember when people were begging WWE to turn Cena heel and seeing how they've used Roman I'm really glad it didn't happen because we'd have gotten 6 years of Nexus Cena burying all the babyfaces with momentum instead of the heels He still wouldn’t have worn the shirt
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Jan 13, 2024 21:41
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I mean, Cena can actually work a compelling match if need be. Roman just makes stinky faces and gets injured, or maybe not brother.
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Jan 13, 2024 21:42
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John Cena's open US Challenge showed that he can, and is completely willing to work when he wants to. Roman hasn't done the same, Roman's career is like Triple H where he was the least interesting person in a faction then became a main eventer and is only considered a legend because WWE keeps telling you he's a legend.
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Jan 13, 2024 21:59
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Just did this in my game
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:I've been reading Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling and it's actively making me like Bret a lot less. He just constantly comes across as a whiny hypocrite who will cheat on his girlfiend (and then wife) at the drop of a hat and then blame her for making him do it, and has a lot of extremely questionable opinions about various minorities. sounds like someone who wouldn’t acknowledge the troops
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Tampa Bae posted:John Cena's open US Challenge showed that he can, and is completely willing to work when he wants to. Roman hasn't done the same, Roman's career is like Triple H where he was the least interesting person in a faction then became a main eventer and is only considered a legend because WWE keeps telling you he's a legend. People will tell you that Triple H was the best worker in the world in 2000-2001 before the quad tear and to those people, I simply say no
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Majinfoose posted:People will tell you that Triple H was the best worker in the world in 2000-2001 before the quad tear and to those people, I simply say
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Jan 13, 2024 22:40
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HHH was capable of having good matches where he held up his side fine against world class workers. I wouldn't say he was the best worker in the world but he was a guy you could count on to have pretty good matches. Then he tore his quad, got huge, lost mobility and stamina, and most of his matches became slow and plodding.
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