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Basic Chunnel posted:Didn't one of the guys end up with a brain tumor or something? Hopefully not from exposure to Tough Enough
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Sep 16, 2014 22:23
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As much as I liked Stone Cold, having him pick the winner was a dumb idea. IIRC, Andy Leavine (the winner who had the awful "Silent Rage" gimmick on the show) got wellnessed, and since he wasn't at all what WWE looks for in talent they cut him loose shortly thereafter. I think there was also heat on him because this barely trained guy didn't sell the Stunner he got from Austin after he won.
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Sep 16, 2014 22:49
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TL posted:As much as I liked Stone Cold, having him pick the winner was a dumb idea. IIRC, Andy Leavine (the winner who had the awful "Silent Rage" gimmick on the show) got wellnessed, and since he wasn't at all what WWE looks for in talent they cut him loose shortly thereafter. I think there was also heat on him because this barely trained guy didn't sell the Stunner he got from Austin after he won. Lol all he had to do was lay on the loving ground. Trained to sell has nothing to do with it
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Sep 16, 2014 23:14
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The special guest teaching them how to sell that episode was John Cena.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:18
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sportsgenius86 posted:Lol all he had to do was lay on the loving ground. Trained to sell has nothing to do with it
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Sep 16, 2014 23:24
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:He also had to get up to take a slap from Vince afterwards. The whole affair was dumb. the slap was first. Then he got stunned and was supposed to roll out of the ring and stay down until the break. Instead he rolled out to one knee and then got up all staggered or whatever and pissed everyone off.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:28
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TL posted:As much as I liked Stone Cold, having him pick the winner was a dumb idea. IIRC, Andy Leavine (the winner who had the awful "Silent Rage" gimmick on the show) got wellnessed, and since he wasn't at all what WWE looks for in talent they cut him loose shortly thereafter. I think there was also heat on him because this barely trained guy didn't sell the Stunner he got from Austin after he won. Andy was a ringer, he was the guy WWE wanted to win.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:29
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TL posted:As much as I liked Stone Cold, having him pick the winner was a dumb idea. IIRC, Andy Leavine (the winner who had the awful "Silent Rage" gimmick on the show) got wellnessed, and since he wasn't at all what WWE looks for in talent they cut him loose shortly thereafter. I think there was also heat on him because this barely trained guy didn't sell the Stunner he got from Austin after he won. They backed themselves into a corner kicking out Matt so early on because "if he was meant to make it, he would have already". Then the only other 2 promising people with talent got injured and they eventually whittled the cast down to Jeremiah, Luke, and Andy. WWE was clearly pulling for Jeremiah before it became very apparent what an unbelievable risk he was in the ring. Then they were clearly pulling for Luke, who proved himself such a smug, unlikable dick that I don't think anybody on this planet wanted to see him win. Andy wasn't a better choice at all, because he was still obviously so very green, but especially given his sob story(and the fact that he was really the only one of the 3 last guys who even tried to appear likable) the crowd probably would have rioted if Luke had won. Having said that if Luke did win Vince probably would have strapped a rocket to his rear end and given him a Miz push that exposed just how lovely and green he was and he probably would have been released about 2 months later after having an entire botchamania dedicated to him.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:39
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If current day Matt Cross was in tough enough, then I suspect he would've done much better. Guy is looking very "well" at the moment.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:46
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LightsGameraAction posted:They backed themselves into a corner kicking out Matt so early on because "if he was meant to make it, he would have already". Then the only other 2 promising people with talent got injured and they eventually whittled the cast down to Jeremiah, Luke, and Andy. They always wanted Andy to win. He was one of their in house ringers.
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Sep 17, 2014 00:04
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sportsgenius86 posted:the slap was first. Then he got stunned and was supposed to roll out of the ring and stay down until the break. Instead he rolled out to one knee and then got up all staggered or whatever and pissed everyone off. when I heard this from someone else on the forum he was yelled at for not selling the slap well enough in order to get up to take the Stunner then he was told to 'get out of there as soon as possible' beforehand so he got up to leave 'too fast' or something.
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Sep 17, 2014 00:36
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Who were the ringers who were injured? Anyone still in NXT or did they wash out?
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Sep 17, 2014 00:37
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:Who were the ringers who were injured? Anyone still in NXT or did they wash out? Ivelisse, who was the most promising potential diva on the whole show. She sprained her ankle and IIRC was willing to try and work through it as fast as possible to stay on the show but they cut her. Then there was Martin, who was the most talented guy that didn't already have an established indy career. I think pretty much everyone was banking on him up until he got injured, which I recall being the week after Ivelisse got cut. Also I had no idea Andy was a ringer, why would they pick such a terrible guy as a ringer.
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Sep 17, 2014 00:47
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Silent Rage was awesome. I was hoping he'd get really mad and yell "I GOT NO PLACE ELSE TO GO!" with tears in his eyes.
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Sep 17, 2014 01:26
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MassRafTer posted:They always wanted Andy to win. He was one of their in house ringers. Yeah Andy was already signed to an FCW contract before the show began so he was signed regardless of what happened on the show.
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Sep 17, 2014 02:51
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LightsGameraAction posted:Ivelisse, who was the most promising potential diva on the whole show. She sprained her ankle and IIRC was willing to try and work through it as fast as possible to stay on the show but they cut her. He was big which meant he had the "it factor" or whatever it was they kept saying.
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Sep 17, 2014 03:05
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MassRafTer posted:He was big which meant he had the "it factor" or whatever it was they kept saying. I thought the 'It' factor was dating an Oscar winner?
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Sep 17, 2014 03:08
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I thought "it factor" = big dude, and "blue chipper" = ex football player or 2nd/3rd generation.
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Sep 17, 2014 03:28
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So, Vader's twitter either got hacked or he's just feeling kinda horny today. https://twitter.com/itsvadertime/status/512067428004536320
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Sep 17, 2014 04:59
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MassRafTer posted:Andy was a ringer, he was the guy WWE wanted to win. Whoever won or loss had nothing to do with getting hired. See Cameron losing on the show, making Stone Cold give us an awesome face, ("Melina vs Alicia Fox"), yet ultimately get hired, and become a Diva.
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Sep 17, 2014 07:10
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BrigadierSensible posted:Whoever won or loss had nothing to do with getting hired. See Cameron losing on the show, making Stone Cold give us an awesome face, ("Melina vs Alicia Fox"), yet ultimately get hired, and become a Diva. He didn't need to get hired, he already was. He was just the one they wanted to make a star due to bigness.
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Sep 17, 2014 07:42
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BrigadierSensible posted:Whoever won or loss had nothing to do with getting hired. See Cameron losing on the show, making Stone Cold give us an awesome face, ("Melina vs Alicia Fox"), yet ultimately get hired, and become a Diva. MRT is saying that Andy was already in developmental along with Christina Crawford, who is Alicia Fox's sister.
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Sep 17, 2014 08:30
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DM Punk posted:So, Vader's twitter either got hacked or he's just feeling kinda horny today. 
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Sep 17, 2014 08:38
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DM Punk posted:So, Vader's twitter either got hacked or he's just feeling kinda horny today. Vader's account is what I imagine my redneck stepfather would be like if he discovered twitter.
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Sep 17, 2014 12:16
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That's pretty much my dad's IM feed right there.
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Sep 17, 2014 12:17
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sportsgenius86 posted:the slap was first. Then he got stunned and was supposed to roll out of the ring and stay down until the break. Instead he rolled out to one knee and then got up all staggered or whatever and pissed everyone off. It's really bad and he deserved to get chewed out. He sold the slap fine. He sold the Stunner... well enough. He wasn't going to bounce around like the Rock, but for an inexperienced guy getting hit with the move for maybe the first time ever, it was a good try. He lays on the side of the ring, where Austin drops the Tough Enough title belt onto him. So far so good. Then Andy rolls to the outside and falls to his knee. He goes from selling the move to badly pretending he's drunk. He quickly becomes less hurt and more slightly dizzy. Then from outside the ring he reaches over and shakes Austin's hand to thank him before walking to the back, no longer showing any effects. All of this in maybe half a minute.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:12
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Ivelisse not getting picked up by WWE is hecka dumb. She's like top 5 female talent in the US and top 10 in the world.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:25
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coconono posted:Ivelisse not getting picked up by WWE is hecka dumb. She's like top 5 female talent in the US and top 10 in the world. Didn't she have an attitude issue or something?
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Sep 17, 2014 13:50
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Wow, that's an interesting tattoo.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:53
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Frankenstein Dad posted:Wow, that's an interesting tattoo. its a lotus flower now.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:12
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sportsgenius86 posted:Didn't she have an attitude issue or something? And then attitude issues in AAA.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:15
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sportsgenius86 posted:Didn't she have an attitude issue or something? She has CM Punk attitude issues as far as I know. She's good with fans but will not hesitate to call your rear end out on the carpet if she feels disrespected. She'd do better in the current developmental program than before.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:34
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DM Punk posted:So, Vader's twitter either got hacked or he's just feeling kinda horny today. Mark it as  ? Thanks there buddy.Just to make sure of future bs, yes, I realize the text implies NSFW but text and a picture aren't the same thing.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:29
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coconono posted:call your rear end out on the carpet if she feels disrespected. pishing
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Sep 17, 2014 15:51
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From Emma's twitter to you: http://instagram.com/p/tDG7zOCZRy/
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Sep 17, 2014 16:27
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Del Raminos posted:From Emma's twitter to you: http://instagram.com/p/tDG7zOCZRy/ Literally, their careers boiled down to a 10 second instagram video.
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Sep 17, 2014 16:41
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https://twitter.com/AJStylesOrg/status/512268973304737792
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Sep 17, 2014 20:21
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hahahaha wow
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AJ Styles hatred of TNA is one the feel good stories of 2014.
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