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SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

NickRoweFillea posted:

My favorite one was the MID 90'S KEVIN NAAAASH sign that someone had

Yeah I like Roman more than most but I died at that.

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KirbyJ
Oct 30, 2012
Wait so was the fake Sting supposed to -be- fake? Are we looking at a HHH/Fake Sting match at Fastlane?

Obligatory dick comment.

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you
Of course they said no dick pic jokes, Seth is The Authority's chosen one and they are protecting him! It's like you guys don't pay attention

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

SamuraiFoochs posted:

Yeah I like Roman more than most but I died at that.

Oh man, I didn't even consider it was a rib on Roman! I just thought someone was espousing their love of Kevin Nash

Manic_Misanthrope
Jul 1, 2010


Big Coffin Hunter posted:

what the gently caress this is bullshit i thought this was wrestling

Yeah, there's like half an hour of material you could get out of this.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Sex Robot posted:

OK ok I missed this last night




Dude in the Red is holding poo poo down fo' real.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

KirbyJ posted:

Wait so was the fake Sting supposed to -be- fake? Are we looking at a HHH/Fake Sting match at Fastlane?

Obligatory dick comment.

lol if they actually tried to pass that off as the real Sting instead of just one of his followers sending a message or whatever because that would be real dumb. I didn't watch but saw the screenshot so I don't know what they said about it on commentary.

Dressing random indie wrestlers up as Sting and having them harass Triple H every week leading up to the match would be a pretty smart way of keeping real Sting out of the ring and use less of his contracted appearances or whatever.

So yeah they'll try passing it off as the real thing.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Mr. Carlisle posted:

lol if they actually tried to pass that off as the real Sting instead of just one of his followers sending a message or whatever because that would be real dumb. I didn't watch but saw the screenshot so I don't know what they said about it on commentary.

Dressing random indie wrestlers up as Sting and having them harass Triple H every week leading up to the match would be a pretty smart way of keeping real Sting out of the ring and use less of his contracted appearances or whatever.

So yeah they'll try passing it off as the real thing.

Somewhere Jeff Farmer is waiting by the phone, crying, and he doesn't know why.

Dimebags Brain
Feb 18, 2013





Sting is a better cult leader than Bray Wyatt.

Dango Bango
Jul 26, 2007

TheJoker138 posted:

Somewhere Jeff Farmer is waiting by the phone, crying, and he doesn't know why.

Tears leaving trails of sorrow in his Sting face paint.

KirbyJ
Oct 30, 2012
Next week the part of Sting will be played by Mike Knox.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

NickRoweFillea posted:

Oh man, I didn't even consider it was a rib on Roman! I just thought someone was espousing their love of Kevin Nash

Yeah. At least that's how I took it. :)

Daniel Bryan
May 23, 2006

GOAT
Well Raw did an atrocious rating this week so that's going to turn some heads in the office.

cronox2
Jul 24, 2010



woah, you look
REALLY pissed off...

KirbyJ posted:

Next week the part of Sting will be played by Mike Knox.

Only if the segment airs at 10:15.

Korelle
Sep 18, 2010

Daniel Bryan posted:

Well Raw did an atrocious rating this week so that's going to turn some heads in the office.

The WWE Universe has spoken, John Cena will finally slay the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar to avenge the Undertaker in the name of the Cenation.

Peter Bazooka
Sep 29, 2005

This isn’t really anything I think I like.

Dimebags Brain posted:

Sting is a better cult leader than Bray Wyatt.

So is Adam Rose though so it's not that impressive.

KirbyJ
Oct 30, 2012
Wrestlemania 31 will feature John Cena in every match, winning every match, then promptly ascending to a form made of pure energy at the end of the show to be with the WWE Universe always.

Then two weeks later he will come out as a mystery GM for some reason.

NutritiousSnack
Jul 12, 2011

Daniel Bryan posted:

Well Raw did an atrocious rating this week so that's going to turn some heads in the office.

I stopped watching at hour 9 it got so bad

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

Korelle posted:

The WWE Universe has spoken, John Cena will finally slay the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar to avenge the Undertaker in the name of the Cenation.

Shocked by the rating, the WWE does a 180 on the "Old Man Cena" angle and now portrays him as a hungry young rookie eager to start his 10 years on top

Paper Lion
Dec 14, 2009




Seeing the ending to Dragonball GT but with Cena as Goku, the various title belts as the dragonballs, everyone Cena ever buried as Goku's friends and Vince as Shenron would make my loving life

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


TheJoker138 posted:

Somewhere Jeff Farmer is waiting by the phone, crying, and he doesn't know why.
Yup.

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

Chris James 2 posted:

Make his finisher the small package
Small package driver used to be Tyler Black's indie finisher. :ironicat:

triplexpac posted:

The live audience is so weird these days. Audiences are mostly behind Bryan, but then boo him sometimes. The crowd mostly boos Roman, but also cheers him sometimes. Generally people are just quiet though.

This is an obvious statement, but there really is no "audience" (singular). When we see this product on TV every week it can be difficult to process that every audience is a completely different entity and may be cheering or booing for completely different reasons based on any number of factors: Regional values, local economy, what kinds of people they like historically, what's happening in their city at the time, how their sports teams are doing, etc. Bryan's massively over in a lot of markets but there are inevitably some cities who prefer Reigns. It's hard to take into account what an audience reaction to anyone REALLY is unless you're performing in front of the same people all the time, like NXT.

Unfortunately it seems like Vince's booking style treats every audience like it's the same place, because he'll give up or change course on a single city's reaction.

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you

sticklefifer posted:


This is an obvious statement, but there really is no "audience" (singular).

This is true, but we've had a couple audiences give Daniel/Roman mixed reactions so far, it wasn't just last night. I'm interested to see how it plays out.

NutritiousSnack
Jul 12, 2011
Colorado Springs was mostly Reigns territory though they got bored when they saw him wrestle. Every other place was mostly behind Bryan but some preferred Reigns.

Seems normal to me.

Superstring
Jul 22, 2007

I thought I was going insane for a second.

I think WWE have fractured their audience at this point, pretty much by their own fault. There's the contingent that likes Bryan which is behind him, there are those that go with WWE's hype and are behind Reigns, and then there are those that have been trained to not care because of WWE's capriciousness. It all stems from WWE's own lousy storytelling.

Sono
Apr 9, 2008




PUNKS DIET SODA posted:

I think what'll hurt Rollins the worst is "I hate my life"

This is what hit me, especially after Punk's comments about how much the schedule sucks. You grow up dreaming of being a pro wrestler, become WWE champion, and you're on the road 300 days a year slowly grinding your spine into dust. Punk talking about it after he was done is one thing, but having the future of your company making comments about hating his life is another. (Unless he was just doing it to get laid, talking about his personal life, etc. He has outs.)

Luigi Thirty posted:

PWI says that nothing's going to happen to Rollins. They've also asked talent to not refer to the dick pics as that would be insensitive.

Good. He's an idiot, but it's revenge porn and punishing him for it only feeds the immoral (and illegal, depending on what state) behavior of his former fiancee.

NutritiousSnack
Jul 12, 2011
I don't really see much of a problem. Bryan gets much bigger cheers and pops, Reigns gets more heat and boos. The crowd already treats him like Bray Wyatt or BNB or other 'popular' heels that JR hates.

The Cosby Mysteries
Oct 5, 2007

Happy Birthday, Mr. President
I support Seth 'I hate my life and Fiance' Rollins in this difficult time.



Seriously do people feel sorry for Rollins or something or what.

Minidust
Nov 4, 2009

Keep bustin'

Mr. Carlisle posted:

lol if they actually tried to pass that off as the real Sting instead of just one of his followers sending a message or whatever because that would be real dumb. I didn't watch but saw the screenshot so I don't know what they said about it on commentary.

Dressing random indie wrestlers up as Sting and having them harass Triple H every week leading up to the match would be a pretty smart way of keeping real Sting out of the ring and use less of his contracted appearances or whatever.

So yeah they'll try passing it off as the real thing.
It's kind of a cool idea, I suppose they could be playing off that video game commercial that had all the fake stings playing violin

Mulaney Power Move
Dec 30, 2004

i figure a lot of these guys are sexting cock shots and gape photos to their SOs all the time since they are on the road so much

Keg
Sep 22, 2014

The Cosby Mysteries posted:

I support Seth 'I hate my life and Fiance' Rollins in this difficult time.



Seriously do people feel sorry for Rollins or something or what.

Post your dick

NutritiousSnack
Jul 12, 2011

The Cosby Mysteries posted:

I support Seth 'I hate my life and Fiance' Rollins in this difficult time.



Seriously do people feel sorry for Rollins or something or what.

Even though I make jokes, yes I do.

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.

The Cosby Mysteries posted:

I support Seth 'I hate my life and Fiance' Rollins in this difficult time.



Seriously do people feel sorry for Rollins or something or what.

I feel sorry that he hates his life, if that is indeed what he means (And not just I hate my life because I can't be with you). I feel sorry for his fiance as well who's probably going to be dragged through the mud. You see, there's enough to go around.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

Daniel Bryan posted:

Well Raw did an atrocious rating this week so that's going to turn some heads in the office.
Look Better Call Saul was way much worth my time than this mediocre/boring/okay bad Raw

The Cosby Mysteries
Oct 5, 2007

Happy Birthday, Mr. President
I'm a bit late to dickgate but from what I gather the order of events went like this:

Rollins cheats on fiance with a new sign up
Fiance finds out and post texts and pics of them publicly during Raw

I think the dick photo was the end of the shaft for most? I guess that's a sort of lovely thing to do but welp.. So is cheating on your fiance.. Everyone involved in this is lovely but I just can't feel bad or sorry for anyone involved and their handling of the situation.

Keg posted:

Post your dick

Saving that for a Wrestlemania Toxx

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

I hope this Sting/Triple H feud ends with Ric Flair betraying Sting again.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Is it ok if I feel bad for the parties involved while at the same time recognizing their actions were wrong?

Joey McChrist
Aug 8, 2005

Intruder posted:

Is it ok if I feel bad for the parties involved while at the same time recognizing their actions were wrong?

no, its either an all or nothing thing here in wwe discussion

89
Feb 24, 2006

#worldchamps
I just want this to lead to a Sting Army segment. Even if it's a carbon copy of the nWo/Buff Bagwell one.

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Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo

DrVenkman posted:

I feel sorry that he hates his life, if that is indeed what he means (And not just I hate my life because I can't be with you). I feel sorry for his fiance as well who's probably going to be dragged through the mud. You see, there's enough to go around.

Eh, the only reason his fiancee might get dragged thru the mud is because she exposed nude pictures without any party's consent, out of revenge.

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