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Chinston Wurchill posted:The Piper/Mean Gene/Orndorff one is already up and it was a fun watch. Yeah, it was especially disappointing since Cena/Rock I was better than I expected.
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Sep 10, 2015 02:55
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Mania 29 was pretty underwhelming in general aside from the Taker/Punk match.
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All I remember from Rock/Cena 2 is really the end and wondering why the only moves they could do were the Rock Bottom and the Attitude Adjustment.
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Sep 10, 2015 14:22
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It didn't help that the buildup for the previous year was great, and actually had you wondering who would win, really building the "once in a lifetime" tag. Then they just did it again and just like most sequels it wasn't as cool. Twice in a lifetime just doesn't have the same ring I guess.
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MassRafTer posted:It's a Calvacade of stars. An Arcade of stars would be Starcade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmYrSphGSfE
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Sep 10, 2015 18:02
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IcePhoenix posted:It didn't help that the buildup for the previous year was great, and actually had you wondering who would win, really building the "once in a lifetime" tag. The branding for it pissed me off because eventually they revealed it had always been a three year plan starting at WM27. If it's a three year plan, maybe don't bill it as "Once in a Lifetime" and "Never Before, Never Again".
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Sep 10, 2015 18:03
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sticklefifer posted:The branding for it pissed me off because eventually they revealed it had always been a three year plan starting at WM27. If it's a three year plan, maybe don't bill it as "Once in a Lifetime" and "Never Before, Never Again". "Never Before, Never Again" was the bill for their tag match I think though so I think they at least held to that, to be fair.
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Sep 10, 2015 20:22
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Thats because Miz loving ruined the buyrate.
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IcePhoenix posted:"Never Before, Never Again" was the bill for their tag match I think though so I think they at least held to that, to be fair. It was used for the Survivor Series tag match, but they kept using it running up to Mania 28 along with Once in a Lifetime.
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oldpainless posted:Thats because Miz loving ruined the buyrate. that's not true at all and is a complete bullshit corporate excuse r-truth helped ruin it
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it's amazing to me how much people cared about the subtitle for a marquee wrestling match
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:that's not true at all and is a complete bullshit corporate excuse r-truth helped save it from being worse, you mean
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oatgan posted:it's amazing to me how much people cared about the subtitle for a marquee wrestling match Well c'mon, it's a total bullshit tagline. It may as well have been "This is the only chance you'll ever get to see this match! Ever! EVER! Buy Wrestlemania!" Then they just did the same match the following year. There had to have been better ways to make it sound important outside of "once in a lifetime".
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Sep 11, 2015 05:04
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The once in a lifetime phrase was actually referring to Connor the Crusher
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In reference to HHH eating a clean pin right?
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The American Dream posted:In reference to HHH eating a clean pin right?
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Wait, Triple H is the Asskicker? I thought it was the Undertaker because "Bad asses always kick an rear end in a top hat's rear end"
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you're confusing the big dog for the asskicker, a completely understandable mistake
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:you're confusing the big dog for the asskicker, a completely understandable mistake roman reigns is the big dog
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Bard Maddox posted:roman reigns is the big dog not until he beats taker in his own yard
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I thought roman was the top dog
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Metaphorically, the WWE thinks really highly of dogs.
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Because I'm insane I'm going through all the stuff I missed (including Tough Enough, Raws, Smackdowns, PPVs etc.) from when I stopped watching wrestling in 2002. I'm on Wrestlemania X8 now and can someone explain why I'm watching a Saliva concert and why loving Scott Hall is fighting Austin? I watched the previous PPV and RAW so I get the story, but it seems really lame to stick Austin with such a weak feud. It's kinda lovely to see his stock fall like that.
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OldTennisCourt posted:Because I'm insane I'm going through all the stuff I missed (including Tough Enough, Raws, Smackdowns, PPVs etc.) from when I stopped watching wrestling in 2002. I'm on Wrestlemania X8 now and can someone explain why I'm watching a Saliva concert and why loving Scott Hall is fighting Austin? I watched the previous PPV and RAW so I get the story, but it seems really lame to stick Austin with such a weak feud. It's kinda lovely to see his stock fall like that. They wanted Austin/Hogan. Austin said no, because Hogan.
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Sep 13, 2015 04:46
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You're not truly going through the early 2000s unless you're watching Velocity, which the Network doesn't have yet. Goddammit WWE, you promised at launch you'd have it.
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sticklefifer posted:You're not truly going through the early 2000s unless you're watching Velocity, which the Network doesn't have yet. no they didn't.
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Monkeycheese posted:no they didn't. When they were doing the content promos, they showed Velocity and Heat logos along with Raw and Smackdown when talking about what you'll get with access to WWE's archives, so yeah, they did advertise it that way.
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sticklefifer posted:When they were doing the content promos, they showed Velocity and Heat logos along with Raw and Smackdown when talking about what you'll get with access to WWE's archives, so yeah, they did advertise it that way. they never said they'd have it at launch
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They didn't not say it.
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Monkeycheese posted:they never said they'd have it at launch "They promised they'd have it at launch" is different from "they promised at launch they'd have it". Either way they said they'd have it and I want it. 
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I need to relive the Paul London/Akio series on velocity
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:I need to relive the Paul London/Akio series on velocity YES As the resident dude who harps on the lack of Velocity, let me just say that I am disappointed in the lack of Velocity. The Saturday night 1-2 punch of Velocity and Confidential was the best two hour block. Smackdown was way better than Raw at the time, but factoring in the B-shows makes the brand split into a complete blowout.
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That's really weird. For some reason I'd always heard/assumed Smackdown was the B show while RAW was the one to watch during the brand split.
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I want to hear Tazz's famous solar system remark. I think it was on Velocity or Heat or something.
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OldTennisCourt posted:That's really weird. For some reason I'd always heard/assumed Smackdown was the B show while RAW was the one to watch during the brand split. Heyman wasn't running it the whole time.
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OldTennisCourt posted:That's really weird. For some reason I'd always heard/assumed Smackdown was the B show while RAW was the one to watch during the brand split. The plot happened on Raw, SD was basically just "some dudes have matches, they are good".
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OldTennisCourt posted:That's really weird. For some reason I'd always heard/assumed Smackdown was the B show while RAW was the one to watch during the brand split. Raw was still the flagship as far as WWE were concerned (and almost always got the better end of the Draft), but there were lengthy periods of SD clearly being the superior brand, especially around 2002 with the 'Smackdown Six', and again from about 2007-2009 with Mania 24's main event and the Punk/Hardy feud.
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Vince wasn't as hands-on with Smackdown, so aside from a few bleak time periods, SmackDown seemed to be the more solid show.
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IMO, it was around the time of Wrestlemania 27 where the gap between A and B shows became really pronounced (even though Raw had always been the true "flagship"). The big gold belt opened the show, and was never really presented as equal to Raw's WWE Championship again.
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