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Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Oh Snapple! posted:

No we're loving not.

No see we're a hivemind and Xeno's the only Just poster who knows The Truth because

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Eldritch BiLast
Jul 7, 2009

Pummel Sylvanas
Melee Range
Instant

Chris James 2 posted:

No see we're a hivemind and Xeno's the only Just poster who knows The Truth because

Nah it's just time for posters to start crawling out of the woodwork to go "oh i never liked them anyway :smug:"

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
New Day will actually not get stale for at least another year or two with this gimmick, imho

maybe they don't need 20 minutes of promo time every Raw (though it's better than any offered alternative) but it's fine, don't panic and continue to watch all of their youtube clips every week instead of Raw

The New Day Show featuring their buddies Team BAD, only on USA

Big Coffin Hunter
Aug 13, 2005

Xenoletum posted:

Nah it's just time for posters to start crawling out of the woodwork to go "oh i never liked them anyway :smug:"

nah just them saying you're a stupid idiot

and they'd all be right

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


abraham linksys posted:

New Day will actually not get stale for at least another year or two with this gimmick, imho

maybe they don't need 20 minutes of promo time every Raw (though it's better than any offered alternative) but it's fine, don't panic and continue to watch all of their youtube clips every week instead of Raw

The New Day Show featuring their buddies Team BAD, only on USA

The breakup's gonna suck but it's a decent time away, regardless of if fans get sick of them due to oversaturation or not. And they're funny enough that them running out of material won't happen for a while

That said, that breakup is seriously going to be awful. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the end of all 3 of them in-ring. Kofi's already said he's done when it's over

I hope Xavier is the next guy to get big in movies after leaving WWE

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
when New Day break up Giant Bomb should hire Xavier Woods and Stardust but also buy their names and gimmicks from WWE and force them to keep using them

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

Xenoletum posted:

Nah it's just time for posters to start crawling out of the woodwork to go "oh i never liked them anyway :smug:"

How's life as a wrestling based paranoid wreck

keevo
Jun 16, 2011

:burger:WAKE UP:burger:

abraham linksys posted:

New Day will actually not get stale for at least another year or two with this gimmick, imho

maybe they don't need 20 minutes of promo time every Raw (though it's better than any offered alternative) but it's fine, don't panic and continue to watch all of their youtube clips every week instead of Raw

The New Day Show featuring their buddies Team BAD, only on USA

All I'm saying is let New Day take over Raw. Let them do whatever the gently caress they want without any repercussions.

Also John Cena and Bernie Sanders are on the Tonight Show?

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

Chris James 2 posted:


That said, that breakup is seriously going to be awful. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the end of all 3 of them in-ring. Kofi's already said he's done when it's over

Wow, Kofi's seriously retiring from wrestling when New Day wraps up? He's probably made good bank on his merch over the years, dude's just 34.

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine
It's silly to say the New Day isn't getting overexposed; last week they were in 4 or 5 segments.

I mean granted they're one of the only acts in the drat company that's over at all, but that's still ridiculous and unsustainable.

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

I thought the story was kofi threatened to quit of they didn't let the New Day do their own thing. He said they could fire him if it didn't get over he just wanted the chance to make it work, not that the new day was all he wanted to accomplish in wrestling and that he's retiring when its done

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

I only like wrestlers once they are long past overcooked. sock it to me

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine

oatgan posted:

I thought the story was kofi threatened to quit of they didn't let the New Day do their own thing. He said they could fire him if it didn't get over he just wanted the chance to make it work

On the New Day Dinner for Three special for the Network, Kofi said he's probably retiring from wrestling when the New Day splits up

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

DynamiteKidd posted:

It's silly to say the New Day isn't getting overexposed; last week they were in 4 or 5 segments.

I mean granted they're one of the only acts in the drat company that's over at all, but that's still ridiculous and unsustainable.

idk I listen to podcasts where the same set of people have been talking every week for 2-3 hours for 5 years

you're only overexposed if you're no longer interesting to the people who have seen you before

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

Its not that I want less New Day I just wish literally anything else was as good as New Day

Chromatic
Jan 21, 2005

You guys ready to hear a satanic song?
I don't like New Day at all but they work and people love them so yeah, they deserve decent airtime and to be left the gently caress away from the writers room.

Can't wait until they change to another "EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU" group.

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine

Chromatic posted:

I don't like New Day at all

ayyyyy ignored

Delsaber
Oct 1, 2013

This may or may not be correct.

Xavier, Big E, and Kofi are so naturally charismatic when given full reign and they work so well together that New Day can probably last as long as they want. If it goes bad, it'll be because someone else stuck their dick into it, or because Raw crumbled into ruin around them.

On the plus side, that would free them up to become a proper sketch comedy troupe.

Cory Lidle
Oct 12, 2006
I guess I better watch their Table for 3 again because I don't recall Kofi saying anything like that. The one that put himself on the table for the group to get a green light was Xavier.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


oatgan posted:

Its not that I want less New Day I just wish literally anything else was as good as New Day

Most of the roster simply doesn't have the personality for it

Reminder that a volcano gave half the roster opportunity to kill time with unscripted promos to pump the crowd up, and the best any of them could come up with was Ryback sharing his love of The Secret to the world and Cesaro miscounting ropes. Between that, Cody's biggest success coming from an impromptu promo describing the plot of Kingdom Hearts, and Dolph being worse at comedy than he was at his contributions to the Rusev/Lana/Summer angle, yeah, you aren't going to get much more things like New Day for a while from this roster unless they poach charismatic guys like Nakamura

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
There was an incident during tonight's WWE SmackDown tapings in Jacksonville, Florida where a family had to be escorted out of the arena by security. It appears the issues began when two young boys called Roman Reigns the "n word" during his entrance. This led to some comments from other fans in that section and the boys' mother didn't respond well to people talking to her sons. The mother then got into an argument with other fans, accusing them of taking photos of her kids. Security saw there was a situation brewing and the family causing the problems was removed.

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
This week in florrrida

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine

Chris James 2 posted:

Most of the roster simply doesn't have the personality for it

Reminder that a volcano gave half the roster opportunity to kill time with unscripted promos to pump the crowd up, and the best any of them could come up with was Ryback sharing his love of The Secret to the world and Cesaro miscounting ropes. Between that, Cody's biggest success coming from an impromptu promo describing the plot of Kingdom Hearts, and Dolph being worse at comedy than he was at his contributions to the Rusev/Lana/Summer angle, yeah, you aren't going to get much more things like New Day for a while from this roster unless they poach charismatic guys like Nakamura

No man Cesaro was told to say 4 ropes by Vince to keep him from getting over, pay attention

Sigma
Aug 24, 2003

...
Grimey Drawer
Give Xavier the book

Cory Lidle
Oct 12, 2006

Hace posted:

There was an incident during tonight's WWE SmackDown tapings in Jacksonville, Florida where a family had to be escorted out of the arena by security. It appears the issues began when two young boys called Roman Reigns the "n word" during his entrance. This led to some comments from other fans in that section and the boys' mother didn't respond well to people talking to her sons. The mother then got into an argument with other fans, accusing them of taking photos of her kids. Security saw there was a situation brewing and the family causing the problems was removed.
Nater Nots

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine

Hace posted:

There was an incident during tonight's WWE SmackDown tapings in Jacksonville, Florida where a family had to be escorted out of the arena by security. It appears the issues began when two young boys called Roman Reigns the "n word" during his entrance. This led to some comments from other fans in that section and the boys' mother didn't respond well to people talking to her sons. The mother then got into an argument with other fans, accusing them of taking photos of her kids. Security saw there was a situation brewing and the family causing the problems was removed.

Lemme tell you something brother that's just what all the little kids in Florida call their best friends when they're growing up, dude

Beef Jerky Robot
Sep 20, 2009

"And the DICK?"

sounds like some of you motherfuckers are daring to be sour

Chromatic
Jan 21, 2005

You guys ready to hear a satanic song?

DynamiteKidd posted:

ayyyyy ignored

I'm not saying they're objectively awful it's just that I find them annoying. They've connected to people and they're a hit.

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

Welcome to Hogans Beach

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
Wyatts vs the League was a kind of cool concept for the 5 seconds they teased it, and part of me still wishes they pulled the trigger on that

DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine

Hace posted:

Wyatts vs the League was a kind of cool concept for the 5 seconds they teased it, and part of me still wishes they pulled the trigger on that

God, seriously. Wyatts turning face/winning would be insane, that's the kind of big shakeup I'd expect as a reaction to low ratings

Delsaber
Oct 1, 2013

This may or may not be correct.

Beef Jerky Robot posted:

sounds like some of you motherfuckers are daring to be sour

A little power of positivity will clear that right up.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Hell, that's probably the only thing that stands a chance of restoring any actual interest in them

It'd probably lead to them winning more too

At least have Harper do something

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Hace posted:

There was an incident during tonight's WWE SmackDown tapings in Jacksonville, Florida where a family had to be escorted out of the arena by security. It appears the issues began when two young boys called Roman Reigns the "n word" during his entrance. This led to some comments from other fans in that section and the boys' mother didn't respond well to people talking to her sons. The mother then got into an argument with other fans, accusing them of taking photos of her kids. Security saw there was a situation brewing and the family causing the problems was removed.

Look brother, it's just how the cool kids in the rich part of Tampa talk to each other, Jack

DeNomolos
Jan 10, 2013

mild mannered meatspin historian
The fun part is thinking about Vince, sitting Roman down and telling him, "Well, pal, you gotta insult his manhood! Make fun of his testes, but you can't talk like a human being, so let's think of something clever to call his balls."

And Roman just nodding.

Spermgod
Jan 8, 2012

pink wasn't even a thing why is t#RXT REVOLUTION~!
and i'm so fucking excited for #SCOOPS#SCOOPS#SCOOPS #SCOOPS#SCOOPS #SCOOPS#SCOOPS
:sludgepal:
he knows..

Delsaber posted:

2.5 is the kind of number that kills most sci-fi/fantasy shows. Luckily this is wrestling, so it's more like anime.

What cable sci-fi/fantasy show is getting bigger ratings than Raw?

People need to get real about the business realities of WWE. There are real bad signs to be sure but they are not in the bad state people wish they were. This fantasy booking of the company's demise is just sad.

edit: I suggest people look at where Raw places in the top cable shows on Monday nights, and that was on a bad night: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/08/monday-cable-ratings-dec-7-2015/

Spermgod fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Dec 9, 2015

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

Hace posted:

This week in florrrida

I miss jah's lovely bumpers so much

Chris James 2 posted:

Most of the roster simply doesn't have the personality for it

Reminder that a volcano gave half the roster opportunity to kill time with unscripted promos to pump the crowd up, and the best any of them could come up with was Ryback sharing his love of The Secret to the world and Cesaro miscounting ropes. Between that, Cody's biggest success coming from an impromptu promo describing the plot of Kingdom Hearts, and Dolph being worse at comedy than he was at his contributions to the Rusev/Lana/Summer angle, yeah, you aren't going to get much more things like New Day for a while from this roster unless they poach charismatic guys like Nakamura
i strongly strongly disagree with this sentiment because i've seen just about everyone on the roster be awesome at one point or another. There's a ton of (mishandled) charisma on the roster

oatgan fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Dec 9, 2015

Top Bunk Wanker
Jan 31, 2005

Top Trump Anger

ChuckDeNomolos posted:

The fun part is thinking about Vince, sitting Roman down and telling him, "Well, pal, you gotta insult his manhood! Make fun of his testes, but you can't talk like a human being, so let's think of something clever to call his balls."

And Roman just nodding.

Honestly, I thought it was a pretty okay line, but repeating it 88 times and stopping to grin every time did not help very much at all.

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>

Spermgod posted:

What cable sci-fi/fantasy show is getting bigger ratings than Raw?

People need to get real about the business realities of WWE. There are real bad signs to be sure but they are not in the bad state people wish they were. This fantasy booking of the company's demise is just sad.

No see they need to break off all their multi-million dollar contracts and go small + niche

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DynamiteKidd
Jun 11, 2015

by Shine
I'm a big fan of the "WCW was struggling to survive doing a 3.3 so WWE will be dead soon" line of thought because it's the most facile argument in the world, it ignores a hundred million factors.

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