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Marine/Army/Navy gimmicks are all pretty much the most generic gimmicks of all time that every 2 bit Indy has.
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Gaz-L posted:He said served. Orton basically bailed right after training, didn't he? Orton was bad conduct discharged, which isn't as bad as a dishonorable discharge but still bad. He spent 38 days locked up for it.
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shiksa posted:that guy Steve Cutler? in nxt his whole thing is that he was in the army or whatever. Backstage vignettes where they're hounded by the face just yelling "sir! Sir! Excuse me sir! Who was your commanding officer?"
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Didn't Orton get discharged for going AWOL on a routine, non-combat appearance?
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Yeah, he went AWOL
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He was going to be The Marine after Cena but the irl marines shut his rear end down.
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are there wwe uk spoilers
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Benne posted:Didn't Orton get discharged for going AWOL on a routine, non-combat appearance? He was stuck in the House of Horrors
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KungFu Grip posted:are there wwe uk spoilers Dark match: Roy Johnson defeats HC Dyer Mark Andrews defeats James Drake via SSP, gets shot at UK title Akira Tozawa and Saxon Huxkley defeat The Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese (Tozawa pins Nese) Pete Dunne defeats Sam Gradwell TJP defeats Rich Swann via submission Tyson T-Bone defeats Dan Moloney Trent Seven defeats Wolfgang Tyler Bate retains UK title over Joseph Conners Tomorrow's taping has Andrews/Bate for the title, and Dunne/Trent for #1 contendership (shot happening at Takeover Chicago)
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Chris James 2 posted:Dark match: UK show but uses cruiserweights and put the UK talent in the dark match. Then has two UK get squashed by Braun on a Raw house show. Good job WWE.
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Aphrodite posted:Orton was bad conduct discharged, which isn't as bad as a dishonorable discharge but still bad. He spent 38 days locked up for it. Update: Randy Orton is cool.
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Under the vegetable posted:Update: Randy Orton is cool. He's racist and voted Trump
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mark andrews already challenged for the uk title he should be at the back of the line
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KungFu Grip posted:He's racist and voted Trump Counterpoint his wife is hot. Counter counter his tattoos are and always will be super lovely.
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KungFu Grip posted:He's racist and voted Trump Just like the company he works for but that doesn't stop people here from loving it!
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MassRafTer posted:Just like the company he works for but that doesn't stop people here from loving it! no one loves wwe its just stockholm syndrome
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I love the talent because they're all extremely talented and by and large most of them seem like really cool, nice people, and my NINE NINETY NINE presumably, in part, reaches them in some way. There's not much moral conflict here. All corporations are run by garbage people because those are the only kinds of people that get to the top of the corporate world. Basically anything you spend money on is gonna line the pockets of some dreadful caricature of a human being. I'm pretty sure 30 Rock did a bit about this.
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If they're pushing the main event tomorrow as a takeover title shot, are they gonna run these eps soon?
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Chris James 2 posted:Yeah, he went AWOL outta nowhere
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sportsgenius86 posted:If they're pushing the main event tomorrow as a takeover title shot, are they gonna run these eps soon? you'd imagine, yeah. i'd expect it'll air after nxt this week and during nxt phillips will narrate a package about how it'll be defended at takeover with the contestants being decided in a one hour special AIRING LIVE NEXT
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What I'm most hyped about is that "I dun a murder" guy is back.
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VJeff posted:I love the talent because they're all extremely talented and by and large most of them seem like really cool, nice people, and my NINE NINETY NINE presumably, in part, reaches them in some way. There's not much moral conflict here. Actually they aren't giving talent a cut of the network money, so all the money they'd get for PPVs and DVDs that was lost with the switchover? They don't get a dime.
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I only want to endorse a culturally diverse, green, modern wrestling product, like Lucha Underground. #sexystar4ever
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KungFu Grip posted:no one loves wwe its just stockholm syndrome agreed 100%
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MassRafTer posted:Actually they aren't giving talent a cut of the network money, so all the money they'd get for PPVs and DVDs that was lost with the switchover? They don't get a dime. Hmmmm. That's bad.
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Chris James 2 posted:Dark match: Today! Wolfgang defeats Joseph Conners TJP and The Brian Kendrick defeat Dan Moloney and Rich Swann Tyson T-Bone defeats Saxon Huxley Akira Tozawa defeats Tony Nese Sam Gradwell defeats James Drake Pete Dunne defeats Trent Seven to be #1 contender for the UK title Tyler Bate retains UK title over Mark Andrews. WWE UK champ vs PROGRESS champ, Bate vs Dunne, at Takeover Chicago
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Chris James 2 posted:Pete Dunne defeats Trent Seven to be #1 contender for the UK title helllll yes
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Can't imagine how that one is gonna go! VJeff posted:Hmmmm. And when wrestlers tried to find out what the deal was management kept putting off addressing it until people stopped asking.
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Wasn't that allegedly what put CM Punk over the edge? The fact that they managed to just make it standard without having to ever really explain or address it really does once again speak to how badly WWE needs a union. I also imagine it changes the math on wrestlers' goals. I'm sure most wrestlers will still strive to be in WWE and rise to the top, but if the pay is down then it does seem to encourage this thing that seems to be happening where wrestlers do their time in WWE and then step out to make money as ex-WWE talents who can control their own schedules.
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I hope Dunne goes over. Bate's had a fun run but Dunne's heel charisma is fantastic.
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tbh I realise now that they changed their plans for WM30 because Network subs weren't at a stable, profitable level and most of their revenue still came from PPVs and DVDs and stuff like that, whereas they could afford to push Roman into the main event of the last three WMs because people would still subscribe to the Network regardless of his push they're literally just doing what Vince wants because they're making money regardless of who's pushed to the top, so if they have an ace that works a safe style + works really good matches now and again, who gives a poo poo about what the fans think? (of course, this mindset will change quite sharply when their TV deal expires and/or when Vince dies)
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Feels Villeneuve posted:like Dave said, it's not like there's a Daniel Bryan in the roster getting massive reactions and not getting pushed. Both Seth and Finn clearly are getting pushed but they aren't setting the crowd on fire. Ditto Joe and Sami. Why the gently caress would anyone get excited for Sami Zayn in 2017? I love his work to death, and think he's great at the job, but his booking has been so consistently hosed that cheering for him is pointless because he's just going to lose. He only gets beat up so they can make a heel look good by kicking his rear end, and that stops being effective when it becomes clear the face is a jobber.
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Venomous posted:tbh I realise now that they changed their plans for WM30 because Network subs weren't at a stable, profitable level and most of their revenue still came from PPVs and DVDs and stuff like that, whereas they could afford to push Roman into the main event of the last three WMs because people would still subscribe to the Network regardless of his push Doesn't really change when Vince dies because HHH loves Roman too. Well, by the time Vince dies Roman will probably be retired so yeah maybe the top guy will change by then.
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Vincent Kennedy Mcmahon will never die, actually
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Liquid Communism posted:Why the gently caress would anyone get excited for Sami Zayn in 2017? It also doesn't help that even in kayfabe he's a complete non-threat. Guy dresses up like a taxi cab driver, dances around like a moron from 1997 and is referred to as "the underdog from the underground"? Uh... yeah let me tremble in my boots here for a minute. At this point, he seems like such a doofus that I don't know how they could possibly make him cool again, outside of having him end a match covered in blood and go on a rampage. Actually there you go. Make the fucker snap.
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Platypus Farm posted:It also doesn't help that even in kayfabe he's a complete non-threat. Guy dresses up like a taxi cab driver, dances around like a moron from 1997 and is referred to as "the underdog from the underground"? Uh... yeah let me tremble in my boots here for a minute. Put him back under the mask as El Generico and have him do 5 BRAINBUSTAAAAAAHHHs to Braun
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Liquid Communism posted:Why the gently caress would anyone get excited for Sami Zayn in 2017? Yeah, it worked in NXT because him losing was to build to the big win, not just to get the heel of the month over. And Bryan was a unique situation where you'd have to be literally deaf and blind to ignore the reaction (and they still tried to ignore it until Batista's return as a face bombed as a main event angle)
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https://twitter.com/WWE/status/861642769437249536 Ember's Out for Takeover. Please put the belt on Nikki.
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 10:01 |
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Venomous posted:tbh I realise now that they changed their plans for WM30 because Network subs weren't at a stable, profitable level and most of their revenue still came from PPVs and DVDs and stuff like that, whereas they could afford to push Roman into the main event of the last three WMs because people would still subscribe to the Network regardless of his push You're talking about the Miz in that second paragraph, right?
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