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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Part 2 is up. This may have been the funniest two hours of my life.

https://twitter.com/mongo_ebooks/status/1092999694744203264

The technical issue that caused me to miss a minute of recording at the start of this was due to laughing so hard I shook the USB out and lost the skype call.

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Good Listener
Sep 2, 2006

Ask me about moons
Fact #1 The Moon is really cool
I don't read anything on Observer but still think that sounds lame to not pay peeps for work.

yea ok
Jul 27, 2006

it's mean to only give them Exposure because exposing Jeff Hamlin to the public isn't nice and doesn't do him any good that's for sure.

LividLiquid
Apr 13, 2002

I haven't been a subscriber for a while. Are the writers still just people recapping shows? Those people should still be paid, mind, but do they have real writers that aren't Vinny, Bryan, and Dave now?

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

The writers could quit and there’d be a mile long line of dopes willing to type out poor bare minimum recaps of poo poo for free just so they can act like they’re friends with Dave.

If there was writing of substance on there that people were being screwed over, I’d care more.

Also, that practice means Babinsack probably didn’t make anything and I enjoy that.

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
It's not an act, if you do recaps for Dave, he's your friend.

-Dave's Friend.

I actually do think writers should be paid but I don't really know if me writing a recap of a house show or a TV taping here or there is worth money but that could just be my low self-esteem. I wasn't even really doing it for exposure, I didn't actually expect it to be printed I just thought it would be helpful for him to know how the show was.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I legitimately always thought the Raw/Smackdown recaps were written by one person (who obviously should be getting paid!) and everything else (house shows etc) were just fans sending in their thoughts on being there live.

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

MassRafTer posted:

Part 2 is up. This may have been the funniest two hours of my life.

https://twitter.com/mongo_ebooks/status/1092999694744203264

The technical issue that caused me to miss a minute of recording at the start of this was due to laughing so hard I shook the USB out and lost the skype call.

this thing left me in tears

GoutPatrol
Oct 17, 2009

*Stupid Babby*

Jerusalem posted:

I legitimately always thought the Raw/Smackdown recaps were written by one person (who obviously should be getting paid!) and everything else (house shows etc) were just fans sending in their thoughts on being there live.

Many times it is the latter. I know I sent in stuff and it got on the front page as a review before.

ICHIBAHN
Feb 21, 2007

by Cyrano4747
What's this undertaker news teased in the observer radio?

OctoberCountry
Oct 9, 2012

ICHIBAHN posted:

What's this undertaker news teased in the observer radio?

He removed references to WWE on his social media and put up an e-mail to take independent bookings. Also he's not scheduled to appear at Wrestlemania.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

The bucks/taker feud over who is the true indietaker

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


Cody needed a locker room Pinkerton so he called the biggest chud he knows

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





OctoberCountry posted:

Also he's not scheduled to appear at Wrestlemania.

tbh given that he went out on top in his last Mania match, I don’t blame him for not wanting to go through the whole rigamarole this year

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


You’d think an old school dude like Taker would want to go out on his back

HerraS
Apr 15, 2012

Looking professional when committing genocide is essential. This is mostly achieved by using a beret.

Olive drab colour ensures the genocider will remain hidden from his prey until it's too late for them to do anything.



roman became a farm so taker aint getting to redo their lovely match so might as well gently caress off

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


God loving dammit where’s the retro show

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

jesus WEP posted:

You’d think an old school dude like Taker would want to go out on his back

Actual old school guys want to go out on top.

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





jesus WEP posted:

You’d think an old school dude like Taker would want to go out on his back

Eh, he went out on his back to DX in Saudi Arabia, and that probably gave him a bigger payday than Mania, so Ż\_(ツ)_/Ż

e: I mean Kane apparently took the pin but the latter point still stands

Venomous fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Feb 6, 2019

CopywrightMMXI
Jun 1, 2011

One time a guy stole some downhill skis out of my jeep and I was so mad I punched a mailbox. I'm against crime, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

jesus WEP posted:

God loving dammit where’s the retro show

Bryan said it would be delayed this week due to an ice storm.

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




jesus WEP posted:

God loving dammit where’s the retro show

Isn't all of Seattle snowed out? Maybe Vinny didn't want to make the drive.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


sportsgenius86 posted:

If there was writing of substance on there that people were being screwed over, I’d care more.

My mentality is if you have to sit through and recap modern WWE shows, you should get compensated for it because jesus christ

TTBF
Sep 14, 2005



Lone Goat posted:

Isn't all of Seattle snowed out? Maybe Vinny didn't want to make the drive.
Yep
https://twitter.com/BothellPolice/status/1092490359651819520

It's fine in Seattle now.

Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Chris James 2 posted:

My mentality is if you have to sit through and recap modern WWE shows, you should get compensated for it because jesus christ

This is also a very fair point.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Chris James 2 posted:

My mentality is if you have to sit through and recap modern WWE shows, you should get compensated for it because jesus christ

What's Jerusalem's patreon account

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

You can still see the pavement. Weaklings.

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

OctoberCountry posted:

He removed references to WWE on his social media and put up an e-mail to take independent bookings. Also he's not scheduled to appear at Wrestlemania.

lol who is paying to see a mark calaway match in 2019 without the taker gimmick

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Raskolnikov38 posted:

lol who is paying to see a mark calaway match in 2019 without the taker gimmick

Ready for him to return to New Japan with his old gimmick "Punisher" Dice Morgan that he had for exactly 1 tour. Where there was a match of him and Chris Benoit vs Scott Hall & Rocco Rock.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

he's not going to wrestle for 20k or whatever somebody can scrounge up. just appear at places

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Taker will get a regular show on NRATV.

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

forkboy84 posted:

Ready for him to return to New Japan with his old gimmick "Punisher" Dice Morgan that he had for exactly 1 tour.

https://vimeo.com/151995383

He looks like such a loving goof.

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


coconono posted:

Taker will get a regular show on NRATV.
With Mayor Glenn Jacobs, the Brothers Of Discussion

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

STONE COLD 64 posted:

this thing left me in tears

I can't believe there was a story about Nigel's balls and it was one of the less memorable things on the show.

Beef Jerky Robot
Sep 20, 2009

"And the DICK?"

The Kimoa Kid posted:

What's Jerusalem's patreon account

It’s just a crumbling well that you throw old gold coins into and recaps come out

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.

OctoberCountry posted:

He removed references to WWE on his social media and put up an e-mail to take independent bookings. Also he's not scheduled to appear at Wrestlemania.

No idea why Dave is peddling this. Someone has clearly bullshit Dave given that Taker's accounts never mentioned wwe anyway.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180923072450/https://www.instagram.com/undertaker/

Super No Vacancy
Jul 26, 2012

can confirm

https://twitter.com/epitasis/status/1081275810135322629

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

gently caress I want to be there when Taker does his full entrance at Bar Wrestling.

Low Desert Punk
Jul 4, 2012

i have absolutely no fucking money
i was listening to WOR on the way to class

I opened chrome during class to look something up and I forgot I had WOR open, so it auto played and everyone got a good 10 seconds of Dave-speak as I scrambled to mute it

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!

LividLiquid posted:

I haven't been a subscriber for a while. Are the writers still just people recapping shows? Those people should still be paid, mind, but do they have real writers that aren't Vinny, Bryan, and Dave now?

sportsgenius86 posted:

The writers could quit and there’d be a mile long line of dopes willing to type out poor bare minimum recaps of poo poo for free just so they can act like they’re friends with Dave.

If there was writing of substance on there that people were being screwed over, I’d care more.

Also, that practice means Babinsack probably didn’t make anything and I enjoy that.
So...here's what changed:

As noted, for a long, long time, there was a ton of content from randoms like Babinsack who just emailed poo poo to Dave and he'd post whatever. That was eventually cleaned up with Dave no longer posting directly to the site. But when Tony tried to get the site modernized, because the Observer site had minimal real content throughout the day with basically zero search engine optimization while being full of bad headlines ("Raw Rating Was A..."), they made a concerted effort to bring people onboard to fill out the site throughout the day. So there's now much more of a "staff"—I don't like using that term when they're not getting paid, but I couldn't think of a better one—than there was in the Babinsack et al era. Who should be paid.

Rick posted:

It's not an act, if you do recaps for Dave, he's your friend.

-Dave's Friend.

I actually do think writers should be paid but I don't really know if me writing a recap of a house show or a TV taping here or there is worth money but that could just be my low self-esteem. I wasn't even really doing it for exposure, I didn't actually expect it to be printed I just thought it would be helpful for him to know how the show was.
Oh, he's always done that.

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a big fat bunny
Oct 4, 2002

woo look at 'em gonk



dsriggs posted:

https://vimeo.com/151995383

He looks like such a loving goof.

Super Pornstache Scott Hall reminds me an awful lot like a knockoff Rick Rude. And UT really looks like a loving dork coming down the ring.

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