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boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005


he loves his daddeh ;~;

gets me every time

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davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
This reminds me of a story.

During the "Cody and Goldust get fired" storyline, there was a pitch for an angle where Dusty would be given the option to choose one of them to be rehired. The writer's encounter with Dusty went something like this:

Writer: "So, Stephanie says that one of your sons will be re-hired, but you have to pick which o..."

Dusty: " I pick Codeh."

Writer: "Well, the idea is that you're conflicted about it and then eventually decide that you can't pick one over the oth..."

Dusty: "I. PICK. CODEH."

Writer: "But..."

Dusty: "CODEH."

(I don't think he was saying Cody was his "favorite" so much as that given their relative stations in life at the time, of course he'd pick Cody.)

Beef Jerky Robot
Sep 20, 2009

"And the DICK?"

Picking Dustin would have made Dusty look like a total idiot

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I think that speaks to how like Dusty and probably Dustin would have both agreed that it was logical to see Cody as the future and the younger star with the potential to be something greater while to WWE Cody and Dustin were just cogs in the machine and thus interchangeable equal.

Like its less about Cody and more just about the WWE way of seeing its talent, which is not as unique individuals.

CVagts
Oct 19, 2009

davidbix posted:

This reminds me of a story.

During the "Cody and Goldust get fired" storyline, there was a pitch for an angle where Dusty would be given the option to choose one of them to be rehired. The writer's encounter with Dusty went something like this:

Writer: "So, Stephanie says that one of your sons will be re-hired, but you have to pick which o..."

Dusty: " I pick Codeh."

Writer: "Well, the idea is that you're conflicted about it and then eventually decide that you can't pick one over the oth..."

Dusty: "I. PICK. CODEH."

Writer: "But..."

Dusty: "CODEH."

(I don't think he was saying Cody was his "favorite" so much as that given their relative stations in life at the time, of course he'd pick Cody.)

Between this and the segment where he shut Stephanie down on the mic, old man Dusty is the best.

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

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

STAC Goat posted:

I think that speaks to how like Dusty and probably Dustin would have both agreed that it was logical to see Cody as the future and the younger star with the potential to be something greater while to WWE Cody and Dustin were just cogs in the machine and thus interchangeable equal.

Like its less about Cody and more just about the WWE way of seeing its talent, which is not as unique individuals.
I just like the story for the way you know he said Cody's name each time.

SunshineDanceParty
Feb 7, 2006

One Road. Two Friends. One Ass.
I do wonder if Dusty had lived for a few more years would NXT be what it is today? Could've been pushed out or marginalized but all the best people to come out of NXT's prime credit him. He very well may have passed right before things got too political and WWE weird.

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I can never tell what people credit Dusty for at NXT. Because like from my perspective it seemed kind of obvious that NXT under Dusty was kind of old school and different from WWE proper and after he died it shifted into a more WWE proper product. But people seem big on crediting HHH for that stuff as evidence that he'd run WWE proper better. Which is weird to me since "bad" post Dusty NXT feels way more "HHH" to me.

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Yeah, no one really knows who makes what decisions so NXT gets to be a black box that you can pull assumptions out of. I do kind of agree that post-dusty nxt has had a quality problem but it's hard to really say if that's because dusty left. The decline in quality also comes with nxt becoming bigger, Vince taking more interest, more mixing of nxt and the main roster.

The promos are definitely worse though. Not having dusty as a promo coach has not helped NXT.

Paper Lion
Dec 14, 2009




NXT got lovely with the one two punch of dusty dying, who booked the promotion, and ryan ward getting pulled up to smackdown, who was responsible for all the writing.

JUNGLE BOY
Sep 23, 2019

https://twitter.com/WWEDrakeWuertz/status/1271177452023398400?s=20

little late to try and ride this heat train no?

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

They didn't give Drake a loving checkmark? They disrespecting you my mayo rear end homeboy.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

weird

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

oh poo poo its real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAyq3opVqn4

https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1271227186863919106

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



I remember seeing alot of posters for these poo poo tributes legends of doom were another one.

Britwres was really dead in the 90s

MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
https://twitter.com/JonMoxley/status/1271233937206108162
https://twitter.com/JonMoxley/status/1271234655585517569

MJeff fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Jun 12, 2020

boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

double deleted

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
Man, UK UT and Kane sold a lot for the UK Nasty Boyz

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
Alexa Bliss set her Twitter to private and posted a cryptic tweet about unplugging and taking a break. Wonder what happened.

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
she probably spent more than one second looking at twitter

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Jay White rules.


https://twitter.com/jaywhitenz/status/1271222286327197697?s=21

FullMetalJackoff
Feb 15, 2004

Waluigi want his fucking Amiibo
https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/1271335817290506240?s=19

bebaloorpabopalo
Nov 23, 2005

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

Tato posted:

Man, UK UT and Kane sold a lot for the UK Nasty Boyz

my favorite part is when the fake taker starts pumping his fist along with the "table" chants, completely breaking character

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Asuka is the best, Asuka #1.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

bebaloorpabopalo posted:

my favorite part is when the fake taker starts pumping his fist along with the "table" chants, completely breaking character

I liked that if you fast forwarded to any point in the match you could hear UK Nasty Boy loudly calling the spots.

the escape goat
Apr 16, 2008

https://twitter.com/theproductds/status/1271440519315492864?s=21

Hirez
Feb 3, 2003

Weber scored 49 points?

:allears: :allears: :allears:

bebaloorpabopalo posted:

my favorite part is when the fake taker starts pumping his fist along with the "table" chants, completely breaking character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD7T_z3KPvw&hd=1

how much coke was he on during this?

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around


I knew he was into the thin blue line but the thin WHITE line, too??

Malcolm Excellent
May 20, 2007

Buglord

Deleted... what did it say?

Super No Vacancy
Jul 26, 2012

https://twitter.com/TheProductDS/status/1271527202048311297

Low Desert Punk
Jul 4, 2012

i have absolutely no fucking money

SunshineDanceParty posted:

I do wonder if Dusty had lived for a few more years would NXT be what it is today? Could've been pushed out or marginalized but all the best people to come out of NXT's prime credit him. He very well may have passed right before things got too political and WWE weird.

for all the lip service NXT pays Dusty about his promo classes, practically all of the people that went through are still completely incapable of cutting even a scripted promo, let alone improvising.

i think he was a very positive presence as far as morale, and that helps a lot, but there's a very hard limit on how much a guy like that can help within the ridiculous quagmire that is the Performance Center system

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

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

Low Desert Punk posted:

for all the lip service NXT pays Dusty about his promo classes, practically all of the people that went through are still completely incapable of cutting even a scripted promo, let alone improvising.

i think he was a very positive presence as far as morale, and that helps a lot, but there's a very hard limit on how much a guy like that can help within the ridiculous quagmire that is the Performance Center system
What makes you say they can't improvise? A bunch of people who went through the system have shown solid or better (and obviously Dusty-inspired) promo chops outside of WWE, like Juice Robinson.

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009
Hell, Juice's promo style shows a TON of Dusty influence, I'd say, so I don't think Dusty's the issue with that class.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
https://twitter.com/RheaRipley_WWE/status/1271597903182794753

Shard
Jul 30, 2005


All right Rhea keep it up. You're on the right track

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
https://twitter.com/TheNextBlGThing/status/1271600823223513088

https://twitter.com/WWEBigE/status/1271605849644052482

KungFu Grip fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jun 13, 2020

fatherofmustard
May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/SimoneGJohnson/status/1271581558932209671

mearn
Aug 2, 2011

Kevin Harvick's #1 Fan!

https://twitter.com/TheMattCardona/status/1271644672906219520

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

blip.tv still exists???

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Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


That’s a 10 year old message.

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