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Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


RealityWarCriminal posted:

I'm sure USA and Fox are going to love promoting Rhodes to the top on TBS

USA just watched Raw (the most traditionally-watched Raw of the year, too) end with their champ telling everyone to watch SD/Fox instead. They're used to this abusive relationship, and they're going to offer WWE more money for it when it's time to renew

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Shard
Jul 30, 2005

Does Cody bring back the golden shovel?

Destroy My Sweater
Jul 24, 2009


lmao

Malcolm Excellent
May 20, 2007

Buglord
Real question, not trying to stir up poo poo, but if Dynamite moved to USA and rampage moved to Fox would the ratings really change all that much for the networks?

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



Backlash is the next PPV Premium Live Event; think WWE will hold off or will they try to pop a number by giving Cody the belt then?

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Did Cody repair HHH's throne Live on RAW?

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

Davros1 posted:

Backlash is the next PPV Premium Live Event; think WWE will hold off or will they try to pop a number by giving Cody the belt then?

they have to explain what Roman is doing with both belts first

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

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

IcePhoenix posted:

ADRENALINE
IN MY SOUL
LOOKIT THIS DUDE
OH NO NO NO


lmao

reality_groove
Dec 27, 2007

MVP dumping Lashley for Omos, the man who Lashley just conclusively beat the night before is some dumbass poo poo. Hurt Business indeed.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Davros1 posted:

Backlash is the next PPV Premium Live Event

excuse me its Wrestlemania Backlash

DEAR RICHARD
Feb 5, 2009

IT'S TIME FOR MY TOOLS

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



You know, if enough of these Cody-shops get traction on social media, WWE might make getting stuck in the elevator Cody's gimmick

gripebomb
Dec 13, 2006

I wanted to fight the world.

- Eddie Kingston

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.

Davros1 posted:

You know, if enough of these Cody-shops get traction on social media, WWE might make getting stuck in the elevator Cody's gimmick

That would be awesome. The ideal scenario though is that Vincels demand the return of Stardust (Vince’s vision!) instead of the American Nightmare (Phony Phan’s vision! boo!).

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Destroy My Sweater
Jul 24, 2009

https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1511431578467115010

small cody, big number

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1511432295017766928

number good

DarkstarIV
Apr 6, 2010

OFFICIAL RACIST
I honestly can't rule out that RAW number beating out Smackdown this week.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


quote:

Alvarez said, “[On Saturday afternoon] I heard from someone who is close to folks in NXT and they know a lot about what’s going on there. They said, ‘you know, it looks like Ziggler is going to be champion for a while. This was Saturday. So then Monday at about 11:30 or so, I heard actually from several people that we’re gonna have an NXT title change on the show tonight. One person said ‘NXT title change tonight’ and the other person specified that it was gonna be Bron Breakker beating Dolph Ziggler to win the title back on Raw…”

Alvarez continued, “I watched [Raw] and they do Bron Breakker and Dolph Ziggler and Bron Breakker defeats Dolph Ziggler and he wins the NXT Championship, he’s the new champion. He’s won the belt. So I continue watching the show and everything like that. Then, about 45 minutes later, they have a commercial for NXT. And the commercial for NXT, the whole commercial is about how Dolph Ziggler beat Bron Breakker and we’re gonna get the fallout on NXT, which oddly enough they said, ‘NXT tonight at 9:00.’ It was tomorrow’s commercial that they aired on the wrong day and the commercial that they had, had been created with the idea that Ziggler was still the champion.”

Alvarez said he theorizes that they didn’t put the belt on Breakker on Saturday because they had plans to move him up to the main roster and then plans changed and that is when they decided to put the belt back on him.

Charity Porno
Aug 2, 2021

by Hand Knit

reality_groove posted:

MVP dumping Lashley for Omos, the man who Lashley just conclusively beat the night before is some dumbass poo poo. Hurt Business indeed.

The Hurt Business was a great faction during the pandemic era and they were setting up a good feud with Retribution, so of course they had to break HB up and make Retribution just lose every match to be a joke

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

That NXT title thing is the most stupid poo poo.

Charity Porno
Aug 2, 2021

by Hand Knit
I almost wonder if Vince hates factions because the NWO was a faction on the competing brand that almost buried his company

Gavok
Oct 10, 2005

Brock! Oh, man, I'm sorry about your...

...tooth?


reality_groove posted:

MVP dumping Lashley for Omos, the man who Lashley just conclusively beat the night before is some dumbass poo poo. Hurt Business indeed.

Reminds me of when Paul Heyman initially turned on Brock because Brock was facing Big Show and Heyman didn't think he could win. So Brock decisively kicks Big Show's rear end and Heyman interferes to screw over Brock anyway.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Malcolm Excellent posted:

Real question, not trying to stir up poo poo, but if Dynamite moved to USA and rampage moved to Fox would the ratings really change all that much for the networks?
USA only had three shows appearing on the top 150 last Wednesday: 10 PM Temptation Island at a very appropriate 69 with a 0.09 and 299k viewers, 8:56 PM Temptation Island at 101 with a 0.09 and 243k viewers, and 11:01 PM Courtship at 114 with a 0.05 and 144k viewers. USA and TNT are available in close enough to identical numbers of households that Dynamite's ratings would probably remain the same (hovering around 1 million), so yes, USA would see a huge improvement. Meanwhile FOX goes to local programming after Smackdown (the only thing they have on the ratings chart for Friday), so there's no real way to determine how an 11 PM Rampage would do compared to what is probably nightly news in most markets, but I wouldn't be shocked if it went down a lot in aggregate, with some markets seeing an increase.

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012
So they had Bron lose the NXT title fight so he was free to move up to Raw – which they didn't even need to book him in anyway because he'd already lost the title;– then they change their mind about him being on Raw, so they give him the title back... in a match on Raw? Amazing.

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
VEER is a draw

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Digital Jedi posted:

VEER is a draw

The line will continue to veer upward

Jiro
Jan 13, 2004

Davros1 posted:

No, so that's why you make Nyla Rose his neighbor

Oh my god, it's the shittiest sitcom I never knew I wanted. Pan out to Nyla's ranch house being entirely constructed of her toy collection and Pop figurines with Dustin just watching from a porch rocking chair frowning.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

Davros1 posted:

The funny thing is he had a planned gimmick change last year which included changing from the jeans to trunks. And when Vince saw him, he thought he looked too much like Randy Savage (which he did, to be honest).

So instead of changing the gear, they kept that, and had him shave the beard.

Macho Man wasn't good enough, he needed to be Super Macho Man

Waffleopolis
Apr 24, 2005

It's time....for the MAIN event!
A humble request: Relace Cody's head with Daddy Magic, please.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

just when I thought cody's move couldn't get funnier it turned out there was a second tier smaller box on the children's slide they set up for him

he's very serious about his character so if the memes reach him he won't take it well lol

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

Daztek posted:

Did Cody repair HHH's throne Live on RAW?

no he fixed it before wrestlemania so edge could use it

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

cody didnt make his final decision until he knew triple h would die if he tried to get back at him

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Cody is definitely internet aware enough to see the memes and he'll probably get it fixed

Sydney Bottocks
Oct 15, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 36 hours!
The moment Cody sees that pic of his head just peeking out from the bottom of the image will be enough to cause him to turn to the dark side, and swear vengeance upon all those who have wronged him

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Charity Porno posted:

I almost wonder if Vince hates factions because the NWO was a faction on the competing brand that almost buried his company

No they didn't.

DX was a better and cooler and more popular faction than the NWO ever was and they completely kicked WCW's rear end and made the NWO look stupid and they even got to beat them up at Wrestlemania several years back!

(At least, this is what the WWE's various documentaries and looks back at history have taught me.)

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

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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.

Vandar posted:

No they didn't.

DX was a better and cooler and more popular faction than the NWO ever was and they completely kicked WCW's rear end and made the NWO look stupid and they even got to beat them up at Wrestlemania several years back!

(At least, this is what the WWE's various documentaries and looks back at history have taught me.)

I remember the night they drove a tank to Nitro. War was over that night.

History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




Vince hates factions because they’re kind of like unions, that’s all.

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DEAR RICHARD
Feb 5, 2009

IT'S TIME FOR MY TOOLS

History Comes Inside! posted:

Vince hates factions because they’re kind of like unions, that’s all.

u.p.y.o.u.r.s.

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