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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I think that Roman turns face because they have pushed Solo as a destructive monster. But that means that they will take Solo, turn him face and then make him into a weak baby face. Turning Roman (the head of the table, the big dog, the only one, the tribal chief, the undisputed WWE universal heavyweight champion, this is his yard, acknowledge him) into a face after years of him being top heel champion whose ego just caused a family feud would be the dumbest decision so that's the one they'll take
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Wish I could enjoy WWE again but it's like watching a Chris Benoit match for me. No matter what's happening I just have the thought "That monster Vince booked this" and I can't enjoy it. It sucks.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:05 |
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Triple h is booking it
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:09 |
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Gonzo McFee posted:Wish I could enjoy WWE again but it's like watching a Chris Benoit match for me. No matter what's happening I just have the thought "That monster Vince booked this" and I can't enjoy it. It sucks. if it makes you feel better pretty much every piece of media you consume will have a massive piece of poo poo involved in its creation
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:09 |
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I think you just have to enjoy the matches in a bubble without thinking too hard about storyline implications in any of them. Then you can enjoy the WWE for what it is.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:15 |
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It'll be the most WWE thing ever if they give the Roman rub to the bland guy in the background just because they inexplicably decided in their head that he was the new The Guy after passing on white hot babyfaces like Drew in Cardiff, Sami in Montreal, KO, Cody at Mania, and Jey at Summerslam.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:16 |
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TV Zombie posted:I think you just have to enjoy the matches in a bubble without thinking too hard about storyline implications in any of them. Then you can enjoy the WWE for what it is. Or alternatively, just watch a better-booked wrestling show
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:18 |
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:Don't sweat it, the "So you want to get into the WWE" guide is, in its entirety:
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 19:19 |
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the craziest thing about the 3 years of the bloodline is that the fed finally managed to successfully transfer heat from a hot act they didn't want over (sami zayn) to the thing they have been trying to get over for years. and now we are back to roman vs jey, the third match in a series of matches where the first two sounded like the most boring fed "we tell stories" matches of all time
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:12 |
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My biggest issue with wwe still is the production side of things. Watching always feels like I’m watching some Nickelodeon game show. The saturation level is up so high and just even like the way they cut promos and do backstage segments. It feels like a kids show.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:12 |
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though I think theyve gotten better about it, the amount of camera cuts is still enough to make me nauseous.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:15 |
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The_Rob posted:My biggest issue with wwe still is the production side of things. Watching always feels like I’m watching some Nickelodeon game show. The saturation level is up so high and just even like the way they cut promos and do backstage segments. It feels like a kids show. They are so insistent on crowd shots that it ruins it. I get cutting on occasion but they seem far more concerned with showing fans than what is actually taking place. The production feels like they are desperate to show you that people like what they are seeing.
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The_Rob posted:My biggest issue with wwe still is the production side of things. Watching always feels like I’m watching some Nickelodeon game show. The saturation level is up so high and just even like the way they cut promos and do backstage segments. It feels like a kids show. It is a kids show
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Ringo Roadagain posted:though I think theyve gotten better about it, the amount of camera cuts is still enough to make me nauseous. Can’t blame the cameras for that
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Namtab posted:Turning Roman (the head of the table, the big dog, the only one, the tribal chief, the undisputed WWE universal heavyweight champion, this is his yard, acknowledge him) into a face after years of him being top heel champion whose ego just caused a family feud would be the dumbest decision so that's the one they'll take Honestly, if I thought they'd let Solo be his own character, I'd be completely fine with him taking out Roman. (I wish one of the hot babyfaces would have taken the title off of Roman first, but still.) But I don't think they will. Everything about how WWE's operated for the past twenty years shows that they're just going to replace Roman with a new model of Dour Samoan and they're just going to do a slightly fresh retread of what Roman's been doing. And that's a shame, because everyone involved kinda deserves better than that.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:38 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:It is a kids show Yea I know but they don’t have to make it so obvious.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:43 |
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Niwrad posted:The production feels like they are desperate to show you that people like what they are seeing. This sentence pretty much sums up WWE in a nutshell. Every single thing they do is done in service of "LOOK LOOK PEOPLE REALLY LIKE US!!!". The crowd shots, sending fake belts to sports stars, constantly BEGGING for Emmy awards, having Michael Cole cut promos every week about how many Twitter follows WWE has, etc etc etc And it's not even like other wrestling companies don't do similar things but doing all of it combined with how over-produced WWE shows comes together to make it just off-putting. Like WWE talks about wanting to be the Marvel of Wrestling and to a degree they've succeeded because it's just the epitome of Massive Soulless Corporate Content.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 20:54 |
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The_Rob posted:It actually sucks really bad. I’m not even a Roman hater but this is some tubi original series level acting. a man is in pain and you bring up tubi smh just smh
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 21:59 |
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I don't know why, but I love this whole website/article. I'd quote it but its just more magnifiecient to look at Triple H informs fans about injury to WWE superstar at 2023 Money in the Bank premium event (some fool rolled their ankle walking backstage, probably HHH)
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 22:00 |
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Nearly everything about wwe's production style makes it a chore to watch, yet somehow people still do it's also constantly insulting the viewer's intelligence and then those same people go on the internet and defend the brand while it calls them dumb so I'm just gonna shrug and say watch whatever makes you happy
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 22:30 |
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it's not any of that stuff if you don't give a drat crap. super man paunch!
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 22:45 |
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I think I've convinced myself they should have Jey beat Roman at SS. They've got months more Bloodline drama they can spin out of that and whether we like it or not that's the thing that's been carrying their shows. They can even put the belt back on Roman so he can lose it to Cody at WM for real this time if they want. Solo has played his part well but absolutely nothing about him screams next big main event star to me. He's an adequate wrestler who never talks and has an unremarkable look. All he really has going for him is being part of that family Vince loves. Both his brothers are far more talented but they're twins so they'll be stuck in a tag team together for eternity.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 23:52 |
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The_Rob posted:My biggest issue with wwe still is the production side of things. Watching always feels like I’m watching some Nickelodeon game show. The saturation level is up so high and just even like the way they cut promos and do backstage segments. It feels like a kids show. Same. It's a gross looking tv show. Even the great matches I have a hard time getting into.
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# ? Jul 3, 2023 23:55 |
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i forget when they started doing the Collapsible Timekeeper's Area Barricade spot regularly but I remember feeling like it was specifically incorporated to sell a playset. which i guess leads me to wonder what purpose wwe would even have for a timekeeper let alone an entire timekeeper's area.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 00:06 |
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The collapsible time keeper area was part of the series between the Shield and Bryan/Kane/+1 in 2013 lol. Reigns kept spearing Kane into it until the last match where Kane dodged it and took out Reigns instead. The last decade of WWE has been built entirely around him and they've lost more viewers in that time then people who still watch but yeah Roman is a giant draw.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 00:41 |
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Shouts out the like, month they had like 4 shark cage matches in a row to advertise the set.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 01:03 |
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Pinche Rudo posted:Watching the Tour de France on USA and they ran an ad for NXT Underground this week and showed clips from RAW underground, including a glimpse of the rarely seen Dabba Kato! Dabba Kato sounds like a Star Wars EU character whose wookiepedia article is pending deletion due to notability concerns.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:08 |
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WWE Worlds Heavyweight Champion The Dabba Kato!
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:37 |
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Breetai posted:Dabba Kato sounds like a Star Wars EU character whose wookiepedia article is pending deletion due to notability concerns. It's somehow a worse name than Babatunde, which was already a bad name
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:43 |
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:It's somehow a worse name than Babatunde, which was already a bad name babatunde is his actual name. it's nigerian
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:47 |
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Mr Babatunde has a good ring to it. A champion ring to it, plus it chants well. i think its a Very Good name for wrestling.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:51 |
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Hirez posted:
Waller, Cena, or Drew?
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Suplex Liberace posted:Mr Babatunde has a good ring to it. A champion ring to it, plus it chants well. i think its a Very Good name for wrestling. Admittedly had no idea it was his actual name so that's me walking back my comments but I do think "Mr. Babatunde" is good and gives it the oomph that Just Babatunde doesn't really have.
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:56 |
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I think adding Mr. to the start of any guy with just one name makes it a better name by default
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 02:59 |
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i can agree to that except i dont think Mr Cesaro sounds good at all
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Suplex Liberace posted:i can agree to that except i dont think Mr Cesaro sounds good at all What about Mr. Castagnoli
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 03:08 |
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now thats got the champion ring to it
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# ? Jul 4, 2023 03:10 |
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Raw Underground and Dabba Kato loving ruled. I'd watch that every week.
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Alaois posted:I think adding Mr. to the start of any guy with just one name makes it a better name by default Mr. E
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Triple h is booking it Triple H was also made by Vince McMahon is the problem.
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