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OnimaruXLR posted:I remember people saying Roman would follow in his cousin's footsteps and break big in Hollywood Suffering succotash
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Drakkel posted:I think Wrestling Fans drastically over-estimate the WWE-to-Hollywood pipeline. Like it worked out great for The Rock and Batista but Rock has that weird Hollywood Superstar type charism that translated perfectly to the kinds of dumb movies he stars in, and as people have said Batista is actually really dedicated to the craft, and that's about it. Every other WWE star is like, at best appearing in some godawful Adam Sandler or Steven Seagal movies at this point.
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Wrestling fandom is a large niche, but it remains a niche because most of the people outside of it aren't even curious. If you were to survey 100 random people to name as many active wrestlers as they could, I'd be deeply surprised if more than like 15 named Roman Reigns. (And I'm estimating high - 15 is a lot for a wrestler who isn't in movies!)
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maruhkati posted:Wrestling fandom is a large niche, but it remains a niche because most of the people outside of it aren't even curious. How many would say hulk hogan
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Hirez posted:Yokuzuna is still around right? Yup 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I love Sonya but her in-ring career has been a disaster. They should have tried pushing her ages ago instead of jobbing her out in most of her matches.
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Endless Mike posted:Cena has worked out pretty well, but he mostly just played John Cena except when he's playing Dolph Ziggler. I think Cena has become a legit good actor. I dunno if he'll ever be a great dramatic actor, but he's been able to show some range in Peacemaker.
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maruhkati posted:Wrestling fandom is a large niche, but it remains a niche because most of the people outside of it aren't even curious. but what about mainstream famous person Rhea Ripley
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Drakkel posted:I think Wrestling Fans drastically over-estimate the WWE-to-Hollywood pipeline. Like it worked out great for The Rock and Batista but Rock has that weird Hollywood Superstar type charism that translated perfectly to the kinds of dumb movies he stars in, and as people have said Batista is actually really dedicated to the craft, and that's about it. Every other WWE star is like, at best appearing in some godawful Adam Sandler or Steven Seagal movies at this point. Roman will go to the papers if he has to.
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Daniel Bryan posted:How many would say hulk hogan 90 to 100, which is also how many would say randy savage
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How quickly we forget about the star of the award winning hit series The Mandalorian Sasha Banks!
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I texted my mom to name an active wrestler, and she wrote back "i She remembered painting my face as a littler Stinger for halloween like 30 years ago 
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If you asked 100 non-wrestling fans to name an active wrestler I'd be surprised if more than half of them could name a single one
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This guy Cody
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pop culture has been extremely fragmented for 20 years. no non-fan can name anyone in most popular entertainment like a baseball player or a character on a tv show that's still being produced. The Rock made it out of wrestling before this happened and 2 people made it out afterward. batista wouldn't have been given anything more than his lovely early roles if he wasn't a good and likable guy who made connections on his own unlike triple h and other wrestlers who had the exact same start then had nowhere to go. anyway, people not knowing wrestlers is not a sign of the lovely booking or stuff like that. those things speak for themselves. baba booey
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Intruder posted:If you asked 100 non-wrestling fans to name an active wrestler I'd be surprised if more than half of them could name a single one Yeah, this. The first response you'd get would most likely be "I don't know, I just told you I don't watch wrestling" and then when pressed they'd name someone retired from the 80s or 90s.
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Intruder posted:If you asked 100 non-wrestling fans to name an active wrestler I'd be surprised if more than half of them could name a single one Me:Asking the question Random person: The Rock? Me: No he isn't active Random Person: uhhhh Cena? Me: No he isn't active Random person: *blanky stares at me* I imagine Roman, Brock, Ronda have to be the most known and 2 of them are known for non WWE things. Cody maybe but i don't think he has ever got into the mainstream.
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A lapsed fan could probably name myself or Punk
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For no reason my too 5 matches I want to see happen at Mania 40 (which I will attend) Cody vs Roman 2 Brock vs Gunther Bayley vs Becky Dominic vs LA Knight Bianca vs Rhea
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Has Cena ever wrestled Hulk Higan? They should do that
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^Cagematch has them team up in 2 (1 dark) six man tag matches. They never wrestled each other.^ I think people in the US would struggle just to name the reigning MVPs of 3* of the big 4 sports leagues in North America (Mahomes being the possible exception). By comparison, I know the Ballon D'Or exists (unlike most people here) & you could give me 100 guesses on who has it now and I will likely miss with Western Europe collectively shake their head in disbelief. The idea that a average person can name a active wrestler is highly unlikely unless they know someone who is active in the bubble that is pro wrestling. *Baseball has 2 Island Nation fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Aug 9, 2023 |
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I think a good amount of people would say the undertaker
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I asked my wife if she could name a wrestler and she said Sheamus. She couldn’t name anyone else.
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I asked some guy on the street and he said Tuesday.
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I asked my wife if she could name a wrestler and she said Sheamus. She couldn’t name anyone else. A shameful thing
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I asked my wife if she could name a wrestler and she said Sheamus. She couldn’t name anyone else. Does she know Cesaro? That guy was cool
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I asked my wife if she could name a wrestler and she said Sheamus. She couldn’t name anyone else. what on earth
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Missed Raw live but catching up - anyone pitched Rollins/Nak/Cody as the WHOA-OH Trio yet?
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Missed Raw live but catching up - anyone pitched Rollins/Nak/Cody as the WHOA-OH Trio yet? A YEEEAHOH is distinctly different from a WHOA-OH, please remove Nak and replace him with Sami.
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Intruder posted:Bits of him are maybe they say statistically every breath you take has an atom of Yokozuna's rear end in it
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Sami was part of the crew originally until J.D. McMetoo attacked him and he was replaced with a volunteering Nak, who TURNED on Seth after the match... we tell stories.
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A couple of years ago I did some work with an org that partnered with WWE’s Be A Star program and they had a signed life size cardboard standee of Sheamus in their break room. I don’t think any of them knew anything about wrestling other than that
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MJeff posted:https://twitter.com/WrestlingNewsCo/status/1688923202607824896 I think he might have hurt his ankle on the inside out bump, because he immediately sells and he's not nearly that good at selling
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cody nak. doo doo doo doo. cody nak [song from Rocky the motion picture, seen by everyone]
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