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40 | 11.94% |
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218 | 65.07% |
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Its weird, I basically never hear matches being called even when people in GDTs are commenting on how obvious it is - I've never been that great at picking out voices out when there's background noise so maybe its that.
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Jun 16, 2014 16:57
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Every once and awhile I notice one wrestler clearly whispering into the ear of another, but that's more of a directorial screwup than the wrestlers'. But yeah, I've never actually heard them. Sometimes when I see people complain about that I wonder how many people are watching with headphones on or something.
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Jun 16, 2014 17:05
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keithy george posted:I know wrestling lingo is sometimes bad enough as it is, but I don't understand why there isn't some sort of system for calling spots. Watching botchamania, you'll see something like: This seems a rapport issue. Sometimes people haven't worked together and just don't know how each other handle calls, or one of them is an idiot. A decent worker should be able to figure out based on the flow of the match if it makes sense for them to be giving or receiving a clothesline, no.
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Jun 16, 2014 17:25
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keithy george posted:I know wrestling lingo is sometimes bad enough as it is, but I don't understand why there isn't some sort of system for calling spots. Watching botchamania, you'll see something like: But if calling spots was standardized or made sense, we wouldn't have got the amazing Shelton/Jericho match featuring the debut of Beeboo Crawshanks!
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Jun 16, 2014 17:29
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Blasmeister posted:Its weird, I basically never hear matches being called even when people in GDTs are commenting on how obvious it is - I've never been that great at picking out voices out when there's background noise so maybe its that. I heard a lot more specific spot calling when I wore headphones while watching, but that's to be expected.
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Jun 16, 2014 17:57
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Sandow as the new 3MB member should be really into prog rock. He can carry a wizard bong to the ring, and tell the audience about the fine subtleties of King Crimson. He can also have a traveling wood paneled basement like micks office, or APA's door, where he can play D&D with different wrestlers. The_Rob fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jun 16, 2014 |
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Jun 16, 2014 18:14
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Blasmeister posted:Its weird, I basically never hear matches being called even when people in GDTs are commenting on how obvious it is - I've never been that great at picking out voices out when there's background noise so maybe its that. Headphones, duder. Although Cena sometimes make it super obvious by literally talking with his face turned to the shooting camera. The_Rob posted:Sandow as the new 3MB member should be really into prog rock. He can carry a wizard bong to the ring, and tell the audience about the fine subtleties of King Crimson. Finally, we can bring back the Oz gimmick!
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Jun 16, 2014 18:43
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The_Rob posted:Sandow as the new 3MB member should be really into prog rock. He can carry a wizard bong to the ring, and tell the audience about the fine subtleties of King Crimson.
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Jun 16, 2014 19:55
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achillesforever6 posted:I don't think Heath would be able to Enter the Hall of The Crimson King, you got to ease him in. I can't even believe I have to say this: Do not tell us what wrestlers you masturbate to. It's disgusting and weird and frankly speaks to a deep sadness at the core of your being. I really can't believe this has to be a codified rule, how horrible is that? Just stop and think about it for one second, I actually had to sit here and type this thing out here saying that nobody in the entire course of human civilization wants to know what wrestlers you jerk off to. Don't tell us, don't tell us, don't tell us. Jesus Christ, just don't do it.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:20
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Ray Rougeau *splurt*
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Jun 16, 2014 20:21
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flashy_mcflash posted:Ray Rougeau *splurt* He's an All-American Boy!
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Jun 16, 2014 20:25
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Due to injuries they are running Kane vs Sheamus house show main events and doing DQ finishes. Just beat Kane clean on your drat house shows, he's Kane.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:35
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MassRafTer posted:Due to injuries they are running Kane vs Sheamus house show main events and doing DQ finishes. Just beat Kane clean on your drat house shows, he's Kane. What's funny is that he was Bryan's opponent on all the house shows leading into Mania and Bryan beat him clean every single time. SEScoops has been pretty reliable recently: quote:Last week, WWE released 11 people (Brodus Clay, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Evan Bourne and others) in an effort to reduce company spending. Now, we can confirm that NXT is the next target of these cost cutting measures. I have no idea who is on the NXT roster that could be cut. Graves?
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Jun 16, 2014 20:43
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Daniel Bryan posted:I have no idea who is on the NXT roster that could be cut. Graves? Don't they have a lot of guys who haven't even been seen on TV? I could see them being cut, if WWE sees no upside. Then again, how much could those guys possibly be making? They'll probably just cut Zayn and Neville, gotta give Mojo a raise.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:48
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Daniel Bryan posted:What's funny is that he was Bryan's opponent on all the house shows leading into Mania and Bryan beat him clean every single time. Maybe this is why they taped more eps of NXT lately so they could stretch their budget a bit.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:51
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If they cut Enzo and/or Big Cass I will continue to not watch NXT outside of their quarterly events
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Jun 16, 2014 20:51
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Daniel Bryan posted:What's funny is that he was Bryan's opponent on all the house shows leading into Mania and Bryan beat him clean every single time. I always love the strategy of make your product look bad so that you can convince others that you are still doing ok. It's such a weird way to do business yet every business does this.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:51
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triplexpac posted:Don't they have a lot of guys who haven't even been seen on TV? I could see them being cut, if WWE sees no upside. Given who's been getting jobbed out lately or not used, my guesses are: Corey Graves CJ Parker JoJo Sylvester LeFort Marcus Louis Sami Callihan Angelo Dawkins and probably a bunch of people we haven't seen at all.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:55
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Delsaber posted:Hopefully it'll work and not turn out to be the prelude to more releases. X-Files and later Fringe survived that slot. In order to survive the Friday Night Death Slot, you have to be a supernatural/pseudoscience crime procedural with an arching background mythology. So what I'm saying is Damien Sandow and Heath Slater need to be repackaged as Mulder and Scully respectively, and Hornswoggle can be a mini Walter Bishop I guess.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:55
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Realistically, there is something they can do away with and be alright financially, but WWE Films is basically to Vince what TNA is to the Carter family.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:56
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MassRafTer posted:Due to injuries they are running Kane vs Sheamus house show main events and doing DQ finishes. Just beat Kane clean on your drat house shows, he's Kane. It was very weird, Kane grabbed a chair and didn't use it, instead kicking Sheamus in the balls for the DQ. Then he beat him up with the chair AFTER the match.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:57
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Perigryn posted:Realistically, there is something they can do away with and be alright financially, but WWE Films is basically to Vince what TNA is to the Carter family. Oculus was pretty successful tho. I can't see Vince cutting WWE Films so soon after a film made 30 mil on a 5 mil budget
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Jun 16, 2014 20:58
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Perigryn posted:Realistically, there is something they can do away with and be alright financially, but WWE Films is basically to Vince what TNA is to the Carter family. Doesn't wwe films usually turn a profit though? They don't have the biggest budget films, and they seem to make their money back.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:58
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I Before E posted:I can't even believe I have to say this:
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Jun 16, 2014 20:59
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achillesforever6 posted:I know this is a joke, but I was just trying to make a Venture Bros joke. I love that prog episode so much.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:00
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sportsgenius86 posted:Given who's been getting jobbed out lately or not used, my guesses are: I'd add Aiden English to the list too. Average wrestling, bad gimmick, looks like famished Cesaro. Probably not a ton of upside for him.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:01
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sportsgenius86 posted:Given who's been getting jobbed out lately or not used, my guesses are: I hope not. I'm still holding out hope for a Switchblade Conspiracy reunion. He could be the new member of the Shield. It would work.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:06
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Daniel Bryan posted:What's funny is that he was Bryan's opponent on all the house shows leading into Mania and Bryan beat him clean every single time. If I had to guess, Graves, Scott Dawson, JoJo and Bull Dempsey seems like the best bet.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:07
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I don't understand what difference cutting anyone on an NXT deal will make. Between the weeks old poo poo about sources saying Vince is overriding Hunter ideas for talent to the dislike toward NXT callups from Vince's boys, I wonder if there's not a bigger pissing match between Vince and Hunter than what's being let on. The Network really amped up attention and goodwill toward NXT and if people get too high on Hunter's pet project, I could see Vince being passive aggressive about humbling him.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:09
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The_Rob posted:Doesn't wwe films usually turn a profit though? They don't have the biggest budget films, and they seem to make their money back. They distributed, not produced Oculus and I believe WWE Films has never produced a profit but that could be Hollywood accounting.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:14
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sportsgenius86 posted:I don't understand what difference cutting anyone on an NXT deal will make. Between the weeks old poo poo about sources saying Vince is overriding Hunter ideas for talent to the dislike toward NXT callups from Vince's boys, I wonder if there's not a bigger pissing match between Vince and Hunter than what's being let on. Yeah I really can't imagine that NXT costs that much money to produce. They aren't traveling, they are using students to produce the show. It just seems like another weird wwe thing.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:20
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The_Rob posted:Yeah I really can't imagine that NXT costs that much money to produce. They aren't traveling, they are using students to produce the show. It just seems like another weird wwe thing.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:22
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The_Rob posted:Doesn't wwe films usually turn a profit though? They don't have the biggest budget films, and they seem to make their money back. No, WWE Films usually loses tons of money. This is going to be their first profitable year in ages, possibly ever. (Due to the way profits are collected they didn't get their profits for The Call until this year.) They only had a small stake in Oculus too so they won't make a ton from it, the $5 million budget is misleading too as it had a big promotional campaign too.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:26
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MassRafTer posted:No, WWE Films usually loses tons of money. This is going to be their first profitable year in ages, possibly ever. (Due to the way profits are collected they didn't get their profits for The Call until this year.) They only had a small stake in Oculus too so they won't make a ton from it, the $5 million budget is misleading too as it had a big promotional campaign too.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:30
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Is WWE Films a Vince "I can do anything!" thing or a Dunn "I wish I was a cool Hollywood executive" thing?
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Jun 16, 2014 21:34
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They also started the new Lions Gate deal which we don't know the money part of it, but Big Show is going to be in the first film they're producing. Oh boy.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:34
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Luigi Thirty posted:Is WWE Films a Vince "I can do anything!" thing or a Dunn "I wish I was a cool Hollywood executive" thing? I feel like it's more of the Vince "We are a legitimate entertainment company, not WRASSLIN" thing, yeah.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:35
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MassRafTer posted:No, WWE Films usually loses tons of money. This is going to be their first profitable year in ages, possibly ever. (Due to the way profits are collected they didn't get their profits for The Call until this year.) They only had a small stake in Oculus too so they won't make a ton from it, the $5 million budget is misleading too as it had a big promotional campaign too. Yeah they should get rid of that poo poo then.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:37
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Remember when Raw had a cool opening that would get you pumped up for the show? WWE.com remembers: http://www.wwe.com/videos/wwe-mashup-raw-goes-across-the-nation-with-todays-superstars-26399976
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Jun 16, 2014 21:37
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The_Rob posted:Yeah I really can't imagine that NXT costs that much money to produce. They aren't traveling, they are using students to produce the show. It just seems like another weird wwe thing. NXT does house shows. Even a TV show with minimal expenses is a money loser when it has no US TV deal, just international ones. They have a lot of talent under contract just for NXT, more than could ever be expected to make the main roster. The performance center cost a ton of money in a year they spent a ton of money on the Network, so there's definitely costs they can cut there.
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Jun 16, 2014 21:49
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