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Sanguinia posted:I find it funny that people on this forum pine for the days when WWE was booked via a character bible and other actual scriptwriting tools and scoff that Vince threw that model out for being too nerdy, but really hate the fact that I try to put a big 10 minutes of thought into why the show is being booked the way it is. The problem is you're putting a lot of effort into something that is being done by a manchild often on a whim for literally no reason.
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sportsgenius86 posted:The problem is you're putting a lot of effort into something that is being done by a manchild often on a whim for literally no reason. You're almost certainly 100% correct and I am by-and-large wasting my time. But I find it fun. It's not like I'm trying to opine on the hidden thematic relevance of Xavier Wood's use of internet memes and Damien Sandow's association with Comic Book Character Magento as a metaphor for modern class struggles. I just want to see if I can find logical storytelling in something where first glance says none exists.
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I can't believe how much Barrett has done with this Bad News garbage. It was a nothing boring segment that he somehow spun into gold.
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Sanguinia posted:I find it funny that people on this forum pine for the days when WWE was booked via a character bible and other actual scriptwriting tools and scoff that Vince threw that model out for being too nerdy, but really hate the fact that I try to put a big 10 minutes of thought into why the show is being booked the way it is. Even when your points are good and make sense (very rare), you drag on. (Note I could have said "drag on and on and on", but that in itself would have been dragging on. Not everything needs 1000 words, especially when you can do it better with 40.)
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Sanguinia posted:You're almost certainly 100% correct and I am by-and-large wasting my time. But I find it fun. Halfway through this post you already typed so many words that should never be in the same thought as the WWE and Vince McMahon. Just go watch the Union Jacks again and smile, it's better worth your time.
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RAWs don't go up on the Network for a while, eh. This is a thing I just learned. I was going to watch it, but I got an offer for a dinner out with friends and said EH I'LL CATCH IT LATER.
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Sweeney Tom posted:Even when your points are good and make sense (very rare), you drag on. (Note I could have said "drag on and on and on", but that in itself would have been dragging on. Not everything needs 1000 words, especially when you can do it better with 40.) In my experience when you try to argue something with 40 words people will tear you apart for not mentioning the 860 you thought should be implied by those 40. But whatever, I don't want to eat up anymore page space talking about my posting instead of my posts. If nobody cares, nobody cares. To get back to actually talking about the show: Seth's match with Batista was really good and it makes me really sad that Shaemus keeps getting boos. Even Batista's boos seem to have mutated to actual heel heat rather than displeasure at seeing him. Shaemus just seems to have the crowd turn from the Rumble lingering on him like a bad smell.
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May 20, 2014 06:07
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Mukaikubo posted:RAWs don't go up on the Network for a while, eh. This is a thing I just learned. I was going to watch it, but I got an offer for a dinner out with friends and said EH I'LL CATCH IT LATER. Everything good will be recapped for you on smackdown or main event. Solid, but no big angles advanced much.
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Sanguinia posted:
It's so weird that they haven't turned Sheamus heel; it's a move that seems so obvious. Then again, booking in general is generally baffling so I should probably stop being so surprised.
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Vertigo Ambrosia posted:It's so weird that they haven't turned Sheamus heel; it's a move that seems so obvious. Then again, booking in general is generally baffling so I should probably stop being so surprised. They are probably holding steady until they know Bryan's prognosis.
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Roman Reigns posted:Trying to cram the Total Divas storylines into the WWE shows aren't helping either. Natalya definitely got the short end of that stick from her "feud" with Summer Rae to what she has going on now with Nikki...which is really hosed up morally. Like I said in the GDT, it's terrible that "Total Divas canon" is a phrase that exists.
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Sanguinia posted:so AJ can become the Diva's Brock Lesnar Now that Alicia Fox is the new AJ, this should be the literal gimmick change. Four ounce gloves, warmup dance at the entryway, CAWWWW, the whole thing. Let's do this(???). e: while I'm on the subject of divas, the news about Rosa Mendes being on Total Divas is both reasonable (because she's a total nonentity and it's an easy way to give her a character) and saddening (because it means she's gonna be in the ring more often).
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Solomonic posted:Now that Alicia Fox is the new AJ, this should be the literal gimmick change. Four ounce gloves, warmup dance at the entryway, CAWWWW, the whole thing. Let's do this(???). If only Alicia had been the one to win the title. MY CLIENT ALICIA FOX ENDED AJ LEE'S RECORD-BREAKING DIVA'S TITLE REIGN ON THE RAW AFTER WRESTLEMANIA!
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Reminder that AJ lost pretty every non-title match on RAW, often uncerimoniously to poo poo like whatever the Bella's half-assed facebuster finisher was called, before being carried out like an unconscious rag doll by Tamina. And at the same time went over clean on PPV after PPV. Granted she was a heel, not a face, but I wouldn't read too much into Divas booking from week to week or what it all means in terms of who is supposed to look weak or strong. I imagine it's getting like two minutes of thought by creative, if that. Aside from Alicia's hilarious tantrums, which are great no matter what.
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StarkRavingMad posted:Reminder that AJ lost pretty every non-title match on RAW, often uncerimoniously to poo poo like whatever the Bella's half-assed facebuster finisher was called, before being carried out like an unconscious rag doll by Tamina. And at the same time went over clean on PPV after PPV. Granted she was a heel, not a face, but I wouldn't read too much into Divas booking from week to week or what it all means in terms of who is supposed to look weak or strong. I imagine it's getting like two minutes of thought by creative, if that. Also a reminder that most IC champions go through the exact same thing. It's just WWE being hilarious fuckups with titles.
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Sweeney Tom posted:Even when your points are good and make sense (very rare), you drag on. (Note I could have said "drag on and on and on", but that in itself would have been dragging on. Not everything needs 1000 words, especially when you can do it better with 40.) He had a tldr version at the end of the post. Sometimes longer posts are funner to read specifically because they waste a lot of time.
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AJ at least had that feud with Kaitlyn where she pretty much always managed to beat her by jumping out of the way while she was charging like she was Spider-man and Kaitlyn was Rhino.
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I'm sad to hear Rosa Mendes is going to be on my TV more because she's a bad wrestler with a stupid Marilyn Monroe thing that looks bad.
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http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201405/wwe-ceo-vince-mcmahon-loses-350-million-third-his-fortune-one-day Well so long to the Network I hope you enjoyed it.
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I didn't watch Raw but I did watch all of Silicon Valley which is really good so go watch that.
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Vince held an investor call to give "a great deal of clarity" and did not disclose how much the NBCU contract was worth, how long it was, or how many subscribers the Network has. This is far more impressive than anything on Raw.
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Best part of raw was Erick Rowan throwing John Cena, who then proceeded to roll himself uphill until he reached the top of the ramp.
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Lid posted:http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201405/wwe-ceo-vince-mcmahon-loses-350-million-third-his-fortune-one-day Oh my god the comments.
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RBX posted:Oh my god the comments. A comment posted:It's Miz's fault. I can get behind this one.
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I just realized now that Summer Rae is back does that mean The Miz is also back because I only remembered him from reading the comments on that site.
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Rusev still retains his record for beating up a minority in every one of his matches.
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Lid posted:http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201405/wwe-ceo-vince-mcmahon-loses-350-million-third-his-fortune-one-day Do people not understand that that's not how stocks work and also it'll probably go back up soon anyway? gently caress.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Do people not understand that that's not how stocks work and also it'll probably go back up soon anyway? gently caress. The stock is back at its pre bubble levels, it will probably hang out here for awhile.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Do people not understand that that's not how stocks work and also it'll probably go back up soon anyway? gently caress. No, no they don't.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Do people not understand that that's not how stocks work and also it'll probably go back up soon anyway? gently caress. The stock market is perhaps the most retarded thing in modern society. It can cause millions if not billions of dollars to disappear into the ether because one guy starts a rumor that said dollars might disappear that day with absolutely no basis for it. Of course they don't understand it. I bet TNA Asylum is having a field day with this though. Knowing how that place goes they probably somehow think Vince losing some money will result in WWE collapsing them signing CM Punk.
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The Network is going to continue to exist regardless of it's a financial winner for them or not. they may have to drastically scale it back, but they've put too much into it to drop it.
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Cardboard Box posted:The Network is going to continue to exist regardless of it's a financial winner for them or not. they may have to drastically scale it back, but they've put too much into it to drop it. They don't even have to drastically scale back the concept of it to make it more financially viable. They are blowing money on programming that realistically means nothing to the Network's bottom line. I don't think they'll add anything to their bottom line by airing a new season of Tough Enough yet, hey, they are for some reason. I'd say great but I doubt it will have Austin on it.
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MassRafTer posted:The stock is back at its pre bubble levels, it will probably hang out here for awhile. Well okay but still, Vince didn't "lose a third of his fortune in a day", that's not how it works. Besides, when you get to like, 500 million+, it's literally more money than can be fathomed anyway.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Well okay but still, Vince didn't "lose a third of his fortune in a day", that's not how it works. Besides, when you get to like, 500 million+, it's literally more money than can be fathomed anyway. It's a really dumb article and contains no new news, that much can be agreed on.
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Alicia Fox drenching herself with a fan's coke cup is literally the best thing about this raw, sorry shield.
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Evil Canadian posted:Alicia Fox drenching herself with a fan's coke cup is literally the best thing about this raw, sorry shield. It feels weird to me to think a Raw even aired tonight. I watched most of the show and it made no impression on me.
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