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Specifically they're comparing it to the 90s ECW deal which may even be true but I think they're scared by stuff like Omega being able to shore up Impact's PPV numbers just by appearing.
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Grem posted:They're going to repackage him as Penance and have him visibly blade at the beginning of every match to hulk up. Nah, that's too cool for WWE and NBC
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May 21, 2021 19:59
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Alaois posted:what no its a michinoku driver it's not the drill claw at all It's a really good looking one though, interesting in that often people do it really fast, but it just looks like Drew murdered Kofi. (And skirts right up against the WWE ban on piledrivers)
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May 25, 2021 23:35
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Reality Protester posted:yeah At the final takeover, Nick Khan removes his latex mask, revealing Big Biceps Tony.
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May 26, 2021 02:38
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flashy_mcflash posted:Great O-Khan buy NJPW already
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May 26, 2021 02:46
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Wasn't the only time people liked Kross when he worked shoot-style, which WWE 100% will never let him do?
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May 26, 2021 03:15
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Lamuella posted:WWE are basically the Harley Davidson of wrestling companies. A heritage brand who are in the control of people who don't actually know their industry and are resolutely marketing to an aging population who were young the last time the company was cool. And a large portion of their potential customer base has abandoned them for Japanese brands that cater to them.
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May 26, 2021 20:55
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oldpainless posted:Michael Cole puts Jimmy Smith through a grueling six hour session where he just says ITS BOSS TIME over and over Ironically, Virk got the job based on an audition he did with Cole producing, which says to me that it probably is down to Vince and Dunn that he washed out.
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May 26, 2021 23:08
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Gonzo McFee posted:I will take a thousand Mauroisms over a single McMahon parroted Box like Structure. There's a reason why Impact made sure to get Mauro to call Omega winning the belt. He's a really great announcer (and actually similar to Excalibur in a lot of ways, tbh) when he doesn't have the WWE machine forcing him to hit their branding every 10 seconds and trying to sand off the edges that make him fun.
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May 27, 2021 01:41
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Is there an argument that they've tried to turn O'Reilly into their answer to Adam Page and WWE'd it up?
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May 27, 2021 02:30
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I kinda hope JR gets replaced by Callis soon.
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May 27, 2021 15:29
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What happened to Rey's plan to have Dom do the rounds in Mexico and Japan to get seasoned? WWE just back up the big ol truck of money and promised a push?
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May 30, 2021 03:19
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Wait... is Orton doing the Legend Killer gimmick again? I saw people mention it and was confused why people were talking about an angle from 15 years ago.
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Jun 1, 2021 01:39
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I can certainly buy it as part of Christian leaving, seeing as he's clearly capable of working and him doing a singles match with Orton or a tag with Edge against Orton and another heel (except wrestlers in WWE don't have friends) seemed like a no-brainer and they chose not to do it.
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Jun 1, 2021 01:47
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This shows how little I've been paying attention to the product, but... I thought Nia and Shayna were a tag team?
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Jun 1, 2021 02:32
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flatluigi posted:the nice canadians over at loadingreadyrun had a wrestling podcast called sidewalk slam and they burnt the gently caress out on it reviewing every wwe ppv just about when aew was starting up, and then the pandemic hit and made them even less interested in following it + they've been basically on hiatus from watching any wrestling since and will be for the forseeable future (at the very least after the pandemic) They did a couple of episodes not too long ago, and I wouldn't be shocked if they did one for DON. Adam in particular I know is just really down on the empty arena stuff, even with the wrestlers as plants.
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Jun 2, 2021 01:56
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Drakkel posted:Jesus Christ, that's up there with them trying to push Tay Conti to buy a house or whatever that real estate scam is they've been doing for a long time. I don't remember who it was right now but I remember hearing at least one older backstage guy talking about how Vince talked him into borrowing money from WWE to buy a house and then that basically kept him locked into working for them for a long time to "pay it off" until they ultimately laid him off anyway and left him to foot the bill. It's why that Nash story makes him one of the smartest guys in wrestling
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Jun 2, 2021 15:59
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Oh Snapple! posted:Enjoying the subtle storyline of Daniel Bryan being like the only person Nick Khan sees any real value in making sure they go nowhere else, if those NJPW partnership rumors were remotely true. I'd believe it. Danielson, whether Vince ever believed it or not, is a legit star on a level very few wrestlers manage. He's not quite a Cena or Rock, but him jumping ship would be very much like Bret Hart or Hall/Nash doing so, and would be a needle mover for either AEW or NJPW if they locked him down as an exclusive.
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Jun 2, 2021 20:34
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We all thought WWE would buy Impact, but: Scott D'amore: THE CONSORTIUM WAS ME!
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Jun 2, 2021 20:38
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Shard posted:I should buy stocks now so when the company sells and they go up in value I'll make out like a bandit WWE Stonks
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Jun 2, 2021 20:42
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Twist is they mean Marvel in the mid-90s
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Jun 2, 2021 21:11
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Rainbows have 7 colours, you racist fuckwit.
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Jun 2, 2021 21:47
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I do agree the VOW tweet is a bit of a bad look, but it's also very very silly for End to say that when SRS broke these releases first. And the 'Vince is a good guy' story just rings hollow when you've got someone like Mox who saw through it. Is there any basis for the Shinsuke rumour? Like Keith Lee, I get, dude being yanked from TV screams of a guy they see zero value in (bafflingly) and Zayn's activism has been taunting Vince to dare to fire him for years now.
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JUNGLE BOY posted:to be fair we'll never know which embarrassing nerd ricochet is supposed to be mocking Trevor Mann
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Jun 3, 2021 01:20
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Red posted:Was Aleister Black a Heyman project? Of course he was.
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Jun 3, 2021 13:16
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Fresh Like Zafo posted:What is it with WWE and guys with foreheads from This Planet Earth? Vince has an interocitor guy.
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Jun 4, 2021 00:07
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sportsgenius86 posted:Lol “my character was not meant to be David Koresh. It was meant to be a video game character that was meant to be David Koresh.” *Note: Ubisoft denies any and all comparisons to anything remotely political how dare you
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Jun 4, 2021 02:56
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Chris James 2 posted:Snitsky and Big Cass and Test had big boot finishers, the ultimate kick Adam Page is slowly developing this deadly art.
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Jun 4, 2021 15:31
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JT Smiley posted:Ok, stupid question, why don't they just use any of the 200 plus wrestlers they currently have signed? They don't know where the hard cam is.
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Jun 5, 2021 01:37
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The old company line used to be that these indie guys need to learn to work in front of 'major crowds' but that fell apart when they signed guys like Balor and Nakamura who people pointed out regularly performed in front of crowds of 5 or 10 thousand, and sometimes in front of 30-40k in the Tokyo Dome. So then it was 'they need to learn to work to the camera, instead of the crowd', which is just as ludicrous and is also very, very disputable as to how much importance should be given to it.
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Jun 5, 2021 19:00
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Vertical Lime posted:if anyone gives a poo poo, summerslam will be at the raiders stadium in vegas Legit surprised they weren't petty enough to go for Chicago.
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Jun 5, 2021 23:28
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The irony being that Richard Hatch kept his mouth shut and got a regular role in the BSG reboot.
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Jun 7, 2021 16:06
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There's a reason Sting worked with 3 30 year olds last Sunday.
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Jun 7, 2021 20:54
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flatluigi posted:the video packages of them being beautiful and teasing the audience is all the value they think those women have Unless those women decide to make money off that themselves, then they must put a stop to that right quick.
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a cyborg mug posted:Radioactive Poppy Please do not disrespect Mr Limelight like this. Shard posted:And for every single one of them they 100 percent believe and get most of their roster to believe it was just that they didn't have it. Nothing could have been done. Missing that X factor. Or fairy dust. Or whatever other magical bullshit they try to put in place of the real reason - that they suck at playing to a performer's strength.
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Jun 9, 2021 23:30
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Brock ain't even driving to the payphone to call Heyman for less than 6.
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Jun 9, 2021 23:50
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Pinwiz11 posted:This was the first thing I thought of after the news today: Suddenly it's Mercer DMing for Cutler, Wight, Uno and Leva
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Some of the poo poo they ask you at the interview is wild. That's hilarious, considering A) These are professional writers, they've interacted with stars in theory, and B) It implies that no-one in the company is a big enough deal that anyone outside the business could possibly give a poo poo about them and yet they don't see that that's a problem.
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collocation posted:I'm not sure anyone is actually mad, but #eugenicist?!? I think the conspiracy is meant to be that vaccines are a tool to enable eugenics, not that eugenics is cool and good. Still dumb but in a vaguely presentable way so they can hook scared and gullible folks
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graph posted:lol They are wrong. WWE would never pay for Achey Breaky Heart, especially for a guy who doesn't want the brass ring.
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