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Rusty Shackelford posted:If he continues to come back, a head may be the only part left that works. Deciding to come back basically proves that his head doesn't actually work in the first place.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Dave's theory on the PPV: they're not happy with the network numbers. What's the best way to boost network numbers? Have a PPV that starts at 8PM on May 31, ends at 11PM, and hope that people who watched it and were going to cancel don't remember to before midnight. Starting it at 9 and ending at 12:15 would be too carny. At this point, they might as well say gently caress it and make $9.99 the price of two months. "Buy 1 month, get 1 month free!' and hope it's enough time where people forget to cancel.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Dave's theory on the PPV: they're not happy with the network numbers. What's the best way to boost network numbers? Have a PPV that starts at 8PM on May 31, ends at 11PM, and hope that people who watched it and were going to cancel don't remember to before midnight. Starting it at 9 and ending at 12:15 would be too carny. That's a stupid theory, because you cancel prior to the month being over and it won't instantly end your subscription.
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May 12, 2015 18:29
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Astro7x posted:That's a stupid theory, because you cancel prior to the month being over and it won't instantly end your subscription. His other thought was "well if it's not on cable why don't they just make the PPV run over midnight so people have to renew to see the EC match?"
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May 12, 2015 18:45
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Something that's a pleasant surprise is how John Cena has become the workhorse champion and I've been enjoying his matches week in and week out. Mid-card John Cena is the best John Cena.
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May 12, 2015 18:57
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May 12, 2015 18:58
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Every John Cena is a good John Cena and this company will be really funny when he finally cuts his schedule back/does movies/retires/becomes a farm.
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Luigi Thirty posted:His other thought was "well if it's not on cable why don't they just make the PPV run over midnight so people have to renew to see the EC match?" I don't think that the goal is to keep subscribers that joined for free in May, but to retain the Wrestlemania subscribers that signed up on the 29th that will need keep subscribing for the 31st Elimination Chamber PPV. They clearly know what day of the month the majority of their subscriptions lapse on. Just like how Sirius-XM knows that a huge amount of subscriptions expire on Jan 1st because it coincided with Howard Stern starting with them, so that's when they really try to push programming and deals to keep people subscribed.
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May 12, 2015 19:31
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keevo posted:So what happened during Raw? daddy's home
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May 12, 2015 19:32
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Chris James 2 posted:
 That's a huge thing now that I think of it. PPVs used to stand out because they were three times as long as a regular show. Now Raw is basically required to waste time in order to keep the "special events" special.
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May 12, 2015 19:35
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Minidust posted:It's not such a big deal when every episode of Raw is longer than a PPV. With commercials for RAW it's not longer at all.
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May 12, 2015 19:39
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SamuraiFoochs posted:With commercials for RAW it's not longer at all.
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May 12, 2015 19:43
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There should be around 43 minutes of commercials in the average Raw per the average amount of commercials/hour. Basically, the Raws feel longer than the PPVs.
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May 12, 2015 19:47
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Yeah if you want to get into semantic sure, but raw still starts at 8 and ends at 11:15ish every week while a PPV is generally done before 11 pm.
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May 12, 2015 19:50
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Raw's not that long guys, you just need to DVR it and then skip 20-25% of what you recorded.
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Great White Hope posted:Raw's not that long guys, you just need to DVR it and then skip 20-25% of what you recorded. Why would I possibly do that when the best part of Raw is the GDT liveposting???
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May 12, 2015 19:54
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I can't even imagine watching Raw without friends or a GDT to shitpost in. Like, even fast forwarding through stuff, I'd rather ingest poison
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Fat Lowtax posted:I can't even imagine watching Raw without friends or a GDT to shitpost in. Like, even fast forwarding through stuff, I'd rather ingest poison Strong take, Fat Lowtax.
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May 12, 2015 20:03
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It depends, how much poison are we talking here?
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May 12, 2015 20:03
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Technically fast food is poison, and cooked hamburgers are much better than Raw.
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Anime Curator posted:daddy's home No but really outside of DB's death and that brilliant main event that no one could have predicted, what happened?
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May 12, 2015 20:10
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Shima Honnou posted:It depends, how much poison are we talking here? A lethal dose
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Muddy Burphy posted:A lethal dose Tough sell but an acceptable alternative.
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SamuraiFoochs posted:With commercials for RAW it's not longer at all. There's commercials and interminable shilling on PPV's too.
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Me last spring: "Oh boy I can't wait to finally see Daniel Bryan in person when RAW comes to Richmond! And he's gonna be the champ and--"  Me this spring: "Oh boy this time I finally get to see Daniel Bryan live and he's IC champ and he'll probably have a really hot feud and--"
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May 12, 2015 20:32
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keevo posted:No but really outside of DB's death and that brilliant main event that no one could have predicted, what happened? Cena and Neville had an awesome match where Neville was surprisingly protected. Ambrose had a fun silly match with J&J where he played the hometown hero. Kane and Reigns had a non-match brawl to advertise a THERE MUST BE A WINNER MATCH on Smackdown.
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I watched the main a second ago. I hope despite how it all went down, Ambrose and Reigns remain bros. That's the best part of anything they do. I especially liked when Randy turned around and Reigns looked over at Ambrose and smiled saying watch this before spearing Orton.
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Payback Prediction: Rusev refuses to say "I quit" after a terrible besting and several STF locks. Lana says "I quit" instead to save Rusev and turn face as Rusev blows up in anger at her and Cena saves the day protecting Lana cementing her face turn. Rusev loses to Tough Enough Winner on main event next year.
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Power Windows posted:Me last spring: "Oh boy I can't wait to finally see Daniel Bryan in person when RAW comes to Richmond! And he's gonna be the champ and--" You next spring: "Oh boy I finally get to see Daniel Bryan alive and--"
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bradzilla posted:If Bryan comes back just never let him near any titles he seems to have developed a chronic allergy to gold
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flashy_mcflash posted:Ahead? He's the IC champ lmao i think its pretty obvious that i meant physically ahead of being crippled or worse
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Kaveman posted:Payback Prediction: Rusev refuses to say "I quit" after a terrible besting and several STF locks. Lana says "I quit" instead to save Rusev and turn face as Rusev blows up in anger at her and Cena saves the day protecting Lana cementing her face turn. I hope that Rusev puts Lana in peril to the point that All-American Hero Cena is forced to say "I quit," and then she turns heel again anyway
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I am going to the Smackdown taping tonight. I am sure it shall be awful but whatever... WRESTLING!
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bradzilla posted:If Bryan comes back just never let him near any titles he seems to have developed a chronic allergy to gold Ironic because he's probably treating it with colloidal silver.
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Mons Hubris posted:Ironic because he's probably treating it with colloidal silver. Confirmed: Bryan to return in 12 months with blue skin.
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Djarum posted:I am going to the Smackdown taping tonight. I am sure it shall be awful but whatever... WRESTLING! report back if they've begun selling KotR crowns and scepters.
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lol at the PPV main events between Mania and Summerslam ER - Orton/Rollins Payback - Rollins/Orton/Ambrose/Reigns EC - probably Rollins/Orton/Ambrose/Reigns/Kane/Big Show MitB - probably Rollins/Kane Battleground - probably Rollins/Kane again Summerslam - almost certainly Rollins/Brock Not much to get excited about there, IMO.
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