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| the NEW People's Champion |
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2 | 1.77% |
| the voice of the voiceless, the new CM Punk |
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11 | 9.73% |
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19 | 16.81% |
| also wondering why there was a cameraman in the women's lockerroom |
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47 | 41.59% |
| THE BIG DOG! |
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34 | 30.09% |
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Do it ironically posted:Culkin loves wrestling from what I’ve read Yeah, especially 90s wrestling, his podcast co-host mentioned something about a particular Survivor Series and Culkin said "The Deadly Game, yes". So he knows the score. The other guy (Matt Cohen) is more of a current fan trying to get Culk back into it and to PWG shows and whatnot.
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Mar 16, 2018 04:54
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VJeff posted:Does Roman even have crossover appeal? It's my understanding that they still mostly hold the dude back from doing more than a couple media appearances or interviews or podcasts whatever because he's so bad at them and always comes off like a total prick. It feels like it says a lot about Roman's acting and likability charisma that even four years into his Face of the Company push they haven't even bothered to put him in a WWE Films role of any kind. Not even in something that feels easy like the strong, silent dude in a buddy cop comedy action film where Miz or Cena could do the "heavy lifting" for the acting and he'd only have a few lines/reactions. Or even a "I'll go to the papers if I have to" cameo.
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Mar 16, 2018 04:58
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Man, it feels like all of a few months ago they had put Roman back in the tag division, eased off of the singles death push and suddenly people were generally okay with him. Now...
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Mar 16, 2018 05:00
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I'm going to put the money on Vince's problem with Braun is that he's 'southern'. Like, Braun wouldn't look out of place in a mid 1980s NWA show, and that irritates Vince's WE'RE NOT RASSLIN DAMMIT phobia. He'll use southern style people in prominent positions, but never as 'the guy'. Austin is on the border line, and I'm of the opinion Austin wouldn't be as big under Vince if there wasn't a fire under his rear end.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:02
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E-Diddy posted:He had a cameo in Wrestling Isn't Wrestling, didn't he? He does have a history of hanging around with some pretty shady characters
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Mar 16, 2018 05:02
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Heavy Metal posted:Yeah, especially 90s wrestling, his podcast co-host mentioned something about a particular Survivor Series and Culkin said "The Deadly Game, yes". So he knows the score. The other guy (Matt Cohen) is more of a current fan trying to get Culk back into it and to PWG shows and whatnot. Was in the crowd at Wrestlemania VII too - which alone isn't much but you know.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:02
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Rusev vs. Culkin in House of Horrors part 2.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:11
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None of this is surprising but I was told Moolah was Vince’s call. And he is furious However, along with sponsor pressure, WWE is trying to get to the finish line on new TV deal and wants zero controversy.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:13
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Midnightghoul posted:He does have a history of hanging around with some pretty shady characters
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Mar 16, 2018 05:16
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rovert posted:None of this is surprising but I was told Moolah was Vince’s call. And he is furious Haha sick
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Mar 16, 2018 05:17
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achillesforever6 posted:Yeah he was friends of someone who has a real helicopter parent of a father real stretch for that joke
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Mar 16, 2018 05:21
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Haha sick Explains why Vince's initial reaction to the criticism was to double down on the Moolah lionization on Smackdown. Anyway, Friday is APPARENTLY the Johnny Bravo reveal for reals this time. Meltzer more or less intimated to me listening to him at least that WWE paid for Roman Reigns not to be mentioned in it.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:24
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why would they pay to protect to luther in 2018
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Mar 16, 2018 05:26
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A serious question: Does Roman have the name or brand recognition outside of the wrestling world that a Hogan/Micheals/Rock/Austin did? Do normal people know who he is the way they know who Cena is, or who Bret Hart was? And if so, what is their impression of the scowling wet haired Samoan bloke in the vest? Coz Cena was known, and loved by non wrestling guys as a tireless Make a Wish guy and being all round nice. Hogan was known as a marketing juggernaut, (as was pre movies Rock). I just don't get the impression that Roman is at all known outside of the wrestling bubble.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:30
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1993 Bret Hart, yes. Any of the rest, no
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Mar 16, 2018 05:35
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rovert posted:None of this is surprising but I was told Moolah was Vince’s call. And he is furious Inject this post into my veins.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:45
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rovert posted:None of this is surprising but I was told Moolah was Vince’s call. And he is furious While this owns, he's absolutely gonna take this out on everyone through some spiteful-rear end booking ain't he. More spiteful than usual, that is.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:53
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BrigadierSensible posted:A serious question: Does Roman have the name or brand recognition outside of the wrestling world that a Hogan/Micheals/Rock/Austin did? Do normal people know who he is the way they know who Cena is, or who Bret Hart was?. It's tough to get any definitive measurements for this but I don't think Roman is as much of a star as Austin was during the attitude era.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:53
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I now expect the battle royal to be mysteriously booted for time. Kid Rock will get a 20 minute concert where he sings about women being bitches
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Mar 16, 2018 05:54
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Given that WWE is not on the verge of dying, I would say Roman is a significantly better top star than Shawn was.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:56
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rare Magic card l00k posted:Given that WWE is not on the verge of dying, I would say Roman is a significantly better top star than Shawn was. If Vince was booking like this back in 1994, the WWF would have actually died.
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Mar 16, 2018 05:59
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BrigadierSensible posted:A serious question: Does Roman have the name or brand recognition outside of the wrestling world that a Hogan/Micheals/Rock/Austin did? Do normal people know who he is the way they know who Cena is, or who Bret Hart was? my mother in law actually really likes roman from a commercial he did with his daughter and requested that i take a picture of him when i went to raw in chicago. so, i dunno man, people see random poo poo. i should mention she is absolutely not a wrestling fan in any way.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:07
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Vince is going to make Tyler Breeze win the not-Moolah battle royale out of spite now.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:11
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Oh Snapple! posted:While this owns, he's absolutely gonna take this out on everyone through some spiteful-rear end booking ain't he. Becky, Liv and Dakota Kai are really nice folks. I hope not. Becky has always had this innate sense of fairness about her and doing what is right. You can observe it how she structures her promos that she cuts on WWE's Youtube and stuff. She has a real "babyface" constitution. WWE put her and her colleagues in a really lovely spot by having them try to peddle the Moolah nonsense.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:12
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Even aside from all the horrible poo poo she did, wasnt Moolah responsible for making women's wrestling the sideshow it was for years with the hair pulling and tumbling?
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Mar 16, 2018 06:14
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Sionistic posted:Even aside from all the horrible poo poo she did, wasnt Moolah responsible for making women's wrestling the sideshow it was for years with the hair pulling and tumbling? Yeah as she couldn't keep up. Women's Wrestling in the US the first half of the century was closer to Japanese women's Wrestling from an athleticism and credibility POV.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:20
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rovert posted:None of this is surprising but I was told Moolah was Vince’s call. And he is furious See, Vince built himself a nice little situation where he can just get fat on TV rights deals and sponsorship deals and they bring in so much guaranteed money that, for the most part, he doesn't have to care how many people go to his shows or buy his network or his merchandise. He has so much guaranteed money, it doesn't matter. So he can book whatever he wants and doesn't have to care if nobody likes his chosen golden boy. But sometimes, it blows up in his face quite spectacularly. 
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Mar 16, 2018 06:21
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suck my dick vince, just like those girls moolah pimped out were forced to suck promoters dicks you old fossil piece of poo poo -sincerely, Snickers
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Mar 16, 2018 06:25
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Snickers is the best. Snickers number one.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:31
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VJeff posted:See, Vince built himself a nice little situation where he can just get fat on TV rights deals and sponsorship deals and they bring in so much guaranteed money that, for the most part, he doesn't have to care how many people go to his shows or buy his network or his merchandise. He has so much guaranteed money, it doesn't matter. So he can book whatever he wants and doesn't have to care if nobody likes his chosen golden boy. I hope they already made the Moolah trophy too.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:34
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I hope they give the women a trophy of the Wrestlemania sign, so we can have the winner point to it for the next 3 months
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Mar 16, 2018 06:43
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rovert posted:I hope they already made the Moolah trophy too. It's revealed at WM and they've just put a crude Stephanie photo printed on cardboard over the face.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:48
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WWE could just give the Moolah trophy to TNA, I'm sure they'd be happy to have something they could make their new championship.
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Mar 16, 2018 06:51
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I 100% believe they already made the trophy (probably to be unveiled next week or the week after) and that's why Vince tried doubling down on the name before the sponsors forced him to cave
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Mar 16, 2018 06:59
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The NextVR Now app has a preview of some of the footage from Fastlane on it. Says a full video is coming soon.
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Mar 16, 2018 07:01
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Benne posted:I 100% believe they already made the trophy (probably to be unveiled next week or the week after) and that's why Vince tried doubling down on the name before the sponsors forced him to cave Have Braun destroy it in a cool way.
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Mar 16, 2018 07:08
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I'm glad that the people behind Snickers helped get the name changed, I didn't expect their involvement at all. I should have known they were a force of good, they are the middle name of Shinsuke Snickers Nakamura after all.
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Mar 16, 2018 07:50
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DeathChicken posted:Man, it feels like all of a few months ago they had put Roman back in the tag division, eased off of the singles death push and suddenly people were generally okay with him. Now... The Shield reunion was doing pretty well, then Roman got sick and they replaced him with better people, and it quietly fizzled out. Roman's not great, but the guy also has some remarkably bad luck with his pushes too. That hernia injury really hurt his first major push, and then there was the wellness violation in the middle of one of his title runs. I half expect something to go horribly wrong for him the week before WM.
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Mar 16, 2018 08:02
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Roman will get trapped in a voodoo haunted house in NOLA with spooky spectres and creepy ghouls and the ghost of Orville Redenbacher.
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Mar 16, 2018 08:05
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Gonz posted:Bray will get trapped in a voodoo haunted house in NOLA with spooky spectres and creepy ghouls and the ghost of Orville Redenbacher. Spoilers for Ultimate Deletion
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Mar 16, 2018 09:17
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