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Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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I can't believe that Natalya was that shocked that she wasn't going to be on the Wrestlemania card, especially when she has done absolutely nothing on TV in recent months. And even the Diva's champion Kaitlyn wasn't even on the card. I remember them showing Kaitlyn at Access doing a lame thing where she was posting hints to where she was on Twitter and people had to find her. That must have been very sad... I wonder how many people even bothered.

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Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Now I understand why the women's matches go between the two main events, because it's most likely to get cut.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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mkay0 posted:

I enjoy this, and the fact that the works and shoots are so obvious to spot.

it bugged me that in the show they said it was 5 days before Wrestlemania, yet Natalya says to Stephanie that she missed the Hall of Fame because she was at Axxess. Makes me think they just tapped a bunch of that stuff the Sunday of Wrestlemania.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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keevo posted:

Bryan lost on purpose so he could give her a massage for the month.

"What? That's like four things!"

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Bigass Moth posted:

I don't know why they need Eva or Jojo at all, don't they have a whole bunch of ~DIVAS~ sitting around backstage doing nothing that they could have used instead?

Plus Charlotte, Emma, and Paige down in NXT.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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oatgan posted:

I don't think Charlotte was even wrestling at the time Jojo and Eva were hired. Emma and Paige certainly weren't treated as big a deal as they are now in developmental

Wasn't Natalya training Charlotte in the first episode?

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Well yes, the show would be infinitely less interesting without Eva Maria, but that doesn't mean I want to see her on Raw.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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getitoffgetitoff posted:

One thing that I found weird about this show is how everybody's calling each other by their real names. I suspect that was something they did to show that it's a shoot, brother

Not everybody... Fandango, Brodus and Tensai Sweet T have all been called their wrestling names.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Nawid posted:

Also interestingly all the women actually came off as likable for once. Much less annoying of a show when they don't try to manufacture heel moments.

Was because they were all talking about their boobs probably...

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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mkay0 posted:

The only guy who got a bad look was Fandango, but he was basically in character as a cheesy dumbass.

They even name keyed him as Fandango instead of his real name which is weird for the show...

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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I find it hilarious that Eva Marie's Maxim shoot was a four photo online only thing. This could be her big break indeed.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Top Bunk Wanker posted:

She was in whatever month of the magazine had Ronda Rousey on the cover.

Well that's weird... I have an August, August/September, and October issue then.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:

It is possible the source on the Eva Marie/Cena story is a clip from Total Divas where she said she wanted to tag with Cena. :psyduck:

What the hell is that woman's obsession with wanting to be everyone's tag team partner?!?! Can somebody tell her that's not how it works?

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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triplexpac posted:

Great episode, I love how Eva Marie is just making it her life's work to gently caress with the Bellas. And I love the Bellas acting as if they're Arn Anderson or something, gatekeepers to the respectful wrestling business.

Didn't you know that the Bella's have been in this business for 6 years? SIX YEARS! And one of them finally got a singles match on Summerslam, the match of their career! You don't just get randomly picked for that kind of poo poo.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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I thought I remember Foley saying he had to pay for his own insurance, which was really hard to get considering the nature of his job.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Skinty McEdger posted:

You know the storyline on total divas about JoJo being a concussion case? Apparently this is actually true and she bumps so bad they've limited her matches.

Wasn't that proved to be bullshit because someone not on the main roster is made to train with head gear?

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Even Cena to having to DVR a 3 hour raw because its so long...

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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^^^ Cena's character is definitely the most tragic now that I think about it. It makes me think that he doesn't do all that make a wish stuff and appearances because he genuinely loves it. It's because he's dead inside and has nothing and just wants to feel again...

Sephuran posted:

The second season better just be the other seven divas performing a dramatic re-enactment of season one.

Why hasn't AJ and her heel divas done a parody of the show on Raw yet in their little feud?

Astro7x fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Dec 3, 2013

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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STAC Goat posted:

Yeah, I don't know if I just worded that weirdly by I totally get that. Well I didn't know the actual producers, but I get the way reality tv works. The people and footage is real but the majority of it is fluffed and molded to "reality". So if WWE didn't want us to see Nikki Bella get pressured by a WWE suit to return quickly or lose her spot than we wouldn't see it. So its not some thing that the show caught, its something WWE actively wanted out there.

you're trying to tell me that Nattie didn't pee herself, drunk dial Stephanie, and that Gizmo is alive and well? It's still real to me damnit!

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Kifisonfire posted:

Alicia Fox needs to be in every episode laughing at everyone else's problems.

Alicia Fox was in this season more than Jo Jo

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:

I think a lot of the Cena relationship stuff is real because he would not intentionally look that bad. He's not Nattie.
Or Total Divas has better writers than WWE and everything is leading to Cena changing his mind.

I don't know, makes me think Cena would be the ultimate heel.

When did I ever you say you would get a title shot? If I ever gave you even the slighted indication that a title shot would be in your future, let me clarify by choosing my words very carefully. No.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Dude thinks he's going to be going at this pace for the next 10 years. That would make him at least 46 years old. Then what the gently caress is he going to do with his life?

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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nooneofconsequence posted:

I can't believe Eva Marie didn't get confirmed.

Well they didn't get married in a church, so it really doesn't matter... though growing up in a catholic family, your confirmation was just something you did around 8th grade as part of going to the church. If her family is so religious, why would they have not already had her do that.

I am thinking about this way too much....

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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sleepingbuddha posted:

Now does anyone have a link to those pictures so I can judge just how much she is overselling being offended?

Ugh! Those disgusting porno sites! I mean, there's so many of them though! Which one? Which one did she post them on?

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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sleepingbuddha posted:

Was it actually porn though?

No, I was making an Always Sunny reference. They looked like magazine scans or something similar.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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NowonSA posted:

Daniel Bryan is basically just a rich enviro-goof anyway, and expressing that environmental spirit with an invitation that uses up more tree material than a paper invite and requires more fuel to transport it to its recipient is just missing the point enough to be believable to me.

I don't think the wood invitations were an attempt at being environmentally friendly, but it doesn't make them any less awesome.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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The real estate thing can't be real, she would be the worst agent ever.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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flashy_mcflash posted:

Eva doesn't really have all that many matches though. Off the top of my head I can only think of two, and at least one of those was a multi-diva thing.

She hasn't wrestled much.... the closest she's ever come to a singles match on TV are the two 2-person tag matches with Natalya. And you know for a lot of those multi diva tag matches she just stood there on the apron.

http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/eva-marie-9727.html

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Almost thought that there wasn't a new episode last night with no live discussion, then I remembered there was a "Special Event" with the Network...

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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They never imply anything is real, but they do try to make it feel like things happen that are unscripted or not according to plan. Talking about wanting the Divas title is no different than saying you want a promotion at work.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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It makes me bad that someone like Nattie probably feels like her spot is threatened because Lana is called up and also a blonde.

I would probably hate my job if I felt threatened every time they hired a white 20 something caucasian male because they looked like me.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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quote:

Total Divas TV Deal Update
The E! network has recently purchased 10 more episodes of the WWE Total Divas, reports The Wrestling Observer.

Nice!

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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I assume that Cena will understand, and then admit to Nikki that he use to bang fat chicks on the road.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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keevo posted:

Poor Summer Rae though. :smith:

Don't feel bad about her being left out of the fake bachelorette party... I don't think any Divas were invited to her actual bachelorette party

http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/20/bella-twin-bachelorette-party-hair-daniel-bryan-brie-nikki-wwe/

Astro7x fucked around with this message at 13:55 on May 19, 2014

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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sportsgenius86 posted:

given the pics that came out about the wedding and how many seats there were, there's almost no possible way that wedding cost $120k. It's probably just bullshit drama for TV.

Have you ever planned a wedding? That poo poo is EXPENSIVE. The resort alone for the ceremony was probably a large chunk of it, plus since they were doing a destination wedding they probably paid for everyone's rooms at the resort.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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That venue that they picked, according to the website, charges around $300 per person just the food when you factor in dessert/appetizers. That doesn't include alcohol either.... for a 125 person wedding, that's $37,500 for just the food. A kids meal of like a grilled cheese sandwich was $40. And then you get nickel and dimed for tables, chairs, place settings, napkins for the bar, etc. That does not even cover the cost of the venue, or decorations, flowers, lodging, plane tickets. I don't think 120K was an exaggeration. Her dress wasn't as much as I thought it would be. A quick google shows that it was a $1,550 dress without alterations for custom straps.

But who knows how much Total Divas is paying for it. She had two bachelorette parties, one that was taped for the show and then another not for the show.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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My wedding was 13K (which includes everything except for the rings), and I considered that cheap because we went with 80 guests, buffet style food, outdoors on my wife's parents property, hand made all the decorations, and had my photographer friend do the photos for cheap while I designed the wedding album. On the plus side, the gifts of cash we received pretty much paid for everything.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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I'm assuming that Summer Rae had to start shooting The Marine 4, as the wedding was right after Fandango broke up with her on Twitter to get her off TV. Then they decided to make an angle out of it for Total Divas.

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Bigass Moth posted:

What in the world made them decide to have the season premier the same day the football season re-starts?????

Who splurges for cable TV but doesn't have a DVR to record poo poo?

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Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
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Total Divas Season 3 Episode 1 for MOTC candidate.

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