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How long with Dolph Ziggler, Ryback & Erick Rowan be "fired" This poll is closed. |
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Of course it was clear that the authority would be back. But I expected a wittier storyline than "Let's blackmail John Cena by threatening to kill a man on live tv".
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Jan 6, 2015 06:13
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Bhester posted:JBL is Vince's mouthpiece. You're kidding yourself if you think he went rogue. I don't think he went rogue, I think Vince probably doesn't give enough of a poo poo about the Ascension to bother telling JBL what to say about them.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:15
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I'll be back for Rumble but gently caress this poo poo. Fire every writer.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:16
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Hammerstein posted:Of course it was clear that the authority would be back. But I expected a wittier storyline than "Let's blackmail John Cena by threatening to kill a man on live tv". Like? I'm serious: of all the ways to bring the Authority back, this is as good as any. It used Cena's own personality to lure him into a no-win situation trap. What would be 'wittier'? (I'm picturing, for some reason, something in the vein of Silver Age Superman's more outlandish tricks to make Mister Mxyzptlk say his name backwards)
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Jan 6, 2015 06:17
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Cornwind Evil posted:Like? Should've been a make a wish kid
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Jan 6, 2015 06:18
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:I'll be back for Rumble but gently caress this poo poo. Fire every writer.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:19
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"go ahead and kill a guy on LIVE TV, dumbass"
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Jan 6, 2015 06:21
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Humphrey Vasel posted:"go ahead and kill a guy on LIVE TV, dumbass" That would unfortunately be breaking one of the bizzaro 'rules' of wrestling: don't show the man behind the curtain. Except when you do. Wrestling is very stupid if you decide to examine it: this is a world where men and women are beating each other, dropping them on their heads, using weapons on each other, trying to squash them with jumps, etc, so of course the 'idea' that Rollins could 'kill a man on LIVE TV' fits. It's the same logic that means if you steal a contract and sign your own name you get what's on the contract, or the whole 'ref is knocked out, anything goes' scenario. It's the same logic that creates action movie heroes; you know full well one man cannot take on a small army in such an open fashion, but why nitpick? Cornwind Evil fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Jan 6, 2015 06:23
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Humphrey Vasel posted:"go ahead and kill a guy on LIVE TV, dumbass" Yeah, this wouldn't have been as glaring if they didn't have Stephanie get arrested for just slapping a "fired" former wrestler not too long ago.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:26
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Zyla posted:why would they have segments about guys that are fired https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3vYkq8eUo
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Jan 6, 2015 06:26
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Should've been a make a wish kid Only if it's the same kid who cost John Cena the Wyatt match
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Jan 6, 2015 06:27
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What, you guys think just because Rollins no longer wears his tactical vest that he no longer has the covert ops skills to survive off the grid?
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Jan 6, 2015 06:30
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Jan 6, 2015 06:34
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ijii posted:Raw's intro really set the tone of tonight's show, seeing Roman Reigns as the last wrestler in that bit made my heart sink. They're going to push him no matter what. Some how, some way, WWE sees money in him, is he actually making for them now? It's really hard to believe that, especially with his match against Big Show tonight. No one gave two shits about him or Big Show. IIRC he's one of the highest merch sellers at live events. But I've also seen people say that they've been to shows where literally the only merch available is basically Cena/Orton/Reigns merch so...
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Jan 6, 2015 06:34
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Cornwind Evil posted:Like? For instance they could have had Kane kidnap his girl....oh wait... 
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Jan 6, 2015 06:41
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Cornwind Evil posted:...yes? Kenta/Hideo's real family name is Kobayashi.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:43
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(I'm usually good at pop culture linkage, but I don't know what that has to do with Hideo/Kenta.)
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Dimebags Brain posted:http://www.openthedragongate.com/ abraham linksys posted:There's no silent, imposing tag team in WWE, so they wouldn't be stepping on anyone's shoes. There's no reason they needed a new, goofy gimmick that involved lots of mic work that they're still not good at. Viktor's not a great talker but he's decent enough. He should do all the talking. Konnor should not be allowed near a microphone ever. He has had several years of chances and has always sounded like a giant doofus who overemphasizes every point like he's talking to a 5 year old. This isn't even including his awful "I'm literally a rat" gimmick. He should be the strong and silent type, or at most stick to shouting catchphrases. It worked for him when he was the one-man Ascension.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:01
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That RAW existed I guess, I'm glad that the royal rumble isn't even important enough for throw away token I'll be in the rumble lines though WWE sucks
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Jan 6, 2015 07:06
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StarkRavingMad posted:They were some weird vampire Final Fantasy cosplay looking poo poo when they started and then they just kind of became big dominating guys who came out to thrash metal. I didn't mind the pseudo-LOD gimmick from the promos since at least it wasn't as dumb looking as their initial Ascension get up, but it doesn't make any loving sense to give them this gimmick as part of their call-up (even shooting promos with it) and then have the commentators immediately trash it. The fact that they stepped back from murdering the former (heel!) tag champs last week to squashing random jobbers and being mocked for it this week is also weird as hell. It's like Vince completely lost all faith in the gimmick after 1 week and changed tack completely.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:20
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WadeBartender posted:That RAW existed I guess, I'm glad that the royal rumble isn't even important enough for throw away token I'll be in the rumble lines though "why should we try and sell the Rumble when it sells itself?" WWE is run by the laziest motherfuckers in the universe.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:21
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Dimebags Brain posted:"why should we try and sell the Rumble when it sells itself?" "Look, we're gonna put Daniel Bryan in the Rumble! You like him, right? BUY THIS!"
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Jan 6, 2015 07:32
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Hey OP, Wade won the title on January 5th, not January 1st.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:32
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NickRoweFillea posted:watch NJPW The second they make it as easy as the WWE network or DVRing Raw I would be glad to. Same with Chikara. Get on it guys, some of us have jobs and kids and don't have time to gently caress around with crazy delivery systems.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:38
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Rusty Shackelford posted:Hey OP, Wade won the title on January 5th, not January 1st. You should have said "i'm afraid i got bad news for you" and then I would have changed it right away.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:43
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Why cookie Rocket posted:The second they make it as easy as the WWE network or DVRing Raw I would be glad to. Same with Chikara. Get on it guys, some of us have jobs and kids and don't have time to gently caress around with crazy delivery systems. They literally have a New Japan network that is easier to navigate than WWE because there are tags for literally everything. From year, to wrestler, to show, to arena and streams better than the WWE Network.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:44
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here's your banner person who saw my typo
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Jan 6, 2015 07:50
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KungFu Grip posted:They literally have a New Japan network that is easier to navigate than WWE because there are tags for literally everything. From year, to wrestler, to show, to arena and streams better than the WWE Network. Great, is it on Amazon Fire TV or XBOX or PSN or what and don't say it's web based because I already work in front of a PC 9 hours a day and there's no loving way in my free time.
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Jan 6, 2015 07:50
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JBL reads his twitter mentions during Raw and if you send him hate tweets about his announcing he blocks you lol
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Jan 6, 2015 07:59
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Great, is it on Amazon Fire TV or XBOX or PSN or what and don't say it's web based because I already work in front of a PC 9 hours a day and there's no loving way in my free time. Not sure because I dont have it, but I assume not with it being a new thing. could always chromecast it i guess. But hey here's the thread on the thread about it on the main page that might say what you can do with it or whatever or see any updates. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3685269
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Jan 6, 2015 08:03
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My favorite part was hhh saying JOHN CENA! Three times and the audience not caring at all three times. To me that sums up the current WWE
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Jan 6, 2015 08:16
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Reigns super man promo was the nail in the coffin for me. He's worse than Cena. Cena at least has a character and can deliver his lovely lines with fake conviction. Reigns is a watered down version of a watered down character type. He wouldn't even be good for NXT.
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Jan 6, 2015 08:29
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so wwe posted a facebook poll to see if fans liked raw tonight, guess how it's going: https://t.co/S6mEqW75fy
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Jan 6, 2015 08:38
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Fart Radio posted:so wwe posted a facebook poll to see if fans liked raw tonight, guess how it's going: https://t.co/S6mEqW75fy The problem is WWE is just gonna interpret that as people getting their panties in a wad about the "firings". Even worse, some of the comments on the poll support this. 
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Jan 6, 2015 08:44
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SamuraiFoochs posted:The problem is WWE is just gonna interpret that as people getting their panties in a wad about the "firings". Even worse, some of the comments on the poll support this. So I watched The Dark Crystal for the first time last night and couldn't help mentally comparing the dying Skeksis Emperor to Vince, The Chamberlain to Dunn and the General to Triple H.
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Jan 6, 2015 08:51
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Holy poo poo that poll is like 90% dislikes with over an 11,000 sample size.  And people are mentioning Ambrose. And the terrible writing. And JBL. Good.
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Jan 6, 2015 09:01
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Why cookie Rocket posted:The second they make it as easy as the WWE network or DVRing Raw I would be glad to. Same with Chikara. Get on it guys, some of us have jobs and kids and don't have time to gently caress around with crazy delivery systems. Why can't people just admit that they don't actually want to watch NJPW or good wrestling, and are completely content with watching wwe. It's ok if you don't want to watch anything else, just admit it.
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Jan 6, 2015 09:02
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A poll like that is useless when 'evil heels stand tall' was the story of the entire episode. 'This was horrible tv' and 'Boo the authority fired Ziggler!  ' show up the same
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Jan 6, 2015 09:04
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SamuraiFoochs posted:Holy poo poo that poll is like 90% dislikes with over an 11,000 sample size. they will respond to this by firing whoever posted this poll
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Jan 6, 2015 09:05
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SamuraiFoochs posted:The problem is WWE is just gonna interpret that as people getting their panties in a wad about the "firings". Even worse, some of the comments on the poll support this. I can't see the poll, but if it's a yes or no on an entire three hour show, that's terrible feedback. Then again, I'm sure their marketing knows this. With different types of wrestling fans a "No" vote is pretty much a mix of good and bad. Good in the sense that a no vote are people who are genuinely upset at the Authority and the storyline is creating the reaction (  ) that they want, bad for the people actually voting no for reasons of quality, etc.So it's probably a gauge on if the show got people talking or moved enough to respond. That or just the facade of social interaction with the fans. Lazer fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Blasmeister posted:A poll like that is useless when 'evil heels stand tall' was the story of the entire episode. Not when there's thousands of comments loving ramrodding the episode for entirely different reasons right underneath. The_Rob posted:Why can't people just admit that they don't actually want to watch NJPW or good wrestling, and are completely content with watching wwe. It's ok if you don't want to watch anything else, just admit it. Because it's not necessarily true and there's something to be said for ease of access, genius. I've watched PWG shows and loved it, but damned if I can bother to keep up with it or watch the shows in generally convenient fashion.
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