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NutritiousSnack posted:lol at ever using this logic and pretending to be the "serious bussiness" gimmick poster If you think the ratings for a two month period or even a full year will matter at the end of a multi year deal you have zero clue. Ratings have little correlation to PPV business, house shows, anything. Ratings are important long term since you do need to keep bringing in new fans and do need to be above your station's average but that's about it. Ratings can be useful because they come in quickly so you can get an idea of what the audience is interested in but that doesn't necessarily equate to what they'll pay for. Disco Inferno was a big ratings mover back in the day and he never ever meant a thing for business. Spermgod posted:what exactly was all the stuff about "not playing by the customs that govern this business" supposed to be then? i thought it was horrible russo-level poo poo. great delivery though. Kind of thought he was talking about the fact Brock has never played by the rules.
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Azuroru posted:I guess if you want continuity, Seth said he faked his brotherly role in the Shield, but... at least that facade benefited them. I have no idea how faking tensions with the Authority would benefit anyone unless it was just a story telling attempt to fake out the audience or something. If they hadn't fooled the audience the audience would have warned Randy. You know, like in puppet theater. "Behind you, Randy  "
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes IC belt and US belt unification Brock Lesnar vs a competent human being Kevin Owens debut where he kills everyone
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. Shane McMahon returns and reforms the corporate ministry. EDIT: better yet, Kevin Sullivan debuts and reforms the dungeon of doom. Blooming Brilliant fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. Rollins cashes in and wins the title, thereby heading into Mania as champ and suddenly making it a triple threat with a single week for build. Since it's not about projecting long term implications and just what would make me want to see what happens next, do a gigantic swing and change everything at the last possible second. I'm already enjoying this lovely build to see how many things they can fuckup, so more chaos is fine by me. Even (and especially) if it's misguided.
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MassRafTer posted:If you think the ratings for a two month period or even a full year will matter at the end of a multi year deal you have zero clue. Ratings have little correlation to PPV business, house shows, anything. Ratings are important long term since you do need to keep bringing in new fans and do need to be above your station's average but that's about it. Ratings can be useful because they come in quickly so you can get an idea of what the audience is interested in but that doesn't necessarily equate to what they'll pay for. Disco Inferno was a big ratings mover back in the day and he never ever meant a thing for business. Surely the first thing a TV station looks at when it comes time to renegotiate is a massive spreadsheet with quarter-hour breakdowns of every show during the previous contract period, compared to everything else that was on that night. In this era of cost-cutting and rationalisation, they're going to seize any opportunity they can to save money, and that probably means getting the intern to spend a week making all sorts of graphs that say "your poo poo is losing viewers" so they can justify low-balling them as far as possible.
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Memento posted:Surely the first thing a TV station looks at when it comes time to renegotiate is a massive spreadsheet with quarter-hour breakdowns of every show during the previous contract period, compared to everything else that was on that night. In this era of cost-cutting and rationalisation, they're going to seize any opportunity they can to save money, and that probably means getting the intern to spend a week making all sorts of graphs that say "your poo poo is losing viewers" so they can justify low-balling them as far as possible. If that's the way things worked WWE would have gotten the TV rights fees they thought they were going to get last year.
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Luigi Thirty posted:This show would have been a million times better if Rusev's lawyer was Bruce Tharpe. He does often represent immigrants.
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PWI posted:Longtime Ring Of Honor veteran Jimmy Jacobs has signed a deal with WWE to become part of the creative team. That seems pretty freaking cool. From Rosebud to Writer, the Jimmy Jacobs story.
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Writer Cath posted:That seems pretty freaking cool. From Rosebud to Writer, the Jimmy Jacobs story. That explains what they've been doing with him in ROH. I don't know how he is booking other people but he comes up with good ideas for himself.
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Mar 17, 2015 12:48
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Yeah it's pretty obvious Jacobs freaking loves the business, so that's awesome.
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Writer Cath posted:Yeah it's pretty obvious Jacobs freaking loves the business, so that's awesome. There are like a couple dozen writers and two McMahons who hate fun though.
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Unless Jacobs is going to work in NXT, he'll be back in ROH by Summerslam.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Unless Jacobs is going to work in NXT, he'll be back in ROH by Summerslam. The average tenure of a writer is 6 weeks.
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Humphrey Vasel posted:What happened to goldust?? I'm hoping for a decent match at Mania with him but it almost looks like they just dropped the Stardust/Goldust angle entirely. e. Oh lol I get what you mean now. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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Sting looked really good last night. And he got a nice reaction. I hope he sticks around and shows up more after Wrestlemania.
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GrimGypsy posted:Posters of PSP: What would have to happen on RAW next week for you to become legitimately really interested in Wrestlemania? No one is expecting you to have "Stone Cold vs Rock" levels of care - but what could get you even halfway invested? I can't think of anything remotely realistic in not a "here to watch a house burn" sense. Watching the house burn is pretty entertaining though.
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Humphrey Vasel posted:What happened to goldust?? Andre'd. Was tossed out during that impromptu battle royal with little to no fanfare.  : "There goes Goldust."
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I'm happy for JJ collecting a paycheck but man is he gonna hate himself if the stories about creative are true.
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I do not care at all for the main event of wrestlemania but it could still be really fun
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I like Roman Reigns and I love Brock Lesnar so I'm happy.
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Dave said that Vince was furious at the lawyer guy. The announcers burying him and the Des Moines Repertory Theater were Vince yelling over the headset.
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Onmi posted:so... Roman is just a complete geek at this point. I mean he gets one moment in the middle of the show and Orton and Rollins get the Main event. He's barely around and usually getting his rear end kicked when he is. It's kind of crazy how little momentum he has considering he's supposed to be the next "guy" At this point I wouldn't even be surprised if Brock kept the title and they gave up on Roman.
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Mar 17, 2015 14:12
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I think Roman would have had his moment to shine one day, it's just not during this "season".
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Luigi Thirty posted:Dave said that Vince was furious at the lawyer guy. The announcers burying him and the Des Moines Repertory Theater were Vince yelling over the headset. He was really bad but the announcers talking over him was even worse.
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triplexpac posted:It's kind of crazy how little momentum he has considering he's supposed to be the next "guy" It kinda seemed like they were planting seeds (or at least keeping their options open) for a Roman heel turn when he said he didn't have a problem with Heyman last night, but just wanted to fight/beat Brock. At this point, that's about the only booking that'd make me care about Roman at all.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Dave said that Vince was furious at the lawyer guy. The announcers burying him and the Des Moines Repertory Theater were Vince yelling over the headset. Hang on, furious at what specifically? Was it meant to be a super serious bit?
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Azuroru posted:I guess if you want continuity, Seth said he faked his brotherly role in the Shield, but... at least that facade benefited them. I have no idea how faking tensions with the Authority would benefit anyone unless it was just a story telling attempt to fake out the audience or something. Randy turned on the Authority in a way obvious to everyone but the Authority, so they tried to fake out Randy in a way that was obvious to everyone but the Authority.
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I hope they give Roman a big production entrance at Mania and he trips, falls over, and cries during it, exposing him as a chump on the highest level. And then Seth jumps over him and cashes in to have a 25 minute title match with Brock, because he's a lot better.
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. Vince retires.
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Humphrey Vasel posted:Hang on, furious at what specifically? Was it meant to be a super serious bit? Apparently, yes. That guy is an actor. Guess where they hired him from.
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triplexpac posted:It's kind of crazy how little momentum he has considering he's supposed to be the next "guy" Roman's never going to take any of the blame for not getting over and is going to be pushed as a top guy until he gets good enough that people actually like him.
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. Nothing, I'm going to be content to read a review of the event the next day. I may half watch it if my friends want to use it as an excuse to get together and do something.
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OctoberCountry posted:Roman's never going to take any of the blame for not getting over and is going to be pushed as a top guy until he gets good enough that people actually like him. Either that or they'll cool on him and end up jobbing out just as he starts to get decent. I'm still mad about Chris Masters.
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Sebastian Vettel posted:Either that or they'll cool on him and end up jobbing out just as he starts to get decent. Later, goateed Chris Masters was so much better than Reigns has ever been, and also threw a tree through a building to save his mom, showing strong family values. Replace Roman with Chris Masters.
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GrimGypsy posted:I know what will be a fun game to play. I'm going to watch Wrestlemania, since you never know if something magical will happen or lightning could strike (might be a metaphor, might be part of Undertaker/Bray, might be the weather accidentally conducting a bolt to Reigns' vest). That weekend, however, my priorities in order are... 1. A Doctor Who convention for the kiddo's first cosplay. 2. The season finale of The Walking Dead where I wonder if they'll top the revolving door scene. 3. The release of Pillars of Eternity after Kickstarting it. 4. Sleeping in on Monday because I took that day off. 5. Wrestlemania because I want to be all caught up for the post-WM RAW. The only thing, the ONLY thing, that could happen on RAW that could shake up that list? #Look in my eyes, what do you see?#
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