WWE Discussion for November: The Flailing of a Decrepit Giant Starting to Suspect It's Time is Runni

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Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Will Ospreay thinks Ilja's mannerisms are excessive. Still a crazy good match though. And felt like an actual fight versus a match.

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 08:32

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

Dango Bango posted:

Will Ospreay thinks

lol, good one!

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Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Dango Bango posted:

Will Ospreay thinks Ilja's mannerisms are excessive. Still a crazy good match though. And felt like an actual fight versus a match.

I think this, in a rare case of 'I see where WWE are coming from', is a consequence of being more used to working for a live crowd over a TV audience. It's like a theatre actor vs a TV/film performer. Acting so the people in the cheap seats can get the emotion you're conveying doesn't mean you're a bad actor, but it can seem a bit much when you're in a big close-up in the third act of a romantic-comedy film vs on the stage doing Coward.

Of course, being WWE, their answer to this is 'have talent work in a tiny room for a handful of hardcore fans for 2 years' which definitely trains them to work for the people at home and not the ones in the room at all.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 02:12

Hirez: Feb 3, 2003; Weber scored 49 points?

Quantum of Phallus posted:

lol, good one!

lol

# ? Nov 2, 2020 02:12

KungFu Grip: Jun 18, 2008

Gaz-L posted:

I think this, in a rare case of 'I see where WWE are coming from', is a consequence of being more used to working for a live crowd over a TV audience. It's like a theatre actor vs a TV/film performer. Acting so the people in the cheap seats can get the emotion you're conveying doesn't mean you're a bad actor, but it can seem a bit much when you're in a big close-up in the third act of a romantic-comedy film vs on the stage doing Coward.

Of course, being WWE, their answer to this is 'have talent work in a tiny room for a handful of hardcore fans for 2 years' which definitely trains them to work for the people at home and not the ones in the room at all.

To be fair, Ilja was absolutely this over dramatic on the Indies as well

# ? Nov 2, 2020 02:26

ChrisBTY: Mar 29, 2012; this glorious monument

Neodoomium posted:

Paying the talent out of their downside for their streaming activity absolutely makes it sound like it will be compulsory when they restart it, which is definitely my idea of a good time.

I still can't loving process this. Where's the line guys?

# ? Nov 2, 2020 02:50

rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

ChrisBTY posted:

I still can't loving process this. Where's the line guys?

It doesn't exist.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 02:55

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

KungFu Grip posted:

To be fair, Ilja was absolutely this over dramatic on the Indies as well

That's sort of my point though, even ringside, that kind of overacting doesn't read the same as if you have a camera right in the worker's face.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 03:01

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

ChrisBTY posted:

I still can't loving process this. Where's the line guys?

According to Ciampa and a few others from the WWE roster, the line is blue. So Vince, in a stroke of genius, had the floors at Titan Tower be painted blue so the workers can't find the line anymore.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 05:26

ChrisBTY: Mar 29, 2012; this glorious monument

rare Magic card l00k posted:

It doesn't exist.

I know! I'm wondering when Vince just says 'gently caress it you're all slaves now. If you wanna be on national television you work for free with a smile on your face. If you try to contest the contract in court you'll fail because I'm rich and I buy the law. And then I will have Nia put you through a table 16 times in a row.'

# ? Nov 2, 2020 05:55

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

KungFu Grip posted:

J-ru the OP says last month was September

Man I was really loving firing on all cylinders when I posted this, huh? :doh:

KungFu Grip posted:

They never followed up on Gable killing the Shorty G name.

Also BIG E's exciting new world apart from the rest of New Day has consisted of... appearing on a Thunderdome screen watching Kofi and Xavier wrestle, and otherwise not appearing at all.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 06:17

Eat My Fuc: May 29, 2007

Big E and Sheamus had a good feud that culminated in a really solid falls count anywhere, but they need to get him a program soon. I want to see him against Keith Lee, Roman, Bryan, Sami, really almost any pairing right now. He�d even probably have a good feud with Corbin if it was 2 matches tops and E came out on top both times.

There�s unmined, limitless potential there but who knows what, or what they won�t do with it.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 06:34

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Eat My Fuc posted:

feud with Corbin .... 2 matches tops

Vince: I can do 10 times better than that, pal!

# ? Nov 2, 2020 06:36

the escape goat: Apr 16, 2008

KungFu Grip posted:

To be fair, Ilja was absolutely this over dramatic on the Indies as well

and it still totally owns. he's one of those workers that keeps me ever so slightly still interested in WWE against my will because he's such an intense weirdo.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 07:21

Cartridgeblowers: Jan 3, 2006; Super Mario Bros 3

So wait, did Austin Creed give in on the Twitch thing, too?

# ? Nov 2, 2020 07:45

Neodoomium: Jun 20, 2001; You are now hearing this
noise in your head.

He says it's temporary, but yeah, he also shut down his non-UUDD twitch channel

# ? Nov 2, 2020 07:49

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

New Day have revealed themselves to be such absolute cowards. :|

# ? Nov 2, 2020 07:58

Neodoomium: Jun 20, 2001; You are now hearing this
noise in your head.

WWE splitting up the New Day and then instantly loving it up was the most obvious call in history.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 08:09

Spiderdrake: May 12, 2001

Let's think about the top men's side faces in WWE
Drew just lost his title
Otis just lost lunch box
Big E just lost his friends
Chad Gable lol

# ? Nov 2, 2020 08:15

rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

I have to give Vince credit. For all the poo poo we give him, he's such a big deal that his wrestlers are willing to sell their rights to recreation for the honor of working for him.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 09:24

Marmaduke!: May 19, 2009; Why would it do that!?

Spiderdrake posted:

Let's think about the top men's side faces in WWE
Drew just lost his title
Otis just lost lunch box
Big E just lost his friends
Chad Gable lol

Is Riddle being positioned as a top face too? If so he lost his first name, keep the list going.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 09:28

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

Man that WALTER and Ilja match is so good. There's very little downtime too. Just them constantly beating the poo poo out of each other.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 09:47

MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

Marmaduke! posted:

Is Riddle being positioned as a top face too? If so he lost his first name, keep the list going.

Ricochet lost his dignity

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Hirez: Feb 3, 2003; Weber scored 49 points?

Would you rather be Ricochet, ~~Shorty G~~Chad Gable, or in Retaliation?!

# ? Nov 2, 2020 15:07

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

Hirez posted:

Would you rather be Ricochet, ~~Shorty G~~Chad Gable, or in Retaliation?!

Is this a game of gently caress, marry, kill?

# ? Nov 2, 2020 15:20

KungFu Grip: Jun 18, 2008

Cartridgeblowers posted:

So wait, did Austin Creed give in on the Twitch thing, too?

Yes, so now WWE is doing this

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1323301344866979840?s=19

# ? Nov 2, 2020 17:47

Golden Bee: Dec 24, 2009; I came here to chew bubblegum and quote 'They Live', and I'm... at an impasse.

I�ll be fine being ricochet or Chad, I�ll use my same furniture because I�m short.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 17:55

Sydney Bottocks: Oct 15, 2004; Can't post for 32 days!

Just checking in to see how Peyton Royce's big singles push is going

# ? Nov 2, 2020 18:19

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

she absolutely killed someone (Lacey?) with her spinning snap brainbuster thing which looked loving great

so naturally she's now teaming with Lacey and losing the last spot on Team Raw to loving Lana

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Invalid Validation: Jan 13, 2008

Haha $125 for 2 minutes with Xavier.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 19:10

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

Those meet and greets aren't new. They've been doing them for a while now since COVID. It takes the place of the in person meet and greets they do for live events.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 19:21

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Oh. Oh boy.

https://twitter.com/TerraCalaway/status/1323325503521120261?s=20

# ? Nov 2, 2020 20:09

Invalid Validation: Jan 13, 2008

He should be flattered, that�s just the kind of dumb redneck thing he�d do.

# ? Nov 2, 2020 20:13

pressedbunny: May 31, 2007; To A Brand New Galaxy

It's okay, he likes Randy Orton as well. (Though he's losing the battle for wall space.)

# ? Nov 2, 2020 20:40

Marmaduke!: May 19, 2009; Why would it do that!?

Hirez posted:

Would you rather be Ricochet, ~~Shorty G~~Chad Gable, or in Retaliation?!

I think that last one might get you in trouble with Keith Lee... (I'm probably getting the name wrong aren't I?)

# ? Nov 2, 2020 20:56

Golden Bee: Dec 24, 2009; I came here to chew bubblegum and quote 'They Live', and I'm... at an impasse.

They made a zombie AJ action figure or video game character once. Kept the tattoos. I was curious if those were the dates his children were born or came back to life.

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fatherofmustard: May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/yourqueenhann/status/1323342962357620740

# ? Nov 2, 2020 22:43

KungFu Grip: Jun 18, 2008

Invalid Validation posted:

Haha $125 for 2 minutes with Xavier.

My point is you could do basically a virtual meet n greet for like 3 hours or so with Creed on Twitch before they had him delete it

# ? Nov 3, 2020 02:23

Invalid Validation: Jan 13, 2008

Hell he�d probably get drunk with you for a whole night if you brought your switch and challenged him to smash bros or something.

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 08:32

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Raw Results 11/2:

Detailed Results here.
The Thunderdome is now "award-winning and critically acclaimed" according to WWE Commentary.
WWE Champion Randy Orton opened the show to say he was better than anyone and it didn't matter who his opponent was. Alexa Bliss came out and showed a glove that said "pain", and Drew McIntyre appeared and Claymore Kicked Orton.
Miz tried to cash in the Money in the Bank Briefcase but McIntyre returned and laid both him and John Morrison out. Backstage, Morrison challenged Drew to a handicap match against him and Miz tonight.
Jeff Hardy defeated Elias in a Guitar on a Pole match by pinfall after hitting Elias with the guitar but not breaking it. He then broke it after the match.
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (C) defeated Mandy Rose and Dane Brooke to retain the Women's Tag Team Titles. Lana was watching at ringside but didn't get put through a table this week.
United States Champion Bobby Lashley defeate 24/7 Champion R-Truth in a match where the 24/7 title wasn't on the line. Lashley beat up Drew Gulak postmatch and put him on top of R-Truth to make Gulak the new 24/7 Champion.
Lucha House Party got intimidated backstage by AJ Styles' giant bouncer Jordan Omogbehin.
Nia Jax was interviewed backstage and declared Lana should leave the Women's Raw Team for Survivor Series or have her career ended.
AJ Styles, Sheamus and Keith Lee argued about who should be captain of the Men's Raw Team for Survivor Series. Braun Strowman wanted to be put on the team and in charge of it, and Adam Pearce told him he needed to win a triple threat against Keith Lee and Sheamus to earn a spot on the team.
Braun Strowman won a triple threat match against Keith Lee and Sheamus to earn a sport on the team. There was a brawl postmatch with everybody but AJ Styles getting kicked out of the ring.
Angel Garza offered a rose to a "special lady" out there in the WWE universe. Good for him.
Drew McIntyre was interviewed backstage and said he wanted the Fiend to "wait in line"
On the Firefly Funhouse, Bray Wyatt said,"Oh poo poo."
Nia Jax defeated Lana in a singles match, then put her through the announce table.
R-Truth almost walked into The Hurt Business backstage and went the other way.
The New Day bickered with The Hurt Business during a VIP Lounge segment.
Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander defeated The New Day in a non-title match.
Nikki Cross met Alexa Bliss backstage and was shocked that Alexa has white and red eyes. Okay.
Ricochet defeated Tucker in less than a minute. Tucker got no entrance and is now wearing utterly generic black tights. Retribution showed up post-match and beat up both Tucker AND Ricochet.
Sheamus bumped into Drew McIntyre backstage and gave his support for Drew's mission to beat the poo poo out of Randy Orton.
Drew McIntyre defeated Miz and Morrison in a handicap match.
Randy Orton laid out Drew with an RKO, then the Fiend laughed to end the show.
GDT Discussion here.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Nov 3, 2020

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