Hot Coldman
Banned
Punk as Casey Jones, though... I'd watch those Liebman TMNT films if that happened.
CM Punk tells all about walking out of WWE (podcast)
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That and his commentary's been mediocre since 2001 when Heyman left the booth. I mean post Heyman, he's been the drizzling shits except for a handful of matches. And before that he was the talent guy who made some fucking awful decisions re: who got hired. So I lack any sympathy for him.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
bullshit his commentary stayed aces until AT LEAST 2007
ChosenPredator
Banned
wasn't he stuck with his wife and had some terrible match with kane after mania? that is probably the reason why. WWE doesn't think past the present day.
The guy was confusing Benoit and Jericho in 2000.
I mean yes, he was better than the rest. But that's hardly a sign of quality when you've got Jerry Lawler there.
Their logic is probably that Bryan got that anger therapy stuff over, so why wouldn't he be able to get that booking over?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
And of course, no one in the WWE bothered to realize that the way Bryan was written during the doctor shelby stuff was completely different than being Cena-lite after Mania
Same thing happened to Sheamus.
His feud with The Big Show was fucking awful story wise, but in-ring they killed it. I get the sense most their talent would work better with a minimalist 'training package' build to matches.
Buckethead
Banned
And get her ass kicked to boot.
Uh, buys decreased from WM 29 to WM 30 because of the Network launching.
mercenar1e
Member
he got fired because of the video game press conference. a drunk ric flair was the best part about it.
Which anyone could have told her. When your name is attached to pro wrestling, you're not getting a high profile gig like that.
.....and before anyone brings up Jesse Ventura, that doesn't count as Minnesota is a bunch of weirdos.
Didn't Flair say during it that he was the reason why John Cena drinks a 6-pack every day?
Ric Flair is a crazy, crazy human being.
mercenar1e
Member
yeah.. something about Cena never drinking a sip but now hes drinking after every show.
Yep. He said Cena avoided alcohol then when he was around flair for extended time he picked up his drinking habit
Professor Beef
Banned
God damn Ric Flair.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Whats that from
Yeah, go say it to his face and he'll chop your chest until it's beat red.
When linda lost her first election. Vince was crying like a baby. No one else. Just him.
Edit: It was in her second attempt in 2012. Here is the video.
Professor Beef
Banned
Oh please, I could blow on him and he'd start bleeding.
DoktorEvil
Banned
He's crying because he dropped 100 million dollars on those campaigns.
Professor Beef
Banned
Id be crying too, I won't lie.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yeah, I'd be wailing like a baby
TunaMarshmallow
Member
Is there any chance this is all a work, given that Punk needed the time to heal anyway?
funkystudent
Member
How bad did Lind lose those elections anyway?
I hope it was by a lot.
And if it was a work this would be the best long term booking ever. I would not expevt such a thing from a company that is about to debut a stable of shuckin and jivin black guys even with recent stories in the US.
I hope it was by a lot.
And if it was a work this would be the best long term booking ever. I would not expevt such a thing from a company that is about to debut a stable of shuckin and jivin black guys even with recent stories in the US.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
There is no chance this is a work. He has future projects down the line and even without that made the WWE management look like a bunch of incompetent boobs on such a scale that news outlets are reporting it
She didn't stand a chance in either one. She outspend the other guy by a fucking mile and still lost by a wide margin both times.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
All Dat Cena money down the drain.
55% v 43% both times
Zero.
Can't get this to download on iTunes.
Earlier it messed up the entire feed for the podcast with a 999 error and right now I'm getting 502 error.
It remains listed in my feed but with an exclamation point next to the episode, but when going to the podcast page on the store, the latest episode showing is 225 instead of 226.
Could it be this was removed or is this just a problem with the feed? :-/
Earlier it messed up the entire feed for the podcast with a 999 error and right now I'm getting 502 error.
It remains listed in my feed but with an exclamation point next to the episode, but when going to the podcast page on the store, the latest episode showing is 225 instead of 226.
Could it be this was removed or is this just a problem with the feed? :-/
Ninja Scooter
Member
Once you start talking about incompetent doctor's misdiagnosing injuries and concussions WWE would have to be incredibly stupid to bring things like that into a work...which means there's a chance it's a work.
TheXfactor
Member
so? They were going to decrease anyway without the rock, plus the network underperformed too. He wasn't the most amazing draw, he did have loud as crap crowds though.
Vince hates southerners
Ninja Scooter
Member
Goldberg was the Ryback of his day.
I remember Colt sharing some pretty harsh words on his podcast towards Linda McMahon when he received some mail (that he suspected that a random fan signed him up for to troll him) thanking him for his support of her running for senate. Wish I remember which episode it was from, but it kind of went something like "Fuck you and your company for crushing my dream."
s_mirage
Member
I wonder if there could be more fallout down the line from this too. CM Punk's account seems to suggest that WWE lied to investors about his status. Not the kind of thing someone would want to be suggesting if it was all a work.
She lost by 10+% in both elections. As a CT resident, I can tell you that her ads were on TV and the radio A LOT.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I honestly felt Vince held JR time with WCW against him sometimes
Ninja Scooter
Member
The medical stuff is what could really get the WWE in hot water if it blows up. Could be a repeat of the steroid stuff in the early 90s steroid trial.
This is what happens when your business is so insulated and operates like some kind of dysfunctional Jerry Springer family. So many guys that become wrestlers have probably dreamed of doing this since they were 5 years old. A lot of them start doing it when they are teenagers and don't finish school or develop any sort of fallback plan. At some point despite all the injuries and health scares what other choice do they have but to come crawling back to Vince and co? There are few viable alternatives. They probably don't have any other employable skills. The fortunate ones are the ones that were so big that they made a lot of money in a short time span and took care of it. I doubt very many fall in that category.
The fun part is they are currently being sued by several investment agencies for lying in their quarterly conference calls about the pay they were supposed to get from TV deals (which fell way way short, but inflated stock prices by a lot).
Onion_Relish
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Not that this isn't mostly correct, but this really undercuts what a presence Goldberg was back in the day. The only thing a 13 year old would have liked more than seeing boobs for the first time was watching Goldberg jackhammer the Giant. When it happened, it was fucking outrageous and probably one of the all time mark out moments.
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