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August Wrasslin |OT| The Sunday of Summer
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the amount of people who think Total Divas isn't a shoot is shocking
Marvel
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avengers23
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I am through one chapter of Bravely Default, and I can see what the game's progression will be. It doles out the classes, which is the game's appeal, too slowly. It's too easy to just set the game to auto-combat or spam Bravely to get through combat, which is the other crux of the game. So, classes are distributed too slowly, combat's in general boring, half of the main characters are bland baby faces, and the story is flat. The social function with the rebuilding town is nothing more than a Facebook clicker game. It made me wonder why I was playing it at all.
brisk tacos
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That's literally a shoot, bro.
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Deleted member 47027
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Mick Foley finally talking about something important. I'm on board. I agree.
real_slime
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i enjoy people saying they don't push new stars and all that
seth rollins has the WWE AND the fucking US title right now. he's a heel yes but god damn, this dude is pinning the company together with his wrestling skills.
he needs some promo catchphrases though!
seth rollins has the WWE AND the fucking US title right now. he's a heel yes but god damn, this dude is pinning the company together with his wrestling skills.
he needs some promo catchphrases though!
There's so many wrestling fans that need to read this. Mick is probably the realest dude in this entire business.
real_slime
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word, friend
...real_slime
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seth is randy except not as cool and waaaay better in the ring
I dunno, I see him more as the Indy Triple H to be honest...
FlammableD
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Storytelling doesn't have to be complex, and you just provided what ought to be on every Writer's Room for wrasslin' writers. If you deviate too far from those cores, your story may end up with a ton of holes with it or confusing motivations.
real_slime
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i think that's only cos of the booking, he doesn't really resemble triple h at all
Mick has always been a huge supporter for women's rights.
Also does a good deal to call some attention to autism (due to his son), which is nice.
Mick is a great guy, I don't always agree with him on matters of booking and storylines, but as a human being he is amazing.
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Well what I meant was for once he's not whining about the results of a PPV, heh. It's refreshing.
He is good folks and the work he does is good, even if I don't like his character or his comedy, it's obvious he wants the world to be a better place and I'll be a fan of him being a human being.
real_slime
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mick has always been a good guy, that's why he's regularly on mainstream tv and shows. but he usually talks about some niche bullshit like his santa claus thing on the WTF podcast and nobody cares.
this is actively important to wwe's booking and to our entertainment so it's a good point.
this is actively important to wwe's booking and to our entertainment so it's a good point.
I mean a younger Trips before the bulk. Of course not gimmick wise, but workrate wise it's almost the same.
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UKFF has a 42 page thread about how much they hate Foley.
Every Year Mick Raffles off a mania weekend trip for Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
And their contribution to society is...what?
FlammableD
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Fuck if I know.
real_slime
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I mean a younger Trips before the bulk. Of course not gimmick wise, but workrate wise it's almost the same.
i mean more like triple h never got that over for his in ring stuff, cos he's only 'good' not great, but seth is great and he's getting over despite his immense heel booking. it's a totally different dynamic.
i think seth is a huge face waiting to happen.
Sibersk Esto
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I know Total Divas is a work, but if it came out that it was all a shoot I wouldn't be surprised purely because wrestlers are mostly really weird people.
True. Despite the chicken shit heel gimmick, Seth is a natural in the ring. His Summerslam performance was amazing. I just hope that the title reign last a few more months because Rollins made me a believer that night.
FlammableD
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Oh, shit, BOLA's this weekend
sf2fanatic
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Just no fan voting. IMO ruined this season.
The HHH feud is going to be legendary. A face turn for the ages.
I don't understand why WWE keeps pushing these garbage ass trashy reality shows with no substance, but won't pump out the stuff that are critically acclaimed. Such as documentaries, behind the scenes stuff, and things that actually make the company look...good. Instead of a sleazy miserable place of employment.
Reality shows are so 2005.
Reality shows are so 2005.
Pedigree on a pole match at TLC.
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Reality TV is still good television. I love Total Divas and I ain't ashamed.
Get on board the TD train, pal.
It's because they're behind the times. Their Divas Revolution is acting like this is the first time women in sports has ever been a thing.
reality shows are cheap as shit to produce
Nobody watches those documentaries, aside from the few hardcore fans. The sleazy stuff is cheap to produce and gets more viewers. It just makes sense.
Yes, it's just good old fun. A bit pissed Ariane and Vinny are gone from this season though, hope they come back.
We should all set a time and place to meet and eat before the show.
I been tapped out of Total Divas. It made Bryne look like a chump and exposing too much of the business.
Sibersk Esto
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FlammableD
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I'm not going :'(
They don't care about the business anymore though - they care about getting as much exposure as possible. TD gets them TMZ column space, gossip column space, etc. They crave the mainstream media attention - see ESPN and Summerslam.
If they cared about the business, it'd probably be a much smoother and tighter operation on the main TV programmes.
If they cared about the business, it'd probably be a much smoother and tighter operation on the main TV programmes.
brisk tacos
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Reality shows are cheap and easy to produce and shows like TE and TD are trying to appeal to a different demographic than the audience that watches Raw every and buys wrestling docs on bluray. They do pump out the docs. They've been doing 2-4 big documentary projects a year for about a decade now. They also have an ongoing doc series on the Network. I'm sure the producers of 30 for 30 would tell you that making a trashy reality show would be a lot easier than the time and effort they put into each doc in that series.
Also, some of the biggest shows on cable are reality shows. They're bigger than ever.
Pretty much. The whole Divas Revolution storyline was failure on arrival. Sasha, Char, and Becky were booked wrong and was stepping stools to make the Bellas look credible. It's just a complete mess and probably the closest thing to "Brawl For All" levels of failure. It's a shame.
I see that point. Why put effort into a documentaries that have footage already available, when you can produce Jackass knockoffs for the lulz.
I'll only fully support this if/when Seth does a
I mean a younger Trips before the bulk. Of course not gimmick wise, but workrate wise it's almost the same.
Problem is they just want any kind of "mainstream" attention whatsoever. They want to have better deals with their sponsors and better ad rates from USA, yet they aren't doing anything to fix the low brow reputation they have that's causing them to get low ad rates and lower deals.
Putting on all those trashy reality shows, grabbing as many D list celebs as they can with a few exceptions (like Jon Stewart, who is a fan), appealing to the lowest common denominator, touting those shitty direct to DVD movies as some kind of incredible feat, there's nothing saying they have to do all this.
Putting on all those trashy reality shows, grabbing as many D list celebs as they can with a few exceptions (like Jon Stewart, who is a fan), appealing to the lowest common denominator, touting those shitty direct to DVD movies as some kind of incredible feat, there's nothing saying they have to do all this.
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