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[Ithil]

HHH was a creepy looking kid.

 

[bean breath]

Do I need to tune into Raw?

If you don't mind an audience that doesn't #occupy Raw, then yes.

 

[Fox318]

Johnny Ace decimated them.

What is the talent they have developed that wasn't from indies?

Bray
Reigns
Usos??

 

[Alucard]

bean breath, I'm with you on calling people out for getting angry at fans cheering for a guy they like. Not everyone follows along on the internet or listens to smark podcasts. Let people cheer who they want. I may not understand it, but I'm not going to be angry if someone else likes someone I don't or am ho-hum towards.

 

[imBask]

HHH is great, he's just often his own worst enemy when it comes to booking and having a blind spot for his own programs/family/friends.

i'm just kidding anyway, i'm the biggest HHH mark in this thread

 

[Nelo Ice]

Well glad I decided to check out wrasslegaf after seeing one of a trending fb headline about raw and announcement. Don't know what it is but checking here and I got to see the interview just in time.

I'm legit shook that Trips actually buried himself.

 

[Mengetsu]

Taker with those wise words.

 

[The Shapesmith]

Yeah I concur I will never crap on someone for liking the wrestlers they like and cheering for them.

 

[Uno Venova]

Thank you bean breath for drawing my attention to all those posts where people were angry because real wrestling fans weren't booing the person they inexplicably need to have booed. Embarrassing.

Agreed.

 

[DMczaf]

Taker then told HHH

"Motherfucker, not everything is always about you!"

 

[bean breath]

Chink in the armor?

Damn, nice writing.

I was wondering if anyone would catch that.

 

[Fox318]

HHH is great. Only issue I have with him is the company is they have over protected him a ton and they rewrote history to make Degeneration X bigger than the nWo.

 

[Kaiterra]

So am I supposed to be taking from this HHH interview that WWE is willing to purposely make the on-screen story make no sense just to work the smarks who follow the behind the scenes drama? Wouldn't it be easier to just tell a story straight up and avoid that drama rather than trying to Russo everything up? My brain is seriously full of fuck.

 

[Officerrob]

I have a really hard time believing that.

November 2014:

- Here is a recent TV breakdown of viewership for WWE’s Raw, Smackdown, and Total Divas, courtesy of The Wrestling Observer.

* The average viewer (for the three shows) is 41.4 years old. The report indicates that viewership is getting older instead of younger.

* Audience viewership is 63% male. Total Divas skews number down a bit because it would be closer to 68% for just Raw and Smackdown.

* The viewership for three shows is less than 19% under the age of 17. 22% of the viewership is between 18 and 34, and 22% between 35 and 49. 37% is over the age of 50.

Credit: The Wrestling Observer

 

[Jimmy King]

Who would have thought RAW would be better than the podcast?

 

[imBask]

So I'm out of loop and have only recently started paying attention to we since rumble.

Are they playing the crowds reaction in rumble into the storyline or are they ignoring it?

the crowd wasn't as hostile tonight, so who knows

 

[Thorakai]

I would love it if the WWE were more willing to pull the curtain back on how shit gets done. Entrances, video packages, storyline meetings. Its a side that I really want explored in more detail.

 

[Fox318]

Taker then told HHH

"Motherfucker, not everything is always about you!"

Hunter screwed Hunter

 

[Ithil]

Why did "Banana" sound like it was dubbed in by someone else?

 

[Alucard]

How did Hunter bury himself? Not listening. Just following along with this thread.

 

[UberTag]

I like how they acted like they're the only show on TV that the viewers hate the writers when things don't go as the viewers like.

Clearly he hasn't watched The Simpsons lately.

 

[DMczaf]

"The kids in Florida"

Motherfucker, most of them are in their 30s with kids"

 

[Plywood]

Guys, was Raw good?

Did the shark show up?

 

[Deadly Joker]

How did Hunter bury himself? Not listening. Just following along with this thread.

He said he wouldn't have been ready for the push he was going to get at KotR 96.

 

[imBask]

How did Hunter bury himself? Not listening. Just following along with this thread.

he said he was booked to win KOTR in 1996 but he's glad he didn't because he wasn't ready and would've dropped the ball

 

[Fox318]

Who would have thought RAW would be better than the podcast?

Both were/are god tonight. I don't see the issue with the podcast so far.

 

[Officerrob]

The Vince podcast was insanely interesting, but this is pretty boring

 

[Ithil]

How did Hunter bury himself? Not listening. Just following along with this thread.

Said that looking back objectively, if he had been given the big planned push in 1996 he would have bombed, he wasn't ready even though he would have thought he was at the time.

 

[NYR]

I was wondering if anyone would catch that.

I'm disappointed I was the only one....

 

[Angry Grimace]

bean breath, I'm with you on calling people out for getting angry at fans cheering for a guy they like. Not everyone follows along on the internet or listens to smark podcasts. Let people cheer who they want. I may not understand it, but I'm not going to be angry if someone else likes someone I don't or am ho-hum towards.

Its gotten to the point where I'm not sure who's a "smark" and who's just a regular old mark.

 

[Uno Venova]

I was hoping NXT would get the spotlight in this podcast.

 

[Cagey]

I'm disappointed I was the only one....

It got a chuckle out of me.

 

[canadian crowe]

Chris Hero getting buried.

 

[Sephzilla]

HHH gave Angle the rub

 

[HOMEBOY OVER HERE]

stone cold's shirt is red

 

[zychi]

Angle mention!

Please bring him back H

 

[MG310]

Talking directly to Chris Hero.

 

[Fox318]

Jets mentioned

 

[The Shapesmith]

Mending fences with Angle with that answer maybe?

 

[kirblar]

Just say "Chris Hero"

 

[Thorakai]

chris hero berried

 

[Sou Da]

Trips making himself The Patriots, going over as fuck.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Smart booking by WWE with Reigns vs Bryan at Fastlane. They know Bryan will make Reigns look good and it is basically forcing the fans to choose who they like better between the two.

 

[Fox318]

Just say "Chris Hero"

 

[imBask]

NXT BABY

 

[MC Safety]

Who would have thought RAW would be better than the podcast?

Hunter is a poor subject because he's unable to answer a question briefly and succinctly. Every answer is a self-aggrandizing promotional. Stone Cold is content to let Helmsley go on without interruption.

 

[Sephzilla]

WRESTLING

 

[Alucard]

Gotta say, the post-Rumble programming coming out of the WWE has been pretty good and actually has me interested in Fast Lane. Smackdown was kind of blase, but Raw last week was cool, and this week's show had good matches, good mic time, and a lot of moving parts. I dug it. Been at least three months since I could say that. Probably more.

 

[Sou Da]

This in Japan?

 

[Fox318]

NXT NXT