What would be the difference between being fed to Roman and being fed to Okada?
He deserves way better. He deserves BJW.
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January Wrasslin' |OT2| Big Month Meltz
- Thread starter Biggest-Geek-Ever
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He deserves way better. He deserves BJW.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Didn't Recall just quit and call us inept
Golden rule of the universe is when one leaves, another must replace
Ladies and Gentlemen, the GAF WRESTLING FEDERATION is back!
What is the GWF?
WrassleGAF members compete in simulated matches in WWE 2k17. It's a fake wrestling, only faker. It's purely for fun and something we can all laugh about.
How do I enter?
Send me, Sephzilla, a PM with the following information. Then I will create awrestler NeoGAF Sports Entertainer in game for you. Just be warned that I might take a few creative liberties with your appearance and entrance. Also, I'm going to try to keep movesets mostly simply (aka, mostly movesets of existing wrestlers), because otherwise it will take an eternity to make everyone.
Is anything else involved?
Beyond entering? No. Just show up to watch! Maybe have some fun little smack talk too.
Where will we be able to watch this?
On Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/sephzilla
There will likely be Youtube archives as well
Can I tune in even if I'm not in it?
Absolutely. We need to see who's actually a draw around here!
When will we be able to watch this?
I'm tentatively planning on this being a once a month event type deal. Doing it weekly might ruin the novelty of it, plus there's already enough weekly wrestling to watch. I'll let you know when the first GWF show will happen and then we'll go from there.
How are matches/booking determined?
Any joking smack talk between GAF members could provoke a match at a GWF Special Event! I don't have influence over how WWE 2k17's shitty AI works, so the winner/losers are random and unpredictable.
Misc. Information
I'm probably going to cap the size of GWF to 20 or so people, at least for now, because if it gets too big it might get hard to manage. I'm going to take overflow entrants though, so fear not. Also, I don't mean to sound exclusive, but I'm probably going to give preference towards WrassleGAF members who post more frequently versus lurkers when it comes to making the roster. Consider that incentive to post more! We're good people!
Should I take this stuff seriously?
No, this is for fun!
What is the GWF?
WrassleGAF members compete in simulated matches in WWE 2k17. It's a fake wrestling, only faker. It's purely for fun and something we can all laugh about.
How do I enter?
Send me, Sephzilla, a PM with the following information. Then I will create a
-- Who's your favorite wrestler. This will help me determine what your wrestler's move set will be. I'd probably prefer if you name an active one though. Preferably a WWE one too. Just because it makes assigning moves easier for me. But if you hate making it easy for me, name some obscure guy.
-- What is your finishing move?
-- Do you want to be a face (good guy) or heel (bad guy)? Note: This can change over time
-- What is your GAF avatar? This will help with what your appearance will be
-- Any other miscellaneous information you want included, like if you want to tag team with someone
Is anything else involved?
Beyond entering? No. Just show up to watch! Maybe have some fun little smack talk too.
Where will we be able to watch this?
On Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/sephzilla
There will likely be Youtube archives as well
Can I tune in even if I'm not in it?
Absolutely. We need to see who's actually a draw around here!
When will we be able to watch this?
I'm tentatively planning on this being a once a month event type deal. Doing it weekly might ruin the novelty of it, plus there's already enough weekly wrestling to watch. I'll let you know when the first GWF show will happen and then we'll go from there.
How are matches/booking determined?
Any joking smack talk between GAF members could provoke a match at a GWF Special Event! I don't have influence over how WWE 2k17's shitty AI works, so the winner/losers are random and unpredictable.
Misc. Information
I'm probably going to cap the size of GWF to 20 or so people, at least for now, because if it gets too big it might get hard to manage. I'm going to take overflow entrants though, so fear not. Also, I don't mean to sound exclusive, but I'm probably going to give preference towards WrassleGAF members who post more frequently versus lurkers when it comes to making the roster. Consider that incentive to post more! We're good people!
Should I take this stuff seriously?
No, this is for fun!
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
What happened to Dana Brooke and Eva Marie?
They're not the biggest audience though. They're just the loudest.
Vince: As many as it takes goddamnit!
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Eva's filming a movie, Dana is...somewhere backstage presumably.
Bluekaveli
Member
Fuck the Rumble
Do you think regular human beings watch this garbage?
sf2fanatic
Member
Rusev needs to break character and just smash on KO or Horricho or someone that is upper tier. Get notice
True, but you do have to keep yourself relevant, or be permanently relevant by being as pushed and over as Goldberg in a previous company that's on WWE's level.
It's no mean feat. Like I can't see Wade coming back and being pushed to the moon, as much as I would love to see that.
Ratings are down so low that they likely are the biggest percentage left. At least of the people old enough to actually pay for a Network. It's not our fault the casual adult viewer was driven away.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
They can pull a Cody and do bad matches against stars for a year or two
Bluekaveli
Member
Guys on here writing essays again? Ffs.
WWE biggest fans base are dudes in there 30 who been watching for year, they also spend the most money. If you most hardcore and most devoted fans don't like a guy then don't book him.
Kids do. Non-Americans do. Lots of people do.
But that's the thing. Your opinions -- or those like yours -- seem to have formed to be a counterweight to other people's opinions. Which is just the lamest thing. It's no better than the hiveminder who hates Roman because his internet friends do and he just wants to fit in.
What I'm saying is we all need to be more like the Z-Man.
Barrage
Member
Exactly. Last night had a mix of casual and lapsed fans as well as hardcore ones, and it's why that crowd was hyped about the Orton RKO and Final Elimination.
by lots do you mean objectively less than ever? because that's the truth
less and less of them as time goes on
Bluekaveli
Member
"But the kids.... They love this shit!"
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I get Recall's sentiment though he reacted too harshly on heightened emotions.
To his point, I've been lurking since the election but not enough to participate or follow any discussions between that time and now around any of the PPVs. It's a mindfuck to unplug from the internet, watch a show, go "not bad" only to come here and then find a fucking building lit on fire on a forum about what garbage said show was. Mob mentality is a thing and the biggest problem, from a bird's eye view, is that bad habits are hard to break. The pessimism that fills the lines here tend to be just that: bad habits.
With that said, I don't mind criticism at all, as long as it furthers a discussion.
Lastly, I will say I have not been perfect in this endeavor.
you're the first official talent acquisition!
Can't argue that Orton definitely got a decent reaction after winning.
But the issue is, what realistic program can you think of will be exciting as the main event of WrestleMania that has Randy Orton, "in 2017"? With great booking, yeah, it can certainly be done. But it's WWE. They are going to go with the worst booking option available to them.
Bluekaveli
Member
The Rumble about to kill WrassleGAF lmfao! Vince's plan the whole time.
I form my opinions based on how I feel and I call out other opinions that I think are based in bullshit. I like a lot of the same things that smarks do. I'm specifically calling out the irrational hate for Roman and the persecution complex that certain fans have - not as a counterweight but as my genuine reaction to their behavior.
He's like Jeff Jarret in TNA then. Just without the power!
He shouldn't be forced down everyones throat for every single week for 4 years and maybe people won't gag. It's that simple.
What's really nonsense is that people act like kids wouldn't get behind someone adults like.
The only reason kids get behind Reigns and Cena are because they're pushed to look great.
But kids are dumb and will like anything you tell them to.
That's why they're Vince's target audience.
The only reason kids get behind Reigns and Cena are because they're pushed to look great.
But kids are dumb and will like anything you tell them to.
That's why they're Vince's target audience.
i'll show you power, just get in that ring
Hmm? It's the usual people that don't agree with people getting upset by this kind of booking, and new faces I don't even recognize.
We good fam.
He was the Ridgeley to Martel's Michael
I'm using it as a pejorative. It doesn't mean what it used to.
On my way over to play.
Aren't you late to an appointment to be rolled up? Oh wait, never mind
*rolls up Blue*
Back to business as usual!
This is it right here. Every fucking person has access to the internet and reads r/squaredcircle or whatever dirt sheets. No one is a true mark besides 5 year olds.
My man, they are packing the PC with indie darlings, launched a division full of small flippy dudes, had AJ fucking Styles, the god of the indies anchor one of their TV shows for half a year, had Kevin Owens and Finn Balor win the Raw title, turned their developmental into ROH 2.0, Cena works like a PWG main eventer, ran a tournament solely for the smarky as fuck UK market and on and on
The smark audience keeps the whole ship running during non-Mania season when botox nightmare Taker or yer dad Goldberg or whoever isn't around and in Mania season they pay thousands of dollars to sit in expensive ass seats, while subbing to the Network all the while.
They are a large, lucrative and very important audience for the WWE and WWE's hiring and match style policies reflect this.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
The final two of the Rumble in 2017 were Orton and Reigns
Reigns has been in the final three for the last 4 Rumbles
Reigns has only been in 4 Rumbles
Both won the Rumble, have main evented Mania, and have won or defended championships at Mania, before
And after even pushing all that aside, you're left with "people wouldn't have been happy Orton won the Rumble in 2017 on its own, hmm let's have him eliminate Reigns last because then it won't be the worst option", which is not a decision you should ever find yourself having to make if you're doing a good job running things
There's a lot to be deservedly pessimistic about [if you're a WWE fan (in a post-Trump world I can't imagine why one would publicly admit to being that but okay)]
Reigns has been in the final three for the last 4 Rumbles
Reigns has only been in 4 Rumbles
Both won the Rumble, have main evented Mania, and have won or defended championships at Mania, before
And after even pushing all that aside, you're left with "people wouldn't have been happy Orton won the Rumble in 2017 on its own, hmm let's have him eliminate Reigns last because then it won't be the worst option", which is not a decision you should ever find yourself having to make if you're doing a good job running things
There's a lot to be deservedly pessimistic about [if you're a WWE fan (in a post-Trump world I can't imagine why one would publicly admit to being that but okay)]
Dadberg is great (for a 50 year old nostalgia guy). The booking being given to him is not.
Barrage
Member
Of course it does. Last night in particular had a completely different feel if you follow Meltzer and the dirt sheets or not.
The Rumble winner was a true and absolute surprise, storyline wise. Yet our expectations and responses were tampered because we read Meltzer and the booking odds.
there are still lines in the sand, even if you know wrestling is fake.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
BronsonLee
Member
Everyone who said Dadberg in this thread owes me royalties
Funny thing is, I bet there was a legitimate sense of surprise for casual fans when Orton won also because they have no idea what he's up to on TV currently. The average person can't be fucked to watch more than one WWE program.