slightconfuse
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I like swagger , Dutch seems to be a great influence on the guy . He needed that extra kick in the butt
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July Wrasslin |OT| The Rings a Field, the Field of War, Thats Where We Lay the Law
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I like swagger , Dutch seems to be a great influence on the guy . He needed that extra kick in the butt
Okay, so what do you do two weeks after that? Hell, what do you do the next night? We know you tuned in to see these big names, but they went home. Here's Khali and Zack Ryder dancing!
Fuck, man.
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Deleted member 47027
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Without either Lana or Zeb, this feud wouldn't be shit. Both of them have carried this feud and have been wonderful.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, you get VOD access until August 17th (a week after the tournament finishes) and the events will be up on demand within a few minutes of the broadcasts ending.
spindashing
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Other than that, I think I have been watching NXT more religiously than I have been watching RAW/Smackdown.
Bull Dempsey, man. Sure, he could use some time lifting heavy shit but I'm not sure why I mark for this guy.
Bull Dempsey, man. Sure, he could use some time lifting heavy shit but I'm not sure why I mark for this guy.
Stop it Orton is a company boy, swagger had to actually work up to make it as champ, only problem people had was his lisp ruining his persona, this is where dutch helps out.
Once Swag left it was clear they wanted to repackage him, this is where that Ron Paul Tea baggers stuff was all over the news
he then returns looking rugged with a beard people like it, vince gets the we the people persona going and he gets mayor buzz!
IMO they were going to make him world champ again but the arrest happened theirs also went any chance for a title run.
Looks like a fat wrestling fan cosplaying as a strongman wrestler, I don't get it.
BronsonLee
Member
It doesn't really matter.
Kind of enjoy the guy on the mic. I'll wait until he has a proper, competitive match before I pass judgement.
slightconfuse
Banned
I'm no business man but shouldn't the network free preview been this week and expire at 7:55 so you get the PPV pre show and might get the network for the main show?
hmmmm
Oh without a doubt Lana literally swallowed Rusev, remember when he used to have his own nationality gimmick?, look now he is carrying Russia flags and all that lol, the ravishing russian got more over and her gimmick was meshed with him.
Well to be fair, wrestling doesn't really matter. But in the context of creating a show people want to follow as opposed to watching once a year, doesn't it?
Right, but Wrestlemania is always going to have one or two matches that are designed specifically to pop the buyrate. As long as there are fun things throughout the show that will continue, it shouldn't matter.
British Monsoon
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Brock beats Rock, recruits other MMA douches (Chael, Barnett, Sappuuuu as the manager), forms a stable and terrorizes WWE until the next WrestleMania. I'd watch the shit out of that.
FlammableD
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The PPV is Sunday?! State of your build WWE.
HerbertFish
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No because the preshow is Cameron vs Naomi
What about Cena though?
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Deleted member 47027
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Sapp as a manager? Oh lord. He's still got it! Kinda.
British Monsoon
Member
He'd be the leader of Team Wrasslin' Good Guys that defeat Brock & his MMA Douches at Mania, obviously.
I'd pay good money to see him try and out-crazy Ric Flair.
BronsonLee
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No. It's about making you pay for Wrestlemania/The WWE Network. Hence why it's a 6 month thing. And if you don't get why they would throw such a match down at Wrestlemania, I can't help you.
I have no interest in arguing this point with you. Talk to Joe or someone else for that.
Guess that depends on each viewer's perception of fun. Hard to gauge.
They failed. Also, I wasn't asking for help.
spindashing
Banned
I guess it is the fact that he acts like big shit when he does look like a fat wrestling fan gets me. His google images don't help the fact. :lol
He really isn't that bad on the mic, but yeah, I should do the same.
Edit: Speaking of Sapp, I'm still mindblown that he worked for WCW many moons ago...
Avon Barksdale
Member
They would have to get wellness exemptions first.
Swagger was a company boy from the start as well. He didn't really have to work up to being champ. He debuted in late 2008 and was champ by Spring of 2010. And before that, he was given the ECW Championship within 3 months of being on TV. During his time in ECW, he was given show case matches with HHH and Cena on Raw. They won their first WHC in just about the same amount of days after debuting. He just never worked out as well as they had hoped and didn't have the same qualities as Orton to keep pushing him non-stop.
Yeah he's not to bad considering how raw he is, 10x better than Mojo at least.
He could get screwed by Steen turning up on NXT in couple of months though.
BronsonLee
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They literally just set the domestic PPV record with Wrestlemania 30.
God, between this and the Rihanna thing you are the dirt worst today. Chill the fuck out. There are plenty of alternatives to WWE if you so desire.
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Deleted member 47027
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Question for everyone, what do you usually watch each week? For instance...
I watch NXT every week. A PPV from WWE if one is up, I glance at Impact segments occasionally. Watch NJPW shows usually via VOD and I will watch Shimmer and Shine whenever I have time and they do a show. Usually watch Raw segments when encouraged via Review-A-Raw. Rarely touch SD ever. Watch probably two eps of old footage on the Network every week.
What's yours?
I watch NXT every week. A PPV from WWE if one is up, I glance at Impact segments occasionally. Watch NJPW shows usually via VOD and I will watch Shimmer and Shine whenever I have time and they do a show. Usually watch Raw segments when encouraged via Review-A-Raw. Rarely touch SD ever. Watch probably two eps of old footage on the Network every week.
What's yours?
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Hey, whoa, Bronson! Someone hold him back! I like both you guys and don't want backstage scuffling!
...what Rihanna thing
RAW. NXT maybe. PPV. One of the documentary / Legends deals on the Network maybe.
spindashing
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I watch NXT every week. I used to watch RAW every week in its entirety but these days I skim through it. I post seldomly when it's on. Impact, I may give a glance, but I don't think I've watched a full TNA episode in quite some time. The same goes for Smackdown.
I don't watch anything else, really.
I don't watch anything else, really.
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NXT is a very easy watch as well. 1 hour makes it easy.
That looks like a six year old game, and is. It still actually looks like Booker. WWE 2k14 looks like an 8 year old game, and it's a year old.
Which face is more similar to Vince's while feeding Cole WWE Network promos?
or
this one
Pretty much this.
It may be an hour but half of that hour feels like the most boring parts of RAW, so I can't call it an easy watch to be honest.
British Monsoon
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The only program I watch with any regularity is NXT - I sometimes skip through RAW, but usually don't bother. If there's a WWE PPV or NJPW/Dragon Gate iPPV then I'll watch that live as long as I don't have any work to do, while I also probably watch an hour or so of classic matches a night, either via the Network or random stuff from one of my HDD's. On an AJW kick at the moment, with the occasional Saturday Night's Main Event. I generally don't watch as much puro as I used to, partly because it's not as readily available as it once was and partly because few of the promotions are that interesting to me at present.
I'm allowed to think their direction is wrong, and trotting out a fuzzy-ass buyrate that includes network subscriptions so it won't look bad on paper isn't going to change my mind. A better product will. That Rihanna thing is such non-news, just like any other time she's been introduced to me. Sorry if that offends you or something. I don't care.
Anyway, you said you don't want to argue, so don't.
I casually watch RAW but I watch every Monday really. On Network I was watching legends House and Countdown depending if it's a list I am interested in. Legends of wrestling, almost out of that. Wrestlemania rewind here and there. NXT mostly the live events. And for sure the monthly PPVs.
I don't really watch Smackdown/Main Event or any indy stuff. TNA lol. not even for Brook.
So the only constant is RAW and PPVs really. And the PPV is now only a constant because of the network.
RAW about every week.
NXT every 2 or 3 weeks
Every new WWE PPV.
I catch up on NJPW PPVs when I can.
Smackdown if I'm feeling really fucking bored.
Lately I've been watching a lot of late 90's wrestling on the Network.
spindashing
Banned
Perfect length for it, really. Leaves you wanting more in the end: I haven't had that feeling with RAW in the longest time.
Oh, and I do make it in me to watch WWE PPVs. I don't remember ever skipping a PPV for years.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Just pretty much all NXT and AJPW at this point. Can't ever be disappointed in possibilities....
newdayrocks
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Agreed 100%. I was able to drop Hulu Plus and stop paying $55-65 for the monthly PPVs, in return for a $10/month payment, which gets me NXT, all PPVs, and the back library, which I've hardly scratched at this point.
I would happily pay $20/month for it, and wouldn't even bat an eye.
That just means they're good managers.
Again.Worth it for PPVs alone. But if you hate the product, there is pretty much no convincing. Nostalgia factor has limits.
Outside functionality issues I've been happy.