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[Sephzilla]

I'm dying to find out the tricks WWE will do once Balor heads over and his merch sells.

One of two things

A) Balor only gets one or two shirts

B) Cena gets a new shirt a week

 

[funkystudent]

At this stage I just want Cena to get back to the WWE title hunt and leave the younger talent alone.

He has a year of great matches but no one has come out looking good except for him.


Heck even his pandering to the Cesaro crowd is the exact same BS he has done in the past with Ziggler and Punk and Bryan.

 

[FlammableD]

I think it stands to reason that Kevin Owens fans are the type to buy shirts with multiple "Xs" in their size, and if you think about it, that means more fabric needed and a higher cost of production. Meanwhile Cena has fit families buying his shirts therefore yielding a higher return.

 

[Spider from Mars]

My ignore list is pure WrassleGaf....

bean breath
dr3upmushroom
dream
Heel
Perspicacity
Plywood
scabro
Spider from Mars
Vince McMahon
Vylash

Never used it before lately, but it makes browsing the thread much better.

Also, that extension that completely removes posts from people from your ignore list is boss.

I made the list! This is the who's who of wrasslegaf, just throw in a couple more people like my dear friend Titus and we are all set. Also, you remind me of someone who used to post here called Sandman, but he gave some long, rambling farewell that no one noticed or cared about and isn't here anymore.

 

[avengers23]

Just going by dirt sheets the last few years you'd think that merch sales are 80% of WWE's total revenue.

Based on the 2014 and 2013 financials, which are publicly available because it's a publicly traded company, most of its revenue is generated by TV distribution deals (which last multiple years), followed by live event gates, licensing, and home video sales. Venue merchandise is top 10, but it's not even close to TV rights fees.

 

[jmdajr]

I think it stands to reason that Kevin Owens fans are the type to buy shirts with multiple "Xs" in their size, and if you think about it, that means more fabric needed and a higher cost of production. Meanwhile Cena has fit families buying his shirts therefore yielding a higher return.

Seems fair!

 

[Sephzilla]

With the main event picture and ratings in the state they are in I'm surprised Cena didn't drop the belt to Owens and get rocketed back up into the Main Event.

 

[Cagey]

Should I feel offended that I didn't make that list?

I certainly do feel offended, but should I? I probably should. I need to put more work into this community. Star ratings for physiques from here on out.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

How do you guys type this kind of shit and still watch this program every week? You just said they don't want the WWE Champion to look too strong for fucks sake.

Honestly I think backseat booking and critiquing how it's booked is all a part of the appeal of the product at this point. It's why we will all watch even if it's shit, because ruen we can discuss how we'd do it better.

 

[Dick Justice]

It's pretty much the same thing that happened with Bork last year. Cena's merch sales supposedly dropped after Summerslam, so they immediately had him kinda get his win back at NOC the next month. I'd wager that it was also the case with the Wyatt and Rusev feuds, where he lost one match then proceeded to demolish the other guy in subsequent matches.

 

[klonere]

At this stage I just want Cena to get back to the WWE title hunt and leave the younger talent alone.

He has a year of great matches but no one has come out looking good except for him.

Rollins is pretty young!

Spoiler

Rollins isn't a real champ

 

[Sweeney Tom]

With the main event picture and ratings in the state they are in I'm surprised Cena didn't drop the belt to Owens and get rocketed back up into the Main Event.

They probably thought Owens was the problem

Or Seth, and that's why they tried to get Taker in to save him

 

[Liquidsnake]

So according to Meltzer, they decided to have Cena go over Owens twice in a row as a kneejerk reaction to his merch sales dropping after their first match.

And thus is the entire history of John Cena summed up in one f**k'n sentence.

 

[RellyRell28]

Honestly I think backseat booking and critiquing how it's booked is all a part of the appeal of the product at this point. It's why we will all watch even if it's shit, because ruen we can discuss how we'd do it better.

Soooo you want it to suck so you can critique it.

*shrugs*

 

[klonere]

John Cena is a dangerous drug

 

[Sephzilla]

I do really wish WWE had some legitimate competition though. Late 90's Vince wouldn't accept these kind of ratings

 

[avengers23]

John Cena is a dangerous drug

Especially when you're using it to brush your mouth like Colgate.

 

[Liquidsnake]

Owens psychology is phenomenal, and shows you hes been doing this for a while. It doesn't seem forced. I am so impressed with him.

 

[FlammableD]

Really puts a nail in the coffin of the NXT "revolution". Call ups aren't worth their fucking trouble if that's the attitude.

 

[Heel]

I think it stands to reason that Kevin Owens fans are the type to buy shirts with multiple "Xs" in their size, and if you think about it, that means more fabric needed and a higher cost of production. Meanwhile Cena has fit families buying his shirts therefore yielding a higher return.

Here's the thing, though. Kevin Owens wears a compression shirt under his t-shirt in the ring.

http://shop.wwe.com/Austin-"Smoking-Skull"-Under-Armour-Compression-T-Shirt/13489,default,pd.html

That's premium apparel with a high margin. WWE left money on the table.

 

[RP912]

Especially when you're using it to brush your mouth like Colgate.

I heard it lays your ass DAWON for the three second tan.

 

[DMczaf]

So according to Meltzer, they decided to have Cena go over Owens twice in a row as a kneejerk reaction to his merch sales dropping after their first match.

They do understand they get a cut of Owens merch too, right ??

 

[slightconfuse]

Really puts a nail in the coffin of the NXT "revolution". Call ups aren't worth their fucking trouble if that's the attitude.

Would help if they arnt fed to a legend or Cena upon arriving

 

[Professor Beef]

Owens psychology is phenomenal, and shows you hes been doing this for a while. It doesn't seem forced. I am so impressed with him.

You're also impressed with Jerry Lynn, so your taste is suspect.

 

[RP912]

Jerry Lynn was awesome in The Wrestler.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

if taker's 'mystique' is gone, then they should just have his retirement match be against kane, they both beat the crap out of each other to a double KO, the druids come out and take away both bodies and no one sees either ever again~

100% agreeance

 

[DMczaf]

Raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BP1_1DpeBE

****
Also, I am tired of Brock's offense being ONLY Germans. It's so boring, and he can actually wrestle!

If they are going with this suplex city thing, it would be awesome if Brock started doing like 50 different suplexes

 

[Professor Beef]

They do understand they get a cut of Owens merch too, right ??

You look at how big Owens is and tell me anyone gets a cut of anything with him around.

 

[Frecklestein]

Jerry Lynn was awesome in The Wrestler.

is that who mickey rourke played

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

At this stage I just want Cena to get back to the WWE title hunt and leave the younger talent alone.

He has a year of great matches but no one has come out looking good except for him.


Heck even his pandering to the Cesaro crowd is the exact same BS he has done in the past with Ziggler and Punk and Bryan.

People keep talking about how this is the best Cena's been in years. However the only thing that's changed is that he's consistently been given 20 minute matches on RAW with the best in-ring workers in the company. The only noticeable difference with Cena himself is that he's added a load of shitty looking indie moves to his repertoire; outside of that it's the same no selling, the same shitty character, the same lack of storytelling and the same leeching off of talent.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

I do really wish WWE had some legitimate competition though. Late 90's Vince wouldn't accept these kind of ratings

Hahahhaha. "Legitimate competition"

Knowing what we know now about WCW's history, seeing how incompetent everybody running that shitshow was, seeing how incompetent Heyman and ECW's management was, seeing how incompetent Dixie and Jarrett was/is, seeing how incompetent Gabe Sapolsky was, the Rottens, ICP, etc. etc. etc.

WWE's never had legitimate competition. Vince is insane, and yeah, probably a moron too, but that just says more about how idiotic everyone else who tried to step to him even a little bit was. It's been decades. We don't need to sugarcoat it: nobody smart is gonna overthrow Vince and topple WWE with a new god king US wrestling company, because in the US, everybody smart avoids wrestling entirely.

 

[DMczaf]

You look at how big Owens is and tell me anyone gets a cut of anything with him around.

Fat jokes??? You're better than this Beef.

 

[Liquidsnake]

You're also impressed with Jerry Lynn, so your taste is suspect.

Jerry Lynn circa 1996-1999 was a hell of a worker. A hell of a worker. He was a good "Mechanic" as SCSA would say.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Here's the thing, though. Kevin Owens wears a compression shirt under his t-shirt in the ring.

http://shop.wwe.com/Austin-"Smoking-Skull"-Under-Armour-Compression-T-Shirt/13489,default,pd.html

That's premium apparel with a high margin. WWE left money on the table.

Actually, I don't think they can sell Owens' girdle he has on. I got a good peek of it yesterday when Cena slapped one of his titties and the shirt came up.

 

[Frecklestein]

You look at how big Owens is and tell me anyone gets a cut of anything with him around.

kevin owens needs a guy ferrari gimmick

 

[Deleted member 47027]

You look at how big Owens is and tell me anyone gets a cut of anything with him around.

He couldn't even get his game streaming working. He went to Sony's offices, all hyped up and ready to work with them for a "vertical slice" but abandoned the project as soon as he found out it wasn't edible.

 

[Frecklestein]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

 

[klonere]

Up to Ep 12 of LU

Why isn't Brian Cage in WWE? Isn't he Vince's fantasy, maybe an inch or two off being the perfect Double U Double U E Superstar?

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Up to Ep 12 of LU

Why isn't Brian Cage in WWE? Isn't he Vince's fantasy, maybe an inch or two off being the perfect Double U Double U E Superstar?

He's clearly doing drugs, there's no possible way it could be hidden with him. 2brazen4WWE

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

I like the Bray Wyatt one. I can stick it in my room and it looks great, but doesn't look like a WWE Standee. Best Standee I'd ever bought, and that's really the best part is that it doesn't look like a trucker cap. It's just well-made and might just be a random food service butcher for all other people might know.

 

[RP912]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

Dead at the Miz being half price off.

 

[Jimmy King]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

I haven't read any of the reviews yet, but I see the Bellas are 2 for the price of 1, and Miz is heavily discounted, so those are viable options.

 

[Professor Beef]

Jerry Lynn circa 1996-1999 was a hell of a worker. A hell of a worker. He was a good "Mechanic" as SCSA would say.

So 4 years where he did anything worth a damn? Lynn is awful. His entire being is "I had a match with RVD." He's the template for "broken down, drug addicted conman."

 

[oo7]

That technique

 

[pantsattack]

I think I might buy a The New Day shirt if I catch it on sale sometime. Good graphic and generic tagline. Once I take the WWE Authentic Wear tag off it'll be #safe.

 

[Serpentine]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

texting my friend to see if he wants go half on a Miz standee

 

[jmdajr]

First time I saw Lynn was against RVD. Never seen a match like that before.

So was that really his peak? The match against RVD where he got his head rocked?

 

[Heel]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

Paige's standee only got 4 stars?

If I had to guess, the dimensions weren't perfect, or at least what he had imagined them to be, but he made due.

 

[Menome]

Which WWE standee would you guys buy

That standee is the only way Miz could be physically flattened any further after Big Show's sucker punch last night.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I think I might buy a The New Day shirt if I catch it on sale sometime. Good graphic and generic tagline. Once I take the WWE Authentic Wear tag off it'll be #safe.

I cut the NXT tag off of my Ascension shirt. Nobody would take me seriously if they knew it was a WWE shirt. Lucky for me the Ascension are way cooler than WWE itself.