Liquidsnake
Banned
It Is pure garbage. I can't believe that THQ or what ever made a better game.
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It Is pure garbage. I can't believe that THQ or what ever made a better game.
jinxthejiv
Member
My thought is, if your company can be fucked by one specific person being run over by a bus, you have a problem.
Cena could be hit by a car tomorrow, break both his legs and his hips and be gone for 18 months, and they would absolutely fucked.
Brock's too expensive to be there full time, Undertaker, HHH, Sting, etc are too old (I mean as wrestlers here), Bryan is out, maybe done, and they have no one else who could replace Cena. By their own design in many cases.
Well two of the top 3 are made by the guy who made a bunch of the top IPs, though.
lovely ladies
Member
Does he have some sort of ailment? He looks like he lost a quite a bit of weight.
Frecklestein
Banned
Yeah, looks like he lost a ton of weight by the looks of his neck/under his chin. Sick? Surgery?
He got pretty chubby for a few years, he probably just lost weight to be how he used to be.
Looking older happens when you lose weight. I lost ten pounds and I feel more wrinkly.
I just hope he wants to be at a healthy weight and not something fucked up.
edit: yeah could be it's just the effect from getting rid of his fatness.
Frecklestein
Banned
We need frosted tipped cole back
lovely ladies
Member
Yeah, that could be it. I mean he doesn't look bad, he just looks different from how he used to look. If he's more healthy now, that's cool.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
But only one person always, always carries the brunt of the business on their back. That's how it is.
FlammableD
Banned
This, basically. Until it bites them in the arse however, we're stuck complaining unhappily/tuning out while WWE like
Jeevesmeister
Banned
Christ. Cesaro was phenomenal as US Champion, and Cesaro's America was the funniest shit WWE has put out in years. They need to totally retool him to be an outright technical murderer, drop the swing shit, and have him just run a clinic on Rollins. Cesaro v. Rollins could be the feud of the decade if they let those two run with it, honestly.
Finally saw that pull apart brawl from Monday night.....actually before I get to that, let me say one thing.
I don't know how it was on the 3 hour Raw, but on the 90 minute Hulu Plus version of Raw, every segment for about the first half of the show leading up to Roman vs Harper had to do with the Lesnar vs Undertaker match. It was amazing the way they laid it out and it felt more like I was watching a dramatic TV show than a variety hour wrestling program.
But that pull apart brawl was awesome.....one of the best things I've seen on WWE TV in a while. It made me more interested in that match than they did the night before.
Hype levels rising.
I don't know how it was on the 3 hour Raw, but on the 90 minute Hulu Plus version of Raw, every segment for about the first half of the show leading up to Roman vs Harper had to do with the Lesnar vs Undertaker match. It was amazing the way they laid it out and it felt more like I was watching a dramatic TV show than a variety hour wrestling program.
But that pull apart brawl was awesome.....one of the best things I've seen on WWE TV in a while. It made me more interested in that match than they did the night before.
Hype levels rising.
Cole looks really skinny. Like the "Are you sick like Steve Jobs" skinny.
Did she already book her time off with work?
Wasn't it cool? I looked at the RAW review and there was a bunch of matches in between. But this was like no filler DBZ. They just got right to it!
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Looks like you're going alone. Enjoy it!
Yes. She books her own vacation because she's a manager.
But sub manager quit and short handed. So big boss saying no now.
Infuriating, isn't it?
I quickly learned that my girlfriend's company doesn't give a fuck about their employees or their vacation time. First time she asked for a vacation 3 months in advance it was denied. Then she learned that they would also approve vacations and cancel them with a weeks notice or less, including vacation time for one dude's wedding and honeymoon.
"You've earned vacation time. Good luck using it."
She doesn't request vacations anymore. She does get sick for days at a time that happen to coincide with trips we want to take.
If it was me I'd tell the boss its his/her problem, not mine. She put in her PTO request and is already financially committed to the vacation.
The Elite
BOSS
That's how I feel.
But in this day and age you're expected to bite the bullet.
I would make every effort to ensure that I could take my vacation though.
What are they going to do, fire her and become even more short handed?
She could probbaly threaten to quit because then they would have no one there fulfilling those specific duties.
But at same time I don't thinks she wants to leave on bad terms.
Sucks. Longevity means nothing.
Definitely. When you have a major angle to get over, that is how you do it. Dedicate a lot of the show to it, and build it....plot point A, B, C, D, E, F....ect.
Don't make people wait till the 9pm hour to even see Lesnar or Taker walking into the building, get right to it and stay on it.
Not necessarily. During their biggest period ever, the top guy and biggest draw did go down with a major injury, and missed a year of action. Instead of tanking, they continued their rise because they had other big stars to step into that spot.
They just need to keep him as a face.
You can't be that impressive as a heel unless they let you do truly dastardly things.
Which they don't let guys don anymore and it would probably get them over.
Imagine if Bay came out and attacked somebody with a chair over and over again. Unless that person was somebody over to an insane extent (Bryan, Ambrose) they wouldn't be the heel.
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Deleted member 47027
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I wonder what the financials looked like during that time. I can't even imagine, say, Hogan out for a year during their golden age. Who would have been pushed to his spot? Lex couldn't hack it.
It's one thing to have that one person as your flagship and still have a few important people contribute in the business. It's another to completely revolve the business just solely on that person and as a consequence, all the focus goes to only that one person to the point where others just feel like afterthoughts.
Cena's a workhorse and has Wolverine like healing abilities, but he just one man and whenever he gets injured, it's like the higher-ups go into panic mode.
Liquidsnake
Banned
So everyone here is cool with Cena now? Interesting.........
If Cena get's injured they will probably just have to ride the Reigns train because the true fan favorite D. Bry ain't coming back.
Guess you could test the waters with Ambrose but overall it's gonna do some fucking damage not having Cena.
HHH don't wanna wrestle no more. You can only beg Rock for so much. Brock is working only so many dates.
Guess you could test the waters with Ambrose but overall it's gonna do some fucking damage not having Cena.
HHH don't wanna wrestle no more. You can only beg Rock for so much. Brock is working only so many dates.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
He's been here near 15 years. No sense in getting angry about it anymore.
Frecklestein
Banned
This has probably been Cena's strongest year for me, personally. Plus, we had to complain about Roman instead, so I'm sure that helped. Cena suffered a few loses (I think?) and actually had some of the best matches of his career this year. To me anyways. He could stand to lose a little more, but he's definitely been tolerable.
The fault there is to Vince McMahon for the steroid scandal, his terrible ideas for gimmicks year in and year out, and how his cronies couldn't keep their hands to themselves which led to the sex scandal. All that on top of losing Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Ultimate Warrior, Jake Roberts, and Randy Savage (who he kept on commentary, bizzaro world here).
Even despite all that, Bret was still able to become a star and a big name all over the world. Not Hulk stature, but he was bigger than anyone else in wrestling outside Hogan for much of the 90's.
It's so weird that people start liking the guy once he starts putting over other talent and working 4-star matches on a weekly basis for half a year.
I, for one, am as shocked as you are at this turn of events.
He's having a good year. His "let Rusev/Owens win one match and then crush him after that" shit still doesn't sit well with me though.
And they had Canada. Which from what I hear s blacklisted now.
I've always had issues with Cena's character than with anything else. He can be pretty tolerable with you put him in the right situations.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
It's just...he moves SO much merch. Guy's a treasure.
You're sweatin it. Man, it's gonna be intense when he challenges for that world title.
spindashing
Banned
If you can't beat him, join him.
Order your John Cena merchandise right at WWE.COM!
It can't be the road to Wrestlemnia without some legit fan heat! It's now becoming a tradition.
British Monsoon
Member
Chigusa Nagayo's making a rare US appearance next month, along with Takumi Iroha;
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Basically. At some point you pick and choose your fights, and if you ain't given up on this particular fight 11 years later, you're doomed to be consumed in it for the next 11 years more.