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Officerrob
Banned
The entire thing is pigeonholing what to say and not say at every single moment and then they include something ridiculous like "Be controversial".
For the amount of times they request the announce team to "lay-out" they sure as hell talk a lot.
Stone Cold, D-Bry, Brock Lesnar in an ACTUAL TEXAS DEATH MATCH.
might as well have new jack in it
We're getting there. Angle's deal is up by then and maybe Tyson Kid will be ready. Six man Texas Death Match Money in the Bank.
Have it be a German Suplex Elimination match. If you get suplexed six times you get eliminated.
Don't forget Piper.
Like PodcastOne, I have already forgotten Piper
what about Droz?
He'll be the run-in.
no thats luger
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Not sure I see a single problem with this. It all makes perfect sense and is, well, really good.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
The only thing I take away from reading that is I do not wanna work for this company.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Promising future, you don't want to follow guidelines, you might as well work in a comic book store.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
SD
* Seth Rollins starts the show. The destroyed Cadillac is brought out and Paul Heyman interrupts. Rollins and Heyman trade promos about Brock Lesnar and Battleground.
* Roman Reigns vs. Big Show and Rollins vs. Ryback in a Champion vs. Champion match is announced for later.
* Dean Ambrose defeated Bo Dallas with Dirty Deeds.
* Rusev squashed Fandango and is now wearing shoes.
* Roman Reigns vs Big Show. Decoy Bray came out on the ramp, Real Bray attacked from behind mid-match and hit 2 Sister Abigails on Reigns.
* Titus beat Big E.
* Orton cuts a promo, but is interrupted by the Ascension. They tell him to get out of the ring so they can rise to the top, but fall to the ground from individual RKOs.
* Brie and Alicia beat Naomi and Tamina.
* Ryback beats Seth by countout after he jumps the barricade and bails. Show came out to help him, but Reigns made the save and spears him. Smackdown ends.
* Roman Reigns vs. Big Show and Rollins vs. Ryback in a Champion vs. Champion match is announced for later.
* Dean Ambrose defeated Bo Dallas with Dirty Deeds.
* Rusev squashed Fandango and is now wearing shoes.
* Roman Reigns vs Big Show. Decoy Bray came out on the ramp, Real Bray attacked from behind mid-match and hit 2 Sister Abigails on Reigns.
* Titus beat Big E.
* Orton cuts a promo, but is interrupted by the Ascension. They tell him to get out of the ring so they can rise to the top, but fall to the ground from individual RKOs.
* Brie and Alicia beat Naomi and Tamina.
* Ryback beats Seth by countout after he jumps the barricade and bails. Show came out to help him, but Reigns made the save and spears him. Smackdown ends.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I see alot of sense with that announcer memo, but it's clear how incredibly micromanaged they feel they have to be. I don't think the commentary team ever feel they have to go beyond what's in the script.
bean breath
Member
Does WWE have a working relationship with Donald Trump?
yet comics have a better reputation for selling ads than sports entertainment.
Dick Justice
Banned
Racist rich white guy who doesn't mind taking the absolute piss out of Hispanic people? Why, of course Vince would want nothing to do with such a scoundrel.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Some things in that memo make sense, but the whole thing feels designed around a "Fuck Jim Ross" attitude toward commentary. The announcers having strong, well-defined characters and reacting to the product AS those characters is what stokes emotion in the audience, because it gives you tuning forks to gauge your own reactions. Do you agree with Bobby, or Gorilla? JR, or The King? Even setting aside the abysmal play-by-play in which the actual match gets talked about almost not at all, everything feels so stilted and wooden, because everything about what the announcers are saying sounds so delimited and pre-planned. Like, why can't JBL say that someone "has a title shot", is going "for the strap"? He's a former wrestler, that's how wrestlers would probably talk, no? Why can't John Cena "hate" Randy Orton, rather than merely being upset with him? Doesn't it make actual alignment changes more impactful if the announcers make people's feelings sound more permanent, rather than fleeting?
And all that is not to even mention just how abysmal the humor is nowadays. The commentators cracking jokes and fucking with each other is part of what made the whole thing seem more real, which is MORE engrossing than everybody talking with fucking Owen voices when a fat French Canadian throws a shitty rapper off a stage.
And all that is not to even mention just how abysmal the humor is nowadays. The commentators cracking jokes and fucking with each other is part of what made the whole thing seem more real, which is MORE engrossing than everybody talking with fucking Owen voices when a fat French Canadian throws a shitty rapper off a stage.
With Trumps recent comments I fully expect Vince to announce a new partnership with Trump.
Vince's Luchas™ will win back the Latino audience and Trump is just as good of a leader as Linda.
Trump/Linda 2016
I think the sad thing about the state of commentary in the WWE is that the only conceivable way its improves is if Vince dies and Kevin Dunn is fired.
And even then NXT commentary isn't great so HHH doesn't really have a record to show for it.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
It's gotta suck to be a comic hater today.
Think about it. Comics run movies nowadays, and a fucking comic book store TV show hosted by Kevin Smith gets time on AMC at an age when WWE can't do better than USA and SyFy and TNA is a step away from being on public access. You're doomed from all sides.
UrbanDandy
Member
Thanks. Just watched Tough Talk on the network. I think Amanda or Gaby wouldn't take a bump. I facepalmed so hard that one person watched the JP special. I mean they live in the same place, and with the exception of that one big guy seeing his daughter, there is no excuse. All of these contestants have at least known about the network and should have made an effort to keep up.
I love awkward goobers, and I hope she wins it.
The Silver
Member
After one german people will hear the *glass shatters* but it won't be Austin's theme song.
Officerrob
Banned
I look at the Smackdown spoilers every week and have no idea how that shit stays on the air.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
WWE making buddy buddies with the company that owns USA and SyFy is the best thing they could have done, because as the Spike/TNA and Main Event/Superstars US TV situations have proven, wrestling doesn't have a lot more places to go if it continues to fuck up.
UrbanDandy
Member
I watched an episode of OSW a while back, and the hosts stated that Kevin Dunn hates wrestling. Can anyone verify this? If so, why is he working for WWE?
I often wonder the same thing about TNA.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Somebody told him a while ago you can't do something for long if you don't like it, and his entire existence is based on proving any critics wrong. He tries to make any negative (about him) into a positive.
Same for when people made fun of him saying he looked like a beaver, to which he responded by ensuring the only images of him that exist on the internet (JPG and GIF) are from technical shots from 2 decades ago. Nosferatu has clearer pictures of himself available for you to view than Kevin Dunn does in 2015.
They also said that The Big Show is better than Andre The Giant and Christian is main event status. And that Kevin Nash hates wrestling because it wasn't his dream job.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Nash hates everything until it results in him getting money
And I had Christian main event every time I played SVR 06 GM Mode
And I had Christian main event every time I played SVR 06 GM Mode
funkystudent
Member
So the Diva's division just going to stay in the same rut until the Bella breaks AJ's title record and then they put the belt on another random NXT person in their first RAW match right?
How much longer is that?
How much longer is that?
Lots of people hate their jobs or aspects of their jobs. There's lots of reasons to work a job if you're not in love with the subject matter.
Steady payment. Various shoot interviews suggest Dunn is taken very well care of by Vince due to family links.
Dunn wants more entertainment than the wrestling aspect.
Nikki is like 227 and aj is like 300 so like 3 to 4 month which is will dumb if this just to spite punk.
lovely ladies
Member
Are we counting the Dragonball one too?
UrbanDandy
Member
pantsattack
Member
Where's the one about the NJPW book?
sf2fanatic
Member
I'll add Rock and Trips and make it a EC match