The Silver
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Watching Legends of Wrestling(love this show and they need to make more) Biggest Heatseekers, and I'm sitting here wondering where the hell was HBK?
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June Wrasslin' |OT-2| Money In The Bank, None In The Stock
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PHOENIXZERO
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Yeah, could have Brock dodge it and then throw it back though.
Rafa=FedKilla
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NJPW is so expensive its ridiculous.....
avengers23
Banned
Have they announced the iPPV pricing for G1 yet?
British Monsoon
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Nope. The package deal was $150 last year for 9 shows and this year there are 12 shows - I hope they keep to a similar price, to encourage people to order the package deal, but fear it may be a bit higher than that.
Individual pricing should be about $25 for the opening and closing nights, $15 for the rest.
I just think it's the lack of true character development. Guys like Del Rio feel like vacant shells when they show up on TV. Same for Sin Cara, Titus, Los Matadores, and to a lesser extent Sheamus and Big E.
Sounds like a cool show. I'll have to check out Shine or Shimmer at some point. Your posts were read and appreciated, friend.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Thanks brah, brings a smile to my face.It's ok Rafa...here's Reene dancing to cheer you up!
I love the gimmickiness of NXT. Except Becky Lync's. glad Trips is such a New Generation mark.
You're going to be disappointed if you're cheering for Ziggler. Unless they pull a fast one on us.
And yeah, MitB is tonight.
Also, Court Bauer said on LAW that the initial ROH PPV buy numbers are encouraging, and that if they end up being the real numbers ROH will be doing another PPV this year.
Bauer also said they didn't get to set up the lighting the way they wanted to because of the Nashville building itself. So it's good that they're aware of the lighting issue.
Jim Johnston still has it.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, that should be fun.
Heyman at his best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvpxbEKrpsY
Lambda Pie
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good capture suplex. i'm a fan.
I'm not really behind anyone tbh. I just saw that gopro video of his and thought "lol"
But it's worth it - when I drop that $15 or $25 I feel like I am supporting something worth supporting, rather than when I used to feel ripped off and remorseful when buying PPVs in the past.
It costs less to buy MitB.
Lambda Pie
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Katsuyori Shibata vs Yoshihiro Akiyama - DREAM 5 - July 21st, 2008
entrance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIumAIollgc
match - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K44oPY_5HFQ
here's the weaboo favourite getting worked by the only guy in history to get booed at a japanese MMA event.
featuring:
- the japanese shoot booing someone
- Akiyama smirking at the marks
- Akiyama fighting in a gi in 2008
- Bas Rutten singing (you need to hear this, stro)
- Bas Rutten inane commentary (you need to hear this too, stro)
- Shibata trying to look like a fighter
entrance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIumAIollgc
match - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K44oPY_5HFQ
here's the weaboo favourite getting worked by the only guy in history to get booed at a japanese MMA event.
featuring:
- the japanese shoot booing someone
- Akiyama smirking at the marks
- Akiyama fighting in a gi in 2008
- Bas Rutten singing (you need to hear this, stro)
- Bas Rutten inane commentary (you need to hear this too, stro)
- Shibata trying to look like a fighter
Now with the Network it does, sure. Which is the only reason I am still watching WWE PPVs, because they come free with my NXT subscription.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Yep. Only open the Network for NXT, PPVs and glimpses of Renee Young on backstage pass. They desperately need original content.
El Pescado
Member
He never lost it. I wish he was still making themes full time. I hate how CFO$ just make 30 second themes and then loop them forever with no variation.
It's ok Rafa...here's Reene dancing to cheer you up!
I can hear The Vaudevillains theme in my head watching this GIF.
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Deleted member 47027
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Hey now. That's ONLY the Ascension theme.
slightconfuse
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Arrowgigantic
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Rafa=FedKilla
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Hahahahahaha.
Damn we are in dark times. And using Reigns as a carrot for Network subs? Wow.
Macho Madness
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Just have Cena win the title and have him face whoever at Battleground. Mark Henry or something. Doesn't matter. Also I don't think Reigns vs HHH is the match to drive Network subs. I don't care to see it.
I don't know they have built him up where he is getting star reactions and women are literally throwing themselves onto him. Its just the question will these people buy the network plus the main event will be Brock vs possibility Daniel Bryan as well.
Plus some Kenta news:
Will the WWE take him back with him is the question or will it be August? He gets a press conference so he is already higher up that Yoshi.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Much appreciated, friend.
serenewarfare
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Thanks. I'll ramble on even if no one is listening. That show deserved to have its praises sang.
Macho Madness
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Brock vs Bryan is intriguing. I want to see great matches, and I just don't think HHH/Reigns is going to be anything special. HHH is the kind of good worker that tends to be as good as his opponent. Like Cena. Good worker, but only as good as their opponent. And let's be honest, the more hardcore fans are loving Ambrose, Rollins, and Bryan. Those are the fans who WWE will need to appeal to when it comes to resubscription, and it's going to be hilarious if they don't realize that.
My sub is based at this point on that, and whatever WCW TV they add over the next few months.
Arrowgigantic
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Lambda Pie
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Reigns is the goddamn truth. when Seth and Dean and the NXT rejects bomb, i might allow you in the Roman Reigns Warwagon to main event.
FlammableD
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That Dudleys Hardys match hit me right in the nostalgia. So watching that.
serenewarfare
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They think they need to play to casual fans, which would be the reasoning behind featuring Reigns. They think the hardcore fans will buy the Network regardless, which of course isn't true. I kind of want to see Reigns vs. Triple H just out of a morbid curiosity of how bad it may get. Or it might be great, but the odds aren't in favor of that. But I wouldn't re-sub just for that. I'm gonna re-sub for NXT and PPVs in general.
Macho Madness
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And again, if Wrestlemania wasn't enough to bump Network subs over where they are now, Reigns vs HHH isn't going to do it. There was oodles and oodles of mainstream press over Wrestlemania. They won't get that for Summerslam, and especially Night of Champions. Reigns may look pretty, but WWE is still wrasslin in most people's minds. They're not going to spend $10 a month to see the pretty boy wrestle. Especially when they get that every week for free anyway.
This is anecdotal but I'll tell you this: I stood in line at the merch line at Raw on June 2nd. These people don't have the Network. They come to the events because their kids watch the TV, but they're not buying the Network. This was the night after Payback and nobody had any clue what happened on it.
The core, adult male fan is their target market for the Network.
This is anecdotal but I'll tell you this: I stood in line at the merch line at Raw on June 2nd. These people don't have the Network. They come to the events because their kids watch the TV, but they're not buying the Network. This was the night after Payback and nobody had any clue what happened on it.
The core, adult male fan is their target market for the Network.
serenewarfare
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It'd be wise for WWE to introduce Devitt at the same press conference with KENTA, considering they are both stars in Japan. But, with it being wise, they probably won't do it.
FlammableD
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So PCW just announced a co-show with ROH over here in November. Of note, while the lineup hasn't been announced yet, Kevin Steen was featured in the show trailer. May mean nothing.
Also, that doesn't look like the Rebecca Knox I remember! Exploder aside.
Also, that doesn't look like the Rebecca Knox I remember! Exploder aside.
Because Devitt is in Japan right then to do a house show for WWE?
El Pescado
Member
And Paige, Charlotte, NXT, Rollins, Neville, Rusev, Titus...
Preach friend, my resubscription relies on Rollins winning the briefcase.
Earn my dollars, WWE.
serenewarfare
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They tried to re-hash WWE stuff (Hardyz, Team 3D) in hopes that it would make the crowd hot for everything. In reality, it only made them hot for segments involving the old stuff. Who would have thought. The only TNA thing that got a reaction is Joe, and
they act on that by giving him THE X DIVISION TITLE. Not the world title, the lower card belt. Shame.
Edit: Thought we agreed to not spoiler tag TNA stuff. But okay, I'l tag it.
Carnby
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The MLB network charges 20 dollars a month and has 2 to 3 million subscribers. Let's not compare content. So why do 3 times more baseball fans spend twice as much money on a similar product? I think the problem is that the average wrestling fan doesn't like wrestling enough to spend money on it.