What was wrong with Jack Tunney? Other than ignoring Hulk cheating at Tuesday in Texas, they had him make good decisions.
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What was wrong with Jack Tunney? Other than ignoring Hulk cheating at Tuesday in Texas, they had him make good decisions.
FlammableD
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Fuck that, I'm not getting punched in the face.
Sibersk Esto
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At least when Bill Watts had enough he'd do it himself and beat up Sting.
So in Total Divas-verse WWE forbids talent (in this case: Paige) to get tattoos, because "brand" and "action figures" being wrong matters to them.
Now ignoring the fact that their male talent is covered in tattoo's, most notably their golden boy Reigns being one big tat and accepting there's a double standard and women are different.
Wouldn't your talent changing their appearance be a godsend for your merchandising? I mean, you can now make and sell a new doll to people, one that looks like your actual talent now that they changed their looks. You can print new posters and trading cards and all that bs. The whole reason John Cena keeps getting new colored t-shirts is so they can sell new dolls with his new gear, right? Wouldn't it then make sense to allow your talent to change their appearance often and radically so you can make even more cash on dolls?
Now ignoring the fact that their male talent is covered in tattoo's, most notably their golden boy Reigns being one big tat and accepting there's a double standard and women are different.
Wouldn't your talent changing their appearance be a godsend for your merchandising? I mean, you can now make and sell a new doll to people, one that looks like your actual talent now that they changed their looks. You can print new posters and trading cards and all that bs. The whole reason John Cena keeps getting new colored t-shirts is so they can sell new dolls with his new gear, right? Wouldn't it then make sense to allow your talent to change their appearance often and radically so you can make even more cash on dolls?
Jack Tunney wasn't a heel authority trope though which makes him better than any authority figure post 1999.
They'd probably be better served by having a better batch of people actually creating merchandise, than altering looks to justify new merch. Though, I think if ladies want tattoos or different anything really, it shouldn't be an issue. Punk's tattoos shows that they'll work around branded tattoos if they wanted to.
Reigns had his before he got his push. He didn't get it after the fact. That's the difference. I imagine Paige just recently got a figure as well so that just makes it instantly out of date.
Christian got shit for cutting his hair, and that made total sense.
FallingEdge
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That doesn't seem like very much at all.
I know that collectors, and most likely Mattel were driven nuts by Punk constantly changing his hair/beard.
The lead-in time to make new figs is sometimes 8-10 months and stuff that has the "current" look is going to sell better.
Case in point, the first Stardust fig isn't out until Mid-May (debut was last summer!)
At least with Cena, they can plan that shit out so far in advance, the merch will match.
Randy Orton didn't have Jax arms when he came out.
Hell, Undertaker had nothing on his arms when he came out.
FallingEdge
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I had to switch jobs to get the raise. Gotta look out for what is best for yourself.
Did you get punched in the face?
Dick Justice
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Less than 1 day and 24 hours until a MGS V announcement!
I'm betting on a release datefor the official watch
FallingEdge
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Not physically.
FlammableD
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I'm giving them the chance. Partially cause I like the work/place most of the time, and partly cause I don't want to job hunt. But I will if needs be.
The award for 2015 "Unneccessary entrance theme of the year" goes to Tom Irvin, who came out to this at PROGRESS' ENDVR show yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gGk8oQoDuc
He previously used the regular Swan Lake song as entrance music when he was doing a right wing UKIP gimmick, which is all but gone now due to his Twitter antics. #Geeze
British Monsoon
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Who thought this was a good idea?
funkystudent
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Sibersk Esto
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Didn't Ryder get shit for dying his hair?
Those were both several years after they were on television and already had figures made. It's like people who give Yukes shit about their roster being outdated. Imagine Hogan gets his first big figure made and immediately cuts his hair so that the figure doesn't look right.
British Monsoon
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It sounds like she isn't seriously injured and Kimber's about as tough as they come, but still, that fucking chairshot was ghastly, even with her getting her arm up.
Dick Justice
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I was more concerned by the powerbomb into the bottom of the ringpost, though the shaky cam makes it hard to see if her head made contact.
TheWarrior
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Pretty hyped I'm going to Raw tonight. But if Kane or Big show are main eventing I am waiting by the exits
FlammableD
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Jesus fuck, that looked not fun.
slightconfuse
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Can we talk,about how good the Nexus theme is?
WWE: "We Are One (WWE MIX)" ► The Nexus 2nd Theme Song: http://youtu.be/O6wF999NaOg
WWE: "We Are One (WWE MIX)" ► The Nexus 2nd Theme Song: http://youtu.be/O6wF999NaOg
Sibersk Esto
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You could shoot 80s style Macho Man segments at Rusev's house holy shit
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Deleted member 47027
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Thanks for this. Will watch.
He's already been rebranded
You're overexplaining it. Women are held to different standards in WWE.
spindashing
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Man, wtf...
Rusev living the mother fucking dream.
How long until Cena brings this up in a promo and tries to break Rusev's character?
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Deleted member 47027
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Dan has always been kinda rough around the edges but he's straight garbage right now. He's great on classic reviews for old NWA or WCW shows, though.
Was cruising late night TV Saturday night and saw that the John Cena classic The Marine was on, so I watched some for laughs. I was impressed that he no sold just as much in that as he does in the ring, given the various heavy shots he takes and shrugs off like nothing. Disappointed he had almost no dialogue, because given the terribleness of the rest of it, giving him some would have been no doubt been gold.
But gohan is cool and doesn't need people to carry him.
Rusev living the mother fucking dream.
God. How can you not be proud of this man. I hope it keeps going good for him.
Aeternus Malum
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Anyone going to RAW tonight? It's my first WWE ever since WrestleMania and I'm hyped as fuck, especially given WWE never visits my shit city (Newark) as often as I would like.
"Yo Resuv. Sorry about the Herpes bro!"
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Deleted member 47027
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Make sure to give us a great crowd.
Mr. Luchador
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I hope you have a great night!
Gohan is absolute dogshit before the Buu Saga. He's a background character who acts as a deux ex machina in order to get the actually good characters out of a sticky situation all the time. Goku or Piccolo will be almost about to die, Gohan will cry and then OUTTANOWHERE the bad guy in order to buy the main character some time in order to win. Rinse and repeat until the Buu Saga where he actually becomes a character.
The end of the Cell Saga is almost literally everyone carrying Gohan to victory because Gohan can't get the job done himself
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I hate Dragonball Z because it's a babby show, BUT, is Xenoverse actually good? Whether you're a fan or not, doesn't matter - just curious if that game's dope or no.