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[Sephzilla]

The reason Vince loves Roman is two-fold. He has a good look and that matters. But also in real life and backstage he's charismatic as hell. His Talk is Jericho interview is great and he comes off cool and like a guy worth rooting for. So Vince sees a charismatic and good looking guy and rightfully thinks he's money.

The problem is that Vince's booking philosophy means they will never be able to actually capitalize on any of that.

Vince loves Roman because of his look, his back stage mentality, Roman seems to be a "yes man", and he's got a tie to The Rock.

 

[Sinatar]

Wait they blew their wad and had the Yeti hatch at the end of Nitro?

Why did it look like a Mummy and not a Yeti?

Why were it's wrappings made of toilet paper?

Guess it's time to watch Halloween Havoc and find out!

 

[serenewarfare]

There's gonna be a weekly U.K. Show too? Damn. I was just discovering that scene, not sure I wanna see wwes version of it before knowing what it's really about.

WWE's version of it (Read: Triple H's version of it) has been really great so far if the Tournament is anything to judge it on.

 

[Bluekaveli]

vince can't wait to give one hardy the strap and it isn't matt

I wonder if he'll neuter Jeff considering he'd be more popular than Roman?

 

[jurgen]

Vince loves Roman because of his look, his back stage mentality, Roman seems to be a "yes man", and he's got a tie to The Rock.

Yeah. Roman is a very maleable action figure to Vince.

The perfect opportunity for a design-by-committee wrestler.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Oh fuck. Strowman's out six months.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/braun-strowman-undergoes-surgery?sf78971426=1&utm_source=Direct

Reasons to watch RAM:





nil

 

[RecRoulette]

WWE's version of it (Read: Triple H's version of it) has been really great so far if the Tournament is anything to judge it on.

I hope it does better than the Cruiserweights, who also had a killer tournament.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Reasons to watch RAM:




nil

We still got Miz.

 

[Sephzilla]

Yeah. Roman is a very maleable action figure to Vince.

The perfect opportunity for a design-by-committee wrestler.

which is why he isn't really over. nothing about him feels organic

 

[Zach]

Wait they blew their wad and had the Yeti hatch at the end of Nitro?

Why did it look like a Mummy and not a Yeti?

Why were it's wrappings made of toilet paper?

Guess it's time to watch Halloween Havoc and find out!

Watch if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8Xb5VJulQ

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Going back on the Austin podcast with Ambrose, I figure a big reason why WWE don't see Ambrose as the top guy is probably because of how bad he would be with daytime show interviews.

Like I never see Ambrose doing much press for WWE as I would see guys like Roman or Seth or anyone else doing.

 

[serenewarfare]

I hope it does better than the Cruiserweights, who also had a killer tournament.

Well Vince has nothing to do with this weekly show (unlike 205 Live), so I don't think we have anything to worry about.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Going back on the Austin podcast with Ambrose, I figure a big reason why WWE don't see Ambrose as the top guy is probably because of how bad he would be with daytime show interviews.

Like I never see Ambrose doing much press for WWE as I would see guys like Roman or Seth or anyone else doing.

He shut down Austin so much on that thing when Austin was trying to give him a chance to get people interested in him.

I though Austin was going to give him a stunner at one point. Ambrose has gotten exactly what he deserved in the months since.

 

[Caderfix]

The reason Vince loves Roman is two-fold. He has a good look and that matters. But also in real life and backstage he's charismatic as hell. His Talk is Jericho interview is great and he comes off cool and like a guy worth rooting for. So Vince sees a charismatic and good looking guy and rightfully thinks he's money.

The problem is that Vince's booking philosophy means they will never be able to actually capitalize on any of that.

I don't think he did well in that interview, personally. He sounded bored as hell all the time, and that is boring to me.

 

[Sinatar]

Watch if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8Xb5VJulQ

AAAAHHHHH! It's not hot!

Ok this is gold.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Fell asleep in the bathroom >_>

 

[Sinatar]

Fell asleep in the bathroom >_>

Were you reading your post history?

 

[RBH]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/6baljl/why_do_people_at_indy_shows_smell_so_bad/

 

[Bluekaveli]

Were you reading your post history?

Damn

 

[FlammableD]

Final field for PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 at the end of the month:

 

[Sinatar]

Oh! I thought they were going to do the monster truck thing in the lot and then wrestle on the roof, but they are actually doing the monster truck match on the roof. This is the carniest ppv in the history of anything ever.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Never expect this from my best friend Sinatar
v_v

 

[Sinatar]

Never expect this from my best friend Sinatar
v_v

You can't serve up softballs like that.

 

[Kaladin]

Final field for PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 at the end of the month:

This looks damn good, might have to sub for PROGRESS to watch it when it comes up.

 

[Caderfix]

You can't serve up softballs like that.

Sinatar
I'm not here to make friends.
(Today, 08:21 PM)

 

[Sephzilla]

Watch if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8Xb5VJulQ

I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE!

 

[serenewarfare]

Watch if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8Xb5VJulQ

Some real knowledge being dropped in those comments

This is representative of Hogan coming to WCW, there was no Hulkamaniacs there, he'd never been there before, and the promotion was not hot at the time.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Some real knowledge being dropped in those comments

Dude

 

[FlammableD]

This looks damn good, might have to sub for PROGRESS to watch it when it comes up.

definitely, plenty of gems in the catalog as well

 

[Slizz]

Some good moments of Scurll's character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lJtHuP2JU0

So good. This dude is great. Perfect over heel.

 

[serenewarfare]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...wn-viewers-during-wwe-smackdown-breaks/165809

NBCUniversal doesn’t want to put viewers in a headlock to get them to watch commercials.

So at a time when commercial avoidance is a big issue for ad-supported TV, NBCU is going to use a picture-in-picture approach during its WWE SmackDown series on USA Network.

When the commercial break starts, the sound will go down on the action, but viewers will still be able to see the “Superstars” bash each other with steel chairs and jump from the turnbuckles. Meanwhile, the ad message plays with sound and motion.

NBCU tested the concept last year and expects to go forward with it later this month or in early June. The names of the participating advertisers was not disclosed. Picture-in-picture will be included as NBCU sells WWE programming on USA in the upfront.

SD stays winning.

 

[Zach]

Some real knowledge being dropped in those comments

Ha! I saw that, too.

 

[Sinatar]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...wn-viewers-during-wwe-smackdown-breaks/165809



SD stays winning.

We can watch the full matches uninterrupted now?

That's great.

 

[Hidden One]

So Braun is out for 6 months? There's no reason to watch RAW right now tbh.

 

[serenewarfare]

WWE announced that the UK show is actually debuting Friday at 3PM EST. So it'll be live in primetime for the UK audience.

It will replay at 8PM EST Friday for the US audience on the live feed.

 

[Wagram]

Debating skipping Raw tonight. There's just nothing happening on this show currently.

 

[Zach]

So Braun is out for 6 months? There's no reason to watch RAW right now tbh.

I'll pop in a little later and all of the regulars will be watching RAW. I know the old song and dance, Saitama!

 

[Tagyhag]

Could be a work. The initial reports were 4 to 8 weeks, so if that's accurate, he could come back as a "surprise".

If accurate, I feel bad for the guy though. Was clearly having a great run.

That'd be great but I have no idea if they'd actually go through with all that.

Terrible. At least he didn't have to job to Roman

Heh, Roman is going to be known as the reason as to why Braun is out.

 

[Kaladin]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...wn-viewers-during-wwe-smackdown-breaks/165809



SD stays winning.

Awesome, Smackdown the #1 brand.

 

[Sephzilla]

Some real knowledge being dropped in those comments

 

[Wagram]

Gotta love the irony though. Strowman literally destroys Roman in kayfabe with throwing him through tables, onto concrete, flips over an ambulance, hits him with stairs. He's out two weeks tops. Roman does some punches and a few hits to the post. Braun's out 6 months.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...wn-viewers-during-wwe-smackdown-breaks/165809



SD stays winning.

That is really cool.

 

[sf2fanatic]

They hated her for the show because she did her job as a heel. But she was one of the nicest people outside of her job. I hated that she never got the belt. Sable can kiss my ass.

I

Spoiler

bet you let her too..

😃

 

[RecRoulette]

This thread in OT about the two brothers throwing hands (well one of them, so it would be assault) is something else.

 

[AColdDay]

I miss Alexa on Smackdown. I would love to see her versus a face Charlotte.

 

[Hidden One]

I'll pop in a little later and all of the regulars will be watching RAW. I know the old song and dance, Saitama!

lol True.

 

[Kaladin]

I'll pop in a little later and all of the regulars will be watching RAW. I know the old song and dance, Saitama!

Eh, I probably won't for a while. Tuesday nights has all that we want.

 

[Bluekaveli]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...wn-viewers-during-wwe-smackdown-breaks/165809



SD stays winning.

You're welcome.

 

[RecRoulette]

WWE announced that the UK show is actually debuting Friday at 3PM EST. So it'll be live in primetime for the UK audience.

It will replay at 8PM EST Friday for the US audience on the live feed.

A small gesture that's awesome.

 

[Caderfix]

Da Big Dog™ came out on top. He taught the Monster Among Man™ that Monday Night RAW™ is his Yard™. Nothing can stop The Roman Empire™, and you can #BeleeThat.