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FlammableD
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Yeah, Civil War was real fun. As is John Oliver. Landis is making you a monster Sunny.
Brian_FETO
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I'm honestly really liking this AJ/Reigns feud. Didn't watch Raw last night but just caught the highlights on Youtube
There's moral ambiguity from both sides, they seem evenly matched, and they just want to win. No complaints.
It's a shame they tried to force Roman into the Cena mold to ruin him for a lot of fans (which I totally sympathize with) but he's seemed solid in this feud since Payback. Maybe it's easier for him to work from the bullet points "yo man I protect my family and also I am going to win" instead of "I am the savior of the people and anti-authority and the world champ"
There's moral ambiguity from both sides, they seem evenly matched, and they just want to win. No complaints.
It's a shame they tried to force Roman into the Cena mold to ruin him for a lot of fans (which I totally sympathize with) but he's seemed solid in this feud since Payback. Maybe it's easier for him to work from the bullet points "yo man I protect my family and also I am going to win" instead of "I am the savior of the people and anti-authority and the world champ"
Bluekaveli
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I guess you could say that when it's put beside something like The Fresh Prince and Martin. Those were the two big urban 90s shows.
FlammableD
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From the conference call, the traditional pay-per-view buyrate (i.e. sales on top of the Network) for WrestleMania was between 900,000 and 1.2 million buys
that's insane
that's insane
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Be amazing
John Oliver the GOAT. The loss of Stewart and commercialization of Colbert was his gain without a doubt
Also
PWInsider said:
Orton coming back soon
Tom Nook
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Bluekaveli
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That can't be true.
Sweeney Tom
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Between this and UFC and boxing successes, it's almost like PPV's not dead after all. But...but that would mean Vince lied and made JBL/Cole/Lawler laugh away viewers for nothing!!
You sure they weren't equating the revenue from Network sales around Mania to that amount of PPV buys?
avengers23
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Jesus.
Think about how much more money they would have made if the WWE Network didn't give Mania away for dirt cheep?
This also means an additional 1.2 million people watched Roman Reigns get booed out of the largest WrestleMania ever
plagiarize
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Bluekaveli
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Like Buh buh-bret said, people signed up just to see that match alone. That's all they were waiting for.
The actual draw.
avengers23
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Specifically, it's this fall that they wanted to see.
For what it's worth, the wrestling friends I have were all more interested in Shane/Taker than Roman/HHH mostly for the possibility of Shane doing something crazy. Hell, almost half of my WrestleMania party left before and during the Roman Reigns match (granted that was also due to there being almost 7 hours of WrestleMania)
Professor Beef
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it's almost like people like wrestling, instead of thinking that it's garbage
but hey, we read sheetz so we know more right? lol
but hey, we read sheetz so we know more right? lol
Sir_Crocodile
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It's certainly why they got 92k paying customers in the building, so I wouldn't be surprised if it helped the PPV numbers too. Apparently ticket sales were not that impressive until shane/taker was booked
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Deleted member 47027
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It was alright. Way too long. Mostly garbage. Agreed with the redeeming parts. It's basically a movie for babies that were 15 when they saw the first Avengers movie and now they're "grown up" so it's the same old shit. Pretty dumb. I give it a B because the action was swell. The story was trash.
Oliver is a pandering piece of shit. He panders SO HARD, it makes my heart hurt.
Panders
1 million buys on ppv when there's a $10 option is just insanity
I would have been amazed at 500k buys
just goes to show how many casuals mania attracts. I bet most of the ppv buyers didn't even know wwe network was a thing.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Wargames is a great idea for a match.
Bluekaveli
Member
You can book Shane in any match and it'll sell. They know shit is going down.
DM, war games will be at battlegrounds. The ppv name will make sense now.
BewareTheBatsie
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900k-1.2 million?
That Roman Reigns impact.
That Roman Reigns impact.
ShadowSwordmaster
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E&C show was great last night.
Bluekaveli
Member
I saw a picture of Jeff Hardy, what was the rib?
sf2fanatic
Member
Challenge Gaf. Show me a better Curtain Jerker match other than Mysterio/Ultimo Dragon. I'm in the mood to watch some wrasslin tonight.
*Drop kicks Blue just for the fun of it.*
Also question. Any chance of a Cass/Ambrose matchup since Cass tried to flirt with Renee last night on Raw?
*Drop kicks Blue just for the fun of it.*
Also question. Any chance of a Cass/Ambrose matchup since Cass tried to flirt with Renee last night on Raw?
Sir_Crocodile
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Didn't mania just start off with a great ladder match a month ago?
Bluekaveli
Member
Bret v Owen says hi 🤓. Nah tbh those two are hard to compare. The Rey v Ultimo match was pure fun.
Stop hitting me you bastard.
If expectations are so bad that we're comparing Kallisto vs Ryback to Mysterio vs Ultimo Dragon...
the buys though
Sir_Crocodile
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sf2fanatic
Member
Bret vs Owen a curtain jerker match?
Also I'm helping you train for your comeback. How's the rehab going?
Bluekaveli
Member
It's great this day in age but I wouldn't put it on the scale of that match.
Sir_Crocodile
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That was 'mania 10
There's also Angle/Mysterio in summerslam '02 & Wyatt V/Bryan in Rumble '14 which are pretty good, though not to the bret/owen level
Bluekaveli
Member
Yeah WM X.
Rehab is going well, my therapist is amazed at how my strengthening is coming so far. Next step I think is getting off my walker and onto a cane.
funkystudent
Member
Heared about Cena v Nakamura and Flair v Askua.
I think a WWE versus NXT network special would be real cool as a yearly thing if they are tossing the idea around.
I mean once Vince doesnt bury NXT talent in every match.
I think a WWE versus NXT network special would be real cool as a yearly thing if they are tossing the idea around.
I mean once Vince doesnt bury NXT talent in every match.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Maybe.
Sir_Crocodile
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Just need to make sure all the NXT entrants are tall