They do lots of shows at msg, no?
Rosemont is one of the great historical wrestling arenas of all-time with a lot of history with WWE so I can't imagine them moving out of there.
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May Wrasslin' |OT| Super Strong Style 16 - Thread Edition 2015
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Rosemont is one of the great historical wrestling arenas of all-time with a lot of history with WWE so I can't imagine them moving out of there.
FlammableD
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God dammit, we're stuck with Yukes forever
I'm in the gameplay > graphics camp, when do I get catered for?
I would even take a sequel to one of the most over the top and insanely fun wrestling games in WWE All-Stars
You could probably fit an extra 2 thousand people in the United center.
And the MSG shows are glorified house shows to try and placate and keep Dolan and company happy.
They really should also try and expand the significance of Summerslam by doing it in an outdoor arena. The Red Bull Stadium or other Soccer stadiums in the US would be a perfect test for this...A mini-mania. Instead they are going to pay for Brock to be in a smaller Arena.
A winter Classic style PPV event in a major league ball park wouldn't be a bad idea if they could find a place to hold it in the Summer. A major event that makes people travel that doesn't overshadow the brand significance of wrestlemania.
Never.
they could do an adult swim style thing and fund hip and edgy shit that would be on the fringes of network TV/film or even stuff to throw up on the Network. Like Playboy used to fund some crazy shit like Roman Polanski's version of Macbeth.
Of course this will never happen because Vince McMahon Jr wants to make movies, but only his movies with his stars.
Every venture outside of wrestling led by WWE has been a failure.
They only way that WWE films could make money is if they do really cheap shit like Oclus and they don't have the marketing or the resources to fully do a small film justice.
Other then that they shouldn't be throwing budgets around for movies with wrestlers or movies with 0 wrestlers in them.
Vince probably has some crazy belief that putting wrestlers in movies is going to bring more eyes to the WWE product (the only time this ever actually worked is probably The Rock being in Mummy 2). The reality is only wrestling fans are going to be the people who check out these movies since they're straight to DVD garbage. I kind of think The Rock going mainstream was a bad thing for WWE because it probably filled Vince's mind with a lot of bad ideas.
as much as we rag on VM for fucking shit up, surely there has to be a more general malaise at a management level that would explain some of these things.
or is it really vince and dunn.
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So. Bryans a draw then ;-)
I think its for other businessmen and sponsors.
In Vince's head nobody wants to sponsor some carny organization that produces wrestling but if he can talk like his company is a media empire that makes movies it probably makes him feel better when in a meeting with an actual executive from Harvard instead of a fake one.
Its why he will make a video like this with buzzwords. When in reality all he did was add more sex, blood, and cursing.
Frank Serpico
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I hate Yukes, I truly have a hatred for everyone last one of the those developers
It's widely known that the Yes Movement is the driving force behind anything positive that's happened to the WWE, even in Daniel's absence.
I defer to the expert analysis of bean breath on this one, though.
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I will wait for bean as well.
Wwe getting into,film and tv isn't bad. There needs to,be quality control. Its telling their,most profitable movie is the one with real actors in it. Stop producing movies with talent and reduce them to cameos.
Wouldn't the logical AJ replacement be called BJ instead of CJ?
If you're going for the sex object reference, you might as well just go straight for the fellatio one, right?
Frank Serpico
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real_slime
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i remember first seeing this clip after i saw the episode of mad men where 'the cure for the common breakfast line' is used. So Mad Men probably got that from some 60's ad campaign, or later who knows, but the point is that it is funny that Vince uses this hack line in his grand creative announcement.
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Wwe is ahead of the curve
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1469304/
Also,when did the rock sign up for baywatch?
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1469304/
Also,when did the rock sign up for baywatch?
FlammableD
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Huh guess that's why may is free?
Frank Serpico
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WWE really thinks these investors are stupid
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Also this is interesting
Well, they did invest in WWE.
When you look at the WWE the first truly real business risk they took that involved its core product was the network. Mania was a gamble but PPVs had existed before just not on a national level. And Vince used its postion and the money New York could bring in to out spend the territories and put them out of business leaving himself as the sole product available.
Its why he couldn't compete with WCW once somebody with enough financing and was being run by somebody like Bischoff who was doing new things. If WCW doesn't fire Stunning Steve Austin or give creative control to anyone else but Hogan they would probably be the sole company around today.
Its why Vince craves competition in his work environment. He was able to get ahead because few people were thinking big picture or trying to out and out kill other companies like he was.
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Look at all the immersion
FlammableD
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The Harts being shitlords as usual. Bruce wrote this about Booker T's screw up on Monday:
At least Booker T has publically apologized for his remarks about my brother Owen and at least WWE saw fit to edit his comments out of all RAW replays, however myself and other members of the Hart family were offended by Booker Ts ill chosen comments. As Owens brother Booker I found no humour and was deeply offended and disappointed by the remarks on RAW and dont know why you be that insensitive and indescreet. Frankly Booker T you should be ashamed of yourself. By the way Neville is not half the worker Owen was. I rest my case
At least Booker T has publically apologized for his remarks about my brother Owen and at least WWE saw fit to edit his comments out of all RAW replays, however myself and other members of the Hart family were offended by Booker Ts ill chosen comments. As Owens brother Booker I found no humour and was deeply offended and disappointed by the remarks on RAW and dont know why you be that insensitive and indescreet. Frankly Booker T you should be ashamed of yourself. By the way Neville is not half the worker Owen was. I rest my case
I bet they dropped 400,000 to 500,000 subs.
This last PPV had a shit build and this one is looking to repeat almost every match.
Network subs probably dropped like a rock after Mania
Frank Serpico
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huh? What did Booker say that was so wrong? I just remember him saying Owen was a King of the Ring winner
British Monsoon
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Perhaps someone should tell Bruce that throwing a cheap shot at a young, talented performer who had nothing to do with the incident and who probably has nothing but respect for Owen isn't the best way to appear magnanimous.
Something about Owen being a high flyer, which is an awkward thing to say given how he died. But Bruce is being a fuckloard, Booker pretty clearly didn't mean to make a joke about Owen's death IMO and he apologized for it pretty quickly after realizing it.
Seeing shit like this would make sense if the worked with Google instead of MLBAM for the network. They could get personalized ads that actually make sense on their network instead of having no ads or ads that don't make any sense for the target audience.
Vince will be in control for as long as he is alive but HHH is gonna have to look for another job if he thinks wall street is going to have him run this company.
FlammableD
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Booker Adrian Neville may be the first high-flying King Of The Ring
JBL Owen Hart was a high flyer but not like this
Booker Owen didnt defy gravity [like Neville]
Frank Serpico
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wow, fuck anyone getting upset over that. Owen was a wrestler, or are we just supposed to forget that
only an idiot would think he's referring to his death there, I didn't think twice about it when he said that
You've been influenced on a subconscious level by Booker T, to the point that your next oil filter purchase will be FRAM branded. You can't deny that.
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Those full bottles of,mountain dew are the most immerrsive thing
The advertising the network is the live PPV events. Netflix does high quality original content and spends money on getting top movies and TV shows.
A better comparison would be a sports league with its live events and older matches. While Blackout rules apply none of them give away a month and most of them have an off-season where fan excitement can rise to a peak again when the season begins.
WWE pretty much hasn't missed a week since 93.
It's very likely he meant no malice whatsoever, but he was a complete imbecile and didn't think about what he was going to say out loud.
FlammableD
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You're doing live commentary, on a live product, where your insane boss is shouting in your ear and demanding no dead air, I think we can forgive a slip up.
Frank Serpico
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again, he said nothing wrong, just was putting over the current talent, you have to really be looking for malice to think they was referring to Owens death. Saying Owen couldn't defy gravity like Neville isn't being a complete imbecile, it's him putting over the talent
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