JesseEwiak
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Did you ever pay $25 for a shitty copy of ECW The Night the Line was Crossed from an RF Video catalog?
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Did you ever pay $25 for a shitty copy of ECW The Night the Line was Crossed from an RF Video catalog?
Not really sure what the ECW tape trading scene has to do with Punk vs Danielson in the mid 2000s
HarryDemeanor
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$25 is a steep price for an ECW tape.
FallingEdge
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dood is serious? I thought it was just jokes.
Professor Beef
Banned
Not as bad as paying $60 for WWE 14
HarryDemeanor
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JesseEwiak
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I'm being somewhat hyperbolic, but I am entertained people think how horrible WWE booking is. I think it's mediocre at best, but then again, I lived through Russo. I also think Cena is heavily underrated by most people in smark circles, largely because of the way he's been booked and the fact he's a WWE creation. My favorite current wrestling is actually New Japan and some random CMLL/AAA matches.
Lambda Pie
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don't call them "smarks", Jesse. if they were truly smart they wouldn't spend their adult life marking out for Ziggler like a 6 year old marks for Santino and stanning and simping the Divas.
just call them "internet marks".
just call them "internet marks".
JesseEwiak
Member
Well, the irony about Total Divas is that according to Meltzer, they get 750k an episode for that shoe and it only costs them 400k to produce. So, for a standard 8 episode season, they make 2.8 million dollars off it.
In other words, it's likely that the Bella's have made the WWE more money directly through TV and as a result, is a bigger money draw than Bryan has through TV or PPV.
UberTag
Member
I really like Glenn's new tie.
Serpentine
Banned
this reminded me. Ryback is feuding with Santino now, isn't he
British Monsoon
Member
I was always underwhelmed by Punk vs Bryan matches, they never seemed to live up to their promise. Their best encounter was probably their quarter final match in the 2004 IWA-MS Ted Petty Invitational. Their matches in ROH and FIP at the time suffer from than mid-2000s indie deal where every singles match near the top of the card had to go 25+ minutes. Their TPI match is much more compact and better off for it.
It's okay, there's a support group.
Officerrob
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Punk and Bryan are tied up with the Wyatts.....
Lesnar is months away from returning...
Cena is back feuding over a mid card title against a guy who has NEVER got over...
Big Show receives Bryan's spot on the card...
HHH is all over the show...in 2013....
Summer Rae and her shrieks are worse than an Eva Marie vs. Kelly Kelly ironman match...
Big Show vs. Orton will main event Survivor Series...
Outside of the Rhodes Brothers, this product is in real bad shape.
Lesnar is months away from returning...
Cena is back feuding over a mid card title against a guy who has NEVER got over...
Big Show receives Bryan's spot on the card...
HHH is all over the show...in 2013....
Summer Rae and her shrieks are worse than an Eva Marie vs. Kelly Kelly ironman match...
Big Show vs. Orton will main event Survivor Series...
Outside of the Rhodes Brothers, this product is in real bad shape.
AJ didn't lose, she was in the match for all of 10 seconds. Plus, Total Divas debuts on Sunday so this week will see all Total Divas victories all the time, so that's okay too. Well not really, but it's whatever. Tyson Kidd being on TV is a good thing, if he gets a push out of this, that was worth it at least.
Eva Marie winning matches though, should not happen. Eva Marie being on Raw shouldn't happen period. And it most definitely shouldn't be the kayfabe main event of your program.
I give this booking 1 dead AJ out of five.
Eva Marie winning matches though, should not happen. Eva Marie being on Raw shouldn't happen period. And it most definitely shouldn't be the kayfabe main event of your program.
I give this booking 1 dead AJ out of five.
We do not joke about Eva Marie getting W's
Lambda Pie
Banned
the team lost, she lost.
i tuned in as she was doing her "noises". jesus.
Of course.
AJ is a title holder not named Cena or Randy Orton, she doesn't get to win matches on Raw.
Lambda Pie
Banned
is Eva Marie the tiny girl who sings the anthem?
No, the redhead.
Kitschkraft
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This is fucking hilarious. Video/story?
Lambda Pie
Banned
now that i think about it, i don't know what she looks like. of the new ones i remember the tiny who sings the anthem and the Fandango Banshee.
Skid 4 Dead
Member
So..I kinda love corporate kane
TheDrowningMan
Member
Wyatts are obviously Undertaker and his Ministry. Cultish, higher power-like talk, and I think Kane returning from his absence at their hands as a corporate suit telegraphs this one.
British Monsoon
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Because Kofi does handstands and stuff in each one. It'd probably be JoMo on the cover if he hadn't eaten his lunch.
It really does remind me a lot of early to mid 90's with Hogan, and that's not a good thing.
Thankfully theres a New Japan show soon, they've been a real nice reminder of how good a traditional wrestling show can be.
abstract alien
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That flame red handkerchief is just too real for me.
Get out of here, grandpa.
Oh my, I missed the new guy, thanks for quoting Ithil.
This is where I mention I was watching New Japan in the early 90's and talk about Jon Moxley and Tyler Black from The Shield right? Not to mention being from a country where pro-wrestling wasn't actually televised thus having to be creative and watch wrestling via any means possible, like staying up til 3 AM to watch Nitro via satellite on Turner Classic Movies. Come on guys, lets show off our immense pro-wrestling watching experience!
This is where I mention I was watching New Japan in the early 90's and talk about Jon Moxley and Tyler Black from The Shield right? Not to mention being from a country where pro-wrestling wasn't actually televised thus having to be creative and watch wrestling via any means possible, like staying up til 3 AM to watch Nitro via satellite on Turner Classic Movies. Come on guys, lets show off our immense pro-wrestling watching experience!
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As a man who has been threatened over making topics in OT I say...uh, do what you like.
He isn't. He's being moved on the card, not depushed.
Like Punk vs Heyman, it's a feud meant to tide over a popular performer until they are back in the main event. I believe Meltzer's relayed words on it were that it wasn't a demotion for Punk and Bryan, it was a promotion for the Wyatts.
It's be more like them stepping away from an Austin or Rock title picture and focusing on somebody like Kane. All three guys were over big time then, lots of wrestlers were, but Kane at that time was still an upper midcard guy, like the Big Show is. The whole storyline is still silly - caught the Steph, Hunter, and Show thing on WWE's Youtube page and I laughed. The Ziggler/Axel match had Cole, JBL, and Lawler arguing on commentary and ignoring the guys inside. Fuck you Vince.
Jeff Albertson
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When did eve Marie become a shit face instead of a shit heel
She sure made tamina look so silly
She sure made tamina look so silly
Agreed 100%. It bums me out to not have Bryan in the title picture any longer, but I do love the idea of him teaming with CM Punk. One thing I wish happened though is that they put Harper and Rowan in more squash matches, whether it be single or tag, so that they appear to be more of a legitimate threat. Harper looked really good last night, but I just wish more people who aren't familiar with Harper's work could have went into it expecting that match to be good.
On a side note, I liked Raw overall. There were what, 3 matches in the first hour? Which is impressive by recent WWE standards. But then the last 20 minutes happened...
I think, but I'm not sure since none of them officially turned, it was AJ's promo that made them turn all the Total Divas face.
Kane was young, and new then, he'd only debuted as Kane less than six months before Austin came to the main event. Frankly pushing him at that time would have been a good idea.
Big Show is old, has been there for 14 years, and just usurped their most over young face in the story supposed to make him a top guy.