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September Wrasslin' |OT| Almost Brings a tear to my eye
- Thread starter Sibersk Esto
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lol @ that Total Divas promo
Coming this season:
-Drama!
-More Drama!
-Even More Drama!
-Sexy Time!
-Brie Mode: Revengeance!
-DB Poppin' his Neck
-Fighting!
-Wrassin' (somehow)
-Brie asking her sister for money because quitting was such a good idea. (all of the lols)
-Heel Turns!
-Swerves!
-Betrayals!
-Partying!
-Lots of Drinking!
-Possibly more!
(I started running out of stuff to list. Also, I increased my Internets by x4 so there's that.)
Coming this season:
-Drama!
-More Drama!
-Even More Drama!
-Sexy Time!
-Brie Mode: Revengeance!
-DB Poppin' his Neck
-Fighting!
-Wrassin' (somehow)
-Brie asking her sister for money because quitting was such a good idea. (all of the lols)
-Heel Turns!
-Swerves!
-Betrayals!
-Partying!
-Lots of Drinking!
-Possibly more!
(I started running out of stuff to list. Also, I increased my Internets by x4 so there's that.)
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Banned
Daniel Bryan auditioning for Qui-Gon Jin in the new Star Wars movie
Macho Madness
Member
They also apparently pay like shit because he's living paycheck to paycheck. A guy who thought he was making a ton of money working the indies.
Bryan must have a shitty downside and must of wasted all of that merchandise money. Its just funny because they reached the point where this show is just scripted like the WWE.
Cheating on Brie yet again, fucking dirtbag
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Nah, that's about on par with most things people would say in this board.
Daniel Bryan auditioning for Qui-Gon Jin in the new Star Wars movie
That Qui Gon hair is badass. Bryan should keep that shit. Samurai Hardcore Dragon Motherfucker.
That's what Bryan needed to be. That motherfucker.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
You got it all wrong, friend. Spindashing loves anime. Sina hates it.
BronsonLee
Member
Also on the banned from the US front;
Besides Elgin, Seleziya Sparx is apparently banned too. While Elgin is out for 90 days, she is apparently banned for much longer.
Besides Elgin, Seleziya Sparx is apparently banned too. While Elgin is out for 90 days, she is apparently banned for much longer.
Professor Beef
Banned
You're watching Total Divas, you're not allowed to question a thing.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
12 minutes in to this Total Divas episode and I don't see Michael Hayes.
Cancellation imminent.
Also, E's sound mixing is horrible. Why is it so much better in the Network?
Cancellation imminent.
Also, E's sound mixing is horrible. Why is it so much better in the Network?
Shit.
Seleziya is awesome. Really attractive and can take some hard bumps when necessary.BronsonLee
Member
Performance Center isn't about making money in that way. It's about training people in their style, which is essentially just like school. Promo practice, wrestling practice, TV match practice, etc etc etc.
Once they get called up, that's where they make WWE money.
Developmental people don't make a ton of money, and Full Sail doesn't charge for tickets. It absolutely benefits Full Sail though (since their students get live event production experience), so they're cool with having the stuff there. It's a very good partnership. And the State of Florida gave money to make the Performance Center too, IIRC
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Banned
It doesn't make money. It's a minor league system to pump out future profit when they call guys up. It's one big expense
BronsonLee
Member
It's the weirdest goddamn game you'll ever play.
Damn. Crazy to think about it that way.
I'm asking because I'm listening to the Triple H interview with Jericho, and it just sort of came to me.
Really weird that they would set something up THAT big and pay guys to be there and work out.
10 minutes was enough for me to never want to play it again.
BronsonLee
Member
The Performance Center and NXT are long-term investments to make sure they're TV ready before they get called up. It really bodes well for the future if that's what Trips is bringing to the table.
Remember, OVW/FCW were basically the same thing, just with no budget. With both, it means better training, which means better workers.
Get back in there, motherfucker
Professor Beef
Banned
Yup, just look at Stro. Dude is a bigger mark for booze than DM is for War Games.
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Banned
I don't think the devil mental guys get payed that much . Plus it gives them better control over their system rather than rely on indies like OVW and FCW. Minor league baseball teams don't make money but serve the same purpose
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Eva Marie's family sure is a joy to deal with.
Nah. Nah brah. Nah.
Macho Madness
Member
Developmental will always be a loss leader. They're losing more money on the performance center than they were on developmental previously, but the idea is to have better trained athletes that will draw them more money to make it worth it.
Gonna give JR's podcast another shot. Curious about the Stan Hansen interview. Last one I listened to was the Sting 2-parter, and I found it kind of bland.
Haven't listened to Austin or Colt in months, and I've never bothered to check out anything by Piper or Goldberg.
Oh, and ya'll should all check out The Old School Wrestling podcast. Their website is flairchop.com. Pretty fun and funny stuff. They review old PPVS and talk about old angles.
Haven't listened to Austin or Colt in months, and I've never bothered to check out anything by Piper or Goldberg.
Oh, and ya'll should all check out The Old School Wrestling podcast. Their website is flairchop.com. Pretty fun and funny stuff. They review old PPVS and talk about old angles.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Did the writers of Three's Company do this Cena/Nikki blood segment?
Rosa loves being naked. That's kinda cool.
Rosa loves being naked. That's kinda cool.
For sure. Is it working though?
-Bray Wyatt
-Harper and Rowan
-Shield (3 dudes)
-Emma
-Paige
-Bo Dallas
-Xavier Woods
...okay, not bad.
Man, watching the third Nitro and all I want is Ric Flair to be world champ at that point. He's well received by the fans on this interview he's doing with Mean Gene, the night before he had a great match with AA and Hogan is just the worst.
At Fall Brawl I just laughed my butt off for a minute straight because Hogan came in and threw freaking powder at the opposing team's faces. He's done plenty of heel stuff at that point but watching that was just absurd. At least the Giant showed him what's what at the end of War Games, brother.
Third Nitro starts up with the American Males supposed to take on Regal and his partner but they get jumped by Harlem Heat. Heat then tell the AM that HH is the shit and they'll put the belts on the line. After a short match, the American Males win. While that is pretty cool during the time period, and it is now, it still sucks seeing that at that point HH only held the titles for 24 hours.
At Fall Brawl I just laughed my butt off for a minute straight because Hogan came in and threw freaking powder at the opposing team's faces. He's done plenty of heel stuff at that point but watching that was just absurd. At least the Giant showed him what's what at the end of War Games, brother.
Third Nitro starts up with the American Males supposed to take on Regal and his partner but they get jumped by Harlem Heat. Heat then tell the AM that HH is the shit and they'll put the belts on the line. After a short match, the American Males win. While that is pretty cool during the time period, and it is now, it still sucks seeing that at that point HH only held the titles for 24 hours.
Macho Madness
Member
None of those guys have drawn them any considerable money yet so it's still up in the air. The Shield and Wyatt are the most promising obviosuly. None of them have had their moments in the spotlight to say though. Besides, none of those guys are performance center guys. Most were FCW with a little fine tuning in NXT.
Give it a few Nitros and especially Halloween Havoc and Hogan is a full on heel to most of the fans.
Give it a few Nitros and especially Halloween Havoc and Hogan is a full on heel to most of the fans.
Don't worry. HH won the titles back 9 days later on a weekend show and it wasn't mentioned for months. The only way you'd know from watching Nitro and PPVs is because a graphic for Saturday Night had them with the belts. I'm on the Nitro after WW3 and HH regaining the titles still hasn't been mentioned on Nitro. Harlem Heat hasn't even been on Nitro since then. They weren't at Halloween Havoc either.
I played, like, half an hour and gave up. Months later, before completely forgetting about it, I tried one more time. I set aside a couple of hours and went for it. It was well worth it. Maybe top five last gen.
Macho Madness
Member
They were in the WW3 Battle Royal though. I'm watching Nitro basically exactly as you are and that was weird to me too.
Also this Diamond Doll storyline is so misogynistic it's ridiculous.
It happens, and it starts a fantastic run of fast paced episodes, that also helps slow down the DoD storyline.
Prowrestling.net report saying that Elgin's border situation didn't factor into his dropping the title. Elgin allegedly blames ROH officials for part of this situation. Also, Elgin and his wife were stopped at the border after the show. Elgin is staying in Canada until he gets his shit sorted, and Ms. Chif is back in the States since she's a citizen.
He was apparently pulled into a meeting before ASE6 and told they didn't like him expressing a desire to play baseball, nor him losing a match in PWG while still ROH champ. Apparently, the plan was for Elgin to have a lengthy title reign, but that has quickly changed with his public declaration of wanting to play baseball and losing in a PWG match.
#kayfabe
#protecttheprestigeofthetitle
He was apparently pulled into a meeting before ASE6 and told they didn't like him expressing a desire to play baseball, nor him losing a match in PWG while still ROH champ. Apparently, the plan was for Elgin to have a lengthy title reign, but that has quickly changed with his public declaration of wanting to play baseball and losing in a PWG match.
#kayfabe
#protecttheprestigeofthetitle
During this same time, Sting was the US Champion and didn't have the belt with him for about a full month, nor was he even mentioned as being the US Champion, except during a Kensuki Sasaki/Benoit match where Bischoff said Sasaki had a shot against Sting in Japan. And Sasaki beat Sting for the title, he wasn't on the next Nitro, and it wasn't mentioned on Nitro at all.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
These crazy ass Total Divas writers......I'm in.
Was Nitro live during this or did they bring back taping shenanigans?
njean777
Member
Ohh will listen to the Triple H episodes, and possibly the Batista ones.
Live. Always live. I guess Sting being the US Champion had nothing to do with the storylines so it just wasn't mentioned for weeks. Like 4 or 5 weeks.
Man, he's just putting over future ROH champ Trevor Lee. What's the big deal?
He lost his stache, man.
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