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SHOOTEMBER Wrasslin 2016 |OT| - Can Punks Catch as Catch Can Too?
- Thread starter Fox318
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Oh totally. I give it to the new year just so a bunch of light guys can be in the Rumble for BRAAAAAUUUUUNNNN or someone to throw out. I think this is just recognition from the higher ups that obviously something has to be different for a 3 hour program, but when ratings don't recover, they'll get chopped.
Still, I'll be more inclined to watch Raw while they do and i hope they have a good showing. Should be fun while it lasts.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Sandow was always destined to fail in a way after he got released. He'll make money, but he's not going to have some Punk-level of faring off well after going. Even Ryback is a hotter demand then he is."Hey TNA booking minds, we have Damien Sandow now. He excels at entertaining the crowd through character work, promos and comedy. How should we use him?"
"PUT HIM IN A PSEUDO SHOOT FIGHT"
".....uh, sure Billy"
I hate you, Imbask
Don't you embarrass us god damn it
slightconfuse
Banned
Do,us proud. Make sure to talk about shooting
yeah i'd love to know where they're getting that number from.
the passionate fans are the 2.5 million that actually watched raw this week
Deep down inside, you know it's true
Bluekaveli
Member
I remember thinking Hogan was going to open his own promotion when he was doing this.What????
You know the deal, friend.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't understand how Meltzer runs a paid podcast and one of the hosts shows up saying he didn't watch the event the podcast is about. Like how is that an acceptable business practice?
because people fanboy over meltzer and 'things change' has been a viable excuse for him for decades?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It wasn't Meltzer, it was Alvarez. But I think that's pretty unprofessional.
I could at least hand wave it if it was a random Raw with like 4 weeks to PPV where nothing happens.
Bluekaveli
Member
"I didn't watch it, I look cool, I'm a rebel, marks are going to like me."
He's a fucking hack and a wannabe
It's a win for viewers for about 6 weeks and that's it. Also the female talent pool is much more shallow than male "cruiserweights" so it'll have more of an effect on promotions like Stardom, Sendai, and Oz. For purely selfish reasons, I hope they stay away for as long as they can just so I can keep watching amazing matches instead of 6 weeks of a cool tournament and the rest being standard to sub-standard.
right but it doesn't matter. it's under meltzer's banner. DAMELTZ
That has absolutely nothing to do with what he said.
Bluekaveli
Member
I'm gonna assume Fox is talking about tl hopper
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I wonder if this means Ambrose or Cena would eat the pin. If they are gonna turn Ambrose heel, then they should have him Kayfabe beat Cena out of action to take him out for a couple of months.
To once again return from injury to win the Royal Rumble!
slightconfuse
Banned
He also has a shoot job at a ju-jitsu school
No one ever brings up him,not watching LU on time or,nxt
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, watching the show is his job. I'm sure he has other shit to do, but in the end Meltzer and Alvarez are the owners of the site and they ask for more money than it costs to get WWE's Network. He isn't really required to watch more than SD, Raw and any PPVs that come on (e.g. UFC or WWE) and they don't make him watch NJPW, or indies or anything else. Plus, he isn't expected to have any kind of detailed knowledge or backstage info the way Meltzer is. I don't think watching the products he derivative makes his living off of is a particularly onerous request.
I'm not even suggesting anyone specifically subscribes to hear Alvarez, but he should at least put in the minimum requirements of his job.
Bluekaveli
Member
He signed up for it, he should do his job. If he doesn't want to, he can do business elsewhere.
I don't pay for any of their stuff because I really can't stand Bryan Alvarez. I still like listening to Dave even if I don't agree with him on every match.
The "I'm too cool for this" approach to reviewing current wrestling is about the lamest thing going right now.
The problem is this was a final for a major tournament and not a random raw. People expected him to watch the show because they are paying them for analysis and not basically a Dave monologue.
It also doesn't help when you people like Wai Ting reviewing this and he does smackdown and raw reviews while having a job for free.
Bluekaveli
Member
Everyone is afraid to like things due to being judged by others. But if you don't want to watch wrestling then find another fucking job.
DM on Nash's comments. It's not like Nash was wrong.
slightconfuse
Banned
You guys can hear Alvarez takes tomorrow if you are that desperate.
WO power rankings
1. Meltzer
2. Sempervive
3. Tom Lawlor
4. Craig
5. Karl Stern
WO power rankings
1. Meltzer
2. Sempervive
3. Tom Lawlor
4. Craig
5. Karl Stern
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I'm not even a fan of Bryan Alvarez and you all sound like a bunch of prima donna quacks (except slightconfuse). He usually discusses his thoughts on a big show on like, 3 different occasions (WOR, WOL, F4D), so god forbid he doesn't manage to get his thoughts in on one of them. Not to mention the WOR this morning was over an hour anyway, so it wasn't exactly an anemic show without Bryan's /r/squaredcircle tier fantasy booking for TJP.
Poor Wai. He has to squeeze in watching some of the shows sometimes right before they podcast. But he always watches and always gives an honest review. Pollock always seems surprised he manages to watch whatever they're set to review regardless of what Wai has going on, even when he was in the middle of a move while simultaneously dealing with his parents' out of control hoarding problem.
Only other times they skip/delay a review is if they're on assignment at a UFC event.
Even if he does his share of the work, I still dislike almost all of his opinions about wrestling.
Sweeney Tom
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funkystudent
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Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Anyone who's a REAL pal of Fox318 (like me) already knows. >=)
Marvel
could never
And this is why Matalik is my current favorite.that's pretty much the token spot in cmll right now
i wanted him to bust out the elbow drop
bang bang
Sweeney Tom
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