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Oh, so THAT'S why he wore the hat + wig. I don't think HHH stands a chance against a guy with a flaming head and fists. That's like pre-Photoshop era bad. What the hell.



That Eddie shot was stiff but at least it was higher up, no worse than a lot of the other ones from the Attitude era until they banned 'em (not that they weren't ridiculous themselves). Those Shamrock ones were right in the fucking face (the Mysterio one above was pretty awful as well). Rock was such a careless prick for the first few years. See also: Royal Rumble match with Foley. God damn.

I don't like that they're "banned" -
 
I just can't figure out why they are trying to make it look like he didn't cut his hair. Unless they are going to do some kind of goofy "Triple H not accepting is killing the Undertaker" thing.
 
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From my personal stash. One of my favorite matches from ECW. Balls Mahoney-Van Dam on a random ECW on TNN show. I remember sitting in Hawaii, in my room, watching this match, and thinking, "Wow, this is fantastic."

(Sorry. I use Vimeo 'cause YouTube tends to pulls stuff.)
 
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From my personal stash. One of my favorite matches from ECW. Balls Mahoney-Van Dam on a random ECW on TNN show. I remember sitting in Hawaii, in my room, watching this match, and thinking, "Wow, this is fantastic."

(Sorry. I use Vimeo 'cause YouTube tends to pulls stuff.)[/QUOTE]

Best Balls match ever?!
 
[quote name='Chase']http://vimeo.com/36536014

From my personal stash. One of my favorite matches from ECW. Balls Mahoney-Van Dam on a random ECW on TNN show. I remember sitting in Hawaii, in my room, watching this match, and thinking, "Wow, this is fantastic."

(Sorry. I use Vimeo 'cause YouTube tends to pulls stuff.)[/QUOTE]

Thanks. Someone posted an MVP/Low-Ki match a while back that I never got to watch and it was pulled. I need to watch these sooner.
 
MoAlHousani: The Best in the World @CMPunk showing Tribute to the People of the UAE. #WWE #RAW #AbuDhabi

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The main event for the evening was a 2 out of 3 falls match featuring Punk vs. Ziggler for the championship.
 
[quote name='Chase']http://vimeo.com/36536014

From my personal stash. One of my favorite matches from ECW. Balls Mahoney-Van Dam on a random ECW on TNN show. I remember sitting in Hawaii, in my room, watching this match, and thinking, "Wow, this is fantastic."

(Sorry. I use Vimeo 'cause YouTube tends to pulls stuff.)[/QUOTE]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
 
Jim Ross on one thing missing with some of the younger talent: "They aren't hungry enough or willing to challenge a top star for their spot on the roster. Too many talents are content to not make 'waves' and to live quietly and somewhat financially comfortable within their comfort zones. I can assure you that the comfort zone complex is the kiss of death in most organizations and businesses and is not exclusive to sports entertainment."
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I understand that JR is a 'company' guy, but I hate (HATE) the fact that he attributes this negatively to the talent and not the corporate climate of WWE. I guarantee you there are guys who are more than hungry enough to step up, but WWE has shown time and again that it's not something you do if you want to stay employed.

Even the most recent poster child for this, Zack Ryder, doesn't really have an enviable career. He went outside WWE and made a name... and was rewarded with a week long US title run, a chin monster girlfriend, and a third wheel storyline that involves him just constantly getting his ass kicked. Yeah, that's upward mobility. WWE, of course, would argue that he's in a top tier program with John Cena and Kane, but that's just bullshit of the highest order. Wade Barrett was in a top tier program with John Cena. Zack Ryder is John Cena's crash test dummy.

The financial stability thing irks me, too... so, basically, WWE guys are lazy and awful because they want to STAY fuckING EMPLOYED? What assholes, amirite? 15 years ago, a guy could be a dickhole and then go to WCW (and vice versa, of course). Now? What's the future for a guy like Evan Bourne? Back to the indies? TNA? No matter where he goes, he's lost the exposure and a gigantic paycheck (comparatively, anyway). Why would anyone in that position rock the boat? In Bourne's case, it's obviously because the man is so fucking unhappy in WWE that he's willing to cash out and go home. It's noble, but not necessarily smart... or something that everyone is willing to do.

Again, I get the towing the company line thing, but it just sickens me to see that viewpoint coming out of a WWE mouthpiece. It's effectively blaming the milquetoast and stagnant nature of WWE on the roster's lack of drive and ambition. I'd be fucking livid if I was a current, ahem, WWE Independent Contractor and read that.
 
Right. Well, what happens when people "make waves"? They get killed.

WWE would have us believe that 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease," whereas they are more along the lines of the metaphor "the nail that sticks up gets hammered down."

This all ignores something even more important than the corporate culture (which is very likely a factor, after all - the only valid reason for not turning Cena heel is fear for disrupting the stability of his merch sales). That is this: the overproduced and overscripted nature of WWE programming. Your promos are written verbatim for you, and they've stepped away from a 'sink or swim' approach of giving someone bullet points ("sell the PPV match, sell your rib injury from so-and-so's attack on you, remind the crowd that you've never been pinned by him," etc.). On top of that, the restriction in terms of the time given to matches, the utter lack of meaning and significance given to matches and their outcomes, and what moves people can perform in matches - and you have an environment that's so controlled, it's no shock that talent don't make waves.

How can someone succeed in such a climate-controlled environment? Brodus Clay is close to DOA. He debuted, did the same schtick for 3 weeks, dropped down to a dark match (either because Funkette A or B was not on the tour, and/or "creative has nothing for you right now"), and we'll see if there's any development next week. He's not been given a mic, nor a feud, nor vignettes.

He's also the guy who was potentially Mark Henry's recent "hall of pain" character. He provided the blueprint for that character, and therefore "made waves" in that he offered up something to do with him. He was rewarded by being kept off of TV for half a year and having that gimmick given to someone else entirely.

This shit is Sally laughing at Charlie Brown for not kicking the football.
 
Nah. Now if you had said this character
, that might have qualified you.

Heh. I still laugh about that with the friends that watched that happen with me.

(I just exceeded my daily use of "that".)
 
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