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[quote name='neocisco']Josh Matthews - "He's arriving in a 1999 Ford Taurus that is worth nearly $3,300."[/QUOTE]

I lol'd.

And just because it's ADR .......... ;)

Edit: I vote that the winking smiley face should be replaced by a miniature version of ADR winking.

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[quote name='Scorch']What's the point? He can't work a heavy schedule and when he does work, he can't put on that good of a match because of his injury.

I'm expecting Jericho to return asap (within the next few weeks). He was eliminated on DWTS tonight and he did an interview earlier this month that said he'd be back when his run on DWTS was over. It'd make more sense for him to head to SD, but he'll probably be on the Raw brand.[/QUOTE]

It's not like RAW is heavy on the wrestling. Taker can show up to cut a promo and then disappear for another 6 months.
 
[quote name='Brak']They should have drafted Undertaker into retirement.[/QUOTE]

:rofl::rofl: That would be the best thing for him to do.
 
If any of you have lingering doubts as to whether Zack Ryder is in the WWE Shithouse™ or yet a great experiment from the brilliant minds in Stamford, CT - CM Punk was left off of the 'draft' too. Someone who has one foot out the door, if rumors are to be believed.

The company is sending a message. This is a new start for the swapped talent. Even Tyler Reks (who will, rumors say, be in effect) gets a new shot on Raw. A new start. Ryder got nothing. Because WWE is reminding him (and us) that they call the shots on who gets over. In fact, I bet they change his music to something nondescript so as to avoid him even getting a crowd pop (replacing it with that "who the fuck is this?" murmur). It certainly worked with Demolition.

I'm not totally convniced Ryder's going to get drafted to a 90-day no-compete clause, but I do think he'll be in the shithouse for a long time because he's mucking up the WWE's plans. I clicked through on that YouTube video and was reminded that WWE doesn't allow ANY comments on ANY of their YouTube videos. Why? Because in WWE, they get to control the message, and you don't. There's no genuine opportunity for viewers to voice their (dis)pleasure with the product. WCW may have pumped in crowd chants for Goldberg and the like, but WWE kills you dead if your character isn't going the direction they want it to.
 
I like to think that now when Taker does the eye roll thing he's actually rolling his eyes at how stupid some of this shit is.
 
Tyler Reks new finisher will be called the Rump Shaker.

It's a good idea that WWE doesn't let Ryder run with his thing. It's not like it worked out for that Ringmaster guy or whatshisname Maivia.
 
[quote name='neocisco']Tyler Reks new finisher will be called the Rump Shaker.

It's a good idea that WWE doesn't let Ryder run with his thing. It's not like it worked out for that Ringmaster guy or whatshisname Maivia.[/QUOTE]

I think its a little soon to be comparing him to those 2 but I smell what you're cooking.
 
To be clear, I'm certainly not equating him with those two, but with their current doldrums it certainly can't hurt to let him try. You know, because their way of keeping everything under the tight control of creative
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is working out so well for them right now.
 
But what other reason would a druggie alcoholic racist like Michael Hayes have for getting up in the morning if it wasn't to belittle other people and exert unnecessary control over careers?
 
I was hanging out with a buddy, and he had a Jtv tab open showing an old ass Nitro episode, so I got the link, and figured I'd post it in here. Saw Superbrawl 2000 yesterday and a couple of episodes of Thunder/Raw/Smackdown/Nitro. Pretty awesome, excuse me if there has been something similar posted, or if it's frowned upon. I think the broadcaster plays them all in order, too, so yeah.

http://www.justin.tv/thestr0
 
Supposedly Beth Phoenix was drafted to Raw as a favor to CM Punk to keep him happy so he won't leave. He's reportedly burned out on the road from the past five years and they sent Beth to Raw so he'd be able to travel with her...I think the biggest news was that Punk and Beth Phoenix have been dating for months. I had no idea.
 
I'm just amazed at Punk's list of conquests: Daffney, Traci Brooks, Maria, Mickie James, Lita, and now Beth Phoenix.
 
[quote name='JJSP']I'm just amazed at Punk's list of conquests: Daffney, Traci Brooks, Maria, Mickie James, Lita, and now Beth Phoenix.[/QUOTE]

Just imagine if he had gotten to Stephanie before HHH...
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']She's an upgrade from Lita, but not quite at Maria's level.[/QUOTE]

Sheeeeit, Maria's a dime a dozen. Beth Phoenix is not only super hot, but she could beat you in a arm wrestling and/or headbutting contest.

That's awesome.
 
I always pictured Beth as the kinds chick that likes to get chokefucked.

That's pretty hot.

EDIT: I think I just herd The Uso's entrance theme in a (I think) shaving cream commercial. If that was it, THAT'S how fucking bland their theme is.
 
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[quote name='Purple Flames']I always pictured Beth as the kinds chick that likes to get chokefucked.

That's pretty hot.

EDIT: I think I just herd The Uso's entrance theme in a (I think) shaving cream commercial. If that was it, THAT'S how fucking bland their theme is.[/QUOTE]

It's a Vaseline commercial I believe.
 
[quote name='Purple Flames']I always pictured Beth as the kinds chick that likes to get chokefucked.

That's pretty hot.[/QUOTE]

:lol: Damn.

Who was that chick from TNA that went on Howard Stern and talked about how she liked to get choked while she was getting fucked?
 
- The planned WWE cable network is going to be a big part of the company re-branding that is going on. The idea is that they are doing their own network and don’t want it seen as a pro wrestling TV channel.

WWE is looking to air scripted programming and other programming that they can use their marketing concepts with. This would include marketing the characters and even touring with the new shows. The Harlem Globetrotters would be a perfect fit for this new concept but they aren’t doing sports right now. The concept was described as something like High School Musical or Dora the Explorer where you have a program, you merchandise the characters and go on tour.

WWE is also looking at using people like Drew Carey to come up with programming ideas.

The WWE network will feature a lot of wrestling still, with a lot of old footage airing. WWE is currently digitizing some of their footage and trying to upgrade it to HD for the network. The network will also show programs like NXT, Superstars and some of the recap shows that air internationally.
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Yeah, thought so. They want to become like MTV has - an immensely popular channel, with fewer and fewer people bitching that they "never show any music videos anymore." Because the generation who remembers MTV as the channel for music videos are old and cranky and outside the demographic who would watch MTV (I mean us, really). MTV morphed from what I/we know it as to the "fuck-up" channel - that is, a litany of series about the celebrating and exalting the most audacious fuck-ups in American society. Teenagers who get knocked up, filthy rich bastard children crying at their birthday party because they didn't get the Maserati they demanded, and teenage parents (perhaps the sequel to those who got knocked up). MTV is the brand, not an acronym for "Music Television." I think that's what WWE sees here, in part.

Thing is, MTV transitioned slowly into that channel and had the marketing power and financial resources of Viacom behind them. WWE has pro wrestling behind them, not CBS/Viacom. Vince McMahon is incredibly wealthy, and WWE a huge corporation. But he's mistaking himself for Sumner Redstone, which is the kind of hubris that has led to every non-wrestling project he'd worked on failing miserably.

At any rate, this is what we feared. Little to no emphasis on wrestling. The very bloody appeal of the channel is, to me, a 24/7 wrestling channel. Every other activity engaged in by more than 4 people has a whole fucking channel devoted to it. Baseball, football, golf. No, there's no Hungarian Strongmen Contest Channel, but that's just a matter of time. Okay, or roller derby, either. Thanks for pointing that out.

The very appeal of WWE as a network in a cable market of hundreds of bland, similar networks is that WWE's wrestling library offers something no other channel can. If they want to syndicate old episodes of "227" or create a Glee knock off with an all-WWE-Sooperstar™ cast, well, bully for them. But what's the goddamned point, then?

EDIT: Early review for the WWE movie "That's What I Am."

“With That’s What I Am, WWE Studios shifts away from the big, dumb actioners that they’ve been cranking out at an alarming rate since 2002 in favor of a similarly moronic period-piece tolerance tale, which ends up resembling an indie flick chewed up and spit out by the Hallmark Channel. “
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's precisely what I was thinking when I saw that first commercial on Monday.
 
Found a segment breakdown of the 4/18 Raw:

The R-Truth vs. John Morrison opener and Truth's heel turn gained 203,000 viewers. Dolph Ziggler vs. Evan Bourne and the Edge farewell video gained 183,000 more viewers and brought the quarter-hour rating to a 3.30, which was the high point of the show.


The segment and beginning of John Cena & Sin Cara vs. Alex Riley & The Miz lost 67,000 viewers while the ending of the match and Eve Torres vs. Nikki Bella gained 11,000 viewers back. Michael Cole being knighted and the segment with Jim Ross kissing his foot lost 214,000 viewers.

Sheamus vs. Santino Marella lost 381,000 more viewers while the main event of CM Punk vs. Randy Orton and the post-match angle gained 608,000 viewers back, bringing the overrun rating to a 3.28.
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So, heel Truth = ratings? Wonder what the breakdown for this past Monday's Raw was when he cut the Little Jimmy promo. I do hope Heel Truth is a success. The Punk/Orton match could be good leverage for Punk if the whole 'feeling burnt out' thing is just a way to try and score a better contract.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Yeah, thought so. They want to become like MTV has - an immensely popular channel, with fewer and fewer people bitching that they "never show any music videos anymore." Because the generation who remembers MTV as the channel for music videos are old and cranky and outside the demographic who would watch MTV (I mean us, really). MTV morphed from what I/we know it as to the "fuck-up" channel - that is, a litany of series about the celebrating and exalting the most audacious fuck-ups in American society. Teenagers who get knocked up, filthy rich bastard children crying at their birthday party because they didn't get the Maserati they demanded, and teenage parents (perhaps the sequel to those who got knocked up). MTV is the brand, not an acronym for "Music Television." I think that's what WWE sees here, in part.

Thing is, MTV transitioned slowly into that channel and had the marketing power and financial resources of Viacom behind them. WWE has pro wrestling behind them, not CBS/Viacom. Vince McMahon is incredibly wealthy, and WWE a huge corporation. But he's mistaking himself for Sumner Redstone, which is the kind of hubris that has led to every non-wrestling project he'd worked on failing miserably.

At any rate, this is what we feared. Little to no emphasis on wrestling. The very bloody appeal of the channel is, to me, a 24/7 wrestling channel. Every other activity engaged in by more than 4 people has a whole fucking channel devoted to it. Baseball, football, golf. No, there's no Hungarian Strongmen Contest Channel, but that's just a matter of time. Okay, or roller derby, either. Thanks for pointing that out.

The very appeal of WWE as a network in a cable market of hundreds of bland, similar networks is that WWE's wrestling library offers something no other channel can. If they want to syndicate old episodes of "227" or create a Glee knock off with an all-WWE-Sooperstar™ cast, well, bully for them. But what's the goddamned point, then?

EDIT: Early review for the WWE movie "That's What I Am."



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's precisely what I was thinking when I saw that first commercial on Monday.[/QUOTE]
Funny they call it a tolerance tale considering the crap they let be said on television sometimes.
 
[quote name='ShinSolidus']Sheamus vs. Santino Marella lost 381,000 more viewers [/QUOTE]
Wow.... Just wow. I've got to wonder if there was something else airing at the time, or if WWE has just done such a horrible job with Sheamus and Santino that everyone just changed the channel. I mean, both of those guys are people who should be interesting. Sheamus as the big overpowering heel (who DOESN'T routinely get beaten cleanly despite holding a belt), while Santino at least can cut funny promos and he's the kind of guy the fans would want to get behind.
 
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That "Baron Von Bava, the Nazi Cyborg" idea is gold, I'll bet on another day Vince would have jumped at it ![/QUOTE]

From the comments section: "When Madigan told the story he didn’t mention this, but I’m pretty sure that Unfrozen Nazi Lawyer was also supposed to be a comedy character who was recruited early before being frozen and didn’t understand why the world hated Nazis."

Yet more :rofl: :rofl:
 
In an interview earlier this year, Court Bauer recalled to Bryan Alvarez how, after a meeting in Stamford one night, he ran into Vince in the car park, and was then challenged to an impromptu drag race by the billionaire CEO. Reluctantly, Bauer went along with it. Bauer was then pleasantly surprised when his own vehicle (which wasn’t a patch on Vince’s car) actually managed to catch up with Vince. Bauer then claimed that Vince’s response to this was to try and drive him off the road. Frightened, Bauer slowed down. “Let me get this straight,” a shocked Alvarez then asked Bauer, “You’re saying Vince tried to KILL you?!” “Vince likes to win,” Bauer responded. Yikes.
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Gold! Thanks for that, myke.
 
I remember that frozen Nazi idea. There was a website talking about it a few years back. The gimmick was supposed to go to Jon Heidenreich, IIRC.
 
[quote name='ShinSolidus']The gimmick was supposed to go to Jon Heidenreich, IIRC.[/QUOTE]

Okay, okay, okay. This seems so much more plausible now. Heidenreich did have that "last level villain in a Wolfenstein 3-D mission" look about him. AND HIS NAME WAS HEIDENREICH. Why not just have gone with that?

Oh, yes. The whole Nazi thing.
 
Oh, and that sexual harassment lawsuit rumored to be hovering over TNA? Honky Tonk Man says it's Karen Jarrett/Angle vs Serge Salinas, Dixie Carter's husband.
 
[quote name='JJSP']Oh, and that sexual harassment lawsuit rumored to be hovering over TNA? Honky Tonk Man says it's Karen Jarrett/Angle vs Serge Salinas, Dixie Carter's husband.[/QUOTE]

Was she trying to tap that too? My god, that woman is insatiable.
 
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