What did Ross say? I gave up on Raw. Trying to decide if I want to start playing Mass Effect, knowing I'll be in Tampa for 5 days starting on Thursday, and having found classic Iron Chef to watch on the Fine Living Network.
WWE.com had a press release where McMahon made a snide comment about having faith in your team to book the stadium in advance. Now I sympathize with this, as a roller derby event I officiated a few years back was forced to be 7 hours earlier than scheduled (and we found out 24 hours beforehand) because of the hockey playoffs that night. So the whole "you should have had faith in your team and booked this shit" angle is something I *totally* get. That said, we're comparing a regional roller derby league, a self-funded sport, to a multi-million-dollar company that puts out public press releases, wherein the press releases contain as much tact and class as a child throwing a temper tantrum.
This kind of public shittiness is what WWE is known for, however. They always historically bitched up a storm about the Westminster Dog Show, the Right to Censor is their take on Brent Bozell's PTC, etc. They'll go after every company they feel they can get publicity from, and avoid confronting companies they feel are "below" them - meaning TNA. Thing is, TNA Impact is beating 2 of the 4 WWE programs in the ratings each week. How about that.
Here's how Vince McMahon's brain works:
1) "HOW DARE THEY!"
2) "HOW DARE THEY!"
3) "HOW DARE THEY!"
4) "HOW DARE THEY!"
5) "HOW DARE THEY!"
6) "We can get tons of publicity by taking on the NBA publicly; we'll get on ESPN and everything. THEN the ratings will turn around!"
7) "This is reprehensible."
8) "Boy howdy I have my finger on the pulse of American culture."
9) "Oh, good. Buckcherry is here."