
kjh
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My theory is that it was more of an attempted power play than accidentally CCing the wrong person.
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People aren't watching the old historical footage on the WWE Network, and if they do it tends to be the more modern stuff. That sucks I know, but I'm guessing the old TNA pay-per-views and Impacts because they're more recent would have more interest than anything else they have in their library, pre Attitude Era. If TNA does go out of business, then a few of their best hands will most likely be picked up by NXT, adding extra value to the footage. Plus, the bragging rights of buying out your main competitor will likely count for a lot too. It could also be positioned as a Triple H deal and anything that puts over the heir apparent's ambition and business savvy is something WWE is likely to jump all over on.
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It's probably more valuable than any tape library they've bought other than the WCW and ECW ones. I'm sure WWE will try to pick it up cheap in a fire sale. With the death of the DVD business, it's pretty much worthless to anyone else today.
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The most likely buyer is Vince for the tape library. Without a television deal in place, TNA is relatively worthless to anybody else, particularly if Dixie Carter has to keep an executive job as part of the deal.
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To be fair, apparently Bryan Alvarez was stuck in the middle of this situation and Admin Tony (who's responsible for the technical running of the site) was the one that wanted Todd gone.
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Josh Nason's Twitter account says "Content & Digital Strategy at@PixelMEDIA & @WONF4W", which I presume means he's being paid for his services. Nason seems to be an MMA fan first, WWE fan a distant second and other pro wrestling a very distant third, so I wouldn't be too surprised if he wasn't that familiar with Uhaa Nation.
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I've come to the conclusion that TNA is the Carter's way to keep Dixie busy so she doesn't get ideas of actually running Panda Energy into the ground. When you have an energy company worth billions, losing 20 or 30 million a year is worth it, to keep your ditzy daughter away. I'd be surprised if TNA is losing that much money now (although their worst year is probably in that range), given that they've cut everything back to the bone.
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In Robinson's first AWA run from 1971-75, he was pushed as Verne Gagne's babyface equal. Lots of finishes (including some Dusty finishes) where Robinson was robbed of winning Verne's title on a technicality. He also rarely dropped the fall in tag matches against Bockwinkel & Stevens. It would be hard not to classify him as a true main eventer during that period, even though he would never be the "man" because that spot was already taken by the owner of the promotion. His second AWA run fits Parv's description better, but he had runs in Memphis, Mexico and Montreal after his AWA return where he wrestled on top much more frequently.
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I think NOAH's future is more secure than since the mid '00s with New Japan's support and serving as their satellite promotion. I'm not really sure NOAH pissed millions down the drain. Even without Kawada after the July 2005 Dome show, they sold out five of the next six Budokan Hall events. Frankly, they were lucky they hadn't booked another Dome show for July 2006, because of Kobashi's cancer diagnosis.
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Wasn't this a NOAH tradition dating back to the two Dome shows they ran? I don't think that is a valid excuse for the poor attendance number.
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From the Observer at the time: That was with Sasaki vs. KENTA and Misawa, Marufuji & Suguira vs. Kobashi, Takayama & Nakajima on the undercard. Hard to say whether he was less of a failure than Rikio's & Marufuji's reigns as business was stronger overall when they had the title, but not because of them.
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Bryan posted this on the BOARD today:
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Daniel Bryan reported to have suffered a concussion before WWE's European tour All I can say, this is a very bad time to look like you mishandled a concussion with the lawsuits WWE is involved in.
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Bryan worked almost a year with a bulging disc in his neck. The mistakes came a lot earlier than last summer.
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It's a really odd situation all round. Coughlin got banned. Todd then disappeared off the face of the earth (after calling Coughlin a c*nt and a sociopath). The only response Bryan made to his weekly radio show with Todd not happening afterwards was "Has anyone thought for one second that perhaps there is a reason I haven't said anything about this?"
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Not sure I completely buy it, as Todd got into an argument with Mike Coughlin on the board, where he used some pretty heavy language before his disappearance.
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35 year old Dave and I were sitting in Yokohama Arena watching this card 20 years to the week before this year's Mania: http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/women/ajw/queen.html#iii Setting aside the "shootboxing" match in the prelims, I'd be surprised if he would rate the Divas match *close* to any of the other matches, let alone above any of them. The WON with the star ratings for that show appears to be online: April 10, 1995 Observer Newsletter: WrestleMania XI in-depth report, Weekly Pro Wrestling show at the Tokyo Dome, major World Championship Wrestling shake-ups, tons more Someone may want to go pull them over for comp. Star ratings were in order: **1/4, ***, NA, **3/4, ****1/4, ***1/2, ****1/2, ****3/4, ****1/2 and ****1/2.
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In the Observer, Meltzer clarified that "The story we were told is that Vince McMahon was unhappy about his interview with HHH but multiple sources confirmed that it was not anything to do with the questions on Chyna." Maybe the Chyna question was a pre-planned and pre-approved spot, otherwise it's hard to believe that the company was happy about a question being asked that led to the heir apparent being accused of domestic violence. Unless Vince is so thinskinned he can't handle some gentle criticism of the Royal Rumble finish?
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Multiman ladder matches are a well established trope of modern WWE and at least leads to fun spotfests, even though it's under utilising a marketable gimmick match. As tropes go, I don't see how it's anymore stupid than the played out gimmick of the Money In The Bank briefcase cash-in, which has led to a succession of champions (including babyfaces) that win World titles in cheap fashion and rarely helps to get people over.
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It might make more sense to have an "old school" pro wrestling subforum and leave the main general wrestling folder just for current discussion.
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I think WWE would have moved back to PG even if they were a private company, because the move to PG was more about washing out the bad taste of the Benoit scandal than appealing to their investors.
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No, people thought the match stunk at the time. That isn't a new notion. If there has been a change is that at least in some circles, there's a greater appreciation for match layout, psychology, selling and storytelling than there used to be, so even matches that lack speed and a diversity of offense get praised for what they do well, which I personally think is a good thing.
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Dave Meltzer reported the same thing on his podcast today.
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Some random thoughts: I have an alternative theory on the Roman Reigns hit job, that Paul Heyman has inveigled his way back into having Vince McMahon's ear and is at least partially responsible for the backhanded booking that Reigns has experienced since the Rumble. There's no direct benefit in Triple H and Stephanie burying Roman. Brock Lesnar is the clear beneficiary, as he's now by far and away the hottest babyface in the promotion, and he hasn't even properly turned yet! I think people who expect Roman Reigns to turn now have wishful thinking. The perfect time to pull the trigger was at WrestleMania. I think a lot of that talk was because of Heyman's promos being far too complimentary, which was under the guise of building Reigns up for his match with Lesnar, but was really designed to plant imaginary seeds in people's heads. At best, if he turned now, he'd be Seth Rollins new muscle. WWE will never consistently draw a 4.0 rating while they push part-timers as the real stars of the show. Moreover, half the time they don't even advertise when the real stars will show up.
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I'm not sure Hogan vs. Andre is the greatest example given that Dave Meltzer gave it -**** at the time, unless you needed to live it in the moment to understand its full horror.