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Funny how with Raw, Smackdown, and Tough Enough all airing it kind of makes USA the channel form of the WWE Network they were trying to launch originally.

I get the feeling that people will be a lot nicer to Cena as long as he stays in the US title scene. A lot of the anti Cena stuff comes from people tired of him always in (and winning) the main event. Plus the US title goes great with his rah-rah GO 'MURICA spiel.

Sin Cara's matches are 100% better now that he gets to be the power man of his team and lets Kalisto do mostly all the high spots (or at least the ones that could be disaster if botched).

At least the US title will fare better, you know Cena's not going to get the jobber treatment.

Is it terrible that the first thought that came to my mind was "I wonder if that promoter's name was Roberto Feinstein"?

I can't imagine that it's been fun going to work for a while now, all things considered.

What jumped out to me was the mention of "his boss" using Roberts' introduction of the Connor video as an opportunity to mess with him. Even in the wacky messed up world of wrestling that stood out as especially sociopathic..

Running a new Diva Search on the Network to bring in a new crop of talent-free models sure will propel the women's division to the next level.

I think it gets blown out of proportion to a degree because everything Dave says gets dissected to a particle level, I'd imagine someone watching the main event of WM III in twenty years might not understand the importance of the match, since based on just watching it void of any context it fucking sucks. However watching the build and knowing the history fills in the blanks and makes it simpler to understand how they got such a massive crowd. Dave seems to be trying to make the point that the way people tend to watch wrestling now (individual matches rather than full shows/angles) can cause you to form an opinion without having the complete picture.

....or it could be coming from a place where other specialized sports networks like NFL/NHL/MLB or even streaming services like Fight Pass don't flood themselves with content not related to the core sport/brand/whatever. Not everything stems from WWE hate.

Yeah the Ronda angle is pretty much Dave's worlds colliding in the best possible way for him both professionally and as a fan of both genres. I'd be marking out like a fool if I was him.

It's on the Observer site. Where did you find this, btw? Not doubting you, I just don't see it anywhere.

1/1/96 was the Raw Bowl show, and as I recall it's missing due to music issues.

Alexa Bliss in NXT is a great example, she's naturally fair skinned and has bleach blonde hair with light blue streaks. Yet somehow they felt the need to douse her in spray tanner until she looked more orange than Taz and Hogan combined. With her complexion, it makes her look about 30 years older when seen in HD.

Seems more like Vince's deep seeded desire to be seen as more than a "rasslin' promoter", so now we have to deal with the WWE Network getting flooded with shows no one would possibly care about/watch more than once.

Watching WM at a friend's house who's also a long time fan, and we both hoped during the Sting/HHH match that Flair would come out and turn on Sting one more time for old time's sake.

I'm getting the feeling they are putting Roman in these no-win positions on purpose to set up a heel turn. He comes off as a guy who would fare MUCH better as a heel so perhaps it's just wishful thinking on my part.

Well at Mania the camera angle inadvertently showed they weren't connecting, but yes the point remains. It's mind boggling they make a point to reference their past medical issues as well. I wonder if this is some "WWE branded Sports Entertainers are tougher than pussy football and hockey players" stuff from Vince.

Building up the surprise partner in the main event after there were already two NXT debuts only to have it be Roman has to be either a middle finger to the "Smart" post Mania crowd or the biggest "Vince is out of touch" moment to date. Of course they also decided to give Michael Cole kayfabe cervical spine injuries a little more than a week after Perrito's death so who knows.

That Keller quote must make Dave's blood boil with rage since he did a rant on a recent WO show on how the "Verne didn't see anything in Hogan" narrative is total bullshit. He built the company around him and the only reason he didn't get the belt was because Hogan's main territory at the time was New Japan and he was spending half his time overseas.

One year he should come out on a chaise lounge being carried Hedonism Bot style by NXT trainees.

FWIW, still getting calls from people asking how they can add WWE Network to their cable package to watch Mania. Made me realize for all the "ITS NAHN NAHNTY NAHN, MAGGLE" they do, they never really explain what it is and how you get it. I guess that would cut in their time they set aside for mocking people who pay for PPV.

Maybe it has been mentioned and I missed it, but why does Parv have such nuclear hate toward Strongbow?

No way, that was f'n awesome Maybe it's because I'm a huge Mortal Kombat mark, but that makes me think of this every time: I mean, he even uses a hammer for a weapon.

Dave had mentioned they wanted to do a big angle to end the show, so perhaps with Brock signing they can actually do whatever that was now.