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And what position are they in 2017 ? (can't help it, sorry)

Of course it is. That was sarcasm. Still, we live in the Kardashian/social-network/naked-duckface-selfies/sextape-hacking/Pornhub era. So this shit is gonna happen again and again and again. How to protect your privacy (if there's any left at this point) and your personnal datas is an issue that becomes more and more prevalent. I don't even know how to encrypt my e-mails or Whatsapp messages. Not that there's any content that would be of any interest to some jerk-off somewhere nor the NSA (hello NSA !), but still... And to get back to pro-wrestling, what I'm interested in is indeed the reaction of the WWE, if any.

Blame Kim Kardashian, I guess.

Why would he ? That's something I never understood. But then again, you're probably right since he's a total loose cannon at this point.

This legit cracked me up. Exactly. It's like those ridiculous, trashy stories you'd hear in shoot interviews for years. "And then, while Paige was riding Xavier, Maddox was actually doing close-ups of his balls with his iPhone. And then they jizzed on the NXT women's belt.". Yeah right. We know this generation is all about playing Playstation and shit. Oh wait, this is actually documented this time. Some of it is just ridiculously funny. (although it does suck for Paige, but then again, really stupid to keep that on your phone)

You think ? Coke on the belt ? Really ? I can't believe guys like Flair or Kerry would do something like that. I mean, they respected da business.

Tazz : "Now we definitely know who that is !" Tenay "We've seen her in action before !" Josh : "We're all on the same page." Or something...

Like what ? Her being the next life changing signing on iMPACT WRESTLING ?

Can't show much less charisma that Cody Rhodes anyway. To me he was one of the poster boy for WWE mid-00's cookie cutter bland guy, only with a last name. His faction with Randy Orton and Ted Dibiase (Jr) was the perfect picture of the WWE black hole of these years. No charisma, robotic work, bland as fuck look.

That's only stupid though. The only crime here is hacking a phone and throwing private datas on the web. I admit I have no idea who Stephen Merchant is. Like, none.

I didn't get the whole deal about producing a movie about Paige lately if they're on the outs with her anyway BTW. Found that puzzling. I could see some chants at Mania during the New Day's stuff... which would be... ugh. Like you said it will probably be already mostly forgotten by then though.

It's the WWE Universe. Gotta have some production value. Xavier is kind of a shitty worker from what's showed though. Doesn't do shit. Well, now we'll see how the E is gonna handle that one. Because really, Paige is nothing but a victim here. So...

Well, I'll never look at that NXT Women's title quite the same ever again... (yeah, like Stro just said, sleaze thread material with proof) (and yeah, this is a shame because this is her intimacy. Then again, how stupid can you be for keeping stuff like this on your phone these days. Hell, I never quite got the whole "filming yourself fucking" deal anyway.)

AJ vs Rusev. Please.

Damn, that thread was all kind of glorious though.

The most painfull to me is to remember where I was last year. The most vivid memory of that Mania is me walking in the warm streets of the city looking for a place to eat in the sun while listening to Meltz podcast the next day. That broken English post was me slowly falling into depression as I was about to leave. Can't say that Mania cheered me up. Well, I can try to stay awake just to watch it (almost) live this year, but... that card...

Pretty good is right. But pretty good for the Ultimate Dream Match doesn't really cut it, does it ? Hell, Rock vs Hogan far exceeded its expectation (although it's way overrated) while Rock vs Cena ended up underwhelming (and thus is underrated). Actually, maybe the fact they re-did it the next year is what hurts the first match, which may be better than pretty good actually. But the second being just there hurts the perspective of the whole deal I think. Like most Taker matches at Mania. It's funny because the streak had this incredible, legendary aura, but people seem to forget most of it consists of really shitty matches. And I don't mean only in the formative years, I mean during the vaunted Streak years too. And the ones who weren't shitty were overrated as all hell (yeah, I'm looking at you, self-conscious epic Shawn matches).

30 and 31 were strong shows and Bryan winning the title finally was one of WWE's best genuine feelgood moments HHH vs Bryan was a great match (one of the best Mania match ever and HHH's best without a doubt, with the one time I really liked Stephy too) and Bryan winning the title was an awesome moment, but the rest of the card was a complete nothing (a boring Cena vs Bray and the ultimate flops of flops in Taker vs Lesnar took forever) What was 31 already ? Oh, shit that atrocious HHH vs Sting match and yet another Taker flop against Bray Wyatt. Best part of the show was Rusev showing up on a tank for the Cena match. And the main event was very good indeed (that was before Lesnar had turned into a complete gimmick worker). Still, way too much long-ass nothing matches to amount to "decent" in my book. Last year was the pits. The only enjoyable match was Charlotte vs Lynch vs Banks. Oh, and apparently, the all mighty all-time record of 100.000 + is about 80.000 actually. Mania's lenght and scale, with the usual WWE drawn out production, makes it a complete chore to watch to me. Best part is usually the settings and intros when they do stupid shit like the tank or HHH's usual barbarian stuff.

Last years's Mania wasn't bad, it was godawful. Mania has become an overlong, boring show with self-conscious epics galore and masturbatory #Maniamoments. I can't remember one Mania that was actually fun to watch from the beginning to the end in forever.

A Shawn Michaels namedropping in this (crappy) french track. At 40'. So you can hear how I would pronounce "Shawn Micheals" too (I do it about as well as the singer). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H6WHDaTtHs&feature=youtu.be

Apart from Joe's ridiculous blond spots on his hair, this was a completely terrific match with a unique dynamic, as both had to take it to the other for different yet similar reasons, in that each opponent was just not like any other ones before. So it gave a sense of urgency that these two managed to keep up during the entire match without sacrifying selling nor escalating of spots. MOTYC and yet another amazing showcase in a TNA ring in 2005. (the entire PPV was really fucking good too actually. TNA on Spike circa 2005 era was excellent all around)

Apart from Joe's ridiculous blond spots on his hair, this was a completely terrific match with a unique dynamic, as both had to take it to the other for different yet similar reasons, in that each opponent was just not like any other ones before. So it gave a sense of urgency that these two managed to keep up during the entire match without sacrifying selling nor escalating of spots. MOTYC and yet another amazing showcase in a TNA ring in 2005. (the entire PPV was really fucking good too actually. TNA on Spike circa 2005 era was excellent all around)

Fat. (I know)

Not this again. Who fucking cares ? Watch whatever floats your boat and pimp it right if you enjoy.

I only watched the Dutch Mantell stuff. Between this and the atrocious vignette he did on WWE TV where he stopped in the middle of it to say "Hey, my name is Dutch Mantell and I'm playing a role", he's been part of two of the most idiotic segment of these past 15 years. This bit was typical Vince Russo style absolute retardation. It's amazing that anyone would think any of this shit was a good idea. Damn, did Bruce Pritchard also bashed Dave Meltzer (since apparently that's his new podcast gimmick) ? This new reboot reeks of Russoism indeed.