flyonthewall2983 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Exactly, and there is precedence by the company about this kind of stuff that goes way before the AE too. Tully Blanchard said in a shoot interview he saw people rip away Horsemen signs during a TV squash against Class of 2015 inductees The Bushwhackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. And I guess there were some Daniel Bryan signs confiscated from the crowd, too. I think the more people speak up about it, the more this could be a very thorny Freedom of Speech issue for the company, especially if someone decides to sue. The WWE isn't the government, so no it can't because that's not how the first amendment works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I suspect it has changed now, but originally, the idea behind the act was to get over Lana as the star, not Rusev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 – Lana is currently off TV filming the WWE Studios movie Interrogation with Edge. This is why she is not on Smackdown or RAW. She’s expected to be gone for the next few weeks and could miss Wrestlemania. However, if WWE needed to, they could fly Lana to Santa Clara and then fly her back to the set of the film. Saw this at 411. How stupid are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 – Lana is currently off TV filming the WWE Studios movie Interrogation with Edge. This is why she is not on Smackdown or RAW. She’s expected to be gone for the next few weeks and could miss Wrestlemania. However, if WWE needed to, they could fly Lana to Santa Clara and then fly her back to the set of the film. Saw this at 411. How stupid are they? Dumb as fuck. Well, if she isn't at Mania, wait for the "We want Lana" chants again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Re: Horsemen signs being confiscated at a WWF event: The Horsemen were never part of WWF. I can completely understand why they might take those away. If Lana's not part of WrestleMania, they really should have come up with a reason to write her out of the show. Unless the argument she and Rusev had in the trainer's room last week was how they wrote her out, and none of us understood what they were saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seej Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'll be very surprised if she's not at 'Mania. A good indicator is going to be if we see her in the audience at the HOF indcution, the night before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 They did a video on the app (I know, i know) where they tried to ask Rusev about it, he responded in Russian several times until asked if his and Lana's relationship was more than business and he said it was none of our business and walked off. So it looks like they are setting up including their real life romance as part of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I would be genuinely shocked if Lana is not at Mania. I'm guessing they'll fly her in. While Mania itself is not lacking "star power," it has been mentioned many times by many people that the real problem with the show is that the "stars" are all part-timers. Even in the Divas division, AJ Lee seems to be on her way out and the Bellas, who I'd say had a great 2014, are losing steam now. Creatively, they have peaked and, in terms of wrestling ability, after much improvement, they're still not good enough to carry the division. Lana is the right female talent in the right role to be spotlighted moving forward and there's no bigger spotlight than WrestleMania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Rusev & Lana have been shifting the act a lot lately as Rusev is doing way more talking for himself and they are definitely planting the seeds for something down the road but yeah before that happens they will eventually out them as a real life couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Not to mention the story of them buying a house together made TMZ, and recent history shows they only do so when WWE tells them to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Bunch of dudes dressed up as old school wrestlers in the front row. WWE made them take off their costumes. That's pretty shitty. Yeah, that sucks. Here's a letter one of the guys posted. "As a life-long fan of your product, I was very excited to attend your show last night (Des Moines 3/16/2015). I had secured 10 tickets in the front row at $100 a ticket. By my math that is $1,000 that we paid the WWE to attend your event. The seats were in the front row. Being a huge fan, I made sure to invite 9 other rabid fans and we all made the decision to pay tribute to our favorite wrestlers and dress like them. Within 10 minutes of the show starting, we were told that our outfits were "too distracting" and to change clothes, or we would be moved. I assure you none of the members of our party were being in any way unruly or belligerent. You can watch the taping and see for yourself. We were merely watching the show. Now, I have heard rumblings in the past of people being booted from their seats for costumes, but I always sided with the WWE and assumed that those fans HAD to have done something else to lose their seats, and WWE wouldn't boot people for simply dressing up. Now I know that they indeed will do that, regardless of how respectful you are. This seems to contradict your "Be a Star" promotions (which ironically enough was running on the screen as we were being scolded by WWE producers) that seem to encourage fanaticism.I guess at the end of the day, all I am looking for is an explanation as to why you would boot fans who spend the time, energy, and money on advocating your product. Seems like just the kind of people you would want in your corner. For the record, I am still in your corner, however disappointed I may be. Thanks for your time, Matt Sheridan PS - Had we all been dressed as John Cena or Roman Reigns would the outcome have been different? Please advise so I can let the other 9 guys know for future shows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yeah that confused me too. It's not like they were dressed as non WWF guys and it didn't appear as if they were doing anything distracting either. Most I noticed is the guy dressed as Flair did the "hey I'm on TV" stand up and wave thing at point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 I'm glad to see Parv made it into that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollinger. Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 The crowd at the show was pretty upset about it, too. Lot of booing when they were pulled out, and more when they were made to put on t-shirts. Nobody was going to do anything to cause a disturbance at the show. Several of them (Macho, Jake, Volkoff) are long time local workers. They've been doing this when RAW comes to town for several shows now. Very disappointing, as they're always really popular with the fans, taking pictures outside before the show and hanging out at the bars downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 When WCW was around, WWE used to promote their "freedom of speech" of not taking away signs, etc. How quickly things change when there's no real competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoy Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Well it's been 14 years so it's not THAT quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 They were confiscating NWO signs at the Canadian Stampede ppv in 1997 so that boast was bs back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Dave confirmed in the WON that they really were confiscating pro-Bryan signs. Not a rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Dave confirmed in the WON that they really were confiscating pro-Bryan signs. Not a rumor. I'll bet WCW never even did that with their popular undercard wrestlers in the late 90s. After 30 years as a fan I'm really starting to despise this company. Seriously, fuck them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I should also add that people in WWE are saying this is not true when Dave has asked about it. However, Dave heard the exact same account from two sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 That Max Landis video was amazing and beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Dave confirmed in the WON that they really were confiscating pro-Bryan signs. Not a rumor. I'll bet WCW never even did that with their popular undercard wrestlers in the late 90s. After 30 years as a fan I'm really starting to despise this company. Seriously, fuck them Agreed. It confirms the worst fears we had of them actively trying to hurt somebody's drawing power. It's one thing not to give a guy a push. It is another to actively squash the one genuine thing this company had going for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 It's so frustrating. Reading that in the Observer today leaves a really bad taste in your mouth. I mean after Wrestlemania last year I don't think anyone would have guessed that DB would be in a match with R-Truth and Star Dust at the following Mania. I know it wasn't one of our predictions on the reaction show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I still really wonder about the confiscating signs thing. On one hand can you put anything past WWE?; on the other hand that just sounds like TOO much for anyone. It's easy for two people to just make up shit to send to Meltzer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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