shoe Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 On to other aspects of the pod. HHH really didn't offer a lot, maybe double talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So...yeah, about that... Regardless of if it was him or ghostwritten, that's the type of thing they need to not be doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I am glad we are above the nonsense and wouldn't spend a page on Chyna's porn career.... oh wait. "To Be The Man You Gotta Beat Off The Man!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So...yeah, about that... Regardless of if it was him or ghostwritten, that's the type of thing they need to not be doing. That makes the company and HHH look really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 We're the target audience for this so I'm sure he has his stock answers for our type of audience. But it worked on me - I thought he came off great. He was about as diplomatic as he could be with Punk and didn't dodge the Chyna question. He got a shot in a Bret, a small one at Nash, and didn't bury Goldberg as much as I would have expected. But what really impresses me is how good Austin is. He's obviously not a pro, and doesn't follow up as much as you'd want, but as a former pro wrestler he's just about the best interviewer you could ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Another interesting point, he admits the WWE Network is geared toward the hardcore audience, but there's still barely any pre 90s stuff available a year after launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So...yeah, about that... Regardless of if it was him or ghostwritten, that's the type of thing they need to not be doing. That makes the company and HHH look really bad. I'm sure the twenty four people who bothered to do that were disappointed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WashingtonFB Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 He's one calculating guy. Nothing he said was of substance though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hilarious how everyone shit on me in another thread for daring to suggest that Chyna belongs in the HOF, and now that very topic is dominating half of this thread and got Austin's endorsement. Triple H, though, made a good point about what an 8-year-old would find if they googled her. He handled the question very well, I thought. The beginning of the podcast in general was the weakest, but once Austin started asking more loaded questions, it got good. This wasn't on par with the Vince interview, but it made for a nice companion piece to it - which I suspect was Austin's aim anyway. Based on this, do we dare think that Bryan has any chance in hell of facing Brock at WrestleMania? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 One tidbit I took from this is that people within the industry seem legitametly baffled by the crowd rebellions. Not even strictly from a business perspective (although that is the most important obviously) but also from a "wow, I can't believe people are taking this so seriously" angle. Like the fans booing and complaining are thinking about this much more thoroughly and profoundly than the wrestlers and decision makers themselves. Wrestling bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 No one cares about nude photos. Having a Mean Gene look alike shooting a load into your eyes is different. In HD to boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Oh God Hunter used the term "vocal minority". That's why they book Bryan the way they do Id be interested in what fans thought of this as Ive been thinking about watching it tonight and wondered if its as good as the one Vince did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I heard Chyna was brought up for HoF talk and Trips looked very uncomfortable. Well the question was should she be in the HOF, and he was trying to put it as nicely as possible that while she deserves to be in, they can't because because let's say some kid who doesn't know who she is looks her up online they're gonna find porn and overdoses. This would be a far more compelling argument if they hadn't already inducted a convicted rapist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I heard Chyna was brought up for HoF talk and Trips looked very uncomfortable. Well the question was should she be in the HOF, and he was trying to put it as nicely as possible that while she deserves to be in, they can't because because let's say some kid who doesn't know who she is looks her up online they're gonna find porn and overdoses. This would be a far more compelling argument if they hadn't already inducted a convicted rapist. That. And Jimmy Snuka too. Three of the very first six results you get after you Google his name have to do with Nancy Argentino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadic Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 One tidbit I took from this is that people within the industry seem legitametly baffled by the crowd rebellions. Not even strictly from a business perspective (although that is the most important obviously) but also from a "wow, I can't believe people are taking this so seriously" angle. Like the fans booing and complaining are thinking about this much more thoroughly and profoundly than the wrestlers and decision makers themselves. Wrestling bubble. The disconnect between the crowd and the bookers/producers is the same disconnect I see when I go on travel orders to anywhere that is not NoVA/DC/SoMD. All that area wrapped in the 495 exists in a media world that reinforces their biases to the extreme and makes it hard for new information to get circulated around. From Trip's talk it seems like he has a clue about the disconnect. It seems like he's recognizes the crux of the situation being that Vince's mindset (and Dunn being in Vince's ear) prevents a lot of the mending that needs to happen from occurring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So...yeah, about that... Regardless of if it was him or ghostwritten, that's the type of thing they need to not be doing. At the least they have the History of the World Title DVD on there right? That doesn't help if it doesn't get picked up by the search though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blak Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 On to other aspects of the pod. HHH really didn't offer a lot, maybe double talk. Yeah, this interview left me cold. The usual corporate bromides ("everybody works hard here") and the disingenuous skating around the questions surrounding Chyna and Punk left me feeling like Triple H isn't quite as heroic as he's often portrayed in his power/political struggle with Dunn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 So...yeah, about that... Regardless of if it was him or ghostwritten, that's the type of thing they need to not be doing. At the least they have the History of the World Title DVD on there right? That doesn't help if it doesn't get picked up by the search though. No, they don't. They have the hour long documentary from that DVD and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Which is positively demented--half the old DVDs aren't in stores anymore, and the other half probably aren't selling very many copies anyway. Might as well put them on the Network and promote them. They had no problem with putting certain ones on Netflix, extras and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Liska Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 One tidbit I took from this is that people within the industry seem legitametly baffled by the crowd rebellions. Not even strictly from a business perspective (although that is the most important obviously) but also from a "wow, I can't believe people are taking this so seriously" angle. Like the fans booing and complaining are thinking about this much more thoroughly and profoundly than the wrestlers and decision makers themselves. Wrestling bubble. I didn't get that impression. I thought it was reassuring that HHH understood that Roman gets booed because fans perceive him as being unfairly pushed and they think Bryan is being held down. They seem to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Which is positively demented--half the old DVDs aren't in stores anymore, and the other half probably aren't selling very many copies anyway. Might as well put them on the Network and promote them. They had no problem with putting certain ones on Netflix, extras and all. The only ones with matches on Netflix were ones that weren't in the "documentary plus extras format," meaning the ones that were just matches or mixed mini documentary clips throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Right you are, my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 One tidbit I took from this is that people within the industry seem legitametly baffled by the crowd rebellions. Not even strictly from a business perspective (although that is the most important obviously) but also from a "wow, I can't believe people are taking this so seriously" angle. Like the fans booing and complaining are thinking about this much more thoroughly and profoundly than the wrestlers and decision makers themselves. Wrestling bubble. I didn't get that impression. I thought it was reassuring that HHH understood that Roman gets booed because fans perceive him as being unfairly pushed and they think Bryan is being held down. They seem to get it. He may indeed understand it better, but we really didn't get a feel for how he would manage the situation better if he had complete control. Basically, Triple H threw Vince under the bus during the interview for the decision, whilst giving absolutely no indication what he would do differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 HHH's "I'm just a wrestler caught up in this crazy corporate environment" tone kind of reminded me of Dixie Carter's "I'm just a woman caught up in this crazy world of wrestling!" tone she takes when she's on these kind of things. I found that funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Not sure if Triple H is even the one that made that tweet on his Twitter account. For what it's worth, on the podcast, he said people will probably have to Google Buddy Rogers, not look 'em up on the Network. I was distracted by how Austin & Triple H both kept looking at the laptop monitors. Austin, I can understand. Looking at the next questions or whatever...but what the hell was Triple H looking at? Made me feel like some of the answers were stock answers. It would be pretty cool if Austin could get The Undertaker out of character talking about stuff on his podcast next. I have zero desire to see Stephanie McMahon or someone like John Cena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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