KawadaSmile Posted January 16, 2019 Author Report Posted January 16, 2019 This SD has been batshit insane. Awesome week for WWE TV. Quote
...TG Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 Why did Mandy need a photographer to jump out of the bathroom and take photos of her and Jimmy when a cameraman was in the room with them? I guess when they're not in the arena, the camera isn't there? Or something. Quote
hammerva Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, sek69 said: I can only imagine Vince's thoughts the first time he saw Otis in person. Well given that Corey Graves was calling him a hillbilly on RAW, I don't have a good feeling on it.  Hopefully Otis's charisma will overcome whatever shit they think of So he is now Andrade not Andrade 'Cien" Almas. Sure why not  An incredible match against Rey and hopefully building to many more matches   Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 8 hours ago, KawadaSmile said: Sort of. They are indeed very kid friendly, with a straight man/cuckoolander dynamic, but they can go in the ring and both are actually really young, so both have room to improve. Tucker was actually part of the Greatest Royal Rumble, so it seems they trust him enough to be on his own. Otis is just the greatest. Â Like Edger said, you can give them a good title run, without making them the focus of the division. While comedy acts are not necessarily a bad thing - New Day is legit one of the best tag teams ever and only got over as much as they did after they became a comedy act - they still aren't that skilled. Still, me and @Zoo Enthusiast probably are the happiest ones with those call-ups. Hell yeah, dude. Â I actually watched Raw tonight when I got home when I saw Heavy Machinery was on. Â First WWE TVÂ I have watched in months and I mostly enjoyed it. Â Unfortuntately, Nikki Cross got cut from the Hulu version, though. Quote
Johnny Sorrow Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 Don't worry about the "hillbilly " line. That was Graves calling on the fly. Quote
sek69 Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 5 hours ago, KawadaSmile said: Heavy Machinery/New Day/Becky interactions to open Smackdown I got no words.  Best part was Xavier Woods' exper timing popping his jacket open to reveal his THE MAN shirt.  Also Becky's happy go lucky steampunk theme doesn't fit with her new gimmick. It's like having Stone Cold come out to pop music. Quote
C.S. Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 9 hours ago, hammerva said: So he is now Andrade not Andrade 'Cien" Almas. Sure why not   As much as we all make fun of WWE for shortening names, Andrade "Cien" Almas was a pretty horrendous name and its shortening was inevitable. Not sure how much better just Andrade is though. Every part of the name sucks. Quote
Scarlet-Left Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 Tune in next week, when WWE Champion Daniel takes on the formidable John. Quote
Jmare007 Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, C.S. said: As much as we all make fun of WWE for shortening names, Andrade "Cien" Almas was a pretty horrendous name and its shortening was inevitable. Not sure how much better just Andrade is though. Every part of the name sucks. Cien Almas is better than Mil Máscaras and no one ever complained about that one Quote
C.S. Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 17 minutes ago, Jmare007 said: Cien Almas is better than Mil Máscaras and no one ever complained about that one Mil Mascaras at least has alliteration going for it. Quote
SomethingSavage Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 Uh, same can be said for Andrade Almas. Quote
C.S. Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, SomethingSavage said: Uh, same can be said for Andrade Almas. But not Andrade "Cien" Almas, which is what he was almost exclusively referred to as - until now, obviously. Every part of his name is terrible, so even shortening it doesn't help. Quote
El-P Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 They could have made it Double A... Or ACA... I mean, the boss of the company made his career on a stupid-as-fuck contraction of a terrible name. Quote
C.S. Posted January 16, 2019 Report Posted January 16, 2019 ACA is awful, lol, but actually preferable to either Andrade "Cien" Almas or just Andrade. Quote
Grimmas Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 23 hours ago, sek69 said:  The clip WWE uploaded to YouTube (featuring Alexa covering herself up as a thumbnail) managed to get over 2.3 million views, just barely behind the clip of Braun flipping over the limo. So as tone deaf as it was, there's clearly an audience for it. I really wonder what unique views would be. Judging by twitter/reddit, there is a lot of repeat viewing of that video, sadly. Quote
sek69 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Grimmas said: I really wonder what unique views would be. Judging by twitter/reddit, there is a lot of repeat viewing of that video, sadly.  Bix made a comment about the thumbnail like "Alexa's bare back = views", and it made me think that clip probably disappointed anyone Googling "Alexa Bliss + bare back" . Quote
NintendoLogic Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Aren't like 80% of WWE's Youtube views from India? Quote
fakeplastictrees Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Did Chris or Brandon confirm that? Maybe someone else did? Would be interesting to know. Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, fakeplastictrees said: Did Chris or Brandon confirm that? Maybe someone else did? Would be interesting to know. If I recall, there was some kind of weird thing there, like that not being legit.  Then they booked the India shows and couldn’t sell tickets. Quote
fakeplastictrees Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Actually, just spoke to Brandon and he confirmed 30% of Youtube views are from India. Not a surprising number all considering, but wow! Quote
KawadaSmile Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Posted January 17, 2019 In unrelated news, according to Sean Ross Sapp, people in WWE are fearful that Revival might request their releases; The Kanellis also requested their releases, but AFAIK, they were denied. Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, fakeplastictrees said: Actually, just spoke to Brandon and he confirmed 30% of Youtube views are from India. Not a surprising number all considering, but wow! OK, I knew they talked about it on the show.  WWE definitely overestimated. Quote
Johnny Sorrow Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Rey and Andrade have the best match I've seen in forever, and people are bitching about the dropping of the rest of the clunky name? Jesus Christ. They also dropped having Vega out there in wrestling gear. The act is getting pushed, which it should be, and part of that is a simplification of the name. Quote
TheDuke Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Johnny Sorrow said: Rey and Andrade have the best match I've seen in forever, Yeah, I thought that match was awesome. I was surprised to see it on television as it felt like a PPV match up until the finish. I think it is a really great idea that they don't use these crazy moves in every match, because when they do use them in a match like this they feel more special. I remember really liking the Andrade/Gargano match in NXT and had given most of the credit for that to Gargano, but now I am rethinking that and wondering if Andrade is actually a much better wrestler than I had previously believed. Quote
NintendoLogic Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 4 hours ago, KawadaSmile said: The Kanellis also requested their releases, but AFAIK, they were denied. So Mike came in with a painkiller addiction and went to rehab on WWE's dime. Then Maria got pregnant and went on WWE-funded maternity leave. And now they want out. They've managed to out-carny WWE, which is quite a feat. Quote
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