sek69 Posted August 19, 2020 Report Posted August 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, SirEdger said: At least, you're not using the "Canadians have no charisma" excuse like that dipshit Chris Cruise did to comment on Renee's departure. Jesus, what happened in his life to turn him into such a miserable crank these days? Also I would never think Canadians have no charisma, we have a statue of Mario Lemieux in this town, We properly respect our Canadians here. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Posted August 20, 2020 Bret and Owen Hart should be enough reason to can that notion. Gargano got NECKED there. Holy shit. Quote
sek69 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Gargano got NECKED there. Holy shit. When word came out something happened, I assumed one of the ladders fell and bonked him on the head. I wasn't expecting some quality 90s All Japan head dropping action. Quote
sek69 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 Pat McAfee is already the best heel in the WWE Universe after like 2 weeks. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Posted August 20, 2020 Yeah. He's actually a really good promo and if he is slightly better than Mongo, they might have something there. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Posted August 20, 2020 Dream won. They don't give a fuck. Quote
sek69 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 Yeah that ended what was a pretty decent show on a flat note. I really like the Keith Lee/Kross build but it feels like they're doing this match too soon, since neither one really should be losing now and a non finish would be lame. Quote
Migs Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 13 hours ago, sek69 said: All that is true, but a lot of companies are using covid as an excuse to not hire and/or lowball people right now so even if she knows her worth (and I definitely get the impression she does), it's not the best time to be hitting the free agent market. She can also probably afford to sit out for six months and wait out offers. A lot of the people who've departed WWE over the last 10 years have talked about needing time off just to come down from being in the weird WWE bubble anyway. Quote
sek69 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 You think WWE is at all aware that while Pat McAfee has been good in his role, they're doing it at the expense of making the guy who's been NXT champ forever look like a total J-brone? Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Posted August 20, 2020 I'd argue that it was their fault for pushing the UE for such a long time, specially Cole. Dude is small by NXT standards, of course a dudebro like McAfee would harp on that, and it's precisely that what's keeping the feud from being a bigger hit Like, imagine if instead of taunting Cole for being short, he were to taunt someone else for being an underachiever, or a choke artist? You'd get the same or a better reaction without cheapening your most pushed act. You can bounce back on choking, but not really on your height. Quote
NintendoLogic Posted August 20, 2020 Report Posted August 20, 2020 There have been guys like Chris Benoit and Daniel Bryan who could come across as credible asskickers despite being on the shorter side. Adam Cole is not one of them. The fact that Cole has already been KTFO by the dudebro makes it even worse. Quote
sek69 Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 WWE did a test run of the THUNDERDOME today, and pics of it hit Twitter tonight. Looks like the setup the NBA has but instead of just pre-recorded video loops it appears to be live Zoom feeds of fans. It wasn't too bad, just being in an actual arena again with real fans (kinda) was an improvement over being in the PC. One thing I saw from folks who were involved is that the fans weren't reacting like a live crowd but just as if they were watching at home (which of course they are). I wonder if they'll be like WCW when they were doing the Disney tapings and get direction on how to react when things go live tomorrow. Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 21, 2020 Author Report Posted August 21, 2020 The THUNDERDOME looks batshit insane. I need early 90s Vince to introduce it. Quote
SirEdger Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 Vince is actually opening tonight's show. Quote
sek69 Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Blehschmidt said: Two Men Enter, No One Watches I bet this week will actually get a decent rating from people tuning in to see what it looks like. Not saying it will last or anything, but I would think everyone wants to at least take a look at this thing. The amusing thing to me is they *just* started an angle with an don't-call-it-Antifa group destroying and defacing the PC, so they go ahead and move the show to a whole ass arena decked out like an electronics trade show. If we're keeping kayfabe, Retribution should destroy all those screens in the first 10 minutes of Smackdown. Quote
SirEdger Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 If anything, knowing that Vince is there tonight, I wouldn't be surprised if their actions are directly towards Vince. Kayfabe-wise, you can't make a bigger statement than going after the owner of the very company you seem to despise. And this is probably when we'll start seeing a better "resistance" towards Retribution. Quote
NintendoLogic Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 Vince is going to put Retribution in their place and show all the entitled millennials on the roster how to grab the brass ring. Quote
sek69 Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 "Young powerful wrestlers trembling at the sight of elderly boss" is the WWE trope that keeps on giving. Quote
Coffey Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 I'll be tuning into the start of Smackdown as the Thunderdome gimmick at least grabbed my attention & I'm curious. That being said, how did WWE get the rights to use Thunderdome? There's no way that's not trademarked. And George Miller isn't exact the kind of dude that shies away from litigation. Quote
sek69 Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Coffey said: That being said, how did WWE get the rights to use Thunderdome? There's no way that's not trademarked. And George Miller isn't exact the kind of dude that shies away from litigation. I was wondering this too. I'm guessing its either a "wrestling flies under the radar and no one notices what they do" thing, or they have some type of limited trademark to use it for wrestling purposes only. Quote
hammerva Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 So they eliminated the duplicates from the video wall like yesterday, that is encouraging. Although they literally showed it for a minute and then went with the nutty light and laser show "You will never see it coming" meaning Summerslam. Well that is definitely leading to a disappointment I thought the purpose of the crowd was to have actual fan interaction. Yet they are still using terrible canned crowd noise. . Quote
KawadaSmile Posted August 22, 2020 Author Report Posted August 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Coffey said: I'll be tuning into the start of Smackdown as the Thunderdome gimmick at least grabbed my attention & I'm curious. That being said, how did WWE get the rights to use Thunderdome? There's no way that's not trademarked. And George Miller isn't exact the kind of dude that shies away from litigation. From what I've read, Thunderdome was not trademarked before. Amazing. Quote
sek69 Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 I admit, I popped for Huskus' GET THESE HOOVES shirt. Quote
C.S. Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 I'm not watching, but... Bray sucks. Braun sucks. The sooner they get the title off of Braun and onto Big E, and Bray far away from the title picture, the better. P.S. Jeff Hardy sucks too. Quote
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