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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Mar 17, 2009 20:32:00 GMT -5
For Test at the beginning of Raw last night?
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Mar 17, 2009 20:34:51 GMT -5
Nope.....not even the 'In Memory' screen.
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Post by Sonic...SonicTruth on Mar 17, 2009 21:15:00 GMT -5
Wow. That's pretty piss-poor.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 21:19:33 GMT -5
There waiting for the Toxicology reports they don't want to have another Benoit situation
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Post by Sonic...SonicTruth on Mar 17, 2009 21:30:32 GMT -5
There waiting for the Toxicology reports they don't want to have another Benoit situation God forbid they remember a man who worked for their company if he died of steroid abuse. Test's memory? meh. WWE's publicity? ULTRA-IMPORTANT. Please, he didn't kill his wife & kids. He died. and he was a former employee of yours. just show a f***ing screen at the top of the show, it wouldn't be a big deal. That's pathetic. |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 17, 2009 21:33:59 GMT -5
Perhaps it is true that WWE is being more selective with their memorial graphics, but there's no way in the world a toxicology report could reveal anything that comes close to a "Benoit situation." In the past WWE has used the in-memory graphic for young wrestlers whose deaths were attributed to drug abuse and for a wrestler who committed suicide. These were all before Benoit's death though. To my knowledge they were never criticized for any of the graphics they have put at the beginning of their programming for these wrestlers. WCW also used the graphics for young wrestlers who committed suicide or died due to drug abuse and I never heard them criticized either.
It's a shame that they didn't show a graphic for him since he worked for them for years, won the IC and tag belts, and was involved in many angles like the Stephanie McMahon relationship, the Corporation, the UnAmericans, and his relationship with Stacy.
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Post by Beans on Mar 17, 2009 21:36:20 GMT -5
Maybe WWE doesn't think it does it's image any good being constantly associated with drug-related deaths anymore.
It might sound harsh but product image is everything, especially post-Benoit.
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Mar 17, 2009 21:44:37 GMT -5
In this case, WWE could save face if criticism did arise claiming they contributed to Test's death in the even his passing is drug related.
WWE paid for his rehab stint. They honestly can't do anything for him beyond that. If you don't want to get better, you won't.....it's one of the few things that really can't be forced on someone.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Mar 17, 2009 21:44:50 GMT -5
Maybe WWE doesn't think it does it's image any good being constantly associated with drug-related deaths anymore. It might sound harsh but product image is everything, especially post-Benoit. These damn greedy bastards! |
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Post by Beans on Mar 18, 2009 5:38:57 GMT -5
Maybe WWE doesn't think it does it's image any good being constantly associated with drug-related deaths anymore. It might sound harsh but product image is everything, especially post-Benoit. These damn greedy bastards! It's not really greed at all |
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Post by Bobby Womack on Mar 18, 2009 5:50:20 GMT -5
There waiting for the Toxicology reports they don't want to have another Benoit situation God forbid they remember a man who worked for their company if he died of steroid abuse. Test's memory? meh. WWE's publicity? ULTRA-IMPORTANT. Please, he didn't kill his wife & kids. He died. and he was a former employee of yours. just show a snorking screen at the top of the show, it wouldn't be a big deal. That's pathetic. im going to go ahead and assume you're not involved in a big business, because yes, paying tribute to a man who you seemingly didnt hold in a very high regard when he was alive does pale in comparison to avoiding publicity which could help the media continue sligning mud at them and give the government more ammunition to try to take them down, there have been many other wrestling deaths that wwe probably should have acknowledged that they didnt, i wouldnt even put test's in the top 5 in that category, nonetheless god rest his soul |
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Post by Skeleton Crew on Mar 18, 2009 6:24:16 GMT -5
There waiting for the Toxicology reports they don't want to have another Benoit situation Theres no Reports of Test Killing anybody so i doubt there worried about that. |
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Post by George Harrison on Mar 18, 2009 6:26:37 GMT -5
There waiting for the Toxicology reports they don't want to have another Benoit situation God forbid they remember a man who worked for their company if he died of steroid abuse. Test's memory? meh. WWE's publicity? ULTRA-IMPORTANT. Please, he didn't kill his wife & kids. He died. and he was a former employee of yours. just show a snorking screen at the top of the show, it wouldn't be a big deal. That's pathetic. They had it on their website, just because they didn't have it on their show doesn't mean it's pathetic. You probably never gave a shit about Test until he died, why would WWE consider paying tribute and be called hipocritical, when their are thousands of people doing it for them on internet websites. |
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Post by Sparvid on Mar 18, 2009 6:40:54 GMT -5
So, how much money did WWE lose when they showed In Memory screens for people like Curt Hennig, Big Bossman, Davey Boy, Hawk, etc?
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Mar 18, 2009 7:45:34 GMT -5
God forbid they remember a man who worked for their company if he died of steroid abuse. Test's memory? meh. WWE's publicity? ULTRA-IMPORTANT. Please, he didn't kill his wife & kids. He died. and he was a former employee of yours. just show a snorking screen at the top of the show, it wouldn't be a big deal. That's pathetic. im going to go ahead and assume you're not involved in a big business, because yes, paying tribute to a man who you seemingly didnt hold in a very high regard when he was alive does pale in comparison to avoiding publicity which could help the media continue sligning mud at them and give the government more ammunition to try to take them down, there have been many other wrestling deaths that wwe probably should have acknowledged that they didnt, i wouldnt even put test's in the top 5 in that category, nonetheless god rest his soul The government can't take WWE down as they have no overisght. The difference between WWE and MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL is that the latter have tax exempt status which gives congress overshight. WWE doesn't have tax exempt status. THe WWE's worry is more mud being slung at them from the media causes advertisers to leave. That hits them right in the pocketbook. |
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Post by Space City's Own on Mar 18, 2009 7:48:23 GMT -5
Meh.
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Post by Steveweiser on Mar 18, 2009 7:54:13 GMT -5
I think it was more to do with their plans to induct the Von Erichs - some of whom died with steroid usage involved in some way. They didn't want the media overreacting with that and a Test dedication as well.
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Post by George Harrison on Mar 18, 2009 7:55:12 GMT -5
So, how much money did WWE lose when they showed In Memory screens for people like Curt Hennig, Big Bossman, Davey Boy, Hawk, etc? The big steroid issues with WWE had cooled down in the years surrounding the deaths of these wrestlers, when they died people just found it sad that a wrestler had died. Now, so suddenly, it has escalated in recent years that people have taken notice, & with the Chris Benoit debate still fresh in everyones mind, I don't think it's disrespectful for Test to not so much promote his death. They had a respectful tribute on there website. Bossman, Perfect, Hawk & Davey Boy died in a different era of wrestling. |
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Post by blef on Mar 18, 2009 8:12:48 GMT -5
I think it was more to do with their plans to induct the Von Erichs - some of whom died with steroid usage involved in some way. They didn't want the media overreacting with that and a Test dedication as well. But they held off the Von Erichs HOF announcement (which I understand will be done on SD this Friday), I think, because of Test's death, not the other way around. Post-Benoit, the WWE is wise (though "crass") to not memorialize another wrestler before all the facts are known. I'd like to think they could still run a dedication on Friday, if the autopsy is done by then. Or, sadly, just "ignore" his death on TV like they did Crash, Hercules and a few others in the past. |
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Post by sloride on Mar 18, 2009 8:17:48 GMT -5
WWE has been hit by negative publcity because of Test's death and they didn't want to further increase that publicity by including a Test graphic. It was ridiculous but it seems to be the main reason why they didn't include that or the Von Erich induction.
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