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Post by chazraps on Apr 26, 2010 0:30:25 GMT -5
I wasn't sure where to put this, but seeing as the list solely consists of WWE programming from 1997 to now it seemed like here was the way to go. popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/wrestling/I wanted to do a piece about how my greatest appreciation for wrestling comes from how it's the most consistently over the top one-of-a-kind programming on television. Nothing outside of Adult Swim fare like Tim & Eric can compete with the sheer level of insanity presented on a week-in week-out basis. That in mind, instead of throwing together a "worst gimmicks ever" sort of list, I wanted to approach it from the perspective of a television programmer, breaking down and heavily simplifying some of the most notorious events on-screen into how they would be processed in the reality of any other show. Hope you digs. |
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Post by Alex Shelley on Apr 26, 2010 0:34:56 GMT -5
Oh wow, they actually have good footage of the Katie Vick sex segment! I haven't ever been able to find that. Awesome.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Apr 26, 2010 1:29:06 GMT -5
Kinda missed the point of Kurt Angle's "I hate black people" promo there.
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Post by chazraps on Apr 26, 2010 1:37:28 GMT -5
Kinda missed the point of Kurt Angle's "I hate black people" promo there. No, I get it. He's showing that no matter what he says, the audience will still cheer him. My point of including it in this list was the methodology behind this for any character in any other show would be that face-value absurdity. |
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Post by wcw on Apr 26, 2010 1:49:28 GMT -5
Kinda missed the point of Kurt Angle's "I hate black people" promo there. No, I get it. He's showing that no matter what he says, the audience will still cheer him. My point of including it in this list was the methodology behind this for any character in any other show would be that face-value absurdity. I think including it on a list with Katie Vick and other ridiculous moments is trying to say that that moment was a absurd moment when it was pretty much standard wrestling stuff to build the psychology of the character is stretching the notion of absurd to me. But hey if you thought it was absurd its not my list. |
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Post by Ass Dan on Apr 26, 2010 2:03:33 GMT -5
As a theatre major, I should say that 'absurd' wouldn't be used to describe what the majority of the examples given would define. Absurd is is when there is no meaning to the events, in the way that existance would have no intrinsical meaning. Things happen, but they are not directly related to other events. Mae Young giving birth to a hand could be called absurd. I wouldn't call the rest absurd.
An example I would have used would be The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust. He was all over the place, but there was no logic to it. He simply was, and you had to accept him for his existance.
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Post by chazraps on Apr 26, 2010 2:14:00 GMT -5
Thanks for reading everybody. As a theatre major, I should say that 'absurd' wouldn't be used to describe what the majority of the examples given would define. Absurd is is when there is no meaning to the events, in the way that existance would have no intrinsical meaning. Things happen, but they are not directly related to other events. Mae Young giving birth to a hand could be called absurd. I wouldn't call the rest absurd. An example I would have used would be The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust. He was all over the place, but there was no logic to it. He simply was, and you had to accept him for his existance. First, awesome name. You're going to live forever. Second - would you say there's meaning to any of those events being on TV at all? |
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Post by chazraps on Apr 26, 2010 14:58:30 GMT -5
I just want to take a moment to thank everyone for reading and passing the link on. The traffic for my blog exploded with this update. Y'all the best and such.
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Post by MAGGLE on Apr 26, 2010 15:02:54 GMT -5
Hilarious that the top 3 all have to do with coffins.
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Apr 26, 2010 15:19:20 GMT -5
First time Ive ever seen the Gooker footage. The next 4 seconds of your life describe how I feel.
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Post by Mesousa on Apr 26, 2010 17:09:01 GMT -5
Wow, that Kurt Angle thing was really stupid, it was basically like this:
"I will make my heel turn by saying that I hate stuff that people like."
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Post by Arturo Classico on Apr 26, 2010 17:18:15 GMT -5
I would have added the whole Eddiesploitation angle to this list for the uncomfortableness of Orton saying Eddie was burning in hell and destroying Eddie's lowrider which was unnecessary and awful which lead to Mysterio having the worst World title run in recent memory and climaxed with Chavo and Vickie turning heel claiming that Rey was disrespecting Eddie's name with no real reason given man what an awful storyline.
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Post by JDviant on Apr 26, 2010 17:20:18 GMT -5
To me, Loony Toon adventures with Hornswaggle are more absurd then Kurt's crazy talk
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Post by pink on Apr 26, 2010 17:21:14 GMT -5
I heard about katie Vick, but i've never seen it til now. Its disturbing. I can't believe they actually aired that.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Apr 26, 2010 17:26:48 GMT -5
To me, Loony Toon adventures with Hornswaggle are more absurd then Kurt's crazy talk Didn't Honswoggle either drop a giant weight on someone or did the old Roadrunner tunnel gag? Oh wait I think he did both. |
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Apr 26, 2010 17:27:26 GMT -5
Wow, that Kurt Angle thing was really stupid, it was basically like this: "I will make my heel turn by saying that I hate stuff that people like." He was a heel well before this. Fans were cheering him, because Cena hate was at its absolute highest. People marked out like sugar-rushed retards when Edge speared him that night. Kurt got his point across, no matter WHAT he said, the alternative (Cena) sucks. The best line from that is easily Daivari when Kurt says he wants to submit Jesus. "Who'd he ever beat?" |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 26, 2010 17:35:16 GMT -5
I wouldn't put Triple H marrying Steph on the list, for the reasons you said. Remember it was revealed that Stephanie was in on it. So even in the context of the angle Triple H didn't drug her or rape her. It was a plan to get back at Vince.
The reasons I'd say it was absurd was the fact that Test came out to his freaking entrance music, had a match earlier in the night and was announced as Test. There was also the aftermath with for some reason Stephanie being a heel for getting back at Vince. The same guy who had her stalked and kidnapped by the Undertaker, all to screw over Stone Cold Steve Austin. That was the stupidest part of the whole thing IMO, for some reason we're supposed to hate Stephanie after what Vince had done.
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Post by Dub H on Apr 26, 2010 17:38:08 GMT -5
To me, Loony Toon adventures with Hornswaggle are more absurd then Kurt's crazy talk Didn't Honswoggle either drop a giant weight on someone or did the old Roadrunner tunnel gag? Oh wait I think he did both. He did the roadrunner tunnel gaga with carlito And he exploded Coach with TNTs |
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Post by Arturo Classico on Apr 26, 2010 17:45:25 GMT -5
Didn't Honswoggle either drop a giant weight on someone or did the old Roadrunner tunnel gag? Oh wait I think he did both. He did the roadrunner tunnel gaga with carlito And he exploded Coach with TNTs Oh yeah that's right. Man Hornswoggle being announced as Vince's son maybe was the worst thing to be seen on WWE programming. Although it's a tossup between that, Mae giving birth to hand and Kane necrophilia |
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Post by Ass Dan on Apr 26, 2010 17:47:34 GMT -5
Thanks for reading everybody. As a theatre major, I should say that 'absurd' wouldn't be used to describe what the majority of the examples given would define. Absurd is is when there is no meaning to the events, in the way that existance would have no intrinsical meaning. Things happen, but they are not directly related to other events. Mae Young giving birth to a hand could be called absurd. I wouldn't call the rest absurd. An example I would have used would be The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust. He was all over the place, but there was no logic to it. He simply was, and you had to accept him for his existance. First, awesome name. You're going to live forever. Second - would you say there's meaning to any of those events being on TV at all? Yes. They were the middle of a storyline, and helped advance the narrative. Just because it's terrible doesn't mean it's absurd. 1981-2010. |
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