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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Feb 5, 2012 22:43:03 GMT -5
Isn't Smith supposed to be widely despised?
I know one of 'em is.
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Post by Renslayer on Feb 5, 2012 23:22:30 GMT -5
Isn't Smith supposed to be widely despised? I know one of 'em is. I think it's Bruce
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 5, 2012 23:37:27 GMT -5
Natalya has to take some responsibility too. Presumable when WWE informed her about this absurd gimmick, she must have said "yes". If she did, she must take some of the blame too.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Feb 5, 2012 23:40:22 GMT -5
Natalya has to take some responsibility too. Presumable when WWE informed her about this absurd gimmick, she must have said "yes". If she did, she must take some of the blame too. Yes, it's totally right to blame her when saying no to the gimmick could have gotten her into deeper ****. If people had the rights to say what storylines they should be in, then we'd never get "Piggy James", Molly Holly would never have gotten called fat.
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Post by The Sam on Feb 5, 2012 23:42:40 GMT -5
Maybe he didn't word things right, but the gimmick is stupid. Natalya deserves better. How does a farting gimmick manage to put someone over? George Hackenschmidt passed gas several times during his matches with Frank Gotch, and if he didn't he wouldn't be remembered today.
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Post by celticjobber on Feb 5, 2012 23:45:10 GMT -5
Natalya has to take some responsibility too. Presumable when WWE informed her about this absurd gimmick, she must have said "yes". If she did, she must take some of the blame too. It's not that simple. This is probably punishment for something, and if she said no, they could do something even worse or release her.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Feb 5, 2012 23:46:15 GMT -5
Natalya has to take some responsibility too. Presumable when WWE informed her about this absurd gimmick, she must have said "yes". If she did, she must take some of the blame too. Yes, it's totally right to blame her when saying no to the gimmick could have gotten her into deeper ****. If people had the rights to say what storylines they should be in, then we'd never get "Piggy James", Molly Holly would never have gotten called fat. Not to mention, even if you are able to turn down a storyline, there's usually a worse one waiting for you, if not full-on release (as CelticJobber noted) as punishment. Remember the Blue Blazer; that was Owen's punishment for not doing a love-triangle storyline with Debra and Double J. Similarly, Kristal Marshall found herself in TNA after refusing the "Edge sleeps his way to power" storyline. You can't just reject a storyline without some sort of blowback. She shouldn't have been given the storyline in the first place.
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Post by Mr. Socko's Brother on Feb 5, 2012 23:50:46 GMT -5
Yes, it's totally right to blame her when saying no to the gimmick could have gotten her into deeper ****. If people had the rights to say what storylines they should be in, then we'd never get "Piggy James", Molly Holly would never have gotten called fat. Not to mention, even if you are able to turn down a storyline, there's usually a worse one waiting for you as punishment. Remember the Blue Blazer; that was Owen's punishment for not doing a love-triangle storyline with Debra and Double J. You can't just reject a storyline without some sort of blowback. She shouldn't have been given the storyline in the first place. Not that I disagree with the people who say that Nattie probably didn't have any say in the matter, because my guess is that she didn't too. But did Owen dislike the Blue Blazer gimmick?
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Post by Lila on Feb 5, 2012 23:52:41 GMT -5
Isn't Smith supposed to be widely despised? I know one of 'em is. It's Bruce. Oldest and only living blond male one. Props to Keith for having that sick 'stache of his.
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Post by salTy on Feb 6, 2012 0:02:06 GMT -5
A fart gimmick is pretty much the deathknell on someone's career.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on Feb 6, 2012 1:11:27 GMT -5
She's not going to quit and go to TNA. Doing that would result in a huge pay cut. Would you be willing to make at least 50% less just so you wouldn't have to have fart noises played over your image on TV?
Additionally, if she does get through this, she might be seen as a company woman and be kept around for the long haul. How many years did Jillian Hall collect fat paychecks jobbing to the stars?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2012 1:31:56 GMT -5
She's not going to quit and go to TNA. Doing that would result in a huge pay cut. Would you be willing to make at least 50% less just so you wouldn't have to have fart noises played over your image on TV? I don't know what Natalya thinks, but Victoria and Gail Kim were willing to take that pay cut. And in Victoria's case, she didn't just want out of WWE, she wanted out of the business completely at the time she left but reconsidered when TNA called.
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Post by hassanchop on Feb 6, 2012 1:34:03 GMT -5
www.pwmania.com/artman/natalya-tells-her-fans-to-not-worry-does-she-watch-tnaFor the second consecutive week on SmackDown, WWE suggested that Natalya Neidhart had farted during a backstage segment. As Natalya and Beth Phoenix were warming up for their match against Aksana and Tamina, sound effects simulating farting were heard. Santino Marella then walked into the area and displayed an alarmed reaction to the foul scent. The angle has drawn the ire of many of the third generation wrestler’s fans on Twitter, who feel it’s doing her no favors. Natalya, however, thinks they should lighten up. “I love to respond to all of you and answer your q’s but some of your comments are Debbie Downer-esque! Settle the tea kettles would ya?!” she wrote. “What I’m trying to say to some of you is that life is too short to be so negative! So chin up, go for a jog or save a puppy! “To everyone who is positive- I’ve got nothing but love for you… Like Tupac said! And thank you from the bottom of my heart. Goodnight!” She then specifically responded to a message saying a lot of people are worried about the passing gas segments. She responded, “No one needs to worry about me:) except for the people at Louis Vuitton!”
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 6, 2012 1:40:07 GMT -5
Natalya has to take some responsibility too. Presumable when WWE informed her about this absurd gimmick, she must have said "yes". If she did, she must take some of the blame too. Yes, it's totally right to blame her when saying no to the gimmick could have gotten her into deeper ****. If people had the rights to say what storylines they should be in, then we'd never get "Piggy James", Molly Holly would never have gotten called fat. What deeper ****? So they might release her. They are going to kill her career anyway. What's going to be worse than the current gimmick? It's already the bottom of the barrel. Are her employment options elsewhere non-existent?
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Post by cherry coloured funk on Feb 6, 2012 1:42:33 GMT -5
She's not going to quit and go to TNA. Doing that would result in a huge pay cut. Would you be willing to make at least 50% less just so you wouldn't have to have fart noises played over your image on TV? I don't know what Natalya thinks, but Victoria and Gail Kim were willing to take that pay cut. And in Victoria's case, she didn't just want out of WWE, she wanted out of the business completely at the time she left but reconsidered when TNA called. Gail Kim is married to a celebrity chef, so I am sure the paycut isn't a giant deal for her. Remember, the reason she went back to WWE was money. When money was no longer an issue, she was fine with leaving.
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Post by Beav on Feb 6, 2012 1:42:52 GMT -5
Inspirational people don't either. I've seen "Gandhi" and I'm pretty sure at no point does he break wind. Take of it what you will, but Gandhi liked to give and receive enemas. Just one of those weird facts I know.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2012 2:17:38 GMT -5
I don't know what Natalya thinks, but Victoria and Gail Kim were willing to take that pay cut. And in Victoria's case, she didn't just want out of WWE, she wanted out of the business completely at the time she left but reconsidered when TNA called. Gail Kim is married to a celebrity chef, so I am sure the paycut isn't a giant deal for her. Remember, the reason she went back to WWE was money. When money was no longer an issue, she was fine with leaving. She left WWE because she was unhappy, not because she no longer needed the job. Given three years of making six figures in WWE and the successful husband, she probably doesn't need TNA all that much at this point, but she's still working there.
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Post by mizerable on Feb 6, 2012 2:24:14 GMT -5
Take of it what you will, but Gandhi liked to give and receive enemas. Just one of those weird facts I know. Goddamn you for making me learn that! Of course that's the sort of stuff you never forget.
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Post by "Dashing" Dr.VonPhoenix on Feb 6, 2012 4:03:36 GMT -5
It's easily one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. However... if it somehow... in the end... gets her more over, then I'll be able to live with it.
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Post by Chris the Bambikiller on Feb 6, 2012 5:00:16 GMT -5
The farting gimmick just doesn't work in a PG environment. It is so Attitude Era-ish, meaning it would work in the Attitude Era where anything goes or rather went. Now it just seems so stupid. If this were the Attitude Era, we'd have one fart fetishist who follows Natalya around, then she would start lighting her farts and that guy would have his face horribly disfigured from the flame, he would start wearing a mask and somehow end up feuding with Kane. That's how things were handled in the Attitude Era.
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