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Post by Widow's Peak on Jun 27, 2012 20:48:47 GMT -5
- This past Monday on the WWE Raw Supershow, Vince McMahon made the call not to mention Fort Wayne, which is the city Raw was taped in. If Vince doesn't think the city sounds big league enough, the name of the city is banned. A few weeks back when Smackdown was in Columbia, SC, he made the same call.
Saw this on on a couple newz sites, so I can't guarantee that its 100% truthful. But its just too funny not to pass along. ;D
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Jun 27, 2012 20:56:20 GMT -5
It's Vince, so this pretty much any ridiculous story is pretty believable.
The man is weird.
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Post by Juice on Jun 27, 2012 21:01:03 GMT -5
Raw was taped?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2012 21:05:02 GMT -5
It's Vince, so this pretty much any ridiculous story is pretty believable. The man is weird. He is indeed weird, but you can see the method to his madness. |
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Post by Cronant on Jun 27, 2012 21:27:29 GMT -5
"GREEEEEEN BAAAAAAAAAAY...........WHATS UP!!!!"
Just trying to avoid things like that. Vince is smart.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 27, 2012 21:28:27 GMT -5
I wonder if Stamford, CT is notable enough to be named on the broadcast.
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Post by percymania on Jun 27, 2012 22:17:51 GMT -5
This rule probably doesn't apply to the Rock.
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Post by Lancers on Jun 27, 2012 22:22:24 GMT -5
"How you doin' out there tonight 2nd largest city in Indiana behind Indianapolis?  " |
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Jun 27, 2012 22:51:33 GMT -5
It's Vince, so this pretty much any ridiculous story is pretty believable. The man is weird. He is indeed weird, but you can see the method to his madness. More like his method is his madness. No one earth cares about what city RAW is coming from, unless it was " We are live from Bowlegs Oklahoma!". Then I suspect they'd care. I love how these are the things that Vince puts his foot down on, rather than, you know, having his lead play-by-play guy sell his product and not act schitzo. |
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jun 27, 2012 22:57:00 GMT -5
Makes sense.
Unless a wrestler on the roster is from the city or it's somewhere important ala London, Toronto, or Tokyo, why the hell does anyone even care?
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Jun 27, 2012 22:58:27 GMT -5
The guys on Review A Raw (one of Live Audio Wrestling's weekly podcasts) made a brief mention of how no one said the name of the town they were in. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if someone heard this and it became a NEWZ item.
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Post by Jimmy on Jun 27, 2012 22:58:28 GMT -5
Can't wait for WrestleMania live in the shadow of New York City next year.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jun 27, 2012 22:58:41 GMT -5
It's Vince, so this pretty much any ridiculous story is pretty believable. The man is weird. |
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jun 27, 2012 22:59:23 GMT -5
I wonder if Stamford, CT is notable enough to be named on the broadcast. We'd probably get "Live from Stamford, Connecticut, the home of the WWE." |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 27, 2012 23:05:04 GMT -5
The guys on Review A Raw (one of Live Audio Wrestling's weekly podcasts) made a brief mention of how no one said the name of the town they were in. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if someone heard this and it became a NEWZ item. We will find out next week, because they will be in Laredo, TX. I would be surprised if Vince could find Laredo on a map of Texas. |
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Post by corndog on Jun 27, 2012 23:10:38 GMT -5
Funny, there are over 300,000 people in Fort Wayne, it's really not a small city at all. Also, it was a real sell out for Raw, something they don't get too often, maybe they should actually appreciate it. This is why I miss WCW, they came here all the time and had no problem mentioning it on Nitro.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Jun 27, 2012 23:16:52 GMT -5
The guys on Review A Raw (one of Live Audio Wrestling's weekly podcasts) made a brief mention of how no one said the name of the town they were in. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if someone heard this and it became a NEWZ item. We will find out next week, because they will be in Laredo, TX. I would be surprised if Vince could find Laredo on a map of Texas. My favorite was back in the late 80's/early 90's where Vince would have the announcers put the term "suburban" in front of a major city in lieu of saying the smaller one. "Live from Suburban Cleveland Ohio (Richfield, ahem), it's The Survivor Series!" It's also why Edge and Christian are from "Toronto" instead of "Orangeville." |
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Post by Starshine on Jun 27, 2012 23:17:16 GMT -5
I love how from all accounts, McMahon will stress over the pettiest of matters while more often than not completely ignoring the bigger picture.
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Post by Ryanar on Jun 27, 2012 23:39:37 GMT -5
I say wait till Wrestlemania, when he bills it "LIVE OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY!"
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Post by Lancers on Jun 27, 2012 23:43:50 GMT -5
Live from the United States it's Monday Night RRRRRRRRRRAWWWWWW!!!!!
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