Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Jul 22, 2014 11:16:50 GMT -5
Come on WWE, it's not to late to alter the result of the IC Battle Royal! Nobody cares if all 6 Miz fans get pissed.
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Post by angryfan on Jul 22, 2014 11:26:03 GMT -5
I love this. "Oh, the ending, it...it wasn't that, it was something else". Are they going to edit the replays? Dub in some commentary to fit the narrative?
Hell, wrestling is basically modern theater anyway (Shakespear was not high art at the time, it was considered low-brow at times and the "cheap seats" were the front row where they would heckle performers for not being good enough) so let's just go with it. Rome and Juliet eloped, no one died, and the families got along!
Yeah it's an inconsequential match and (sadly) a meaningless feud that will not matter in a month, but that's not the point. The point is that a major company will air a "show" (the match), then do an immediate write up, redact it, and do another one wherein, both times, what was reported as happening during the episode isn't what actually took place.
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Post by madness50 on Jul 22, 2014 11:35:43 GMT -5
Where they have stumbled into Swagger being crazy over, the logical choice is Swagger wins a rematch at Summerslam. The next night, Rusev goes NUTS attacking someone else (setting up his next feud) while Swagger moves on to something else. Why is it everytime that the WWE stumbles into a good thing they stedfastly refuse to go with it? I guess Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn could be to blame since they seem to be stuck in a time warp. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 11:35:46 GMT -5
The funniest thing to me is that the WWE is apparently dumb enough to think that they wouldn't catch heat from news outlets over their promo. Everyone from TMZ to the Washington Post has had articles about it.
It's not just hurting Swagger, it's also hurting Rusev and Lana who are both good enough to not have to rely on this lame assed Russia gimmick.
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Jul 22, 2014 11:37:24 GMT -5
TMZ reported on the finish of the match? I still think it's probably a Lawler mistake.
The gimmick was certainly working last Monday.
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Post by greenhelmet on Jul 22, 2014 11:42:19 GMT -5
Pretty obvious that it was just an error on Lawlers part.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 11:45:26 GMT -5
TMZ reported on the finish of the match? I still think it's probably a Lawler mistake. The gimmick was certainly working last Monday. No, the Lana promo from Battleground, I should have been more clear. |
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Jul 22, 2014 12:02:58 GMT -5
I'm kind of surprised it got that much of a reaction, I guess if various websites followed wrestling more, it wouldn't be as big of a deal.
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Post by mysterydriver on Jul 22, 2014 12:32:11 GMT -5
Found it hilarious that The Daily Show had the Lana Promo's mention of the downed plane and then had Jon Stewart go on a rant about how "You only won by count out and Jack Swagger has been off his game!" Stewart going into pro wrestling fan mode was fantastic.
"What? Wrong room?"
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jul 22, 2014 13:43:43 GMT -5
Where they have stumbled into Swagger being crazy over, the logical choice is Swagger wins a rematch at Summerslam. The next night, Rusev goes NUTS attacking someone else (setting up his next feud) while Swagger moves on to something else. Why is it everytime that the WWE stumbles into a good thing they stedfastly refuse to go with it? There's more upside to Rusev than Swagger so Rusev should win the rematch. That's the only reason to do the countout so he can beat him cleanly on a bigger stage. If Swagger wins, what exactly would they do? Make everyone he wrestles anti-American? He's over because he's against Rusev and Lana. How is there more upside to Rusev, when it clearly looks like he's being built up to be a monster of the month for a top face and then nothing after that? |
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Post by RIHT on Jul 22, 2014 14:53:35 GMT -5
First they lie about Lana not referring to the Malaysian plane being shot down, then they lie about an actual match result on a PPV. Jesus, screw you, WWE.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 22, 2014 14:55:15 GMT -5
It was undoubtedly Lawler f***ing up and not some kind of change since the results page still lists it as Rusev by count out.
(well the actual headline lists SWAGGER as winning but still)
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Jul 23, 2014 2:43:11 GMT -5
There's more upside to Rusev than Swagger so Rusev should win the rematch. That's the only reason to do the countout so he can beat him cleanly on a bigger stage. If Swagger wins, what exactly would they do? Make everyone he wrestles anti-American? He's over because he's against Rusev and Lana. How is there more upside to Rusev, when it clearly looks like he's being built up to be a monster of the month for a top face and then nothing after that? They could do a lot with Rusev. He isn't tainted like Swagger. If he's beaten by a top guy, at least he's beaten by the best and not a midcarder. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 23, 2014 2:46:55 GMT -5
Given Main Event explicitly had them saying it was a count out, Lawler is just a confused old man.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 23, 2014 3:33:33 GMT -5
How is there more upside to Rusev, when it clearly looks like he's being built up to be a monster of the month for a top face and then nothing after that? How is that clear? They could do a lot with Rusev. He isn't tainted like Swagger. They could do a lot with Rusev, but they won't. They never do. They build up a monster heel (Khali, Kozlov, Umaga, Ryback, Snitsky, Henry, Big Show, Kane, Viscera, Vader, Earthquake), feed them to whoever the top babyface is at the time, and then cut them adrift with no real direction for months/years at a time. Swagger's only real "taint" is the DUI in the middle of his last big push. Current members of the roster have recovered from worse than that. |
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Post by Ryushinku on Jul 23, 2014 5:28:16 GMT -5
Given Main Event explicitly had them saying it was a count out, Lawler is just a confused old man. I'm most definitely going with this. |
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