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Post by xCompackx on Sept 21, 2015 22:18:26 GMT -5
It's interesting so far, for sure.
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the2ndevil
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Post by the2ndevil on Sept 21, 2015 22:21:56 GMT -5
Did not know Superclash was the only AWA PPV.
Thanks, lower third!
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Post by ToyfareMark on Sept 21, 2015 22:38:29 GMT -5
I think I like JBL more in this role, he seems to be a pretty natural interviewer.
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Post by thetower52 on Sept 21, 2015 22:47:10 GMT -5
This is pretty good
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Post by the2ndevil on Sept 21, 2015 22:59:26 GMT -5
Part two looks REAL good.
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Sept 21, 2015 23:11:57 GMT -5
Great start and JBL makes for a great interviewer. Particularly when it came to the business side of things
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 21, 2015 23:43:36 GMT -5
Lol his TNA tenure won't be talked about. TNA isn't canon in WWE. They're gonna say that Eric spend this last couple of years fishing or something.
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Post by thetower52 on Sept 22, 2015 0:35:06 GMT -5
Lol his TNA tenure won't be talked about. TNA isn't canon in WWE. They're gonna say that Eric spend this last couple of years fishing or something. Again why should they bring TNA up? No reason to
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Post by Captain & Diet on Sept 22, 2015 0:40:37 GMT -5
We've already heard a lot of this. But it was good to see Bischoff do business with WWE once again.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 22, 2015 0:47:42 GMT -5
Lol his TNA tenure won't be talked about. TNA isn't canon in WWE. They're gonna say that Eric spend this last couple of years fishing or something. Again why should they bring TNA up? No reason to Yeah you're right, I just find it funny, like when Jeff Hardy returned in 2006 they called his TNA tenure "fighting his demons"
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Post by comahan on Sept 22, 2015 1:26:27 GMT -5
JBL is a tremendous interviewer, that was very good.
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Post by "Mr Wonderdick" Dick Dastardly on Sept 22, 2015 1:37:33 GMT -5
Bischoff is quick on his feet, don't know why they can't just give us another Austin one. This JBL one is going to fail, because you know it's going to be JBL speaking over him, while Bischoff stays chill. So, a WWE version of The O'Reilly Factor?
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 22, 2015 4:06:31 GMT -5
One thing I would change, no cuts to JBL just listening, his resting face... I don't wanna look at that.
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Post by Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer on Sept 22, 2015 8:43:03 GMT -5
I liked the part when JBL discussed the Cruiserweight title, and whether that segregates the guys in the cruiserweight division, and limits their ascent to the World Heavyweight title (Eric disagreed with the 'glass ceiling' to an extent but agreed on the purpose of the division, to keep eyes peeled). JBL said that a cruiserweight/light heavyweight division is something that WWE has not done well in the past. Those designated 'cruiserweights' in the past who reached World title/main event status were so far removed from the division by that point. Rey Mysterio had no interaction with the cruiserweight division come 2006, except a Champion vs. Champion match in which the Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms was bigger than him!
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 22, 2015 9:37:46 GMT -5
This was one of the most honest things I've seen on the Network, JBL, of all people you'd see as a Vince yes-man talking about how Eric just did the same thing Vince did, how WWF couldn't do cruiserweights etc.
This was almost suspiciously even handed.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Sept 22, 2015 11:16:32 GMT -5
I liked the part when JBL discussed the Cruiserweight title, and whether that segregates the guys in the cruiserweight division, and limits their ascent to the World Heavyweight title (Eric disagreed with the 'glass ceiling' to an extent but agreed on the purpose of the division, to keep eyes peeled). JBL said that a cruiserweight/light heavyweight division is something that WWE has not done well in the past. Those designated 'cruiserweights' in the past who reached World title/main event status were so far removed from the division by that point. Rey Mysterio had no interaction with the cruiserweight division come 2006, except a Champion vs. Champion match in which the Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms was bigger than him! I don't know how much it was revisionist history but Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko were US title holders during 1997. Honestly Eddie had demons and how much higher up the card could Dean Malenko really go? To say they were forever crusierweights didn't have to be true and wasn't true. WCW had a problem where there was a glut at the top and no where to put them. They had big money contracts and you had to use them or you were wasting money in the eyes of suits. So any movement upwords would seem to have a glass ceiling. We could write a research paper on the fall of WCW but I don't feel like getting into that level of detail.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Sept 22, 2015 11:38:18 GMT -5
I thought it was a really great interview. My only complaint is how JBL kept having to shoehorn in the term "sports-entertainment" to the point that it was taking me out of the show. Don't ask a guy in his 60's about growing up a "sports-entertainment" fan. That's stupid. He grew up a wrestling fan.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Sept 22, 2015 11:50:01 GMT -5
I thought it was a really great interview. My only complaint is how JBL kept having to shoehorn in the term "sports-entertainment" to the point that it was taking me out of the show. Don't ask a guy in his 60's about growing up a "sports-entertainment" fan. That's stupid. He grew up a wrestling fan. Lol I'm pretty sure that while Eric was growing up in Minnesotta, the AWA didn't call it sports entertainment.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 22, 2015 11:52:39 GMT -5
I liked the part when JBL discussed the Cruiserweight title, and whether that segregates the guys in the cruiserweight division, and limits their ascent to the World Heavyweight title (Eric disagreed with the 'glass ceiling' to an extent but agreed on the purpose of the division, to keep eyes peeled). JBL said that a cruiserweight/light heavyweight division is something that WWE has not done well in the past. Those designated 'cruiserweights' in the past who reached World title/main event status were so far removed from the division by that point. Rey Mysterio had no interaction with the cruiserweight division come 2006, except a Champion vs. Champion match in which the Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms was bigger than him! I don't know how much it was revisionist history but Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko were US title holders during 1997. Honestly Eddie had demons and how much higher up the card could Dean Malenko really go? To say they were forever crusierweights didn't have to be true and wasn't true. WCW had a problem where there was a glut at the top and no where to put them. They had big money contracts and you had to use them or you were wasting money in the eyes of suits. So any movement upwords would seem to have a glass ceiling. We could write a research paper on the fall of WCW but I don't feel like getting into that level of detail. It's true, WCW was ridiculously stacked. Look at when the Radicalz made their move, WWE only had 2 main eventers, Rock and HHH, so their position on the card, with the buzz they had, was automatically better, Taker and Austin were out, Foley was retiring, it was a thin crowd and it still took a while for them to break through.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Sept 22, 2015 12:30:38 GMT -5
Which episode was that one? It was the Monday Night Wars episode, where it was JR, Michael Hayes and Mick Foley grilling Bischoff (Mostly Hayes) for being so mean and competing with Vince McMahon's monopoly. Just came off like they were trying to get him to apologize for shit the whole time instead of just talking about it. I'm watching it now on the Network. It's mostly Hayes grilling Bischoff with the other guys throwing in a few softball questions. Strangely enough, I believe Bischoff. I always have in comparison to Vince Russo.
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