cosmo
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Post by cosmo on Dec 4, 2021 4:36:46 GMT -5
I just wonder what Sami was thinking that whole time he was out there, sitting in the ring for half an hour while literally nothing happened.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
FANatic
Writer, Lover of all things Wrestling. Analytical, Critical, Lovable (hopefully). Lets all have fun!
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 4, 2021 6:01:45 GMT -5
Smackdown ended their show with 30 minutes of literally nothing hapening, Rampage ended their show with a 20 minute tag match banger with an insanely hot crowd
I'm nit trying to comoare, but isnt hard, WWE makes it hard. I havent seen time wasted so thoroughly since that time TNA went an hour without any wrestling at all.
This was also the show that really made me feel like Sami is outta here when the time comes, because that was just a pile of shit he was subjected to.
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 4, 2021 7:06:58 GMT -5
You could fit an entire women's tournament in that time.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 4, 2021 7:47:32 GMT -5
Watching this gif made me think, I wish we would've gotten this kind of spot with The Fiend, but then the person getting pied sells it like there's acid in the cream or something, just fall to the ground yelling "it burns!" Or that they're blinded or something. Excellent idea they should have used
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msc
Dennis Stamp
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Post by msc on Dec 4, 2021 8:03:58 GMT -5
It wasn't even misery booking, it was troll booking.
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Ultimate Arbiter of Right And Wrong
Spent half my life here, God help me
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 4, 2021 8:07:56 GMT -5
Well they could cut the hobo parade to a lean 20...
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Dec 4, 2021 8:29:38 GMT -5
It wasn't even misery booking, it was troll booking. It was “well, f***, we give up” booking.
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Post by nihilismizhawt on Dec 4, 2021 9:08:00 GMT -5
They've been deemphasizing the wrestling aspects of their show. As they move towards recruiting and creating their own brand of athletes, the actual matches will mean less and less.
The booking philosophy is simple. Brock beating someone up is more over than a match. Roman's entrance is more over than a match. The evil authority figure running down their babyface victim is more over than a match. The content is more important than the concept of professional wrestling.
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 4, 2021 9:09:52 GMT -5
They've been deemphasizing the wrestling aspects of their show. As they move towards recruiting and creating their own brand of athletes, the actual matches will mean less and less. The booking philosophy is simple. Brock beating someone up is more over than a match. Roman's entrance is more over than a match. The evil authority figure running down their babyface victim is more over than a match. The content is more important than the concept of professional wrestling. It’s been that way since 1984, brother.
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Demented
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Winner of the Harleen F. Quinzel Legacy of Puddin Award
What am I doing here?
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Post by Demented on Dec 4, 2021 9:47:38 GMT -5
They never should've made Toni Doink.
I'm all in favor of making Toni Doink.
I don't have a type.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 4, 2021 11:56:22 GMT -5
When Sami came out with 30 minutes left I thought we were gonna get a solid match and then a big show closing angle. Nope, we got whatever the f*** that was. I would be so pissed off if I were there live.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 4, 2021 12:16:44 GMT -5
Is there any logic in the pacing of the shows like this, I posted my rant in the rate sd thread also lol, but watching Raws and Smackdowns within the last year since their weird switch to this entrance of wrestler, commercial/recap/backstage then to entrance of opponent, then the match begins makes zero sense to me for the fans in attendance and on TV. Then I read on reddit from fans in attendance saying the lights are dimmed out, the wrestler is just standing there while commercials are playing on the screen. Doesn't seem to make for a good experience for anyone involved... I think Vince's attention span has gotten worse in his old age, so he just has Dunn cram in a bunch of unrelated segments before a match ever starts now.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 12:33:36 GMT -5
I did not waste my time with this live thankfully but from what I have been able to watch of it , that aint even creatively bankrupt that is straight up just intentional we do not care level booking.
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asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by asuka007 on Dec 4, 2021 12:59:01 GMT -5
WWE has had truly appalling pacing in general in recent months. Like it’s the worst that I’ve ever seen at least.
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Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Dec 4, 2021 13:07:25 GMT -5
I only watch WWE on DVR right now so I can quickly move past commercials, recaps, and spots like this. This has to be excruciating to a live viewer, and down right insulting to someone who paid good money for a ticket. Then again, at this point you're paying them to make their product look good on TV. They don’t perform for the live audience anyways.
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asuka007
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by asuka007 on Dec 4, 2021 13:10:48 GMT -5
I cannot imagine being someone who paid money to attend this show live.
I actually chatted with a couple of people who were there and yeah, it was even more bizarre in person than it was on TV.
It’s such a slap in the face to those fans as well.
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JoDaNa1281
Crow T. Robot
Jackie Daytona, Regular Human Bartender. #BLM
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Dec 4, 2021 13:36:27 GMT -5
Watching this gif made me think, I wish we would've gotten this kind of spot with The Fiend, but then the person getting pied sells it like there's acid in the cream or something, just fall to the ground yelling "it burns!" Or that they're blinded or something. The first thing I thought of when I read this...
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 4, 2021 14:03:20 GMT -5
So, can someone lay out to me how there was 20 minutes between entrance and match start other than "a complete network cockup on the level of the time TNA lost an entire show to technical issues"? Because I'm sure not watching that shit to check how. If I'm remembering everything right: -Sami Zayn makes entrance -commercial break -Sonya/Naomi segment-what feels like a 5 minute Raw recap -commercial break -Back to Sami in ring -Brock shows up and beats him up -commercial break -Roman looooong entrance -Bell finally rings How TF do you have what I'm assuming is an unrelated segment backstage, AFTER somebody has already made their entrance for a match!?!?
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 4, 2021 14:05:16 GMT -5
They've been deemphasizing the wrestling aspects of their show. As they move towards recruiting and creating their own brand of athletes, the actual matches will mean less and less. The booking philosophy is simple. Brock beating someone up is more over than a match. Roman's entrance is more over than a match. The evil authority figure running down their babyface victim is more over than a match. The content is more important than the concept of professional wrestling. It’s been that way since 1984, brother. George Orwell would have written a MUCH better wrestling show
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 4, 2021 14:07:44 GMT -5
If I'm remembering everything right: -Sami Zayn makes entrance -commercial break -Sonya/Naomi segment-what feels like a 5 minute Raw recap -commercial break -Back to Sami in ring -Brock shows up and beats him up -commercial break -Roman looooong entrance -Bell finally rings How TF do you have what I'm assuming is an unrelated segment backstage, AFTER somebody has already made their entrance for a match!?!? That's the thing, I can understand having the match with Sami be a short and a squash, but there was no need to trot him out for that long. They could have easily added 3-5 minutes more to the other matches on SD, had the sonya/naomi segment and recaps, commercials, then use the last 10-15 minutes for the sami/roman/brock match/segment.
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