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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 18, 2022 4:49:22 GMT -5
Remember when they kept spamming 2-out-of-3-falls matches? How about the weird superimposed PNG era of SmackDown? When everyone was doing cellphone promos for some reason? That two weeks when Raw's third hour was gritty or whatever?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 18, 2022 5:17:51 GMT -5
I'm going to reply to this thread on Tout
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 18, 2022 6:01:12 GMT -5
Remember when they kept spamming 2-out-of-3-falls matches? How about the weird superimposed PNG era of SmackDown? When everyone was doing cellphone promos for some reason? That two weeks when Raw's third hour was gritty or whatever? That gritty 3rd hour could have been a chance to really the envelope, at least of PG would allow. |
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 18, 2022 6:03:48 GMT -5
RAW Underground was a collective fever dream we all experienced
Shit kept happening week to week that was never mentioned again, including the women background dancers, The Hurt Business taking over one night and never appearing there again, and everyone who ever competed there being retconned out of existence as of ever appearing there, like Omos being the bouncer
And then it, itself just kinda vanished and stopped.
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Post by Nosnorb on May 18, 2022 6:04:34 GMT -5
Remember when they kept spamming 2-out-of-3-falls matches? How about the weird superimposed PNG era of SmackDown? When everyone was doing cellphone promos for some reason? That two weeks when Raw's third hour was gritty or whatever? That gritty 3rd hour could have been a chance to really the envelope, at least of PG would allow.
If WWE really made the 3rd hour Gritty, that is a new boom period right there.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 18, 2022 6:04:41 GMT -5
Never ever forget...  |
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 18, 2022 6:08:25 GMT -5
Remember those promos when giant text would appear on screen when wrestlers spoke to add impact to certain words they were saying? And then sometimes, they added really cheap looking adobe effects to them too? Or even entrances? Case in point   |
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Post by Mid-Carder on May 18, 2022 6:22:23 GMT -5
Remember those promos when giant text would appear on screen when wrestlers spoke to add impact to certain words they were saying? And then sometimes, they added really cheap looking adobe effects to them too? Or even entrances? Case in point Were these really shown on TV? I have major second-hand embarrassment. |
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Post by chrom on May 18, 2022 6:31:13 GMT -5
When Matt cut a promo on his match with Jeff at WM25, music was playing during it
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Post by chronocross on May 18, 2022 6:38:22 GMT -5
Or the Wildcard Rule? I'm glad they ditched that as it got confusing after a while.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 18, 2022 6:39:09 GMT -5
Remember those promos when giant text would appear on screen when wrestlers spoke to add impact to certain words they were saying? And then sometimes, they added really cheap looking adobe effects to them too? Or even entrances? Case in point Were these really shown on TV? I have major second-hand embarrassment. Yes they absolutely were, and they lasted multiple weeks And they were not the only ones who has it happen to them. The backstage promos where the words would just keep emphatically popping up like weird aggressive subtitles were... an experience |
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Post by Mid-Carder on May 18, 2022 6:59:54 GMT -5
Were these really shown on TV? I have major second-hand embarrassment. Yes they absolutely were, and they lasted multiple weeks And they were not the only ones who has it happen to them. The backstage promos where the words would just keep emphatically popping up like weird aggressive subtitles were... an experience They look like WWF 1995 |
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Post by dbrussel on May 18, 2022 7:14:37 GMT -5
Remember the electric chair..
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Post by Shy Guy on May 18, 2022 7:32:03 GMT -5
Remember those promos when giant text would appear on screen when wrestlers spoke to add impact to certain words they were saying? And then sometimes, they added really cheap looking adobe effects to them too? Or even entrances? Case in point This was the first thing I thought of |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 18, 2022 7:37:00 GMT -5
There was the period where they wouldn't let a match go on if someone started bleeding.
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Post by WinOwensWin on May 18, 2022 7:39:22 GMT -5
Stephanie McMahon promising that they will stop "suffocating their Superstars" and the McMahons promising to listen to the fans and provide "new stars and new matchups."
That lasted until the end of RAW.
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Post by Push R Truth on May 18, 2022 7:42:22 GMT -5
Stephanie McMahon promising that they will stop "suffocating their Superstars" and the McMahons promising to listen to the fans and provide "new stars and new matchups." That lasted until the end of RAW. Hasn't Vince/Steph/HHH come out like 2 or 3 times now to announce something similar to "a new era is starting" and each time literally nothing changes? I kinda miss the "ads integrated into the show to have less commercials" thing. The KFC and Subway shit was actually entertaining. Was that it? Only twice? |
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 18, 2022 7:49:03 GMT -5
That gritty 3rd hour could have been a chance to really the envelope, at least of PG would allow.
If WWE really made the 3rd hour Gritty, that is a new boom period right there.
The (gritty) GOOOOON! |
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on May 18, 2022 7:49:16 GMT -5
#RawActive
This is when Raw first went to 3 hours permanently and they promised "the most interactive show ever".
It was basically just fans voting on match types etc. but with options that would make Cyber Sunday embarrassed. Take for example the very first week of this. You get to pick the stipulation for the Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan match.
The options? Street Fight, Falls Count Anywhere or No Holds Barred. Wow, what a diversity of choice!
Similarly, the next week they had choose the guest on Piper's Pit. The options being Jericho, Ziggler or Miz. Jericho won...only to be interrupted by Ziggler and Miz anyway. In other words, WWE had written it all out anyway and just re-arranged who came out when.
WWE have never done a great job of fan voting but this was probably their worst attempt yet. I think it became infrequent after just a couple of months and disappeared altogether a short time afterwards.
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Post by thechase on May 18, 2022 8:00:39 GMT -5
Remember those promos when giant text would appear on screen when wrestlers spoke to add impact to certain words they were saying? And then sometimes, they added really cheap looking adobe effects to them too? Or even entrances? Case in point Were these really shown on TV? I have major second-hand embarrassment. They're like what you see on INSERT COIN screens |
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