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Post by stephen90 on Apr 25, 2023 19:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by Zombie Mod on Apr 25, 2023 19:37:38 GMT -5
sorry but I dont want to give either Russo or Bubba sponge ad revenue.
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Post by stephen90 on Apr 25, 2023 19:38:54 GMT -5
sorry but I dont want to give either Russo or Bubba sponge ad revenue. It got on the cover of USA today bro. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 25, 2023 20:48:45 GMT -5
sorry but I dont want to give either Russo or Bubba sponge ad revenue. It got on the cover of USA today bro. If this is from what I think it is, yep, he just regurgitates that point. |
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Post by stephen90 on Apr 25, 2023 21:29:46 GMT -5
It got on the cover of USA today bro. If this is from what I think it is, yep, he just regurgitates that point. While ratings and buyrates went down. Russo really overrates Arquette outside of the Scream movies his movies were mostly flops. Yet Russo acts like he's George Clooney or Brad Pitt. |
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Post by fg on Apr 25, 2023 21:53:50 GMT -5
Of course Vince is going to defend it. He’s going to defend it until the day that he dies that it was a great idea…despite what common sense says.
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Post by cassonova on Apr 25, 2023 23:43:03 GMT -5
"But bro. Bro you're still talking about it twenty years later bro. Bro, that's the definition of success bro. Brobrobro bro."
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Apr 26, 2023 0:13:02 GMT -5
Say what you will about the New Blood storyline, but it reinvigorated WCW when it kicked off. It felt like everything had purpose again, and as a longtime WCW fan, it was a surreal trip seeing Hogan interacting with the likes of Billy Kidman. The entire roster integrated? New stars finally getting a chance to shine, and older main eventers getting to reinvent themselves? For about two weeks, WCW fans had reason to hope again.
And then they put the title on Arquette and it was clear there was no actual plan.
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Post by stephen90 on Apr 26, 2023 11:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by tafkaga on Apr 26, 2023 11:32:06 GMT -5
Say what you will about the New Blood storyline, but it reinvigorated WCW when it kicked off. It felt like everything had purpose again, and as a longtime WCW fan, it was a surreal trip seeing Hogan interacting with the likes of Billy Kidman. The entire roster integrated? New stars finally getting a chance to shine, and older main eventers getting to reinvent themselves? For about two weeks, WCW fans had reason to hope again. And then they put the title on Arquette and it was clear there was no actual plan. It was exciting and a great concept, I agree. I really wanted it to be good. It just didn't take long to go off the rails. |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Apr 27, 2023 15:44:48 GMT -5
Reminds me of when there was that PuppyMonkeyBaby ad during the Super Bowl.
Was it memorable? Sure, but it was memorable for how bad it was. I don't even remember what product they were advertising. Think it was a soda?
Controversy doesn't always create cash. Sometimes it just is what it is.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Apr 27, 2023 16:10:31 GMT -5
I have an unpopular opinion on WCW Champ David Arquette: it wasn't THAT bad of an idea. And it was kind of fun the way they did it until he turned on DDP and SWERVE IT WAS OUR PLAN ALL ALONG!! Had Arquette accidently won the title back for Jarrett at Slamboree instead, it wouldn't been fine and a silly, but harmless few week storyline to try and pop a PPV buyrrate and promote their new movie. The idea isn't terrible. It's the ending and execution that sucked.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Apr 27, 2023 16:55:37 GMT -5
I'll say this about Arquette winning the title...it wasn't as bad as Russo making himself world champion a few months later.
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Post by XIII on Apr 27, 2023 17:11:29 GMT -5
David Arquette: WCW Champion probably doesn’t even crack the top 20 or so garbage booking decisions that Russo made.
Dude is the patron saint of shitty wrestling booking.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Apr 27, 2023 21:31:37 GMT -5
I'll say this about Arquette winning the title...it wasn't as bad as Russo making himself world champion a few months later. Yeah, that’s the one I can’t even bother defending. Even when I was a bit of a Russo apologist (it was a phase) I never even bothered. If he wanted to book himself a vanity accolade on the way out (this is when Russo knew his days were numbered), just make yourself Hardcore Champion or something. Yeah, bro. I know you won it in a fluke. I know the title is just a prop. It’s still abysmal storytelling. |
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Post by THE FVNKER on Apr 27, 2023 21:57:24 GMT -5
Say what you will about the New Blood storyline, but it reinvigorated WCW when it kicked off. It felt like everything had purpose again, and as a longtime WCW fan, it was a surreal trip seeing Hogan interacting with the likes of Billy Kidman. The entire roster integrated? New stars finally getting a chance to shine, and older main eventers getting to reinvent themselves? For about two weeks, WCW fans had reason to hope again. And then they put the title on Arquette and it was clear there was no actual plan. So I was like, 9 when this angle took place, but watching it back, I think I'm of the same mind that Brian Zane is on it. The idea of elevating guys who spent so much time on the undercard is obviously a good idea, but the fact that it was so on-the-nose about them being "THE NEW STARS" instead of just gradually moving them in kills it for me. The two factions were so totally opposite of each other that the New Blood never seemed like equals. There wasn't anything organic about it whatsoever. What I will say, is that I can't imagine having to book WCW around this time. They needed new guys to draw but they spent so much time using established names to carry the brand that they dug themselves in to a hole. The younger guys definitely needed elevating but when your top guys are people like Hogan and Flair, it's hard to lean on them to carry the flag. |
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Apr 27, 2023 22:23:07 GMT -5
Say what you will about the New Blood storyline, but it reinvigorated WCW when it kicked off. It felt like everything had purpose again, and as a longtime WCW fan, it was a surreal trip seeing Hogan interacting with the likes of Billy Kidman. The entire roster integrated? New stars finally getting a chance to shine, and older main eventers getting to reinvent themselves? For about two weeks, WCW fans had reason to hope again. And then they put the title on Arquette and it was clear there was no actual plan. So I was like, 9 when this angle took place, but watching it back, I think I'm of the same mind that Brian Zane is on it. The idea of elevating guys who spent so much time on the undercard is obviously a good idea, but the fact that it was so on-the-nose about them being "THE NEW STARS" instead of just gradually moving them in kills it for me. The two factions were so totally opposite of each other that the New Blood never seemed like equals. There wasn't anything organic about it whatsoever. What I will say, is that I can't imagine having to book WCW around this time. They needed new guys to draw but they spent so much time using established names to carry the brand that they dug themselves in to a hole. The younger guys definitely needed elevating but when your top guys are people like Hogan and Flair, it's hard to lean on them to carry the flag. Oh, I completely get the flaws with the story itself. But WCW had been SO ATROCIOUS in the thee months prior to it, a period that was kicked off with nearly every upper-midcarder leaving for the WWF, that it really seemed like the best possible direction. And by the end of it… well, Booker was the only act who successfully transitioned to the main event. But I’ll always be grateful for the utter absurdity of Hogan and Kidman feuding. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 28, 2023 10:33:26 GMT -5
Thanks for reminding of Arquette’s phone commercials
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Post by Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV on Apr 28, 2023 10:43:21 GMT -5
The amount of Bubba The Love Sponge threads in the last few weeks is not okay LMAO
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Apr 28, 2023 11:18:40 GMT -5
I have an unpopular opinion on WCW Champ David Arquette: it wasn't THAT bad of an idea. And it was kind of fun the way they did it until he turned on DDP and SWERVE IT WAS OUR PLAN ALL ALONG!! Had Arquette accidently won the title back for Jarrett at Slamboree instead, it wouldn't been fine and a silly, but harmless few week storyline to try and pop a PPV buyrrate and promote their new movie. The idea isn't terrible. It's the ending and execution that sucked. |
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