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[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Apr 7, 2024 6:01:30 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Apr 7, 2024 5:21:03 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

Made the show look cheap and ugly. And in a year's time, they won't be being paid by the same people but if they ever wanna do a career retrospective of one of the people in ring they'll have to have 'Dude Wipes' or something similarly embarassing emblazoned everywhere.

Wonder if arena creators in 2K24 are gonna make variations for every shitty advert.

and WWE 2k25 uses any match footage the entire ringside area is going to be blurred out...

You'd think at this point they'd have signed contingencies into the sponsorship contracts along the lines of "We reserve the right to show these ads in new content utilising archival footage from these shows".

[Woo]

Maybe it's because I'm not American, and therefore not as used to a constant barrage of advertising, but I found the constant adverts absolutely repulsive.

The chicken advert completely ruined the 6 woman match.

[BorneAgain]

We're about six months away from WWE incorporating sponsors into old and new wrestling theme songs to really get things shilled.

A "Dude Wipes" song set to Dude Love's theme playing at Summerslam may or may not be on the table.

[Alice Syndrome]

Apr 7, 2024 5:21:03 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

Made the show look cheap and ugly. And in a year's time, they won't be being paid by the same people but if they ever wanna do a career retrospective of one of the people in ring they'll have to have 'Dude Wipes' or something similarly embarassing emblazoned everywhere.

Wonder if arena creators in 2K24 are gonna make variations for every shitty advert.

Every career highlight package for Jade Cargill showing her proper debut is gonna have an advert for fried chicken on it. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[SirLucas]

Don't forget, we still have the Philadelphia Street Fight presented by Snoop and Dr. Dre's Gin and Juice.

[Gravedigger's Biscuits]

Apr 7, 2024 7:17:28 GMT -5 Woo said:

Maybe it's because I'm not American, and therefore not as used to a constant barrage of advertising, but I found the constant adverts absolutely repulsive.

The chicken advert completely ruined the 6 woman match.

Yep, it was honestly my least favourite aspect of the entire show.

As you say I think a lot of Americans will be used to it, which is fair enough, but as a Brit I find it really off-putting and obnoxious.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Doesn't bother me really. But I probably has some rose-colored glasses on because I'm enjoying wrestling so much right now?

["Cane Dewey" Johnson]

Apr 7, 2024 12:40:02 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

Doesn't bother me really. But I probably has some rose-colored glasses on because I'm enjoying wrestling so much right now?

If I enjoyed wrestling at this moment my rose-coloured glasses would have to be bifocals.

[bob]

next year we have to pool our resources to see FAN sponsor WrestleMania 41

[SirLucas]

I just called me local liquor store. And to my disappointment, they don't have the Gin and Juice in stock. I was going to crack one open during the 6 man street fight tonight.

[Hypnosis]

I was amused at "American Home Shield" sponsoring a match with Roman and Rollins, but having a 6-woman tag with black women involved sponsored by fried chicken wasn't the best look.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

It sucks, but I've resigned myself to this is how sports is now.

Stuff is covered in ads, baseball jerseys with ads are gonna cost more for people since they'll be like the ones that players wear, Draft Kings and sports books are all over every single sporting event.

[eJm]

Them using sponsors for ‘Mania is a weird way to make blood feuds seem less important but I guess if you’re signing them, you want them prominent.

Using chicken wings for the women’s match with three black women and Aguas Frescas in the match with Hispanic workers is f***ing bonkers, though. Like, Christ.

[BRV]

Here's what I said in last year's "There's too many ads at WrestleMania!" thread:

I didn't find it to be all that jarring compared to other major American sports, which have ads plastered everywhere, from the boards at a hockey game to on-court in NBA arenas to the sleeves of uniforms in Major League Baseball.

Sure, compared to previous WrestleManias, yes it was out of place, but it was a lot less over the top than some other wrestling shows (WCW and AEW plastering brand logos on the mat, for example).

Also, and this is totally missing the forest for the trees, but it says something about how mainstream wrestling has become that legitimate advertisers are willing to get into business with WWE. Some of the most prominent advertisers last night were Intuit Turbotax (one of the biggest tax preparation companies in America), Cinnamon Toast Crunch (one of the five best-selling cereals in the U.S.), Ford (the fifth-best selling car company), and Snickers (the top-selling candy bar in sales).

We've come a long way from Stacker 2, Slim Jim, and 1-800-Collect.

With the exception of the "brand logos on the mat" talking point, it all remains the same. The only time the ads really affected me were the American Home Shield logo having a red triangle that looked like it was an object on the ring mat, and the Dude Wipes branding, which is just an embarrassing product to have plastered all over the arena for your biggest show of the year. "We're baby wipes, but not for sissy babies ... WE'RE FOR MEN."

[SirLucas]

I want to see Orton and Owens spray paint a big X over the Prime logo tonight. But most likely no chance of that happening.

[bob]

Apr 7, 2024 12:53:36 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

I was amused at "American Home Shield" sponsoring a match with Roman and Rollins, but having a 6-woman tag with black women involved sponsored by fried chicken wasn't the best look.

that whole was really bugging me and making me uncomfortable during the match

[This Player Hating Mothman]

I get that normal sports all look like that now, but like. It sucks and it's ugly there, and it's still a nightmare when every inch of your view is being sold off to people for money to no actual gain to your own. Being able to ignore the constant chirping of your dying fire alarm doesn't mean you don't need to change your battery.

[johncasey]

I'm giving it 6 months before the Announcers include the sponsors in the match introductions like in Boxing and UFC:

The following contest sponsored by....is for the WWE.....etc

Something like that

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Apr 7, 2024 7:17:28 GMT -5 Woo said:

Maybe it's because I'm not American, and therefore not as used to a constant barrage of advertising, but I found the constant adverts absolutely repulsive.

The chicken advert completely ruined the 6 woman match.

Not a soccer fan I take it?

Cause the “every square inch is an ad” bit really goes next level in all the major soccer leagues outside North America from what I’ve seen.

[Cyno]

Buffalo wings aren't quite as stereotyped as being associated with Black people as regular fried chicken, so I'll give them a bit of a pass on that Wingstop sponsorship. If it was say, KFC or Popeyes it'd be a lot more problematic.