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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 16:49:02 GMT -5
Because something something gimmick, brother.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 16:47:27 GMT -5
Whether it works or doesn't work is irrelevant at this point. This is their formula and they're sticking to it because the wrestling business doesn't learn from its own past, EVER.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 14:20:51 GMT -5
Lets be honest here. The is a simple reason why TNA never seems to go anywhere. Lets play: Count the nWo: I started watching TNA late 2009. Skipped a lot of 2010, watched about 4 months of 2011. And loved the 3 months Hogan was out injured in 2012. So in that short time: nWo: Main Event Mafia. Nash, Steiner and Booker standing around and looking old. Especially Nash. nWo: Global Invasion. Non starter, Eric Young as leader??? Really? nWo: The Band. Yay..old and drunk. Did anyone really want to see them back together? nWo: Fortune. The 4 Horseman...but accoring to Flair (live on Impact mind), not half as good. nWo: Immortal. Hogans giant ego, live and in person! nWo: Aces and Eights. Every reveal has met with "meh" reactions, and the whole storyline is going nowhere. I'm sure I've left one out! Why are they sooooo obsessed with the nWo? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) That will only work again, if 10 years are allowed to pass with ZERO mention or reference to it. Not every year? The same reason WWE is obsessed with finding the next "super mega unstoppable babyface" for the post-Cena world. Because it's what works.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 12:38:52 GMT -5
I'd love it, but I don't see it happening.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 10:58:25 GMT -5
Something something common man and all that.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 23, 2013 8:52:35 GMT -5
Which means it's going beyond just the stereotypical Internet fans.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 22:20:53 GMT -5
Does WWE keep a Foley or HBK on reserve for those feuds that they need to make the protagonist actually get cheered, because there's nothing at all sympathetic about them on their own? They can also call on Lawler if necessary. See: The CM Punk heel turn.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 22:07:07 GMT -5
So how is Ryback the heel again? Because Cena. Do we really have to keep answer things?
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 22:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 22:03:50 GMT -5
Reprise Cena's theme song and roll the credits.
Good night, everybody.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 14:02:49 GMT -5
Right. And I'd like to see the threads come up a few months after this happens, and Brock Lesnar kills them both.
Seriously. People never learn.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 11:41:54 GMT -5
Yes.
Next question.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 11:39:30 GMT -5
It had a good run.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 11:31:42 GMT -5
Since when is "being smart" against WWE policies? This one's too easy.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 22, 2013 9:42:44 GMT -5
I want to congratulate the OP on a successfully executed Nash Troll.
Well done.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 21, 2013 22:11:12 GMT -5
Johnny Ace isn't in a position of authority anymore. She's probably done.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 21, 2013 18:41:00 GMT -5
What I find most puzzling about this is that for as many examples there are of WWE doing this, either intentionally or otherwise, there will always be those that will defend WWE for it.
The idea that there are "rebels" and how dare they enjoy exactly what the company tells them to enjoy exactly the way they're told to enjoy it. How dare they deviate.
The mindset really has changed. Selling out is buying in.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 21, 2013 10:12:42 GMT -5
And this is something that Sean has said before. Today's society is about promoting something cool to spread the word about so everyone knows about it, like a meme. In the oh-so-great Attitude Era, WWE understood that they may not have been so easily digestible for the mainstream and they ran with it. Something like Fandangoing being run into the ground in two weeks is either WWE desperate to find something to catch on (because they don't understand the word "organic") or looking to subvert what they don't believe to be "the right thing to catch on", like Zack Ryder. In the case of this article, I believe it's the latter. They're taking something their detractors say about them and subverting it. Because they can. how exactly do you not run things into the ground though in the net era? I didn't see them run the Fandangoing clips multiple times in the show? Should they have run one clip about it and spread the rest out for a month, even though all of them took place in that one week span? Or ignore it for a week or more and seem like they missed it? It's like I said. They don't understand the concept of organic growth and haven't for a long time. WWE can't stop themselves from finding something that may sprout up and going into overdrive. Or just killing it dead when it doesn't fit their narrative. And they're able to do it because they have absolute control over the narrative.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 21, 2013 9:50:25 GMT -5
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if they know it's sarcastic, but they're "taking it away" from Cena's detractors and turning him into an even larger paragon of virtue. they're under no obligation to allow fans to feel rebellious or cool or whatever. It's like people complaining about WWE promoting Fandangoing. Because it's no longer subversive it's no longer cool. Well, WWE promotes stuff that's popular. In fact I've got a copy of Death of WCW where WCW is criticized for killing any idea they didn't come up with themselves and not cross promoting things like Goldberg taking batting practice with Mark McGuire. And this is something that Sean has said before. Today's society is about promoting something cool to spread the word about so everyone knows about it, like a meme. In the oh-so-great Attitude Era, WWE understood that they may not have been so easily digestible for the mainstream and they ran with it. Something like Fandangoing being run into the ground in two weeks is either WWE desperate to find something to catch on (because they don't understand the word "organic") or looking to subvert what they don't believe to be "the right thing to catch on", like Zack Ryder. In the case of this article, I believe it's the latter. They're taking something their detractors say about them and subverting it. Because they can.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 21, 2013 9:12:48 GMT -5
Figures WWE.com wouldn't get that "SuperCena" is sarcastic. People don't call him "SuperCena" because he's heroic or inspiring, or any of that revisionist silliness. It's entirely because of his booking, and the fact that they (WWE) paintbrush him as this unflinching moral character, when in reality said morals are entirely predicated (or ignored) based on whatever story or direction WWE wants to go in. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if they know it's sarcastic, but they're "taking it away" from Cena's detractors and turning him into an even larger paragon of virtue.
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