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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 21:41:20 GMT -5
Would it kill him to just have one week without the Demo Reel people present? I'm fine with having them when there's a point to it and they can both be funny sometimes, plus they are getting paid anyway and all due to being under contract so might as well use them, but their original purpose for being hired is already moot so the money's already lost. Building entire reviews around them is just making the NC quickly becoming as unwatchable as most of Doug's other shows. Clearly, you're not fine with having them.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 19:45:03 GMT -5
With all of the botches over the years, it'd be ironically amazing if Lilian got Fandango's name right.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 19:37:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll say it. I liked Evilina.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 18:55:30 GMT -5
One of the Bella Twins was a champion?
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 18:29:10 GMT -5
And here I was ready to ask if Fox could bring back Martin, Living Single & New York Undercover for Thursday nights, too.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 16:23:26 GMT -5
Yes. I thought we all knew this. And now I'm not being IWC Snarky. This is what WWE has told us. And since when has the IWC listened to what the WWE tells them to do? When they get trolled and insulted like the battered girlfriends with Stockholm Syndrome that we are.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 15:24:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure why this is upsetting so many people. It's the U.S title for Christ sake, holding it means you're only slightly more important than the other jobbers. Then what exactly is important? The midcard titles aren't important because the title holders are always jobbed out. The divas aren't important because the crowd doesn't react to them. The tag titles aren't important because most of the tag teams don't get to look strong. The heavyweight title isn't important because it's just a second rate world title. So does that mean we're only suppose to be interesting in what John Cena's doing with the WWE title? Yes. I thought we all knew this. And now I'm not being IWC Snarky. This is what WWE has told us.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 14:46:52 GMT -5
Because Antonio Cesaro is now in the "down cycle" of WWE's build-you-up-knock-you-down booking style.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 13:42:15 GMT -5
Internet loves Alison Brie. Internet loves memes.
Here ya go.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 16, 2013 13:26:46 GMT -5
Pro wrestling is fun.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 23:35:04 GMT -5
Bischoff did sign Mike Awesome. That was why it was so easy for ECW to get the injunction that prevented him from appearing on air with the ECW title. Bischoff hired him simply because he was the ECW champion and wanted to throw the belt away on TV. After that he had no plan for him and thankfully for Awesome Bischoff was gone shortly thereafter allowing Russo to actually put him to use. Bret's first involvement in a Starcade main event wasn't seriously how one should use the most talked about sign they had had. He was still the center of the whirlwind of the Montreal controversy and he was used to help clusterf*** further the Sting/Hogan main event which was already the biggest angle they had and didn't need him. His presence did nothing for that story, Sting, or himself. Maybe it helped Hogan save face by not losing clean, but that only further exacerbated the problem they had of the indominable heel who never properly got his comeuppance. Calling Bret the leader of the NWO is like calling X-Pac the leader of DX. Sure they both technical were for a time, but it was a time well after those factions were dead fish in the water. So if Bischoff is such a great booker how come he couldn't do anything to make Bret click in WCW? It's not like WCW fans didn't want to see the guy who hated WWF most get over. And while Bischoff did get a return on his investments of Hogan Savage and quite a few others, with the NWO, he had built up such a monster payroll that it was intimidating to investors when he tried to form a buyout group and had no long term plans to use the vast majority of that talent. Warrior was involved in a main event, but it was only to put Hogan over who didn't really need it. Not only did they spend a small fortune to aquire him but to also put him and his angles over. They redesigned the ring for his disappearing acts and that ring ended up injuring a few workers most notably Davey Boy Smith, but then again he was just there because Bischoff wanted to have a WWF name and really had no plans for him either. And Lanny Poffo was signed for....? Has anyone ever been able to answer that? TNA will maintain its core audience generally, on that I do agree. So what's the point of paying big names with no visible return on that investment? 1. Bret and Starrcade was good business. Bischoff didn't need Bret for that card they were going to pull a huge number regardless of if Bret was there or not. He played a small role and wrestled the next month on PPV probably popping that rating up a little because it was Bret's first PPV match. As for Bischoff not being able to get Bret to click I'm not sure, it could come down to the fact that there was 5-6 guys on the roster bigger than Bret at the time. I am not Eric I don't know his thinking. WCW did do a lot with Bret though. 2. The big names are needed. Nobody is going to buy house show tickets or merchandise with promised main events of AJ Styles Vs Chris Daniels. They need the Kurt Angles, Kennedys, Hardys etc to get them there. Most people are drawn in to watch the TV Show by the Hogans, Stings etc. Sure the Spike TV Rating may not of gone up but look at how much international business has gone up since Hogan and Bischoff signed. Look at some of the crowds they're pulling now that they're on the road. If you need to know Hulk's drawing ability look at his shows from 2009 when he visited Australia, 57 year old Hogan wrestled 61 year old Flair in every single main event of the tour and they drew at least 5000 a night (9000 the night I went) That's a pretty decent crowd by American standards but is up there with WWE by Australian standards. This is for a match that never was going to be good and was simply just for fans to see Hogan and Flair live. People bought it, that's the power of name value. You have to look at guys like Hogan from a media perspective too. Hogan can go and do an hour interview on the Howard Stern show and plug TNA multiple times, He can go on TV and plug things, TMZ follows him he's a legitimate celebrity and bigger than the wrestling world itself. Nobody in the media cares about anyone in TNA but Hogan. If you're a casual wrestling fan and you see a poster or a billboard or something for Slammiversary 2013 and it features 5 guys you've never seen in your life are you going to buy the PPV? Probably not, but if it has Hogan or Sting or Hardy on it the likelihood of the PPV being bought has to increase. Same with commercials, print advertisements etc etc Finally, Hogan wrestling on a card still sells tickets despite the fact he can't even bump anymore. TNA can use the Hogan card every 2-3 years to bump a BFG Buyrate or bump a TV Rating or whatever they need and the fans will buy it, because it's Hulk. And those same fans will never give a thought to the Robert Roodes of the world. Through little to no fault of the performers themselves. It is an endeavor that TNA will never grow out of. They can't.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 21:54:52 GMT -5
Ha. Nikki and/or Brie in a singles match. I wonder if they'll do the old switch like before. But, no wait, you guys! They're allegedly so much better now! There's no way the exact same bit they did when they first started will happen!
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 21:44:06 GMT -5
The Bella Twins get an entrance, but the divas champion gets the jobber entrance... How does that work? It's the Diva's Title. And it's Kaitlyn, who, despite what people on FAN may say, has never set the business on fire.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 21:43:11 GMT -5
Ha.
Nikki and/or Brie in a singles match. I wonder if they'll do the old switch like before.
But, no wait, you guys! They're allegedly so much better now! There's no way the exact same bit they did when they first started will happen!
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 21:22:12 GMT -5
Dolph gets the title. Goes right back to losing.
Ha!
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 19:23:30 GMT -5
Ha.
Brock was so ready after the crowd started chanting.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 18:27:49 GMT -5
CM Punk's being given the microphone this evening, and I would not put it past him to cut his promo and invoke that word he always likes to use to describe his promos.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 18:14:28 GMT -5
Yes. Yes it was lazy storytelling.
But the New Nexus was lazy to begin with. It was in every sense, New Coke.
Hell, Nexus became lazy when it just became "Get John Cena!"
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 17:49:33 GMT -5
Why do all rasslers go for the FIGHTING SPIRIT FIST pose? Because that fist shows that you're legit tough, kid.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Apr 15, 2013 13:40:59 GMT -5
TNA's audience is what it is, and the idea that they will grow is pretty far-fetched.
Any casual fans that will tune in will only care about the names they already know, because that's just how wrestling fans are. This isn't TNA booking incorrectly. It's the fans reacting the way they do. Countless examples of this in TNA's history and before have shown that fans, by and large, will ALWAYS go with the established main event stars over whomever is booked against them, heel or babyface.
And weekly fluctuations in 2013 are so arbitrary and random that to keep paying attention to them is dooming yourself to never creating a consistent product for the audience that is already there, who could be willing spread the word about it.
TNA is not and will not be growing.
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