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Post by Error on Dec 3, 2007 22:23:43 GMT -5
Honestly? I don't see them revealing it backstage, they'd want crowd reaction. ...ok in THEORY they'd want crowd reaction and they can't plug in crowd reaction? Sorry but, I just imagined them reveling in Cornette's office that BG James was fired and then cutting to the crowd from when they announced that Angle had signed. Mike and DW oversell and all. LOL That is all.
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Post by Ace Diamond on Dec 3, 2007 22:40:10 GMT -5
and they can't plug in crowd reaction? Sorry but, I just imagined them reveling in Cornette's office that BG James was fired and then cutting to the crowd from when they announced that Angle had signed. Mike and DW oversell and all. LOL That is all. And for good measure throw in the DW and Tenay high-five.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Dec 4, 2007 7:13:22 GMT -5
Sorry but, I just imagined them reveling in Cornette's office that BG James was fired and then cutting to the crowd from when they announced that Angle had signed. Mike and DW oversell and all. LOL That is all. And for good measure throw in the DW and Tenay high-five. Yes. And then for no reason Mike reminds us all that Rellik is Killer spelled backwards.
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Post by Error on Dec 4, 2007 12:18:19 GMT -5
I posted a more detailed set in the first post.
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 4, 2007 12:21:25 GMT -5
So why didn't they follow up on that "shoot" typical russo/memphis erratic booking
so wait it was a ladder match, where whomever wins gets the belt, but Lethal is still X-division champ?
that's stupid
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Post by Dave the Dave on Dec 4, 2007 15:03:02 GMT -5
So uh....Eric gets hit in the face with a beer bottle....and one match at the pay per view settles it?
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 4, 2007 15:09:29 GMT -5
So uh....Eric gets hit in the face with a beer bottle....and one match at the pay per view settles it? That's not a TNA thing, that's how wrestling has been for years. You got a problem with someone, beat them in the ring and all will be well afterwards.
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 4, 2007 15:35:18 GMT -5
yeah pretty much, plus EY has moved on to a bigger fued.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Dec 4, 2007 19:03:16 GMT -5
Well I was kind of hoping for a...fued?
I get he is needed elsewhere now, but they could both be elevated now right? Just think that beating on impact is bigger than on match.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 4, 2007 21:25:19 GMT -5
That is it and according to PWI's source, they did not revel the cases to the live crowd. - For those wondering, they didn't reveal the results of the "Feast Or Fired" briefcases to the live crowd. It seems that it is either a backstage segment (hell, it would makes sense to not revel that in the spoilers to drive up ratings) or they are holding off a week because of Senshi leaving. I lol'd at the part about 'driving up ratings.'
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Post by metylerca on Dec 4, 2007 21:30:07 GMT -5
Uh, no I wouldn't. If they did this the exact same way with those stupid smurfing poles and not telling people on a PPV THEY PAID GOOD MONEY FOR TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THOSE smurfING CASES, I would call it stupid. Don't you assume what I'm going to say just because a certain promotion did it. No one said that the cases were gonna be opened at the PPV. Hell, all that was known was that there was gonna be 15 guys in a match with 4 cases, 3 holding a title shot, 1 holding a pink slip. And I seriously doubt people bought it just cause they want to know what's in the cases. BTW, All the days before the PPV, everyone was crapping on it cause everyone was going "Well, what if they open the first 3 cases, and the last one is the fired one? What then? So stupid! Screw Russo!" They take out that problem, and there's still complaining, cause you can't wait 3 more days to find out? WTF? What you're missing out on is that they'd promoted for 2 weeks at least a match that you described... then they stall on the payoff because??? I'd love to see a MITB where they have Kennedy on top of the ladder, about to grab the briefcase, and then they all go backstage, waiting until the next PPV to let us know who won. TNA! It was a bad match, let it go man. It was bad execution, again, let it go. They just threw a ladder match on TV with no build-up..... how are you going to explain that?
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 4, 2007 21:35:19 GMT -5
No one said that the cases were gonna be opened at the PPV. Hell, all that was known was that there was gonna be 15 guys in a match with 4 cases, 3 holding a title shot, 1 holding a pink slip. And I seriously doubt people bought it just cause they want to know what's in the cases. BTW, All the days before the PPV, everyone was crapping on it cause everyone was going "Well, what if they open the first 3 cases, and the last one is the fired one? What then? So stupid! Screw Russo!" They take out that problem, and there's still complaining, cause you can't wait 3 more days to find out? WTF? What you're missing out on is that they'd promoted for 2 weeks at least a match that you described... then they stall on the payoff because??? I'd love to see a MITB where they have Kennedy on top of the ladder, about to grab the briefcase, and then they all go backstage, waiting until the next PPV to let us know who won. TNA! It was a bad match, let it go man. It was bad execution, again, let it go. They just threw a ladder match on TV with no build-up..... how are you going to explain that? The difference is that we already know who won the cases(BG James, Senshi, Petey Williams, & Scott Steiner), so it isn't like they don't show the actual winner. You know who the winner is, and you have to wait for the payoff, cause they want to get some of the extra drama in cause they need to rework things. Why do you gotta get all confrontational?
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Post by metylerca on Dec 4, 2007 21:41:21 GMT -5
What you're missing out on is that they'd promoted for 2 weeks at least a match that you described... then they stall on the payoff because??? I'd love to see a MITB where they have Kennedy on top of the ladder, about to grab the briefcase, and then they all go backstage, waiting until the next PPV to let us know who won. TNA! It was a bad match, let it go man. It was bad execution, again, let it go. They just threw a ladder match on TV with no build-up..... how are you going to explain that? The difference is that we already know who won the cases(BG James, Senshi, Petey Williams, & Scott Steiner), so it isn't like they don't show the actual winner. You know who the winner is, and you have to wait for the payoff, cause they want to get some of the extra drama in cause they need to rework things. Why do you gotta get all confrontational? Don't mean it in a confrontational way, sir. Wait... they're waiting to build drama.. for a match that was made to create storylines for the next month's feuds, because? I find it hard to believe that they'd 'build drama' seeing how they just threw on a Ladder Match for free-TV without any buildup whatsoever. It's bogus.
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 4, 2007 21:45:03 GMT -5
The difference is that we already know who won the cases(BG James, Senshi, Petey Williams, & Scott Steiner), so it isn't like they don't show the actual winner. You know who the winner is, and you have to wait for the payoff, cause they want to get some of the extra drama in cause they need to rework things. Why do you gotta get all confrontational? Don't mean it in a confrontational way, sir. Wait... they're waiting to build drama.. for a match that was made to create storylines for the next month's feuds, because? I find it hard to believe that they'd 'build drama' seeing how they just threw on a Ladder Match for free-TV without any buildup whatsoever. It's bogus. for a feud that's been going on for about 2 months now. Plus, I didn't hear any complaining when they had a street fight last week for the same reason.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 4, 2007 21:48:31 GMT -5
Don't mean it in a confrontational way, sir. Wait... they're waiting to build drama.. for a match that was made to create storylines for the next month's feuds, because? I find it hard to believe that they'd 'build drama' seeing how they just threw on a Ladder Match for free-TV without any buildup whatsoever. It's bogus. for a feud that's been going on for about 2 months now. Plus, I didn't hear any complaining when they had a street fight last week for the same reason. Street Fight < Ladder Match. Ladder matches are for ending feuds, not just continuing them without buildup. If they have a 6 Sides of Steel match anytime soon, I'd love to see the reaction on this board. *no seriously, i wonder how they'd take it.
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 4, 2007 21:56:51 GMT -5
for a feud that's been going on for about 2 months now. Plus, I didn't hear any complaining when they had a street fight last week for the same reason. Street Fight < Ladder Match. Ladder matches are for ending feuds, not just continuing them without buildup. If they have a 6 Sides of Steel match anytime soon, I'd love to see the reaction on this board. *no seriously, i wonder how they'd take it. Why does a feud need to end with a ladder match? There are thousands of gimmick matches, why is this one so sacred?When was the last time a ladder match truly ended a feud, anyway?
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Post by mysterydriver on Dec 4, 2007 22:02:32 GMT -5
Street Fight < Ladder Match. Ladder matches are for ending feuds, not just continuing them without buildup. If they have a 6 Sides of Steel match anytime soon, I'd love to see the reaction on this board. *no seriously, i wonder how they'd take it. Why does a feud need to end with a ladder match? There are thousands of gimmick matches, why is this one so sacred?When was the last time a ladder match truly ended a feud, anyway? Briscoes/El Generico & Steen?
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 4, 2007 22:03:43 GMT -5
Why does a feud need to end with a ladder match? There are thousands of gimmick matches, why is this one so sacred?When was the last time a ladder match truly ended a feud, anyway? Briscoes/El Generico & Steen? That was a feud?
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Post by mysterydriver on Dec 4, 2007 22:21:59 GMT -5
Briscoes/El Generico & Steen? That was a feud? They had numerous matches before and a storyline building up to the ladder match, so I assumed so.
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Post by metylerca on Dec 4, 2007 22:59:25 GMT -5
Street Fight < Ladder Match. Ladder matches are for ending feuds, not just continuing them without buildup. If they have a 6 Sides of Steel match anytime soon, I'd love to see the reaction on this board. *no seriously, i wonder how they'd take it. Why does a feud need to end with a ladder match? There are thousands of gimmick matches, why is this one so sacred?When was the last time a ladder match truly ended a feud, anyway? And throwing it away on a free-tv show is good? Even if it wasn't a feud ender, why just throw it out there. By the same token, it'd be like Raw starting with a Hell in the Cell match where we get to see all these awesome bumps... except we really don't know why. It'd be hella fun to watch, but what for?
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