Dean-o
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Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:01 GMT -5
Yes. Terrible, but a good main event with a crappy ending. So, you weren't satified with the Raw vs. Smackdown main event? Wow, you are tough to crack.
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Post by Dick Foley on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:05 GMT -5
Solid show. Loaded up with commercials but, that is an NBC problem, in fact, the number one complaint from viewers of NBC's DAYTONA 500 coverage-- too many commericals.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:07 GMT -5
I only caught the last hour and a half, but it seemed like an okay show.
Shane impressed me as usual.
Dissapointed with the Mickie James turn.
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Post by Firearm: Supposed Big Deal on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:08 GMT -5
Maybe ProBoards can take more hits during the weekend?
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Rick Mad
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Post by Rick Mad on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:12 GMT -5
OH MY GOD SHANE MCMAHON IS GOING TO WCW!!!!!
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Post by gsguy on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:18 GMT -5
Bret HAS to interfere at Mania Agreed.
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electrickeithery
Samurai Cop
Paul McCartney, your next ROH world champion.
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Post by electrickeithery on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:19 GMT -5
The first match was good except for the ending. The last match was good, except for the ending. The women's match was barely a match.
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Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:44 GMT -5
I thought tonights show was good. Not Great. Not awful. It did a job of promoting 'Mania, and was entertaining (to me anyway)
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Post by Firearm: Supposed Big Deal on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:50 GMT -5
I mark for Nilknarf, BTW.
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Dean-o
Grimlock
Haha we're having fun Maggle!
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Post by Dean-o on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:51 GMT -5
This was supposed to attract people who don't watch RAW and Smackdown?
And yet they are expected to be aware of something that happened nearly 10 years ago? Yea, but you gotta stick to your storylines that have been built, and who knows, maybe some of the "first timers" might tune on on Monday to see what the hell just happened? Ah, who am I kidding...
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JLAJRC
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Post by JLAJRC on Mar 18, 2006 22:00:55 GMT -5
Better than most RAWS lately.
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electrickeithery
Samurai Cop
Paul McCartney, your next ROH world champion.
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Post by electrickeithery on Mar 18, 2006 22:01:29 GMT -5
It did it's job and pimped WM. Now maybe they'll get a few more PPV buys.
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Post by gsguy on Mar 18, 2006 22:01:31 GMT -5
Solid show. Could of used some more matches and I'm pissed that Boogeyman/Booker T is a wrestlemania match now. It should be a free match.
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HRH The KING
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
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Post by HRH The KING on Mar 18, 2006 22:01:34 GMT -5
It was a decent Street Fight.
But again, I say that if they wanted to attract a mainstream NBC audience to Mania, the best way to do that would not be to reference something that happened in 1997 and was so "insider" in nature that the average viewer watching tonight wouldn't have a clue what just happened.
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wwerules60
El Dandy
"Bring what? a vomit bag? a fig newton?"
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Post by wwerules60 on Mar 18, 2006 22:01:46 GMT -5
This was supposed to attract people who don't watch RAW and Smackdown?
And yet they are expected to be aware of something that happened nearly 10 years ago? Ya but they had Shane and Shawn falling off ladders through tables and average viewers will want more of that
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Post by normcoleman on Mar 18, 2006 22:02:37 GMT -5
Shane/Shawn, Cena being booed and Austin/JBL were my highlights
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Hiroshi Hase
Patti Mayonnaise
The Good Ol' Days
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Mar 18, 2006 22:02:40 GMT -5
I guess we'll have Boogey vs. Booker.T at Mania after all.
As for tonight's show, I thought it was great. The Raw/SD match was good, though there was a noticeable mixed reaction for Cena, especially when he went for the F-U.
The women's match (or whatever you call it) was bleh, and I think most people saw Mickie's heel turn coming a mile away.
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Rick Mad
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Post by Rick Mad on Mar 18, 2006 22:02:41 GMT -5
It was an okay show. HBK/Shane didn't disappoint... Mania Main Event match was about what you'd expect, though it REALLY should have been last... We FINALLY got a Mickie heel turn... Exciting Foley/Edge stuff...
I can't complain.
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Mar 18, 2006 22:02:55 GMT -5
I'm impresed with the fact that the thread didn't explode. Damn screwjobs.
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HRH The KING
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by HRH The KING on Mar 18, 2006 22:03:29 GMT -5
You mean falling off ladders then a long commerical break then they appear magically in the ring again?
After a big bump, you have to stick with the show to make it clear how devestating it was supposed to be.
Cutting away for a long commercial defeats the purpose of selling the bump.
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