amaron
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Post by amaron on Aug 20, 2013 11:20:06 GMT -5
Come on... don't a lot of you have something that just sticks in your mind YEARS later?
My old boss referred to his boss as a 'c*ckblock for production' 10 years ago and it's still something I remember when productivity gets ruined because of someone else.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Aug 20, 2013 11:20:50 GMT -5
Either pro wrestlers are most paranoid, bitter and thin-skinned profession on the planet, or Meltzer is reading too much into it. Probably the latter. Probably a bit of A and B, honestly.
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Chip
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Post by Chip on Aug 20, 2013 11:24:14 GMT -5
Come on... don't a lot of you have something that just sticks in your mind YEARS later? In my case that's the majority of my brain, nothing useful in there, just random bullshit and video-podcast quotes.
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Post by corndog on Aug 20, 2013 11:33:44 GMT -5
If this was about anyone else, I'd say "eh I think they're just grasping at straws on this one" Sounds completely believable here though. Yeah I agree, in most cases I would say this was just Meltzer is putting himself over, which is he still doing. But considering it's HHH, I could believe he would remember something like that. I also don't think WWE creative is that original. Despite all of that, I thought the line was hilarious and actually I thought Stephanie delivered it perfectly. It could be taken a number of ways, maybe it's a good nod to Bryan. Saying HHH wasn't considered good enough to be the top dog by many either. It also can be taken as, people like Meltzer love guys like Bryan, but they know he isn't good enough. While HHH wasn't considered that good by Meltzer, but they don't know how the business should be ran and HHH was the right guy. So it could be a nod to the underdog thing or Us versus Them(WWE vs. IWC).
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klapaucius
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Post by klapaucius on Aug 20, 2013 11:42:07 GMT -5
Triple H is B a lot of things, but B+ isn't one of them
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Aug 20, 2013 11:43:59 GMT -5
It is that hard to believe that a guy with the ambition of Trips would remember a line like that to help fuel his desire to get to the top? Not saying he did, but it sounds like just what someone like that would do. I doubt that it's something that's been eating at HHH for years. Probably thought it was a clever line and remembered it so it could used at an appropriate situation. Like yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 11:44:54 GMT -5
I doubt it, "you may not be __ but you ARE just under that, which is no shame at all!" and all variations of it are common sayings around the world.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Aug 20, 2013 11:48:04 GMT -5
If Steph just stopped after "you're a B+" I might think Big Dave is grasping. But the fact that she went back and over-emphasized "SOLID B+" leads me to thing there's credence here.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Aug 20, 2013 12:17:44 GMT -5
The amount of power Meltzer has and he doesn't even know it. I'd be trolling every week if I was him.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 20, 2013 12:22:01 GMT -5
My last GF said I was a solid D- lover, which technically is a passing grade!
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Post by ________ has left the building on Aug 20, 2013 12:25:26 GMT -5
If Steph just stopped after "you're a B+" I might think Big Dave is grasping. But the fact that she went back and over-emphasized "SOLID B+" leads me to thing there's credence here. Stephanie was just being condescending. Plenty of folks have been talked down to by authority figures and her tone showed her lack of respect for Bryan.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 20, 2013 13:04:00 GMT -5
So...what B-Movie would Daniel Bryan be? Midnight Meat Train.
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Post by Snaptastic on Aug 20, 2013 13:43:56 GMT -5
My last GF said I was a solid D- lover, which technically is a passing grade! Depends what she meant by solid D....
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Toxik916
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Post by Toxik916 on Aug 20, 2013 13:58:14 GMT -5
Stephanie was fantastic last night as was HHH. They're really doucheing it up and making D-Bry into a star.
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Turd Ferguson
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Aug 20, 2013 14:17:25 GMT -5
I don't know if it's really...petty. It could be a reference to the fact that Meltzer felt that HHH really wouldn't go anywhere and was B+, meaning that in-story, they're just as skeptical of Daniel Bryan as Meltzer was of HHH. And the fact that HHH managed to get himself to the position he's in now and with all of his success along the way, it's nice that they're giving that to Daniel Bryan. Crapping on him, calling him a solid B+ and not really championship material, you KNOW that he'll eventually prove them wrong. Which makes sense with the context of the storyline that Vince and possibly HHH and Dunn and other agents and creative members probably viewed him as a B+ until recently and they are using past thoughts to this storyline to elevate him. I'll take this post back if they Ryback him Dunno if they can Ryback him because Ryback Rybacked himself...I think.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 20, 2013 14:31:59 GMT -5
So...what B-Movie would Daniel Bryan be? Midnight Meat Train. I still think that sounds like a Porno.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 17:49:17 GMT -5
I think Meltzer is giving himself a little bit too much credit here.
Because apparently that one line in 1998/1999 is the only time anyone has used a grading system, ever.
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Post by celticjobber on Aug 20, 2013 17:52:47 GMT -5
So, how long until Stephanie or Trips tell Daniel Bryan that he's a 4 out of 10, at best?
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kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 20, 2013 18:00:04 GMT -5
So, how long until Stephanie or Trips tell Daniel Bryan that he's a 4 out of 10, at best? (Stressed out Stephanie shrieking after in some fashion Daniel Bryan scores against them, making it I guess 10 to 1, advantage McMahons) "DANIEL BRYAN! I CAN NAME ONE THOUSAND SUPERSTARS THAT WOULD MAKE BETTER CHAMPIONS THAN YOU!"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 18:02:36 GMT -5
I will believe this without question and I will now blame Meltzer for everything Trips has done in the past 12 years
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