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Post by angryfan on Oct 12, 2013 16:26:27 GMT -5
Love it. Hire her for looks, no training, put her on a reality show that is loosely associated with wrestling and make her a "star". Then put her in a situation with a bunch of other "wrestlers" to show her she's not as important or "special" as you've been telling her all along.
Brain hurts. Not a fan, see no purpose for the "reality" show, or manufacturing more "Divas" when there were plenty on the roster anyway, but if you're going to do that, don't sandbag your own creations.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2013 16:28:00 GMT -5
Yes yes excellent good...
I don't care how insane that tactic is, if it means she'll either get sent down to actually learn how to work or released because they realize she has no skill at all... Goodie gumdrops.
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Post by Bo Rida on Oct 12, 2013 16:30:33 GMT -5
Ah wrestling, you just don't get stories like this in other mediums, I can't imagine a bad actor being given more lines or a footballer getting more match time to humble them.
Well actually thinking of some performances I've seen....
(Yeah I know there have been sink of swim moments in football/soccer, somebody given one last chance in a minor cup competition for example)
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Post by H-Virus on Oct 12, 2013 18:55:53 GMT -5
WWE: Call our women Divas; Get upset when they act like one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2013 19:31:54 GMT -5
That Fandango thing was a fake storyline but now all of a sudden it's still real to dirt sheets, dammit.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Oct 12, 2013 19:34:50 GMT -5
Good, teach that girl a lesson at the expense of your fanbase!!!
...Is WWE f***ing 5 or something?
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Oct 12, 2013 19:37:17 GMT -5
Good, teach that girl a lesson at the expense of your fanbase!!! ...Is WWE f***ing 5 or something? Nah... More like two-and-a-half.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Oct 12, 2013 19:44:46 GMT -5
I'm more concerned by the fact that Total Divas is apparently fake. Say it isn't so!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2013 20:57:36 GMT -5
Just grown ups being grown ups, folks. We all know this.
But seriously, I think if WWE officials could physically torture employees with knives, gunplay and other acts of near-fatal violence, they would absolutely do it and would televise it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2013 21:03:20 GMT -5
This is childish, foolish, unprofessional, and completely counter to the way a business should be run.
As such, it is completely believable for the WWE.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Oct 12, 2013 21:28:12 GMT -5
It reminds of the time there was this teenager who worked at a restaurant who had a chip on his shoulder, so they made him screw up all the food and piss off all the customers. "That'll show him!" the manager then said as everyone at all the tables left in angry droves vowing never to return. "Hopefully he learned a valuable lesson today!"
-Nowhere on Earth, because it's retarded.
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Post by saintpat on Oct 13, 2013 3:27:25 GMT -5
If this is true AND if what I'm suggesting hasn't already happened and we just don't know about it ...
Wonder if anyone in WWE ever has any brilliant ideas like maybe talking to a person who they think has an ego or attitude problem.
Instead of trying to "take them down a peg" by putting them in a situation they aren't ready for, someone in a leadership position in the locker room or backstage could actually give them some feedback. Or if the person (male or female) has been signed to a contract and isn't ready, maybe some training.
I guess that's all too real-world.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Oct 13, 2013 3:34:56 GMT -5
If this is indeed true, I would rather not think about it as WWE logic destroys healthy brain cells.
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Post by BigBadZ on Oct 13, 2013 3:38:58 GMT -5
Eva Marie's second televised match and was in the ring with Rosa. The fact that the ring didn't blow up means she has potential.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Oct 13, 2013 7:04:36 GMT -5
Upon hearing this news, Eva Marie no sold it.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Oct 13, 2013 7:08:38 GMT -5
This reminded me that I actually did watch some of Raw this past week. I saw the entrance for this team, said out loud to myself "JoJo?!?" and turned off the TV. Not changed the channel, mind you...the idea of a wrestler named JoJo baffled me so much, I simply had to give my TV a rest for awhile.
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 13, 2013 7:14:05 GMT -5
The newz story acknowledges that situations are created solely for the sake of Total Divas, then expects us to believe this. I don't buy it, but thanks for the attempt, dirtsheet. Needs more "Carlito is totally going to be fired or quit any day now" for like a year straight.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 13, 2013 9:28:51 GMT -5
y'know what? yeah this girl's probably terrible in the ring, but how is she responsible for that? she's not the one that said "yeah we'll skip developmental with this one". she's not the one that said "lets put her all over TV right away". and seriously, Steph needs to go f*** herself, because that kind of shenanigans isn't something anyone whose supposed to be the head of a publicly traded company should be doing. the McMahons can kid themselves all they want, they're still a bunch of mentally screwed up circus folk.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 13:05:37 GMT -5
I can buy the Stephanie thing being legit and filmed for Total Divas for "drama". I don't think Eva Marie's a good enough actress to cry that convincgly.
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Post by corndog on Oct 14, 2013 1:02:14 GMT -5
Just to be clear, how far off is this from Nuclear HEATZ?
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