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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 4:19:56 GMT -5
This is certainly gonna garner a ton of laughs around here.
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Post by spagett on Nov 22, 2013 4:34:30 GMT -5
Bold Claims or outright lies?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 4:35:36 GMT -5
However, she also boasted their family-friendly product "never going to have a bad bout, or a boring match", according to the article. Has she SEEN the card for Survivor Series this Sunday?
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Nov 22, 2013 4:39:16 GMT -5
And we thought Vince was crazy....
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 22, 2013 4:40:06 GMT -5
Geez, those are wrestling promoter claims so out there even Dixie Carter's going "Get some self awareness lady."
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Post by turkeysandwich on Nov 22, 2013 4:53:21 GMT -5
This sounds so much like a high schooler's thesis statement in a "where I will be in 5 years" paper for English class.
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Post by Renslayer on Nov 22, 2013 4:56:51 GMT -5
This is certainly gonna garner a ton of laughs around here. They must smoke the good stuff at WWE HQ.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Nov 22, 2013 5:18:18 GMT -5
Yeah and even if you have almost 40% of a female audience, you continue to book your women's division as pure shit, with most of them having no characters besides smiler or bitch who get into fights over petty things like musical chairs, looks, etc. Meanwhile, the one diva that is over as hell and has millions of girls adoring her is treated like the wicked witch over a bunch of unlikeable, screechy, awful women who are being pushed due to a garbage reality show/banging top superstars. But all that doesn't matter because Stephanie McMahon is the STRONG, WORKING, CAREER WOMAN. And WWE is not going to get double/triple the size of newer fans with the amount of dropping the ball and ruining newer stars/massive angles.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 22, 2013 5:24:32 GMT -5
Even though I'm a lot more lenient with criticism than most, I always get a good laugh at the McMahons thinking their stuff is pure gold, regardless of the actual quality.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 5:28:44 GMT -5
This sounds so much like a high schooler's thesis statement in a "where I will be in 5 years" paper for English class. With all due respect to Stephanie, there is absolutely no way possible that they could double or triple the size of their company within 5 years. She totally misunderstands either the size of the WWE now or the future growth potential.
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Nov 22, 2013 5:29:10 GMT -5
I don't know why but reading this I had the mental image of this South Park episode with the self satisfied Cisco hipsters sniffing their own farts.
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 22, 2013 5:29:52 GMT -5
Never a boring match? Does she realise who her WWE champion is?
It's the guy who has come out and said he deliberately has boring matches*, the guy who got "Randy's boring" chants. That's before you get to more subjective things like aggressive Del Rio.
*Source: Wrestlecast interview
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Nov 22, 2013 5:56:01 GMT -5
Come back Shane, for f***'s sake don't let this woman inherit the whole company
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Post by Hurbster on Nov 22, 2013 5:57:06 GMT -5
Never a boring match? Does she realise who her WWE champion is? It's the guy who has come out and said he deliberately has boring matches*, the guy who got "Randy's boring" chants. That's before you get to more subjective things like aggressive Del Rio. *Source: Wrestlecast interview Well that's like when Foley had all those atrocious matches in ECW - to get heat. Say what you like about Orton - he is awesome at making you hate him.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 22, 2013 6:29:42 GMT -5
At the rate they are going, I wouldn't be shocked if their audience growth claims end up exceeding the world's population by next year.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 6:47:01 GMT -5
Never a boring match? Does she realise who her WWE champion is? It's the guy who has come out and said he deliberately has boring matches*, the guy who got "Randy's boring" chants. That's before you get to more subjective things like aggressive Del Rio. *Source: Wrestlecast interview Well that's like when Foley had all those atrocious matches in ECW - to get heat. Say what you like about Orton - he is awesome at making you hate him. Well, maybe, but if he's boring enough that it inspires people to change the channel - which largely seems to be the case judging by how ratings go any time he's on top - then he's a complete failure. The goal should be to make heels entertaining first and booed second. Plus it's not like the man was any more interesting as a face.
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Post by 543Y2J on Nov 22, 2013 6:53:16 GMT -5
Come back Shane, for f***'s sake don't let this woman inherit the whole company
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Nov 22, 2013 6:58:14 GMT -5
At the rate they are going, I wouldn't be shocked if their audience growth claims end up exceeding the world's population by next year. It's getting close. Like the claim that Raw had been watched by more than one billion people. You could ONLY make that claim if you believed, TRULY believed, that every single person who has EVER watched RAW...only did so ONCE. That assumes ZERO repeat viewers (and thus, zero repeat business). The only way a business model like that is acceptable is if you're manufacturing suicide booths.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 22, 2013 7:05:41 GMT -5
At the rate they are going, I wouldn't be shocked if their audience growth claims end up exceeding the world's population by next year. It's getting close. Like the claim that Raw had been watched by more than one billion people. You could ONLY make that claim if you believed, TRULY believed, that every single person who has EVER watched RAW...only did so ONCE. That assumes ZERO repeat viewers (and thus, zero repeat business). The only way a business model like that is acceptable is if you're manufacturing suicide booths. I think they seem to think that it's like McDonalds putting Billions Served on their signs.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Nov 22, 2013 7:14:13 GMT -5
At the rate they are going, I wouldn't be shocked if their audience growth claims end up exceeding the world's population by next year. Stephanie: "Well gentlemen, our ratings went up 2 tenths, and as you know, 1 hundredth of a rating equals a billion people, which means 20 billion new people watched our show this week."
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