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Post by paulbearer on Dec 19, 2013 4:12:05 GMT -5
Captn Quint : Lawler , stop playin with yourself !
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Post by Chip on Dec 19, 2013 4:27:28 GMT -5
In fairness to Lawler, I think if I had to talk about and be enthusiastic about half the shit that's shown on RAW I'd be super drained doing my job as well. You can only feign interest in Del Rio's wheel of aggression so many times before it's; f*** it, let's do stuff with my phone.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 19, 2013 5:19:07 GMT -5
Time and time again we've heard from people in the know that WWE instructs their commentators to do everything except focus on the match
WWE codeword is "tell stories", which basically means hype up the main angle, regardless of which match they happen to be broadcasting, and fill in the narrative gaps that they can't be bothered actually conveying via matches and promos.
Someone a few days ago mentioned how Michael Cole always says "I was talking to (wrestler) earlier and they said how angry they were at (their opponent)
That's WWE's idea of telling stories. You TELL the audience rather than SHOW them. It's why WWE often pluck plot points of their asses without setting them up beforehand. So all of a sudden Big Show has lost all his money, or has always been a mentor to Stephanie, and so forth...
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Post by Essential1 on Dec 19, 2013 6:00:16 GMT -5
It was disrespectful to the workers.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 19, 2013 9:14:30 GMT -5
Okay:
Lawler leaves the booth...
But is replaced on color commentary by Eva Marie
Do you take the deal?
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Post by Instant Classic on Dec 19, 2013 10:04:36 GMT -5
I love King and all his antics.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 10:06:25 GMT -5
f***ing hell, you'd think he just danced on the grave of Karl Gotch whilst wearing a Mike Knox T-shirt or something the way people on here are crying.
The announcers had a bit of a laugh during a match on a boring 3 hour show. Big Deal.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 19, 2013 11:13:58 GMT -5
f***ing hell, you'd think he just danced on the grave of Karl Gotch whilst wearing a Mike Knox T-shirt or something the way people on here are crying. The announcers had a bit of a laugh during a match on a boring 3 hour show. Big Deal. It is a big deal, because this is not an isolated incident, but part of the whole "hey we're just having fun" bullshit
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 11:16:55 GMT -5
f***ing hell, you'd think he just danced on the grave of Karl Gotch whilst wearing a Mike Knox T-shirt or something the way people on here are crying. The announcers had a bit of a laugh during a match on a boring 3 hour show. Big Deal. It is a big deal, because this is not an isolated incident, but part of the whole "hey we're just having fun" bullshit But why shouldn't they be having fun?
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Post by fortknox on Dec 19, 2013 11:39:46 GMT -5
Okay: Lawler leaves the booth... But is replaced on color commentary by Eva Marie Do you take the deal? Do I take the deal? NO FLAT NO. Now her dad on the other hand yes especially if they let him drink during the show.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on Dec 19, 2013 11:53:57 GMT -5
It is a big deal, because this is not an isolated incident, but part of the whole "hey we're just having fun" bullshit But why shouldn't they be having fun? Just because someone else is "having fun" doesn't automatically make it fun for other people to watch. Like JBL might be having the time of his life every week when he says "HEY KING. SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING MEMPHIS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA" but I can't say it entertains me at all.
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Post by arrx on Dec 19, 2013 12:12:20 GMT -5
He needs to become the "HEEL" commenter again its been over 10 years since WWE(F) as had a real heel commenter and Jerry Lawler was one of the best at it.
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Post by Andy Martin on Dec 19, 2013 12:23:54 GMT -5
Better than that remote controlled helicopter he used to have. The helicopter stopped being relevant after the Attitude Era anyway, and it was never THAT over... It could never break through the glass ceiling ... No seriously, it only had a 50 foot range, it couldn't go that high.
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Post by Lancers on Dec 19, 2013 12:35:36 GMT -5
Okay: Lawler leaves the booth... But is replaced on color commentary by Eva Marie Do you take the deal? I take the deal. I would love to see her try to be enthusiastic. Like trying to do that creepy fake smile JBL always does. I swear, JBL looks like someone shoved a pack of anal beads up his poop chute seconds before the camera light turns on so now he's trying to slowly pass them out as quietly and painfully as possible.
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Post by PKO on Dec 19, 2013 12:40:20 GMT -5
I thought this was going to be a question about how long it takes before he sends a pic of his junk to some woman and it ends up online.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 19, 2013 12:41:28 GMT -5
It is a big deal, because this is not an isolated incident, but part of the whole "hey we're just having fun" bullshit But why shouldn't they be having fun? Because fundamentally wrestling is based on selling a product on supposedly heated rivalries between people who want to fight each other. If the tone of the product is "this is all just for laughs" then it undermines the foundation of the industry they are in.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 12:54:01 GMT -5
But why shouldn't they be having fun? Because fundamentally wrestling is based on selling a product on supposedly heated rivalries between people who want to fight each other. If the tone of the product is "this is all just for laughs" then it undermines the foundation of the industry they are in. But when they're dealing with the main event storyline (which is the only storyline the WWE are interested in pushing nowadays - seriously they're going for the old WCW style of only the main eventers get storylines.) they go in to super serial mode just fine. The whole show shouldn't be serious, the whole show shouldn't be fun either. But I really enjoy when the announcers have a bit fun and don't take things so serious, they need to do that to keep themselves sane when they have to sit through and feign interest in 3 hours of (mostly) shit every Monday
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Post by Bootista on Dec 19, 2013 13:32:36 GMT -5
Is that what they call it nowadays?
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Post by segaz on Dec 21, 2013 20:44:05 GMT -5
I think he owes us that much. I mean we were the ones that propelled him to superstardom. He was working heel at an indie show I went to recently and he refused to sign my autograph, I don't think he appreciates the fans as much as he should. But maybe he's just carny that way. I like how slappy keeps working in helicopter puns into his replies and you just ignore em
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