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Post by Error on Aug 9, 2016 20:26:14 GMT -5
One thing I really loved about this was Ambrose getting into the "We put smiles on people's faces" stuff. Like him it never made sense to me related to the audience as a whole but talking about meeting the kids backstage and being able to make them smile and how it clicked for him, it finally made sense to me.
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Post by edgestar on Aug 9, 2016 20:32:03 GMT -5
One thing I really loved about this was Ambrose getting into the "We put smiles on people's faces" stuff. Like him it never made sense to me related to the audience as a whole but talking about meeting the kids backstage and being able to make them smile and how it clicked for him, it finally made sense to me. At the show I was at last month, he was signing kids signs and programs, then waited for parents to get their phones, to take pictures of him with the kids. I liked him before tgat, and like him even more, since. I was so happy that those kids got an awesome memory from him. Dean rocks
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Post by abjordans on Aug 10, 2016 21:11:56 GMT -5
I don't think they like each other.
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Post by Venti on Aug 10, 2016 22:33:18 GMT -5
Since it's a podcast hosted by my all time favorite and was featuring my current number one favorite, I had to catch it. Was not as bad as everyone made it out to be. Some highlights for me: Dean talking about putting smiles on faces, its heart warming that it means so much to him.. Dean going balls out on an example promo on Stone Cold(seriously he can do an intense promo just sitting there on the fly, but can barely string a coherent sentence in an interview), and plus Stone Cold making a David Allan Coe reference and Dean catching it right away was cool.
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 11, 2016 16:55:24 GMT -5
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Post by canal on Aug 11, 2016 19:45:05 GMT -5
I thought Austin had Ambrose shook pretty badly there at the end. Ambrose didn't look defiant, he didn't looked pissed, he looked like his feelings were hurt. I think Austin wanted him to get fired up and tell him to go f*** himself, but Dean got distant and seemed like he was trying to say the right things.
The interview had some juicy moments, but I've never enjoyed Ambrose's non-kayfabe interviews and this was about the same. There's usually not much insight on his part in terms of his philosophy about wrestling. He doesn't seem interested in talking about that kind of stuff, he just wants to go out and do it, which is fine. Doesn't diminish him at all in my eyes, he's just not a good interview.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 12, 2016 6:59:05 GMT -5
I don't think they like each other. But I don't think they realised that until this podcast.
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Post by Captain & Diet on Aug 13, 2016 12:49:42 GMT -5
I thought Austin had Ambrose shook pretty badly there at the end. Ambrose didn't look defiant, he didn't looked pissed, he looked like his feelings were hurt. I think Austin wanted him to get fired up and tell him to go f*** himself, but Dean got distant and seemed like he was trying to say the right things. The interview had some juicy moments, but I've never enjoyed Ambrose's non-kayfabe interviews and this was about the same. There's usually not much insight on his part in terms of his philosophy about wrestling. He doesn't seem interested in talking about that kind of stuff, he just wants to go out and do it, which is fine. Doesn't diminish him at all in my eyes, he's just not a good interview. That's a rough spot for Dean. I feel for the guy. He had a nightmare upbringing that for some reason, everyone wants to bring up at every interview. I had a similar childhood and I don't want to think about it or relive it with others. Furthermore, he's a laid back cat who wants to go out there and entertain. He wrestled three times Tuesday night and then after he won the dark match against Wyatt, shook every hand in the front row and entrance ramp. He took about 50 selfies with people ringside. He stayed and signed autographs and celebrated with the fans. He did everything that "the man" in WWE is supposed to do. He just has to find a way to be a better interview. With all the attention from the mainstream media lately, how he presents himself will determine how far Dean and the company grow.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 13, 2016 15:11:55 GMT -5
This interview has made my girlfriend hate Dean Ambrose more than Roman Reigns, and that's saying something.
I don't agree with her, but here we are.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 14, 2016 5:22:50 GMT -5
I thought Austin had Ambrose shook pretty badly there at the end. Ambrose didn't look defiant, he didn't looked pissed, he looked like his feelings were hurt. I think Austin wanted him to get fired up and tell him to go f*** himself, but Dean got distant and seemed like he was trying to say the right things. The interview had some juicy moments, but I've never enjoyed Ambrose's non-kayfabe interviews and this was about the same. There's usually not much insight on his part in terms of his philosophy about wrestling. He doesn't seem interested in talking about that kind of stuff, he just wants to go out and do it, which is fine. Doesn't diminish him at all in my eyes, he's just not a good interview. That's a rough spot for Dean. I feel for the guy. He had a nightmare upbringing that for some reason, everyone wants to bring up at every interview. I had a similar childhood and I don't want to think about it or relive it with others. Furthermore, he's a laid back cat who wants to go out there and entertain. He wrestled three times Tuesday night and then after he won the dark match against Wyatt, shook every hand in the front row and entrance ramp. He took about 50 selfies with people ringside. He stayed and signed autographs and celebrated with the fans. He did everything that "the man" in WWE is supposed to do. He just has to find a way to be a better interview. With all the attention from the mainstream media lately, how he presents himself will determine how far Dean and the company grow. It probably doesn't help that he is a pretty private guy in some regards. In particular, I recall that he really hates doing anything with social media and is not a even a particularly big fan of using the internet in general. He may have softened on that, but I think that might be something that he'll have to adjust to, as well, for his role.
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Post by edgestar on Aug 14, 2016 8:28:09 GMT -5
I thought Austin had Ambrose shook pretty badly there at the end. Ambrose didn't look defiant, he didn't looked pissed, he looked like his feelings were hurt. I think Austin wanted him to get fired up and tell him to go f*** himself, but Dean got distant and seemed like he was trying to say the right things. The interview had some juicy moments, but I've never enjoyed Ambrose's non-kayfabe interviews and this was about the same. There's usually not much insight on his part in terms of his philosophy about wrestling. He doesn't seem interested in talking about that kind of stuff, he just wants to go out and do it, which is fine. Doesn't diminish him at all in my eyes, he's just not a good interview. That's a rough spot for Dean. I feel for the guy. He had a nightmare upbringing that for some reason, everyone wants to bring up at every interview. I had a similar childhood and I don't want to think about it or relive it with others. Furthermore, he's a laid back cat who wants to go out there and entertain. He wrestled three times Tuesday night and then after he won the dark match against Wyatt, shook every hand in the front row and entrance ramp. He took about 50 selfies with people ringside. He stayed and signed autographs and celebrated with the fans. He did everything that "the man" in WWE is supposed to do. He just has to find a way to be a better interview. With all the attention from the mainstream media lately, how he presents himself will determine how far Dean and the company grow. When I saw him do that, the the show I went to, we were watching him meet the fans on the screen. I don't even know those kids, that he signed for, but, it made me so happy that he made their night. Like I said, I liked him already, but I have more respect for him after that night. Lots of people would say "I'm done", but the guy stood there WAITING for parents to get their phones, to take pictures of him, with the kids. I get why he wouldn't want to talk about his upbringing. I've only recently opened up, about being beaten a few times, when I was younger. I've kept that in, for almost 20 years, and it still hurts to talk about sometimes
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Post by corndog on Aug 14, 2016 11:21:51 GMT -5
was one of the worst SCSA podcasts. At least the Paige interview gave us a GIF. it's really just kind of night and day when Austin has guys he knows IRL on the show like Big Show, Edge & Christian, Heyman etc instead of people he probably has talked to a few times and largely just knows via a wikipedia page he was briefed on before the show goes live. Yeah this was really awkward, and Austin seemed even more frustrated in this interview than the Paige one. But as far as working with people he knows, does he know AJ Styles that well? That was probably the best one so far. Personally, I don't think he likes the millennials at all and it's more of a generational thing. Part of it might have to do with the fact that they grew watching him. For some reason, it seems to bother a lot of wrestlers when other talent is fans or "marks" of them.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 15, 2016 5:19:25 GMT -5
was one of the worst SCSA podcasts. At least the Paige interview gave us a GIF. it's really just kind of night and day when Austin has guys he knows IRL on the show like Big Show, Edge & Christian, Heyman etc instead of people he probably has talked to a few times and largely just knows via a wikipedia page he was briefed on before the show goes live. Yeah this was really awkward, and Austin seemed even more frustrated in this interview than the Paige one. But as far as working with people he knows, does he know AJ Styles that well? That was probably the best one so far. Personally, I don't think he likes the millennials at all and it's more of a generational thing. Part of it might have to do with the fact that they grew watching him. For some reason, it seems to bother a lot of wrestlers when other talent is fans or "marks" of them. I think it's also because although WWE is still a frathouse, it's not as much of a shark pit as it used to be so people like Dean give it all in the ring and then choose not to be a huge asshole to anyone that wants to 'take their spot.' This is a generation of Mick Foleys rather than Austins, Rocks and Hunters.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Aug 15, 2016 21:42:19 GMT -5
an important thing to remember about Dean is he is notorious for telling people "We're in a business where we get all sweaty and oily and roll around with each other in our underwear. Why be so serious all the time? This is about having fun". He was also miserable when he was a young wrestler and was doing the super serious Triple H cosplay that actually almost got him a contract back in the mid 2000's.
He's just a guy who likes to drink beer and bullshit with his friends.
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Post by Doogie Bowser, MD on Aug 17, 2016 0:44:25 GMT -5
Dean Ambrose is socially retarded, and any interview that exposes this seems to cause massive amounts of butthurt with internet nerds who are as socially retarded as he is.
Meanwhile, Steve Austin is a mean old has-been who wasn't very nice to precious little Dean.
Is that what I'm supposed to think after this debacle?
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Post by edgestar on Aug 17, 2016 6:26:53 GMT -5
Dean Ambrose is socially retarded, and any interview that exposes this seems to cause massive amounts of butthurt with internet nerds who are as socially retarded as he is. Meanwhile, Steve Austin is a mean old has-been who wasn't very nice to precious little Dean. Is that what I'm supposed to think after this debacle? Those names were unnecessary.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 17, 2016 7:24:41 GMT -5
That's a rough spot for Dean. I feel for the guy. He had a nightmare upbringing that for some reason, everyone wants to bring up at every interview. I had a similar childhood and I don't want to think about it or relive it with others. Furthermore, he's a laid back cat who wants to go out there and entertain. He wrestled three times Tuesday night and then after he won the dark match against Wyatt, shook every hand in the front row and entrance ramp. He took about 50 selfies with people ringside. He stayed and signed autographs and celebrated with the fans. He did everything that "the man" in WWE is supposed to do. He just has to find a way to be a better interview. With all the attention from the mainstream media lately, how he presents himself will determine how far Dean and the company grow. It probably doesn't help that he is a pretty private guy in some regards. In particular, I recall that he really hates doing anything with social media and is not a even a particularly big fan of using the internet in general. He may have softened on that, but I think that might be something that he'll have to adjust to, as well, for his role. Considering his official Twitter consists of just a retweet from 4 years ago, I don't see him ever doing much on social media.
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Post by Fade on Aug 17, 2016 14:46:33 GMT -5
I barely caught this and it's not as cringy/awkward as people were making it out to be. I love the kind of duse Ambrose is. And maybe if Ambrose came up in the Attitude Era, he'd push the limits/be more aggressive. Conversely, the industry is so different now, that if Steve Williams came up in this time, we may never have gotten SCSA. In fact...we wouldn't.
But Dean came off well. Supporting his Mom. Buying into the "putting smiles on peoples faces" thing. And how he differs with Cena in terms of leadership. I totally susbscribe to that mentality.
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