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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:23:14 GMT -5
Wrestling is just getting f***ing exhausting and can it please stop You know what's sad that I realized the other week? I counted all the threads on the first page and over 3/4s of them dealt with backstage and social media commentary rather than the actual wrestling angles and on screen product. Yeah... that should never be the case, ever, unless it's something insane like a Benoit situation. TV needs to step it up big time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:23:38 GMT -5
You know what's sad that I realized the other week? I counted all the thread on the first page and over 3/4s of them dealt with backstage and social media commentary rather than the actual wrestling angles and on screen product. This is one of those times that reminds you that wrestling promoters, WWE especially, can be so desperate to try and get emotion from people that they’re willing to crap on themselves and everyone around them in the hopes it makes them extra money. Wrestling media can too, as it turns out. I saw something that Jericho posted today which perfectly goes well with your point. Ah ok thanks kn. Ok I transcribed it (not a joke, this is word for word) I'll add that to the OP in case they take their tweets down.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Mar 9, 2019 17:25:34 GMT -5
Wrestling is just getting f***ing exhausting and can it please stop You know what's sad that I realized the other week? I counted all the threads on the first page and over 3/4s of them dealt with backstage and social media commentary rather than the actual wrestling angles and on screen product. All I want is a good TV show that stands on its own and is enjoyable. Why does this bullshit have to keep happening? Why are they like this?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:25:43 GMT -5
This is one of those times that reminds you that wrestling promoters, WWE especially, can be so desperate to try and get emotion from people that they’re willing to crap on themselves and everyone around them in the hopes it makes them extra money. Wrestling media can too, as it turns out. I saw something that Jericho posted today which perfectly goes well with your point. Ah ok thanks kn. Ok I transcribed it (not a joke, this is word for word) I'll add that to the OP in case they take their tweets down. Once again, if the response from most people is “goddamn, this sucks.” It’s not a successful effort.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 9, 2019 17:25:45 GMT -5
saw something that Jericho posted today which perfectly goes well with your point. RATINGS ARE DOWN ATTENDANCES ARE DO- You know what, I’m tired of saying it, this business is f***ing dumb.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:27:56 GMT -5
I fugged up.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 9, 2019 17:28:48 GMT -5
2019 Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Dave Meltzer Doubting Roman Reigns' Leukemia Battle
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 9, 2019 17:28:53 GMT -5
Yeah, he can kiss the fattest part of my ass.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:30:42 GMT -5
This dude talks out of his ass more than Ace Ventura at this point.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Mar 9, 2019 17:32:09 GMT -5
Btw Nia seems like just the most loyal and loveable person to have your back. That girl doesn't mince words.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 9, 2019 17:33:07 GMT -5
Btw Nia seems like just the most loyal and loveable person to have your back. That girl doesn't mince words. Also strangely a subscriber to WrestleTalk by her retweets of news stories.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:33:35 GMT -5
Wrestling is just getting f***ing exhausting and can it please stop Stop the ride, mom, I wanna get off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:34:03 GMT -5
The worst part of this is that there are absolutely going to be horrible people who take this as confirmation WWE lied about Roman having cancer to get him cheered.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Mar 9, 2019 17:34:12 GMT -5
saw something that Jericho posted today which perfectly goes well with your point. RATINGS ARE DOWN ATTENDANCES ARE DO- You know what, I’m tired of saying it, this business is f***ing dumb. The week after Wrestlemania, WWE is doing back-to-back TV here in Montreal and I could have totally afforded to go and buy some merch and have a good time there but like. Nah f*** all of that. The product is actively repelling me away from it and I don't want to give them any f***ing money. If you're turning off more people than you're bringing in then it's not a good business strategy and that's f***ing not how show business works. You can get away with "Oh but it gives you a reaction" when it's something transgressive or meant to be uncomfortable and provocative as its selling point because that's the intention of the art. WWE creates a mass-produced wrestling product meant to be written for as generic and demographically broad an audience as it can muster, and that means you can't get away with that, there's no artistic merit there your intention is to make money.
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Post by Sicho100 on Mar 9, 2019 17:35:13 GMT -5
His Peyton comments were nothing. This.. Dang. It would be a PR disaster not seen since Benoit if it got out that they faked Roman's cancer. Like, it would be an absolute atom bomb and you'd think Meltzer of all people would realize that. He apologized though, and that's all you can ask for. Meltzer said nothing about Reigns faking cancer. In fact, since Reigns announced his cancer, Meltzer has been saying it's obviously legit. What Dave is doing here is quibble about whether or not the treatment Roman had for his cancer was technically chemotherapy. Which, like, who gives a shit? It's like if he were to speculate that you took Advil when you thought you took Tylenol to deal with a headache.
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Post by karl100589 on Mar 9, 2019 17:36:19 GMT -5
And somewhere in California Ronda breathes a sigh of relief.
She's no longer the IWC's number one hate figure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 17:37:04 GMT -5
saw something that Jericho posted today which perfectly goes well with your point. RATINGS ARE DOWN ATTENDANCES ARE DO- You know what, I’m tired of saying it, this business is f***ing dumb. Honestly in general at this point I see Jericho said something and I just instantly assume it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 9, 2019 17:37:34 GMT -5
The worst part of this is that there are absolutely going to be horrible people who take this as confirmation WWE lied about Roman having cancer to get him cheered. Exactly. Like, there are already idiots that think that so even implying it just gives them more ammo. Look, WWE is a messed up company. But they learned from screwing over GLADD in the early 2000s. They have them, the Special Olympics, Susan B Corman (even with their problematic issues) on their side and created Connor’s Cure. If they even THOUGHT about faking a cancer treatment to get positive PR, company’s freaking done credibility wise.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Mar 9, 2019 17:37:52 GMT -5
As someone that's currently on a drug for nerve damage to treat OCD of all things, I can say quite confidently that medical science has most definitely evolved to the point where oral chemo would 100% be a thing.
also f*** Meltzer. f*** f*** f*** Meltzer. literally all the f***.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 9, 2019 17:39:47 GMT -5
His Peyton comments were nothing. This.. Dang. It would be a PR disaster not seen since Benoit if it got out that they faked Roman's cancer. Like, it would be an absolute atom bomb and you'd think Meltzer of all people would realize that. He apologized though, and that's all you can ask for. Meltzer said nothing about Reigns faking cancer. In fact, since Reigns announced his cancer, Meltzer has been saying it's obviously legit. What Dave is doing here is quibble about whether or not the treatment Roman had for his cancer was technically chemotherapy. Which, like, who gives a shit? It's like if he were to speculate that you took Advil when you thought you took Tylenol to deal with a headache. I think what he was getting at was that it wasn’t debilitating chemotherapy like what the word “chemotherapy” conjures in peoples imagination. Why even try to make that point? I don’t know. In some roundabout way I think he was trying into to get across that Reigns’ swift recovery is NOT a reason to believe the cancer was exaggerated. He’s been adamant this whole time about it not being fake after all. Typical Meltzer though. One can generously say that delicate subjects are not his forte.
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