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Post by héad.casé on May 28, 2019 16:37:18 GMT -5
"The title design was the least of the issues. Look, no matter what you pull out, I was there when Stephanie McMahon and I pulled out the WWE Universal title and the crowd, who needed a rest at that point, they were like five-and-a-half hours into a six-hour show or seven-hour show at SummerSlam a few years ago just spent the rest of the match chanting how the belt was stupid. The only thing stupid about it in their opinion was that it was red, so no matter what you pull out of there, unless it was that old Hardcore title, is going to be met with disinterest." "I wouldn't have come out with a real serious intent when it is going to be a humorous title. I would have changed a few things, but I will say that I get to pick and choose what I do. I could have declined it, sometimes I don't decline things because I want to make an impact when I come back and I thought that this was going to give me the chance to do it. I do believe it is going to catch on. I have to believe that if someone wasn't entertained by Ron Killings having a referee in his car, which is actually my car, that is the news flash, I had to sit around and wait because that was my Cadillac. "I think it is going to be fun. The truth is we can't do the things we once did with the Hardcore title. If you call it the Hardcore title and the emphasis is on the imagination and the fun and bringing a lot of guys back into the mix, which I really like, the Hardcore title would hurt that. I think you are going to hear from people who are not happy with it, but you are going to hear from them anyway. I think it is going to be a fun title." www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/05/mick-foley-talks-wwe-having-too-many-writers-654586/
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Post by realist on May 28, 2019 16:41:35 GMT -5
The belts were ugly af.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 16:43:00 GMT -5
Man Mick is off base with that first sentence alone. Shit, if the belt was the classic Hardcore Title, the Winged Eagle, that would have gotten pops. That belt was Chris Benoit ugly.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on May 28, 2019 16:46:19 GMT -5
"The fans are wrong and bad and will boo anything for the sake of booing it" is getting f***ing exhausting.
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Post by Perd on May 28, 2019 16:46:45 GMT -5
They wouldn’t have booed a strap-on. You can’t boo Mick Fooley holding a strap-on. It’s science.
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Post by Push R Truth on May 28, 2019 16:47:17 GMT -5
I can't figure out why they just didn't call it the Hardcore Title. I mean... it's the same damn thing by definition isn't it? 24/7, No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere?
Just don't do unprotected head shots and you have the same damn thing.
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Post by Rican on May 28, 2019 16:47:55 GMT -5
I think there is a legitimate point and discussion to be had about the audience being so disillusioned they're less willing to give pretty much anything a chance (which is the WWE's own fault to be fair) but nah that belt was dumb looking. And by Foley being the one to introduce it and some of what he was saying it was hinting pretty hard at it being the hardcore title so yeah people were understandably annoyed at that.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 28, 2019 16:48:01 GMT -5
As always, with anything in the WWE, remember, it's the fan's fault.
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Post by Chiral on May 28, 2019 16:49:44 GMT -5
I knew Mick was gonna say some shit blaming the fans for that belt reveal.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 16:50:06 GMT -5
They wouldn’t have booed a strap-on. You can’t boo Mick Fooley holding a strap-on. It’s science. Yoooo lol
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Post by nickcave on May 28, 2019 16:50:41 GMT -5
I know he's trying to put a positive spin on it but the title design is truly awful.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 16:50:55 GMT -5
Or maybe it’s the fact that the belts look like shit?
Nah, can’t be.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 16:50:55 GMT -5
As always, with anything in the WWE, remember, it's the fan's fault.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 16:51:27 GMT -5
They should have had one or two midcarders in the original scrum for the title. Kinda hard to care about a bunch of jobbers falling all over each other for an ugly title.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on May 28, 2019 16:51:38 GMT -5
"It's the fans who are wrong" may as well become WWE's new tagline.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 28, 2019 16:55:03 GMT -5
I see where he’s coming from.
People just didn’t want yet another belt. Especially for that 24/7 rule that everyone guessed it was going to be
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Post by Session Moth is over on May 28, 2019 16:55:03 GMT -5
Well other than it being a different belt and called a different name it IS a hardcore title.
By the fact it can be defended anywhere, any time and there are no rules make it so.
I'm still glad they didn't call it the Hardcore title though but the belt is ugly as f***.
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Post by crowley1986 on May 28, 2019 16:59:15 GMT -5
I can't figure out why they just didn't call it the Hardcore Title. I mean... it's the same damn thing by definition isn't it? 24/7, No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere? Just don't do unprotected head shots and you have the same damn thing. Few years ago when they turned PG, Vince wanted the removal of "Hardcore" hence them being called Extreme Rules matches now and not use weapons you can find in the house... I would've called it the Tough man or something like that title and yea do the weapons but nothing ridicoulous like head shots or piledrivers on chairs through flaming tables
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Post by Venti on May 28, 2019 17:01:12 GMT -5
Man Mick is off base with that first sentence alone. Shit, if the belt was the classic Hardcore Title, the Winged Eagle, that would have gotten pops. That belt was Chris Benoit ugly. Damn near spit my drink out at "Chris Benoit ugly" 😂😂😂
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 17:02:42 GMT -5
So, I don't know how. But I'm the 24/7 champ now. Why are you all looking at me that way? ... ...chip?
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