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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 30, 2019 10:49:40 GMT -5
absolutely awesome interview. They didnt learn from Punk and they probably won’t learn from this Probably not, though this one is going to sting them even more, I think. No Z-Packs to point to, this is all on the writing. Yep. And Mox handled his business like a true pro, so they can't act high and mighty like they did when Punk walked either. Jon did what was asked, finished his contract, and now is finally able to vent. He's got the high ground.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on May 30, 2019 11:07:34 GMT -5
When I saw the trailer for 12 Rounds 3, I thought “he could pass for a film star. Why was Roman pushed to the main event again?” If Cody, Bucks, and Khan were smart, Moxley would be the top guy/face of the brand. All 3 Shield guys were money, but the fact that Moxley never got the pushes that Reigns and Rollins did is criminal.
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Post by ChitownKnight on May 30, 2019 11:27:25 GMT -5
When I saw the trailer for 12 Rounds 3, I thought “he could pass for a film star. Why was Roman pushed to the main event again?” If Cody, Bucks, and Khan were smart, Moxley would be the top guy/face of the brand. All 3 Shield guys were money, but the fact that Moxley never got the pushes that Reigns and Rollins did is criminal. Give him a good heel run as champion(since we never seen it in a mainstream promotion) then do a redemption angle and have him win the title as a face at All Out 2021.
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Post by corndog on May 30, 2019 12:16:00 GMT -5
Probably not, though this one is going to sting them even more, I think. No Z-Packs to point to, this is all on the writing. Yep. And Mox handled his business like a true pro, so they can't act high and mighty like they did when Punk walked either. Jon did what was asked, finished his contract, and now is finally able to vent. He's got the high ground. This is quite a bit different than the Punk interview. I had mixed feelings after Punk's interview. The injury stuff sounded terrible and made the WWE look really bad, but when he Punk talked about creative and booking he sounded like a spoiled child. Especially considering he had the longest WWE title reign since Hogan and was even offered a match with Undertaker at Mania which still meant something. Then you fast forward to find out he was over exaggerating the injury and the trial mostly made both sides look bad outside of Cabana who just got dragged into it by Punk. Moxley doesn't complain about his spot on the card and didn't even get that upset when they tried to bury him because it completely backfired. Where as Punk just seemed like a bitter miserable man that could never be pleased, it was very obvious why Moxley was unhappy and he clearly hasn't lost his passion for the business. After all of the rumors coming out about WWE's creative mess, HHH being unhappy, ratings nosediving, this is much more effective at showing the problems with WWE. At the same time Moxley after just leaving WWE is going to the biggest competitor of WWE in North American in AEW and the biggest competitor globally in New Japan. All I can say is wrestling is in an interesting place right now and it truly feels the tides are turning and within 5 years the complete landscape of professional wrestling could completely change.
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Post by Dub H on May 30, 2019 12:27:10 GMT -5
Probably not, though this one is going to sting them even more, I think. No Z-Packs to point to, this is all on the writing. Yep. And Mox handled his business like a true pro, so they can't act high and mighty like they did when Punk walked either. Jon did what was asked, finished his contract, and now is finally able to vent. He's got the high ground. Its over Vince McMahon, Moxley has the high ground.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 30, 2019 12:27:48 GMT -5
I really didn't blame Punk for his anger at his booking; so many "I'll owe ya one, pal" situations, the obvious booking where he was the champion but clearly not the main event, all after seeing how much of an impact he could've had as a mainstream star, etc. But where Moxley's shoot does get the leg up is the way he goes into detail about the creative process in a way that Punk didn't; as you say, Punk's interview seemed more revelatory in the area of health/injury treatment, especially since it came from the years after the creation of the "Wellness" program.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on May 30, 2019 13:45:29 GMT -5
Full transcript.Supposedly, anyway. DAMMIT WHY DID YOU SKIP OUT ON THE OMAHA STEAKS. I know the ads are all pre-recorded, but I just love picturing Jericho turning mid-conversation to start rambling about Omaha Steaks or toothbrushes or kitty litter while Jon just stares silently at him until he's done. Jericho should have pulled a Prichard and used the talking points from interview in the ads: "This Father's Day get your Dad THE GOOD SHIT, get him an Omaha Steaks gift pack!" "The fans may not stink but your cat's litter box sure does use Arm and Hammer cat litter."
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 14:19:19 GMT -5
TLDR for folks:
Moxley - *that ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow*
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Post by lildude8218 on May 30, 2019 14:20:42 GMT -5
Am I the only one who hears these things and immediately thinks of Orson Welles pitching a fit over the script for a fish sticks commercial?
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Post by Mozenrath on May 30, 2019 14:23:51 GMT -5
Am I the only one who hears these things and immediately thinks of Orson Welles pitching a fit over the script for a fish sticks commercial? " 'Every July, peas grow there-' Vince, no one talks like this."
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Post by HMARK Center on May 30, 2019 14:27:57 GMT -5
Am I the only one who hears these things and immediately thinks of Orson Welles pitching a fit over the script for a fish sticks commercial? " 'Every July, peas grow there-' Vince, no one talks like this." "You have no idea what I'm up against..."
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Post by edgestar on May 30, 2019 14:35:49 GMT -5
His comments and distate for the Roman exploitation has shot my respect for Mox through the roof. He is wonderful!! Lol
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 14:56:03 GMT -5
It’s kind of weird that Ambrose was pretty much the third wheel after the Shield break up, Roman can have fun brawls sometimes with the right opponent but he’s nowhere near the level of star that they tried to make him or pretend like he is, and Seth IMO is one of the most boring dudes to get an extended run up top, meanwhile Ambrose was over, had a wild brawling style that always gets over, and can promo. Yet he was the one that did the least really.
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Post by Venti on May 30, 2019 14:58:40 GMT -5
TLDR for folks: Moxley - *that ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow* Is he Dame-Vinny, Dame-McMahon, or Dame-Dummy?
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Post by nate5054 on May 30, 2019 14:59:56 GMT -5
Easily the best wrestling interview I've ever heard, and not because Jericho did a great job. This was all Moxley, who unlike.Punk doesn't come off totally as a bitter dick.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on May 30, 2019 15:08:27 GMT -5
Full transcript.Supposedly, anyway. DAMMIT WHY DID YOU SKIP OUT ON THE OMAHA STEAKS. I know the ads are all pre-recorded, but I just love picturing Jericho turning mid-conversation to start rambling about Omaha Steaks or toothbrushes or kitty litter while Jon just stares silently at him until he's done. That's always how I imagined things to be. Just guests staring into space, all glassy eyed thinking of things that don't involve whatever Jericho is shilling, but inevitably thinking about them anyway.
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Post by Pushed to the Moon on May 30, 2019 15:15:59 GMT -5
I know the ads are all pre-recorded, but I just love picturing Jericho turning mid-conversation to start rambling about Omaha Steaks or toothbrushes or kitty litter while Jon just stares silently at him until he's done. That's always how I imagined things to be. Just guests staring into space, all glassy eyed thinking of things that don't involve whatever Jericho is shilling, but inevitably thinking about them anyway. I actually wish he'd really do them live. Like hey John you heard about this awesome new cat litter? I bet they could ad lib some funny stuff.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 30, 2019 15:19:44 GMT -5
Just as a random thing, and it's just a me thing, and a little thing, and I didn't know which of the Mox threads to put it on...
...but there's just something I don't like about the sound of the name "Moxley", and I'm not exactly sure what it is.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 30, 2019 15:38:39 GMT -5
That's always how I imagined things to be. Just guests staring into space, all glassy eyed thinking of things that don't involve whatever Jericho is shilling, but inevitably thinking about them anyway. I actually wish he'd really do them live. Like hey John you heard about this awesome new cat litter? I bet they could ad lib some funny stuff. Norm MacDonald would do his ads live, and do some funny bits... which ended up having a lot of his sponsors withdrawl lol.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 30, 2019 17:21:06 GMT -5
Just as a random thing, and it's just a me thing, and a little thing, and I didn't know which of the Mox threads to put it on... ...but there's just something I don't like about the sound of the name "Moxley", and I'm not exactly sure what it is. Always throws me off because I'm friends with one of the biggest wrestling marks I've ever known, and his name is Moxey. Safe to say, he loves that one of his favourites now goes by the same shorthand name as him.
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