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Post by Topher is Human on Apr 29, 2020 1:50:35 GMT -5
When I think of wrestling's master orators, Rey Mysterio doesn't even register as "mediocre." Who thought making Rey Mysterio a mouthpiece for somebody was a good idea? Rey's got Mexican heritage, Cain's got Mexican heritage. That's all Vince really needs, whether Rey is a good mouthpeice or not, because Mexican. Which explained the seemingly endless circle of Andrade/Garza/Mysterio/Humberto series.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Apr 29, 2020 4:47:52 GMT -5
Let me get this shit straight, you signed a guy to a shit load of money just so he could lose to Lesnar?? They went full WCW here. WWE has *far* surpassed WCW’s stupidity many times over by now. Didn’t they pay Tyson Fury something like $30 million just to make one of their top projects look like an idiot? Vince McMahon personally lost something like a billion dollars this year. I think that’s triple what WCW lost in their worst ever year. And taking the title off the hottest act wrestling has seen in years (a belt that some fans just spent $6,000 to preorder) only to put it on a guy who cannot wrestle a match that goes more than a few minutes. Or that 18 million dollar bribe to get themselves labeled an essential business a few days before firing forty on-air talents and fully half their regular employees... then announcing a “climb the corporate ladder” match. WCW made some boneheaded choices, but most of them were quick and swept away pretty quickly. WWE’s mistakes linger.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Apr 29, 2020 8:16:37 GMT -5
Let me get this shit straight, you signed a guy to a shit load of money just so he could lose to Lesnar?? They went full WCW here. I suspect they did it to give Lesnar a win over Cain since he beat Lesnar in UFC. But, that was a legit fight, not one with a predetermined winner. So, Lesnar's "win" is in no way legitimate. So, Cain got paid a shitload of money to lose to Lesnar in a fake fight that tried to piggyback off of a real one. WWE has out-WCW WCW!
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 29, 2020 8:27:06 GMT -5
Id love to see Vince trying to sell those UFC fans he was chasing with this on the idea that now Brock's beaten Cain, too.
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Post by Glitch on Apr 29, 2020 22:32:16 GMT -5
This makes me feel like I missed the news that Vince hired Dixie Carter to run things, and this is how I'm finding out.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 30, 2020 2:40:58 GMT -5
Id love to see Vince trying to sell those UFC fans he was chasing with this on the idea that now Brock's beaten Cain, too. Does UFC even have any fans anymore? I don’t mean that literally, obviously they do, but haven’t the Dude Bros moved onto something else?
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Apr 30, 2020 7:48:31 GMT -5
Man, I cannot wait for the inevitable Sports Entertainments With Wregret episode on this shitshow. Fixed
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Post by Chainsaw on Apr 30, 2020 17:21:32 GMT -5
Building an angle around Brock getting his "win" back in a fake fight over a guy who kicked his ass for real is the most Vince thing ever. I swear, hiring Cain so Brock could get his win back sounds like something that Brock would want in his contract, but he doesn't even seem like he'd be that petty. This totally sounds like a Vince idea.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2020 17:26:48 GMT -5
WWE really is on some dying days WCW shit with these decisions.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 30, 2020 19:32:32 GMT -5
Building an angle around Brock getting his "win" back in a fake fight over a guy who kicked his ass for real is the most Vince thing ever. I swear, hiring Cain so Brock could get his win back sounds like something that Brock would want in his contract, but he doesn't even seem like he'd be that petty. This totally sounds like a Vince idea. Yeah Brock can be a lot of things but one thing he absolutely isn't is a f***ing mark.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 30, 2020 22:48:16 GMT -5
So like Silent Rip of the Cheat Commandos?
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 1, 2020 6:43:49 GMT -5
This makes me feel like I missed the news that Vince hired Eric Bischoff to run things, and this is how I'm finding out. Fixed, because the overlap between this era of WWE, the last days of WCW, and the Hogan/Bischoff era of TNA is pushing beyond coincidence.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 1, 2020 6:53:16 GMT -5
WWE really is on some dying days WCW shit with these decisions. WCW had the benefit of putting on a show that, whilst it was a mess, was at least entertaining and not depressingly boring. Just my opinion of course.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 8:28:01 GMT -5
WWE really is on some dying days WCW shit with these decisions. WCW had the benefit of putting on a show that, whilst it was a mess, was at least entertaining and not depressingly boring. Just my opinion of course. I'm with you on that, I'll take something stupid and unintentionally hilarious like Tank Abbott holding a knife to Big Al's throat over boring any day.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on May 1, 2020 8:29:24 GMT -5
WWE really is on some dying days WCW shit with these decisions. The worst f***ing thing about Vince pulling dumbass WCW shit is that not only does he have the benefit of hindsight, but he also made fun of them for doing the things that he's now doing.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 1, 2020 11:28:31 GMT -5
WCW had the benefit of putting on a show that, whilst it was a mess, was at least entertaining and not depressingly boring. Just my opinion of course. I'm with you on that, I'll take something stupid and unintentionally hilarious like Tank Abbott holding a knife to Big Al's throat over boring any day. Oh absolutely. I recently watched an episode of Thunder from late 2000. So much nonsensical stuff happening, including 70s guy Mike Awesome interviewing Major Gunns before getting put through a table by Jarrett disguised as ring crew. It was brilliant.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 1, 2020 16:59:39 GMT -5
I'm with you on that, I'll take something stupid and unintentionally hilarious like Tank Abbott holding a knife to Big Al's throat over boring any day. Oh absolutely. I recently watched an episode of Thunder from late 2000. So much nonsensical stuff happening, including 70s guy Mike Awesome interviewing Major Gunns before getting put through a table by Jarrett disguised as ring crew. It was brilliant. Your namesake even had his moments of comedy. "SHAAAADUUUUPPPPP!"
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