MolotovMocktail
Grimlock
Home of the 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time 5-time Super Bowl Champion 49ers-and Wrestlemania 31
Posts: 13,956
|
Post by MolotovMocktail on Aug 2, 2020 15:06:53 GMT -5
Giving guys new names that he can trademark, then arbitrarily removing part of it. See; Cesaro losing "Antonio" because it didn't sound "tough enough", or Rusev losing "Alexander" because the fans MIGHT call him "Alex". According to JR, Vince thinks they can be equated with one-name celebrities like Cher and Bono, and thus seen as bigger stars.
|
|
|
Post by A Platypus Rave on Aug 2, 2020 16:42:03 GMT -5
It's such a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but remember when they did a storyline that Mickie James was fat and ugly when she was literally at her all time peak hotness? Jerry Lawler called a Mickie/Michelle match on a PPV and openly said how the idea that Mickie was unattractive was insane. Todd Grisham and Matt Striker were the SD announcers at the time and barely every sold it that way. Yeah, Laycool were not treated as being correct.
|
|
|
Post by Garyspivey on Aug 2, 2020 23:09:32 GMT -5
TBF the second time around things were going pretty well. Â As dumb as the idea was it looked to have a future until the c-word intervened. Stephanie?? No the other C word
|
|
Rave
El Dandy
Perpetually Bored
Posts: 8,097
|
Post by Rave on Aug 3, 2020 1:45:24 GMT -5
Supposedly this was to keep idiots from showing up at the local hospital demanding to see the wrestlers.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 14:06:25 GMT -5
Giving guys new names that he can trademark, then arbitrarily removing part of it. See; Cesaro losing "Antonio" because it didn't sound "tough enough", or Rusev losing "Alexander" because the fans MIGHT call him "Alex". Imagine thinking "Antonio" isn't a tough enough name.
|
|
|
Post by romanstylesiii on Aug 3, 2020 14:42:52 GMT -5
Giving guys new names that he can trademark, then arbitrarily removing part of it. See; Cesaro losing "Antonio" because it didn't sound "tough enough", or Rusev losing "Alexander" because the fans MIGHT call him "Alex". Imagine thinking "Antonio" isn't a tough enough name. He should change all his social media to Claudio Cesaro, so when he eventually leaves, casual fans will know his "new" name
|
|
|
Post by -Lithium- on Aug 3, 2020 21:10:22 GMT -5
All of his stupid edicts on words. "Its a medical facility, not a hospital". No, the f*** it isn't. It isn't any one thing. It's just all ridiculous micro managing nonsense.
Really, all of Roman Reigns 2015-2018. The guys being booed. He ISN'T over as top face. This shit is not up for debate. His level talent and skill is, but not his overness as top face. Oh, and before anyone tries it, f*** off with the "WELL HE GETS A REACTION THATS WHAT MATTER THAT MAKES HIM TOP FACE". No, it doesn't You know what a top face is. The audience reaction on TV has always, always, ALWAYS been one of the universal metrics of who is over as face. Only once Cena and then especially Reigns came on did that suddenly stop mattering and we started to get the "THEY REACT TO HIM" cop out. How the f*** can Vince listen to a collective 300,000+ people across 4 WMs absolutely loathe Roman Reigns and still pretend its a success is the ultimate crazy Vince viewpoint. If Daniel Bryan got a fraction of a fraction of the boos at ONE TV event that Roman got week in and week out for 3 years, that'd be it for his top face run.
|
|