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Post by Dub H on Oct 20, 2020 20:27:29 GMT -5
Their new logo is neat. If they don’t butcher the shirt It’ll be on my list to get at some point. Plain black shirt with the R-flag logo would be good. For those wondering what the Retribution symbol is: Add a Bullet point to the end of the lines and I could buy it as a Bullet Club T-Shirt
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Oct 21, 2020 8:13:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I have to say that the belief that you can't please the fans is demonstrably false in every other wrestling promotion on Earth or through history. And these are PATIENT fans. Like, these ratings have been slipping constantly for years - I stopped watching between 2002-2006, but after that kept up consistently, bought the Network on the day it was available in my country. I tolerated not just shitty writing and booking from WWE, but outright targeted contempt at us as fans for getting behind the wrong guys. For years. I paid for the privilege, no less! What eventually stopped me watching the WWE was ethics, not the writing, but the writing should have stopped me years ago, because every single week WWE's writing, attitude and presentation tells you why you shouldn't care. The thing is, almost every single week they come up with something that's worth watching. WWE's got some crazy ass Stockholm Syndrome-like hold on the people who don't like the product and all the reprehensible things the company does, but they still continue to watch it weekly. Or better yet, don't like the product but actually trot out the tired "wait and see" rhetoric. Uh, that’s not the case with every fan. I’m down on a ton of things WWE does as a company, but I occasionally tune in to Raw because I like wrestling, it’s a wrestling show and there are wrestlers I like on it. Does that mean I’m advocating every awful choice they make? No, it doesn’t. I’m critical of the product frequently, but I don’t see it as too different from my critiques with AEW (weak women’s division, overdoing spot-fests sometimes), NJPW (pushing Ospreay in spite of recent personal issues) or any other company who has talent I enjoy working for them.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 21, 2020 8:21:18 GMT -5
WWE's got some crazy ass Stockholm Syndrome-like hold on the people who don't like the product and all the reprehensible things the company does, but they still continue to watch it weekly. Or better yet, don't like the product but actually trot out the tired "wait and see" rhetoric. Uh, that’s not the case with every fan. I’m down on a ton of things WWE does as a company, but I occasionally tune in to Raw because I like wrestling, it’s a wrestling show and there are wrestlers I like on it. Does that mean I’m advocating every awful choice they make? No, it doesn’t. I’m critical of the product frequently, but I don’t see it as too different from my critiques with AEW (weak women’s division, overdoing spot-fests sometimes), NJPW (pushing Ospreay in spite of recent personal issues) or any other company who has talent I enjoy working for them. I generally hate a lot of things WWE does, but that doesn’t mean there’s things I do enjoy (heel Reigns) or want to enjoy (this Retribution angle).
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 21, 2020 12:49:28 GMT -5
TBar connecting the dots.
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 21, 2020 12:59:24 GMT -5
TBar connecting the dots. T-Bar's giving me too much material about him.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 21, 2020 13:01:12 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure TBar is actually Konnor.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Oct 21, 2020 14:12:22 GMT -5
I ..kind of liked what I saw on RAW? Minus a few things:
- T-bar tapping. - Lack of “retribution” (eh? Eh? Eh?) for them by the end of the night.
Like I thought it was cool as hell for them to show up and confront The Fiend willingly. Who else has done that?
But I hated, like I mentioned, T-Bar tapping out so soon. I was hoping by the end of the night Retribution would “hack” into the presentation of Firefly Fun House. f*** with it and Bray.
I get people’s concerns/worries though. They’re just. But man, I love Ali as a heel. And in his In-ring work, guy just slipped into it like a glove. And I love the Retribution hosses and Slapjack. On paper, on the surface, it’s got this really cool potential but..yeah, I understand the skepticism.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 21, 2020 14:53:08 GMT -5
I ..kind of liked what I saw on RAW? Minus a few things: - T-bar tapping. - Lack of “retribution” (eh? Eh? Eh?) for them by the end of the night. Like I thought it was cool as hell for them to show up and confront The Fiend willingly. Who else has done that? But I hated, like I mentioned, T-Bar tapping out so soon. I was hoping by the end of the night Retribution would “hack” into the presentation of Firefly Fun House. f*** with it and Bray. I get people’s concerns/worries though. They’re just. But man, I love Ali as a heel. And in his In-ring work, guy just slipped into it like a glove. And I love the Retribution hosses and Slapjack. On paper, on the surface, it’s got this really cool potential but..yeah, I understand the skepticism. Ali’s promo revealing that he was The Hacker should’ve just been during Firefly Funhouse after he “hacks” the episode.
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Oct 21, 2020 15:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 15:54:47 GMT -5
So... just for some cliff notes, retribution got murked by Lashley, and then the Fiend all in one match?
I feel bad for the guys in retribution. It certainly appears that WWE had no idea what to do with them and never thought the idea through beyond the introduction.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 16:09:37 GMT -5
They shouldn't be looking weak like that so early.
I don't mind Fiend killing them. But T Bar tapping to Lashley was weak.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 21, 2020 16:19:54 GMT -5
They shouldn't be looking weak like that so early. I don't mind Fiend killing them. But T Bar tapping to Lashley was weak. This is my exact feeling. The Fiend murks Everyone, the fact they stepped up to him was neat. Pretty much single handedly getting destroyed by Lashley then tapping clean? Boooooooooooooooooooo
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Post by eJm on Oct 21, 2020 16:25:34 GMT -5
I...don’t think us forgetting you is the issue...
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 21, 2020 16:40:41 GMT -5
They shouldn't be looking weak like that so early. I don't mind Fiend killing them. But T Bar tapping to Lashley was weak. This is my exact feeling. The Fiend murks Everyone, the fact they stepped up to him was neat. Pretty much single handedly getting destroyed by Lashley then tapping clean? Boooooooooooooooooooo Could’ve booked Retribution to win after they pin Cedric or something if they really wanted to protect Lashley. Then the Fiend stuff happens post match.
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Post by krozor on Oct 21, 2020 16:41:07 GMT -5
With Titus trying and failing to join the Hurt Business, they can once again turn everything around for Retribution if they debut new member PaInCaKe next week, and it's just Titus in his Pancake Patterson wig with some goofy Halloween store Bane mask over it.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 21, 2020 16:43:55 GMT -5
I’m glad that they’re at least giving the group some sort of unique look and iconography after weeks of the generic hoodie people.
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Post by adamclark52 on Oct 21, 2020 17:01:19 GMT -5
Imagine the feeling of going backstage after being on the losing end of a 4 on 1 beatdown by the Fiend?
That’s gotta be on par with Hector Guerrero walking backstage after the Gobbledy Gooker
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 21, 2020 19:06:27 GMT -5
Sexy... ?
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Post by XIII on Oct 21, 2020 19:55:29 GMT -5
In a very special episode of Firefly Funhouse Retribution is ready to let the Fiend in....with the lights on.
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Post by eJm on Oct 21, 2020 20:06:31 GMT -5
Mace, you all tried to attack a guy who knew instant transmission. He’s not exactly going to play fair.
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