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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on May 9, 2022 10:30:18 GMT -5
It shouldn’t be that tough. f*** it make the table monitors completely useless and like giant pillows. Not for every show or even one entire show as the commentators obviously need them. But just imagine how surprising it would be if for the first time in like 20 years a wrestler puts his opponent through the commentator’s table without pausing to clear the table off first.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 9, 2022 12:13:26 GMT -5
I dunno, I think you could bump on the modern monitors pretty easily. It would be like getting tossed onto iPads. The old big box monitors tho? Dear god those would be painful
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Post by HisRoyalGreeness on May 9, 2022 13:16:06 GMT -5
I dunno, I think you could bump on the modern monitors pretty easily. It would be like getting tossed onto iPads. The old big box monitors tho? Dear god those would be painful Randy Orton from Mania 30 can confirm. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 9, 2022 13:21:49 GMT -5
I think the issue is that commentary watches a lot of the show on the monitors so any other substitute wouldn’t work for, in theory, the commentary team getting the full context of the situation in front of them.
Like, even if they had breakable table monitors, you’d still have to take out the actual ones before the spot and that seems like unneeded work.
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Post by rrg251 on May 9, 2022 16:09:33 GMT -5
Or maybe the commentators should take the monitors with them when they see a table spot is coming and clear the area.
But yes, it does look awkward when wrestlers, in the midst of the fight, take time to clear the area of expensive electronics. Just yell "Move!" to the commentators and that's the cue to clear the area and take the monitors with them.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on May 9, 2022 16:13:50 GMT -5
It's a way to build up anticipation for the table spot. Sure you can do it without, Randy does the back drop spot without clearing the table. But the act of ripping the top off will get the crowd pumped for what's about to take place every time.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 9, 2022 16:29:32 GMT -5
It's a way to build up anticipation for the table spot. Sure you can do it without, Randy does the back drop spot without clearing the table. But the act of ripping the top off will get the crowd pumped for what's about to take place every time. This too. For those in the arena and at home, it’s sort of a signal that stuff’s about to go down. It’d be like expecting tables to be pre set up before spots, it wouldn’t work the same way. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 9, 2022 23:55:54 GMT -5
What sense does it make to smash your opponent through a table if you don't first remove all the dangerous objects?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 11, 2022 22:33:48 GMT -5
It's a way to build up anticipation for the table spot. Sure you can do it without, Randy does the back drop spot without clearing the table. But the act of ripping the top off will get the crowd pumped for what's about to take place every time. This too. For those in the arena and at home, it’s sort of a signal that stuff’s about to go down. It’d be like expecting tables to be pre set up before spots, it wouldn’t work the same way. Yup. They could probably do away with the whole deal since LED monitors are thin and not as much of a hazard to bump on, and probably as cheap as they've ever been, though still decently expensive since live broadcasting requires as little delay as possible, hence why the CRTs stayed around the announce table well after most homes ditched them. But clearly, no one wants to stop doing it since the table clearing gets such a massive pop every time. |
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Post by Error on May 11, 2022 22:43:29 GMT -5
What sense does it make to smash your opponent through a table if you don't first remove all the dangerous objects? They'd be forced to pay for the damaged electronics? |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 11, 2022 22:47:09 GMT -5
This too. For those in the arena and at home, it’s sort of a signal that stuff’s about to go down. It’d be like expecting tables to be pre set up before spots, it wouldn’t work the same way. Yup. They could probably do away with the whole deal since LED monitors are thin and not as much of a hazard to bump on, and probably as cheap as they've ever been, though still decently expensive since live broadcasting requires as little delay as possible, hence why the CRTs stayed around the announce table well after most homes ditched them. But clearly, no one wants to stop doing it since the table clearing gets such a massive pop every time. Yeah... listen to the pop literally every time someone starts pulling them off... |
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on May 11, 2022 22:53:57 GMT -5
Make them out of squeaky toy material without mentioning anything and then have someone throw it at somebody else's head. The noise would literally improve the whole world's mental health.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on May 13, 2022 10:31:36 GMT -5
The old big box monitors tho? Dear god those would be painful |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on May 13, 2022 15:49:02 GMT -5
At this point they could probably figure out a system to have iPads in drop cases if they wanted.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on May 13, 2022 17:20:42 GMT -5
It reminds me of an episode of Friends .. when a character played by Hank Azeria wanted to passionately make out with Phoebe on a desk, clears the stuff off it with his arm. but stops to carefully remove a microscope saying that it’s really expensive.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 13, 2022 18:59:41 GMT -5
They should grab the run down sheet off the table and give the guy a paper cut. That shit hurts.
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Post by evilhomer on May 14, 2022 1:00:53 GMT -5
What sense does it make to smash your opponent through a table if you don't first remove all the dangerous objects? Serious injury / death goes beyond the accepted risks of the sport. They could face civil and criminal liability if they do not clear objects that could impale the opponent. |
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Post by Starshine on May 14, 2022 3:18:26 GMT -5
What sense does it make to smash your opponent through a table if you don't first remove all the dangerous objects? Serious injury / death goes beyond the accepted risks of the sport. They could face civil and criminal liability if they do not clear objects that could impale the opponent. Since when was any of this a problem for WWE? We've seen people set alight, multiple examples of vehicular assault, assault with various weapons, people thrown off buildings and other high structures, eyes gouged out, limbs purposefully broken, stabbings, druggings, sexual assaults, peopole buried alive, an attempt to immolate someone with fireworks, venomous snake attacks, attmepted stabbing with a broardsword, throats intentonally crushed. I don't think they're all that worried about occupational health and safety. |
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 14, 2022 3:27:14 GMT -5
At this point they could probably figure out a system to have iPads in drop cases if they wanted. Again, though, CRTs are still used in broadcasts because it’s the closest it can come to the live footage so until tablets and such can get that close to it, that’s how it’d have to be. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 14, 2022 7:27:37 GMT -5
Serious injury / death goes beyond the accepted risks of the sport. They could face civil and criminal liability if they do not clear objects that could impale the opponent. Since when was any of this a problem for WWE? We've seen people set alight, multiple examples of vehicular assault, assault with various weapons, people thrown off buildings and other high structures, eyes gouged out, limbs purposefully broken, stabbings, druggings, sexual assaults, peopole buried alive, an attempt to immolate someone with fireworks, venomous snake attacks, attmepted stabbing with a broardsword, throats intentonally crushed. I don't think they're all that worried about occupational health and safety. The top baby face carries a sword and tries to chop the heads off the heels, every single night. |
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