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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2022 10:52:18 GMT -5
While Vince's resignation has been my favorite WWE storyline in over a decade, you can't read too far into the "Vince being gone may negatively impact... " line. That's corporate buzz speak 101. You always CYA to investors. Then for advertisers you play it up. "A NEW AND EXCITING VISION FOR THE WWE" etc.
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 16, 2022 11:13:09 GMT -5
The Eric Young comment makes me think of the last few months of Hercules which culminated in him taking a 30 second loss to Sid where he just got up after the power bomb. Herc put no effort into that match. Somehow he was let in the battle royal later that night though kept trying to hang on for dear life on the ropes when Hogan tried to dump him out and eventually did.
I get Hercules had been around for so long it would be tough to keep finding things for him to do, much like Barbarian, Haku, Warlord, Dino. He wasn't great on the mic and wasn't a really great wrestler but I think he took losses from everyone after Roma left and probably they both did after the Nasty Boys became Vince's new toy. I get doing the honors on the way out but like Eric's comment-if "creative" or Vince can't find something better for them, it is just as much a failure as Hercules was in not evolving and finding new things on his own in WWF.
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Post by cjh on Aug 16, 2022 14:02:23 GMT -5
From Stephanie McMahon on the earnings call this morning:
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 16, 2022 14:13:27 GMT -5
We're playing all the old hits for you today, folks, such as our next gem from the charts of 1971... Nick, Paul, Frank, and Steph with the seminal classic, "Don't Pull Your Love."
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Aug 16, 2022 14:13:27 GMT -5
From Stephanie McMahon on the earnings call this morning: Feels more like an ass-covering line than anything ominous.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Aug 16, 2022 15:29:44 GMT -5
I think Vince is crazy enough to start up a private wrestling business with everything going on.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 16, 2022 16:07:20 GMT -5
I think Vince is crazy enough to start up a private wrestling business with everything going on. Thinking about Vince trying to start an indy fed and doing all the things that he delegated to other ppl for 30 years is great. Dude calling Konesuke Takeshita like "uhh...hey. i'm kinda bad at this do you wanna hang out at my show? my wrelellelestlemania?"
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 16, 2022 16:11:42 GMT -5
McMahon Genome Federation presents Vincent Bom-Ba-Ye
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 16, 2022 17:12:24 GMT -5
I think Vince is crazy enough to start up a private wrestling business with everything going on. Thinking about Vince trying to start an indy fed and doing all the things that he delegated to other ppl for 30 years is great. Dude calling Konesuke Takeshita like "uhh...hey. i'm kinda bad at this do you wanna hang out at my show? my wrelellelestlemania?" He can finally use the Colossal Tussle for his main PPV.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Aug 16, 2022 18:15:51 GMT -5
McMahon Genome Federation presents Vincent Bom-Ba-Ye So instead of a line of kids to be slapped, it’s a line for the Kiss My Ass Club and he rams his butt in multiple young lion wrestlers’ faces? Meltzer: “Well, uhm, well…7,500 tickets sold, that’s not bad…it, umm, it was horrible watching it live, terrifying, but, well, uh, 7500 is a solid number for the Salt Lake area…”
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Post by XIII on Aug 16, 2022 19:34:19 GMT -5
From Stephanie McMahon on the earnings call this morning: Feels more like an ass-covering line than anything ominous. I’m fairly certain that they didn’t mean anything nefarious, but I find it hilarious that she’s like “Vince is still the biggest shareholder and we’re going to do whatever we can to make our shareholders a lot of money.”
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 17, 2022 2:24:50 GMT -5
McMahon Genome Federation presents Vincent Bom-Ba-Ye So instead of a line of kids to be slapped, it’s a line for the Kiss My Ass Club and he rams his butt in multiple young lion wrestlers’ faces? Meltzer: “Well, uhm, well…7,500 tickets sold, that’s not bad…it, umm, it was horrible watching it live, terrifying, but, well, uh, 7500 is a solid number for the Salt Lake area…” Bom-Butt-Ye
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 17, 2022 4:23:45 GMT -5
From Stephanie McMahon on the earnings call this morning: Frank? Steph you can't just make people up to keep the shareholders happy. They might want to talk to Frank. I'm going to assume it's Frank from Succession because that fits well. (I'm going to feel silly once Frank is someone obvious I've forgotten)
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Post by XIII on Aug 17, 2022 6:09:23 GMT -5
From Stephanie McMahon on the earnings call this morning: Frank? Steph you can't just make people up to keep the shareholders happy. They might want to talk to Frank. I'm going to assume it's Frank from Succession because that fits well. (I'm going to feel silly once Frank is someone obvious I've forgotten) Short for Frankenvince McMahon, a long lost relative that only recently returned to the family business.
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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 17, 2022 6:55:21 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 17, 2022 7:01:58 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me "This world doesn't belong to you, it belongs to me."
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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 17, 2022 7:08:47 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me "This world doesn't belong to you, it belongs to me." Eric Young reciting MJF promo's to Tony Khan, but to Vince
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Aug 17, 2022 8:10:33 GMT -5
Frank Sidebottom?
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Post by An Dog On An Skateboard on Aug 17, 2022 8:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Aug 17, 2022 8:59:12 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me It’s funnier when you envision him inside his Super Eric getup.
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