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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 15:48:39 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. I still can't get over him being worked by the exploding limo segment and calling people up to see if Vince was alive.
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 18, 2022 15:52:43 GMT -5
Watching the earlier Wrestlemania's he was at (IV, V and VII) he seemed so much like Vince the commentator-so mild mannered. He was silent at IV-WWF did not interviews, he was mild mannered at V in the botched Sean Mooney interview and in the VII "celebrity" interview he was just one of the rest with Henry Winkler, Chuck Norris and Lou Ferrigno. I feel like he learned a lot from his buddy Vince on how to create an over the top character to get a lot of people watching.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Aug 18, 2022 16:22:52 GMT -5
Anyone spoken to Jonathan Coachman?
Vince gave him a full list of indiscretions he commited to cross reference with WWE wrestlers to see who was his illegitimate off-spring.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Aug 18, 2022 16:37:06 GMT -5
Just send Vince to Shady Pines already. East wing.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 18, 2022 16:40:09 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when That she had sued for sexual harassment for twice what Martha Hart was suing for the _wrongful death_ of her husband had always galled me. Whatever issues Sable had with Vince seem a little piddly compared to that. That's frankly not anything Sable should have been worried about. Like, she was seeking justice for herself, which is independent to Martha's own concerns.
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Post by Lardlad on Aug 18, 2022 21:10:02 GMT -5
Jim Cornette Reads A Letter To Vince McMahon About Bret Hart:
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 19, 2022 17:33:28 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. I still can't get over him being worked by the exploding limo segment and calling people up to see if Vince was alive. People like him are the reason Vince uses local medical facility instead of hospital.
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Post by fw91 on Aug 19, 2022 17:41:11 GMT -5
Anyone spoken to Jonathan Coachman? Vince gave him a full list of indiscretions he commited to cross reference with WWE wrestlers to see who was his illegitimate off-spring. Speaking off, what happened to him? His second run seemed to end suddenly, and he wasn’t too happy about it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2022 17:41:41 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. I still can't get over him being worked by the exploding limo segment and calling people up to see if Vince was alive. This is a dude who congratulated the great state of Kansas when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl
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Post by Andy Martin on Aug 19, 2022 18:21:47 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. As am I, but I think it’s like 70-30 leaning towards column A versus column B.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 19, 2022 19:10:24 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. I mean, would you trust Vince to stop a show if a wrestler died half way through it?
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 20, 2022 8:29:20 GMT -5
Either Trump is the biggest mark of all time or he trusts Vince about as far as he can throw him. I'm open to the possibility that both statements are true. I mean, would you trust Vince to stop a show if a wrestler died half way through it? I will always defend that decision. When Metallica had to cancel their part of a show because James got torched by their pyro, the crowd in Toronto was understanding. When Axl Rose then cancelled the GnR portion as well it sparked a riot.
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Post by wildojinx on Aug 20, 2022 18:23:25 GMT -5
I mean, would you trust Vince to stop a show if a wrestler died half way through it? I will always defend that decision. When Metallica had to cancel their part of a show because James got torched by their pyro, the crowd in Toronto was understanding. When Axl Rose then cancelled the GnR portion as well it sparked a riot. I used to defend it until I saw the Dark Side of the Ring episode about Owen and saw just how uncaring they were about it (when Owen died, Dunn then told JR "Owen's dead and you're on in 5" like it was just the end of the segment).
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 20, 2022 20:22:23 GMT -5
I will always defend that decision. When Metallica had to cancel their part of a show because James got torched by their pyro, the crowd in Toronto was understanding. When Axl Rose then cancelled the GnR portion as well it sparked a riot. I used to defend it until I saw the Dark Side of the Ring episode about Owen and saw just how uncaring they were about it (when Owen died, Dunn then told JR "Owen's dead and you're on in 5" like it was just the end of the segment). There's a special place in hell reserved for Bucky Beaver.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Aug 20, 2022 22:32:49 GMT -5
I mean, would you trust Vince to stop a show if a wrestler died half way through it? I will always defend that decision. When Metallica had to cancel their part of a show because James got torched by their pyro, the crowd in Toronto was understanding. When Axl Rose then cancelled the GnR portion as well it sparked a riot. Montreal not Toronto, but also Axl didn't "then" cancel the GnR portion. Over two hours after Metallica had to leave the stage, Axl finally came out, half-assed songs with no energy in what was ultimately less than an hour long set, then cussed the crowd out and walked off stage. They rioted because Axl was an asshole because Axl is famously an asshole. I think a crowd that just watched a man die and understands a man died would have been way more forgiving about it, even without comparing all the times an artist flaked on a concert and it didn't spark a huge riot. There's a lot of difference between 'one of the bands playing can't because a dude got injured' and in the challenges and traumas posed by it, and 'a man just died'.
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Post by ehead on Aug 20, 2022 22:32:59 GMT -5
I mean, would you trust Vince to stop a show if a wrestler died half way through it? I will always defend that decision. When Metallica had to cancel their part of a show because James got torched by their pyro, the crowd in Toronto was understanding. When Axl Rose then cancelled the GnR portion as well it sparked a riot. That incident was at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, not Toronto.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 24, 2022 1:54:13 GMT -5
So, it’s been a full month since Vince left… What’s the state of play? Is everything all sunshine and chocolate now? Does Triple H have his own foibles and quirks that will grow to frustrate us in the years to come?
All I know for sure that… F***ING GODDAMN this place is so much more fun to post at and manage with two good wrestling companies going.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Aug 24, 2022 2:20:16 GMT -5
So, it’s been a full month since Vince left… What’s the state of play? Is everything all sunshine and chocolate now? Does Triple H have his own foibles and quirks that will grow to frustrate us in the years to come? All I know for sure that… F***ING GODDAMN this place is so much more fun to post at and manage with two good wrestling companies going. It's way better, the match quality is better and the undercard feels more important, the promos are better, they've dropped a lot of dumb Vince vernacular that always just drug commentary and promos themselves down especially in recent memory. The midcard belts have thrived with HHH in charge as he makes every match for them feel like a big deal and leans on their lineages. Talent has been brought back and used, some for the definite better, some like Kross for me are a wait and see but he has a clear infatuation with the guy and I ain't sure about Swerveless Hit Row. Michael Cole sounds and acts like an entirely different man for the better Not a fan of Road Dogg coming back in any capacity but of course he's back, he's HHH's frat buddy. Dunn is still there, I hate his camera style still, and some peeps on commentary like Graves are still just annoying to me most of the time but that's just how he is imo. The show overall still has a few annoying things about it but all around, so far? Enjoyable watches with clear directive changes already, with I would only assume more to come. I'm really curious what this show looks like with a full year of HHH in charge, because already with just a month you can look at the Rate Polls yourself, there's a drastic change and it's positive, love to see it.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 24, 2022 2:41:53 GMT -5
So, it’s been a full month since Vince left… What’s the state of play? Is everything all sunshine and chocolate now? Does Triple H have his own foibles and quirks that will grow to frustrate us in the years to come? All I know for sure that… F***ING GODDAMN this place is so much more fun to post at and manage with two good wrestling companies going. It's way better, the match quality is better and the undercard feels more important, the promos are better, they've dropped a lot of dumb Vince vernacular that always just drug commentary and promos themselves down especially in recent memory. The midcard belts have thrived with HHH in charge as he makes every match for them feel like a big deal and leans on their lineages. Talent has been brought back and used, some for the definite better, some like Kross for me are a wait and see but he has a clear infatuation with the guy and I ain't sure about Swerveless Hit Row. Michael Cole sounds and acts like an entirely different man for the better Not a fan of Road Dogg coming back in any capacity but of course he's back, he's HHH's frat buddy. Dunn is still there, I hate his camera style still, and some peeps on commentary like Graves are still just annoying to me most of the time but that's just how he is imo. The show overall still has a few annoying things about it but all around, so far? Enjoyable watches with clear directive changes already, with I would only assume more to come. I'm really curious what this show looks like with a full year of HHH in charge, because already with just a month you can look at the Rate Polls yourself, there's a drastic change and it's positive, love to see it. Dunn still being there makes sense for now. He's got decades of experience in producing/directing live television, and the guy that Hunter apparently wanted to take over Dunn's spot was fired and is in AEW. Borash is still there, and he's produced a lot of the Hardys stuff over the years, and does a lot of pre-tapes, but that's a different beast than live television. Once they get somebody trained, or they hire somebody with the experience, Dunn's in all likelihood gone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2022 8:17:43 GMT -5
So, it’s been a full month since Vince left… What’s the state of play? Is everything all sunshine and chocolate now? Does Triple H have his own foibles and quirks that will grow to frustrate us in the years to come? All I know for sure that… F***ING GODDAMN this place is so much more fun to post at and manage with two good wrestling companies going. I won't agree with everything HHH does, but I'm having a blast right now.
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