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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 21, 2023 11:43:59 GMT -5
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 21, 2023 12:45:57 GMT -5
WWE was just hell bent on wasting all that extra money they made in their peak years
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Post by XIII on Mar 21, 2023 16:05:46 GMT -5
WWE was just hell bent on wasting all that extra money they made in their peak years Vince going to Vince. His main strategy seems to have always been make a boatload of money for some peak years and then spend it on dumb shit that was doomed to fail. WBF I'm looking at you! I get that you have to spend money to make money but some of those ideas were just plain stupid. lol |
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Post by Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV on Mar 21, 2023 16:11:04 GMT -5
My theory on how this would have gone is that at some point the hotel would have gotten bed bugs and the media would have roasted the shit out of them with headlines like WATCHA GONNA DO WHEN BED BUGS RUN WILD ON YOU and it would have either destroyed the business or spiked reservations.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 21, 2023 16:14:02 GMT -5
I'm imagining this getting built and then 3 years later needing to change the shape of some of the building to get the F out >_>
That said I fully understand the reasoning behind making both this and WWF New York. at the time big theme restaurants like that were popular at the time... ditto with like themed experiences in Vegas.
That said the size of the hotel is ridiculous but... Vince is gonna Vince.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Mar 21, 2023 16:16:34 GMT -5
Like it’s big and crazy and stupid and a waste of money. But I would’ve gone. My theory on how this would have gone is that at some point the hotel would have gotten bed bugs and the media would have roasted the shit out of them with headlines like WATCHA GONNA DO WHEN BED BUGS RUN WILD ON YOU and it would have either destroyed the business or spiked reservations. You know a mainstream report wouldnt have anything as specific as that. It would be “WWE hotel bodyslammed by bedbugs who have put a headlock on reservations” |
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Post by XIII on Mar 21, 2023 16:18:56 GMT -5
watching that mockup video there's a "Vince's Steakhouse". Tagline has to be "Come get some of Vince's meat without the NDA!"
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Mar 21, 2023 16:21:26 GMT -5
WWE was just hell bent on wasting all that extra money they made in their peak years Vince going to Vince. His main strategy seems to have always been make a boatload of money for some peak years and then spend it on dumb shit that was doomed to fail. WBF I'm looking at you! I get that you have to spend money to make money but some of those ideas were just plain stupid. lol I wonder if working with Donald Trump and the locations for Mania 4 and 5 had a piece in Vince thinking he should go Vegas. That maybe it could have elevated Vince's profile up in the mainstream as a Famous Rich Guy. It's a very Vince McMahon idea, but in the company he keeps that's the one name that stands out as being really really specific for where he could have gotten the idea to want to take that specific kind of risk. The WBF and even the XFL, for as crazy as they were, at least tied back toward Vince's career as a sports promoter and even brief hockey team owner. They were crazy ventures that were at least in his wheelhouse. This goes beyond that. |
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Post by Feyrhausen on Mar 21, 2023 16:22:54 GMT -5
WWE was just hell bent on wasting all that extra money they made in their peak years Vince going to Vince. His main strategy seems to have always been make a boatload of money for some peak years and then spend it on dumb shit that was doomed to fail. WBF I'm looking at you! I get that you have to spend money to make money but some of those ideas were just plain stupid. lol He always had an inferiority complex about being a wrestling promoter. He wanted to be a “real” success. Thing about it is if he ever succeeded outside of the “garbage business” then he would have faced his current issues years before. He only got away with it so long because hey, its just wrestling. |
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Post by ToyfareMark on Mar 21, 2023 17:15:42 GMT -5
WWE was just hell bent on wasting all that extra money they made in their peak years Peak years, I remember hearing about this in 1995! |
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Mar 21, 2023 17:28:34 GMT -5
IMagine building this in 99-ish, with great big WWF logos everywhere, and then 2002 hits, assuming the park survives the long, and EVERY SINGLE LOGO has to be changed. Hilarious.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 21, 2023 18:21:03 GMT -5
My theory on how this would have gone is that at some point the hotel would have gotten bed bugs and the media would have roasted the shit out of them with headlines like WATCHA GONNA DO WHEN BED BUGS RUN WILD ON YOU and it would have either destroyed the business or spiked reservations. The Photoshop thread! My lord the Photoshop thread! |
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Post by Feyrhausen on Mar 21, 2023 18:38:42 GMT -5
IMagine building this in 99-ish, with great big WWF logos everywhere, and then 2002 hits, assuming the park survives the long, and EVERY SINGLE LOGO has to be changed. Hilarious. He might have swallowed his pride and worked with the WWF instead of trying to fight them. Rumors were that a million or so dollars a year (charitable write off) would have done the job. |
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Post by krozor on Mar 21, 2023 21:00:46 GMT -5
Sitting down to Vince's Steakhouse, opening up the large, fancy menu to see only two items listed inside: Steak Wraps With Ketchup and Snow Cones
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Post by Spider2024 on Mar 21, 2023 21:02:40 GMT -5
This would’ve been a MASSIVE undertaking. No worries, they'd just tape their fists up before getting to it. |
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Post by Stu on Mar 21, 2023 21:52:19 GMT -5
There was eventually a WWE slot machine with Cena and Triple H as the top icons. But it also featured Benoit, which means it'll never see the light of day. Pretty sure I lost $20 playing it.
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