Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Apr 1, 2023 23:12:25 GMT -5
So there sure were a lot of ads on this Wrestlemania and it felt like a lot more than normal, not like full AAA event "cutting to the wide shot of the trons to show an ad every .2 seconds" kind of way but still an absurd amount that took me out of the show at times when they would stop to taunt just so a corporate sponsor could pop up a nature of the beast thing at this point with mania being what it is but still it felt jarring tonight
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Apr 1, 2023 23:13:42 GMT -5
The wild juxtaposition of Cinnamon Toast Crunch’s cartoon mascots on the LEDs during the emotional father/son showdown of Rey vs. Dom will never not be funny.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 1, 2023 23:14:01 GMT -5
It was noticeable but it oddly made this show feel more big time to me? There was a time when brands wanted nothing to do with wrestling at all. I think it’ll get on my nerves next year but it didn’t bug me this year.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Apr 1, 2023 23:14:17 GMT -5
Meh. WrestleMania doesn't cost $70 to watch anymore.
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The Gallus Mark
Unicron
Watching Icelandic Women’s Soccer Highlights
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Apr 1, 2023 23:14:57 GMT -5
I think I’m desensitized to any advertisements at this point that it didn’t really bother me…besides the damn SpongeBob looking pieces of cereal on the inside of the barrier during that match lol
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 1, 2023 23:18:16 GMT -5
Having lived through TNA's 6 Hour Power deal where they got legit the whole ring, nothing like this is even capable of making me flinch LMAO
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Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 1, 2023 23:18:30 GMT -5
If only there was an adblocker for the WWE.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 1, 2023 23:19:08 GMT -5
When the f***ing Cinnamon Toast Monster showed up during Rey's entrance I thought it was his new son
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Post by Goldash #BLM on Apr 1, 2023 23:19:31 GMT -5
It was annoying but not as bad as AAA TripleMania "ads constantly running in the background so let's keep cutting to an ultra wide shot of the stage" bad.
KSI cameo worked well, as I knew the "bottle" was likely one of Paul's guys who'd take a bump.
They somehow haven't done ads on the mat yet, apart from the Pitch Black Match, and I'd rather they didn't.
It's...fine. I'd rather not have it at all, but at least it wasn't so cringy that it'd ruin the night for all time (there's still one night to go, however...)
Nothing's been as unintentionally hilarious as Theory's Beyblade entrance, though, I'll give them that.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Apr 1, 2023 23:20:28 GMT -5
Meh. WrestleMania doesn't cost $70 to watch anymore. Sure but how they make obscene amounts of money for their obscene amounts of money show can negatively affect the presentation of the programme from a me watching it point of view.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Apr 1, 2023 23:20:41 GMT -5
When the f***ing Cinnamon Toast Monster showed up during Rey's entrance I thought it was his new son Full Chunk/Sloth vibes. “You’re going to come live with me now, homes. Because I love ya, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Monster”
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 1, 2023 23:26:12 GMT -5
If only there was an adblocker for the WWE. Obviously you're not a hockey fan, because WWE did so few ads, I didn't even notice it.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 1, 2023 23:31:10 GMT -5
I love how invested I was in a match that had a piece of Cinnamon Toast Crunch making simp eyes at the camera the whole time
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 1, 2023 23:34:01 GMT -5
I think we as wrestling fans have kind of… I don’t want to say taken for granted because I don’t think it’s something we’ve given much conscious thought to be grateful or ungrateful about, but WWE’s in-arena space has almost always been kept relatively clean as it relates to advertising. You’d get something on the in-arena LED banners and the interstitial reads by the commentators in entrances, but it’s always been a blank ring canvas, WWE-branded turnbuckles, etc., It’s especially noticeable in comparison to pro sports, where only the NFL and MLB are something in the US that I’d deem comparatively blank in how they treat their fields of play.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 1, 2023 23:36:16 GMT -5
Tired: Jay White as the Prime bottle Inspired: JJ who isn't White as the Prime bottle
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XIII
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by XIII on Apr 1, 2023 23:37:41 GMT -5
Im just mad that Bray went home after everyone told him his ideas are ass because I want HORROR CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH SQUARE!
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Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 1, 2023 23:45:16 GMT -5
If only there was an adblocker for the WWE. Obviously you're not a hockey fan, because WWE did so few ads, I didn't even notice it. Wrong on the first part (though being a fan is hard where I come from), and adblocker for the NHL would be great too.
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mrbananagrabber
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Apr 1, 2023 23:45:36 GMT -5
I didn’t mind it. The show must have cost a fortune to put on, it’s money in their pocket for basically nothing and didn’t take anything away from the show (I did laugh at the Cinnamon Crunch thing though).
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 2, 2023 0:07:03 GMT -5
Meh. WrestleMania doesn't cost $70 to watch anymore. The counterpoint there would be Mania doesn't cost $70 anymore because WWE has a giant streaming deal that sees NBCUniversal pay more for the rights to show Wrestlemania than Wrestlemania was ever going to pull in on its own. This isn't exactly a trade to give the audience a lower buy-in cost and meet in the middle on ads; clearly WWE is being paid a sum for this show well beyond the value of what they could get selling t to you for $70 because otherwise they'd just. Charge you $70. NCBUniversal is already footing that bill for us not to pay that much, anything else going on here is supplementary to that.
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Post by 06vwgti on Apr 2, 2023 0:10:20 GMT -5
I missed Mania tonight except for the Main Event, but how long the commercials are and not reviewing the match card, I've flipped the channel thinking the show was actually over when it was 10:30ish before. oops lol
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