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Post by Fake Jesus on Aug 7, 2023 8:14:21 GMT -5
Punk vs Joe is kind of lame. Two old dudes who proved on free tv they can't match what they did 20 years ago. Would rather have seen something like Punk vs White or Starks (radical concept: a month long build to the rematch instead) and maybe Joe vs Miro
Btw - surely it's time for the actual PPV thread now there's a card
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Post by KME on Aug 7, 2023 8:23:52 GMT -5
Personally thought their match on Collision was great and the only thing that held it back was that it ended out of the blue and didn't go longer, as soon as it ended I wanted to see them go again. Joe is a long way from just some old dude, and while Punk is iffy at times he's mostly been involved in really good matches since returning.
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 7, 2023 8:41:58 GMT -5
I'm certain there'll be a multi person ladder match. Easy way to get a lot of people on the card and it just works in a big stadium. I think my only thing is where would you put anything for people to grab? Wembley doesn't have a traditional roof (it's more a sun roof that covers the fans watching the pitch than a retractable one, it's the one thing concerning me going into the show because I'm on the pitch so more likely to get wet) so there isn't exactly an easy way to do it without putting a WrestleMania 32 covering on there which won't work out for anyone. I'm expecting them to have something like this which sadly means quite a lot of people are going to have a crappy view of the ring due to the posts being in the way
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 7, 2023 8:44:23 GMT -5
I think my only thing is where would you put anything for people to grab? Wembley doesn't have a traditional roof (it's more a sun roof that covers the fans watching the pitch than a retractable one, it's the one thing concerning me going into the show because I'm on the pitch so more likely to get wet) so there isn't exactly an easy way to do it without putting a WrestleMania 32 covering on there which won't work out for anyone. I'm expecting them to have something like this which sadly means quite a lot of people are going to have a crappy view of the ring due to the posts being in the way
I think we shouldn't assume anything until it actually happens. Not to say it'll rule anything out but I also from the venue map, it doesn't seem they're designing Wembley that way.
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 7, 2023 8:45:31 GMT -5
Meltzer's reporting that All In has officially past the 78,000 tickets sold threshold, which means it's surpassed Wrestlemania III.
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 7, 2023 8:53:54 GMT -5
I'm expecting them to have something like this which sadly means quite a lot of people are going to have a crappy view of the ring due to the posts being in the way
I think we shouldn't assume anything until it actually happens. Not to say it'll rule anything out but I also from the venue map, it doesn't seem they're designing Wembley that way. With the British weather being so unpredictable theres noway they risk doing the show without something like this. They always have something covering the ring when boxing is at Wembley, so I'm expecting it for this show.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 7, 2023 8:55:52 GMT -5
I think we shouldn't assume anything until it actually happens. Not to say it'll rule anything out but I also from the venue map, it doesn't seem they're designing Wembley that way. With the British weather being so unpredictable theres noway they risk doing the show without something like this. They always have something covering the ring when boxing is at Wembley, so I'm expecting it for this show. I mean, your logic makes sense. Just more that this thread doesn't need any more pre-show panicking
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 7, 2023 13:58:02 GMT -5
I want to see over-the-top "for entertainment purposes" numbers on BTE now.
"We Meltzer Drivered Dax in front of a quarter million people brother!"
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Aug 7, 2023 15:35:10 GMT -5
How about to get all the mid-carders on the show: Gauntlet match (men's) and Battle Royal (women)?
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Post by raymondo316 on Aug 7, 2023 16:15:33 GMT -5
Why they are in the UK the BCC should take a trip to Blackpool to film a video of them wandering around the town taking in the sights.
It could make for a really funny video.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 7, 2023 16:30:32 GMT -5
Why they are in the UK the BCC should take a trip to Blackpool to film a video of them wandering around the town taking in the sights. It could make for a really funny video. Omg they've got to create the BCC version of Super Hans' NYE part from Peep Show. Mox goes first and the madman is traumatised by the things that he's seen in Blackpool and tells the others he just wants to get back to nice Soho and have a fight in a pub to calm down. Yuta is Jeremy and Claudio is Mark. Language etc warning youtu.be/3TlwsjGB32c
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Aug 8, 2023 7:58:08 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 8, 2023 12:10:35 GMT -5
Why they are in the UK the BCC should take a trip to Blackpool to film a video of them wandering around the town taking in the sights. It could make for a really funny video. Lobby they visit the Pleasure Beach and hit up all the weird dark rides Poseidon Entertainment just made a video about.
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Post by markymark on Aug 8, 2023 12:15:32 GMT -5
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 8, 2023 12:23:20 GMT -5
Why they are in the UK the BCC should take a trip to Blackpool to film a video of them wandering around the town taking in the sights. It could make for a really funny video. Lobby they visit the Pleasure Beach and hit up all the weird dark rides Poseidon Entertainment just made a video about. I think Pleasure Beach also has one of the first ever hypercoasters ever built in Europe: the Big One!
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Post by ThatDudeThatExsists on Aug 8, 2023 20:42:53 GMT -5
Meltzer's reporting that All In has officially past the 78,000 tickets sold threshold, which means it's surpassed Wrestlemania III. I call BS. There's no way WM3 only had 78,000.
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Post by ThatDudeThatExsists on Aug 8, 2023 20:43:33 GMT -5
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 8, 2023 20:53:23 GMT -5
Meltzer's reporting that All In has officially past the 78,000 tickets sold threshold, which means it's surpassed Wrestlemania III. I call BS. There's no way WM3 only had 78,000. Meltzer claims he was told that figure by the promoter and saw internal WWF paperwork stating it. Others think it was somewhere in the 80,000s. It seems like one of those things that nobody is ever going to know the actual answer to other than that the "official" figure is inflated, as all wrestling attendances usually are. If you're interested, this is a pretty good write-up of the inconsistencies and potential figures (and doesn't come to a conclusion either) deadspin.com/how-many-people-were-actually-at-wrestlemania-iii-a-de-1824178481
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Post by ThatDudeThatExsists on Aug 8, 2023 20:55:57 GMT -5
I call BS. There's no way WM3 only had 78,000. Meltzer claims he was told that figure by the promoter and saw internal WWF paperwork stating it. Others think it was somewhere in the 80,000s. It seems like one of those things that nobody is ever going to know the actual answer to other than that the "official" figure is inflated, as all wrestling attendances usually are. If you're interested, this is a pretty good write-up of the inconsistencies and potential figures (and doesn't come to a conclusion either) deadspin.com/how-many-people-were-actually-at-wrestlemania-iii-a-de-1824178481I can buy that it wasn't 93,000. But there's no way it wasn just 78,000.
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Post by lucaslawless on Aug 9, 2023 3:37:30 GMT -5
Just 78,000? Thats an absolute huge number. Plus, its only 15000 difference between both figures. It would be unoticible for anyone to even attempt to figure out so all we have to go on. Something like 78k being the total with 75k being the paid attendance.
Regardless, I honestly dont care, its not really comparable. But what we do know is its the biggest wrestling event in recent history.
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