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Post by mj0mn0m on Aug 20, 2023 23:26:12 GMT -5
Anecdotal, but was talking to the gal last night, and I was kind of surprised she knew who Roman Reigns was. Apparently she had read or watched some kind of essay on the Bloodline storyline and was genuinely intrigued by it. Not like it's gotten her to begin watching, but I guess it's a show of that, yes, WWE has had something special here. It's absolutely been mired with rehashes, stalls, and chain-yanks, but I do think that whenever it finally ends, unless they completely f*** up the landing, it will be looked back on with a good deal of fondness when it's no longer a blackhole of momentum for a lot of people. I once made an essay about Kane's "Journey into Darkness" at school. All of the class laughed their asses off. 😂
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Aug 21, 2023 0:40:01 GMT -5
Anecdotal, but was talking to the gal last night, and I was kind of surprised she knew who Roman Reigns was. Apparently she had read or watched some kind of essay on the Bloodline storyline and was genuinely intrigued by it. Not like it's gotten her to begin watching, but I guess it's a show of that, yes, WWE has had something special here. It's absolutely been mired with rehashes, stalls, and chain-yanks, but I do think that whenever it finally ends, unless they completely f*** up the landing, it will be looked back on with a good deal of fondness when it's no longer a blackhole of momentum for a lot of people. Guessing that was the Super Eyepatch Wolf video. It actually got shouted out on a different video essay channel for being an excellent example of the form.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 21, 2023 0:50:24 GMT -5
Anecdotal, but was talking to the gal last night, and I was kind of surprised she knew who Roman Reigns was. Apparently she had read or watched some kind of essay on the Bloodline storyline and was genuinely intrigued by it. Not like it's gotten her to begin watching, but I guess it's a show of that, yes, WWE has had something special here. It's absolutely been mired with rehashes, stalls, and chain-yanks, but I do think that whenever it finally ends, unless they completely f*** up the landing, it will be looked back on with a good deal of fondness when it's no longer a blackhole of momentum for a lot of people. Guessing that was the Super Eyepatch Wolf video. It actually got shouted out on a different video essay channel for being an excellent example of the form. Probably, she loves video essays, I hadn't asked her.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 21, 2023 12:57:32 GMT -5
Remember the ending of the first Rocky movie where Apollo's cousin nailed him in the neck? And then Rocky began Part 2 putting over how Apollo was the better man, before getting attacked by Spider Rico for no stated reason. WWE’s been talking out of both sides of their mouth with this entire Roman reign (ha, ha). His matches, 9 times out of 10, end with interference and bullshit, and the announcers will even acknowledge what a travesty of justice it is! Yet at the same time they’ll talk about how this victory solidified Roman as the GOAT, etc. Evolution-era HHH had JR incensed each week about how Scott Steiner or Kevin Nash or whoever should rightfully be the champion; the only one blowing his load about how Hunter was the greatest to ever lace up of a pair of boots was King, the heel commentator! You can’t have it both ways. Or maybe you can because people just don’t give a shit as long as they get to see more monologues. Triple H: Hey, monologues worked for me! Ron Howard: They didn't...
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Aug 21, 2023 15:50:23 GMT -5
Can't help but wonder if they're going to have Cody put up his career or something to signal "no, seriously, for reals this time" as, to put it lightly, you get the sense the ending of WM39 really soured a lot of people on an otherwise well-received product.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 21, 2023 16:15:10 GMT -5
Anecdotal, but was talking to the gal last night, and I was kind of surprised she knew who Roman Reigns was. Apparently she had read or watched some kind of essay on the Bloodline storyline and was genuinely intrigued by it. Not like it's gotten her to begin watching, but I guess it's a show of that, yes, WWE has had something special here. It's absolutely been mired with rehashes, stalls, and chain-yanks, but I do think that whenever it finally ends, unless they completely f*** up the landing, it will be looked back on with a good deal of fondness when it's no longer a blackhole of momentum for a lot of people. It's similar to Daniel Bryan Vs The Authority. Many people view it as a great story in retrospect but forget it was often a tedious slog with many parts that need to be glossed over. Makes it ideal to for a video essay, retrospective etc though. Can't help but wonder if they're going to have Cody put up his career or something to signal "no, seriously, for reals this time" as, to put it lightly, you get the sense the ending of WM39 really soured a lot of people on an otherwise well-received product. Maybe they could do a stipulation where if Cody loses he can never challenge for the WWE title again? Can't see that backfiring. Do the same for the universal title and there'll be a queue of guys ready for a finger poke of doom match.
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