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Post by wildojinx on Nov 28, 2023 16:53:48 GMT -5
Maybe it's just due to the huge pops he got, but I cant really tell the difference (on a side note, I wonder if Punk will try to get Living Colour in the celeb wing of the WWE HOF).
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Post by government mule on Nov 28, 2023 17:03:45 GMT -5
Whoa whoa whoa...
81 pages in, and no one has thought to ask for Bobby Fish's opinion on all of this?
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 28, 2023 17:03:55 GMT -5
I feel like banning him is kind of a slippery slope because he's not a bullshit artist/bad person quite like the folks over at Ringside News, but I definitely take what he says with a big ol' grain of salt My honest read on the guy after also having seen him in the NWA thread and how he writes about stuff there is that he's actually just kind of a gullible weirdo who has trouble understanding how to vet the things his sources says and repeating the sort of stuff better reporters have a good sense on filtering out. He kinda just reports everything he's told instead of running it through any sort of filter or leaving things on the table that aren't necessary. Which works really well for Punk getting his inner monologue out to the world that way and letting the details like buying people Nandos after the show become the main takeaways from his reporting. Pair it with a style that comes off at once too florid for wrestling journalism but also not compellingly capable of doing interesting things with his words, and you get a dude whose every report seems just packed full of mistakes even a message board full of people can generally tell is just sort of off. Which is all to say, he's not a grifter, and he's maybe actually too sincere, earnest, gullible, and proud of his work to actually become some Xero News bullshit, but don't take him very seriously anyway because he all of those things combine to make for a dude who is absolutely getting taken for a ride by every source. I mentioned this comparison before, but Hausman reminds of certain online defenders of the (non-existent) Intellivision Amico console. Both fall into the category of not necessarily being cynical shills, just so deep into a fandom worship that they're inclined to believe/report anything if it lines up with their hopes.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Nov 28, 2023 17:05:06 GMT -5
The new WWE CM Punk is to year 1 AEW CM Punk what this thread is to the Scrum Thread(s).
R.I.P. Scrum Thread
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Sparkybob
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Post by Sparkybob on Nov 28, 2023 17:05:32 GMT -5
It must be so easy being a dirtsheet writer. You can get clicks by saying the most obvious things that any random fan already knows. Big star you just returned is probably going to face the top star in the company at some point. You're kidding. I thought he was going to just have a bunch of midcard matches. Were you not excited or hoping for CM Punk vs Angel Garza???
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Nov 28, 2023 17:05:55 GMT -5
Hausman's face journey when he asked Seth about Punk is still one of the funniest things of the year.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Nov 28, 2023 17:08:25 GMT -5
I have to say the epitome of this is Punk using a version of cult of personality that features a markedly different and worse vocal performance. Real ersatz shit In all seriousness, why IS he using a re-recorded version of the song? Did Tony just totally buy the rights for the original recording to the point WWE can't use it at all or something? Apologies if this has been addressed, I'm not reading 80 pages at this point. Tony wouldn't be able to do that. My guess is Living Colour requested WWE use the new version as part of the deal (hence the plugs last night like it was a PPV theme or something).
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Nov 28, 2023 17:12:20 GMT -5
I have to say the epitome of this is Punk using a version of cult of personality that features a markedly different and worse vocal performance. Real ersatz shit In all seriousness, why IS he using a re-recorded version of the song? Did Tony just totally buy the rights for the original recording to the point WWE can't use it at all or something? Apologies if this has been addressed, I'm not reading 80 pages at this point. It hasn't been addressed. The rights thing is probably a good guess, but there's also the possibility it's Punk/WWE doing Living Colour a favor and using this new version so that they get more cash for using the song. I think the original version is owned by the label but they rerecorded it to get around that.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Nov 28, 2023 17:13:09 GMT -5
I thought it was a good promo (whatever one thinks of the man he knows how to talk) but he did sound miserable and stressed. It could be acting or maybe I’m reading it wrong but it was far from how I’d imagine a triumphant homecoming to be.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Nov 28, 2023 17:29:39 GMT -5
Living Color had to re-record the song for Guitar Hero 3 didn't they? there was some kind of issue with the original masters and them not having access to multitrtacks? it'll be some legal combo of that and publishing so they get paid better
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 28, 2023 17:32:16 GMT -5
Hausman's face journey when he asked Seth about Punk is still one of the funniest things of the year. I didn't realise Hausman was a real person. I thought it was Danhausen's reporter alter ego name. At least I know Pete Select is Pete Gas.
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Post by Perd on Nov 28, 2023 17:35:00 GMT -5
I was listening to a radio show. They cover sports and pop culture. But they almost never delve into wrestling. But in the opening segment, of the morning show, one of the host started talking about the return of CM Punk. He gave a bit of background, but he brought it up because he wanted his co-host to hear the pop. And it was an incredible reaction. One that, if you’re a wrestling fan, was hard not to get caught up in.
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Post by JCBaggee on Nov 28, 2023 17:47:48 GMT -5
In all seriousness, why IS he using a re-recorded version of the song? Did Tony just totally buy the rights for the original recording to the point WWE can't use it at all or something? Apologies if this has been addressed, I'm not reading 80 pages at this point. It hasn't been addressed. The rights thing is probably a good guess, but there's also the possibility it's Punk/WWE doing Living Colour a favor and using this new version so that they get more cash for using the song. I think the original version is owned by the label but they rerecorded it to get around that. Yeah, presumably it's a rights thing. They recorded the song in 2007 to get around Sony owning the original, which they detailed on an old MySpace blog. That blog is gone now, but this website reported it.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 28, 2023 17:53:57 GMT -5
I was listening to a radio show. They cover sports and pop culture. But they almost never delve into wrestling. But in the opening segment, of the morning show, one of the host started talking about the return of CM Punk. He gave a bit of background, but he brought it up because he wanted his co-host to hear the pop. And it was an incredible reaction. One that, if you’re a wrestling fan, was hard not to get caught up in. it is pretty remarkable the amount of places where that clip is popping up
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Post by john84 on Nov 28, 2023 18:06:24 GMT -5
It must be so easy being a dirtsheet writer. You can get clicks by saying the most obvious things that any random fan already knows. Big star you just returned is probably going to face the top star in the company at some point. You're kidding. I thought he was going to just have a bunch of midcard matches. Were you not excited or hoping for CM Punk vs Angel Garza??? Who are you to doubt Angel Garza?
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Post by papagiorgio on Nov 28, 2023 18:14:23 GMT -5
I think Punk would have returned to the WWE earlier this year if he could have, but couldn't because he was under contract to AEW.
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Post by mattyy on Nov 28, 2023 18:16:24 GMT -5
Living Color had to re-record the song for Guitar Hero 3 didn't they? there was some kind of issue with the original masters and them not having access to multitrtacks? it'll be some legal combo of that and publishing so they get paid better Yeah the 2023 re-release is the same that appeared in Guitar Hero almost 20 years ago.
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Post by Hunch back of Notredomus on Nov 28, 2023 18:21:01 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 28, 2023 18:25:49 GMT -5
So do you want to hear Vince Russo's thoughts on Raw?
No...?
Well too bad...
"What I would have done, bro, you’ve got a guy coming back to WWE after a 10-year hiatus. You gotta go to everybody in the back and let them shoot with how they really feel. That’s what you gotta do throughout the entire show,"
MAKE IT A SHOOT BRO!
Which you probably could guess....
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Post by chazraps on Nov 28, 2023 18:27:40 GMT -5
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