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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 4, 2024 15:50:48 GMT -5
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Post by darbus alan on May 4, 2024 15:51:36 GMT -5
Someone stop letting Triple H do these press conferences.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on May 4, 2024 15:53:40 GMT -5
I remember when they were saying Steveson was the next Kurt Angle only because he was also a gold medalist, if anything, i think Gable Steveson showed how great Kurt Angle was and how fast Kurt transitioned to the entertainment style, Kurt Angle had charisma, which Steveson had none of, once he got people to cheer for Corbin over him, we all knew it was over, and then of course you have all the outside stuff WWE hyped him up at the next Kurt Angle, and now the only time you're gonna hear about him in regards to WWE is on Whatculture and Cultaholic's "10 WWE wrestlers you totally don't remember" kind of lists WWE got spoiled. They landed Angle, a couple of years later Brock f***ing Lesnar, and then Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. When the worst career from that group is a guy that held the tag titles multiple times, it makes WWE think they can hit with every amateur wrestler. They got 2 generational talents in the span of a couple of years, a fantastic mid card/tag guy, and a damn good tag guy who showed charisma especially with his impersonations. Problem is not everybody is those guys.
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Post by darbus alan on May 4, 2024 15:58:56 GMT -5
What helped Kurt out a lot was that even when he was not that good at first, he made it up with solid character work at a time when great in-ring performance wasn't as important a factor. Then when he started coming into his own as an in-ring worker, it only built upon those foundations.
Maybe Gable could've been something if he was given enough rope like Kurt was. But then I'm not going to shed any tears for a guy who only isn't in prison because of an oversight in Minnesota criminal law.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 4, 2024 16:21:33 GMT -5
I love Dave Scherer going "I mean there's no way he was talking about us here"
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 4, 2024 16:22:35 GMT -5
The whole tweet if it's easier to read here: "Levesque is asked if Drew Gulak was released and if Ronda Rousey's accusation had anything to do with it. The questioner mentioned Fightful and PWInsider reported that Gulak was released. Levesque quipped that if you're going to cite news sources, pick good ones, credible really. He says Gulak was not released, his contract was just not renewed. He didn't address the part of the question about Rousey's allegation." Like…he does realize most of the past year has been WWE leaking stuff to Fightful not just about firings and such but also about all the free agents they let go to AEW and the negotiations that happened. Heck, just two years ago, Cody was the one to thank Fightful for breaking the story about him leaving AEW and signing for WWE. HHH did the same thing but I forgot the story. Like, this comes off as a guy whose super cocky, knows theses organizations are going to keep playing the game regardless on if he shits on them or not. Vince did that a lot with trying to discredit or gang up on Dave Meltzer whilst handing him stories to break for years so it’s clearly a tactic that works. EDIT: Also, if you are going to discredit a story that made a mainstream news outlet and got a lot of play, you have to, you know, actually say what you’re discrediting instead of ignoring it. “We didn’t fire Drew Gulak, we let his contract elapse”. Cool, why did you let it lapse?
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on May 4, 2024 16:32:31 GMT -5
HHH is such a clown. No matter how good the shows are, it's always morally correct to hate on him.
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Post by Dave the Dave on May 4, 2024 16:34:35 GMT -5
HHH an arrogant twat? No way.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 4, 2024 16:34:43 GMT -5
HHH is such a clown. No matter how good the shows are, it's always morally correct to hate on him. It’s insane how consistently bad he is, though. Like, no PR person is having words or anyone in the board is like “We really should tell this guy to knock it off, especially since he’s representing the most profit making arm of our company right now”? Are they that cocky with how much they’re making right now that they don’t think it’ll blow back in their faces at some point? At least sneak a set of headphones and a tape that says the words “No Comment” while he sleeps like he’s Dexter learning French.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on May 4, 2024 16:42:39 GMT -5
Me when someone uses something I said against me: "If you're gonna cite sources, pick a credible one."
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on May 4, 2024 16:43:47 GMT -5
It's the same good cop/bad cop WWE has always done with the news sites, and until they news people recognize it, they won't stop. But, hey, I hear they did neck and neck with the NFL draft.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 4, 2024 16:45:36 GMT -5
Me when someone uses something I said against me: "If you're gonna cite sources, pick a credible one." Another thing with that, people are saying to SRS that it was more a shot at PWInsider than Fightful (still weird but whatever) but Sean, rightfully, doesn’t care even though he was told by PR it wasn’t. His publication was mentioned in questioning, HHH lumped them both together publicly so yeah, I’d be annoyed too.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on May 4, 2024 16:48:46 GMT -5
Man, you gotta learn when to shut up
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Post by krozor on May 4, 2024 17:20:02 GMT -5
This dude got released at like 3 in the morning 😭 Tired: Releasing cable overnights Wired: Releasing Gable overnight
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Post by khali on May 4, 2024 17:30:33 GMT -5
Triple H is just an asshole. These are the facts.
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Post by darbus alan on May 4, 2024 17:48:57 GMT -5
I love Dave Scherer going "I mean there's no way he was talking about us here" I'm surprised Scherer didn't try to fit in some moral panic about AEW.
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Post by jm on May 4, 2024 18:17:21 GMT -5
*insert Its Always Morally Correct to Hate on Triple H meme here*
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Post by 06vwgti on May 4, 2024 18:22:15 GMT -5
One of these days HHH is going to have a huge PR mess on his hands because of his stupidity at a presser.
I like how his mask comes off at these pressers though.
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Post by jm on May 4, 2024 18:26:36 GMT -5
One of these days HHH is going to have a huge PR mess on his hands because of his stupidity at a presser The only way that will ever happen is if the wrestling media stops being groveling spineless cowards and actually becomes news people like they claim to be and hold Hunter's feet to the fire. Unfortunately, if it didn't happen after "we focus on the positives", it'll never happen at this point. No matter what Hunter says and how many times he makes himself look stupid and out of touch on sexual assault within the company, the wrestling media will ignore it so they can keep their precious access to WWE.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on May 4, 2024 19:02:40 GMT -5
So WWE let PWInsider know that that wasn't exactly how Trips meant to say that and he hadn't intended to offend them or Fightful. His issue had been with saying that Gulak was fired when it was supposedly a contract expiry.
This is from PWInsider themselves.
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