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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 18, 2024 20:49:30 GMT -5
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on May 19, 2024 2:17:54 GMT -5
Alfred Pennyworth rewrote a letter to all the Robins in case of his death every year.
It's good to be prepared.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on May 19, 2024 2:32:38 GMT -5
I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die.
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Post by XIII on May 19, 2024 3:06:54 GMT -5
They spent more time planning for Ric Flair tribute episodes than they did actually writing the regular shows in 2017. 🤣
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on May 19, 2024 3:07:06 GMT -5
this reminds me of how henry kissinger outlived one of the new york times writers who helped write his obituary by 13 whole years
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Post by ayumidah on May 19, 2024 4:08:12 GMT -5
now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 19, 2024 4:10:52 GMT -5
All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so.
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Post by Zombie Mod on May 19, 2024 8:12:22 GMT -5
why do I get a feeling HHH has the sentence "Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment." burned into his phone screen?
"Hey. Trips. This. AEW. Thing. Ain't. Working. For. Me., They. Dont. Want. Me. Near. The. Ring. Yet. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000."
"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"WOOOOOOO.?"
"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"But. Wo0000OOOO.!"
"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"How. Is. Charlotte. Doing.?"
*sends a photo of the two stood together with the obligatory pointing* "Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"You. Seem. Busy.. Must. Be. Because. Of. The. Vince. Witch. Hunt.. He. Said. He. Would. Help. Me. Out. If. He. Could. WOOO0000OOO."
"Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"Have. You. Tried. My. WOOOOOOO. Energy. Drink. Yet.? The. Reports. Of. Zombies. Are. False. WOOOOOO."
"No, I haven't, I did try the god awful Prime that Nick saddled us with. Sorry Ric we Have nothing for you at the moment."
"I'll. Get. Some. Sent. Over. For. You. To. Try."
"What. Is. The. Adress. Of. The. New. Office.?"
"WOOOOOOOOO.!"
that said I'd be more shocked if they didn't have tribute episodes ready to go for Flair, Vince, Steph, Shane, Hogan, HHH, Austin, Cena, Rock, Foley, Reigns, Ambrose/Moxley, Rollins, Taker.
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Post by krozor on May 19, 2024 10:06:38 GMT -5
It is perfectly Flair-like for his take away to be "You are the most respected man there could possibly be" and not the "It's weird your ass isn't dead yet, everyone figured you'd be dead almost a decade ago, what's up with that?" message that I think the image he's quoting is actually conveying.
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Post by schma on May 19, 2024 10:32:21 GMT -5
I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die. Depending on the person there are "something that made me angry today" and "something that made me happy today". I propose the third be "Damn, shit, that is wack" in honour of Doo Doo.
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Post by schma on May 19, 2024 10:37:15 GMT -5
now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes All of them will be intro'd by playing "leave the memories alone". From Ric Flair's side it would be "somebody that I used to know".
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Post by wildojinx on May 19, 2024 11:09:47 GMT -5
now that HHH is in charge, it's probably going to be a full year's worth of episodes Eventually the tributes will go from being by wrestlers who knew flair, to ones who only saw him wrestle, to those who saw old footage of him later, to the Central Stage janitor "Uhh,,I dont know much about Flair, but I remember that he always had an empty box of Screaming Yellow Zonkers on top of his locker whenever I went there to collect the garbage"
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 19, 2024 13:27:47 GMT -5
Flair seems to have missed the point of that story….
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 19, 2024 13:31:46 GMT -5
I remember seeing a fake tweet that looked good as gold from WWE in 2017 announcing that Ric Flair passes away.
So I can believe this too, that they had something ready to go just in case.
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Post by J is Justice on May 19, 2024 13:49:43 GMT -5
I hope this board has three threads prepared in case I die.
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on May 19, 2024 14:13:37 GMT -5
Does anyone have the Flair tweets from when he was removed from the intro?
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on May 19, 2024 14:13:42 GMT -5
All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so. And surprisingly more than it had by 2010.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on May 19, 2024 14:29:52 GMT -5
All I can think about is how much Ric Flair's reputation has cratered since 2017... like astoundingly so. As well as 2017 being pre DSotR and the debacle of his last match it was only a year or two after Hogan’s racist comments were broadcast on tape resulting in him being temporarily redacted from the wrestling world. At that time Flair was the closest thing wrestling had to a Babe Ruth or a Pele of course his passing was going to be huge (3 episodes still a bit too much though).
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on May 19, 2024 14:37:25 GMT -5
What if they air them when he passes away with 0 edits and we get the most out of date tribute shows ever
TJ Perkins: well I never knew Ric personally...
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Post by The Rick Jericho on May 19, 2024 15:00:30 GMT -5
Does anyone have the Flair tweets from when he was removed from the intro?
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