Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Feb 2, 2007 8:56:33 GMT -5
"CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer Dennis Dodd was at Wednesday night's NHL All-Star Game. He was there to blog his observations from the game for the SportsLine.com website. The cable channel 'Versus' (formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network), which was broadcasting the game, showed a shot of WWE Superstar Adam "Edge" Copeland (and his wife) during the airing. Upon seeing Edge, he didn't know what to make of him other than to call him a "roided-up freak" and a "cartoon character." Here is what the sportswriter exactly said in his blog:
OK, now I get it. Versus is treating this like Fox treats the World Series, as a vehicle for their other shows. Something named "Edge" just made an appearance. Not "The Edge" of U2 fame. This roided-up freak apparently wrestles in the WWE which is really important to know on the night of hockey's All-Star Game.
And you wonder why this league suffers from underexposure. It attaches itself to cartoon characters."
Uh, hey pal, I'm as big of a hockey fan as you can find in the American south, but, cartoon characters? Underexposure? Outside of Gretzky, Hull, Super Mario, and a few select others, I think you've got that backwards.
Lemme put it this way, you find the average american male (American Males! American Males! American Males!) aged 14-30 and show him pictures of Hulk Hogan, Triple H, The Undertaker, Ric Flair and Edge on one side, and Slava Kozlov, Andy Sutton, Sidney Crosby, Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk on the other side....take a wild guess at how many ones they can name. F'n idiot. Why even comment on it? Do NBA announcers cry and whine when rappers or celebrities are shown in the crowd? And of all the guys to call "roided up"....Edge? Really? Now, I believe his wife DID accuse him of being on steroids, but, stilll....pick on Orton, Batista, Cena. Jeez.
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Post by Scott on Feb 2, 2007 9:02:35 GMT -5
I'm thinking maybe that canceling entire seasons doesn't help your exposure and appeal.
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Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Feb 2, 2007 9:03:29 GMT -5
I'm thinking maybe that canceling entire seasons doesn't help your exposure and appeal. That, too. Or the Chicago Blackhawks brilliant strategy of blacking out all home games and not televising them, forcing fans to buy tickets to see the team if they want to watch a single home game all year.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2007 9:07:15 GMT -5
Edge=Cartoon character?
I don't think so.
Edge=Roided up freak?
Not anymore, dumbass writer. That claim makes no sense at all. Sure, he's in good shape, but he certainly doesn't look like he's on the juice.
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Post by texaswhopper on Feb 2, 2007 9:12:34 GMT -5
I like how Colin Cowherd thinks I'm a booger eater. Nice stereotypical view of wrestling fan by a non-wrestling fan.
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Post by Michael Coello on Feb 2, 2007 9:15:09 GMT -5
Edge, roided up? Must be talking to Mrs. Copeland.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 2, 2007 9:29:11 GMT -5
I'm thinking maybe that canceling entire seasons doesn't help your exposure and appeal. That, too. Or the Chicago Blackhawks brilliant strategy of blacking out all home games and not televising them, forcing fans to buy tickets to see the team if they want to watch a single home game all year. Wait, what? And people wonder why the NHL is dying. It's because of crap like this.
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Post by willywonka666 on Feb 2, 2007 9:39:57 GMT -5
Sports writers can be paranoid assholes, they obvioulsy feel threatened that a "Roided up freak" is more recognizable than a lot of sports stars
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Post by iamthegamewjwf on Feb 2, 2007 10:09:02 GMT -5
wait a minute...so Edge's wife stuck with him after the Lita thing?
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Feb 2, 2007 10:46:20 GMT -5
I'm thinking maybe that canceling entire seasons AND then sticking with a channel that few people can actually get doesn't help your exposure and appeal. fixed
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 2, 2007 10:47:36 GMT -5
This guy reports for CBS Sportsline, a website that's not ESPN. If that's as high of a sports journalist as this guy gets, he has every right to be angry.
And when the hell was Edge ever a "roided up freak"?
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Post by Ace Diamond on Feb 2, 2007 10:48:46 GMT -5
This guy reports for CBS Sportsline, a website that's not ESPN. If that's as high of a sports journalist as this guy gets, he has every right to be angry. And when the hell was Edge ever a "roided up freak"? He was on roids at one point according to his ex wife that is apparently his wife again, but he never hit Scott Steiner levels of freakiness.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Feb 2, 2007 10:53:20 GMT -5
How can anyone look at Edge and call him a "roided-up freak"?
Also, for those of you wondering why Edge's wife would stick with him and remarry him after his affair with Lita, all I have to say is this:
THAT ANGLE WAS MOST LIKELY A WORK, AND THIS PROVES IT!!!!!
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Post by gronkboy on Feb 2, 2007 10:58:05 GMT -5
If Edge is a "roided up freak", then he must be getting some really fake stuff.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Feb 2, 2007 11:01:16 GMT -5
Maybe he means Edge is "roided up" in that he loves Asteroids, the video game popularized by the Atari 2600?
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Feb 2, 2007 11:03:34 GMT -5
Maybe he means Edge is "roided up" in that he loves Asteroids, the video game popularized by the Atari 2600? Can you really blame Edge? That game totally reeks of awesomeness. ;D
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Post by mysterydriver on Feb 2, 2007 11:05:09 GMT -5
That was hilarious. Thank goodness for hockey and its bitter, bitter, sad reporters.
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Post by Chainsaw on Feb 2, 2007 11:08:57 GMT -5
Maybe he means Edge is "roided up" in that he loves Asteroids, the video game popularized by the Atari 2600? Can you really blame Edge? That game totally reeks of awesomeness. ;D Or that he has hemerroids, and had to keep getting up out of his seat.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Feb 2, 2007 11:10:30 GMT -5
How can anyone look at Edge and call him a "roided-up freak"? Also, for those of you wondering why Edge's wife would stick with him and remarry him after his affair with Lita, all I have to say is this: THAT ANGLE WAS MOST LIKELY A WORK, AND THIS PROVES IT!!!!!It proves nothing. Plenty of wives stay with cheating husbands.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Feb 2, 2007 11:19:31 GMT -5
Maybe he means Edge is "roided up" in that he loves Asteroids, the video game popularized by the Atari 2600? Can you really blame Edge? That game totally reeks of awesomeness. ;D Hell yeah, it does! I'm thinkin' of gettin' "roided up" right now!
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