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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 14, 2010 12:51:20 GMT -5
Everything's a work according to this forum. It's pro-wrestling, everything is a work until proven otherwise. For 20 years people were convinced Lawler/Kaufman was a shoot.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 12, 2010 14:53:33 GMT -5
1. Bret's reactions? Look at the Raw before Survivor Series, if you remember the internet back then... the IWC was split on whether or not Bret was shooting before the brawl happened.. Bret's not bad at with believable actions. 2. Because Bret has to wait x amount of years due to his settlement with Lloyds after his injury to get back in a ring. Also, his brother died on Vince's watch. It's not Vince's fault, but I think most people would not be eager to work with that company again. 3. Michaels became a mega-heel, Vince became a mega-heel, Hunter by default became an upper-mid card heel. Bret had creative control, wouldn't put over Michaels. It was the only way you could've satisfied all the parties involved.
If Owen doesn't die and Bret never has the stroke, this angle would've played out once Bret's contract was over with WCW thus giving McMahon and Bret both a huge payday.
There's valid points to it being a shoot, but these are not them.
Edit.. your last point that Bret didn't know about it. I think Bret and Vince (maybe Patterson too) were the only ones in the know that Bret knew what was going on so they could get the most genuine reactions from Hebnar, Michaels, Hunter, announcers, etc.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 9, 2010 17:20:41 GMT -5
Storm or bust!
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 6, 2010 3:35:48 GMT -5
Yeah. That kind of is the end all to end alls for me. Also, Hogan's at BATB 1996 with the nWo formation... surreal moment as a kid. Still kind of today.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 6, 2010 2:50:28 GMT -5
I call angle.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 3, 2010 0:35:53 GMT -5
1997 called they want their gimmick back. 1997 called!!! man where was i, i wanna be 19 again. i would have answered the phone. WWSD - this needs to be on tshirts and on bracelets. license plates and bumber stickers. along with pictures of scorpions on "symbols". Here's my take on it. I loved wrestling when I was 11. Why should I complain because they're rehashing my favorite angle of all time when wrestling in general is something that's a secondary thought to me..
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 3, 2010 0:30:55 GMT -5
ECW died a long time ago, but there were some parts of the early reviving that were really fun. I, like many, wish that ONS1 or 2 were the final casting call for the name ECW. However, I enjoyed the summer of ECW with Show as Champ and some great matches from Sabu, Angle, Holly, Test, Van Dam, Sandman and more... it was really a cool little part of wrestling history as TNA was hot, ECW was still a quality show and Raw wasn't half bad.
So I will not say good riddance or RIP ECW, but I will say that I'm just happy I don't have to cringe anymore at the thought of a childhood legend's name being used the wrong way.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 2, 2010 15:34:22 GMT -5
Okay, Rellik was bad enough but this is going too far. I think they're rub on tattoos... that's why everything is backwards.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Feb 1, 2010 13:51:43 GMT -5
I love it. Silent Rafters Sting is an awesome character..
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 30, 2010 16:33:29 GMT -5
So Sting no showed them? and has he been seen since the 1/4 episode? I haven't been paying much attention to wrestling because I've been traveling like crazy for work, but I believe it's part of an angle that looks to capitalize on the Sting/Hogan feud in WCW... by basically replaying it. Because wasn't there reports of Sting backstage telling Flair he's the reason he's going to stay around another year?
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 29, 2010 21:02:53 GMT -5
Right after ratings came out for 1/4.. I did a comparision based off percentages for what Impact's ratings would likely look like based off Nitro's numbers. I believe I'm right about on target..
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 28, 2010 2:15:58 GMT -5
I love how the Slim Jim theory started with someone going "I wonder if Savage taking the Slim Jim sponsorship with him is the cause?" on a thread about two years ago here.
It's now the most accepted theory on this board regarding those two.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 28, 2010 0:52:29 GMT -5
This is smart.. they're doing it during the hottest period in for wrestling in the past many years. The build to WrestleMania. They maximize their chances of flip overs.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 26, 2010 17:26:17 GMT -5
I'm just glad I get to do this...
FEATURING THE RETURN OF THE ZOMBIE!
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 25, 2010 2:57:00 GMT -5
If only she looked like that in high school.. I would've known who she was before my roommate told me we went to high school with her.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 24, 2010 22:45:11 GMT -5
If Cena Wins, We Riot.
Never has a sign been such a big part of the storytelling of a match.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 21, 2010 19:00:05 GMT -5
Look back to WCW. They stopped running live events for awhile to cut down on costs.
When they had built up their fanbase so they would get much higher turn outs at house shows.. they went back to doing it.
It was a great business strategy.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 21, 2010 11:28:51 GMT -5
I'm with Kong.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 19, 2010 14:36:10 GMT -5
I'll give them time to prove themselves, since most of their movies turned a profit on DVD. With that said, outlook looks grim. Well their model isn't getting any better... they're going with lesser stars now. And I believe every movie since the first has seen a decline in revenue.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Jan 19, 2010 11:29:57 GMT -5
WBF...XFL... WWE Films!
On the next episode of Vince McMahon failing at all things not handed to him by his daddy..
Vince McMahon purchases the rights to NBA Jam. Things quickly fall apart when he learns that NBA Jam was not based off real life game play, and that Scotty Pippen will not be able to make 9 point 3/4ths of the court gravity defying somersault dunks. Also, Shane finds his old Super NES and enters in his Dad's NBA Jam - The League launch party's NBA Jam - The Game, to prove to his dad he's better than his sister.
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