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Sweeney Tom

Banned
Kaladin said:
Maria and Mike should have debut'd in NXT. I don't think Mike is ready for WWE.
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Maria was never going to NXT. And if they sent Mike to NXT to develop into someone ready for the main roster...

well...

let's just say, after his work in ROH AND TNA, they'd be working a long long loooooooooong time on that particular project.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
somedevil said:
If anyone interested here is the top 4 youtube views from money in the bank last night from the WWE site:

1. Jinder confronts Baron Corbin on talking smack: 628,000
2. Jinder vs Orton: 366,00
3. Women's money in the bank: 326,000
4. Lana vs Naomi: 303,000
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Jinder's YouTube numbers will always be inflated from Indian views. The Great Khali effect.
 
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Data West

coaches in the WNBA
If Carmella is a middling character what the fuck is Becky, Naomi, Nattie, Lana, Tamina, face Charlotte?
Mahonay said:
Jinder's YouTube numbers will always be inflated from Indian views. The Great Khali effect.
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'Inflated'? Are Indian views not worth as much as other views to you or something?
 
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Anth0ny

Member
loved the Judy Bagwell on a Forklift match last night and love seeing all the marks cry about it. great heel heat. russo's been killing it at wcw.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
Data West said:
'Inflated'? Are Indian views not worth as much as other views to you or something?
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WWE does the vast majority of their business in the US. They are not an Indian company.

Jinder being popular in India means almost nothing for his appeal in their home market here.

WWE should certainly target India as they are pretty popular there in general, and Jinder is a fine way of doing that.

I dunno man. All I know is Jinder is a fine heel, but it sure as fuck is not good for their overall business. Maybe I'll be proved totally wrong. But probably not.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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Anth0ny said:
all wrestling promotions that went out of business made horrible booking decisions that turned fans off.

the writers and bookers probably thought it was "great heel heat". but instead the fans were saying "fuck you, this is shit, I'm done with your goofy fake sports bullshit".

if only there were metrics we could look at to see if the same is happening with wwe at the moment...


I'm sure if gaf was around in 2000 you'd have gimmick posters defending russo's 2000 booking because it was GREAT heel heat bro.
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No way fans are going to turn it off. Everyone seems to be thinking Smackdown will be a re-do of the amtch so I'm sure viewership will be up for Tuesday. I pray it's down again, even if they re-do the match. 1. Because I hope fans actually follow through on being pissed at the product 2. So WWE creative stops thinking this WCW level carny bullshit works

Mahonay said:
Lol. That's why I can only surmise that it is a terrible fucking show at the moment. You HAVE good/great workers on the roster. But these are the people you put on the very top?

Especially on the men's side, Nak and AJ aren't getting any younger. But no, we absolutely need Corbin chasing Jinder Mahal instead? Hahahaha fuck off
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What's frustrating is you can make not great workers have good and compelling story lines. Love it or hate it, Jinder is doing a good job as a heel controlling the belt. The issue is more having Corbin chase him, it's the wrong fucking time for that.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
TarpitCarnivore said:
What's frustrating is you can make not great workers have good and compelling story lines. Love it or hate it, Jinder is doing a good job as a heel controlling the belt. The issue is more having Corbin chase him, it's the wrong fucking time for that.
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Jinder is fine. They need to have amazing stories for him, and amazing talent working with him. They are doing neither.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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Lana's constant screaming was terrible. And it's probably going to be something that happens in quite a lot of matches.

Also her finisher is really good and looks great but they killed it already in the first match by having Naomi kick out of it.
 
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FlammableD

Banned
Slizz said:
Starting to really like Martin Stone.

Saw him live at that Ronin event a few weeks back, apparently he's one of the regulars at the promotion, he'll most likely be at the next one in a #1 contenders match.

Seeing his more recent matches after that and they are all pretty damn solid. His look is for sure CAW but he puts a good show on, decent on the mic too.
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very late to this but yes he's V good and I wish he got more of a reaction back at rev pro. his look is also vastly better than it used to be.
 
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Sweeney Tom

Banned
TarpitCarnivore said:
No way fans are going to turn it off. Everyone seems to be thinking Smackdown will be a re-do of the amtch so I'm sure viewership will be up for Tuesday.
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They're not doing a MITB ladder match on a random TV episode, and frankly if anyone sincerely thinks that, they deserve to be constantly disappointed and made fun of by the company
 
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TarpitCarnivore

Member
Mahonay said:
Jinder is fine. They need to have amazing stories for him, and amazing talent working with him. They are doing neither.
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Yeah, I think we're agreeing but in different ways. Jinder reminds me of that classic 80/90s heel where he's not the best wrestler, but he got the belt and he's going to do what he can to keep it ala Jarret or Honkey Tonk.
 
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Draxal

Member
The woman's roster is in desperate need of talent infusion or to be frank its own TV show (so both limited rosters can be combined).

I don't view what happened in the ppv last night to be so bad by itself, but it is troubling as a part of a bad trend starting with sending Sasha to 205 in a flawed attempt of saving 205. I'm hoping the women's tournament can reverse that trend.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
TarpitCarnivore said:
Yeah, I think we're agreeing but in different ways. Jinder reminds me of that classic 80/90s heel where he's not the best wrestler, but he got the belt and he's going to do what he can to keep it ala Jarret or Honkey Tonk.
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In another era, back when WWF/WWE actually tried and knew how to book pro wrestling, Jinder could easily be a very compelling monster heel.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

Member
Draxal said:
The woman's roster is in desperate need of talent infusion or to be frank its own TV show (so both limited rosters can be combined).

To be frank, I don't view what happened in the ppv last night to be so bad by itself, but it is troubling as a part of a bad trend starting with sending Sasha to 205 in a flawed attempt of saving 205. I'm hoping the women's tournament can reverse that trend.
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The problem is I think all the women coming in will out work the current roster sans Becky & Charolette. I honestly don't think any other woman wrestler on the main roster has shown they are on the level of those two.

Mahonay said:
In another era, back when WWF/WWE actually tried and knew how to book pro wrestling, Jinder could easily be a very compelling monster heel.
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Think of Jinder in the era of monster shit heels like Perfect, Dibiase, Rude, Shiek. Guys who cheated their ways to wins and got fans PISSED
 
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blackaroni

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Officerrob said:
Sure, if you overlook Lana's:

Horrific selling
Ridiculous screaming
Logic defying sloppy holds
Herky-jerky, first week of wrestling school uncertainty in her movements
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I mean yeah...but I was expecting worse than that to be honest. She held her own for the most part and still has a shit ton of room for improvement. That screaming is inexcusable though. Jesus.

Draxal said:
I thought Mike Bennett was the result of Heath Slater and Curt Hawkins doing the fusion dance.
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I forgot all about Hawkins, but you're right.
 
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Banned
Sinatar said:
Not if he keeps bumping like he did last night. Jesus that was nuts. Like they couldn't spread that out around a few of the guys?
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I mean it's not like that's new.

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Draxal

Member
TarpitCarnivore said:
The problem is I think all the women coming in will out work the current roster sans Becky & Charolette. I honestly don't think any other woman wrestler on the main roster has shown they are on the level of those two.
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I think Sasha can be sloppy (but Charlotte's matches recently haven't been that great from I've seen truth be told), but she's definitely in the same tier as both Becky and Charlotte.

Bayley is the one I'm not impressed with, she has Dean Ambrose tier offense.
 
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BewareTheBatsie

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After 15 years as the biggest babyface in wrestling history, Hulk Hogan turned heel at Bash At The Beach in an angle that will likely be remembered for years to come. Hogan was revealed as the third man of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's team. The heat for Hogan's heel turn, with trash literally flooding the ring, was as intense as anything ever seen in U.S. wrestling. Hogan then gave one of his best promos in years to end the show. At one point, a fan (definitely not a plant) even ran into the ring and got dropped by Nash and kicked by Hall. The plan from here seems to be a worked promotion vs. promotion feud, similar to the NJPW vs. UWFI angle from last year. The new group will be called the New World Order. It's believed that Jeff Jarrett and Ted Dibiase will join the group when their WWF contracts expire and WCW will be making plays for any top WWF stars (such as Davey Boy Smith) who's contracts are nearing their end.

Hogan agreed to do the heel turn 11 days before the show, mostly because he he had already done everything he could in WCW as a babyface. Hogan's contract was due to expire in a few months and with WCW doing record TV ratings and strong PPV buyrates without him, his negotiation leverage was weakened. They don't really need him as the top babyface anymore. So with the Outsiders story being arguably the hottest angle in WCW history, Hogan figured he could turn himself heel and become the centerpiece of the company again, and he did just that. But it doesn't come without risks. Hogan's merch sales are sure to go down and he was still a strong draw as a babyface. But the angle is so hot that it's likely to spark interest in a big way.

There was legit concern that Hogan may change his mind at the last minute, as he's been known to do and the Plan B was for Sting to turn heel if that happened. The original plan had been Lex Luger or Savage turning, but since so many people had already speculated those 2 names, WCW wanted a shocking ending so they would have gone with Sting. Hogan and Bischoff were negotiating the details of the heel turn as late as the afternoon of the show. The plan was kept secret from most people, although in the days before the show, most people in WCW strongly suspected it would be Hogan, but no one knew for sure. Scott Hall was telling people that he didn't know until 2 hours before the match, but Dave doesn't buy that. From here, Dave recaps Hogan's career, mostly the early years when he worked as a heel before he became a big name on the national scene.
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Reading this stuff being reported from when it actually happened is super interesting.
 
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Sweeney Tom

Banned
mreddie said:
You guys are forgetting Owens worked in CZW right?
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What he did when he was 22 shouldn't be what he does when he's 33, and in fact it's possible that refusing to not maintain that consistency is why many people who work in CZW and in wrestling for over a decade, for some reason, have trouble walking or even living in their 40s/50s
 
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