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WrassleGAF August Edition: Cult of Personality

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dream said:
What do you mean?

And wait, Nigel is talking to fans at ringside? As if he's Miz on Smackdown 2 years ago?
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No angles carry on from show-to-show. It's good that it keeps things fresh but it will also prevent people from getting energized about the product if they identify with a wrestler one week and have to wait a month to see them wrestle or cut a promo in an arena again.

As for Nigel, the way they hype up each week's main event is that he interviews some random fan at ringside and asks their opinion on who will win that night's match.
 
UberTag said:
I mean, seriously, there's like no logic flow to how the first four episodes of ROH TV have been booked. I'm hoping they'll be able to clean some of that up in post-production. At least the match quality seems to be solid.
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Really enjoyed the matches live. The delays and the order the matches were booked though really killed the crowd as the tapings went on. Will be interesting to see how the crowd comes across on TV for Episodes 3 & 4 because half the crowd was gone by the time the main event started on show 4.
 
Bowser said:
Hey man, I'm just trying to save you wasting an hour and a half. There was literally 20 minutes worth watching.
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That's every Raw nowadays. They live and die by the main event angle due to the writing. Unfortunately, the angle didn't climax this week or take an interesting turn, so it was a very missable boring Raw. The Miz shilling sandwiches had to be the worst thing I've seen on Raw in a long long time.
 
UberTag said:
No angles carry on from show-to-show. It's good that it keeps things fresh but it will also prevent people from getting energized about the product if they identify with a wrestler one week and have to wait a month to see them wrestle or cut a promo in an arena again.

As for Nigel, the way they hype up each week's main event is that he interviews some random fan at ringside and asks their opinion on who will win that night's match.
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That's weird. Wrestleliciousesque, even. How do they promote main events on upcoming iPPVs or whatever then?
 
Bowser said:
Hey man, I'm just trying to save you wasting an hour and a half. There was literally 20 minutes worth watching.
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No worries I'm fast forwarding.


O_0 NO DIESEL Music? No Wulfpac... SMH. lol at the beard XD
 
dream said:
That's weird. Wrestleliciousesque, even. How do they promote main events on upcoming iPPVs or whatever then?
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Probably promos that are taped and inserted into the episodes.

There was only one feud that was pushed from episode to another and that's WGTT vs. Briscoes.
 
darkside31337 said:
It's almost like Punk is the company man now and John Cena is the rebel against the establishment.
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It more like John Cena just became Christian whinnying about a rematch except when Christian did it it made sense.
 
Plywood said:
So how do I watch ROH free online?

I got this page, but where do I actually watch?
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Maybe they can have Alberto win clea-... yeah right, :lol. I just hope they can let him have a respectable WWE title run. If they aren't Punk or Cena, it's been null. Miz looked weak all the time, and it's beating a dead horse mentioning how poor they treated Punk beforehand and Swagger's reign. And they buried Wade Barrett in his non-title feud with Cena. What a hilarious set of events that was...
 
G-Fex said:
IM STEAMED WE STILL NEVER FOUND OUT WHO HE WAS BEFORE HE LEFT!
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Uh yeah, we did. He took his mask off, revealed it was Hogan, and McMahon used that as an excuse to "fire" him, which was just a kayfabe way to explain Hogan's contract expiring.
 
Striker said:
Maybe they can have Alberto win clea-... yeah right, :lol. I just hope they can let him have a respectable WWE title run. If they aren't Punk or Cena, it's been null. Miz looked weak all the time, and it's beating a dead horse mentioning how poor they treated Punk beforehand and Swagger's reign. And they buried Wade Barrett in his non-title feud with Cena. What a hilarious set of events that was...
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The Miz had the longest title run in years and got a win at Wrestlemania over Cena.
 
SoulPlaya said:
Uh yeah, we did. He took his mask off, revealed it was Hogan, and McMahon used that as an excuse to "fire" him, which was just a kayfabe way to explain Hogan's contract expiring.
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greyshark said:
The Miz had the longest title run in years and got a win at Wrestlemania over Cena.
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He was still booked like crap. His wins were against Bryan who was a middling midcarder who was sent nowhere until moving to Smackdown!, against 60 yr old Jerry Lawler, and won over Cena at WM due to The Rock's interference. He only kept the title because of his publicity, not because of how over he was or how credible he got booked. Look how he's been since losing the title. Promoting Subway, jobbing to Alex Riley, really no angle whatsoever.
 
Posted? Apparently the WWE is like the town in Footloose:

-- Reuters has published an article stating that actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, who attended WWE's SummerSlam VIP Kick-Off Party last Thursday at the Andaz Hotel in Los Angeles, California, broke one of the organization's unwritten rules: No dancing.

The article notes that the Hollywood starlet danced for over an hour at the event, which is unofficially prohibited by WWE. She was also seen dancing with Hornswoggle.
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Striker said:
He was still booked like crap. His wins were against Bryan who was a middling midcarder who was sent nowhere until moving to Smackdown!, against 60 yr old Jerry Lawler, and won over Cena at WM due to The Rock's interference. He only kept the title because of his publicity, not because of how over he was or how credible he got booked. Look how he's been since losing the title. Promoting Subway, jobbing to Alex Riley, really no angle whatsoever.
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He was booked like a guy who is just entering the main event scene - of course he's going to look weak in his first reign. He was also booked as a guy who won with his intelligence - something he succeeded in quite often. I felt like he was elevated quite a bit after his feud with Cena. Remember how he was viewed right after cashing in his MITB briefcase? People were calling him a joke who needed to lose the belt immediately. Now he's viewed on the same level as the other main event stars and I think his next title reign will be a stronger one.

As for the current main event scene, it's a bit cluttered now with Cena, Punk, ADR, and HHH all involved so it's not like the Miz can really insert himself into that situation. I think he'll be back in the title scene sooner than later.
 
Cena is supposed to have a "never complain, never make excuses" character. Here are some John Cena responses after getting screwed:


Foot on the ropes and get pinned anyway? No worries

Edge beats the crap out of Kofi and takes his spot in the Elimination Chamber match? "It doesn't matter how you got in the match. Once you were in you won fair and square"

Edge Cashes in Money in the bank on Cena after an Elimination Chamber match? "Edge made a smart choice"

RVD beats Cena for the title at One Night Stand after Edge interfearence? “At One Night Stand, I got an awakening as to how ECW does business According to them, anyone can show up, and when they get there, they can do whatever the hell they want. And you know what…I think I like it.”


Yet he complains about the following:

AA Batista through the stage crippling him? totally justified because Batista pinned Cena clean at Summerslam and unintentionally hurt him in the process

Del Rio Cashes in at Sumerslam(on someone else)? He's a fake champion who hasn't beat anybody and Cena is pissed off about how he cashed in.(ignores fact Del Rio just beat Mysterio clean).


Creative gives Cena a million things he has a legit reason to complain about, yet he only complains about stuff that makes no sense.
 
Sorry, I've had that song stuck in my head all day.

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I'm a little southern girl but no I'm not snooooooty
 
krae_man said:
Cena is supposed to have a "never complain, never make excuses" character. Here are some John Cena responses after getting screwed:


Foot on the ropes and get pinned anyway? No worries

Edge beats the crap out of Kofi and takes his spot in the Elimination Chamber match? "It doesn't matter how you got in the match. Once you were in you won fair and square"

Edge Cashes in Money in the bank on Cena after an Elimination Chamber match? "Edge made a smart choice"

RVD beats Cena for the title at One Night Stand after Edge interfearence? “At One Night Stand, I got an awakening as to how ECW does business According to them, anyone can show up, and when they get there, they can do whatever the hell they want. And you know what…I think I like it.”


Yet he complains about the following:

AA Batista through the stage crippling him? totally justified because Batista pinned Cena clean at Summerslam and unintentionally hurt him in the process

Del Rio Cashes in at Sumerslam(on someone else)? He's a fake champion who hasn't beat anybody and Cena is pissed off about how he cashed in.(ignores fact Del Rio just beat Mysterio clean).


Creative gives Cena a million things he has a legit reason to complain about, yet he only complains about stuff that makes no sense.
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Kinda reminds me of something I saw in another forum.

The John Cena Version of Wrestlemania III Build-Up
Andre: "I'm challenging you fo da World Heavyweight Champyunship"
Cena: "FUDGE MUSTARD AND PRETZEL STICKS! We're supposed to be friends, Andre! Some people here think you can beat me and that's ok. That's what's great about World Wrestling Entertainment, people can boo or cheer whoever they want. At Wrestlemania, it will be a grand production and we will have several major mainstream outlets there."

The John Cena Version of Wrestlemania XIII Build-Up
Austin: "IT'LL NEVER BE OVER, JOHN. It'll never be over 'til I look down on your grave and it says 'Here lies John Cena, the biggest piece of crap that ever walked the Earth'!"
Cena: "Well, clearly, some people here agree with you and that's okay! That's what great about sports entertainment. People can cheer whoever they want! Apparently, you don't like my shirt colors or that I like rap, I guess that's your problem with me. Well, the only rattlesnakes you like are the ones that rattle around Brokeback Mountain!" ::points to Wrestlemania sign::

The John Cena Version of WM 11 Build-Up
Shawn Michaels: "I will give you a show like you've never seen before. Why? Because I CAN."
Cena: "Shawn is right. It will be a great show. A great night of pageantry.
The production will be unbelievable and it's the culmination of a year's worth of episodic television. Some people want Shawn to win and that's okay, people should boo or cheer whoever they see fit."
 
So I just heard Amir0x was de-modded over lying and unethical crap.

This is where GAF needs a hero they can believe in, a hero with strong logical and ethical ties.

Maybe I just make one PM.

Maybe I just make ONE PM...
 
The Frankman said:
So I just heard Amir0x was de-modded over unethical crap.

This is where GAF needs a hero they can believe in, a hero with strong logical and ethical ties.

Maybe I just make one PM.

Maybe I just make ONE PM...
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I nominate myself for the creative position. I think I can change Wrasslin GAF to what many would like it to be.
 
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