evilwaldo
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1 hour ago, Ryan said:
Gargano and Ciampa are totally future 205 Live secondary jobbers.
That is for everyone under 205 right? Where they wrestle a WWE style match for smaller guys instead of Lucha style, right? Balor is there right? Oh wait, he is 206 lbs and over on the main roster.
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40 minutes ago, Ryan said:
Way OT: That wasn't a joke. I support the rights of sex workers and exotic dancer to have control of their own bodies if it's legal and for safety reasons in general. Reduces pimps and sex trafficking and drug addiction.
Back OT: Who here is actually planning on watching this whole event?
I have no interest in any product right now. It is hard to get invested in something like NXT when you know that they will be mid-card wrestlers at best on either Raw or Smackdown.
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56 minutes ago, supremebve said:
I remember when I was a kid, me and some friends were joking around asking about how much money it would take for us to do whatever disgusting thing. My uncle overheard us and told us, "there is a name for people who are willing to sell their morals for money...prostitutes," and walked away. I don't understand how any of these people were raised.
Money and power. You have to understand that charities and foundations are the most abused structures. Then you look at the tax returns and trace their income back to the charities and foundations each politician owns. Then you see the dark money passed around behind the scenes. Then you understand that influence is bought and sold behind the scenes and it is too profitable for each politician to leave.
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House shows are just there to fill contractual obligations. Unless they go back and rewrite every single contract, nothing will change regarding house shows and their importance.
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Well Dana has never been about quality. He is a lot like Vince in that entertainment value supersedes ability. See the amount of fines and suspensions the UFC has dished out versus the AC's and USADA.
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There was also a mention regarding footage and Conor's purse so he is not off the hook here at all.
How long until Dana sends a tweet or posts a video where he looks like a fan and everyone's buddy.
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12 minutes ago, AxB said:
Brock is fighting Daniel Cormier (or possibly Derrick Lewis) in UFC... some time before March 20th 2019. So if he's winning the WWE Universal title, he's dropping it quickly. No way they're letting him fight an MMA match as WWE champion. Especially if he loses to a guy who might be commentating Smackdown a couple of months later.
Giving Brock the title would make no sense for the reason you listed which is why they will hotshot the belt back onto Brock.
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They are doing the slow build with Braun over years so that when it comes *something something* rather than hot shot it onto him for cheap pops and media attention *cough* Rousey *cough*
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On a tangentially related note, Germany has suspended arms sales and is urging other European allies to do the same.
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It will be hard to stop the show once the gear leaves the US.
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Chances are the WWE throws a truckload of cash at him to be a mid-card wrestler which is why Billy moved him off the belt. They should have kept it on Cody until they found another top indy guy. Call Pentagon in and put the belt on him.
There is no real 'best' option out there but if you are looking to build the brand into something important, then name recognition is the most important thing right now. You need someone to draw attention to the belt and give people a reason to care about the product.
What about John Morrison?
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2 hours ago, Technico Support said:
Part of me wants to say that NXT callups are still getting ruined. But then I realize that everybody, except for a select handful, is pushed to the middle, on a treadmill to nowhere.
Two different styles that conflict with one another. One style tells everyone that they should interact with the crowd, build a following, and get over. The other style tells you that you cannot get over unless explicitly told to get over by everyone at the top.
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I think it is a step back for a title that needs name recognition if Billy wants to build the NWA back into prominence. You need name value at this point for attention.
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I love these indy AAA show where the wrestlers get to let loose. I need more of this Murder Clown.
https://twitter.com/murderelgrande/status/1054048486709227522
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19 hours ago, Marty Sugar said:
Except she is. The jilted bride gimmick was amazing, don't get me wrong...but every match of hers that I have watched, she's had to be carried. I'm sure the Performance Center will change all that, though.
Wrestlers get typecast into certain roles.
Chelsea acting all drunk or crazy while walking to the ring should see the natural follow up inside the ring of her wrestling drunk, crazy, or sloppy to maintain character. A wrestler acting drunk or crazy outside of the ring but suddenly sobering up just throws all of the character development out the window.
She is too good for the PC and NXT but they need to teach her AxB's comment regarding WWE style.
They could roll with the drunk bride and have a huge moneymaker all the way into the main roster culminating with her and Zack Ryder coming together but that would require them to write and commit to a long-term storyline spanning years so we should just chuck that out the window right now.
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Why is Chelsea considered a recruit when she has more talent than most of the women's roster?
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3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
Just when you thought you've seen one of the dumbest things WWE could ever do, you're reminded that they asked Santito to lose his mask.
They understand very little outside of their own style and social media metrics, so this is no surprise.
3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:Why the hell would they expect a luchador, almost certainly on a pay by apperance basis to agree to lose his mask? Did WWE actually have plans for El Hijo del Santo if he lost the mask? I can only imagine those plans included losing a LHW title match to Taka before doing nothing else in WWF's piss poor excuse for a LHW division at the time.
As compared to 205 Live now?
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1 hour ago, hammerva said:
The newest spin that is being spewed by JBL and now Randy Orton (almost word for word by everyone) is that we need to be there to slowly bring change to the country. I guarantee you that if change ever does occur in Saudi Arabia in the next 5 - 30 years Vince will take a small bit of credit for it. It is like the WWE wants to be for Saudi Arabia what David Hasselhoff is to Germany
Effect change by not bringing the women.
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Welcome to the world we live in. Fear mongering rules.
In reality, we process lower amounts of Saudi crude oil than you expect because it is too sour for most of our refineries. Our refineries are made to process crude from Texas, Canada, and Mexico where the crude oil is sweet. Saudi and most MIddle Eastern crude requires extra handling to convert into gasoline and other products.
Sour crude gets a lower price on the world market because it requires extra handling. The WTI (West Texas Intermediate) price is for sweet crude oil.
The words sweet and sour are oil terminology. Sweet crude is easy to process and pours close to water. Sour crude is thick and pours like molasses. The reason why the Canadian pipeline was so important is that Canadian crude is easy to process and our refineries are setup to handle this type of crude oil.
Here is an od article:
https://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised
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1 hour ago, piranesi said:
"I want to set the record straight. I thought the cop I accidentally dismembered with a bone saw and then snuck out of the embassy in tiny boxes was a prostitute."
From one of the more right leaning sites, the Washington Examiner
Saudis claim 'rogue killers' got Jamal Khashoggi; they might as well say a dog ate him
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^ Why we love this sport.
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2 hours ago, Infinit said:
With the Fox deal, does WWE really need the Saudi money?
How do you think Vince pays for the XFL?
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2 hours ago, Brian Fowler said:
The only reason I think this story is going to have longer legs than most awful events is because the victim was a journalist. Adds an extra incentive to journalists to not let it go.
It will have more play overseas than here. We have an election in a few weeks and a $100 billion dollar arms deal to Saudi Arabia to push through. There are enough distractions to keep everyone occupied in the US.
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They are pot committed. I would safely say that all of the equipment has been moved over already and is in the process of being setup. The cynic in me says they just pay a few extra millions to some PR firms to mitigate any damage. Suppress stories in the media and online. Damage control stuff because this is the way the world works.
Most of all, keep Linda's name out of the press and as far away from this as possible.
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Vince: Jack Swagger. That name rings a bell. What was his gimmick in the WWE? GET HIM ON THE PHONE AND SIGN HIM NOW!!!!