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anybody wanna give an estimate on the % of people at WM40 who aren't Philly residents? that might be left out of the equation although the out of town might not be dramatically different from the crowd that shows up for arena shows when you consider all the British dudes

At this point, you might as well do a version of Wrestlemania 9 with Cody in the Hogan spot if we're doing ways to put a title on Cody at WM40 without advertising that he's gonna be wrestling Roman at WM40. I think the Brutus Beefcake in this version of "Hogan and Brutus wrestle Money Inc" would be something like Cody and Dustin wrestling Judgement Day since in the eyes of WWE fans, Dustin being out of the WWE is pretty much the same as him being out for 2 1/2 years with an injury since they don't watch enough AEW to see Dustin working on Rampage every few weeks. But yeah.. in the scheme of however the hell they delegate authority among on-screen WWE figures... guessing that Aldis and Pearce don't have the power to make a Roman title match at WM on their own and they could just grapple over it or whatever to try and look like the more impactful GM. Of course the total kayfabe contract for the Royal Rumble could say whatever the hell they want it to say too.

knowing what we know now... Jarrett getting a haircut was something he probably should have done at least 2 years earlier

Flair being the maniac that he was in 1980s promos feels like the sort of person who said that in like week 37 of a calendar year as a throwaway line on TBS, a few years before his WM8 feud with Savage

"I can't make up my mind" would be a heck of a character for a top babyface. If they do Roman & Rock in a SD segment either without Cody or without Cody verbally giving up the Wrestlemania match, then there's a lot more room to maneuver here.

did Cody say "I won't be challenging Roman at Wrestlemania" in some sort of secret code that actually means "I will actually challenge Roman at Wrestlemania". Does Cody speak Jive? the way they wrote it doesn't leave any real wiggle room to do that match at Wrestlemania. The writing is a big enemy to the fantasy booking. A lot like how i'm guessing heels wouldn't refer to Cody on screen as a coward for giving up his match even if... they would be totally justified to twist the knife on screen. I suspect that if the match is Cody vs Seth Rollins, there'll be a certain amount of kid gloves being used here. (Also you're probably more likely to get Roman going on a babyface run this Summer than Cody beating Roman this Summer) This isn't exactly a last stand for terminally online wrestling fans, but if that energy doesn't actually impact the WWE's business, what reason would they really have to give a crap about toothless barking dogs if the machine keeps rolling on despite their decisions?

don't let cleancut babyface Nick Bockwinkel distract you from the fact that Freddie Blassie probably sounded the exact same for like 50 years in a row

yeah, the Acorns commercial where they went with the "every S&P 500 drop is followed by an increase" thing just sorta smelled off to me https://www.ispot.tv/ad/2mnO/acorns-history Acorns is better than Empower or RocketMoney or EarnIn, so they have that going for them

Good to hear that the WWE’s love for alliteration leaves no stone unturned

With all the Rock things happening in wrestling, I’ve gotta mention that he’s doing ads for Acorns (which I keep seeing because MTV Classic doesn’t have many advertisers) and that business seems like a racket meant to manipulate dumb people under the guise of making them think they’re being smart with money.

remember to be specific when sending your energy towards the WM40 main event so that you don't accidentally turn the match into Heel Rock vs Face Roman Reigns

not all of the refs can be quality officials like El Tirantes

Aguila vs Pirata Morgan on Shotgun Saturday Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2603t2uIcjg El Dandy vs Barry Houston on the Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50wtpx21FCc

Danielson is dreaming about a Danielson/Moxley/Claudio vs Blue Panther/Blue Panther Jr/Dark Panther match, i'm sure.

it feels like the Stones would be pricey.. so they might have to settle for a children's choir intro version of "Carry On My Wayward Son"

Downtown Bruno takes over the company until his background check comes back and he fails it

great wrestling theme songs that can't be used because you have to pay to use people's music: Using "You Can't Always Get What You Want" as the exit theme for a heel after his victories

Wild Red Berry vs Carlos Guzman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qrdgywpwM (second fall: well, if one dropkick really isn't much of a special move, could repeated dropkicks still be something that could work today?) 20 minutes of early 1960s Promos (Bockwinkel, Mr. Moto, Blassie, Thesz, Szabo, Carpentier, Mr. Moto again, Bockwinkel again, Sammy/Samson Berg, Carpentier/Szabo again, Hans Hermann, and Blassie again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiADWgDKlbo

turns out that Houston being favored vs KU at Allen Fieldhouse did not help the Cougars much as they lost 78-65 to the Jayhawks and got KU fans chanting "Overrated" at Houston

is it considered irony for Rock to be around a WWE that has build a structure where the brand is the draw and not individual stars, a system they prefer so that certain stars can't easily follow the path of the Rock and bail out for movies. I mean, you don't sell 40,000-50,000 tickets before announcing a main event without it being about the brand. And if people turned their tickets in over a main event, i'd imagine the tickets would be bought by somebody else. Some online people are kinda fighting the last war here.

somehow this idea will end up with Nia Jax being dressed as a biker who still has very nice hair, a change from her previous gimmick as "the monster heel with really nice hair" then again, WWE is the land that hasn't figured out that they could solve the "all the movie sounds the same" thing by just attaching some sort of distinctive open to songs to remind people "hey, it's this person"

I think the same thing happened with Torrie Wilson and Billy Kidman then there's the people who think the WWE was trying to hook up John Cena with Maria Kanellis

on one hand, you'd think wrestlers would be good at thinking on their feet, on the other hand, recent wrestling has had a lot less adlibbing on promos than previous generations there's probably a bit of variety among 80s/90s wrestlers for who would have been good in movies and who wouldn't have.. for example, I don't know if Scott Hall really did any movies, but I'd think if he was in good condition, he would have potential to be good in a bit part at least Stevie Richards might have been good in "the role that we intended to give Eric Roberts but we couldn't afford him". Maybe they'd give Stevie bit parts as a surfer dude first to see if he could acclimate to working movies as a dude hanging out behind Sean Astin or Pauly Shore.

yeah there's a fetish for everybody, if they went towards JNCOs and Hoodies, there'd still be some people getting way too into it