Brian Fowler Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 It could be that the people who do the graphics are terrible at their job. But there is a reason why graphic designers pick and choose what goes in their portfolio: Sometimes clients want things that are hideously ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 A fashion plate like Jeff Jarrett wanting something hideously ugly? The hell you say! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I guess Sheiky Baby got roasted the other day and they had him on Comedy Central's @Midnight last night yelling about different people. It was pretty funny. He threatened to give someone "the eboleh". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Anybody remember that early Impact! on Spike that Jarrett was in like 5 segments of an hour long program wearing that shirt that looked like Hogan 02 tights and white pants? Awful outfit, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Anybody remember that early Impact! on Spike that Jarrett was in like 5 segments of an hour long program wearing that shirt that looked like Hogan 02 tights and white pants? Awful outfit, Can't be worst than Kurt Angle in a thong running around making homophobic jokes with Borash every 5 minutes on a 2 hour show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 When he was in that tanning bed and asked Borash if he was starring at his package? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 When he was in that tanning bed and asked Borash if he was starring at his package? Yeah, that was my last episode of Impact I watched. One like for you for being the other person that remembers that clusteruck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Angle must have been at the height of his ridiculous painkiller consumption at that point. I might have tuned in the next week to see if he overdosed. You made an error in judgement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelemania Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Anticipating hearing who the English speaking commentators for the NJPW show will be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 JR & Don West? It has been suggested on this board and I dont know who said it but I agree with whoever said it that JR and Chael Sonnen would be the ideal team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I'd prefer someone who actually has some knowledge of New Japan. Allegedly, Jarrett wants Tenay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I would laugh way too hard if it ended up being Matt Striker and Vampiro since they finished with the Lucha Underground tapings and have nothing else to do. And then probably start crying after that. As bad as Tenay is in TNA at least he'd know what he's talking about. In all seriousness, watch it be Don West and Double J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnowsWrestling Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I imagine Jarrett is in the show wrestling. Either way I'll tune to watch it with English commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 It looks like Jarrett might be going for a Wide World of Sports style wrestling show with this promotion. Doesn't actually sound like a bad idea if he can get enough promotions to work with for the project. Can pick and choose the best stuff to air for co-promoting the PPVs as well; assuming they can get tv. I hope this is the direction they are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 This may sound silly, but they should get Meltzer as third man "expert" in the booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 This may sound silly, but they should get Meltzer as third man "expert" in the booth. Does he talk like he writes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I've been trying to think of a good team, and keep coming back to Bubba as the "Gorilla" for GWF. That made me realize that the reason Gorilla and JR were so much better than Cole/JBL/Pettingill/Taz is that they had a stake in the company. Gino was part owner and JR was the talent manager, so he could stand up to Vince if need be. There's a subtle, but noticeable shift in JR's announcing when he stepped down from the Talent Relations position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Anyone else think it's weird that a "promotion" that has never even ran a show gets much bigger billing than NJPW on a PPV that is a broadcast of an NJPW event? That would be like saying: NWA TEXARKANA PRESENTS wwe wrestlemania 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 If Global only packages other feds events for domestic PPV, I could live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Mike, I think that you may be on to something there... That's probably the lowest risk / highest return course of action as a company. The more I think about it the more sense it makes; I just see comparisons to my world in publishing where a long-time friendly competitor has switched gears to purchase estates' literary rights and then license them to folks like me. The initial cash outlay is significant, but represents much less risk than the time and resources to acquire rare pulp magazines, scan and transcribe stories, hire someone to write an intro (which is what I do), and then worry about distribution and getting paid. Of course, the real prize is if something gets optioned by Hollyweird, then we're talking a HUGE ROI. And how does Hollyweird find properties to option? Simple, guys like me do all the work assembling a book and then some schmoe picks out a couple of stories and the process begins. How does that compare to GFW? Simple, if JJ has a joint-venture type of licensing agreement with X Fed, be it NJPW, AAA, or maybe one day ROH, and someone becomes a breakout star that sells a lot of merch. He has his hand in the cookie jar with very little financial risk on his part. I can easily see GFW becoming a packager of international promotions to market in the US. Historically, the Japanese haven't cared about the US market, more due to the hassle of hiring an entire team to handle stateside marketing, but if you have GFW to handle that end of things, 50% of something is much better than 100% of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 GFW No Shows No Hoodies10,000 More Wrestlers Added To Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Jeff Jarrett has to be one of the best con men in professional wrestling today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Anyone else think it's weird that a "promotion" that has never even ran a show gets much bigger billing than NJPW on a PPV that is a broadcast of an NJPW event? That would be like saying: NWA TEXARKANA PRESENTS wwe wrestlemania I just learned of Texarkana last week. It's a magically place in which half the town is in Texas and the other half is in Arkansas. But the nurse I talked too said it's no big deal since Arkansas is across the street. haha And I know Jarrett gets a lot of shit, but he is one of my top 5 babyface workers ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I've been trying to think of a good team, and keep coming back to Bubba as the "Gorilla" for GWF. That made me realize that the reason Gorilla and JR were so much better than Cole/JBL/Pettingill/Taz is that they had a stake in the company. Gino was part owner and JR was the talent manager, so he could stand up to Vince if need be. There's a subtle, but noticeable shift in JR's announcing when he stepped down from the Talent Relations position. I don't think having a stake in the company has much to do with it. You need a special type of commentator to call wrestling. It's not just someone describing the action. It's a work and their job is to make you care about what is happening and get storylines over. Either you have it or you don't. Most do not have it. Putting all of the repetitive talking points and constant schilling aside, Cole does not have it. He didn't have it 15 years ago and he doesn't have it today. Cole has probably called 5,000+ televised matches. Are there even five great Cole performances? The WWE should be on a mission to find a great wrestling commentator/storyteller. It is one of the easiest fixes to the problems they have with getting newer talent over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Cole sucks, but so would anyone with Vince screaming in their ear through an entire show about which buzzwords to emphasize and other stupid shit. Micromanagement is ruining WWE TV much more than any one performer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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