HumanChessgame Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Eivion said: I have no idea who Bad Bunny is and only heard of him due to some beer commercials I couldn't skip that featured Snoop Dog. I didn't even know he was a musician until they revealed he was playing his single at Royal Rumble. I kind of just skip his segments because I mostly don't care about celeb appearances. If he is bringing in interest then neat though I wish it was not on their worst show right now. I'd be ignorant to his existence were it not for his WWE appearance. These days I watch SNL sporadically and looking at the current season I've heard of less then half of the musical guests and have no idea who several of the hosts are. Celeb appearances are very hit and miss for me, but at the same time I realize there's a whole big chunk of the fan base that actually does know who these people are and enjoys their work, so if it resonates with them or brings them in as viewers then it is what it is. If they are going to bring in people from other areas of the entertainment sphere then ideally these people should be actual fans (it's been really obvious over the years when outsiders showed up just to collect a paycheck vs. actually wanting to be there) and if they insist on having a match, they should at least have some athletic prowess or credibility. Mayweather, LT, and Stephen Amell were great examples of this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 The Seth Green hosted Raw was good because he seemed to "get" wrestling. I agree you can usually tell who grew up a fan vs who's just showing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 As much as I loathe them myself - I felt the Entourage guys really added to that one episode of RAW. (The one with Zack Ryder answering John Cena's US Open Challenge) Of course it helped that it was in New York. Anyway - @odessastepsmade a comment about a list of guest General Managers. This is the best I could find (and I feel like its incomplete) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Raw_guest_stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 God - that list reminds me of Lavar Ball Well there is another one - rightly or wrongly - where the WWE got someone at the height of their "fame" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, RIPPA said: God - that list reminds me of Lavar Ball Well there is another one - rightly or wrongly - where the WWE got someone at the height of their "fame" With the way Melo is balling, he could be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 This is what happens when I have been up for hours - the combination of WWE, celebrities and Vince not knowing who people are got me to thinking about one of my favorite stories. Remember it comes via Chris Jericho - so apply copious amounts of salt Quote The night before WrestleMania 25, the legends and I were scheduled to have a rehearsal to discuss what we wanted to do in the match. The layout was pretty simple: I would beat Snuka in a minute, Piper in two minutes, and then Steamboat in about five. Afterward I'd then beat up Flair and challenge Rourke, who would enter the ring and hit me with a knockout punch. Mickey's spot was easy, but a rehearsal was necessary since it was his first time in the WWE. I was looking forward to finally meeting him after our Larry King confrontation and the subsequent weeks of buildup I'd done on Raw without him. I got to Reliant Stadium in Houston at midnight and walked out onto the massive set that had been constructed at one end of the field. I could see Rourke in the ring with his entourage and they appeared to be the size of ants, and I started walking the one hundred yards down the ramp, when I ran into a WWE publicist. "Hey, I just talked to Mickey and he's mad at you," she said. "He thinks you have a real problem with him." That surprised me. "Well, did you tell him I don't?" "No. Should I have?" Uh, yeah . . . I mean, what did she think the letters PR stood for in the first place? I was part of the Public and it was her job to Relate to Mickey that I was a good guy. As I got closer to the ring, I could see Rourke staring at me and noticed that his entourage looked less like Turtle and Drama and more like the Delta Force. Three shredded bodybuilders glared at me with their heavily tattoed arms crossed in front of them. . . . One was even wearing army fatigues, for Pete Fornatale's sake! I knew my work was cut out for me as I climbed into the ring and greeted Mickey with a warm smile. "Hey, man, nice to finally meet you!" I said cheerily and gave him the kind of hug you see two dudes in da club do when they don't really know each other. I could sense the last thing he wanted to do was embrace me and he couldn't pull away fast enough. He was about the same height as I and looked like he'd been through the ringer a time or two, with the wear and tear on his face to show it. His hair was braided with blue and green extensions and held up in a topknot à la Jericho circa 1999. His face was oddly puffy, and with his dyed-black goatee, gold front tooth, and slight hint of BO, he reminded me of an older Jack Sparrow, you savvy? He also looked tough as shit and ready to snap, not the kind of guy I wanted on my bad side. Especially since I was supposed to be taking a punch from him the next day. We exchanged some small talk as Rourke's Dorks kept staring at me, seemingly ready to pounce at any given moment. To make matters even worse, I recognized the one on the left as Frank Shamrock, and even though he was the shortest of the three, he was one of the toughest UFC fighters ever. What were these guys even doing here? I decided that the direct approach was in order. "Hey, man, I hear you're a little pissed off at me for the Larry King thing, but I want you to know that I was just putting on a show, ya dig?" Rourke's face hardened as if he'd been waiting to get to the heart of the matter from the moment I got into the ring. "No, brother," he said with his distinct New York accent. "You don't say the things you said to me and not mean it. In my world, in the boxing world, when you say that shit, it's because you're looking for a fight." Wow. That explained why he'd never replied after I'd sent the text through Flair. He was legitimately pissed with me. "No, it's not like that, man. I was trying to get people interested in seeing us wrestle each other. I was just playing a character. Same thing you do when you do a movie." Here I was explaining acting and the inner workings of pro wrestling to a man who had just won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his portrayal of a pro wrestler. After a few more minutes, I was finally able to convince him that I'd had been playing a role on the King show. His face softened as he realized I was telling the truth. "So you're telling me that even though I'm the one who got nominated for an Oscar, you outacted me?!" He burst out with a you son of a bitch laugh and gave me a bear hug for real this time. All the tension floated away and the entire vibe in the ring changed. He went on saying how he was so mad after the show that he'd called his agents and demanded them to allow him to fight me. They of course said no, so he had planned another form of revenge. He pointed to the bruisers standing beside him and said, "I flew these guys into Houston on my own dime to make sure everything went smoothly. If you tried anything funny, I told them to kick the shit out of you." I was flattered but told him that maybe he had overestimated me a little. "Mickey, to be honest, you didn't need to bring three guys. I'm sure just one of them would've sufficed." All of us laughed except the guy wearing army fatigues, an Israeli bounty hunter who didn't find any of this funny and continued to stare me down for the rest of the night. Vince made his way down to the ring, unaware of the confrontation Rourke and I had narrowly avoided and went through his ideas for the match. As a wrestler, I would listen to what Vince wanted, think about the logistics of it, run through it once or twice, and move along. But as an actor, Mickey was much more concerned with camera angles and minor movements. He wanted to rehearse his punch over and over again, discussing his motivation, his positioning, everything. There would be no improv for this guy. Then we discussed how he was going to hit me. I told him not worry about pulling the punch and just swing like he would in a boxing match. He shook his head and warned me, "I don't know about that. I'm Golden Gloves, brother. If I hit you with this right hand, you're going to feel it." I convinced him that it was OK and told him he could hit me as hard as he wanted as long as it looked good. After being walloped in the forehead for real by the seven-foot-tall Big Show, I thought I could take a punch from a 160-pound actor. After about a half hour of going over the punch spot a dozen times, Mickey was happy and he left ringside with his posse in tow. I went over to Vince and told him what had almost happened. "You know, Rourke hired those guys to kick my ass if I tried to double-cross him." Vince stared down the rampway at Rourke's gang. "Are you kidding me? Those guys?!" He laughed. He motioned at Dean Malenko and Fit Finlay, who were talking at ringside. "You, me, Finlay, and Malenko would've beat the shit out of them. I mean look at that one guy. . . . He's a midget!" The "midget" Vince was referring to was Shamrock, the multiple-time UFC champion. I smiled at Vince and said, "Well, if anything goes down, I'll take Rourke and you take the midget." "Damn right I will," he murmured and swaggered out of the ring. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I feel Vince vs Frank Shamrock would come off like Vince as Ken Shamrock vs Ortiz. KO'd in seconds and demanding a fifth rematch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Hacksaw Jim Duggar cuts a promo on people who want him to get with the 90’s by getting some bubbles and worrying what sliced meat they have in a the dressing room. No, really. Edited February 23, 2021 by Eoae 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Smelly McUgly said: I'm just impressed that WWE got an act that isn't five or more years past its shelf life. I would have put money on Kid Rock or Fred Durst running around as 24/7 champ well before Bad Bunny. Reminds me of the time Vince insisted they use Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" as the theme to Wrestlemania 20 years after the song was released. Random as fuck, that. BTW isn't Big Time supposed to be an ironic indictment of 80s style excess? Is using the song literally as bad as politicians using "Born in the USA" on the campaign trail? Edited February 23, 2021 by Technico Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Other people corroborated Jericho's story about Mickey Rourke and Vince so I don't think you need to take that much of a pinch of salt with that one. @Elsalvajelocothe biggest mindfuck for me is that MGK's album is a pop punk album. I think I just found that out a couple weeks ago. I'm tempted to give it a listen to see how it holds up. As for AC/DC's album, I only knew of it because it got promoted with the SmackDown on Fox stuff. For whatever reason, both WWE and AEW promoted that album's release. I also haven't listened to that yet. One final thing about Bad Bunny, I know they don't look a ton alike, but Bad Bunny makes me think of Rocky Romero for whatever reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Technico Support said: BTW isn't Big Time supposed to be an ironic indictment of 80s style excess? Is using the song literally as bad as politicians using "Born in the USA" on the campaign trail? Yes. Gabriel has said in interviews that he intended the song to be a negative critique of commercialism and materialism (not that it's hard to get that on your own if you listen to the lyrics). The Bad Bunny thing is weird. i'm an upper middle-class white guy in his mid-40's, so it's not surprising that I'm out of touch with youth culture and current musical trends, but I didn't realize that I was this out of touch. Bad Bunny seems to be a legitimately big deal, so I'm surprised that i haven't at least heard of him before he appeared on WWE tv. I would have thought I'd be somewhat familiar with the name, but maybe not be able to name a song or tell you much about him. Clearly, I am old and it is time to pull my pants up a foot past my waist and take a nap in the middle of the day. I will say that, even knowing he's apparently a big deal, it's still lost on me. I'm not reacting to him like a big deal so I'm probably not any more likely to watch RAW because he's on. Honestly, I'm probably paying less attention than usual. Miz/Morrison segments have been unwatchable for me lately (and I say that as someone who mostly likes both guys and is fine with Miz getting the belt) and Priest does nothing for me. I haven't paid a lot of attention to Bad Bunny segments with those guys. But, I'm not exactly a casual fan, and I'm either out of the company's target demo or on my way out, so... does it matter? I'm not the audience Vince and Bad Bunny are hoping to attract. Edited February 23, 2021 by Eoae 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I’m “only” in my early 40s, and I’d kill for a nap in the middle of the day. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 My lady is still in her 20s so she has to be my cultural attache on stuff like this. But the flip side is I get to be the guy saying "What do you mean you've never heard Led Zeppelin?" or "How did you never see Back to the Future?" so it kinda evens out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 He's a good 'un, Kevin Owens. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, RIPPA said: This is what happens when I have been up for hours - the combination of WWE, celebrities and Vince not knowing who people are got me to thinking about one of my favorite stories. Remember it comes via Chris Jericho - so apply copious amounts of salt Meltzer has told that story a couple of times, though I assume he has got it directly from Jericho as well. But I am pretty sure that Frank Shamrock is on the list of people Meltzer talks to (or at least did when he was still semi-relevant), so he would have been able to confirm at least the parts where the other side was involved in. Edited February 23, 2021 by Robert s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 23 hours ago, dogwelder said: To be honest, the first time I heard the name Bad Bunny on WWE TV I thought it was the 'cash me outside' girl Bhad Bhabie... ME TOO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 RAW did pretty well with the key demos last night. i'd like to credit Lashley and the hurt business but it could be Bad Bunny too or PPV bump or a combination. Mind you.. the actual total viewers is not great but when you are #1 #2 and #3 across cable for the three hours i'm assuming they will be pleased with that. Lastly on Bad Bunny.. he has music videos on YouTube over 500M views.. some more than that. Huge numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 If you really, really pressed me, I'd probably tell you that my favorite thing out of WWE over the last six years or so (so we're talking after the year of Shield Six-Man Tags) is Steph and Triple H touring Axxess and goofing around with it being filmed on a smartphone. I don't take any great pride in this, but there you go. So A&E is going to be doing biographies and a show with this premise: Quote "WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures” takes viewers on a journey to find some of WWE’s most iconic, lost memorabilia. In each of the nine episodes, WWE’s Stephanie McMahon and Paul “Triple H” Levesque lead a team of collectors, WWE Superstars and Legends as they investigate, negotiate, bid and travel across the country to hunt down and reclaim some of the most elusive WWE collectibles. Throughout history, WWE’s action-packed storylines have spawned iconic, one-of-a-kind memorabilia, most of which have gone missing. Superstar in training, AJ Francis will head out on the road alongside some of the most famous WWE Legends of all time including The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Charlotte Flair, Mick Foley, Kane, Big Show, Mark Henry, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Booker T, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Sgt. Slaughter. The series will unearth these rare items in the hopes of preserving and sharing the legacy behind the memorable moments in WWE history. I'm sure they're going to squeeze all of the genuine earnestness out of it with over production but on paper I'm all for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 So it's American Pickers: WWE Edition. Sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Treasure Hunter Hearst Helmsley 10 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Tony Khan talking about us: 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 The eight A&E WWE Legends Biographies are gonna be Savage, Austin, Piper, Warrior, Foley, Booker, Bret, Michaels. There's a minute-long commercial out there for it that a friend posted on Facebook but I can't peel it off to put on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: The eight A&E WWE Legends Biographies are gonna be Savage, Austin, Piper, Warrior, Foley, Booker, Bret, Michaels. There's a minute-long commercial out there for it that a friend posted on Facebook but I can't peel it off to put on here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: The eight A&E WWE Legends Biographies are gonna be Savage, Austin, Piper, Warrior, Foley, Booker, Bret, Michaels. There's a minute-long commercial out there for it that a friend posted on Facebook but I can't peel it off to put on here. Bret Michaels! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: The eight A&E WWE Legends Biographies are gonna be Savage, Austin, Piper, Warrior, Foley, Booker, Bret, Michaels. There's a minute-long commercial out there for it that a friend posted on Facebook but I can't peel it off to put on here. Is this kinda WWEs Answer to Dark Side of the Ring? It should be nice like the ones they did on the Biography channel way back in the Attitude. I was thinking about how far behind the times WWE is culturally but considering how Stephanie and Shane both are or were big hip hop fans, it's surprising they didn't try to do more with culturally relevant hip hop artists coming up through the years. Snoop is a huge wrestling fan and he's been involved alot for over a decade now but it would've been nice if they had someone of that level around alot earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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