The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Infinit said: As The Bisch would say, "Controversy Creates Cash" Beat me to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, The Natural said: Beat me to it. Great minds think alike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Infinit said: Great minds think alike Indeed, matey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, EVA said: Honestly, the social media “controversy” probably made that ad spot worth more than whatever they paid for it. Has there ever been a picture in picture that worked to get the audience to focus on the ad and the program at the same time before this incident? I’m talking throughout the TV landscape. While nobody is willing to take it this far again, the fact is advertisers should take inspiration from trying to make picture in picture fit naturally into the narrative of a program. It’s hard for live sports to do that because of its unscripted nature, but pro wrestling is perfect for this type of marketing. Edited July 30, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Has there ever been a picture in picture that worked to get the audience to focus on the ad and the program at the same time before this incident? I’m talking throughout the TV landscape. While nobody is willing to take it this far again, the fact is advertisers should take inspiration from trying to make picture in picture fit naturally into the narrative of a program. It’s hard for live sports to do that because of its unscripted nature, but pro wrestling is perfect for this type of marketing. You shut your goddamned mouth before we get a masked wrestler called "The Quencher" who beats his opponents with the Gatorade Driver while a commercial loops on the entryway screens. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Baron Corbin is desperate for money starts asking for cash baskstage, we go to picture-in-picture, and we have a LoanDepot ad pop-up. Hangman Page enters into an arena with a horse go to commercial, and a bud ad with the Clydesdale horses pops up. Wrestler hurts his back JR: “He’ll need something for that. Let’s go to commercial. Stay tuned…” ad for Icy Hot pops up. Why ain’t I in advertising!?!? Instead it’s just random BK ads after a heel takes advantage. Edited July 30, 2021 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Two former amateur standouts are going at it. One hits the old “check the oil” maneuver. Cut to commercial for Jiffy Lube. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 That would be one hell of an Asiatic Spike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Jiji said: While the end of the elimination tag was where the show peaked in ratings, the main event saw a big increase. People certainly weren't tuning out. Fuck Domino's. FTR: Ratings poison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I do worry about what Hangman losing portends for future viewership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Zimbra said: You shut your goddamned mouth before we get a masked wrestler called "The Quencher" who beats his opponents with the Gatorade Driver while a commercial loops on the entryway screens. AEW is proud to announce the signing of Brawndo Strawman. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Rev Ray said: AEW is proud to announce the signing of Brawndo Strawman. I'm sending you and LoneWolf to the island from The Prisoner to protect the world from your dangerous ideas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 If I get to be part of a gun fight while all you need is love plays, deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 hours ago, elizium said: FTR: Ratings poison That match made the hot crowd turn into crickets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Depending on if you believe Meltzer is a credible source of information - in the latest Observer, he strongly implies that WWE played a part in Dominos finding out about the Nick Gage thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I’d be more surprised if they didn’t do something like that. But I’m sure Dominoes would have been made aware regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that the only reason they even know about this, outside of possible WWE fuckery, is that it created a lot of buzz online due to the synchronicity of Gage using a pizza cutter at the same time as the Dominos ad. If it was an ad for any other sponsor, nobody would even care. It was more "graphic" than last week's Texas Deathmatch, sure, but it's not like these sponsors don't know what they're buying into with ad time on an AEW show. This isn't WWE with John Cena, every other week someone is bleeding or Shawn Spears is throwing actual chairshots to the head or "foul language" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 What movie was on TNT before/after Dynamite this week? Did it feature violence, at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, AxB said: What movie was on TNT before/after Dynamite this week? Did it feature violence, at all? ... It was Law Abiding Citizen starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Told you the other week it was Hellboy and they didn't just have an uncensored 'fuck' but a full-on decapitation and dismemberment in the first five minutes. TNT is blase about this stuff, and if it's bringing the ratings, they're keeping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Casey said: Depending on if you believe Meltzer is a credible source of information - in the latest Observer, he strongly implies that WWE played a part in Dominos finding out about the Nick Gage thing. LOL c'mon. Even if some Cornette dickriders and WWE were making calls to advertisers, even if they did, it's still not their fault. It was a nationally televised cable program. It was tweeted about all over social media. It was hardly some underground secret fight club here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Told you the other week it was Hellboy and they didn't just have an uncensored 'fuck' but a full-on decapitation and dismemberment in the first five minutes. And then, on top of it, they aired Hellboy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I never saw either of them. Bad, bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Told you the other week it was Hellboy and they didn't just have an uncensored 'fuck' but a full-on decapitation and dismemberment in the first five minutes. TNT is blase about this stuff, and if it's bringing the ratings, they're keeping it. 2 hours ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: And then, on top of it, they aired Hellboy. LOL. 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I never saw either of them. Bad, bad? Hellboy (2004) is very good. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) is great. Hellboy (2019), the reboot really sucks. I'm still pissed we never got Hellboy III completing the trilogy with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones directed by Guillermo del Toro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 10:16 PM, matt925 said: Also Mox is off the card in LA now Mox is facing the Good Brothers with a mystery partner (who isn't Shota Umino, who has been pulled off the card). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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