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I think light heavyweight directly translates to small heavyweight in Vince language lol.
Just the short heavyweights like Crash & Taka were allowed to fight for it...
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31 minutes ago, HarryArchieGus said:
1/2 hour before 1/2 hour after. Regardless, a 3 hour live event as opposed to a 4 hour would make a significant difference.
Not entirely impossible to do. But generally it is easier to film the product "live to tape". Meaning they like to tape it as if it's live. It helps with timing the show out and giving the talent the same vibe as a live show. Because for them it essentially is live. It's not like the Superstars tapings back in the day where if Taker botched something in a squash he'd look at the camera put up a two and repeat the spot. I've seen that happen live as a kid lol.
But they will have a much better idea of how much time needs to added or shaved if they tape the hour live to tape. Doing half before and half after gives them one extra step of piecing the two segments together to figure out if they're long or short. Again not entirely impossible to do. Just an easier production to do it all in one go "live".
I'm with you on them scrapping the Elevation taping. But I believe their POV on this is these are developmental matches. And giving reps in full arenas is more valuable than small sound stage matches. Not sure if I find that value to be more valuable than a lively crowd. But that seems to be the choice they made.-
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14 hours ago, JLowe said:
Takes two to tango and Jade had two left feet as well.
That's true. But that's also a constant. Jade always has two left feet. But that generally doesn't stop her from having serviceable to borderline very good matches depending on who she's in there with. This was a pretty bad outting where they clearly got lost and the ref was calling the match for them. That's never happened in a Jade match before. So hard to place much of the blame on Jade, no?
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12 female performers working a saudi show, one of which is gay. WWE has certainly earned a lot of leeway with the saudi government. Too bad the average citizen doesn't get that same leeway.
Brandon Thurston from Wrestlenomics put out a series of tweets really highlighting the false bottom of this who deal. It's propaganda and false hope. Nothing about the saudi government has changed. Nothing about the culture or laws have changed. But for someone not willing to look for the actual facts it sure *looks* like change.-
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AQA looked awful in that match. The Shooting Star was pretty as always. But she was botching basic shit and forgot her spots. You could hear Bryce calling to her to go back up and do a crossbody again after she fell and got lost. That match was rough and I don't know how you announce this signing now. Even if she was signed before this match, which I assume to be the case. Wait til her next outting and looks good before you announce it.
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23 minutes ago, TheVileOne said:
The titles were specifically designated for the respective networks airing AEW programming. They shouldn't constantly be flipping networks on the same week.
No they weren't. They were created because the promotion wanted mid-card titles for the men and women. Not to be network specific titles. They've never once promoted or marketed them that way. They used the names of the networks they were on as a way to be cute and score bonus points with Warner. Kahn even said so on a podcast he did with Bischoff & Conrad. Using US or TV or Intercontinental or North American had all been done and would seem like they were ripping off other's ideas. So he decided to name them after the networks they air on. Kind of an homage to a TV title but with an original spin. It's just a name tho. They were never considered to be network specific.
2 hours ago, Raziel said:It's like having a "World" Title yet never promoting a show outside your home country...
This is something I see a lot and I don't understand how it gets interpreted this way. So if a heavyweight title is open to heavyweights, then using the world means the title is open to everyone in the world. It doesn't mean you have to travel out of the country and defend it everywhere. It means anyone in the world can come to PWG and have a shot at their title. Now that interpretation gets muddied up if you also have a US Title that is open to everyone in the world too. But to me, this makes just as much sense as saying if you have world in the name you have to travel everywhere to defend it. Nah. Just means anyone in the world can come challenge for it. Instead of a weight class, it's a location class.
Yes, I know traditionally world was used because traveling champions like Flair would defend it everywhere. I'm talking about the modern interpretation since the territories have died and all promotions have their own top champion. The classification has evolved. PWG's world title is just as valid as WWE's world title is just as valid as AEW's world title. Anyone in the world is welcome to come try and win it.-
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13 hours ago, username said:
FWIW they actually stuck to the proper logistics of the wildcard rule much longer than anyone would assume they would. I think they finally just went "to hell with it" within the past year sometime but on the Raw side at least they did seem to only bust it out the the every three or so months they said they would which was legit surprising. The funny part is that no one actually cared and they could have just done it whenever they wanted.
No they didn't. The rule was 3 people a night. The first week had 4 on Raw from Smackdown. They gave a BS reason why that 4th guy shouldn't count. But they did whatever they wanted. The rule wasn't a rule. Maybe after that first week they stuck to the rule better. But they broke their own rule within hours of instating it.
And the reason why is Vince. He wants what he wants. And he doesn't want to have to take that extra 20mins or hour of thinking / hashing out an idea to work within the framework of rules. He wants what he wants and they clean it up later. -
20 hours ago, TheVileOne said:
They named the titles after the actual networks and to promote the Dynamite move to TBS. Not my fault.
And WWE named a title after the United States but routinely defends it outside of the United States. Exact same thing. It's a name. Not a limiting weight class or specified designation for title defenses. It's just a name.
If it was a Cruiserweight Title and 500 pound guys got titles shots, you'd have a point. This is just an arbitrary name that has no limiting factors or weight class tied to it. Same as TV Champ, US Champ, European Champ, ect. Just a name. -
2 hours ago, TheVileOne said:
At least they got the networks right this time.
Can the US Title only be defended in the US?
Was the European Title only defended in Europe?
Can the IC Title only be defended outside of North America?
(Intercontinental means between continents, while Intraconteninental would be only inside of one continent).
The answer to all three is no. And the same logical answer applies to if the TBS Title has to be defended on TBS / TNT Title on TNT.
Weird hangup lol.-
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On 2/8/2022 at 5:21 PM, Ziggy said:
I said it before, the Networks, Fox and USA NETWORK care more about differentiating the Brands than Vince does and having separate Women's Champions and Having the Universal and World title exclusive to a given show is easier to make each show different. Fox wants Rousey on Smackdown exclusively right?
That seems to be what we hear all the time. But if they didn't lock that into the contract language WWE could still do whatever they want with their programming.
Regardless of that, let's just take it as fact the networks really want separate rosters. That's fine. There's rules and logic you could apply to that to make it line up better and have structure. But Vince hates that shit. Which is why we get champions switched to other brands and just trading the titles to the right brand. It's sloppy and illogical and doesn't have an internal logic. That's not network dictated. That's because Vince likes the scattershot do whatever with no rhyme or reason booking.
He hates that down the line sports -like logic. He prefers the Saturday Night Live just do whatever we think works today and figure out tomorrow later. Can anyone give the kayfabe logic of the networks being okay with their champions being drafter away? No. They would want the champions to be safe from drafting. And about a million other things logistically. Vince just hates being boxed in by rules and logic. Having one champion for two brands is just too much structure for him. Too many rules to follow. Remember the wildcard rule? They broke the 3 people rule the first fucking week.
It's not the networks. It's Vince.-
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4 hours ago, JohnnyJ said:
Here's a left field pick. What if he is bringing in Austin for some kind of role?
Yes 57 year old Steve Austin with a neck so bad he retired in 2003 will be showing up to wrestling one of Private Party in a Ladder Match. You cracked the code.
This is what I am talking about. There's a framework here that needs to be worked in. The person is in a ladder match Wednesday. It's not a 60 year old megastar that retired 20 years ago. Let's make some guesses back here on earth please lol.-
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13 hours ago, L_W_P said:
If they look to unify on night one would that mean a title defence on night two?
Or would night two be the Rousey/Flair match?
Doesn't make sense to have a single top level male title and then two female titles. Unless they go for a "Women's World" and "Women's IC/US" set up?
RAW - US, WUS, Raw Tag
SDL - IC, WIC, SDL Tag
Both - Universal, W.Universal, Universal Tag, W.Universal Tag.
Gives them a couple more crutches to lean on for stories given they can't write motivation for shit if there's no title involved.
They literally did this same scenario at Mania three years ago. Roman will have two belts for a PPV or two, show up on both shows, then get have one title MITB'd away from him. Probably while in a defense someone joins and makes it a 3way and pins the other guy so as to not hurt the rub the first person will get from beating Reigns for a title.
I want things restructured to make more sense about as much as anyone. But it just isn't what Vince likes. He doesn't like structure or rules or logic. He just like being able to throw shit at a wall knowing someone else will clean up the mess once he gets his jollies. -
3 hours ago, Ziggy said:
I don't believe they've fully made up their mind on whether or not they want to do unification for Roman vs Brock but why even do champion vs Champion if you aren't doing unification. They had Brock win the Rumble so why in kayfabe would a Rumble winner want to be in an Elimination Chamber Match instead of just cashing in against either top Champ at Mania?
You have to Nights but you insist on having the two top Male titles up in the same match? It's not like Brock vs Roman is a first time WrestleMania encounter
It'll just be winner takes all like the Becky Charlotte Ronda three way was. I talk about unifying the titles a lot. But it doesn't seem like they are interested in that at all.
I think your last sentence answers the 'why'. Mania 31 & 34 were main evented by Roman vs Brock. It's not anything new or special. But if both titles are on the line that's at least new twist. -
Or Sasha. Because the brand split literally means nothing.
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I'm busy for one weekend and when I come back I see some of the most absurd theories about the new signing. John Cena? SHANE MCMAHON? Currently under contract Ali? Any woman being in a ladder match against Isiah Kassidy? You guys. LOL. Settle down. I get why TK hypes things the way he does (trying to get people who only watch sporadically to tune in) but it makes the fandom go crazy.
Like when he hyped a hall of fame worthy guy (Christian) and people were mad it wasn't Cena or Batista or CM Punk. This debut is either going to be Kieth Lee, Jay White or someone there abouts. It's not Hogan to WCW. It's not a fight against the entire independent contractor classification (although I wish). It's not Vince McMahon's son. It's not almost certainly currently under a contract Lita shooting on the Saudis.
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I watched that clip 4 times thinking I was too stupid to see the date. But luckily I was just too stupid to read the EVENTUALLY part of your post.
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The 10 year old picture of Bill is fine. It still looks very close to current day Bill. But god damn why do they keep slathering the paint tool on his beard? 10 years ago we knew it was grey. Now he's in his 50s and it's full on white. No fucking need to make his picture look like a god damn AI robot wearing his skin. Getting close to that uncanny valley.
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8 hours ago, Mario said:
Honestly, I'm hoping this was his last run as a wrestler. He seemingly blew up and was drenched in sweat from coming to the ring. He generally looks alarmingly red-faced during matches and he's in his 50's. Considering his matches are usually built around dangerous spots, it's probably time he stops doing those before he injures himself or someone else.
I'm still shocked he ever wrestled again after that Survivor Series match where Roman speared him out of the Coast to Coast and he got that ridiculous concussion. Like you're in your 50s dude with a family and probably all the money you could ever want. I get that performing is a hell of a rush, but everyone ages out of it eventually. And you have to come to grips with that.
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Is there a Death Valley Pizza Review message board? I bet there's someone over there annoyed how all they're doing is talking about wrestling in this month's thread. 'Who gives a shit about missile dropkicks, has anyone tried that Little Ceaser's batman pizza??'
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2 hours ago, RIPPA said:
So Doug Pederson is going to be their next HC
Fuck Doug Pederson and fuck any team willing to interview him. He lost all credibility when he purposely tanked the last game of the year last year. It prevented The Giants from getting the last playoff spot, but it also hurt the development of their QB. No integrity and any team willing to interview him is a joke. Jaguars are seemingly always a shit show now so par for the course. If they hire him they deserve to go lose 1,000 straight games.
Not that I am the type of person to hold a grudge or anything....-
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Young boy with the most swag Joe Burrow or grizzled vet wasted for the first ten years of his career by a shit team Mathew Stafford. One of these two men will be a Super Bowl Champion. I wonder how Barry Sanders & Megatron are processing this. It's clear if they were able to get out of Detroit like Stafford did, they could have very well had Super Bowl opportunities too.
Happy for Beckham. He got fucked by Gettleman in New York. Then sent to Browns hell to run routes for no real reason since Baker couldn't get the ball to him. Another example of talent breaking free from bad situations being a good idea.
Also, we're doomed for a blowout aren't we? The playoff this year have been amazing. Every game from divisional round on was a one score game down to the last possession. We'll have to pay for that pleasure with a bad Super Bowl right? The football gods won't also bless us with a fun Super Bowl will they?-
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Also, it was St. Louis. Any reason they only had Orton in the Rumble for 3 minutes or whatever? He should have been somewhere around 8/9/10 and stayed until the end to give the home town audience someone to root for. Orton is big over there, and they really had him out in 3 minutes. Just doesn't make any sense.
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I'm surprised everyone is chalking up Beck vs Doudrop have a quiet crowd due to anything except the building evacuation. The Wrestlemania sign caught on fire. They evacuated the entire side of the audience that sat on the sign side. They lowered the sign to the ground and put it out with fire extinguishers then raised it back it. I mean sure Doudrop isn't a pushed act. But that crowd was paying attention to that weird spectacle. There was even a "the building is on fire chant". Hard to have audience investment in this scenario. Dunn kept to super tight shots from only the 3 non evacuate sides to avoid it being on camera, but Becky even said that sign caught of fire because I'm straight fire, or something to that effect.
The mixed tag got the shaft tonight. It was a really solid outing for that type of match. But they gave it the cool down death spot. After the big Brock match and before the "big" men's Rumble match. Bad show layout in my opinion.
Men's Rumble was probably the worst Rumble they've ever done. Bottom two or three at least. Just no star power. They also announced 25 people, and just sent those 25 out first. You have to take the audience on a ride. Ups and downs and weaving stuff in and out to have a fun Rumble. You need to pepper those surprises in along the way for maximum effect. Also feel for Kofi. They made the right call calling it as a shoot since his feet hit. But that has to be a bummer to mess up a big spot like that and not get your planned shine in. The Rumble was ESPECIALLY dull during the 3 minutes after Kofi was out. You just know they had some planned stuff with him & Otis, and since he wasn't there they all pretty much stood around doing nothing.
Don;t care about Lesnar winning. Their story didn't need the Rumble win. Whatever Lashley's match is gonna be did. But I feel apathy towards it, not annoyance.
The sign caught of fire again after the Lesnar pyro too. Pretty fucking unsafe to risk that on a faulty sign setup that already caused an evacuation.-
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3 hours ago, cwoy2j said:
Jeff is doing meet and greets already. Maybe that falls outside of WWE's sphere because he's also doing a concert?
Anything that isn't a combat sport or appearing on a wrestling promotion's event would be allowed. Like not that he'd want to but he's free to drive for Uber or get a job at the post office right away or whatever lol. Concerts & signings are allowed (as long as it isn't a signing at a wrestling show). Just no wrestling stuff. I say combat sports because I would assume WWE would view someone showing up to hype a fight in UFC as breaking the no compete as well.
I do think the language changed in the mid to late 00s. When Raven was fired in 2003 he opted out of the no compete to show up in early TNA and start a hot angle right away. He said no I don't want 90 extra days of pay, I want my freedom. I'm fairly sure you can't opt out of the non compete anymore. Because people like Matt Hardy were chomping at the bit to get in AEW. He certainly would have opted out of 90 days of pay to get his freedom if he was able to. So they have seemingly done away with the voluntary opt out.-
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