Cobra Commander Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 have NBA/Basketball intros always been sort of the "introducing each starter individually pregame" sort of thing where they added "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Band later, because that might be a team sport that has done their intros similarly to pro wrestling for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Pre Sirius, it was pretty drab, similar to how a team announces the visiting team. It was a Bull's arena guy who started doing all the extra stuff and actually turning off the lights which was a big deal since the lighting at the old Chicago arena was I want to say halogen and it wasn't a guarantee they would turn back on right away so he really had to advocate for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I dunno why we can literally have two and a half to three hours of pregame coverage for the Super Bowl, but you just don't have enough time anymore to intro the teams right before the game. Like conservatively, three quarters of the viewing audience are casuals and can probably only name a half dozen active players in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: I dunno why we can literally have two and a half to three hours of pregame coverage for the Super Bowl, but you just don't have enough time anymore to intro the teams right before the game. Like conservatively, three quarters of the viewing audience are casuals and can probably only name a half dozen active players in the NFL. They used to intro the O for one team and the D for the other, but the Patriots elected to be introduced as a team in one of their early Super Bowls, which lead the NFL doing away with it the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said: I dunno why we can literally have two and a half to three hours of pregame coverage for the Super Bowl, but you just don't have enough time anymore to intro the teams right before the game. Like conservatively, three quarters of the viewing audience are casuals and can probably only name a half dozen active players in the NFL. I know the one guy who's dating Taylor Swift, but my brain still autocorrects his name to "Beardy McBeardface" and as someone who was very much into the Gaylor theory for a few weeks you can take of that what you will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 FWIW, Ron Fuller says they never did it in hockey until some NHL folks saw him doing it for his minor league team in Knoxville or Cincinnati, which was taken from wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mister TV said: They used to intro the O for one team and the D for the other, but the Patriots elected to be introduced as a team in one of their early Super Bowls, which lead the NFL doing away with it the next year. That's incredibly stupid decision by the NFL. You can keep some of the human interest stories within that whole time blocked off for pregame coverage and be able to fit that in. God knows you can squeeze any another way to monetize the game and get that particular segment sponsored. 3 minutes ago, Sparkleface said: I know the one guy who's dating Taylor Swift, but my brain still autocorrects his name to "Beardy McBeardface" and as someone who was very much into the Gaylor theory for a few weeks you can take of that what you will. It would even more confusing knowing he has a brother but the brother totally plays a totally different position on a different team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Elsalvajeloco said: It would even more confusing knowing he has a brother but the brother totally plays a totally different position on a different team. Well he's got a messier kept beard, and he's in the commercial about smelly laundry, so that's how I keep that organized in my mental file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Sparkleface said: Well he's got a messier kept beard, and he's in the commercial about smelly laundry, so that's how I keep that organized in my mental file. You can name them like the Villano family and have #1 and #2. I am guessing Mama Kelce is basically Ray Mendoza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: You can name them like the Villano family and have #1 and #2. I am guessing Mama Kelce is basically Ray Mendoza. Did the Villanos argue about soup? If not, they should've. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Jason Kelce is the one in the tweet where the person said that someone compared Sam the Snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Jason Kelce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 PWInsider reported Kevin Dunn is done with WWE. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 15 minutes ago, Kang said: PWInsider reported Kevin Dunn is done with WWE. 5 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Kang said: PWInsider reported Kevin Dunn is done with WWE. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XZJvyemxhq0/hqdefault.jpg Edited December 31, 2023 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1741119733309526148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zimbra Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 27 minutes ago, Eivion said: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1741119733309526148 Congratulations to Shotzi and her husband, Guy From The Opening Scene Of Way Of The Gun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Actual footage of Dunn leaving the building: 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 The Dark Side of the Ring marathon is on and I'm watching the Pillman one for the first time since it aired. I remembered Kim Wood saying something that was jarring and this is what it was: Spoiler "What is your personal opinion of Vince?" "What's my personal opinion of Vince?" "Yeah." "What do you do with a whore? Ya fuck 'em." That is one of the most brutal burns ever and it still feels hot. And deserved. As my old friend Justin would say, "Oofta." 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Goitre Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: That is one of the most brutal burns ever Except... Spoiler a) it's factually incorrect. The answer to "What do you do with a whore?" is "You pay her". To piss on you, to shit on you, to do the housework, whatever floats your boat. "Fucking" is what lots of people do; "getting paid" is what whores do. b) the victim is not in the figurative burns unit licking his wounds. He's doing blow and sixteen year-olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 This Is Spinal Tap will ring in the New Year on TCM A shame that Chris Jericho might be too busy with other things to use a Spinal Tap tribute gimmick in 2024 where he uses a Clawhold called "Smell the Glove" as his finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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