piranesi Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Out of all the stuff within the show that they're doing wrong, and the occasional misstep of trying to push an "outsider" or part-timer like Batista to generate mainstream coverage, there is a lot that they are subtly doing right nowadays. They are way more savvy about how to get a fluffy, safe image of the corporate name out there and of how to insinuate it into pop culture. The new policy of giving replica belts to sports guys when they win something is amazingly effective. David Ortiz or LeBron goofing around with them. It's like they've almost silently snuck in and DDT'ed Wheaties and Disneyland for that World Series/Superbowl/Stanley Cup spot. It hits closest to where that crossover audience might be. 20 something athletes and their 5-15 year old fans. And as morally suspect as it is, the Komen stuff is brilliant. It is basically a "charity that exists to produce corporate commercial synergy. And in this case to give a "mainstream" seal of approval to something like WWE. TOTAL DIVAS is another example. Who here would have thought that an E! show about the women would work on any level? But it is another way that they have snuck themselves into the weekly current of "just regular pop culture junk." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Now they just need to exploit current trends and do a Darren Young reality show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Total Divas was a brilliant idea. Women like it and guys watch it with their girlfriends/wives because "hey, wrestlers and hot chicks!" Adding Summer Rae was a smart move though I know women who did like JoJo so we'll see how that works out. I think next.. maybe they should add Paige. I feel like that would bring in a new demographic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I blame the success of Total Divas on Brie. She's so damn adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I watch it for Cena and Eva Marie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I watch it to see DBrine slowly morph into Teddy Ruxpin fashion wise. Motherfucker dresses like Gepetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I watch it for Alicia Fox trolling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I want them to have someone run into Brock and just have Brock be Brock on reality tv. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 If JoJo isn't on the new series, what exactly is the point of her? Does she train at the Performance Centre, or is she on the chopping block? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I want them to have someone run into Brock and just have Brock be Brock on reality tv. Of everyone in the company, Brock is the one guy that I think could not be turned into a goofy, self-aware Joel McHale E! person. That stuff just isn't in him. It's even in Henry. I'm sure he'd be cuddly as all get-out on, like, The Soup. Brock would be exactly the same amount of terrifying there as he is everywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Imagine being a host of a daytime show and you get Brock on there and he walks out and you're like "How's your day going?" and he says "How's my gay boning? What the fuck did you just say?" Imagine how quickly you'd fill your underwear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Sadly, A Brock show would be the greatest reality show ever, but they'd have to film it with tiny cameras that he was unaware of, like filming gorillas in the wild. It would be so risky for the technicians...Jesus, like serious life/death risk to work on those cameras. But it would also work because even if the show was a hit, he would be unaware of it because he doesn't watch television and anyone who might try to inform him about it would probably be beaten pretty badly before they got to the point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I'm not even sure that Brock knows he's on television now. Also, I think if we need to get Brock to do anything TV related, it's being a panelist on Chelsea Lately. Imagine the looks of abject fear on the faces of everyone else right before he throws the little person through Chelsea Handler's torso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Brock on @Midnight would be the best. Just imagine how quickly he would target and rip the head off of Brian Posehn just because he was the largest other animal in that space: Hardwick: And Brock, what do you think of Keyboard cat...oh Soo...you answer is the slaughter and display of Brian Posehn's head as a totem to ward off all other challenges. Judges????? judges???? anyone?????? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Brock on @Midnight would be the best. Just imagine how quickly he would target and rip the head off of Brian Posehn just because he was the largest other animal in that space: Hardwick: And Brock, what do you think of Keyboard cat...oh Soo...you answer is the slaughter and display of Brian Posehn's head as a totem to ward off all other challenges. Judges????? judges???? anyone?????? Points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Here's a strange question for everyone: has wrestling changed over the last three years or so? I was watching some random PPVs from the past few years on the Network and it seems like the style of wrestling in the WWE feels different and more strike-heavy than it ever has been. Also the match formula for WWE matches have been refined and perfected. I dunno, and I can't exactly explain it as well as I want to, but mainstream wrestling feels a lot different than it did in the recent past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Brock on @Midnight would be the best. Just imagine how quickly he would target and rip the head off of Brian Posehn just because he was the largest other animal in that space: Hardwick: And Brock, what do you think of Keyboard cat...oh Soo...you answer is the slaughter and display of Brian Posehn's head as a totem to ward off all other challenges. Judges????? judges???? anyone?????? Fuck, I hope not. Then we wouldn't get any more of his current (awesome) run on Deadpool!!...unless Brock writes it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Brock will only write a deadpool column about the people he kills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 If you just give Brock a bunch of guns and shoot footage of him Bowfinger-style, what would you call the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Primal Fear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 In the current Observer Meltzer suggests "Mystic-O." Seems like that'd be a wee bit too close, though. Not after L.A. ParK. As someone who knows exactly piss-all about how the stock market works, I'd like someone to explain to me how the WWE's biggest show of the year looks completely skippable (except for Taker/Lesnar) and yet WWE's stocks are at $31.01 (aka the highest they've been since the initial IPO). Why can't JBL be a lurker here? Because the stock has fuck-all to do with booking. It's overvaluated due to the anticipation for a TV deal that isn't coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 They really worked the indie style into their own style completely with tje Punk and Bryan main event runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 If you just give Brock a bunch of guns and shoot footage of him Bowfinger-style, what would you call the movie? HARRY POTTER AND THE WHIMSICAL WAND OF OHMYFUCKINGGODWHY!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 In the current Observer Meltzer suggests "Mystic-O." Seems like that'd be a wee bit too close, though. Not after L.A. ParK. As someone who knows exactly piss-all about how the stock market works, I'd like someone to explain to me how the WWE's biggest show of the year looks completely skippable (except for Taker/Lesnar) and yet WWE's stocks are at $31.01 (aka the highest they've been since the initial IPO). Why can't JBL be a lurker here? Because the stock has fuck-all to do with booking. It's overvaluated due to the anticipation for a TV deal that isn't coming. You know it isn't coming how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 So, I watched a few minutes of ROH TV last night, but didn't really have the sound on. Who was the Bruiser Brody-looking guy wrestling against Tommaso Ciampa?! I liked him. Tried to google this and all I could find was people talking about Cole-Hero (Which I did not enjoy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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