Robert S Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Just looking at the WWE roster, there are a whole lot of guys and girls who could have made a good career using their real names (Windham Rotonda is not one of them, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Never fails to make me laugh that Rick Rude's real name was Richard Rood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I almost wished they made Nikita face a jobber on television named Scott Simpson because that is the most jobberiffic name you'll find. He was a lucky sumbitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: I almost wished they made Nikita face a jobber on television named Scott Simpson because that is the most jobberiffic name you'll find. He was a lucky sumbitch. Wasn't there a Scott Simpson in World Class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Infinit said: Wasn't there a Scott Simpson in World Class? There was a STEVE Simpson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: There was a STEVE Simpson. Steve and Shaun. I was close lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 22 minutes ago, Death From Above said: Never fails to make me laugh that Rick Rude's real name was Richard Rood. You pretty much have to figure that any guy whose last name was "Rude" or "Rood" likely grew up to be a pretty tough sonofabitch. Kids are cruel. By the same token, in a group of Irish guys, you do not want to fuck with the one named "Declan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Infinit said: Steve and Shaun. I was close lol Yeah there was two of them, from South Africa IIRC. (No idea if that was a work or not, I never cared enough about them to research it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil4126 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, caley said: Now I just wanna hear a Terrence Malick monologue delivered in Macho's voice and inflections: "What's this war in the heart of nature ? Why does nature vie with itself?. The land contend with the sea? ls there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two? The Macho Man remembers his mother when she was dying. Looked all shrunk up and gray. The Macho Man asked her if she was afraid. She just shook her head. But Macho Man wasn't afraid to touch the death he seen in her. Macho heard people talk about immortality, but I ain't seen it. Ohhh yeah, dig it?!" I would rather watch three hours of this then literally anything that happened on Raw this week 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil4126 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Robert s said: Just looking at the WWE roster, there are a whole lot of guys and girls who could have made a good career using their real names (Windham Rotonda is not one of them, though). That is a name I never got. I assume you want to pay homage to his uncle? NAME THE KID BARRY. No wonder the dude is such a weirdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Win (as in short for Winston) Rotundo is a decent sounding name. Windham Rotundo sounds like a makeup phony WWE developmental name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, Phil4126 said: That is a name I never got. I assume you want to pay homage to his uncle? NAME THE KID BARRY. No wonder the dude is such a weirdo I’d presume it’s more his mother’s maiden name, than being named after either Barry or even Kendall. too bad neither Bray or Bo became Blackjack Mullligan the Third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 WWE hopes to do a show in Saudi Arabia before the end of the year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Dr Death Steve Williams also named his son Windham. If he'd have wrestled, they could have done a Varsity Club second generation team of Double Windhams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, AxB said: Dr Death Steve Williams also named his son Windham. If he'd have wrestled, they could have done a Varsity Club second generation team of Double Windhams. Not as sexy and cute as the non related Double Inoue, but I'll allow it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Now that they essentially have designated, created crowds, could they not put those people where the hard camera would be pointed at instead of focusing on a rather large venue? They basically got rid of one problem and created another. Somehow, trying for the hard cam to place people is one of those things guaranteed to not end well. It's almost shocking that we haven't seen some promoter try to pull the "well, we can only have 25% attendance? Put everyone sitting together in the hard cam quarter of the arena so it looks like we're sold out- we still only did 25% attendance so you can't get mad at us" yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, SorceressKnight said: Somehow, trying for the hard cam to place people is one of those things guaranteed to not end well. It's almost shocking that we haven't seen some promoter try to pull the "well, we can only have 25% attendance? Put everyone sitting together in the hard cam quarter of the arena so it looks like we're sold out- we still only did 25% attendance so you can't get mad at us" yet. I mean it's not something that's really taking away from my viewing experience, but the reason I mentioned it is I got strange vibes after watching the Yankee-Nats opener (that got rained out). During the day it was fine, but as night comes, a vast empty stadium looks remarkably creepy. Now AEW has added people scattered around, but I think the other way around would help the visual aesthetic and ambiance. Even if you can place so many people in that area, you're not shooting several rows of empty seats on some Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii type shit. I almost expect Abdullah the Butcher's All Japan theme to start playing and Nick Mason to be doing drum fills. Edited July 29, 2020 by Elsalvajeloco 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I'd pay good money to have them digitize somebody's face melting into lava though. Maybe Archer's in mid-scream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Watching baseball I've actually been impressed by their artificial crowd noise in terms of the timing. It hasn't been nearly as goofy as I feared. If you've got in on in the background you'd hardly know it's fake. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Death From Above said: Watching baseball I've actually been impressed by their artificial crowd noise in terms of the timing. It hasn't been nearly as goofy as I feared. If you've got in on in the background you'd hardly know it's fake. Boxing in Mexico (specifically Box Azteca for TV Azteca) has experimented with this along with giant video walls of fans at home on each of the three sides you can see. The crowd noise doesn't sound very genuine, and the giant video walls was very distracting along with weird. I mean they have a very fancy setup (very much on par with WWE and what Top Rank just did at the MGM Grand Conference Center), but the video walls make it so your eye is drawn towards the fans and not the fighters in the ring. I guess it's a work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Death From Above said: Watching baseball I've actually been impressed by their artificial crowd noise in terms of the timing. It hasn't been nearly as goofy as I feared. If you've got in on in the background you'd hardly know it's fake. Ehhhhh... I watched a game the other day where the sound board guy was too early, too late, or too confused on certain plays that it came off awkwardly. Also just seeing this stuff makes me eye it cynically. Like I wouldn’t be surprised if they are thinking deep down about not bothering with fans anymore, in the same way grocery stores are doing away with self checkout lanes. I... It’s one of those “what’s the point of all this shit anymore” things. I’d personally rather have them play music loudly when the home team does something cool. Also... I have a feeling this stuff was already in use prior to this. I know because I’ve attended Florida sporting events for years, and that crowd “chattering” sounds very familiar. Edited July 29, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Harms Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 In the premier league a week or so ago, a guy got carried off the field on a stretcher and a neck brace, and the guy playing the sounds gave him a polite round of applause as he was carted away. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Boxing in Mexico (specifically Box Azteca for TV Azteca) has experimented with this along with giant video walls of fans at home on each of the three sides you can see. Just do a virtual audience like in that Black Mirror episode. That won't be creepy at all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olythegreat89 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Who knew the AWA was 30 years ahead of its time?! 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 12 hours ago, OSJ said: Yeah there was two of them, from South Africa IIRC. (No idea if that was a work or not, I never cared enough about them to research it). They were both legit from South Africa. They were the sons of a South African wrestler/promoter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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