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Actually I think the "Vince is the bunny" idea would've been a fun throwaway segment. Or they could've used the bunny suit to put over another feud, a la DDP/Savage or Malenko/Jericho, and had Rollins wrestling Adam Rose, and then after Rollins wins, Dean Ambrose unmasks as the bunny and runs roughshod.
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Basically my question boils down to, if you're drafted but aren't quite ready for the starting team yet, do you stay with the team and only get sporadic playing time, or is there somewhere else you go to get experience?
I feel like people referencing Warren Moon and Kurt Warner aren't exactly providing current or particularly representative information. Especially Moon, since he was basically the victim of late 70's racism about black QBs not being smart enough to make reads or learn an offense.
In real life, what happens with a guy in the first few rounds that plays for a good team or isn't ready is that they end up being 2nd or 3rd in their position chart. The nature of the game requires cycling through players when fatigue is an issue, so a starting lineman will only play maybe 80% of the time, maybe less, depending on coaching and situation. That means that a guy that's second on the chart actually still plays a decent amount and gets the chance to improve (the big exception is quarterbacks, where back-ups usually only play if a game is a blowout or there's an injury).
Then, once you get into 6th and 7th round picks or undrafted players, you start seeing guys that may not make the 53-man squad. A team can have 10 guys on their practice squad, with the idea being that they know the system and are ready to play if somebody on the 53-man roster gets injured (injured players don't count towards your active players). Players on the practice squad are technically free agents, but in practice they tend to stay with the team they're trying to make.
Guys that don't make the practice squad or have been on a practice squad for too long are the ones that end up playing elsewhere. The starting QB for the defending champion Arena League team was undrafted, but signed with Tennessee, then signed and assigned to an NFL Europe team by Pittsburgh (this was 10 years ago), then signed by the Cardinals, where he was only active in one game, then signed to the Texans practice squad for a year. Then he signed with a CFL team, was cut, then a UFL team (a defunct league), then signed onto the Colts practice squad (his last year of practice squad eligibility), then ended up in the Arena League.
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Charlotte's different. She's got the industry backing because she's the "daughter of".
Of course people can grow and learn, but here's the thing: there's plenty of talented workers on the indy circuit. Why does WWE keep signing the bodybuilders and fitness models? (wait, don't tell me: it's probably Vince's influence) Of course the occasional greatness comes along, but you can increase the odds by having people that know the craft when you sign 'em. They can always Hulk up (I mean bulk up) to fit Vince's cosmetic standards. The thing with Dana is: I don't like her. And while that's not a problem on itself, it's just that I liked EVERYONE of the NXT Divas before she came along. Now I don't anymore. That said, it's just one appearance so far (but a baaad one).
Is this a real question? Because the answer is that actual athletes are far more likely to be successful at high levels for a number of reasons both in terms of what they can physically do and in terms of making the company money.
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Secondly, I had an issue with the finish of the main event of Extreme Rules. The stipulation stated that the RKO was banned but Seth Rollins used the move that was supposed to be banned. I don't remember hearing them say it was only banned for Orton so it's a bit odd and Seth Rollin's cop out excuse that it was an SKO was just plain dumb because the name makes zero sense if you really stop and think about it.
I accuse this heel of not following the rules as they were intended! I demand justice!
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I agree with all of your points.
It was an above-average B-PPV, although the final match didn't really work for me. I never really believed Orton would win, and the story of the match involved Kane a bit too much. Cena/Rusev was the worst encounter they've had; can't wait for a QTE in WWE 2K17 where you have to light up corners. That said, Show/Reigns really surprised me how much fun it was. If the ending had just been Reigns spearing Show through the table, I think it would've been my match of the night. But that dumb "cover the heel with stuff" gimmick has been done, so I gotta go with the tag match.
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Yeah I don't even think Leto is a bad choice, but that design is just too much of everything.
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Don't lie, you'd mark out if you saw Khali put someone in the ankle-lock.
Only if he grape-vined the leg.
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I feel like Naomi isnt the one to dethrone Nikki really, they need a babyface diva who has good mic skills all the time and doesnt need the pre-match black background scripted promos. Hopefully Charlotte can be that diva.
Hopefully Paige can be that diva.
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But WWE only really put her in because of her time with the company from 92-95 and the belt trash incident. That's what they focused on.
They actually have to pay for some of that other footage, so it's not surprising they didn't spend the money when they didn't have to. It's like saying that the Bushwackers are only in for being a comedy midcard team, not for being brutal heels for decades, since there was way more tv footage of them doing the Vince-walk.
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I mean they put Alundra Blayze in and the only memorable thing she did was dropping the title in the garbage
You do know that the WWE hall of fame isn't just for WWE accomplishments? Madusa was an awesome wrestler all over the world. Might as well complain about how Fujinami never did anything other than win a couple of WW(W)F belts nobody ever heard of.
I agree that AJ was a good heel manager, but her style and look did not make her a good heel in-ring.
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I don't hate CM Punk I just am not a fan of the guy there is a difference. As far as AJ Lee is concerned she has been phoning it in ever since Punk left and if she doesn't want to be there then it's probably better that she just leaves all together which is what she's done.
To me I always thought she was over rated and she only had one match that I really liked and people are already trying to justify her going into the hall of fame and that I do not see. Yeah she probably will go in one day because lets face it the WWE HOF doesn't really matter but in my eyes from everything I've seen of her she didn't have a HOF worthy career.
One memorable title reign and one memorable match/feud isn't enough to justify it but as I stated earlier she'll probably end up going in down the line because eventually they will run out of women to put in the HOF.
She probably won't be, because WWE doesn't reward people they're mad at (until they're dead/come crawling back), and they're in the middle of supporting a completely frivolous lawsuit against her husband. Better chance of someone on good terms that accomplished less getting in. WWE hall of famer Dawn Marie!
I agree, her wrestling career is mostly pretty mediocre and full of missed opportunities. Who thought the nerdy tom-boy who weighed about 95 pounds needed to be a dominant heel again? She's capable of doing good work and we saw signs of it when she'd be in the ring with Nikki Bella or Kaitlyn who could toss her around, but her heel work was pretty much crap and it seemed like it dragged on forever. Still she's a good promo and she got over, so good for her.
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I like it...a lot actually.
Needs more limes.
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but it doesn't take me a full 15 minutes to run to the bathroom...what do I do with the other wasted 14 minutes? Honestly I hate women's wrestling. NXT isn't as bad as other stuff but it is just boring, I don't care about it. Most of the time it is slower, choppy and filed with miscues because most weren't wrestlers until the model gig was over and WWE offered them a steady paycheck. The fact is I don't care about this give the dives a chance crap, and the majority of fans feel this way.
Nobody has to like everything, but the "majority of fans feel this way" is kind of crossing the line between personal taste and "broad, insulting generalizations."
You don't have to like women's wrestling, but realize it's your own hang-up, not some "and these workers are objectively worse, everyone hates them" stuff on top of it.
I mean if I based my opinion of tag team wrestling solely on what WWE presents, I would conclude that tag team wrestling as a whole is repetitive and pointless. Sure, maybe some fans like it, but it's not for me. Yes, I've seen a Young Bucks match or two, and I guess it was better, but no, it's not for me.
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Yes.. We have said that about a LOT of other technology. Steam is only at his beginning. You will see in 5-10 years..
Um, what? Read my post again. The lack of the ability to re-sell a physical disc is offset by the fact that you are often paying a fraction of the cost for the right to play. I really don't care if Skynet takes over and all infrastructure is destroyed so I can't access my Steam purchases in 2035 when I'm incorporated into a hive mind and my organs are harvested.
Now, in the present world we live in, Steam is great and even if the worst-case happens, it's totally worthwhile now, pre-robo-pocalypse. I can buy a game that's still $25 or $50 at the store for $10 or less the way I did for Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, etc., play them, and then not play them once I'm done with them, and still pay significantly less than I would pay to rent the game for a week or two.
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Yeah, pay for game that you will never have. Steam is very great.. but you will never have the game really for you. if there is one day a problem, the game must be remove from the store, game over
Number of times I've had a steam game disappear, or haven't been able to play when I wanted to? Zero.
Number of times I've been unable to find a hard copy, encountered disc errors with obsolete technology, or otherwise been unable to enjoy something even though I had full ownership rights? More than zero.
About the only advantage I can think of is the ability to re-sell, but unless you're just flipping the game after playing it for a couple weeks, your resale value is a lot worse unless you're talking about stuff that's already old enough to have a market. I bought Tomb Raider for $6 on Steam, and deleted the local content after I beat it twice. You couldn't rent it on a console for that cheap.
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Apparently Tensai/Albert/A-Train/Jason Albert/WayTooManyNames is the interim head trainer at the Performance Center until they hire a new head trainer. They just hired Adam Pearce now too long ago, so I imagine he'll eventually take the job.
Albert is a good pick though. Well respected guy who was a teacher before wrestling.
They call him "The A-Train(er)."
I'll show myself out.
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There is however one good effect caused by the draught of quality wrestling: After finally regaining access to a dvd player, I put in No Mercy 2001 and immensely enjoyed the beginning of the show. In fact, it started with the Hardy's vs Storm & Hurricane, which was quite cool. It got followed up by Kane vs Test, where I immediately had the reflex to skip to the next part, but I didn't (because I was lazy). Believe it or not, but I enjoyed it a lot (and I don't even like Test ffs). After that, by desire for wrestling action was already satiated and I put the thing off. Actually, no, I let it run a little more for Torrie & Stacy, which also contained action ("of a graphic nature" #Sunny), and honestly the whole thing could only get better, looking at what was ahead.
Now this might be nostalgia speaking, true, but whatever happens it's just more enjoyable than anything out there barring, perhaps, NXT. Also: those were the days where a PPV was almost entirely made out of matches (95%?, now it's 85% maybe?).
Test was an underrated worker before he got all roid-y. He couldn't really talk, but he was a big guy who could work well with anybody.
And yeah, as posted, WWE PPV's have never been anywhere near 95% matches. Wrestlemania X7 is a match-heavy show, but it still has a bell-to-bell time of 2:06, and a run-time on the network of 3:45. An era earlier, Wrestlemania V is 3:37 on the network, with a bell-to-bell of 1:51.
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Edge being tall is pretty much the reason he's more successful than Christian (who I was never actually a huge fan of) since they were pretty comparable in every way before Edge started getting banged up.
He was a far better serious promo, but he didnt get to do those until he got the push which mostly came from being tall with long hair
They might've been comparable in skill, but Edge was both about six inches taller and way better looking. It was obvious from day 1 which one WWF wanted to be a major player. From winning the IC title when he was a tag guy to winning KOTR in 2001, they really wanted Edge to be a big deal sooner, but injuries and his struggles to connect as a babyface delayed him a few years. Take a look at basically any match where E&C are doing the job and it's Christian taking about 95% of the falls, even back in the Brood days.
And Edge was obviously juiced when he came back to Raw following his neck injury. Part of it is it's not hard to get steroids prescribed to you when you really are rehabilitating a broken neck.
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It was a fun game. I half-get the decision to throw the ball, but throwing it over the middle of the field? It would've been better to just throw a jump ball in the corner where if you miss there's minimal chance of a pick if you just want to burn 10 seconds and a down.
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What's crazy to me about the whole Daniel Bryan thing is that they're just not getting that hardcore fans want to see the guy that won Wrestlemania this year and just came back from injury. Imagine if Steve Austin came back from injury in 2000 and was like "nah, I ain't got time for that WWE title, I gotta feud with Val Venis for a few months." It wouldn't have stopped fans from wanting Rock vs. Austin, but it would start annoying fans once it became clear that they weren't going to get the story that seems so incredibly obvious.
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Didn't watch the show. Feeling pretty good about that after reading the rumble spoilers. Vince just never learns, does he?
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Also JJ Watt is the best pass rusher in the league. Suh is probably the best defensive tackle.
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Seattle's entire defense: 1st vs. pass. Both games were no-win situations for the passing attack. Look at how much worse they lost when they relied on Rodgers the entire game.
Seattle's entire defense: 3rd against passing. Buffalo's defense: 1st.
(by DVOA, aka the best metric for measuring this data)
So basically the Bills pass rush, but worse? You know, since their front line, like you just said, were at the top of the league? And wouldn't Suh be too busy getting penalized to do anything?Yes, because if you have the best front line in the league, adding the best player in the league makes you worse. I think I'm done talking about this.
My only "anger" is that people hide behind an incredibly conservative gameplan far too often in the NFL even though it's a proven recipe for failure. Just look at all of John Fox's super bowl rings.
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Let's look at the Buffalo game from December: 17-42, 185 yards, 0 TDs and 2 INTs. Imagine how worse that would have been if it had been the Seattle secondary in that game.
Seattle's front line: 14th vs. pass, 5th vs. run
Buffalo's front line: 1st vs. pass, 4th vs. run
But, uhhhh, just imagine how much worse if somehow the Packers were playing the Bills pass rush, but with JJ Watt and Ndamukong Suh there too somehow? Maybe then he'd turn it over... four times.
And yet Rodgers didn't have 5 turnovers in that game? How very peculiar. Seriously the Packers offense was working up until they decided to go ultra-conservative, because Mike McCarthy decided he'd really rather not win too many football games.
The Official WWE / NXT Discussion Thread *May Contain Spoilers*
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No, it wouldn't. People don't chant for Ziggler now. He's a very solid hand, and I agree creative dropped the ball with him after Survivor Series, but he's never in his career been over like Punk or Bryan. It's like arguing that WWE in 2004 couldn't survive without Matt Hardy. It would hurt to lose a guy capable of very good TV matches, but it's not hard to find more of those on the roster or in NXT.