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I'd accuse you of being cynical...but I wouldn't be surprised if you were right. Even during that beatdown, part of me expected Superman Cena to make a comeback and take out all 8 rookies by himself.
That was my favourite bit - Cena suddenly fights back and the crowd majorly pops (you know - despite the fact how everyone hates him). It screamed of Superman comeback... which didn't happen. He didn't even go through four rookies before being taken out - he hit two people and then got stopped.
Awesome.
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Wow. Only just seen RAW so I'm way behind, but... wow. Consider how down people were when NXT debuted, and then you go to this. Fantastic. They need to keep this developing real slow... which will happen due to NXT2. No quick join of 2 or 3 vets. Giving (at least some of) the rookies a chance to develop bew, heel personalities.
This really could be a huge plus for NXT1 "rookies", NXT2 rookies and the WWE in general. Really impressed. Best angle I've seen in years.
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I have no problem with how they're using Danielson. He comes as the much hyped prospect - but they're making him work for it. And why not? If he is so good he doesn't need an uber push, he can do it himself. I know people we don't want pushed do get uber-pushed, but that's wrestling. Batista draws money. That's more important to the WWE than us. And rightly so.
So, what have they done with Danielson? They've put him against some top talent, and given him decent offense. They've given him a storyline. They've given him promo time. They've given him an excuse to stay around after being cut, while others are going to have to slink onto Smackdown sometime with no explanation.
They're currently letting the crowd decide whether to back him or not. And if they back him as a face while not clean cut, that's a major result. If not, heel's are probably easier to build up.
He's got several feuds he can go down (Cole (or a representive), Miz, the NXT winner). If not he can still make people look good, before forming a tag team (which would almost guarantee a tag title reign).
We all moan like hell when they uber-push an untalented giant. How can we justify uber-pushing Danielson. Suer, I know, no-one's asking for an uber-push. But despite all the defeats, he's not being buried.
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Oh when will the Bubba Era end???
Well, if I was in the US with a Nielsen box, I'd be making sure I tuned into TNA this week after that interview.
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No but she is so awful in and out of ring and reportedly backstage that she deserves no air time at this point in time. Love and Sky cover pretty much the same fanbase lookwise and are both better/less bad. The BP where intended as a foil for the rest of the KO's and representing what the KO division was not about. Not as the centrepiece of the division. The BP worked best when it was just Love and Skye as they had good chemistry together in promo's etc. LVE should just go for now and Madison while decent is not better or more over then a lot of independent and recently released, by WWE and TNA, talent. So in my book if you have to have the BP's around reunite Skye and Love and dump those two and make room for others.
No way - surely TNA's ultimate ambition is to have KO's graduating from The Beautiful People to become seen as legitimate wrestlers? Love going back would be a huge kick in the teeth, and it's not as if there isn't a large list of people who can take a BP role.
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As if I needed another reason to hate Batista...
Here's a big pinch of salt. Looks like someone's taken a run in story and blown it way out of proportion.
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A public service announcement, from the Motor City Machineguns.
Awesome.
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The Star Wars prequels never bothered me. I mean, they were obviously flawed, but never offended me. Same with Transformers. I really liked the first one. Second not so much, but still harmless. However, I never had much of an emotional attachment to those franchises, so as long as they give me a few exciting scenes (lightsabers, robots, Harrison Ford in a fridge) I walk out happy.
George Lucas makes kids films that he hopes adults will enjoy too. That's not an insult - it's a good way of making money.
Still, that reminds me of a moment that I'd almost forgotten. When Episode 3 came out UCI Empire Square showed the 6 films back to back (4-6, 1-3) on Premiere Night, which I was fortunate enough (?) to work. George Lucas popped over from the official Premiere to introduce the film, and part way through someone shouted out "We'll never forgive you for Jar-Jar!" That brought a chuckle from the crowd, and George didn't respond to it at all, that makes me think (especially considering how much Jar Jar got phased out) that even he knew he'd made a mistake there.
Oh well, at least he made it so that we could blame Jar Jar for the creation of the Empire.
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I feel your pain. The worst is the crying, particularly when the parent is doing NOTHING about it. "Oh, my baby has been crying for the last 30 minutes in the theater, maybe in another 30 it'll just tire itself out so I won't bother with it."
That said, I don't think I could sit idly by for half an hour while that happened. I'll start with the "would you shut your kid up" looks, since it's quiet but shows it's getting annoying, and if they still don't do anything I will (and have) get vocal about it.
To add to it...
It grinds my gears when you have a kid sitting behind you in the theater and is wailing on the seat with his feet. Even if it's the seat next to you or a couple down you can more than feel it. But when its the seat YOU are sitting in, and the parent is just sitting there chomping down on popcorn... dems ground for justified homicide.
Amen. This from someone who worked in a cinema where on occassions had to ask for kids to be quiet, only to be confronted by their parents. Well, if you were doing your job I wouldn't have to tell them off!
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Jericho moving was the real kicker, just when I thought Edge was going to get away from him and be entertaining again.
That was really it for me. I get RAW being by far away the Number One show, and needing some Star Power with some exits, I get Jericho being a top draw, but really this was the time to seperate Edge and Jericho. Now granted, with a pretty deep Main Event pool they can be seperated... but I'm not sure how logical that is, considering the intensity of their feud. Oh well.
As a minaly Smackdown man, however, it's not looking too bad. Swagger, Punk, Mysterio, Show, Kofi and Christian works fine for me - frankly, adding someone like Orton into that mix wouldn't do anything for me. However, if that's the Main Event, it's the Upper midcard that's looking weak. Mercury and Gallows could be promoted. Mr Ziggles will be there. Drew, of course. I almost forgot a about Kane - one more Main Event run for him?
I'd expect to see a few NXT wrestlers end up trying to make it on Smackdown once the show's over.
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First PPV I've watched for literally years. My thoughts:
Tag Team Gauntlet: Well, the result of this was obvious from the moment the match begun. Not bad for what it was, but how embarassed must the ref have been from having to DQ someone at Extreme Rules. Embarrassed enough to not DQ ShowMiz for the next fall, despite watching the interference. Hart Dynasty to win tomorrow (and it had better be clean, as they've already got a tainted victory)
Hair vs ... er, nothing: Extreme Rules, where every match is extreme. Except this one. And the one before. Is was looking forward to this match, but it didn't quite live up to expectations. Mercury doesn't exactly bring someone with too much legitmacy to the SES. Mysterio needs a heel run.
Strap match: My one wrong predo - and the match most helped by the Special Rules, with the crowd only popping when the strap was used. I'm sure Shad will get a rematch win in theh next couple of weeks - wouldn't be too surprised to see it tonight before a move to RAW. JTG to be gone (again) in a year.
Swagger vs Orton: Was this really the slowest, dullest match ever (okay, not ever, I exaggerate)? Either the feed or my satellite started cutting out on this one, so I fast forwarded over a couple of minutes. Didn't miss anything.
Street Fight: Predicting against Triple H is always dangerous, but the opening segment gave him an excuse to lose. Whenever he's back he'll defeat Sheamus, and then probably get a Title run (assuming he doesn't just win it off Sheamus). Perfectly good Street Fight.
Women's match: With Mickie gone Beth makes the obvious champion. Highlight of the match - ironing board jokes. Until Cole took it too far when Michelle tried to use the iron. And why the hell did Vickie hand onto the plug?
Steel Cage: They let Jericho have too many near escapes, that seemed to slow down the momentum of the match. I see Edge moving over to RAW after this one.
Last Man Standing: Well, there was hate for Cena, but he by far and away got the biggest pop of the night - and Batista got the loudest heel heat. Sorry, for anyone thinking these two shouldn't be in the Main Event, they're wrong. The industry's about money, not talent. Slow at the beginning (what was with testing the ten count early in situations they would have never even tried a pin in a normal match?), but it actually got going well towards the end. The finish made more sense than handcuffs, although Cena's ability to tear to duct tape slowed the end down a little too much.
Overall, not bad - but considering there were four WrestleMania rematches, perhaps "average" was not the result that WWE should have been aiming for. Although maybe that was the overuse of gimmick matches, something I've never liked.
And I didn't realise how good a colour commentator Matt Striker was, but he was form last night. And it's nice to see that WWE's tag team division is as strong as ever.
So, draft predicitons - some women to move around. Edge and Shad to RAW, Swagger to Smackdown, along with one of Legacy. Perhaps Kofi too - he's hit a glass ceiling on RAW.
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I'm not exactly sure about this whole situation with Mark Henry. I've heard that he is one of the nicest guys in the locker room, so if he really did do that, then why would he do something like that for no reason? It just doesn't add up to me.It looks that way. He wouldn't get an adult caution if he didn't admitted the facts.
Henry has obviously admitted a wrong, but this still doesn't mean the whole story has come out. He could have reacted badly to anything, lost his rag, and then accepted that he went too far. However, I know there are certain things that I would lose my rag with to the extent that I deserved a caution, and I'd probably stand by my actions.
Not exactly cause to shout for Mark Henry's sacking.
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Join the conversation, fine.
YOU ARE A JACKASS!
You talk about religion is dead. You base this off of what?
You down those who are religious. I sir was born and raise in a Baptist family. Do I consider myself religious? Yes.
If you believe in god, or any god for that matter it makes you religious. I'm not saying people are hardcore church going bible reading all day prayers. There are some of those. Not as many as there use to be, but there are still plenty around.
I have met people on the board who simply don't believe in god. One of those people I have a great respect for. He is an awesome guy who has come out and said he isn't religious. I would never call him a jackass because he doesn't try to tell me I'm wrong on MY views.
I wouldn't have been so mad at you if you had simply said. Hey you know I don't believe in this or that. You said it was dead blah blah blah simply putting those of us that actually tend to believe in a higher power down.
So again fir the third time in this post because I actually am starting to hate you a little...YOU ARE A JACKASS.
Did you read this post?
Yes and I quite like this argument and I like pure theists' way more than christians/muslims who identify solely to their religions. I can _accept_ (Doesn't mean that I agree) the proposition of there being an anonymous higher power, something larger than life itself (or possibly 'god' equals 'life'?) more than the proposition of there being a christian god etc.. The universe is there, it's vast and mysterious and we're all of the same star stuff and the universe in itself is in us. I just don't like the man made icing on top of that idea that people are so obsessed with.Before we try and get this thread locked (and if any subject's going to do it, Religion is probably high up there), most posts are debates rather than "factual" pontifications. Lets concentrate on the debates, and keep the comments on the pontifications down to "I don't agree with this unproven Point fo View as fact".
Debate is good.
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Yes and I quite like this argument and I like pure theists' way more than christians/muslims who identify solely to their religions. I can _accept_ (Doesn't mean that I agree) the proposition of there being an anonymous higher power, something larger than life itself (or possibly 'god' equals 'life'?) more than the proposition of there being a christian god etc.. The universe is there, it's vast and mysterious and we're all of the same star stuff and the universe in itself is in us. I just don't like the man made icing on top of that idea that people are so obsessed with.
Yes, the bit that annoys me when I have people knocking on my door to "sell" religion is that they will always accept that there is just one true power - however, this power is exactly what they believe in, and every other religion is worshipping an incorrect interpretation of that God.
And as proof they come up with "look around you, the proof's everywhere". Oh yes, you're right, Buddha's clearly just an interpretation of their God. Proven. I've got an open mind, but really? You expect me to be sold just like that?
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.. We would have an awesome world to live in where the general IQ-levels would be in an all-time high and people in this world could live in peace and harmony and we could finally explore space properly.
Said like it was fact. Don't get me wrong, I like a good debate, and find this thread fascinating (if perhaps for nothing more than realising how some people are simply unable to debate), but when you throw in lines like that it really makes me turn against you. And I like turning - I'll quite happily argue both sides of a debate. I have to do it sometimes when I want a decent debate but no-one can think of the counter-arguments to what I'm saying that I can see.
We know better than to believe in a nonsense like christianity or islam or any other religion. Think about it.. Because of the accident of birth, you've born in one place at one time and your community worships the god of that time, it's that random that you happen to believe in the christian god. If you had been born in Norway during viking-era, you'd be worshipping Thor or Odin. Or Zeus, Mithras, and the list goes on and on and on. There have been thousands and thousands of other gods in the history of mankind. Why do you think yours is the right one? If you are a christian, why do you believe your god? Why don't you believe in Allah, for which you yourself are an atheist to.This is true, and an argument I use. However, a name is just a name, why can't God=Buddha=Zeus? Maybe everyone (who worships a God) is worshipping the same God, just different representations. All have huge backgrounds and stories about them which have developed over the years - it doesn't take a genuis to see these have changed. But perhaps, thousands of years ago, they all started with the same message.
Start questioning things and soon you'll find how silly believing in a higher power/god really is.I questions things, and God is completely unproven to me. But the absence of a God is also completely unproven. I have no reason not to believe in a higher power. I don't think it's silly to believe either side of the argument.
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Anyway, this would explain why a guy like Christian could just turn up on TNA...it's possible that the amount he was owed was insignificant in comparison to what he would be making in TNA, or that he agreed a signing fee with TNA to compensate him the equivalent for violating the no-compete.
The Christian one is purely down to his contract running out - once it ran out, WWE had no say on what he did. Most of the releases seem to happen while they're contract is still running, which is why WWE have a say in what happens.
The Lesnar situation is abnormal, as it wasn't WWE releasing Lesnar, it was Lesnar asking for his release. This meant that WWE could (in their minds) ask for any additional clauses (i.e. 10 year no Wrestling / MMA compete clause) that they wanted.
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They probably are, in most cases.
I'm going based on the fact that these contracts are usually bought out. Which means the WWE owes a lump sum to the performer to end the contract early. That sum fulfills the E's olbigation and the 90 day is just a clasue in the contracts that's enforced like any other part of the contract the worker agreed to upon signing.
I'm not explaining it correctly, but I guess my point is this: if the performer agrees to the no-compete, then they have to abide it as long as the WWE fulfills their end of the deal (even while cutting them loose early) .
I think that'll be the case. It's effectively giving them there 90 day notice, paying them up front for the 90 days, telling them that they don't have to come to work for the next 90 days, but they can't compete for anyone else in the 90 days.
I think Peter put it more eloquently than me.
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I'm nowhere near sold on Vince/McMahon. The story could be good, and I love Bret, but that payoff sounds dreadful.
Yeah, I don't want to see Vince fight himself either...
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Sheamus might not be everyone's idea of a new champ, but surely now is the perfect time to try it out? At best he keeps it to The Royal Rumble, because that doesn't normally sell on the title matches, it sells on the Rumble. Even if Sheamus doesn't sell PPV's, they've got two other potential sells (Smackdown Title (I have no idea if it's the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship) and Tag Title) for No Way Out.
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I used to love watching Veolcity - I remember getting home from work, slapping on the TV and seeing Kendrick & London (before they ever spent any real time on the main roster) vs Bryan Danielson and... someone else. Must have been... 6 or 7 years ago? You were always guaranteed one relly good wreslting match on the show, which was more than you were guaranteed sitting through 2 hours of one of their flagship shows back then.
Now, granted most WWE viewers, like it or not, would rather watch Cena vs Orton than London vs Akio (who had a storming match). but I don't fall in that group, and Velocity really ticked the boxes for me. Or at least that 1 match in the three did. -
Drove past a sign today for Wooton Fitzbaine in Dorset... but found it difficult to explain to everyone else in the car why I found that interesting. Given the amount of _____ Langton's around the place, I don't think it'd be a giant leap to say that somewhere there may just be a Thimbleby Langton too.
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