I so enjoyed listening to the Steve Austin podcast with X-Pac that I decided to search for a match between the two. I found nothing, so I remembered how much I liked Austin's podcast with Kurt Angle and found one of those matches instead. I think it was Austin's third best match of 2001 and probably his best as a full-blown heel. Meanwhile Angle is just starting to scratch the surface of what he would become as a worker. Damn good match in my opinion but what was with Austin's shitty entrance music. Overdub?
They really should have done the title change here instead of in Pittsburgh the next month, but I don't think they expected Angle to get as over as he did. And there's the whole hometown deal with the next month adding to the effectiveness of the title win, so eh. But if this match would have had a finish, it would have been an easy five snowflakes, for me.
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to say the ratings I stated are incorrect?
ReplyDeleteThey had to do it to keep people from cheering him. It's really what they should do with Randy Orton. "I HEAR VOICES..." at the start always gets a Pavlov's Pop. If they want him to really be a top heel, they should give "Burn In My Light" back to him.
ReplyDeleteHEY!
Nothing you can SAY!
Nothing's gonnachangewhatyouvedonetoMAY
I think Angle winning the belt had something to do with the American hero scoring a big win 2-3 weeks after 9/11.
ReplyDeleteThey got the belt like right back on Austin, so it wasn't the long-term plan for sure.
That match graphic looks like neither man wants to be there.
ReplyDelete"What are we even fighting for?"
"Eh, I dunno."
"Do you even wanna fight?"
"I could take it or leave it."
Dougie I get that npp guys are too cool to watch sports, so let me explain how sports work. The NBA has 30 teams. In any given game only two (2) teams can play. Now I know when you watch wrestling you'll see john cena vs cm punk and ziggler vs Axel and punk and db vs the Wyatt's all on the same show. The way it works in real sports is each broadcast contains just one game. So that one game you cited did a 1.5, so that's roughly 60% of raws rating. However there are six or seven games on at the same time every night. On different TV channels, in different areas (however 100ks of people buy league pass and watch each game). So the rating for one game isn't the size of the viewing audience for the NBA. In fact there is very little overlap of viewers. Meanwhile the million people watching smack down are taken from the 3.8 million who watch raw. The two million people watching the heat vs clippers are completely different than the 800,000 people watching Knicks vs cavs, who are completely different than the million people watching Lakers vs thunder and so and so forth.
ReplyDeleteSooo. When Randy gets his 3rd strike and Cena misses his top rope leg drop only to have an appendage fly into the 4th row, then what?
ReplyDeleteI didnt watch this show
ReplyDeleteYou would have been a terrible attorney
ReplyDeletehttp://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-12/u-s-cable-television-ratings-for-the-week-ended-nov-10.html
ReplyDeleteAll three hours of raw are in the top 15. The nba doesn't even appear.
*whoosh*
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wish computers had an IQ minimum people had to meet before they could use it.
And you wonder why people call you a troll.
ReplyDeleteYpu're willfully ignoring what he wrote just to be a dick. More people watch the NBA than professional wrestling every Monday night. It doesn't matter than Raw out-rates a single NBA game, because there are a dozen different games going on that night and... fuck it, you obviously understand this, and you're just trolling. Kudos to you.
It's sad how you keep trying to change the subject. Raw gets excellent ratings on basic cable. The nba does not. Case is closed.
ReplyDeleteThe system will increase to four strikes, and Cena will Rise Above Amputation.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how you all try to cloud the issue. Change the subject over and over. I'll keep redirecting you.
ReplyDeleteEat shit you fucking troll.
ReplyDeleteHere is the point. Npp says "NO ONE cares about the NBA." Meanwhile, more people watch it on TV, advertisers pay more to get involved with it, and it sells an incomprehensible amount of merchandize as compared to wrestling. But then again they came up with the joke rspwfat so obviously they are smarter than me.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone else made a list to tell you how to feel.
ReplyDeleteNow was that nice?
ReplyDeleteOh fuck off with this shit already. Yeah yeah it's hypocritical to bitch & moan about about the product but still watch faithfully every week, but you can love something and complain about aspects of it at the same time. There's still stuff I love (loved the Shield/Wyatts/CM Bryan finishing segment for example) and the stuff that pisses me off only does so b/c it's centered around OTHER stuff I love (Big E is awesome, but this booking sucks balls, for another example). Alright? So thank you, Holy Crusader of Differing Opinion for showing me the light. Now go argue with Dougie or something, OK? I've got more whinin' to do!
ReplyDeleteNo the subject was you said "no one cares about the NBA" pretty sure that's not right
ReplyDeleteThe American Film Institute is a film organization that educates future filmmakers and honors the heritage of the moving picture arts.
ReplyDeleteAnd HHH will bravely step out of quasi-non-retirement to help the company in its time of need.
ReplyDeleteThat was his Alliance theme. He was coming out to the Disturbed theme as of late 2000/early 2001, but when he defected during the InVasion storyline, they swapped out his music to from the Disturbed version to that (which if you listen to it has little "What?"'s peppered into it) so he'd get a heel reaction.
ReplyDeleteThis pretty much says it all.
ReplyDeleteOK, so indulging you for a second...
ReplyDeleteJobber started this by saying the amount of real sports fans is greater than the amount of pro wrestling fans. Is that where we started? yes.
Your reply to THAT was to say that Raw gets higher ratings than the weekly NBA on TNT game. Correct, that was your reply? Meaning that your reply to the initial statement ( "more sports fans than wrestling fans") was to say that Raw gets a higher rating than this weekly NBA game. So right there, you're misdirecting the argument.
Raw beating that single telecast is NOT PROOF, or even a coherent argument, against the initial statement, for reasons outlined already. (NBA fans are spread out amongst many games on any given night, because sports is viewed regionally.) Which you already know, but are ignoring, cause you're a fucking troll.
I think everyone summed up the suckiness of this, but one thing sticks out for me. Why did Punk beat on Heyman? He already got his revenge. Dude let it go. And oh yeah he completely missed the GTS. Get a new finisher.
ReplyDeleteHey did you guys know that Coke Zero has ALL the taste of regular Coke but NONE of the calories??
ReplyDeleteCan we change the subject to you eating my shit?
ReplyDeleteEvery night, there are half empty arenas all over this country during nba games. Local broadcast ratings are even worse than national ratings. But, since there are more games, you consider that a victory. The nba is a third rate league with a second rate product.
ReplyDeleteOk, you have my attention. Continue on
ReplyDeleteIt's like...super healthy.
ReplyDeleteSuper healthy eh? That really rolls of the tongue. You keep educating lad, and I shall continue gleaming the knowledge.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's some odd storytelling with him going heel again slowly. Makes no sense to do that so bingo.
ReplyDeleteGrab a can & take a seat, I wanna tell you about this AWESOME TV show I found. It's about this super hot family that has to keep up with their crazy fun celebrity lives...
ReplyDeleteI kinda got the feeling that last night was just a bunch of wheel-spinning...just a bunch of filler to coast their way into Survivor Series. I wouldn't put much stock in it.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess storyline the reasoning was A) Heyman is evil, and you can always beat on evil managers even with little prompting. (See Heenan, Bobby.) And B) Heyman had just vowed to keep fucking with Punk, so it's obvious he wasn't gonna let bygones be bygones.
ReplyDeleteI think the main reason though is that WWE basically repeats everything major that happened on a PPV at some point in the following weeks on TV, assuming that the majority of their audience didn't actually see the PPV. So for a major plot point that's probably going to be needed later (like Punk beating up heyman), they basically just do it again for the TV audience. That'd be my guess.
The can be grabbed and the seat be taken. Sprinkle me with your awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteIll feed you. You always say "money talks" as an arguement for ppv buy rates and who is an A+. The nba has 2 BILLION dollars franchise.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forbes.com/nba-valuations/
I really hate the way they did it though. At least have Heyman physically provoke him. Punk needs to, dare I say, BE A STAR!
ReplyDeleteThey sell more tickets than a wrestling event. Some are half empty but they don't give away tickets for free like the wwe. By the way the most low rent NBA franchise individually, is worth more money than the wwe. Forget about the whole league. BTW go ask executives at ABC and turner sports how 2nd rate the NBA is. If you really think than you must consider the wwe to be nothing because the wwe has a small fraction of their revenue.
ReplyDeleteYeah, much like the ring work, the video editing team was on their A+ game for most of this time period.
ReplyDeleteThe warriors were valued at nearly 500 mil. I doubt vkm could sell the entire wwe for that. At the warriors are a broke dick team
ReplyDeletelol. Pavlov's pop. My favorite is the "you suck" for Kurt Angle even after he turned face.
ReplyDeleteI gotta be honest. Anytime I see someone arguing this hard against the NBA it frankly comes off as racist. I get it dougie, the college game is more 'pure'
ReplyDeleteYea, I know in 2011 reports were the E was around 500 million in total value. Warriors are in the what, 15th biggest market also if I had to guess.
ReplyDeletehttp://m.seekingalpha.com/article/1578852
ReplyDeleteWWE valuation with links to tell you everything. Case closed
Maybe even lower. Also according to Forbes the cavs are valued at 440 million so they would probably sell for upwards of 470. The fucking cavs!
ReplyDeleteAnd now everyone that doesn't watch the nba must be racist. You are clearly desperate and grasping at straws. Continue making things up though. I'll just watch and be entertained.
ReplyDeleteYeah, if we had to choose between great storylines or great in-ring work, I think I'm happy with what we got. But the fact that the Invasion easily could have had both is mind-blowing. Could you fucking imagine how amazing the product could have been? And how much money they could have been rolling in, in perpetuity?
ReplyDeleteDon't hate on the Cavs now.
ReplyDeleteDougie this argument was over as soon as it started. You got fucking crushed and look like a dipshit troll again, plus now we all know you're racist. Smh bro, smh
ReplyDeleteOh shit. The Sacramento kings sold for 525 million. The fucking kings are worth more than the entire wwe. Yeah I'd say we win this argument
ReplyDelete2.7 is higher than 1.5 because numbers are racist!
ReplyDeleteWait, do you actually come here to start arguments, and then cut and paste about it onto a different wrestling forum? You run a wrestling forum about another more popular wrestling forum? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Holy shit. Not to change the subject, but are you the saddest boy in the world?
ReplyDeleteStone Cold's Podcast is amazing..
ReplyDeleteAngle is a guy that came along 20 years too late. If he were around in the 70s he would have had a 15 year title reign. He was successful but I still believe they missed the boat on him.
ReplyDeleteNot to speak for the great dougie2876 but 1)yes 2)yes and 3)yes
ReplyDeleteSome months ago I brought up the Scott/Scotsman feud and Scott replied saying the whole thing was a work between the two.
ReplyDeleteYea, I'm assuming Dougie understood this from the beginning and was just trying to argue but I'm not so sure anymore.
ReplyDeleteHe's also allegedly in his mid 40s
ReplyDeleteEvidently no one smartened Dougie up or any of the old Scotsmamality group.
ReplyDeleteAwww, you gotta just feel bad for the guy.
ReplyDeleteIt was all a work. Scotsman funded and hosted the entire Wordpress era of the blog.
ReplyDeleteDougie 1) its been clearly pointed out to you in dozens of posts now how the NBA has more viewers and mountains more revenue. 2) 9 times out of 10 theres only one reason why someone would have this much anger towards the NBA 3) you should give us your stormfront username so we can mock your racist posts over there like we already do with the npp posts
ReplyDeleteJust to back up Jobber's point, I will say that I am racist and I hate the NBA.
ReplyDeleteDo you hate the Negroes or the influx of foreigners coming in taking jobs from the short nonathletic white American man?
ReplyDeleteOh and hey big doug Trichome Collective just merged with SD compassionate care so now I'm technically only a member of 5 dispensaries.
ReplyDeleteRaw gets better ratings than the nba because people are racist. Got it.
ReplyDeleteI JUST said that! You don't have to go around copying people! You act as if you own the place or something! Now go away so we can hear from the #1 draw on the BOD Parallax!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, while I have you here can I ask about your feelings on the Bryan/HHH situation?
"Non athletic white American man"...
ReplyDeleteThis isn't athletic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDZkS5dBu6c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I don't know why but I'm getting the impression that you don't like Dougie.
ReplyDeleteYour point is Raw gets better ratings than a single broadcast of NBA. Jobber is saying on a given night NBA slaughters WWE in total viewership. This dick measuring contest is tiresome.
ReplyDeleteFair enough sir...fair enough!
ReplyDeleteThat's clumsy and disturbing.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Mr Vinson. I be messin' around. I figured Jobber could use an Exhibit A for his argument. And since a real racist couldn't be found, I played one.
ReplyDeleteActually I'm disturbed by how easy it is for foreigners to get student visas.
ReplyDelete....ah.
ReplyDeleteYou can start here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPQMZ__09g&feature=share&list=FLHf-74RJJHOj-caBKK1LQUg
That's your take from all this?!?! Well in that case you do fit the stereotypical racist as far as being stupid.
ReplyDeleteThat lady's cackle is fucking phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteYou broke your cherry!
ReplyDelete"14% South Sahara African". Pretty specific DNA.
ReplyDelete"Sprinkle me with your awesomeness."
ReplyDeleteThat's what she said!
THE DAWNING OF A NEW REVOLUTION!!!
ReplyDeleteSo am I. And I will be the first to do something about it....once I get topped off from the cute French chick in my kickboxing class whose on a student visa..
ReplyDeleteIts what's best for business.
ReplyDeleteThis is my favourite match of all time.
ReplyDeleteLegit LOL for that.
ReplyDeleteThis. Maybe because it was taped and in the UK, it felt like a placeholder RAW. The only thing that seemed 'new' was the Shield's interaction with Orton and the Wyatts could be the seeds of a face turn for them.
ReplyDeleteBTW moron no one said the raw ratings are bad. I said more people watch the NBA and you said no one, not a single person in the world apparently, cares about the NBA. I proved to you that more people watch it and it has incomparably larger revenue stream and is worth maybe 50x more. Then you call me a fucking idiot on another board? What are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteSo...I'm just gonna leave this here.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.memegeneokerlund.com/media/created/fvv26v.jpg
I can't believe I stayed at work two hours late just to argue with a troll on a wrestling blog. I gotta get home before the splash city game.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I loved this theme - I actually had it burned to a CD that I played quite frequently.
ReplyDeleteDon't know why you guys keep feeding him.
ReplyDeleteThey'll literally cut off Bryans leg and surgically connect it to Cenas stump. Cena will only miss 2 days and headline the next 6 ppvs
ReplyDeleteLegit LOL
ReplyDeleteThat's lazy
ReplyDeleteBoth AFI top 100 lists have been criticised.
ReplyDeleteThat's more because of the perceived audience for wrestling versus audience for NBA. You seem obsessed with NPP
ReplyDeleteIs it? Cause it's hard for me to understand a woman that has her mouth full................with my nether regions.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud of you1
ReplyDeleteMe and you pal, me and you!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsI-wF3xvCU
there was a fan tweet that wwe showed that said something about "vince and the corporation" never taking a vacation. i found it amusing that wwe ran the tweet since ironically it could be taken as an indictment that has been brought up here about where the hhh/dbry angle has fallen flat, that in the days of austin/mcmahon, vince always showed ass, something hhh never has done for dbry
ReplyDeletesort of a "shoot comments..." moment but in a different way
Billionaires are dying to buy basketball teams. It's amazing how much the NBA has changed.
ReplyDeletei know it was to st up the closing angle with the face run-in, but cereally, why didnt dbry and punk leave the ringside area during the wyatts/shield showdown? it was one of those moments where the characters looked like dumbasses
ReplyDeleteOn average, how easy would you say it is to get ayahuasca in your neck of the woods? Yknow, for research purposes.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't be easier, most dispensaries have a doctors office. Just go and and give him a reason, any reason and your good to go. Costs about 100 bucks
ReplyDeleteI think its obvious I'm just fucking with a troll
ReplyDeleteIts also because far more people watch the NBA, although you are right that the NBA also has better demographics. I think the npp is a joke and I'm not above shitting on it. Also dougie couldn't be more wrong about this.
ReplyDeleteHow am I Thunder's only upvote for that?! It's gold, Jerry, gold!
ReplyDeleteI thought they were booked into a bit of a corner there - Austin just joined the Alliance the month before, I thought it was too soon for him to lose it. But Angle has such strong momentum as a face, it was hard to have him lose. So they just did a series of screwy finishes that solved nothing.
ReplyDeleteThe fast metal type song? If so, yeah I loved that theme for Austin, I thought he could have kept it as a face to.
ReplyDelete"are you the saddest boy in the world?"
ReplyDeleteJesse Baker has that gimmick covered. Dougie is just the intercontinental champion by comparison. :p
Fucking beat down on
ReplyDeleteI nearly crashed my car when listening to the fan appreciation podcast. He gets to talking about how he had to go pick up tampons for his wife...was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.
ReplyDelete"Sorry folks, park's closed....."
Wasn't talking to you man. No worries!!
ReplyDeleteBerserker: next time you feel like writing a paragraph like the above, just post a picture of a crying toddler instead. Exactly the same message but way less effort to read. Are you this much of a baby every time you encounter a situation you don't like?
ReplyDeleteone of my absolute favorite matches, sans the non-finish. and the music is *not* an overdub, and I quite like it even more than the Disturbed version of his classic theme.
ReplyDeleteTop five television matches ever, and it'd be one of the best ever if it were on a memorable PPV.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually better than the famous tag match from Raw, to boot.
That's one of the things I love about this one and every heel should do it.
ReplyDeleteI hate how heel champions tend to go through the motions, and when they do ram the face into a post or the apron it's done once or twice and then they move on. Why the hell wouldn't you just keep repeating something devastating when you can't lose the title by DQ?
Yeah, much as the angle sucked, if you chuck in a random PPV from that time, it's generally full of good-to-great matches. With a roster that deep, once the wrestling actually started, it was virtually impossible to fuck up.
ReplyDeleteAnti-Ryback.... Feed...him...less
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody find it a little hypocritical that they're doing a country themed show after they had spent many years mocking WCW for targeting rednecks? And it's not like advertisers are keen on promoting their products during redneck themed shows and it's not like there's a huge base of country music listeners in New York, Connecticut and California (where nearly all of their business partners and most loyal supporters and consumers are located) so ultimately, what's the point of it?
ReplyDeleteIf they're so desperate to do a shitty theme show, couldn't they have just gotten Donald Trump, Jerry Springer or Bob Barker make another one shot appearance instead?
Yeah, if the NBA is in such bad shape then why are CBS, ABC and Turner Sports in the middle of a nasty bidding war for future TV rights while WWE can't even get NBC Universal to fork over more money for their already existing deals?
ReplyDeleteThey really need to look at the ratings before they ever use that line again. They can't even beat reruns and shitty Disney shows on Friday nights for crying out loud!
ReplyDeleteIt would have been weird to have a champion in his early teens, though.
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that the only fans left are internet nerds like us (maybe to a lesser extent) and rednecks who may or may think it's still real.
ReplyDeleteHHH doesn't book the show. that's still Vince.
ReplyDeleteI think you're probably ovwer assuming your demographics, there. Tons of people in the Northeast listen to country. Its overtaken that Celine Dion easy listening shit as the go-to for middle aged women to listen to in their car, from what I've seen. Its hugely popular through New England. Unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at your avatar I am understanding why you are getting offended.
ReplyDeleteHmm, glad I skipped this post.
ReplyDeleteHulu oddness: Canadian mainstay “Little Mosque on the Prairie” is now “exclusively” on Hulu as “Little Mosque”. Are they concerned that the “Prairie” portion would make it too ethnic? It’s OK to be Muslim but not Western Canadian? Something something oil joke…
ReplyDeleteUm, it's a take on Little House on the Prairie... which is affectionately known by it's fans as Little House.
I'm gld you edited your post, your original reply made you sound like like a huge dick...made me cry like a picture of a whining toddler! Anyway, you read more emotion into what I wrote than I actualy felt. Of course you're right, but concluding Vince is a senile eogomaniacal buffoon or some of the booking decisions at this point are incredibly asinine is just elementary.
ReplyDelete" I get the feeling that Cena really likes Cesaro because he gave him a lot here, so perhaps next year Cena will put Cesaro over at Summerslam to set him up for a feud with the Wyatt Family after three months of everyone undermining him in the main event slot. That’s as close to elevation as you ever get anymore."
ReplyDelete:: massive fucking sigh ::
Anyone else feel like a battered wife to WWE's wife beater?
WWE: Shut the fuck up, net geek! You'll get Big Show and you'll like him! *backhand*
IWF: I'm so sorry! Please, please, please don't build up anyone I really love and undercut them at every turn again! It is just so frustrating!!!
WWE: Didn't I just tell you to shut the fuck up? Here's a couple of guys dressed as our version of matadors (yeah, we know they don't wears masks. Fuck you) and midget a bull costume. Cheer, bitch. I said cheer!!!
IWF: but...it's so bad on so many levels....
WWE: Here's Cena back two months early. Suck on that.
IWF: Noooooooooooooo!!!!
WWE: And we're going to repackage Kane again, as a corporate authority figure (because we clearly don't have enough), and then he and Maddox will redo the Hell No schtick. We might even bring back that psychiatrist guy.
IWF: Why do you hate me? Why do you hate me so much? *tears*
Ok, the flying appendage line legitimately cracked me up. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI'd laugh at that if I didn't think they'd actually try.
ReplyDeleteI have officially decided that I'm going to shit all over your revolution. Just because. And fuck you.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day. :-)
Wait, what? Ewoks? I missed that.
ReplyDeleteWait, wait. Never mind. Don't wanna know.
I think "drizzle" would be a better word.
ReplyDeleteIts cute that you want to take a shot at the champ in order to make a name for yourself. I remember how well that worked out for Michael Spinks in the 1980's
ReplyDeleteI was fucking *dying* for the brainwashing gimmick. Seriously. I would have kissed VKM's ass myself to get it.
ReplyDeleteOr if you ask Vince, they'd need to use Bryan's whole body to make up Cena's leg. Because he's TOO SMALL, you see.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is possible a guy to lose a match and get elevated at the same time. It is difficult to pull off, certainly not the norm, and they certainly didn't do it with Big E. However, it seemed like they did do it with Ziggler when Del Rio kicked the crap out of his head after the legit concussion, but then they shit all over Ziggler. The classic example is Stone Cold vs Bret at WM13, but I don't know if we'll ever see that again.
ReplyDeleteOh, and fuck the NBA. Nobody cares. ;-)
They Wyatt angle was finished when Kane came out and beat on them for a few minutes. What're you, stupid?
ReplyDelete-VKM
It's cuter that you consider yourself a "champ."
ReplyDeleteIts a shame how jealous you are of me... its natural given who you are and who I am... but its a shame none the less.
ReplyDelete"This buyrate is gonna make Daniel Bryan’s run look like Steve Austin by comparison in terms of drawing power."
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope because the product is terrible.
I will admit to being jealous of and frustrated by others who have succeeded in the music industry when I haven't. It's a shortcoming of which I am aware and actively try to change.
ReplyDeleteHowever, jealous of you? Nah. Jealous of your ability to believe in the overestimation of your own worth, perhaps. It ain't a lie if *you* believe it.
Reading these reviews is the closest I'll ever get to watching wrestling for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, I'll happily be shelling out $60 to watch GSP fight Johnny Hendricks this weekend. See,there's these two really good fighters; one is the champion, and the other REALLY wants to be champion. They're going to fight to see who gets to be champion. Crazy, eh?
ReplyDeleteI had a witty, yet very mean spirited response all typed up... but I decided against it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you are in such a bad mood or whatever today, I hope it gets better, and if taking it out on me is helpful for you then by all means continue. I can take it.
LOL Taking the high road now? Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a pretty good mood today, actually. My response wasn't meant to be mean spirited; it was just supposed to be a good verbal jab.
Ah... not the high road really... you just seemed legit cranky or whatever... I got to thinking about times I've been that way and how the last thing I needed was some douche bag to antagonize the situation (even if I started it) so I decided to go in a different direction... either that or I am the one having a "unique" dy and am feeling more empathetic than normal, which is a distinct possibility.
ReplyDeleteRaw made me cranky last night. Today I'm good. As for your empathy...that time of the month?
ReplyDeleteHave you seen "country" lately? It's a bunch of blonde, tan bimbos and guys who take their shirts off.
ReplyDeleteI mean, the theme idea is stupid but country isn't the redneck stuff that it used to be. It will be a "pop country" event...think Taylor Swift and such.
RAW still made you cranky last night?
ReplyDeleteAnd no, that's not why.
Austin teamed up with Bradshaw against X-Pac & Scott Hall on RAW in 2002 just before Austin left, I don't think they ever really fought one on one though.
ReplyDeletePunk beat Ryback with a low-blow, I don't think he's particularly upstanding.
ReplyDeleteFucking hell. Monday night. Not last night. I was fine last night. Worked on vocals for a song for a couple of hours, and a couple of voice over auditions.
ReplyDeleteSo, why empathetic?
Sometimes doing what is right for a majority causes harm to a minority. Some times doing what is right for someone in the long run, sucks for them in the short run. Sometimes there are situations where every option is a bad option, sometimes you have to give vague ass responses like this to legitimate inquires because it wouldn't be appropriate to provide more detail in this environment.
ReplyDeleteSounds like life. If you want to drop me an email, you can. My first name at my domain.
ReplyDeleteBoth of Orton's solo theme songs have been awful, IMO. I miss the evolution theme song. That was badass.
ReplyDeleteIt's hugely popular everywhere. It's fun and easy to say every song is about "my wife left, the dog got hit by a milk truck and my shotgun ain't shootin' no more, but I got my whiskey and my geetar, so yeehaw, ya'll," but country is easily the second most popular genre in the US, if not the first.
ReplyDeleteMonday Night ROH.....Bwaahahahahahaha...
ReplyDeleteYour jokes are funny.
Looking forward to Cena Vs Cesaro next summer, too.
Yes it was.
ReplyDeleteI just started listening a few weeks ago, and it is the best damn thing going. The Ric Flair episodes were fantastic. I could listen to the old timers talk about the travel, promoters, drawing money, etc. all day long.
ReplyDeleteKaitlyn's nip slip was much better. At least she's hot, unlike the Bellas.
ReplyDeleteWe'll never see good story writing like Bret/Austin ever again because there are no 'bookers' just writers from comedy shows and other crap. Wrestling should be written/booked by wrestlers, not rejects from SNL. Why no let Dusty, Hayes or Heyman book the shows? Would be better then the crap we see now.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised that once I got about 25 miles outside of the NYC area the stations all changed to country or lite rock.
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point, but I think there is some benefit to using writers, though I don't think they should be used exclusively. There should be a happy medium that makes the best out of both approaches.
ReplyDeleteWeird? Yes! Unwarranted? No!
ReplyDeleteThe low-blow can be justified. He's doing what he has to in order to win against a guy that's bigger and stronger.
ReplyDeleteHeyman couldn't move. Even the horsemen let Dusty heal before they beat on him again.
Maybe if they had writers who were wrestling fans and know the product. I wonder how many of the current writers grew up on WWF/WWE and are true fans and not just looking for a writing credit for a resume? How many remember how awesome the booking for Piper/Adonis, Hogan/Orndorff. Savage/Steamboat, Austin/Bret, Shawn/Bret, etc.
ReplyDeleteAustin would kick you in the balls while staring at you. There's the difference.
ReplyDeleteWell, there was the interview with the one guy who was a fan that was posted on the blog recently. That aside, I would guess (based on nothing resembling evidence) that they shy away from actual wrestling fans; they probably figure they have all the wrestling fandom and knowledge they need in house.
ReplyDeleteJobber, you're my Hero. I don't even care for Dougie or his viewpoints here, but you, my friend...you're a laugh. A Therapist's dream! But, I'm not a Therapist (or a "Rape Counselor"), so what would I know? Practictioners with Master's Degrees know nothing, right? :)
ReplyDeleteHere's something I do know: You have zero life, and it's evident in the near-9000 posts you've contributed to this site. The few things you enjoy/like (basketball, video games, wrestling) will lead you to argue with people until they're done with you...at which point, you declare victory, usually by "burying" or "crushing" someone. What kind of sad, fucked up pleasure do you get by "winning"? Do you think any of these people give a crap about the arguments you "win"?
Bro....if that's "winning" to you...you're a loser. Why don't you stick with the things that you can *win* at, like being a fucking stoner embarrassment wrasslin' fan to your family? There doesn't even have to involve a petty, sad nerd fight involving you "burying" me or accusing me of making stuff up! Hell, you don't even have to lift one of your fat little fingers! You win just by being you!
HERE'S TO THE KING OF ARGUMENTS. MAY HE CRUSH, BURY, OR DESTROY ANYONE WHO GETS IN HIS TUBBY LITTLE WAY.
Lol! Best. Post. Ever.
ReplyDeleteMy god, can you imagine Angle back then? 80s NWA?
ReplyDeleteYeah, my original reply was super-dickish and I thought it was outta line for what I was trying to get across. Sorry. Glad I prevented tears from flowing on both your side and mine! ;)
ReplyDeletePlus there are a LOT of people that believe in Hendricks to finally take the belt off that tyrant GSP!
ReplyDeleteHe he initially turned and joined Vince, he switched to a badass, slow paced version of his regular theme, too.
ReplyDeleteDunno about that. GSP makes great fighters look bad. He completely clowned Hughes, Koscheck, and Fitch, who are all great wrestlers, and wasn't bothered by Hardy or Alvez, who can throw bombs.
ReplyDeleteThe three-parter with Nash is still my favorite but it's just hard not to enjoy any hour of Austin shooting the shit with someone. It's such an easy, fun listen.
ReplyDeleteI've been through this before, but other than completely dismantling Koscheck (which I thoroughly enjoyed), he just kind of lays around on guys for 25 minutes. Don't get me wrong, he's the best at it, but it's just not the kind of fights the other champions were doing.
ReplyDeleteThe return of Jeff Jarrett!?!?! Tune in to Nitro to find out!
ReplyDeleteOr any promotion. Put him against Nikita and you would do some business.
ReplyDeleteDude, the Northeast goes NUTS for country concerts now. They're like the tailgating event of the year.
ReplyDeleteThe "what" chants was one of the deciding factors of me giving up on the WWE. I couldn't stand guys that were good on the mic having their promo's interrupted by fans who thought they were being funny. It's still sickens me when I hear it.
ReplyDeleteIt's all a part of HHH/Steph's dastardly master plan: To book and write things so drastically, dramatically terribly that they run off the long time fans who HATE them (a/k/a the "smarks") and are left with nothing but the brain dead, slobbering fools who eat any plate of shit the McFamily serves up to them. Wrestling's version of "The Producers", sort of. And it's working, by and large.
ReplyDeleteRaw Goes Country next week? I'm saying the now only in the hopes that someone from the WWE reads this blog and then books the opposite of what we say so....I hope Michael Cole spends more than half of the show making fun of Evil Country Singer Jeff Jarrett as if anyone actively watching now remembers.
ReplyDeleteI live in the South, and I actually know a few rednecks who seem to think it's all real...
ReplyDeleteIt actually grew on me over the course of his heel run. I hated it to begin with, by the end I kind of liked it.
ReplyDeleteThat one was done by Disturbed.
ReplyDeleteYeah that Angle victory was all about a feel good victory days after 9/11. Austin was Champion again by the next pay per view.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my all time favorite matches. The in-ring action during this time helped heal the blow of the terrible booking surrounding it.
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