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Blood, boobs or bad words?

Hey Scott,
 
So let's pretend WWE's corporate sponsors, investors and/or whoever else influences WWE programming collectively gives Vince McMahon the OK to bring back one "adult" element from the Attitude Era in an effort to improve ratings and subscriptions. Vince has the choice to bring back blood, nudity/sex (still cable-TV friendly) or cursing to WWE television.
 
If you were advising Vince, which one of the three would you tell him is best for business, and which of the three do you just personally want to see again?

​Boobs are best for business (and ratings patterns definitely used to prove that all the way into the HLA nonsense) but I don't trust the monkeys hammering on the typewriters now.  Not to mention that the current crop of Divas are barely even passable actors at the best of times.  

Personally, I'd like to see blood back, IN MODERATION, in important and meaningful places.  Like Hell in a Cell for a big feud.  Guys gigging themselves on TV because they want to pop a rating is a waste and the kind of barbaric nonsense that helped kill the Crockett territories under Dusty.  ​

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  1. For the love of all that's good lets not put the Divas division back to AE levels.

    Moderate blood is fine so long as the proper testing is done beforehand. Cursing as well but again not all the time.

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  2. Was Orton on Monday a good use or just trying to pop a rating? Didn't look accidental like Cesaro's earlier in the night. I thought it added a lot to the moment. A bladejob for a big heel beatdown is a long way from Last Blood Battle Royals.

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  3. Ugh, Summer Rae and Paige feuding over which one was impregnated by Cesaro.


    And honestly, as attractive as the women they get are, cable (even basic cable) has gotten so much more sexified that it's not an arms race they can win.

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  4. This. The Divas division could use improvements for sure but they have a nice crop of talented wrestlers on the main roster and NXT. AJ vs Nikki should be good, even Paige and Alicia could end up decent.

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  5. I love Hennig, but I dont recall any particularly outstanding matches in 90 or anything. Flair wins this without a second thought

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  6. I'll go with cursing, but on the condition that it means that promos would actually be improved and more realistic. ECW-era Rhino is overkill, as is TNA-era Road Dogg with all the homophobic slurs, but if it means that everyone stops sounding like they're five years old, it'd be a HUGE improvement. It's hard to believe in a blood feud when the people involved are beating up mannequins or dropping poop on someone.

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  7. What does the "to pop a rating" thing even mean, when we are talking about a live show? Unless we knew in advance that wrestler X was going to bleed in Y segment, why would it equate to ratings if a guy bled randomly on TV. If a Ziggler vs Kingston maych suddenly featured a random bladejob, why would that equal a ratings boost in a live show?

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  8. Wrestling at its best is like a comic book or an action movie.


    I've seen a good action movie that didn't have boobs.


    I've seen a good action movie that didn't have cursing.


    I've never seen a good action movie that didn't have blood.


    It's such an immediate, visceral sign of violence that any super intense fight scene without it falls a little flat (the lack of blood is one of my main issues with the recent superhero movies).


    The only thing from an acting perspective that cursing adds is a realism/grittiness to the work, you can be threatening and natural without it though.


    And boobs eh, if you're not sexy full-clothed, you won't be sexy naked.

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  9. I mean, I think sex appeal is definitely a draw, but that's the case for the performing arts in general (Nirvana would've sold less albums if people didn't want to fuck Kurt) but I also don't know if you sex up the divas division anymore without it hitting a point of ridiculousness and parody (just like Nirvana would not have sold more albums if Cobain performed in ass-less chaps).

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  10. Yeah, I've always thought the same thing about him He was in some great feuds, but the matches always seemed to result in over-booked non-finishes. His Wrestlemania match against Jake the Snake should have been a classic, but instead it was just an angle. It seemed like they were always holding out for a payoff which never came with DiBiase. His only real blow-off match was the one against Virgil at Summerslam, and even that degenerated into the DiBiase/Repoman vs. Virgil/Tito Santana angle--teaming with Repoman is a great way to lose all your heat. It would have been great to have seen DiBiase and Hennig during the PPV era where they would have been in a position to build a body of memorable matches.

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  11. Out of all the things that helped JCP, I don't think "too much blood" is on the list.

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  12. I find it funny that some of hbks worst matches was with perfect.

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  13. I think face Shawn and heel Perfect could have been better.

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  14. Flair in 90 was still the man

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  15. Yeah, I don't think of him as a bad wrestler I just can't immediately think of any "you gotta see that Dibiase!" matches either.

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  16. Flair was an odd one for me because he did have some good brawling matches I just never saw Ric Flair as anyone you'd be worried would kick your ass.

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  17. Or stop the great Mike Modano point blank?

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  18. Dusty booking bloodbaths night after night certainly helped to kill that as a money drawing tactic.

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  19. And then there's Japan.



    Hennig was never the best in any year. He was an incredibly talented worker who could do many things no one else could, but there was always someone better around.

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  20. Because ratings track minute by minute and that's the kind of stunt Russo used to do all the time.

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  21. I'd say blood in the right cases but let's not discount bad words - teenagers love it and it adds realism when someone is so angry they want to beat the shit out of you rather than mock you for smelling like poop.

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  22. Pretty sure it was hardway. Fairly weak bladejob if he did gig

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  23. Very true. I do miss bra and panties matches and whatever skanky stuff they pulled off pre-PG.

    I am a man and a wrestling fan.

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  24. Blobs. Yes.
    Blood. YES.
    Cursing, not necessary, but the Disney movie language they are having Ambrose use when he is pissed at Rollins is so cheeseball

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  25. Boobs they got plenty of. Blood only means something at the right time, in moderation. Swearing doesn't really add anything. I'd settle for plain old intensity & authenticity. Make the guys feel like real people, not actors playing characters reading lines. Show some passion. Make matches, wins & losses and the titles mean something again. Any of that would mean more than trying to be Attitude Era Edgy again.

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  26. Charismatic eNegro Jef VinsonNovember 7, 2014 at 7:07 PM

    I would say blood, but my fear is that Vince would pull the trigger on an angle involving a Diva on her period.

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  27. blood to come back...so the censoring on the live stream would stop.

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  28. I might have mis-remembered it but didn't you say Brie was all around terrible in your HiaC report?

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  29. Yeah, but... god help me I'm starting to come around to liking her. I could *almost* get behind them going all in on her. Make her just a total bitch, skilled just enough to hang with any other Diva in the ring, but ruthless, will cheat like a mother to win if she has to. Give her the belt and mow her over all the other women; while they build up Charlotte as the woman skilled enough, with all the tricks learned from the Dirtiest Player in the Game. Have them clash in a shockingly violent, bloody war that redefines what women's wrestling should be. Yeah! God I shouldn't drink coffee this late in the day. Forget I said any of this.

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  30. I'm actually against blood. Guys getting cut hardway is cool though, but guys blading nowadays with no kayfabe anymore seems like a waste.

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  31. Doesn't it suck that in 2014 we're still talking about ratings?

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  32. Yes, but what does that have to do with the topic at hand?

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  33. my favorite pointless blade job as of the past couple years was cm punk blading for jerry lawler in their cage match on raw haha. seriously save the blade for cena, not old man lawler.

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  34. DiBiase consistency delivered ***-**** matches on the house show circuit but he never had a classic match on a PPV or on television in the WWF. You could say the same about Hennig with the exception of his PPV matches with Bret Hart.

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  35. I wonder if Hennig wouldn't have been better off in WCW. He would have been a natural Horsemen candidate, but I also think he could have really taken off in either Eaton or Zbyszko's spots in the Dangerous Alliance. I'm sure he would have loved working with Rude and I think he would have gelled really well with Anderson and Austin (maybe we'd have gotten a different Hollywood Blondes) too. The Mr. Perfect character was great, but the early 90s were not kind to workrate guys in the WWF; WCW might have suited a worker of Hennig's style more.

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  36. I was really surprised when I saw that it was hardway from the playback because that was such a stupid cut. It was too deep, it was on his scalp (http://mmafightfans.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/A1fUYn-CQAAZwdA_large.jpg), and the match was worthless. Plus, he got fined some ungodly amount of money.

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  37. Dandy really was best in the world that year. With no exaggeration or irony.

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  38. he tried to add an extra snowflake to a dud by doing it lol.

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  39. 3 or 4 blade jobs a year to blow off big feuds in a gimmick match shared among a roster of 75 guys with both participants being blood tested beforehand.


    What kind of pansy could possibly have a problem with that?


    Bring back the Diva jerk off mags & dvds too because you might as well make some money off most of these dead weight broads.

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  40. lana has some sexy thong pics on the net..

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  41. dude...Hollywood Blonds vs Rude/Hennig in 93.....orgasm

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  42. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 7, 2014 at 7:40 PM

    When I was 12, I had those diva jerk off mags. And they were all stuck shut. Imagine that.

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  43. DiBiase's match with Savage at WrestleFest was really good. Like ***1/2 but I don't know what WrestleFest counts as

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  44. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 7, 2014 at 7:42 PM

    YES. More blobs! The Revolting Blob is my favorite wrestler!

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  45. Rhino's swear filled promos for ROH were a guilty pleasure.

    Just ridiculously over the top

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  46. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 7, 2014 at 7:44 PM

    I was watching Starrcade '85 the other night and it was astounding to me that the Magnum/Tully match was so special and intense, considering that like 6 other matches on the card had blade jobs.

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  47. Frankly I couldn't care less about boobs.
    I don't watch wrestling for boobs. There are better avenues if I'm so inclined.

    Blood and swearing where naturaly applicable. 100% in favor.

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  48. A compromise: bring back boobs, but go to black and white when the puppies come out

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  49. Perfect would've been better in NWA/WCW in the late 80's/early 90's, but would've been a (ahem) perfect fit in WWF during the attitude era. Wrong place wrong time indeed

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  50. Boobs bella = RATINGS

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  51. We must settle this in the Breastopolis!

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  52. Have you watched Manhattan on WGN, SO much implied nudity?

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  53. Sex and violence compliment each other like peanut butter and chocolate.

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  54. Down at the Jugome?

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  55. WrestleFest was a special video release or something like that.

    What you said proved my point. It was a good match but it wasn't classic match held on a big stage. DiBiase rarely had bad matches but he was never placed in a position to have a classic in the WWF. The main part of that was that 80s WWF the focus was more on providing a consistently entertaining show rather than having blowaway matches here and there.

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  56. Like that fat ass Japanese at Bound for Glory?

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  57. I don't really miss any of that. The one "adult" element I'd like to see is the no. 1 face behaving like a grown man.

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  58. Your a poopy head!

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  59. This the BoD universe. You have the right to call me what you want

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  60. Hey! I is smart?

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  61. Except WWE has a peanut allergy.

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  62. sometimes using it in an angle to emphasize a blood feud or to start a new feud is probably means more than doing it in a match

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  63. Do you have any nude pics, like of your tits and stuff? Please post them.

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  64. I live in NY and I'm away on business up in Toronto. WWE Network isn't working. Brutal.

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  65. (in Tim & Eric voice) theinternet

    if Nikki Bella took her top off and it trended on twitter, it might actually get people to tune in.

    plus there's people on the west coast hearing about stuff on the internet earlier and tuning in to see something shocking

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  66. I say bring black the tits, and have 'CUNT' written on them with human blood.

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  67. wait, in that scenario are Summer Rae and Paige both pregnant, but one might be carrying Cesaro's baby? or does the winner get Cesaro's sperm?

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  68. A compromise to make everybody happy! Thanks Satan.

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  69. Blood, we already have bad words, and boobs can be done better elsewhere. Not in every PPV main event (I remember when the forehead bandages on Raw seemed to be a running gag), but in big matches where the storyline or match type calls for it.

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  70. How about HHH and Orton feuding over Stephanie's pregnancy, if rumors of her being preggo again are true?

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  71. I wish I'd had more access to Japan from '90 but as awesome as Flair was I really loved Liger.

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  72. I dunno, for the most part I'm not really seeing it from Brie. Nikki has looked shockingly good lately though.

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  73. So what happened to Riley? Why did he get moved to commentary?

    On some level, that episode is symptomatic of WWEs problems. Outside of the main, each match was 2 dudes fighting. Nothing at stake. Nothing real memorable about the characters.

    I'm not saying that Hawkins/Gabriel/Axel/Riley are world beaters but they could all have been solid hands that could fill out the midcard. Nowadays the midcard only exists to feed the main eventers.

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  74. Nothing really but it just bugs we is all. It's still fair to call her a terrible actress but she's improved leaps and bounds as a worker.

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  75. Once again, #LOLCENAWINS

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  76. 1990 was not a good year for great WWF matches. Perfect actually did have a good year--the matches with Santana were really good. He may well have been best in the company, but Bret Hart, Ted DiBiase, and even the Big Boss Man were around there as well. Savage too, but he was stuck in an utterly stifling feud with Dusty Rhodes.


    Best in the US? Hell no--Flair and Bobby Eaton were. Hell, Luger had another great year, too. Best in the world? Nowhere remotely close. 1990 was an outstanding year for guys like El Dandy (blah blah who are you to doubt blah blah, yeah, thanks for that original contribution), Jumbo Tsuruta, and Stan Hansen.

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  77. I totally understand it. He was wrestling The King of Memphis Jerry Lawler In his hometown in a cage match. We look at Lawler now as that shitty announcer on raw, but in the 70's and 80's he was a god there.

    Punk was just showing respect. I would have done the exact same.

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  78. Barbaric? Precisely what do you think wrestling is? 2 guys have a problem with each other and the only way they know how to solve it by fighting? That's pretty barbaric.

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  79. Their 1991 match on the WM7 special had just that kind of dynamic and was much better than the Summer Slam match to boot.

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  80. Even with a groin pull the likes of which we've never seen, I'm told.

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  81. How bout just feuds that actually mean something, with legitimate, believable beefs, where the intensity and drama is real and not just forced and tacked on? Just better, logical booking is all this product needs. Blood and the like can follow if necessary.

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  82. Its down on 3rd, in the Boob District...

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  83. Yeah, what wrestling is really missing these days is more guys getting hepatitis.

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  84. Well, it was what Dusty did best.

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  85. Fun to watch Regal break character, if only for an instant.

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  86. Yes! I was just about to type the same thing. The most popular TV shows right now are serials told over multiple seasons with large casts of characters who are always backstabbing and betraying each other. Stuff like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, etc.... There's no reason the WWE can't do the same thing but with in-ring fights to settle issues.

    The most frustrating thing about the Ambrose/Rollins Hell in a Cell match was the story wasn't completed. Why did Bray Wyatt suddenly get involved? Why is Ambrose suddenly at peace over his issues with Rollins? Where is any of that going? When I was watching Raw on Monday, I was interested in the Authority Survivor Series team because there are real stakes and I was intrigued to see what was going to happen with Orton and Rollins. Even the Ziggler segment was fascinating because it was building towards a story and the WWE felt like a larger universe.

    CZW has all the blood and profanity you could want and it's still just a crappy indie fed only a handful of people care about. (Although, the wrestling is very good there for some reason.) Blood, boobs, and swearing isn't going to make the WWE good again.

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  87. What a jam-up guy

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  88. Oh, Dougie, you're incorrigible.

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  89. Menstruation Millie, a Diva whose gimmick is that she's a jobber for 26 days of the month, but otherwise, she's unbeatable.

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  90. Yeah, what wrestling really needs is everyone wearing tinfoil bras and hats. And everyone should try to hug.

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  91. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 7, 2014 at 10:52 PM

    Shut up Meg.

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  92. Sperm on a pole match.

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  93. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 7, 2014 at 10:59 PM

    I want to see a Hug in a Cell match.

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  94. I watch GoT, Shameless and Masters of Sex, which have actual nudity.


    And Community, which has a caliber of woman far greater than what WWE can scrape up.

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  95. Well, we could have multiple matches.


    I think first it's to figure out who Cesaro impregnated, than we can have a match for the fetus.

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  96. Dialing back would be great to help the big stuff mean something. I feel like we're in a place where they could do a stretcher job off a spike piledriver.

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  97. I dunno, I've heard plenty of really threatening speeches that have no swearing.

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  98. But GoT has hotter women that have actual personalities.

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  99. It near there, but it's at the corner of boulder dr and areola way.

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  100. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 7, 2014 at 11:17 PM

    What I would like to see:


    Boobs: No. It's 2014, if I want to see boobs there's plenty of sites like, say (CENSORED TO NOT PISS OFF SCOTT'S AD-SENSE PEOPLE). Or just see boobs in person, never had a problem there...
    Bad Words: It's a misconception among dumber smarks (see 411 and wrestlinginc) that words like "fuck" and "shit", even when bleeped, were the core of the Attitude Era. Bullshit, AE promos could not use any "dirty words", and would still come off the same because of the intensity and just malicious intent. Today, "bad words" means actually talking or even doing real violence. See Roberts, Justin and Bryan, Daniel.
    Blood: Should be used, but ONLY in small quantities, and only in the right spots. For instance, a fucking WM HITC with HHH and Taker, and there's no blood? Fuck off, and that was the least of my problems with that match. That being said, basic medical sense says that blading is a bad idea, though I would think we could fake it by now.


    What makes money:


    Boobs: See above.
    Blood: Couldn't hurt, if again, it's used sparingly. Ambrose/Rollins should have had blood. Not a Mexico 5-alarm bladejob, but a quick-nick .3 Muta would have worked. Or again, find a way to fake it.
    Bad words: Now here we go. NWA and early WCW were able to make people believe that "X" wrestler was going to fuck up "Y" wrestler and put him on the shelf for months with cussing, and WWE is intentionally lacking that. Do that, and there's my answer.

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  101. Those shows are on premium cable. For me there is a difference, even though niether have to deal with the fcc. I haven't watch cable in awhile so it was crazy to me.

    Alison Brie is gorgeous, but the rest can't compare to the women of the wwe

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  102. Thank John Cena's workouts

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  103. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 7, 2014 at 11:21 PM

    "I don't watch wrestling for boobs. There are better avenues if I'm so inclined."


    Exactly. I don't watch wrestling to see tits. Same as how I don't watch the Victoria's Secret fashion show to see a **** match.

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  104. This is like asking "Is it safe to say that Dolph Ziggler is the best wrestler in 2014?"

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  105. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 7, 2014 at 11:23 PM

    Now I want to see a pic of you in a tinfoil bra.


    You ARE really a chick, right?

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  106. He would have been awesome back in the 1840's. He and Abraham Lincoln would have stolen the show.

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  107. http://www.motivationals.org/demotivational-posters/demotivational-poster-15723.jpg

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  108. Bret Hart. Real men wear pink.

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  109. "Yeah, but WWE is so FAKE!"
    --Game of Thrones fan

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  110. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 7, 2014 at 11:49 PM

    "There's no reason the WWE can't do the same thing but with in-ring fights to settle issues."



    Actually, yeah, there is. And that reason is that if any of the WWE writers were any good at that sort of thing they'd be writing for one of those shows, not for WWE.

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  111. Paternity test results on a pole. Yes, HHH wants to know who's the father, but he REALLY doesn't want anyone else to find out in case he's not the father. Orton doesn't necessarily want to be a father again, but procreating with Stephanie gives him partial ownership of the company. That'd be more intense than anything WWE has going now.

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  112. Basic cable has some hotties, I don't watch them, but uh...Stana Katic? I dunno.


    And Gillian Jacobs is super fine, plus they have Brie Larson as Abed's girlfriend.

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  113. Russo just got a hard-on.

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  114. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 8, 2014 at 12:59 AM

    That was the DiBiase conundrum. His character was a rich snob that bought his way into every advantageous position he could. The only way to blow off a character like that is to utterly ruin him and put him in his place in such a way that he can't buy his way out of. But he was such a good character that they couldn't do that. He was too over to do that at his height. So he basically just got run into the ground until he was a glorified midcarder, and then quietly left due to Savio Fucking Vega of all people finally putting him in that place.

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  115. Virgil's Gimmick TableNovember 8, 2014 at 1:00 AM

    I'd go even further back. Imagine Perfect vs. Achilles.

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  116. Uh, less creepy please.

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  117. There's a difference between Romeo and Tybalt fighting on stage and gladiatorial death matches.

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  118. So you're saying that some of us like you and some of us hate you and you're okay with that?

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  119. Cause when I think Bret Hart, I think mature and adult responses to things.

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  120. You have issues man.

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  121. I enjoyed that exclusive behind the scenes look into your thought process on Bret Hart. The Pink n Black attacks your synapses!

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  122. I highly doubt it, but if she is, I too would like to see her in a tinfoil bra.

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  123. Bret's a real jam-up guy. If he wants to wear pink and black, that's his business. Who are you to judge The Hitman?

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  124. F'N Body Slams - Dan SelbyNovember 8, 2014 at 6:23 AM

    I'm liking this, John..!

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  125. F'N Body Slams - Dan SelbyNovember 8, 2014 at 6:24 AM

    I'd have to say that you're probably the most CONTROVERSIAL superstar in WWE history, for that very statement.

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  126. F'N Body Slams - Dan SelbyNovember 8, 2014 at 6:25 AM

    I wish WWE never went public. There's a tiny chance we'd see a WWE porno off-shoot company (ew, off-shoot).

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  127. F'N Body Slams - Dan SelbyNovember 8, 2014 at 6:26 AM

    They must have some seriously advanced blood capsules these days.


    Surely this would be a happy (heppy... sorry, I know, I know) comprimise?

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  128. It probably sees that you are using a Canadian IP address. Sign up for an Unblock -us trial to fix that while you are up here.

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  129. Wait... Aren't the most popular TV shows standard procedurals and unfunny sitcoms about 'nerds'?

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  130. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 8, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    I know that's you, justicegray!

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  131. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 8, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    Shut up, Meg.

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  132. Flair, Eaton, sting, we're better.

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  133. Shes Kurt Angle

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  134. "You might be great... But I'm... PERFECT!"

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  135. Blood is the only one of those that's crucial to wrestling. Its very noticable when blood isn't there in brutal personal feuds. Blood being in UFC makes WWE's lack of blood stand out even more. Boobs are much easier to find online now so who is even gonna care about that. And for swearing... just get them off the soap opera scripts and things will improve.

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  136. Henning wasn't the best. He was absolutely PERFECT~!

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  137. It's in bad taste but man, that would be awesome to watch.

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  138. Tj: Is this the last item on this page of the most recent wwe survey something or nothing?
    http://i.imgur.com/mV7lu1x.png

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  139. I think it made a lot of sense considering it was the impetus for Bryan's heel turn.

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  140. I'm not doubting El Dandy. He's a real jam up guy

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  141. blood would by far be the best to get back in. No need to gig yourself every night, but Cage matches, big angles, etc. need blood. But before any of the three, what they really need is the holy trinity of Kevin Dunn, Bonnie Hammer, and Mattel to go away. that would be something that would blow any return to blood, boobs, or swearing away in the importance department.

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  142. Hot Lesbian Action - It refers to an angle with Bischoff as GM of Raw bringing in lesbians to make out on screen for ratings before them getting them to come onto Stephanie McMahon.

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  143. Hey, here's a thought. Maybe try not to reinforce the idea that all male wrestling fans are basement-dwelling virgins who live dick-in-hand 24/7?

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  144. What does them not being good actors have to do with them getting closer to naked more often?

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  145. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 8, 2014 at 9:40 AM

    As long as they're good actors in the bedroom (or back of the car, or whatever), amIrite?

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  146. Don't ever change.

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  147. Adam "Colorado" CurryNovember 8, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    And another reason why getting rid of PG won't solve anything. You can't do a good old-fashioned dyke-off on HBO, much less TV-14.

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  148. "(Nirvana would've sold less albums if people didn't want to fuck Kurt)"


    Probably the dumbest example you could have used.

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  149. that's what I have wondered about, too @ blood capsules.

    because the whole concept of "blading" seems really outdated to me (suggesting self mutilation in 2014? really?).

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  150. he impregnated both because he is a swinger.

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  151. Oh come on, you didn't enjoy the 3 dimensional acting skillz of Torrie and Dawn Marie in that hotel room? I'lll I'll be right back...

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  152. WWE was such in an attention seeking mindset at the time (yes, way more than usual). Hey look a gay wedding! Hey look, HLA!! Hey look, Necrophilia!! TALK ABOUT US!!

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  153. I've seen a few real fights in my day and I'm pretty sure that none of then resulted in either of the combatants ending up bleeding from the forehead.

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  154. Street Fighting Dougie ftw!

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  155. CFL *AND* TNA as "very interested"? You no longer exist to me.

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  156. I know how talking about how bad TNA's name is a broken record, but seeing it spelled out like that as "Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling" really brought home again how pants it is.

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  157. Because they didn't shake the Undertaker's hand tightly enough? Or loosely enough... I forget how it works with those guys.

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  158. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PINCH MY THIGH IF HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF AIR!

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  159. I dunno, I've seen a ton of movies with violence that still didn't show much blood. Mostly because the action was coming fast and all over the place, you didn't even notice the lack of blood.

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  160. It just makes it much more difficult. You don't need to drop f-bombs, but grown men saying they're going to kick another guy's butt is embarrassing.

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  161. A manly acting British man who's secretly a flaming homosexual? Yeah, I watched Monty Python, too. It hardly makes it a good idea.

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