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Smashing Pumpkins¹ Billy Corgan spokesperson calls TNA Wrestling purchase 'rumors¹


Thanks much!

Josh

I wish they'd just hurry up and sell it to someone.  Much like the housing market, the wrestling market isn't getting any better.

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  1. I wonder if Dixie is going to end up over valuing the worth of TNA and asking too much for it. I don't know why but I can see her doing that. So what do you guys think is the monetary worth of TNA? Maybe a couple of million? Not sure as I have no idea how you assess the worth of a company like that.

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  2. I have no clue so I'm completely speaking out of my ass, but I would think the only value in the company is the time slot and the tape library. I don't see how it has any value beyond that.

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  3. Remember in that shoot interview where she pretty much said if someone wanted to buy TNA from them, they'd want as much(or as close) that WWE is worth and everyone laughed.


    She was dead serious, I fear.

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  4. The tape library is a reflection of TNA's other assets. It isn't worth anything if the underlying copyrighted resources aren't also worth something.

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  5. Vince will buy it just so he can make a Kurt Angle multidisc DVD collection.

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  6. Vince dropped what like 4 million for WCW... TNA can only be worth a fraction of that...

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  7. $1.75 if she wants to stay an on air character, $3 billion dollars if not?

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  8. They should sell it to Billy. It would be the greatest day they've ever known. Can't wait till tomorrow, they might not have that long.

    Seriously, they might not.

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  9. Enjoy the show. I'm expressing my disappointment with the current direction of the product by not watching whatsoever.

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  10. Yea, I dont care about TNA or the smashing pumpkins. Bye!

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  11. Would it even be seven figures?

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  12. Packers/Bears > Raw

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  13. The cavs home announcers always crack me up

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  14. Without Papa Panda propping the company up, i can't see the company lasting a year under any new owner that's not Spike TV.


    Billy Corgan may be a mark but no one's gonna sink that much cash into a dying promotion year after year.

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  15. MCW isn't fucking with the splash bros

    BTW this is gonna be a great game for any league pass junkies

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  16. Wow Evan turner is fucking balling right now

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  17. So only 3 games in but I'm loving the Iggy era

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  18. I have no idea what you're talking about.

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  19. I bet on the bears to win as a +475 under dog

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  20. A basketball player who my favorite team signed and I can't spell his last name

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  21. Wrestlemania 30 isn't even gonna happen, once Miley Cyrus buys out TNA and turns things around over there.

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  22. Yeah but how will know if cena is gonna beat del Rio or not?

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  23. Well. That escalated quickly.

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  24. This, friends and neighbors, is why you shouldn't do drugs. Drugs are bad, mmkay?

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  25. Don't sleep on my Sixers this game...comeback kids! :-)

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  26. But surely you must remain on the blog!

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  27. Golden state warriors, but I'm watching the cavs play too

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  28. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    How will Cena be able to pick up Alberto Del Rio?

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  29. Why are the ropes still pink?

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  30. Do we really need to say it?


    - WWE Creative

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  31. TNA is THIS CLOSE to turning the corner!

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  32. I'm excited for this game as you could get about an NBA game in early November. I came home at 4 just to watch it. Mcw is an exciting prospect that made this a must see. But damn bro Evan turner is balling right now

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  33. What the hells with CM Punk's haircut? He looks like a total tool!

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  34. Can we not be done with the stupid pink now?

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  35. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:02 PM

    They're doing it for the rest of the year, I think, why not whore yourself out for more money

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  36. If you mean the distance between Calexico, CA and Bangor, Maine, sure.

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  37. My favorite band ever buying my fifth-favorite wrestling company ever? Count me in!

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  38. That's nothing - They're changing CM Punk to CM Pink.

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  39. That is literally my entire life's philosophy

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  40. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:03 PM

    lol, he's got a devil lock and wolverine muttonchops, I think he's stopped caring

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  41. Was I suppose yo change my gimmick today or something?

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  42. This is a good way to start the program.

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  43. The avatar is too far funny dude

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  44. Has anyone else noticed that disqus now tells you when someone is typing a response?

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  45. The best wrestler of the Wyatt's vs Punk, this could be good.

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  46. Read the comments of the review of Piper's book

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  47. Considering his Diva scorecard i think the boys call him that already!

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  48. I loved Piper's book.

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  49. CM Punk vs. Luke Harper you say? Alright, I'll point a couple senses at that.

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  50. I've seen him throw a clothesline, i guess best wrestler doesn't mean what it used to.

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  51. Indeed. But in the comments section the answer you seek shall be found

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  52. Opening RAW with a match? Nice change of pace (I haven't watched in like 8 months).

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  53. Iggy 6/8 for 21 pts fuck yeah...and he just made a sportscenter top 10 behind the back pass...fuck off 76ers

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  54. I've seen him have some good matches in NXT, not on WWE yet though. Kind of think someone backstage told him, just stick to clotheslines and punching.

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  55. You haven't seen Chad "the Snapmiracle Bryant" in action then. Clotheslines are tough.

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  56. Again... not everyone can be Daniel Bryan.

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  57. Somehow, the Harts wearing pink is fine. Everyone else..not so much.

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  58. He does a mean front facelock, I see.

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  59. It looks good on most of the Diva's

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  60. Is Luke Harper my generation's Skinner?

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  61. :: Reservoir Dogs joke about Punk being Mr. Pink ::

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  62. one other person is typing...making you wait...you get eager to see what their saying, hungering for a bit of interaction thrown your way, you watch, the typing continues. TWO people are typing, or did that one person open another tab to mess with you.

    You'll never know.

    You'll never know.

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  63. interesting stuff

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  64. Hi Supernintendo Chalmers.

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  65. Not getting TOO deep with this, but I think it works for Punk... also worked for Razor Ramon.

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  66. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:08 PM

    10....9.....8....7.....6.....5....4....3....2....1...0

    *BOOM* *BOOOM* *BLAM* *KA-POW*

    *smoke clears*

    cue "The End" by The Doors

    What's up, fellas?

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  67. I never said he should be, heck i think even DB has taken to WWE style a lil too well this past year. Way too formulaic and signature spots for my tastes especially since we all know he's so capable.

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  68. Hey is that ice cream over there? :: Points away from the BoD ::

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  69. Well, "i" is pretty close to "u" on the keyboard. Maybe it was a typo!

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  70. Already been done in the thread... I am seriously considering sending you down to BoD developmental

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  71. I am officially proclaim this move to be of the suck.

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  72. I'm just waiting for the day where it doesn't lock up a web page completely.

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  73. Actually that signature spot style is quite essential if you want to be a top guy and the fact that he managed to incorporate an exciting exchange to speed up his matches without relying on it, kinda shows you how well he's managed to mix his styles rather than sell out completely.

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  74. Don't worry everybody! I'm here! Now we can get this party started!

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  75. I wish links would open in a new tab by default

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  76. Bah. Fake ice cream cannot distract this effing goon.

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  77. That's a really nice analysis, I lot of people try to talk about work rate like they know what they are talking about it. You are dead on the money.

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  78. I honestly remember being 9 years old and telling my grandmother on the way back from getting a pizza that no man would ever wear pink, and that it was a girl's color.


    15 minutes later SummerSlam '93 started and out comes Razor Ramon in pink... and grandma rubbed it in my face.

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  79. Fuck The Doors. That's what's up. Goddamned lounge lizard of a lead singer.

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  80. Will I get 20 points from Mason Crosby and Martellus Bennett tonight?

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  81. When did Disqus start this "someone is typing" notification? Pretty cool

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  82. I've gone with "Real mean wear pink" for some time. I think it's the fact that EVERYONE IS FUCKING DOING IT FOR THE GODDAMNED CANCER THING that bugs me.

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  83. Dude. Do NOT do that damn roll twice in one match.

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  84. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:13 PM

    Meh....The End of my live thread absence is here. Thought it was appropos. But I guess it was like the debut of Brakkus or whatever.

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  85. Wait...Cole...goddamn it..."spinning tornado DDT"....stfu.

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  86. I just noticed it too. Cool little feature.

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  87. I want it to say when "no one is typing."

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  88. You are just hoping to get hated on by Phredric

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  89. This Wyatt family member looks like the Dad from the "I learned it from watching you" drug commercial except with a beard.

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  90. Or, maybe "someone is typing something not worth fucking reading."

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  91. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:15 PM

    Luke Harper's mask has to stink by now. Dude has tobaccy breath.

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  92. I almost gave him shit about "Yahweh" but decided against it.

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  93. Well that feud is officially pointless now

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  94. Daniel Bryan for the save?

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  95. It's clear I just need to learn how to work to the hard camera.

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  96. Steals it? Fuck off, Cole.

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  97. PJ carlisimo is the Celtics announcer now? Did I miss the death of tommy heinson?

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  98. Wait, why are the ropes still pink? It's not October.

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  99. I don't think fluke roll-ups against the non-leader of a team ends a feud . . .

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  100. I was being sarcastic

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  101. What's with the ponytail?

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  102. I already asked that homie.

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  103. Still not as cool as when Flair did it.

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  104. MEGAPOWERS UNITE!

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  105. Chairs and all. It is the Megapowers.

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  106. Late to the thread. Switching between here and How I Met Your Mother, for work.

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  107. Multi-time world champ vs rookie! What an upset by Punk! Cole would say ANYTHING they whisper into his headset.

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  108. The new MegaPowers are here!

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  109. Need to plug in a female. Not a Bella, please.

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  110. Crowd going APESHIT! PLEASE mimick the epic Mega Powers handshake!

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  111. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    Daniel Bryan with a chair to the butt! Chair to the butt! B-b-b-b-b-butt!

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  112. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    Totally not over. Now let's get them out of the way so the real main eventers can get 2:45

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  113. "Glad you enjoyed that awesome segment. Here's some irrelevant shit about lawyers!"

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  114. Well that's pretty much all i wanted to see tonight, and the WWE had the good sense to put it right at the start...that's it for me tonight.

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  115. Nothing is as cool when Flair did it!

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  116. Triple H has a shitload of makeup caked on.

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  117. Oh tag, banned after he was fired?

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  118. Banned 4 Life

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  119. Well he did win with a roll up.

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  120. "As of this moment ---THIS MOMENT...the beginning...of the genesis...of McGillicutty...and the start of..."

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  121. When Nailz got banned for life how many video packages did he get?

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  122. For life...or until the end of the show, whichever is sooner.

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  123. No one marries, divorces, and accumulates debt like the Nature Boy.

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  124. "Someone is typing..."


    OH MY GOD, STOP CHANGING THINGS DISQUS, YOU ALREADY MESSED UP AV CLUB.

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  125. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    Didn't they just do that match on Smackdown?

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  126. Another Smackdown rematch with zero mention of it happening just this past friday!

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  127. BECAUSE NO ONE WATCHES SMACKDOWN, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MAIN EVENT AGAIN!

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  128. Wow, I hate you so much WWE. Just pure raw unfiltered hate. The crowd exploded for that. They could have hit another level if Bryan and Punk would have bumped into each other, teased fighting, then hesitantly shook hands, solidifying a union of necessity. Instead the moment was ridiculously underplayed so we could cut to HHH talking about Big Show. Let me repeat, I hate the WWE. Hate. Hate. Hate.

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  129. Any chance they'll even touch on the Rhodes Scholars' relationship at all?

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  130. That's what I took from it.

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  131. IM DOING MY BEST!!!

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  132. Eh... I'm used to Chrome's right click menu by now. I open every link in a new tab.

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  133. How about Ritchie Incognito, WWE should get him.

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  134. No, I feel like you must have skipped the beginning and end of my post. I hate them for depriving us of a Megapowers moment. I'm upset with them for that so I said I hated them. I might have been overreacting, but the fire burns inside me at the moment.

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  135. If they follow up that shitty HHH rehash with a Los Matadores match, I will suck off Parallex.

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  136. My computer controlled WWE 2k14 Universe has been a bit more exciting than most WWE lately.

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  137. Are you serious?!?! I totally said I hate them. That's like the super opposite of liking something.
    I need to learn how to articulate myself better.

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  138. I am here for your entertainment and all, but for whatever reason I am really not feeling this tonight

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  139. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:23 PM

    Ryback could use a tag team partner

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  140. Eh, it was a little unclear, but I think I'm with you now. You're pretty much a die hard fan no matter what.

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  141. Man I picked up JJ barera in BoD fbball just for tonights game so would it kill adelman to play him a few minutes?

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  142. Somehow, I am not surprised. That game any good, really?

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  143. ARRRRGH THE BARBARIANNovember 4, 2013 at 6:24 PM

    Well, time for Punk to die

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  144. Only if you stream it live so we can comment as it happens

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  145. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:24 PM

    So I caught Battleground for the first time over the weekend.

    Big Show knocks everybody out, eh? How come no one told me.

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  146. Please don't encourage him

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  147. A little delayed, but LIVE: World Series of Poker: Main Event Final Table on ESPN2/Watch ESPN... First hand I see on turning it on: QQ all-in v KK, Queen on the flop, nothing else, still nine at the table.


    So yeah, all the shits I had to give about wrestling tonight are now in the toilet.

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  148. Because no one likes you?

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  149. Because once you've had a fat white guy, you'll never go back. Or something.

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  150. LOL "No, I'm not here. Love you, Paul.

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  151. It is mostly just a roster update, but they fixed a lot of bugs, added a bunch of little things (You can set up 3 rivalries on each show to take place over a couple weeks, you can set what outfit your wrestlers wear including a random so they don't always get stuck in there main outfit, you can have more matches each show, the pace has been upped a little, the computers timing varies now so its harder to counter, the ai is improved in most ways) and the Wrestlemania mode has some fun matches in it.

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  152. Try some Tums man. Otherwise you'll never get any sleep and start pulling a Jesse.

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  153. So...you are gonna buy survivor series?

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  154. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:26 PM

    I like me. My mom kinda likes me. My wife tolerates me.

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  155. Didn't Heyman take a cane beating during the lead up to HiaC?

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  156. "in Europe", good to know the classics still hold up.

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  157. So...you're glad they didn't rehash a classic WWE moment? Got it.

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  158. So oyu're saying she is not totally happy...

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  159. Jesus Christ. When a non-wrestler is more compelling on the fucking phone than 3/4 of your roster, it really says a lot.

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  160. I love the new name.

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  161. Stranger in the AlpsNovember 4, 2013 at 6:27 PM

    I heard you like married chicks.

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  162. You two always make it so sexxy!

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  163. What is the original identity?

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  164. I'd really like a decent manager/booker mode...kinda like that app for phones that I've never tried because I like playing games on my large TV and my nice receiver...not my bitty phone screen. *grumble*

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  165. They're wasting this 1st time match on a Raw? =O_O= (not really sure if its a first time matchup even)

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  166. Quick, is there an uglier in ring matchup than Khali-Ryback?

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  167. OMG WWE never comes up with anything new! Like with Daniel Bryan vs. HHH: that wasn't enough like Austin vs. McMahon! And this wasn't enough like the Megapowers! Why can't they be more original and rehash old storylines the way I want them to!

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  168. Ryback's poop is going to have corn in it tomorrow.

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