Just a thought I had; when Sting eventually makes his return does he come down from the rafters? Is that a permanent taboo for Vince and company?
I'm pretty sure it's rightfully a taboo for everyone. Plus another multimillion dollar lawsuit would wreak havoc with WWE's next quarterly report.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there's no way in hell Sting repels from the rafters.
ReplyDeleteYeah, probably not a good idea.
ReplyDeleteEva Marie and half the divas wrestling is just as unsafe
ReplyDeleteWith budget cuts recently...I don't think Sting coming down from the rafters is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteNo way in hell that happens. Sting showing up will be big enough.
ReplyDeleteHere's what you do: put Heath Slater or someone in Sting paint and a wig, show him up in the rafters, and then black the lights out and have the real Sting in the ring like some Batman shitt.
ReplyDeleteI have no qualms about sticking with the 360 for another couple of years, since I'm not an avid gamer anyhow. So long as my wife has access to her Netflix shows and I can pop in Madden 25, NBA 2K13, Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas when necessary, I'll be a happy camper.
ReplyDeleteCould be a possibility if they get a coordinator who doesn't mistakenly use a clip for sailboats for the harness.
ReplyDeleteShawn Michaels at WM 25 is probably the closest we'll ever see to that again, and his shit had guardrails on it.
ReplyDeleteMarble Madness or GTFO.
ReplyDeleteSting came out through the crowd just as often back then.
ReplyDeleteThat's Roman Reigns' territory now.
ReplyDeleteYeah you could even do the Undertaker lights off/lights on schtick too.
ReplyDeleteThey should have all the wrestlers enter the ring like HBK at WrestleMania 12.
ReplyDeleteMan, I've never really thought about it but what if it happened to Shawn at WM12? I mean he was above the crowd so he would've taken a bunch of people with him.
ReplyDeleteThat's got to come close to putting them out of business at the point surely?
Well, at least Vince tested that harness before HBK used it. But yeah, if they'd had an accident like that, it wouldn't have been good for the company. I don't think it puts them out of business based on who they had on the roster, but it would've been lots of negative PR.
ReplyDeleteTrue. And the best part of that simple entrance is, it SAVES the company money on their electric bill!! WIN-WIN!
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember the Nitro when they dropped the Sting dummy from the rafters? Hogan sold it like Sting fell legit. I just thought that was some tasteless stuff. Not sure why they would joke around like that.
ReplyDeleteYour job is safe Ryder!
ReplyDeleteNo Lesnar or Cena for RAW less than 2 weeks before Summerslam...now THAT's how you sell a PPV!
ReplyDeleteThat's an even bigger 'what if' really; who steps up to the plate had Vince's grapefruits landed with a splat?
ReplyDeleteI feel like we could get a ton of mileage out of "What if 'X' fell off a zipline?' type questions.
So Grampa Dave owned every scene he was in during Guardians of The Galaxy. It actually made me forgive everything he's done since January.
ReplyDeleteWell, without Cena or Brock there, I fully expect more Steph-Brie segments!
ReplyDeleteWell was it before or after Owen's death?
ReplyDeleteKhali making nearly a million a year is just insane.
ReplyDeleteHe was so good as Drax. I also read an interview he did for the UK Huffington Post last week and his thoughts on the wrestling industry are pretty interesting. I'm officially cook with batista again.
ReplyDeleteRandom thought: Brock should come out with the old metal Vader mask for that match.
ReplyDeleteUFC now is what wrestling became by the late 90s when they put a lot of PPV matches on TV and it got oversaturated and watered down.
ReplyDeleteThat card being on PPV was a joke. They knew everybody hates Demetrious Johnson and watching the flyweights and they knew it wouldn't draw a dime. Especially with a totally unknown challenger who debuted a half year before.
Before.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel like Heyman has his own pocket universe within the WWE, where stuff related to him actually has some long-term thought put into it. I'm sure the payoff will suck. It almost always does. But the build is usually enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine if they had Daniel Bryan come out at Royal Rumble as #30 dressed like Rey Mysterio and then after the boos (from last year) removes the mask and shows it's him? The pop would be unreal.
ReplyDeleteHave to agree. That character didn't give him a lot to work with and he absolutely made it entertaining. Pretty sure we never see him in WWE full time again.
ReplyDeleteVampyro!!!!!
ReplyDeleteVERY slow build
ReplyDeleteHonestly a solid video package and Heyman could work just as well... we know what both of them can do in matches and have to say and you don't want them physically interacting anyway so I don't have a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteeveryone knows that anything that happens on smackdown never really happens
ReplyDeleteBut I wanted a contract signing or a debate!
ReplyDeletewouldn't a new dangerous alliance stable of lesnar, cesaro, rybaxel be pretty good?Lesnar has the world title. Cesaro ic/us title and/or enforcer of the group. Rybaxel as the tag team and as back-up to the other members.
ReplyDeleteor endless tag team matches where they barely touch each other or as the wacky mismatched tag team that won the tag titles but really hate each other.
ReplyDeleteThat is true. Every contract signing in history has gone smoothly and never ended in a fight so they easily could have done that.
ReplyDeleteHow did Rybaxel stop being Heyman guys anyway?
ReplyDeleteOffering an opinion about wrestling is completely different from the mindset that leads someone to hear that dozens of people are losing their jobs and their first reaction is, "That's great! Won't the WWE Network be called a success now?! Yay!!!"
ReplyDelete"Suddenly, Paul Heyman was in the ring, returning to TV for the first time since Hell in a Cell. That was anti-climatic. In any event, Heyman was in a wheelchair covered in a body cast with IC champion Curtis Axel standing behind him. Heyman said his current condition is the result of C.M. Punk's attack at HIAC. Heyman said Punk could not have done this without help from the likes of "that big, ugly, dummy Ryback," who Heyman said he took under his wing, nourished him, offered him the chance to be a Paul Heyman Guy, and did not accept, thank God. Heyman said Ryback guaranteed him victory over Punk at HIAC, but they found out that Ryback bit off more than he could chew.
ReplyDeleteBut, Heyman also blames - and most importantly - each and every fan in the crowd. Heyman's volume increased as he blamed the audience for cheering on Punk as he climbed to the top of the Cell and giving him this beating. "This...is...all...your...fault!" he shouted as the crowd popped. Which is why he has left his first-class accommodations seeking alternative medical treatments in Europe to slum it up with the working class citizens known as Manchester.
Heyman said he came here tonight to see a room full of witnesses to hear his intentions. Which is as follows: "I, Paul Heyman, shall return with a vengeance." Heyman vowed to drive the blade of his sword through Punk's heart.
Suddenly, Cult of Personality interrupted to bring out Punk on-stage. Punk smirked and marched down to the ring. But, Curtis Axel met him ringside. Punk answered with knee strikes before an evenly-matched brawl broke out. But, Punk landed a wind-up kick to the head before putitng out Axel with a GTS on the floor. As Heyman sold concern in the ring, Punk turned his attention toward entering the ring.
Punk reached under the ring and retrieved a Kendo Stick, which Punk brought with him into the ring. Punk toyed with Heyman in his wheelchair before knocking him over. Punk then caned Heyman over and over again across his back as the crowd cheered along with "Yes!" chants. Punk delivered a decisive blow before declaring himself Best in the World.
WWE then cut to Daniel Bryan's music playing to a loud reaction. "Bruiser" Daniel Bryan entered the ring to stand tall with Punk. Cole declared this a first-time-ever pairing as Heyman was tended to by referees on the outside leading to commercial."
Roman Reigns can piss off. That's Sting's playground.
ReplyDeleteOne point I saw worth making:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/MovieBuzzers/status/495581556816506880
Of course, this is No Holds Barred + Suburban Commando + Mr. Nanny + Santa with Muscles + 3 Ninjas vs. a Marvel movie, but still funny as hell.
That would be big except the beard and body shape would be quite the giveaway
ReplyDeleteLol, if those two aren't at Raw it's going to be more of the Brie and Stephanie show. O/U seven segments that will feature at least one of those two?
ReplyDeleteAnd that's just a okay.
ReplyDeleteYikes. Remember 2002-03 Scott Steiner with his arm wrestling contests, bench press competitions, contract signings and Iraq War debates, and every other possible gimmick to build matches but keep him out of the ring and away from a microphone?
ReplyDeleteSo when he comes in.....what's his music? The scary stuff he used in the early Crow Sting days? Do they go for the laugh and use "The Man Called Sting"? The old Nitro theme for a shoutout? Something original?
ReplyDeleteWho said, "YAY! IT'S GREAT?" There's a big difference in saying that and saying that based on their current business this is something that may be necessary.
ReplyDeleteWell, we have spent a ton of time here debating WWE Network and how to make it better. Our buddy Will from PWO teamed with Chris Harrington (Mookighana) from What Culture/Wrestlenomics fame to have a great chat to look at the numbers and give suggestions on how they think things can be fixed.
ReplyDeletehttp://placetobenation.com/good-will-wrestling-fixing-the-wwe-network-part-two/
I thought PWO went out of business!
ReplyDeleteYou forgot the bodybuilding posing contest.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a different PWO?
ReplyDeleteJust finished watching the 1992 WWE Timeline by Bret Hart and all I have to say is that you all need to get this.One of the best
ReplyDeleteSweet, can't wait for the review.
ReplyDeleteProbably, lol.
ReplyDeleteWell, his commercial features his Crow music, so using my powers of deduction...
ReplyDeleteBrilliant news about Bryan. A nerve related neck surgery surely would've been career ending.
ReplyDeleteIt better be, otherwise I been missing out on one of my favorite promotions.
ReplyDeleteAnd I shockingly have no problem with that.
ReplyDeleteYeah it is, I was joking... Will is from the Pro Wrestling Only message board.
ReplyDeleteWill be up this Thursday
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. If the loss of strength was due to the neck surgery, it would have been over for him.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'll spend some time building up Reigns/Orton and Amrbose/Rollins.
ReplyDeleteHey, maybe Bryan's return match at WM will be that Sheamus match they wanted so bad.
ReplyDeleteAs Vince Jordan once said, don't let stupid things like logic get in the way of such an awesome idea.
ReplyDeleteLast Brock Lesnar contract signing ended in a pen stabbing. How can that be topped?
ReplyDeleteWe'll deal with it.
ReplyDeleteRemember that one outdoor Nitro where he came out of a helicopter a hundred feet above the ring? That was the shit.
ReplyDeleteAnd remember how the ring was surrounded by a pool? That made the scene even better.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the Cesaro-Heyman thing will lead to something down the line, all right. Brock Lesnar tearing Cesaro a new one.
ReplyDeleteI only say this because of recent history of WWE "making new stars" not named Roman Reigns.
I'd say he builds up video packages like he's going to debut as the crow, then he pulls a Clay and debuts as Surfer Sting.
ReplyDeleteWatched SummerSlam 1998 this morning. I miss shows that had that same type of urgency/energy to them.
ReplyDeleteI hope no one is allergic.
ReplyDeleteSo it wasn't tasteless.
ReplyDeleteThe Stingers playground.
ReplyDeleteBelieve that's what ended Double A's career
ReplyDeleteBrock should absolutely destroy Cena and win the belt. No back and forth. No valiant comebacks. Domination.
ReplyDeleteI wish the WWE would run a RAW there. I loved that spring break venue.
ReplyDeleteAre you confiding in us that Bret's timeline is one of the greatest timelines of all time?
ReplyDeleteYeah, the company needs some more interesting visual arenas. The closet thing we get now are the compact MSG sets.
ReplyDeleteThe blow-off surgery, if you will.
ReplyDeleteI'd say make it a 3 minute squash to make way for Steph and Brie's main event.
ReplyDeleteTJ: I know I talk about NJPW but night 7 is getting so far show of the year reviews.
ReplyDeleteRick Rude and Bobby Heenan were aces during the Super Posedown at RR89. Great heel work.
ReplyDeleteBrock shoves the pen up Cena's ass and then asks "now what's poopy?"
ReplyDeleteEven as a kid I didn't hate Heenan. He was like Ari from Entourage to me, might be an asshole but he's just doing his job.
ReplyDeleteAnytime I think of Heenan and a posedown I think of him going gay for Lex Luger at the 1993 Rumble.
ReplyDeleteWith a tear in my eye too
ReplyDeleteBut I thought the Cesaro character was dead and buried forever!! (at this point, i'm more mocking the reports, as they seem to change their minds about Cesaro every week.) he's getting in line for a huge push! they are phasing him out! Big face turn coming up!! They want him to stop doing the Giant swing! They have nothing to do for him! They will just forget about the Heyman storyline! The Heyman storyline might or might not go somewhere!
ReplyDeleteMe too. You know there would be a water "bump".
ReplyDeleteI think the show I'm talking about was at Universal Studios, not at Club Le Vela or whatever. The ring in the pool was the shit too, though.
ReplyDeleteThey got have that little kid (or some other little kid, the one I'm talking about probably has kids of his own now) doing the whole cryptic whispering into. This. Is... Sting...
ReplyDeleteIn other news, Netflix added Rocky I through V yesterday. So some of you youngsters out there may want to brush up on your Rocky IV, then you can get some of the Rusev jokes.
ReplyDeleteI am. Like, if I get stung by a bee and don't get medical attention immediately I will seriously die.
ReplyDeleteDoes Netflix ever have a clear schedule of what stuff is getting released?
ReplyDeleteI just use instantwatcher.com and check it daily. I don't think I've ever seen them announce anything ahead of schedule.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the company has not figured out what they want to do with him.
ReplyDeleteYou can make that assumption by watching or by reading reports.
Message In A Bottle or GTFO
ReplyDeleteHow do you know for sure?
ReplyDeleteIs that really what you think? WHERE IS THE PROOF?!??!!?
ReplyDeleteIf X fell of zip lines, Teddy Hart and Juventud would be in the zip line business.
ReplyDeleteThey should have Raw set on a beach and have Sting arrive via hovercraft. Repelling is so played out. Hovercrafts are where it's at.
ReplyDeleteLol well done.
ReplyDeleteUm... I almost died. How the fuck do you think I know?
ReplyDeleteSummerSlam is one of those shows that almost always delivers. 1998 is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeletehttp://instantwatcher.com/titles/new
ReplyDeleteI can listen to Heyman cut an awesome promo instead.
ReplyDeleteAnother step towards strictly digital distribution. It's what the XBone was trying before they, um, boned it up.
ReplyDeleteThe price is right (heh) for their service, but this feels like eventually you'll see their big releases only for subscribers, and then......who knows.
I asked how you know for sure. You only ALMOST died.
ReplyDeleteWe should conduct several controlled tests to be absolutely positive that it would be actually fatal and not nearly fatal.
For science!
But Rocky no sold the beating of his life, and cut a promo after!! He should have totally been stretchered out instead!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm still sort of pissed at Rocky not tossing in the towel for Apollo in that film. Some friend.
ReplyDeleteIt was supposed to be an exhibition.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, Apollo made some sort of speech about being warriors, so might as well let him die. His wife will understand.
ReplyDeleteI mean, I know Apollo gave him a look like "don't you dare throw in the towel," but still. I never really understood why Apollo's crew were willing to help Rocky after that. I'd be pissed at him.
ReplyDeletelol
ReplyDeleteYep, did you see Duke's stare during the funeral? I'm still not sure if it was a sad one, or a "You killed him, now i'll kill you" look.
ReplyDeleteThey need to put up Rocky Balboa. I haven't seen that yet. I like to imagine Rocky V never happened.
ReplyDeleteTFW Batista has a brighter hollywood future than Austin.
ReplyDeleteI found the 5th one underrated. It at least had a bit of a refreshing twist (well, until the end where Rocky OVERCAME THE ODDZ again) .
ReplyDelete"You took the whole fucking thing, didn't you? Is your heart racing?" "Check" "Hard on of steel?" "(looks down) Check".
ReplyDelete"Urinary sphincter, check."
guardians of the galaxy: best marvel movie all around ?
ReplyDeletethere are releases depending on how well the network is doing
ReplyDeleteStill Avengers to me.
ReplyDeleteBatista was very flexible in agreeing to turn heel, and putting over Daniel at WM, then the Shield twice. And the Rumble thing wasn't really his fault, he just did what was agreed upon at the time.
ReplyDeleteI like V too... and it is better in retrospect now that it isn't the closure of the series. I really liked Balboa.
ReplyDeleteIf Austin-Undertaker got about *** with Austin wonky from a concussion, I wonder what they could have gotten without it.
ReplyDeleteit was more like a rice cake
ReplyDeleteThat's the only one I've seen (I saw the first one as a kid, but I remember so little of it I may as well have never seen it) and I really liked it. The cinematography for the fight is fucking amazing, if you walked in saw saw someone watching it you think they were watching a real HBO fight. And that the white guy looks a lot like Sly.
ReplyDeleteWell, they faced off at about 18 other PPVs after that, so I am guessing something like that.
ReplyDeleteWill anyone try to blow it up? Maybe Hornswoggle?
ReplyDeleteOk, the problem isn't in Bryan's neck, that makes me feel better about him returning. I'm going to guess if he can have the surgery soon he'll be able to make it back for the Rumble. If he's not able to be in the Rumble, but is ready a month before Mania, do you put Bryan on the Mania card or hold off on his return until the night after Mania?
ReplyDeleteWhy not, we all know he needs the screen time to promote the leprechaun movie.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be awesome. Hornswoggle acting on behalf of e.g. R-Truth & The Miz, THE MASTERS OF THE ROLL-UP PIN.
ReplyDeleteI need to see it before I can agree with that, for me Avengers and CAWS are the best ones so far.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Rocky is totally to blame for Apollos death. He sees Appolo just getting brutalized and looks at the towel and is all "I dunno what TA do".
ReplyDelete"What is this stuff?"
ReplyDelete"Synthetic ephedrine diluted with some saline."
"Feels sort of good."
"Yeah well. I got a little Meth in there too, so that's the endorphins you feel running to your brain."
"Wait a minute so I'm not better?"
"Fuck no you're not better. You're in such shit shape it's stunning. I can't belive your hearts still beating. Shit should be in a fucking medical journal."
Apollo was stupid to choose a known moron to have his fate in his hands!
ReplyDeleteKind of like Cena and Reigns just watching Ambrose take a beating from ringside?
ReplyDeleteThat made me laugh way too hard.
ReplyDeleteI forgot that use to be a thing.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Rocky was an idiot and Appolo knew this. Although they did try to make Rocky a bit smarter from 3 foward.
ReplyDelete"Surfer Sting? I hardly knew her!"
ReplyDeleteTommy "Machine" Gunn
ReplyDeleteI mean hell, in Ali-Frazier III, Frazier told his team not to throw in the towel but they still did.
ReplyDeleteAnd hopefully Sheamus would burst into flames and explode. It is ALL WIN.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness to the reports Vince is notorious for changing his mind on a minute by minute basis. And the reports never said Cesaro was going to be buried, just that he wasn't recieving a push into the main event.
ReplyDeleteThat guy looked a lot like Kurt Angle.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder if he was that way about whether or not to marry Linda or when making wedding plans. I have a feeling Linda handled most of the home stuff since she's more level headed.
ReplyDeleteMan Bryan should just take like a year hiatus and just get every single ailment he has repaired before he continues his career
ReplyDeleteCuts WERE long overdue. Maybe you can't acknowledge that without celebrating people losing their jobs, but many of us can.
ReplyDeleteI've lost 3 jobs in the shitty economy because of companies shrinking, reorganizing or going out of business. It sucks, but it's part of life.
What's with the lack of free games for Xbox Live Gold members? There's supposed to be a free game every two weeks but they haven't put up any in at least a month.
ReplyDeleteAre the people in charge of that department the same people in charge of "updating" the ECW and World Class shows on the Network?
"What is this, an insulin pump?"
ReplyDelete"Yeah, something like that"
My favorite line: "So this is medicinal use coke then?"
"(nods)... Well?"
"Shit ain't free, nigga!"
what is up with disqus? just went to reply to a post someone made about dbry needing to get all of his stuff repaired for a full year, but i got an error message saying you can't reply to a thread that is not active
ReplyDeleteso i refreshed the page and now that post is nowhere to be found, not even a "deleted" placeholder
last night it wasn't giving real time notifications when someone replied
Of course you did
ReplyDeletestill avengers to you, dammit!
ReplyDeleteHe is not much taller or larger and you can stuff the beard in a mask.
ReplyDeleteYou're hilarious.
ReplyDeleteEspecially because the line you chose to focus on immediately followed talk about people losing their jobs sucks.
I think you have a better chance at nailing Scarlett Johansson than that happening.
ReplyDeleteThe first "Road to Wrestlemania" show I have him come out and destroy Kane with a chair, then set up a WM match with him vs, I dunno, Seth Rollins. Or even Lesnar.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss purchasing physical copies. It sucks for collectors. Plus, the market is getting to saturated with digital subscriptions. Already have to pay for a monthly subscription to play online on new consoles, now we have to pay another monthly fee to access the games. Plus monthly fee for Netflix, the WWE Network. It's just too much to do all of it. They are gonna nickel and dime us to death with monthly fees.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Raw and SD need the same writing team. I don't think SD matters. I haven't watched it in years. It's a show that airs on Friday nights on ScyFy. It only exists because it generates money. I would imagine most people follow just through Raw and PPV's.
ReplyDeleteHow WWE never recreated that entrance for Apollo is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteDo you think they can it disqus because we're discussing things here?
ReplyDeletehis fantasy world must truly be wonderful, never having to be held accountable for anything
ReplyDeleteHulk Hogan Blames Stephanie McMahon for His 'Silverdome' Mistake
Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 08.02.2014
He had to do a press conference instead of Stephanie...
- From his earlier interview with The Fan,
WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan blamed Stephanie McMahon for his mistake
in calling the Superdome the "Silverdome" at WrestleMania 30. You can
read his full explanation below:
"Let me blame Stephanie McMahon one more time because I keep putting
this on her. Y'know, there's a go position when you go out… right before
you go out of the curtain you go out, there's Vince McMahon, all the
executives, all the TV monitors and the headsets… running all the
technical stuff. Well, they made me come 20 minutes early, usually you
go out there and find early which is when you walk out, and when I was
there, I was a little nervous…
"There was a press conference and all the media, "What's Andre like? Was
he a nice guy? How hard was it to slam him? Andre this, Andre that… Go
back to the go position! Go out to the ring!" All I had on my mind was
the Silverdome and Andre The Giant and I'm going to blame Stephanie
McMahon for that because she should have been doing the press conference
but she didn't have her makeup all the way on so I had to do it."
Disqus just officially blamed Stephanie McMahon for the problem.
ReplyDeleteHis son's acting and the storyline is truly terrible
ReplyDeleteTommy I don't have hiv believe me gunn
ReplyDeleteOoh! Or he could wear a toga and ride in on an elephant!
ReplyDeleteI really don't care. I think I'm done playing video games, at least those based through consoles. I hardly play any of my PS3 games anymore.
ReplyDeleteI've turned against EA's golf series for their DLC bullshit. They basically give you the game with like 20 courses and then want you to pay $60 for another 20-25. Just ridiculous. Nevermind that their idea for PGA TOUR 15 is to insert a damn Battlefield map into the game.
ReplyDeleteI remember when PC golf games were the wave of the future with course design, online tournaments, etc., but EA killed the competition and then basically shat all over the PC community. At least now there's the Golf Club Tour, which has a lot of promise.
...agents for every match who all come up with the same stupid finishes...
ReplyDeleteThat's a fair point. How many guys to you need to book distraction/roll-up pins finishes week after week?
I don't mind the fantasy courses in the upcoming PGA; they've experimented with them before so this is the next logical step and I'm sure it's all separate from the traditional modes and courses, we'll still get our St. Andrews, Pinehurst, et al....
ReplyDelete....well maybe, because I'm right with you with the Tiger Woods DLC. The practice of keeping a bulk of the courses behind locked gates in 12 through 14 was disgusting.
I dunno... The elephant couldn't start as far from shore as a hovercraft could. Unless you suggest that Sting makes his debut by dragging an elephant corpse out of the sea, his soaked toga now skintight and see through?
ReplyDeleteIn which case, hi, Russo!
There's supposed be two new ones that came out yesterday; one of which is Motorcross Madness, which I've already downloaded (it's pretty fun).
ReplyDeleteSame, I probably won't make the jump to the new consoles until probably latter half of next year, esp. since I still have a gigantic backlog for my PS3 at home. I usually wait a year or two before upgrading and let the console get a solid library under its belt; I didn't get a PS3 till 2008, about a year and a half after it came out, and it was only because I played a demo of MLB The Show at GS and was like HOLYSHITMUSTGETTHISNOW, and it perfectly timed with my tax return.
ReplyDeleteI just hate the fantasy courses. Make THAT crap DLC. I did buy a few of the DLC courses for 2014 like Scottsdale in the $9.99 TPC pack, but refused to pay like $5.99 or whatever just for Colonial.
ReplyDeleteFor my golf, I still play PGA Championship Golf 2000 by Sierra Sports. People created tons of courses for it that can be downloaded, you could set up your own custom TOUR, easily design real pro players based on their stats (back in the day I made the entire 2003 PGA TOUR), etc. It just seems like golf games have regressed (sort of like wrestling games) as we've gone to "new generation" systems. It just irks me.
WWE should buy the rights to make Crank 3, starring Cesaro. A license to print MONEY (on the table) right there!
ReplyDeleteYeah, plus you get the inevitable price drop on the system and they get the kinks worked out for it.
ReplyDeleteI'll still think we're probably a long way off from a Netflix model for console gaming (Sony has already come out and said this feature is XBOX only because they believed it wasn't a good value for them); I think the weekly/monthly huge discounts and free games that PSN and XBL offer will be the way to go for the foreseeable future.
ReplyDeleteMy main series for golf is Hot Shots Golf (the ball physics in that game blow away Tiger's) and even that hasn't really impressed this gen, mainly because the formula has gone kinda stale, but unlike the PS1/PS2 games, it takes Sandlot FORRR EHHHH VERRR to unlock new courses and characters (like hours upon hours).
ReplyDeleteExactly. I definitely avoid the first wave of new consoles in order to not have a $400 brick.
ReplyDeleteI've never played a lot of Hot Shots Golf. I remember enjoying it, though, so I should check it out.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched in a while, did Kofi finally lose his pyro?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. If you have a PS2, I can't recommend 3 and 4 enough; if not, World Invitational for the PS3 is pretty good despite the long time it takes to open up the rest of the game (or for a cheaper and classic option, Hot Shots Golf 2 on PSN for $5).
ReplyDeleteSWERVE! The elephant wasn't dead, and he turns heel on Sting, who as usualy should have seen it coming a mile away.
ReplyDeleteBees. Oh my god.
ReplyDeleteBut this is AFAIK only, because of the brand expansion and the roster split. Before 2002 SD had MUCH higher ratings than after it and it was basically a RAW just on thursday and all the stories were continued there. If they would treat SD like the next RAW, the fans would come back.
ReplyDeleteI've gotta check that out. I was thinking about buying Motorcross Madness when it went on sale for $10 six months ago but turned it down because I was kind of burned out on racing games even though I'm really good at them.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest night in the history of our sport!
ReplyDeleteEA's golf series went to shit after 05, from the looks of things.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you never really found out then...
ReplyDeleteNeither did Bryan for most of his career. ADR was getting heat when he was presented as a threat. He's a heel that doesn't do anything especially heelish.
ReplyDeleteI'd argue that they should do something with him.
ReplyDeleteRoman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, hell most of the NXT talent they want to bring in as faces, all of them could use some match time with ADR to work on their wrestling. He's the heel 94 Bret Hart.
And yes, I'd argue that Ambrose needs helps with his wrestling, he's got some weak punches and a few clever moves.
Kane at least is highly marketable with masks, toys, etc.
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie division was actually making money now that all they do is finance (By money and access to equipment) low budget independent films.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't have to repel down, but they have to show him up there at least once, right?
ReplyDeleteThe Stinger's Universe.
ReplyDelete