WWE Negotiating a Deal With WWN Live?
According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the WWE was upset over the fact that Ring of Honor released an action figure of Kevin Steen (The deal was originally signed in late 2013 but there were delays on the company, Figures Inc, end). A source told Johnson that the WWE does not want to get into a situation where they sign someone and have to go through a third party in order to license them (Figures Inc. is planning on a line of wrestling action figures of Independent Talents) so they are in preliminary talks to form a relationship with WWN, allowing them to sign talents to deals that would include merchandising and licensing rights so if and when the WWE wanted to bring them into NXT they would not have to go through a third party to get a deal done.
http://pwinsider.com/article/94313/more-on-evolvenxt-.html?p=1
Vince McMahon Unhappy Over Steve Austin's Podcast with Paul Heyman?
Vince was reportedly upset over the end of Austin's podcast with Heyman when he teased a Texas Death Match with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania as that match is not in the WrestleMania plans and he teased it happening on the WWE Network. It was also said by Dave Meltzer on "Wrestling Observer Radio" today that he heard Vince does not want Austin to wrestle as the risk of injury with him in the ring at his age and health is too high.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
Bray Wyatt Update
It's been reported that the reason Wyatt has been losing so much lately is because they are eventually going to turn him babyface so their mentality is that it doesnt matter if he loses now as a heel.
http://wrestlechat.net/report-vince-mcmahon-unimpressed-with-many-of-the-current-main-roster-stars/
WWE Planning More Live Specials on the Network?
As of now, the plan for 2016 is for the WWE to air live specials on a quarterly basis.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the WWE was upset over the fact that Ring of Honor released an action figure of Kevin Steen (The deal was originally signed in late 2013 but there were delays on the company, Figures Inc, end). A source told Johnson that the WWE does not want to get into a situation where they sign someone and have to go through a third party in order to license them (Figures Inc. is planning on a line of wrestling action figures of Independent Talents) so they are in preliminary talks to form a relationship with WWN, allowing them to sign talents to deals that would include merchandising and licensing rights so if and when the WWE wanted to bring them into NXT they would not have to go through a third party to get a deal done.
http://pwinsider.com/article/94313/more-on-evolvenxt-.html?p=1
Vince McMahon Unhappy Over Steve Austin's Podcast with Paul Heyman?
Vince was reportedly upset over the end of Austin's podcast with Heyman when he teased a Texas Death Match with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania as that match is not in the WrestleMania plans and he teased it happening on the WWE Network. It was also said by Dave Meltzer on "Wrestling Observer Radio" today that he heard Vince does not want Austin to wrestle as the risk of injury with him in the ring at his age and health is too high.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Radio
Bray Wyatt Update
It's been reported that the reason Wyatt has been losing so much lately is because they are eventually going to turn him babyface so their mentality is that it doesnt matter if he loses now as a heel.
http://wrestlechat.net/report-vince-mcmahon-unimpressed-with-many-of-the-current-main-roster-stars/
WWE Planning More Live Specials on the Network?
As of now, the plan for 2016 is for the WWE to air live specials on a quarterly basis.
Credit Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Hey, we're just gonna make him a sympathetic babyface, so let's cut his balls off while he's a heelish jerk. It won't matter once we turn him.
ReplyDelete:: facepalm ::
...goddammit Creative...
Huh. I'm all alone here. This place has a cool echo to it...
ReplyDelete#HOSSSOLO
Making myself a ribeye steak for breakfast, which is done.
ReplyDelete#HOSSFOOD
Bray probably could have gone babyface a year ago, especially if they were so keen on breaking up the Wyatts.
ReplyDelete"Vince does not want Austin to wrestle as the risk of injury with him in the ring at his age and health is too high."
ReplyDelete- Good. Does that mean we can lay to rest the nonsense about Hogan wrestling at 92 or whatever he is now?
Job him out so he can be a weak babyface too. Got it
ReplyDeleteRIP to Christopher Lee. It's shit he didn't make it long enough to have his consciousness uploaded to the matrix.
ReplyDeleteHogan can still slam Big Show & Kane single handedly even if they don't co-operate.
ReplyDeleteAustin has severe neck problems. A match with Lesnar isnt going to help that. And Meltzer believes that philosophy will ring true for Hogan as well.
ReplyDelete#HOSSSTEAK
ReplyDeleteI am cringing about this Ghostbusters reboot.
ReplyDeleteI ain't cheering for no loser who loses all the time, that's for losers
ReplyDeleteThat's all Wyatt needs to be is a smiling dancing babyface. Too bad we never got him as some crazy cult leader ala Raven in ECW or WCW.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqY5EQTcss - I'm just going to leave this here and count the upvotes.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't Vince understand that Austin is Texan and Wrestlemania is Texas and no one will show up to a Wrestlemania in Texas if it is not headlined by a Texan?
ReplyDeleteWhat a maroon!
What happened to Michael Xavier?
ReplyDelete[XAVIER SIGNAL ACTIVATE]
ReplyDeleteUndertaker vs. Kane will fill that place! Because TEXAS!
ReplyDeleteBaby steps. Can we at least lay to rest the bullshit about AUSTIN wrestling now? Austin hasn't mentioned it seriously in years and Vince, the guy who is currently working on resurrecting Jesus AT Wrestlemania 32 to sell the joint out has put the kibosh on it. It's over.
ReplyDeleteWyatt isn't over because he's losing, and he loses because he can't get over.
ReplyDeleteSomehow this makes sense to someone.
Last night it was #HOSSSAUSAGE, so this is an improvement.
ReplyDeleteSo watching Clash 22. They do a video of 2 Cold Scorpio. Kids on the basketball court, one of them misses a shot that bounces through the sun roof of a recently arrived Limo. Who steps out? 2 Cold. Grabs the ball, dunks it a few times. The kids say, "THAT IS 2 COLD!!"
ReplyDeleteHe says, "Should't you kids be in school?"
Kids: "No way, we're going to the arcade!"
Him: "The arcade?? You need to be in school getting an education...and I'm going to take you there!"
Kids: "Are we riding in the limo??"
Him: "No, we're steppin." And they dance to school.
/amazing
sfsf
ReplyDeleteLosing streak gimmicks always work! Just look at...
ReplyDeleteThe 90s were a different time.
ReplyDeletelol! So fucking terrible that it's good.
ReplyDeleteSad about Lee. He's probably still accepting roles, however.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the shoot review today?
ReplyDeleteBray turns babyface and it doesn't matter if he loses. Brock turns babyface by kicking the shit out of everyone.
ReplyDeleteHe returned the other day to hype Hogan-Punk for next year's mania.
ReplyDeleteHulk Hogan!
ReplyDeleteTurning Wyatt face COULD be easy, but they need to give him the Wyatt Family back and give him a serious aim. If he turns face solo and instead of pinning R-Truth, he's pinning Wade Barrett, who gives a fuck?
ReplyDeleteHere's the other part that's nutty and stupid - so if they keep jobbing Wyatt out, saying "it doesn't matter if he loses because he's a heel, we're turning him anyway".....why would anyone want to cheer a loser?
ReplyDeleteWade Barrett? Or was that a rhetorical question?
ReplyDeleteGreg Valentine
ReplyDeleteIf what Vince said about Austin is true, and he is worried about him being injured at his age: I will let those of you who want another Hogan match to connect the dots.
ReplyDeleteSadly, Texas is the exact state that would need a native to headline. It's Texas.
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't he have a kid in the business by now?
ReplyDeleteHogan to take Austin's place against Brock, gotcha.
ReplyDeleteSo toy companies are now deciding who can and can't sign with what company? Ridiculous
ReplyDelete"It's been reported that the reason Wyatt has been losing so much lately is because they are eventually going to turn him babyface so their mentality is that it doesnt matter if he loses now as a heel."
ReplyDeleteBecause fans love to get behind a guy that loses all the time. This is mind boggling.
Same reason they cheer Dolph Ziggler?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Manny Fernandez vs. Chavo.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, Austin wrestling is a wild brawl and several wrestling moves for 20 minutes. Hogan wrestling is throwing a few punches, lifting his foot in the air, and sitting down while draping his leg over someone, and then 5 minutes of posing.
ReplyDeleteI guess the thinking is that once they turn him, the slate gets wiped clean and it's like he's debuting all over again. Unfathomably stupid.
ReplyDeleteTime was, if you were gonna turn a guy and had no plans for him until that happened, you'd take him off TV. That way, he returns, you go "oh, hey, Bray Wyatt! I remember him! I wonder what he's here for..."
Then he turns and you cheer it. Done.
I guess the 2015 version of that is "here's a guy who has been jobbed out for months. Cheer him!"
Is it awesome?
ReplyDeleteWhat in the world about Bray's character says "babyface?"
ReplyDeleteThe more they jobbed out Bryan, the louder the chants for him became.
ReplyDeleteChubby cheeks?
ReplyDeleteThey already really liked him, though. He's a special case if I've ever seen one.
ReplyDeleteWhy sign a guy if you can't make merch money off of him? That is the whole point or wrestling, making money.
ReplyDeleteNo?
ReplyDeleteThe deal for the Steen figure was signed way before Steen signed with the WWE. A delay on the production end led to the ROH figure of Steen being released after he had left the company. Did you even read the blurb?
"Shouldn't you be at work instead of talking to kids you don't know at a park?"
ReplyDeleteHe has the whole world in his hands
ReplyDeleteHawaiian shirts and straw hats? They should market him as "Margaritaville" Bray Wyatt.
ReplyDeleteHe's fat so he can relate to the fans
ReplyDeleteHe'll always be the scientist in Gremlins 2 in my world. Just because.
ReplyDeleteThey want to make it easier to sign Indy guys and want to try and use WWN as a pipeline instead of dealing with the hassle of 3rd parties when it comes to licensing and merch
ReplyDeleteHe was a heel that got cheered not just because he lost, but because of the humiliating nature of his loss.
ReplyDeleteIf anything, Bray needs MORE humiliation to get cheered.
Bray is easy to turn face. Even if he was still a cult leader, just have him convert heels. If you can get people to cheer for a functionally-retarded kleptomaniac, you can get people to cheer for Bray Wyatt.
ReplyDeleteThe blurb I read last night from WO made it seem like Mattel was the one making these decisions, not WWE
ReplyDeleteThat would require sex with Greg Valentine.
ReplyDeleteso sort of like Dean Ambrose
ReplyDeleteFollow the buzzards money!
ReplyDeleteAh, fat-shaming. Good stuff Bull.
ReplyDeleteHe has been a shitty cult leader. He couldn't convert one guy to his side except for Rowan and Harper.
ReplyDeleteHe'd probably have to find them first.
ReplyDeleteAmbrose needs to lose his ladder match in 18 seconds to take it to the next level.
ReplyDeleteHis first wife was smoking hot
ReplyDeleteNot bad at all. He is insightful. The shoot was from the year 2000.
ReplyDeleteHe's kinda cuddly.
ReplyDeleteLook at that big smile!
ReplyDeletebf8a7b27e71589e/12050%20-%20bray_wyatt%20hat%20laughing%20smiling%20wwe.png
Damn, those older shoots are always funny. Like that Alfonso shoot from 1997.
ReplyDelete1) Nobody cares, WWE. Cool the hell down.
ReplyDelete2) I can actually understand this one. If Vince didn't know about it beforehand and it starts rumors of a match that will never happen, I'd be a little pissed too.
3) Makes perfect sense. Except the exact opposite. Fucking morons.
4) Sign me up!
No it's not. It's to have a Wrestlemania moment.
ReplyDeleteHe was around the other day for the Punk/Hogan Twitter stuff.
ReplyDeleteJBL vs. Booker T. Problem solved.
ReplyDeleteChad Gable... booyeah!
ReplyDelete200k people!
ReplyDeleteVince read a Times article about dad bod.
ReplyDeleteWith 199,993 dressed up as chairs
ReplyDeleteWhatever Bray's status, they just need to make sure he gets about six months of clean wins so he's ripe for Taker again.
ReplyDeleteWest Texas rednecks reunion
ReplyDeleteI miss arcades...
ReplyDelete"Sitting down while draping his leg over someone" is a wildly simplistic way of looking at a move that could jar the spine, especially for someone with established back problems.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Back then we had to worry about having a Clinton or a Bush in the White House.
ReplyDeleteNO WAY is Vince reading the Times. The Post, maybe.
ReplyDeleteHogan doing the leg drop all the time is what led to all his hip problems.
ReplyDeleteUSA Today at most
ReplyDeleteBest part of the Star Wars prequels
ReplyDeleteGreatest intro vignette WCW ever did.
ReplyDeleteTMNT, Avengers.....so good
ReplyDeleteWeekly World News is my guess
ReplyDeleteNY Daily News or bust!
ReplyDeleteDoes steroid abuse hurt the bones? Because if so, that didn't help either...he was juicing well into his 2000s run in WWE. Probably still is.
ReplyDeleteYeah but see that kind of indulgence towards inner city crime has led to the problems we're seeing in society today. #seriouspoliticaltalk
ReplyDeleteI think the lazy fat ass gimmick is really gonna get Bull Dempsey over.
ReplyDeleteShould have put more people over then shouldn't ya Hulk!
ReplyDeleteWWF WrestleFest, complete with Royal Rumble and tag team tournament!
ReplyDelete"DE BLASIO MARRIED A COLORED GAL? THEIR KIDS MUST BE SOME GREAT DANCERS, PAL!"
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah, it's an exaggeration for effect. Point stands, though, that Austin being a rabid perfectionist who would not settle for coming back for a lesser match while having a bad neck is WAY more dangerous than Hogan doing his ONE move and posing. I honestly think Hogan wrestling is more likely at this point.
ReplyDeleteKevin Owens with his arm around a discomfited Byron is the best. Also Joe's music is great and everyone go to hell.
ReplyDeleteIt's incredibly dumb - it's almost as if wins and losses don't matter...
ReplyDeleteLOL, jobbing is just laying down comfortably.
ReplyDeleteThat footage of his family when he won was awesome. He's a veritable giant of a man, his wife is a former lesbian(?) and his son had a gigantic afro.
ReplyDeleteI identify with him. Not the gross hair or the Bundy singlet. Those are just wrong.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't know how someone could think that a 300 lb. guy dropping on his tailbone consistently for the better part of 20 years isn't a big deal.
ReplyDeleteA rep for the toy company doing ROH figures said on the Torch website that there's only going to be the one Kevin Steen figure and that's it. The toy company has a deal with ROH, not Kevin, and now that he's gone, they won't be making anymore figures of him.
ReplyDeleteSame policy applies to WWE and Mattel. Once someone leaves the company, Mattel can't make any more new figures of that person unless they cut a direct deal with the wrestler (and WWE has give Mattel the OK since it will be a WWE product).
As a fan of the Hammer Studio library, Christopher Lee was the best, by far, incarnation of Dracula.
ReplyDeleteThat is Francois Mitterrand-level family man.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED that Owens' move on Byron. Best heels are the ones who do the subtle things.
ReplyDeletePeople like him. That's really the only qualification. Be the exact same thing but just show a shred of humanity, and he's there.
ReplyDeleteX-Men, Street Fighter II, Double Dragon...I could go on all day.
ReplyDeleteBasically what the Stunner is, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI wish I'd kept a tally of how much money I spent on that game in the student center of my college.
ReplyDeleteI had teriyaki chicken for dinner last night.
ReplyDeleteI think I won a total of 1 matches in my lifetime on that thing.
ReplyDeleteI actually thought Bull did a great job in the segment. "It was going really well right up until I lost."
ReplyDeleteI made a comment on an Onion Facebook post yesterday. It's still collecting "likes". Currently at 437. Meanwhile, my regular friends are snobs.
ReplyDeleteAlphonso's shoot may be the greatest one ever.
ReplyDeleteBray Wyatt is obviously being groomed to hold a secondary title.
ReplyDeleteOn the heel side, the late 80s had: Savage, Rude, Perfect, Andre, Dibiase, Heenan, BrainBusters, Bad News, Honky. With bad guys that good, you can make anyone a star babyface
ReplyDeleteNice work.
ReplyDeleteHe's actually kinda funny. He could make chicken salad out of this.
ReplyDeleteI was at the arcade every weekend from the time I was 10 or 11 til age 13 after my weekly bowling league, and I always dropped a few dollars into that machine.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that comment about McMahon being unimpressed is true because I don't think he really uses the term "brass ring."
ReplyDeleteI post comments on their stuff all the time and usually think nothing of it, but FB must have recently upgraded their notification system because I keep getting hit with these like notices.
ReplyDeleteLugosi looks much better as the Eastern European mysterious guy than Lee. The black and white film really made the look.
ReplyDeleteLee was the better acting Dracula though.
You're an internet sensation!
ReplyDeleteI really don't want to see Austin wrestle again. On this, Vince and I are kindred.
ReplyDeleteI had to go back and watch it again. I was too busy corpsing to notice his patting Byron on the head.
ReplyDeleteThe Wyatt Family tormenting the Authority writes itself. I mean if the Wyatt Family really is all about challenging "the machine," why do they only target midcard goofs and not the people in charge?
ReplyDeleteYou're a very popular guy!
ReplyDeleteI agree. I don't need to see Austin as a shell of himself.
ReplyDeleteHow long was Austin using the Stunner?
ReplyDeleteI was referring to last night's episode of #HOSSINTHEBUFF
ReplyDeleteScaramanga in Man with the Golden Gun.
ReplyDelete"He has a 3rd nipple."
RIP Christopher Lee, that's my main thought today.
ReplyDeleteIf they are rekindling Austin vs. McMahon in some faux-shoot/kayfabe sort of deal, I hope it's only leading to him refereeing a HHH vs. Rock match or something. Not an Austin match
ReplyDelete"It's been reported that the reason Wyatt has been losing so much lately is because they are eventually going to turn him babyface so their mentality is that it doesn't matter if he loses now as a heel."
ReplyDeleteYep, let's turn him into just another midcard job guy so when we do turn him face he'll have no heat left.
Then again, they jobbed Ziggler and Cesaro out like crazy and they still get reactions from the crowd so who knows.
I'm saddened to learn that a majority of people are only familiar with this LOTR and Star Wars work. There does not appear to be any appreciation for Hammer Films these days.
ReplyDelete6 years, give or take, on a crazy work schedule. What were his finishers before that? Drawing a blank on Stunning Steve. Stungun?
ReplyDelete- Every time they report that Vince was angry with Austin, first thing Austin does is get on his show and say everything's fine, shuttup. So whatever, neither Austin nor Hogan will wrestle at Mania, esp. not Hogan because he's not even medically cleared to wear the bandana at this point.
ReplyDelete- I...don't know if face Bray is a good idea.
- Vince should get a job with either Coke or Pepsi...within 2 weeks there won't be any other cola left on the planet. I love how defensive they get over any tiny little quasi-transgression from another company. An action figure of the former identity of a guy we recently signed?? THIS MEANS WAR.
I have no idea who he is!
ReplyDeleteHis death was top of the page on cbc though, until the Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana includes edibles, and not just smokeables. That knocked it down.
Torii Hunter is on the Twins again? Man, I have really fallen off my baseball fandom the last couple years
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why anyone wants to see a 50 year old Austin in the ring.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have seen him in many, many things.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the 'in' thing to do in sports these days - return to your former team.
ReplyDeleteThat's fine. If people now find out about more of his work I'll be glad.
ReplyDeleteCrazy Canadians and their medical Mary Jane. Draft dodgers and potheads!
ReplyDeleteHe used the stunner from what 97 to 02 with what around or over a year total he didn't work between the piledriver and the eventual surgery. Didn't Hogan have an even crazier schedule with guys back then working 300 days year?
ReplyDeleteWe also like hockey!
ReplyDeleteHas Bray even had any memorable feuds outside of the Daniel Bryan and John Cena feuds? I guess I'm using memorable as in long lasting.
ReplyDeleteSo what you're saying we need is...........
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Hammertime.
YEAAAAAAAAAAHH!
The podcast promo that Austin cut with Heyman could be Austin's way of letting Vince know that he's open to working WM, and that he will only work with Brock Lesnar.
ReplyDeleteOr the whole thing is a worked shoot orchestrated by Vince Russo.
Is Michael Xavier still around, insisting WWE should put the title on Hogan?
ReplyDeleteEmma's new theme song is trash.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work.
ReplyDeleteNope. He had whatever he did with Ryback recently that went nowhere and has pointless from day one.
ReplyDeleteFor better or worse, they have really pushed debuting guys hard in recent years. Rollins, Ambrose, Reigns, Wyatt, Rusev all got top programs right away, with varying levels of success.
ReplyDeleteYeah, he used the Stungun in WCW and the MIllion $ Dream when he first came into the WWF.
ReplyDeleteHe popped in a couple of days ago when Punk was bashing the Hulkster.
ReplyDeleteThis Austin/Vince thing is NEWZ, just like it was a few months ago
ReplyDeleteNothing but a bunch of street hockey playing, draft dodging, pot smoking Big Bang Theory watching........uhhhh...I lost my train of thought there.
ReplyDeleteI said earlier that he's probably still posthumously accepting film roles. If I wrote for the Onion, my headline would be something of that nature.
ReplyDeleteAnd smiles...don't forget smiles.
ReplyDeleteIf the WWN thing means the end of the CAW Generator renames for the most part, I'm all for it.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or do Kevin Nash and Ted Dibiase have similar faces?
ReplyDeleteFireflies?
ReplyDeleteShould've known.
ReplyDeleteNoticed something yesterday. This is the logo for Panda Energy: http://www.trademarkia.com/services/logo.ashx?sid=78546473
ReplyDeleteLooks REALLY similar to the World Wildlife Fund logo:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/WWF_logo.svg/690px-WWF_logo.svg.png
Which makes this classic photoshop all the funnier:
http://real.dctc.edu/fall2014/files/2014/03/panda4.jpg
I'd love to see Owens give the finger to the sign instead of pointing.
ReplyDeleteHogan's punches didn't look very good at WM. But I think he'll have trouble with the big boot AND the leg drop. Slamming a guy is fine as long as he's in okay shape and the other guy doesn't botch it (hard to botch a slam).
ReplyDeleteY'know, with how petty WWE is, I'm surprised we've never had a jobber in a panda suit gimmick.
ReplyDeleteNot seeing it.
ReplyDeleteHa! I made a pun comment on the latest Cyanide & Happiness video on YouTube and it's probably going to break 1,000 likes very soon. So there!
ReplyDeleteI feel they don't really go after actually tough or annoying organizations like WWF (and probably PETA and those sorts).
ReplyDeleteMust be just me then.
ReplyDeleteThey Austin/Heyman podcast was a few weeks ago
ReplyDeleteThe point is that it's just like when the report was that Vince and Austin had heat from the hunter podcast. Totally made up.
ReplyDeleteI really liked their Survivor Series 2004 match even though I was the only one
ReplyDeleteHe actually had quite a surprising take on things to be honest.
ReplyDeleteI would have to assume the only reason they didn't was because they received such a legal bashing the first time they wouldn't dare.
ReplyDeleteHis Count Dooku and Saurman were really good.
ReplyDeleteKnowing WWE they'd put him out there anyway but then have to end up actually giving him a push to get them off their backs, like they did with RTC.
ReplyDeleteI miss everything these days. What did Punk say.
ReplyDeleteHe told Hogan he'd wreck him for being bad at knowing about hockey. Xavier sided with Punk and renounced Hulkamania forever!
ReplyDeleteThat feud with Jericho did nothing but kill some time. The Ambrose feud was memorable but probably in a bad way (holograms, TVs)
ReplyDeleteChristopher Lee in the Wicker Man. That movie scared the hell out of me. I won't have anything wicker in the house.
ReplyDeleteTFC... This F***ing Company.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Scott, apparently Vince was going to wrestle someone in a panda suit at one of those UK ppvs when they lost their copyright to the World Wildlife Fund. Sadly, he got talked out of it.
ReplyDeleteAustin should get his podcast as far the fuck away from WWE as possible and never look back.
ReplyDeleteHe's been building the thing for years, it's popular and he gets full financial benefit from it (minus whatever rev-share he's in with PodcastOne). And most of all, he has no content restrictions, other then what he imposes on himself (splitting the feed into "clean" and "uncensored" versions, for instance).
That's the beauty of podcasts or YouTube channels or other end-user generated media content. You're not bound by network standards or the unpredictable whims of some weird executive. If Vince wants a WWE-approved interview show, he should produce it himself. Austin's already done the hard work. He shouldn't let someone else fuck with it.
Kristaps Porzingis seems to be the latest Chad Ford obsession. Hopefully he doesn't become shit like Darko, Yi, and Pavel Podkolzin.
ReplyDeleteGreat flick, AWFUL remake. "Oh God, not the bees!"
ReplyDeleteI think that was a different era. There's so much that goes into vetting these foreign prospects now, I think the odds of another Darko aren't any greater than a top college player being a bust.
ReplyDeleteMaciej Lamke!
ReplyDeleteAren't they trying to turn him into The Undertaker: Part Deux with the "new face of fear" promos and such?
ReplyDeleteNot really. Jan Vesely wasn't too long ago.
ReplyDeleteGuy was a real life badass.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying you won't have busts. I'm just saying the amount of time invested in scouting these guys is significantly more.
ReplyDeleteWhen Darko was drafted, foreign scouting was really primitive. It's actually what allowed the Spurs to gain such an advantage, because they invested so many resources in it and stashed guys like Ginobli, Parker, Splitter, etc.