"It's called a receipt..." [Archive]

TerranRich

07-08-2005, 10:20 PM

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/steviejbl

Fucking right! Kudos to Stevie Richards for uniting Bradshaw's head with the business end of a steel chair.

On a similar note: Does anyone else find it extremely creepy or just plain weird that WWE is paying more and more attention to the Internet as a source of storyline ideas? It's like they're doing what Vince Russo did, except doing it right. I don't know how well-known the JBL/Meanie incident is to the average fan, but I personally think it's very interesting how they're finally revealing the fact that wrestling is a work and shit goes down behind the scenes...and they're starting to publicize it. It's just...weird, because in the 15+ years I've been watching wrestling, that's never happened. And I know WCW did it toward the end of its life, but this feels different somehow, like they're taking the Internet seriously, while Russo made himself and the company look like morons.

Anyway...yeah. :)

Shadow

07-08-2005, 10:28 PM

Not only did Richards give JBL a reciet...he gave him some change as well.

Marcyo

07-08-2005, 10:29 PM

Yes, and I think it's great. Marks keep watching and smarks are happy. Peace in da world. :D

M. Banana

07-08-2005, 10:30 PM

Yes, and I think it's great. Marks keep watchign and smarks are happy. Peace in da world.

Yes, and it is all because I am so awesome.

TerranRich

07-08-2005, 10:34 PM

Yes, and it is all because I am so awesome.
Oh yeah? If you're so great, why are you named after a FRUIT, huh? :wtf:

Damn fruit. :p

M. Banana

07-08-2005, 10:36 PM

Oh yeah? If you're so great, why are you named after a FRUIT, huh? :wtf:

Damn fruit. :p

Tis okay, you simply can't comprehend how awesome I am.

Fear not, little one. For you are not the only one. :yes:

mike627

07-08-2005, 10:46 PM

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." :yes:

TerranRich

07-08-2005, 10:48 PM

Tis okay, you simply can't comprehend how awesome I am.

Fear not, little one. For you are not the only one. :yes:
:'(

YOUR Hero

07-08-2005, 10:51 PM

Gonna have to call Richards stupid. It wasn't his fight to fight.... If this isn't all some sort of work.

TerranRich

07-08-2005, 10:59 PM

I think we're entering the realm of workshoots and shootworks... incidents that not even WE can tell if they're works or shoots or whatever. Did Stevie really take matters into his own hands when he whacked JBL with the chair? Or was it a work to get US talking?

Man, my head hurts. DAMN YOU, WWE!!!

Kane Knight

07-08-2005, 11:01 PM

IT probably is a work. But if it's not, I have mixed feelings.

One the one hand, who hasn't wanted to get revenge on some cocksmoker, or even take down a bully a couple of pegs?

On the other hand, taking matters into your own hands usually is a bad idea. Especially with a bully. You make take him down a peg, but he'll take it out on you, Meanie, and any newbie or smaller guy. That's why they're bullies, people. Bullies'll keep going against people, even if someone bigger than them takes 'em down once or twice. They just pick on the weaker ones.

I kinda wanna laugh at JBL getting hurt, but two wrongs don't make a right, even if the guy "deserved" it.

Corkscrewed

07-09-2005, 12:17 AM

Well, I've been advocating blurring the line between kayfabe and reality for a while. Make it so it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake... that increases intrigue. They're finally using the net to its advantage. Instead of calling us fat 12 year old nerds in our momma's basements, they're using backstage buzz to generate online buzz. I mean, this whole Matt/Edge thing had a lot of people thinking it was a work, but it was real. And bWo/JBL? Perhaps the opposite (even tho both were spawned by real events).

I think it's a great thing. Like Marcyo said... smarks are happy, marks are entertained anyway. So why not? You embrace technology and utilize it. You don't fear it and scorn it.

Hopefully, they've finally figure it out, and the recent good quality of shows overall will continue. :y:

Fox

07-09-2005, 01:02 AM

Gotta be a work-shoot (shoot-work?). JBL is Vince McMahon's left hand man - a guy who's been with the company for a long time and has actually become a decent main eventer. If Stevie had actually taken liberties for Blue Meanie on Smackdown, not only would it probably have been cut from the live showing, but Richards would be on that list of people who were just released.

Deceit

07-09-2005, 11:48 AM

I think it's fantastic. I'm glad the WWE is trying harder to appeal to their "other fanbase" (internet fans). It's working pretty well at this point :)

Morgan

07-09-2005, 12:33 PM

I think it's fantastic. I'm glad the WWE is trying harder to appeal to their "other fanbase" (internet fans). It's working pretty well at this point :)

Their "actual fanbase".

Innovator

07-09-2005, 12:43 PM

Gonna have to call Richards stupid. It wasn't his fight to fight.... If this isn't all some sort of work.What does Stevie have to lose? Getting his nose broken again? Getting his knee hyperextended?

Deceit

07-09-2005, 12:50 PM

Their "actual fanbase".

The smarks or internet fanbase is really only a small percentile compared to the amount of casual watchers.

Kane Knight

07-09-2005, 01:25 PM

What does Stevie have to lose? Getting his nose broken again? Getting his knee hyperextended?
Touche.

He's been injured twice by bad workers, an unsafe work environment IS his business.

Kane Knight

07-09-2005, 01:28 PM

Their "actual fanbase".
The smarks or internet fanbase is really only a small percentile compared to the amount of casual watchers.
The only evidence of this being several years old, and the fanbase having changed, not to mention the advances in the prevalence of the internet, I'ma call bullshit (Like I always do).

You cann;t definitely state that, and be any more accurate than the statement that it's their " actual fanbase."

Just John

07-09-2005, 01:32 PM

Touche.He's been injured twice by bad workers

Bad workers!? Damn right Chris Masters Doesn't have a clue what he's supposed to be doing out there. This is probably because his I.Q is that of a brick.

Kane Knight

07-09-2005, 02:10 PM

Bad workers!? Damn right Chris Masters Doesn't have a clue what he's supposed to be doing out there. This is probably because his I.Q is that of a brick.
Bad workers was an intentional understatement.

I love how they worry about professionals working too stiff, then let this guy work more recklessly than RVD could ever do...No matter what kinda shit he was sparking before he came out.

Just John

07-09-2005, 02:16 PM

He's still as dumb as a box of rocks.

Kane Knight

07-09-2005, 02:18 PM

No argument from me.

Then again, if the WWE offered me a contract to wrestle Monday Night, I wouldn't go "I don't think my fat ass is professional enough." I'd be more like "Who do I squash?"

Morgan

07-09-2005, 02:34 PM

No argument from me.

Then again, if the WWE offered me a contract to wrestle Monday Night, I wouldn't go "I don't think my fat ass is professional enough." I'd be more like "Who do I squash?"

Unfortunately it would probably be more like:

VINCE: Tonight you debut in a three on one handicap match against Triple H, Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker.

KANE KNIGHT: The Undertaker's on Smackdown.

VINCE: Right now you're in a transexual angle. Anything else to say smart guy?

What Would Kevin Do?

07-10-2005, 01:43 AM

Has anyone seen the exclusive video on WWE.com? They show JBL leaving... They get some good shots of the top of his head... It looks fucking sick as hell.... Granted he's a dick and may have deserved it, I felt sorta bad for him after seeing it.

YOUR Hero

07-10-2005, 01:58 AM

What does Stevie have to lose? Getting his nose broken again? Getting his knee hyperextended?
His paycheck

KayfabeMan

07-10-2005, 02:10 AM

Kane Knight

07-10-2005, 10:17 AM

Unfortunately it would probably be more like:

VINCE: Tonight you debut in a three on one handicap match against Triple H, Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker.

KANE KNIGHT: The Undertaker's on Smackdown.

VINCE: Right now you're in a transexual angle. Anything else to say smart guy?
Yeah, I haven't taken enough steroids. But that's beside the point. ;)

The Mackem

07-10-2005, 10:29 AM

It didn't seem like Stevie did anything wrong when I saw it...I'm not a wrestler though so I wouldn't know any different.

Kane Knight

07-10-2005, 10:36 AM

Kane Knight

07-10-2005, 10:37 AM

It didn't seem like Stevie did anything wrong when I saw it...I'm not a wrestler though so I wouldn't know any different.
Didn't look so horrible to me either, and I know getting hit in the head.

Now where was I? Oh yes. GET OFF MY LAWN YOU COMMIE SONS OF BITCHES!

Afterlife

07-11-2005, 09:48 AM

Feel even worse for the people who enjoy watching him wrestle.

He wrestles? :wtf:

PorkSoda

07-11-2005, 10:20 AM

Steven Richards kicked JBL's ass with a chair :)

Just John

07-11-2005, 11:54 AM

Yeah, I haven't taken enough steroids. But that's beside the point. ;)

Well don't just sit there! Juice your career bitch!

Kane Knight

07-11-2005, 12:00 PM

Well don't just sit there! Juice your career bitch!
Aye Aye.

If you see someone on Raw with the catchphrase "IT WASN'T...MY...FORTE!" You'll know who it is...

Chavo Classic

07-11-2005, 12:36 PM

Gotta be a work-shoot (shoot-work?).... not only would it probably have been cut from the live showing, but Richards would be on that list of people who were just released.

If Stevie had legitimately busted the head of one of Vince's favourite wrestlers open with a unplanned potato, then he'd not only be fired, but he'd be face down in the pool at Titan Towers.

Just John

07-11-2005, 01:37 PM

Aye Aye.

If you see someone on Raw with the catchphrase "IT WASN'T...MY...FORTE!" You'll know who it is...

:lol:

Kane Knight

07-11-2005, 01:41 PM

Or perhaps "Time to play the game...Anyone up for strip Twister?"

Just John

07-11-2005, 01:53 PM

lol they get better

vampiro03

07-12-2005, 09:30 PM

the chair shot, was accidental but they took full advantage of it. I don't think foley would agree to take a shot like that. I think the WHOLE thing, from the beginning, was a work for the "new" wwe. Paul Heyman is a work-shoot genious. look at the survivor series "you stole my life" interview from the invasion angle. I thought Paul was serious until he said "this sunday" then I was pissed.