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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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This...Is the Kolbert Report!
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Boss
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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On a scale of Awesome to Godlike, how do you rate John Cena's championship?
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Boss
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John Cena: Great Champion...or GREATEST Champion?
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I'll put you down for Godlike.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Guys have you noticed that Vermat has yet to grace this page?
Does this mean someone has done the humane thing and banned the pleb? If not may I suggest that this be done. Or that all those half intelligent posters out there just completely ignore anything he posts! I mean come on! There are some guys on here who have great opinions and make intellectual posts that I love to read. All of this talent (for lack of a better word) is being wasted on this ridiculous CUNT (for lack of a better word) |
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Don't be hatin' bitch!
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Terminator Daddy!
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If Vermaat doesn't admit finally that he contradicts himself after the following example, I will give up. This guy is too much:
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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By the end of his reign, Edge's Raw ratings were the SAME as Cena's. This was addressed, and several people even admitted they were wrong when they saw the REAL Neilsen ratings at that point. It's bullshit to say that they stayed up, because they were back down to their original ratings over a course of THREE FUCKING WEEKS. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I think he forgot his password.
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I can't believe I missed this thread! I've missed out on some good discussion. Alright, first I'm going to try and take some new approaches to the old arguments Vermaat presented:
You claim Akio can't talk. Why? I've heard reports that he can talk fine to people before and after shows. He's doing a promo segment in ROH soon. I think it's a part of the Straight Shootin' Series, or something. You claim the cruiserweights are lazy? That is why Paul London VISIBLY puts 110% effort into every move he does? Watch his dropsault in the Fatal Fourway Match this past Velocity. The guy really wanted to get it noticed. Another way to disprove your crazy lazy theory is to simply point out that the cruiserweights are stuck on Velocity. If pulling out "innovative" moves means they get World Title shots, don't you think they would have done it by now? You want evidence that the WWE scripts the cruiserweights' matches for them? Paul London's standing shooting star press. I am not a trained professional wrestler, but wouldn't a standing SSP be harder to pull of due to the lack of time to adjust? If London had a choice between the visually impressive leap into the air before graciously landing on his opponent which impressive momentum, or flipping pointlessly for a two count looking move, which do you think he would choose? Sliced Bread #2 is more innovative than the 619. The 619 has been done for years as a taunt. Hardly innovative. The Shiranui looks like it could kill someone. Every match these guys get, they try to get the fans to take notice of them, but you are just too blind to see it. That is not an insult, that is fact. As for why the WWE would limit these guys? Because they don't want two little guys trained by Shawn Michaels showing up Triple H or John Cena in terms of ring ability. Sad, but true. You say that Randy Orton is a bastard for saying what he said. The guy probably has no control over what he says. I doubt he would choose to say it. I'm not trying to bash Rey Mysterio here, because I am not close to the Guerrero family and have no clue what they wanted, but I find Rey equally at fault (if there is fault) as Randy Orton. You can't accuse one and not the other. If Rey Mysterio had refused the angle, he would have been fine. The media was all over Eddie Guerrero's death, so Rey doing something with morals attached to it and leaving the company would not have looked good for the WWE. Now for your John Cena arguement: I could sit here all day and point out the same thing other people have, but I am simply going to say this. Assuming your "entire arenas are at the mercy of a small group of fans" is true (and that is a huge unrealistic assumption to make), then don't you think it would be smart for the WWE to target these small groups? One of the first things you learn about business is "cool hunting", and how you target your product at people who can persuade other people that your product is "cool". If the "cool" thing is to boo John Cena, then the WWE would be smart to turn him heel. Fighting the fans which "control everything" assuming they exist on such a powerful scale as you say (I'm not doubting their are guys who start "Cena Sucks" just because they think it's funny), is stupid, because in reality you're only preventing your business from making money. I don't see your logic in keeping John Cena pushed as the top face of the company, I really don't. You mention "TRADITIONAL". I don't know what you mean. Are you assuming there is only one way to build a face? Are you trying to say that the Rock 'n' Wrestling era was the only true era, and that the Attitude era was all wrong? Did it ever occur to you that fans broke away from "TRADITIONAL" for a reason, in the first place? My uncle stopped watching wrestling a while ago "because Stone Cold Steve Austin didn't drink beer anymore". My cousin stopped because it "got shit". Are they not TRUE WRESTLING FANS? I fail to see your logic there. 1) They stopped watching for reasons, not because it stopped being cool. Both stopped watching after the "cool" fans left. 2) It should not be the fans job to change themselves to fit the WWE product. The WWE product should change to fit the fans. Your logic says that if Coca Cola stops selling soft drinks it is because of the consumer, and that they are not worth the company's attention. Your logic says no investigation or no modification to the product is needed. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Assuming he is a legitimate tardboy, of course. |
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The Great Pink Hope
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Vermaat is beginning to regret pissing off fans who live in their mother's basement and spend twelve hours a day on wrestling websites and forums.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Banned WWE on 1/1/07
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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He was using that before they even had ratings on Raw. He was using it on the first Raw after he won. He was using the figures of PPV rates and WWE.com visits.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Also, that first Raw was legitimately highly rated, which probably counts for the highest rating in 5 years.
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Terminator Daddy!
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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The problem is, you're looking at like a .6 difference, and to lose that in 3 weeks kind of disproves the notion that Edge was a better draw. |
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Terminator Daddy!
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Further, not being worse than a face who couldn't get people to cheer him isn't saying much for your own star power. Edge ended up with the same ratings as the man who couldn't draw a face pop to save his life. HAd they stayed even a little above Cena's before they swapped it back to him, you'd have a decent point, but within a week, ratings were almost back to normal. |
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Spammy Certified
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I wasn't totally because of promised sex either I'm sure alot of people said "CENA FINALLY LOST THE TITLE!" to others which brought it up.
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Formerly Ġohâń3k
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Arnold Ham Nigger
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Terminator Daddy!
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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RAW Ratings
January 2, 2006 (3.7) January 9, 2006 (4.3) <-- First RAW with Edge as champ, Live Sex episode January 16, 2006 (4.3) January 23, 2006 (4.5) January 30, 2006 (4.5) <-- After Royal Rumble when Cena regained title February 6, 2006 (4.5) February 16, 2006 (3.3) <-- Monday had the Dog Show February 20, 2006 (4.0) February 27, 2006 (4.0) March 6, 2006 (4.0) March 13, 2006 (4.1) Source: Wrestling Information Archive |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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March 13, for example, is listed on Nielsen's site as a 3.4. It's on their site. You can't take the ratings off another site more seriously. Sit down. Shut the fuck up. And go. The fuck. Away. |
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This thread getting this far says alot more about you guys than anything you can say against Vermaat.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Your constant attempts in this thread say more about you than the rest of us.
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Yes, they are put on Velocity because WWE can't put them on other shows all the time. Sometimes they are on SD, sometimes velocity. And just being innovative is not going to give you a world title shot. You have to be innovative, good in the ring, get a good reaction and have a great character. Quote:
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Here's an example of what you are doing Vermaat: You are a huge fan of basketball Team "A". Team "B" hits a game winning shot at the buzzer to win the game. You argue with us that your "theory" and "logic" tells you that the shot by Team "B" wasn't good, because then you'd have to admit and accept the fact that your team lost. In your own mind, your team NEVER loses...so "logically", in spite of what was broadcast on ESPN and in the newspapers...you claim your theory is correct and is fact. That's what you do and that's why you piss so many people off. Last edited by Arnold HamNegger; 03-23-2006 at 02:00 PM. |
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Formerly Ġohâń3k
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THE CHAIN GANG SOULJA HAS SPOKEN
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Formerly Ġohâń3k
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He's Here
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LOL Gohan (bot going to quote because it will stretch the page more), it looks like his knucks are made out of PlayDough.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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LOL. Yeah, wrestling's safer without those moves. Despite a serious change in injuries, and no level of injury difference between spot wrestlers and "safe" wrestlers.
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EDIT: Ha ha ha ha ha. Holy shit. I lose. I just checked it up. So why the hell do they spike the ratings like that then?
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