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#42 |
RIP SABU
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I’m reminded of that time Destor schooled someone by pointing out that water isn’t wet — wet is the state something finds itself in after interacting with a liquid.
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I wonder what would happen if Stephanie and Paul (and hell, maybe Shane) actually did decide to start a promotion for themselves.
I don’t THINK it will happen, lol. I’m not saying that. But imagine that crazy reality. It would probably have the infrastructure of NXT. I can imagine guys like Regal, Joe and The Armstrongs being given jobs. But would they go full NXT? That wouldn’t work outside the context of being WWE’s craft beer. You’d think they’d try to pluck major stars and might have an in to disgruntled WWE talent that have nowhere else to go. Mercedes Banks would probably end up there lol. I dunno, it would be interesting. |
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#45 |
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I wonder what would happen if Danny Basham became world champion
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#46 |
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A Corny orgasm like you wouldn’t believe.
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Not my favorite. Underrated though. There’s a whole generation of OVW guys that got washed away by the WWE in the early/mid-2000’s. If you have time, go back and watch some of Basham’s OVW work. I highly recommend a 2/3 Falls Match he had with Nick Dinsmore.
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the heartbreak king
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whoa doug basham is 50. i dunno why that surprises me so much.
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#52 |
I am the cheese
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for real if you weren't watching corny era ovw you were missing out
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#54 |
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I could spend hours listening to Cornette talk about the nightmares that came with having a working agreement with WWE. That story about Basham being his good-looking, long haired heel champion and just randomly coming back from WWE bald is amazing.
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He could have been a pretty great heel for their mid-card in 2001/2002. Bring him in with Victoria and have him cause shit for Ric Flair because he’s got a privileged deal because of his “connections” or whatever. Flair brings in Damaja to kick his ass because he knows him so well. Would have been totally fine television. Then he should have kayfabe started banging Stephanie McMahon and replaced Triple H as the top heel and been World Heavyweight Champion. WOOOO! |
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I think it would be great for business if Stephanie had an affair and legit started banging a younger wrestler and it got leaked. I don't see that ever happening but that would be great!
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#59 |
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It'd be great for business if Steph had an affair with me. Well...it'd be great for MY business.
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Which raises the question, do you think that would be too close to home for even Vince to turn into a storyline if it something like that actually went down?
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#61 |
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If I had an affair with Stephanie? I'd be calling Vince out on CNN--never mind in his ring.
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I would not out her or call out Vince if it was me...I would just do what I can to ride her and her money train for as long as possible. All about what's best for MY business!
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The affair was with Macho Man Randy Savage who it turns out never actually passed away. Not only did Randy steal HHHs girl, he took his job too and is now running NXT, which is why they went from black and gold to all the wild colors. Randy reveals he has been planning this ever since HHH tried to invade WCW with his DX cronies. This whole thing is actually what caused his cardiac event.
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#66 |
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Yes but I feel like Vince these days who has mellowed out and seems more hesitant to do anything offensive with the things are now is a little bit different from the Vince of 15 years ago. I don't think he would have any problem doing an angle like that but I don't think he would do it if it really happened with Steph irl just for the fact that it would bring public humiliation and criticism to his publicly traded company. The Vince of like 15 or so years ago would most likely do it in a heartbeat without thinking twice
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#70 |
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that post kinda shows your age. wwf wasnt risqué for a very very long time and then became risqué for a short peroid...and then returned to how it was.
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#71 |
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Stephanie McMahon will probably only be back as a public ambassador for WWE role is my guess. I never would've guessed she'd be pushed out of the top of that company.
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#72 | |
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I think that WWE could use fewer McMahon Family insiders on the business end anyway. =P |
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I mean, it makes sense from a business standpoint. If you want to make $100 million from an aspect and the incumbent cannot get it there, but there’s someone out there that can? She’s still got her stock.
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#75 |
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#76 |
CodeBot Engaged...WOAAHH!
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And honestly, from my limited perspective, it seems like they're trying to find every which way to increase profitability so they can sell at a premium. Doing so might be beyond Steph's capabilities, despite her being really great at what she does. Plus, maybe saying "hundreds of millions" (if those reports are true) was political suicide as far as Steph holding onto her role goes. She over-promised and under-delivered, even if it was an ambitious goal. We also don't know if that Vince story is true--but since it's BI reporting it instead of Uncle Dave, it raises some questions. That said, she'll be fine and likely remain comfortable in another prominent role (at least optically). |
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#78 |
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Another way to look at it is Steph has carried the ball to where they are, but it's as far as she can take it. Now it's time for an outsider, with broader corporate experience, to take profits and revenues completely over the top.
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#79 |
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if you can clearly show there's 20mil/a thats actively being ignored your shareholders will revolt.
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I wouldn’t mind an extra $20 million annually.
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