05-14-2019, 02:08 PM | #1 |
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SDLive - Taped from LONDON - OFFICIAL THREAD - 5.14.19
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05-14-2019, 02:21 PM | #3 |
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That seriously sounds exactly like the opening for Raw. Wasn’t it Miz TV with Roman?
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05-14-2019, 02:22 PM | #4 |
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WWE have to jack up ticket prices because factors like attendance are so low.
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05-14-2019, 02:49 PM | #6 |
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Wait, I thought they had a four-way advertised for SmackDown? Did it suddenly become a three-way?
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05-14-2019, 02:53 PM | #7 |
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Alvarez did a thing where he challenged one of his listeners to work out how many times WWE delivers on something they promote for television. It was something like 39%.
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05-14-2019, 02:57 PM | #8 |
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Oh, it has been edited to be a four-way. Never mind.
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05-14-2019, 03:03 PM | #9 |
1-0 TPWW Chess Master
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This thread is already on pace to beat the RAW thread and the show hasn't even started. Not a good look.
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05-14-2019, 03:30 PM | #10 |
Trickster Demon
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LOL @ new tag name for Asuka/Kairi
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05-14-2019, 03:35 PM | #11 |
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My name is better.
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05-14-2019, 03:51 PM | #12 |
Trickster Demon
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A lot of RAW stars on SD this week...definitely more than 3/4...
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05-14-2019, 03:55 PM | #13 |
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Lol Kofi standing tall after Woods saves him from a Zayn and Owens beat down....start repping me now cause Ill spoil the PPV now.
Kevin Owens defeats Kofi Kingston after Xavier Woods costs Kingston the title. |
05-14-2019, 04:10 PM | #14 |
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Asuka and kairi sane are called what now?
Jesus jumped-up Christ I was going to watch only for the visual of the Usos with Roman to see how it looks but f*** this that just put me off the whole show |
05-14-2019, 04:17 PM | #15 |
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05-14-2019, 04:32 PM | #16 |
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lol only 3 matches on a 2 hour show
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05-14-2019, 04:40 PM | #17 |
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That 4-way match looks very interesting to watch but show itself looks pretty meh overall.
at Kairi and Asuka's new tag team name. |
05-14-2019, 05:03 PM | #18 |
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Lol, WWE already breaking their own rules. Not a surprise.
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05-14-2019, 05:28 PM | #19 |
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05-14-2019, 06:03 PM | #20 |
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05-14-2019, 07:49 PM | #21 |
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05-14-2019, 08:06 PM | #22 |
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at WWE adding piped in cheers for Reigns entrance.
Even though I shouldn't be surprised, still can't believe how fast it took WWE to squander all the crowd support and cheers Reigns got when he came back from his cancer battle. |
05-14-2019, 08:06 PM | #23 |
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Shane's money tron should be brittish pounds
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05-14-2019, 08:07 PM | #24 | |
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As long as they have enough people to look sold out and make noise, Vince will take the extra $10,000 every Raw and Smackdown. |
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05-14-2019, 08:38 PM | #25 |
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4-way match was pretty good overall. All downhill for the rest of tonight based on those spoilers.
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05-14-2019, 09:31 PM | #26 |
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Absolutely, but he doesn't factor in that those 8,000 fans are going to turn into 5,000 fans. Then 2,000 fans. You can't squeeze $200 for tickets out of those fans.
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05-14-2019, 09:36 PM | #27 |
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wwe makes more money off tv deals, the network than they do live gate(Im assuming since theyre getting 2 billion from Fox and USA)
Eventually Raw and SD will be filmed in a studio with CGI crowds added in |
05-14-2019, 09:58 PM | #28 |
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Nice of Owens to channel his inner Lacey Evans with these entrance walk teases.
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05-14-2019, 10:20 PM | #29 |
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They do, but you need TV networks that are willing to pay that money. As interest fades, so does their appeal to sponsors and the networks. When the networks withdraw their interest, WWE is going to need to depend on those other metrics, which are performing abysmally.
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05-14-2019, 10:34 PM | #30 | |
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It's the same way they don't have pyro unless it's Mania or the Saudis pay for it. If WWE could afford pyro when the stock was $15, how is it too expensive when the stock is over $80.00? Answer, it's because Vince doesn't care if the presentation suffers as long as his carny ass can pocket that extra $15,000 by not using pyro, larger than life character portrayal be damned. All Vince has ever wanted was for things to go back to how they were in the 80's, where the fans eat up whatever he puts out with no upward movement from anybody, just perpetual mid card gimmick guys who sell merch. |
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05-15-2019, 12:49 AM | #31 |
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05-15-2019, 12:56 AM | #32 |
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The Bukkake Experience
Funny how that name would actually make sense, given that Paige is their "manager". In all seriousness, though, isn't Kabuki Warriors an old video game? I mean, it's better than naming a team after a porn site (again, ironic given Paige's involvement), but still... Last edited by Tom Guycott; 05-15-2019 at 01:07 AM. Reason: addendum: upon research, it actually *was* a video game, but oddly enough, not the game I was thinking about. |
05-15-2019, 01:11 AM | #33 |
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Not even to pg. 2 for SD baybay
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05-15-2019, 07:20 AM | #34 |
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So they didn’t want a team called the War Raiders, but now they have a team called the Kabuki Warriors (you know warriors, people who do war).
This company... |
05-15-2019, 04:21 PM | #35 |
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Well it is the same company who added "burn it down" to Rollins theme because the pause was irritating Vince...over a year after his theme debuted. It's just down to Vince and his mood on the day it seems, one day he hates something the next he loves it.
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05-18-2019, 11:06 PM | #36 |
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Because it's his company then his will be done. His bias is always confirmed by things being forced as a self-fulfilled prophecy.
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