A promo selling a match without talking about ticket sales, ratings, merch, the IWC, marks, or crapping on the product??
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A promo selling a match without talking about ticket sales, ratings, merch, the IWC, marks, or crapping on the product??
I hate Pat McAfee. And not in the wrestling "he's a heel" hate. More in the "your parents did a horrible job of raising you" hate.
Not recently just getting skinnier over time - guess she is no longer trying to bulk up like she used to
I think she’s gotten good enough in the ring that she doesn’t need to rely on bring a monster.
For sure
Also can we talk about how cringeworthy Sami Zayn is - he keeps talking about how he’s an underdog but keeps winning the us title
Rhea supposedly had back issues. Fans wanted another Chyna but it may not be as healthy for her to carry so much upper body weight. Tone wise, she looks incredible. Not as menacing but that has to do with her creative. I don't fear you if you're having a cutesy relationship with IYO with hugs and all that like you're both 12. She's better as a pissed off loner. Wouldn't mind her turning on IYO and them having a feud later this year. Rhea still hasn't beaten her...
McAfee has always been great on the mic. He may be annoying but he can get a reaction and doesn't flub a line. In current wrestling if you made a best promo guys list between both companies, he'd be near the top. That says more about current wrestlers than anything though. Trouble is, what he's saying doesn't make sense to the story, Orton has taken a backseat to Pat, and we've got Pat and Punk taking shots at each other because Roman wasn't on Raw.
Match wise, it's a somewhat impressive Mania card. It's how they're getting there that's baffling.
McAfee has always been great on the mic. He may be annoying but he can get a reaction and doesn't flub a line. In current wrestling if you made a best promo guys list between both companies, he'd be near the top. That says more about current wrestlers than anything though. Trouble is, what he's saying doesn't make sense to the story, Orton has taken a backseat to Pat, and we've got Pat and Punk taking shots at each other because Roman wasn't on Raw.
Match wise, it's a somewhat impressive Mania card. It's how they're getting there that's baffling.
Yup all the elements were there on a silver platter and tko jumped in to save a story and turned it into a wtf story
I think Rhea is pretty easily the best they've got. The tattoos and the goth look makes her look menacing enough. She doesn't need to be huge.
To be fair it’s also the US title, the only men’s singles title that company seemingly cares less about is the Speed title
Pat better stop checking them Cagematch ratings because brother last night and last week ratings are an embarrassment to the wrestling industry as a whole.
WWE allegedly said they were going to adjust things (per numerous dirt sheets so not actually WWE itself saying it as they never would) from the negative reaction last week. They committed even harder to all the stupid stuff from last week and announced a temporary 25% discount.
I’d argue it’s the IC title - at least the US title gets defended somewhat regularly with the open challenge
I feel like the US title is much more likely to be for put on someone they never want to make a main eventer or they don't have any significant plans in store for anytime soon. Basically it's a midcard title for mostly midcard wrestlers who will always be midcard wrestlers.
It's basically the AEW TNT title belt.
Always exceptions of course. Like Seth Rollins won the WWE title not long after dropping the US title a few years ago. Kyle Fletcher is a mortal lock to be a future AEW title winner.
So what's the cutoff age when you're too old to go to a wrestling show then?
There is none I think he was talking about the guy filming and talking sht to Dave which is completely unnecessary
EC3 returned to TNA and no one gave a damn. Basically brought him back in his hometown too. TNA really has just run off all their longtime fans it would seem.
When The Righteous returned they got “who are you” chants.
TNA better hope these WWE/NXT fans that started watching because of the partnership don’t abandon ship when WWE inevitably pulls the plug on it. That’s if they don’t hat outright buy it, which they could do at a moment’s notice per contractual terms of the partnership.
When The Righteous returned they got “who are you” chants.
TNA better hope these WWE/NXT fans that started watching because of the partnership don’t abandon ship when WWE inevitably pulls the plug on it. That’s if they don’t hat outright buy it, which they could do at a moment’s notice per contractual terms of the partnership.
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A week after calling a Smackdown episode the worst rated ever, Pat McAfee has been a major part of the two worst rated Smackdowns in WWE history and thus 2 of the 5 worst WWE main roster TV episodes in history.
I'm not sure anything WWE can ever do will top that NXT episode short of doing a repeat of what made that be so low rated - zero wrestling for an entire episode.
Pretty clear at this point that WWE wanted to make Road Dogg a scapegoat/fall guy. Nasty work by Triple H to treat an alleged friend of his like that.
I'm not sure anything WWE can ever do will top that NXT episode short of doing a repeat of what made that be so low rated - zero wrestling for an entire episode.
Pretty clear at this point that WWE wanted to make Road Dogg a scapegoat/fall guy. Nasty work by Triple H to treat an alleged friend of his like that.
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I'm going to assume promos and video packages. I wasn't watching NXT at that time but that episode is infamous in the annals of wrestling history.
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