12-25-2017, 08:18 AM | #81 |
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Sixx is from a country with maybe 3 black people. Not to say you are wrong to be irritated /disappointed/offended but he will fail to understand your plight.
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12-25-2017, 11:33 PM | #82 |
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This is such interesting news. I imagine that Alpha Entertainment is probably going to dip its fingers into many different pots, but the football stuff is...intriguing and controversial. Vince thinks he can fill this gap, but is it really wide enough to even fuck?
I can also see him starting this sort of venture, because he's not the sort of guy who is going to be able to just "let go" of WWE. He's going to need to throw himself into something else. I also wonder if there is a bit of a "lightning rod" mentality here. Obviously he wants this to work, but when people talk about Vince McMahon, they're going to talk about the WWE. This is a way to kind of side-promote the WWE without really promoting them. Late night talk show hosts are going to be mentioning WWE far more now than they have had cause to for years, for example. |
12-26-2017, 05:37 AM | #83 |
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12-26-2017, 08:06 AM | #84 |
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Poland has a racist criminal justice system. That must be it.
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12-26-2017, 08:56 AM | #85 |
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12-26-2017, 09:43 AM | #86 |
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new slogan:
XFL: The Impact of Football |
12-26-2017, 11:09 AM | #87 |
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There isn't a market for this at all. It'll be like the USFL or XFL 2.0. It'll get a look from people the first couple of weeks and it will die a quick death
There's a reason why so many leagues have tried and failed miserably. If you want to watch pro football, you watch the best play it. The sports landscape is completely different from the wrestling landscape, which would benefit greatly with an actual #2 promotion. Football, baseball, basketball, it doesn't work. As history has shown us several times. |
12-26-2017, 11:12 AM | #88 |
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Football is very vulnerable though. If ever there was a time this is it.
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12-26-2017, 11:17 AM | #89 |
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it's probably the right time. But Vince can't and won't execute.
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12-26-2017, 11:18 AM | #90 |
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Not arguing there
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12-26-2017, 11:18 AM | #91 |
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This is a different game. Literally and figuratively. This same discussion comes up every single time a new football league comes about. Not just a Vince McMahon-run one.
Again, in wrestling sure a second promotion starting up is great. In American sports it doesn't work. The whole "Americana" thing is football. White America watch the NFL. They're not going seriously going to switch over to XFL 2.0 because they stand for the anthem or some other bogus crap. All those people that "swore off" the NFL because of the kneeling have either come back to watch or never left in the first place. They won't jump over and watch far crappier talent just because they hold the American flag between plays. |
12-26-2017, 11:19 AM | #92 |
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One of the biggest criticisms of the XFL was the talent was low/middle tier. You got sub-par football, with inexperienced players making sloppy plays. Unless Vince is willing to offer contracts that rival the NFL rookie contracts...keep in mind No. 1 overall pick Myles Garrett will earn approximately $30,427,372 over his rookie contract with the Cleveland Browns, including a $20,259,698 signing bonus, no other football league will ever come close to the NFL
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12-26-2017, 11:25 AM | #93 | |
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12-26-2017, 11:45 AM | #94 |
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XFL 2.0 Debut Game: New England MAGAPatriots vs. Texas Red, White and Blue Super Screaming Eagles Who Love The Troops.
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12-26-2017, 11:49 AM | #95 |
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Vince must love losing money, it amazes me that he can't accept the fact that outside of wrestling he has had zero success, so periodically he does stupid shit like this to try and buff his ego...ultimately with failure and loss of money. Still no clue why he's referred to as a genius and an entrepreneur, his "genius" in wrestling was nothing more than buying everyone else out, which is hardly anything new. As for the entrepreneur side of things, yeah he tries other things which all flop.
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12-26-2017, 12:08 PM | #97 |
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12-26-2017, 12:27 PM | #98 |
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If you dont physically cum when they hit the high note you get fined 30k
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12-26-2017, 06:34 PM | #99 |
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The issue with the NFL is over-saturation. Thursday night, Sunday Night and Monday night. It's too much.
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12-26-2017, 06:47 PM | #101 |
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12-26-2017, 06:54 PM | #102 | |
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Vince seems to have the delusion that he is all the things people say he is, yet has never been successful outside of "sports entertainment". Just seems every so often he likes to wank away money on a concept that has 1 foot in the grave from the moment its conceived. Of course being surrounded by yes men is probably a major part of him believing his own bs. |
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12-26-2017, 06:56 PM | #103 |
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12-26-2017, 07:05 PM | #104 |
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12-26-2017, 07:05 PM | #105 |
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Not even in a small way
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12-26-2017, 07:06 PM | #106 |
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12-26-2017, 07:06 PM | #107 |
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Vince didnt buy people out, he ran them out of business.
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12-26-2017, 07:10 PM | #108 |
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12-26-2017, 07:11 PM | #109 |
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Damn, that movie came out in 2001. Didn't realize Kid Rock was famous back then.
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12-26-2017, 07:14 PM | #110 |
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Honestly cant remember a time he bought a competitor out...
Everytime he bought someone was after he'd crushed their business model is there a single competitor he had to buy out? |
12-26-2017, 07:15 PM | #111 | |
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Outside of wrestling he's terrible. He didn't "buy out" The AWA, GCW, WCCW Maple Leaf Wrestling etc. If it wasn't Vince, it would have been someone else. Those territories were sitting ducks. |
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12-26-2017, 07:15 PM | #112 |
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Coming up with 0
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12-26-2017, 07:18 PM | #113 |
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Stampede. Although they just ended up reopening. Montreal too to an extent. Maple Leaf Wrestling joined Vince because Crockett was sending them shit wrestlers. AWA and Central States were more or less running the same cards for a decade. WCCW died because their wrestlers died. Mid South was bought by Crockett who also took over Central States and Florida
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12-26-2017, 07:23 PM | #114 |
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Stampede as a competitor is a bit of stretch but ill give it to you
So vinces success is because he bought stampede out. Seems legit, |
12-26-2017, 07:30 PM | #115 |
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Oh no, I wasn't insinuating that Stampede was a competitor but it's really the only instance of Vince buying up a territory. Vince wanted to use it as a developmental territory. Develop young talent while cycling stale talent. Tom Magee and Outback Jack are two examples (although calling them talent is a stretch lol)
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12-26-2017, 07:35 PM | #116 |
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Could probably claim by technically his purchase of WWWF/WWF since he was directly competing against his father's vision over the direction of wrestling. Sped up the process for his grand plans by a couple of years instead of normally waiting to inherit the company.
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12-26-2017, 07:39 PM | #117 |
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He also kinda/sorta bought out Paul Boesch but that was more of a mercy killing due to the NWA killing Houston, not Vince
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12-26-2017, 07:50 PM | #118 | |
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12-27-2017, 03:15 AM | #120 |
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OK, so I just let that ride? It's not like I was attacking Sixx. I enjoy him as a poster and a presence around here. I'm just stating my side of it. He's probably never gotten this tangible to a very real reality for me and people like me. What are you even trying to say with that post? He's too dumb to get it? I'm just typing here, dude. I don't carry any of this with me.
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