01-31-2018, 03:00 PM | #361 |
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I'm just glad he didn't discover this shit last week. Right in the middle of Austin's stunner of McMahon we would have seen "ANTI-AUTHORITY" scroll across the screen.
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01-31-2018, 03:20 PM | #362 |
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Now I don't know which part of the Usos promo #1 has seen. Was it the text as they spoke, or the hilarious cage closing everytime they say lockdown (2:00 in for an example).
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01-31-2018, 03:21 PM | #363 | |
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01-31-2018, 03:22 PM | #364 |
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Yeah, pretty sure I watched the USO promo and didn’t see/hear the stuff with the cell door.
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01-31-2018, 03:26 PM | #365 |
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I saw the cell door stuff
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01-31-2018, 03:36 PM | #366 |
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The words on the pre-recorded selfie promos don't bother me much.
But the Nakamura words and the cell door stuff was just dumb. The "live action" stuff doesn't need words and graphics. |
01-31-2018, 03:59 PM | #367 |
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The words on the selfies did bother me.
I liked them on RAW because they were short and sweet, and felt "genuine". On Smackdown it was like "ok, someone took this and edited it to add graphics, this isn't just a dude on his phone sending a message" |
01-31-2018, 04:23 PM | #368 |
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• What on earth was that "ROCKSTAR" graphic all about?
• Roode mistakenly saying "Mojo Riley" got a chuckle from me. I'm cool with Rusev winning though, but I'm sure it'll end up a Triple Threat Match with Ziggler being added later. Speaking of Ziggler, what's going on with him? He wins the title and instantly vacates it, which nobody cared about, he then disappeared for three weeks, which nobody cared about and then he randomly returned during the Royal Rumble Match, which nobody cared about and then he never got one mention last night on SmackDown. Not even during the Fatal Four Way Match. Someone could have at least asked Roode "What do you think about Ziggler returning on Sunday during the Royal Rumble Match?". If no mention was made last night on purpose, as a way for us to be surprised if/when Ziggler gets added to the match or appears to claim a shot at the title, then cool, I guess, but if Ziggler isn't added next week and no mention of him is made yet again, then I really have no clue why Ziggler is even still with the company. Finally, this whole pancake thing The New Day has going on is incredibly annoying and pointless. I didn't think The New Day could get more annoying but they found a way. • Those two Usos promos. What the fuck? First of all, why have random words flash up in my face? I do have ears and they do work. I seriously hate these mobile phone promos and the giant text that accompanies them. The in-ring promo was just awful. Not The Usos though, just the cheap looking cage graphic and sound effect. Has Vince & Co. just discovered the graphics sections of Adobe After Effects? Tonight's promos and Nakamura's entrance are like videos a ten year old would make and then throw on to YouTube. • It's crazy to think that Corbin has been on the main roster for almost two years now and he's still incredibly shit. That segment with Shane & Tye was bad. Especially when he said "What? Are you still here?". It was so flat and monotone, like he had never done a promo before. • The interview after the Mixed Match Challenge match just made me want to hope and pray that everything that happens on Mixed Match Challenge isn't kayfabe/canon. |
01-31-2018, 04:32 PM | #369 |
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Just had a cringeworthy thought: they're likely going ro use a full screen flash of "OUTTA NOWHERE" after every RKO now...
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01-31-2018, 04:37 PM | #370 |
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Is there such thing as “WWE canon” when they flagrantly retcon whatever they like, whenever they like? See “This is Jinder’s first appearance in a Royal Rumble”
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01-31-2018, 05:05 PM | #371 |
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01-31-2018, 05:05 PM | #372 |
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Or even:
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01-31-2018, 05:13 PM | #373 |
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We're so close to this happening.
Main event of WrestleMania. Lesnar grabs Reigns from behind. "SUPLEX CITY" flashing on the screen during each suplex. |
01-31-2018, 06:02 PM | #374 |
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The pop up graphics wouldn't be as bad if WWE just had some restraint on its usage.
Right now it just comes off like every new thing they've done in recent years where its suddenly the only thing they care about doing and want to spam it at every opportunity. |
01-31-2018, 06:15 PM | #375 |
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That's terrible.
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01-31-2018, 06:18 PM | #376 |
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Next The Uso's will be accompanied to the ring by someone doing sign language.
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01-31-2018, 06:38 PM | #377 |
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I actually only saw the cage closing. The text while they talked was... less ridiculous I guess.
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01-31-2018, 06:54 PM | #378 | |
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01-31-2018, 07:06 PM | #380 |
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Usos a lot better at talking than they used to be. Allowed to have genuine charisma as babyfaces too. Of course Kevin Dunn has to try and ruin it. God, his time has to be coming, surely?
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01-31-2018, 07:11 PM | #381 |
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lol It's all seriously like an SNL parody of a wrestling show.
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01-31-2018, 07:21 PM | #382 |
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There's no justification for someone thinking that was a good idea.
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01-31-2018, 07:22 PM | #383 |
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Do you think the firing of Jim Johnston made him nervous? Like, "fuck, I need to prove my worth around here," so we're the seeing the last flailing of a man who never really deserved the position in the first place?
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01-31-2018, 08:35 PM | #384 |
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01-31-2018, 08:37 PM | #385 |
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01-31-2018, 08:41 PM | #386 |
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"Fuck. I need to step my game up." *Googles "windows movie maker torrent"*
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01-31-2018, 08:50 PM | #387 |
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The legacy of Kevin Dunn is going to be really interesting. Everybody hates him, by the sound of it. But generally, WWE has always been a fairly tightly run ship. It's just lately that their logos, their direction, their graphics and all that has gotten really...amateur. Not even amateur really. Bad. No one would advise using a camera like the WWE does now. No one would recommend those graphics. No one would say that the entrances now are better than the ones of yesterday (in terms of lighting, entrance videos and how it all ties together).
I'm not sure how much of it Dunn is responsible for, but it's got to be noticed by people who matter. Apparently Triple H and Stephanie have always wanted to get rid of him. Vince has to see it. This has got to be a death rattle. |
01-31-2018, 09:33 PM | #388 |
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The interesting thing about Dunn is he has legit no reason at all to improve as long as Vince is there and he maintains a huge ownership of WWE stocks. Even if Vince leaves any time soon, he helped bring back Shane to the WWE solely to put a wedge in Triple H's plans to get rid of him.
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01-31-2018, 09:40 PM | #389 |
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Yeah, but Vince has to have loved Jim Johnston too. And a lot of other executives that he's just scrapped. It's "time," you know?
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02-01-2018, 08:39 AM | #390 |
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When I named this thread, I didn't know it would be this egregious. I thought maybe a new palette at most.
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02-01-2018, 10:49 AM | #391 |
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I kind of love these new graphics and cell phone promos to be honest and that RKO out of nowhere would be the greatest thing ever. I guess because it's fresh and different, I enjoy it. I always loved when guys cut a promo right before their match or tv segment. It's got that old school vibe with a new school touch. i'm cool with it
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02-01-2018, 11:05 AM | #392 |
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The RKO thing would seem very Marvel vs Capcom-y
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02-01-2018, 11:51 AM | #393 | |
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02-01-2018, 11:59 AM | #394 |
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If Randy Orton walked out and took 20 minutes taking a shit in the middle of the ring, no words, only the sounds of straining until he's done, it would be fresh and different. And just as bad.
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02-01-2018, 12:16 PM | #395 |
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As I said before, I was a fan of the cell phone promos on RAW, but adding graphics to them on Smackdown ruined their "genuine quality".
Also Daniel Bryan's top ten thing shouldn't have been one of them. Feel like announcements from the GM should have a staged and produced feel to them. So like the normal backstage promos. As for the top ten.... I dunno. Will have to wait and see how it turns out. I remember TNA did a fan vote rankings or something and then got rid of it after one week because they didn't like the results or something. |
02-01-2018, 12:22 PM | #396 |
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The TNA rankings were based on results. Then they realised it was too much to keep track of and scrapped it.
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02-01-2018, 12:23 PM | #397 |
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Fan vote also happened and Desmond Wolfe kept getting #1, so they jobbed him to Abyss.
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02-01-2018, 12:30 PM | #398 |
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NXT announcer Desmond Wolf?!
Yeah, I remember now. Had an ongoing feud with Kurt Angle purely because of that and then TNA suddenly realised they were popular in the UK. |
02-01-2018, 01:54 PM | #399 |
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This isn't fan vote. It's Superstar vote. They just can't vote for themselves. It's all kayfabe, so at least they're not trying to act like our opinion matters.
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02-01-2018, 02:27 PM | #400 |
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This sounds even worse and no doubt they'll flash the numbers up in silly ways. Pass.
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