11-28-2015, 09:03 PM | #321 |
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WCW really should have just let DX roll into the arena with a fucking tank live on Nitro. Would have ensured 100% viewership for that particular segment.
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11-28-2015, 09:26 PM | #322 |
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I've explained this to CyNick COUNTLESS times, and he doesn't get it. There are many ways to skin a cat, but CyNick just can't wrap his head around how making money off Sting while that program is there before moving onto Triple H vs. Rollins makes as much sense, probably more, than Triple H beating Sting and basically using him as an enhancement to build to a potentially big match later down the track between two guys that won't even mention Sting in their feud.
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11-28-2015, 09:31 PM | #325 |
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This whole "WWE does shit to dampen someone; LOOK AT HOW DAMP THEY ARE!" bullshit you do, Cynick, is getting boring. Change your gimmick up, man.
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11-28-2015, 09:36 PM | #326 |
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They should have sent Meng and Barbarian out there to confront them. Worst case scenario, you lose Meng and Barbarian on manslaughter charges.
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11-28-2015, 09:48 PM | #327 |
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11-28-2015, 09:51 PM | #328 |
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11-28-2015, 09:56 PM | #329 |
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The WWE should put out a "Legend of Haku" special on the WWE Network.
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11-28-2015, 10:02 PM | #330 |
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Wonder if Haku could still easily fuck people up to this day.
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11-28-2015, 10:20 PM | #331 |
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Now he just scares them into buying a car, even if they were bringing someone else to buy a car.
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11-28-2015, 10:29 PM | #332 |
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11-29-2015, 01:32 PM | #333 |
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CyNick, I'm trying to think more scenarios for you too book. The only thing I can think of now is Montrel. I'm not trying to beating a dead horse just want to see how you would handle it.
So let's go back in time. Will keep every situation the sam. Bret refuses to do the job, and Vince is worried what Bret will do with the title... The only thing that we are going to change you can't stop the match and "Screw Bret." How do you handle the situation? |
11-29-2015, 02:44 PM | #334 |
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If you can't screw Bret I guess you let him show up on Nitro with the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Let's see what the CyNick has to say.
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11-29-2015, 03:11 PM | #335 |
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Or you have a verbal agreement with him to do it the next night to another opponent. I don't think there was any risk of Bret showing up on Nitro with the belt.
Was it childish that he didn't want to drop it to HBK? Yes. Did he have his reasons not to? Also, yes. But he would have dropped it the next night on RAW to anyone else. It shouldn't have been the big drama that it was, but people love a good drama! |
11-29-2015, 03:56 PM | #336 |
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Who would you have the other opponent be on Raw? Couldnt see it being Stone Cold being IC champ but maybe Kane who had just beat Mankind. Kane could have held the title til the next PPV where Shawn takes it off him.
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11-29-2015, 04:58 PM | #337 | |
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11-29-2015, 05:01 PM | #340 |
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Turning point is a stretch, but they were there on WCW turf, and the fans saw them as big stars. So it was something.
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11-29-2015, 05:06 PM | #341 | |
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Sting vs Hunter at Mania was used to sell future Monday Night Wars programming on WWE Network. Thats why they involved NWO (representing WCW and DX representing WWE). From thats standpoint alone it made sense for Hunter to win, because WWE won the war. BEYOND THAT, you want to keep Hunter strong because he's going to work with Rollins at some point. And further, the story they were telling between Hunter (the teacher) and Rollins (the student), it hurts the story if Hunter looks weak right off the bat. I personally dont think there was huge money in other Sting matches. I could be wrong, but the guy was in TNA for years, and its not like TNA ever had a really successful PPV that he was a part of. So I dont see where the evidence is that Sting was big time player. Thats the disconnect with some of you guys, you see Sting on the level of guys like Brock, Rock or Hunter, where I dont think the average fan does. |
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11-29-2015, 05:14 PM | #342 | |
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To me, you couldnt let Bret walk out of Survivor Series as champion. I'm sure we have all heard interviews with Bret, and realize he takes the business and his character really seriously. Maybe too seriously. As a result, it clouded his judgment and he acted selfishly and refusing to drop to Shawn in Montreal. From Vince's POV, you have Bret going to Turner, and you have this big grudge match booked. Standard wrestling booking is when a guy is leaving a territory, he does the favours. It was perfectly reasonable for Vince to EXPECT Bret to put over someone of his choosing. Bret and Shawn were rivals, and if Bret is leaving, you want Shawn to look like the superior talent. Bret acted childish, and refused, so Vince was backed into a corner. The epic thing was Vince had the foresight to put himself on TV as an authority figure in the angle. This was perfect, because it set up the next decade plus of TV as him as the evil authority figure. Really smart booking, a genius move. |
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11-29-2015, 05:16 PM | #344 |
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Austin would have been too early. They wanted to build up to Austin winning at Mania. Having him win randomly on RAW would have been very WCW.
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11-29-2015, 05:45 PM | #345 |
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That's why I said I couldnt see it being Stone Cold.
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11-29-2015, 05:46 PM | #346 |
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I'm doing this in total fantasy world which is going to be unrealistic. I would do Money in the bank/WM 9 style. I would end the Bret/HBK match in a double DQ, and then I would have someone let's say Owen Hart (it can be anyone I don't care) challenge Bret after the match, and then Owen wins the belt. However he loses it at the next PPV to Shawn, and maybe not that much of the future is changed. That way everything ends up amicable between Vince and Bret. It's unrealistic, but I think it kind of works. |
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11-29-2015, 06:11 PM | #348 |
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Ok Cynick whats your opinion on the New Day? They've stated on Jericho's podcast that they have creative control and the New Day we see now is NOT what Vince had in mind.(obviously)He saw them as babyface's with a stereotypical(basically a trio of gospel preachers) gimmick and according to them he isn't all that happy and he was surprised that it didn't pan out(which kinda backs up the whole Vince is old and outta touch thing)
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In any event, Cynick thinks that Vince is a creative genius who, despite his age is more in tune with what makes great entertainment than even the fans are. In this scenario, Vince's creative genius, etc. is evidenced by not coming up with a successful gimmick for New Day on his own, but instead letting New Day come up with their own creative. |
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11-30-2015, 01:46 AM | #350 |
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How I would have handled Montreal
Austin/Owen have their match as it went down and Bret cuts a promo on Owen saying how he let his entire family and country down. Owen tells him to fuck off and challenges him to put the belt on the line against him right now! Owen wins clean and is the WWE Champion. HBK and Bret then have their match without the title. HBK wins the title on Raw from Owen. Giving Owen a deserved title reign and respect. If Bret wouldn't job to Owen then he should be the one who died. |
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Minus him trying to be a babyface after it al happened. No foresight but stil smart to go heel when he realized the fans didn't buy him as a face
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11-30-2015, 08:13 AM | #354 |
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I think these thoughts from Mick Foley echo our statements. I mean I know Mick is nothing compared to Vince and HHH, and has never accomplished anything in the business. And yeah, I don't think anybody cares about swearing and cussing and attitude era raunchiness but realistically they've killed a lot of the art behind it. I've heard Bautista echo these statements too. Listen to what the boys say, they don't think it's all sunshine and lollipops either.
FINAL RAW FOR FOLEY? WWE is at a real crossroads. Allow me to paraphrase Albert Einstein, who said "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results". Wrestling historians can argue about when the #AttitudeEra in wrestling officially began. But for me, it will always be at a meeting called by Mr McMahon in the Spring of 1997, where he admitted that what had worked for them for so long in the past (I interpreted that to mean one-dimensional characters that tended to be job-related) was no longer working, and that if they were going to survive, the wrestlers themselves were going to have to step up, and help create those dimensions that would establish the emotional bond between the wrestlers and the fans - part of the lifeblood of professional wrestling. Today's WWE Superstars (I'm including the women here, since the term "Diva" had its time, and that time is done) are at a distinct disadvantage in some ways. They can't flip birds, and use the colorful language. They can't bleed - even when the situation seems ripe for it. Man, Roman Reigns life would be so much easier if he could survive vicious assaults - and be left bloodied, but unbowed - the way guys in my era did. But all the blood, the language and the violence paled in comparison to the real secret weapon of the Attitude Era; FREEDOM! The freedom to CREATE..the freedom to TRY... the freedom to FAIL - the idea that going down swinging (I hope I'm not losing you guys in all the non-baseball playing countries) was almost as important as hitting the ball out of the park - as long as you took your best swings. There's a difference between playing to win, and playing not to lose: one breeds confidence, the other breeds fear.It's the difference between cutting the type of promos Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dwayne The Rock Johnson gave, and the cookie-cutter approach all too often employed these days by WWE creative. One style allowed for creativity and emotion. The other calls for memorization and recitation. I hope I don't sound like I'm picking on WWE. There is a big part of me that loves this company, and always will. Why else would I be up at 4:15 am, writing things that are likely to banish me deeper and deeper into the WWE doghouse? One of my favorite wrestlers proposed a storyline that would allow me a four of five week storyline that would allow me to dig in deep, and swing for the fences - and in the process, maybe advance a few of the super-talented but underutilized athletes on the roster. I would love to do it....but I doubt it's going to happen. After all, I might want to do something crazy like go out there without a script, and try to create some real emotion - in other words, the type of thing that saved WWE in the late 90's. The talent pool has never been deeper. But the creative flow is stagnant...and it's been stinking for a while. I quoted Einstein to begin this thing. Let me conclude with the immortal words of Owen Heart: "Enough's enough: it's time for a change!" |
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Sounds like Vince thought the group had potential and was stuck for a gimmick. He came up with the preacher idea and thought it would get over as a babyface act. It was working in some towns, but the smark cities they were a heel, which started to carry over. They got a really strong heel reaction the day after Mania, so Vince agreed to go heel with the act. The takeaway for me is Vince had the vision that the three guys would work as an act. He thought a bunch of black guys spreading positivity would catch on as a babyface act. He then listened to the crowd and went in the other direction for the time being. The ironic thing is New Day will likely end up as babyfaces, so Vince will be ultimately proven correct. The only difference is I think the act will have a little more of an edge than Vince originally expected. The cool thing about listening to those guys is they personify what Vince has been challenging the talent to do. Take an interest in your characters direction, and really own it. Makes me like these guys even more, and reiterates what I've believed, which is the system is there to make stars, and works when the talent is motivated and skilled. |
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11-30-2015, 03:50 PM | #359 |
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He was backed into a corner
You have your champion leaving and refusing to put over the guy you want to be the heir apparent. Nash put over HBK and Taker on his way out. Why couldn't Bret put over HBK? Bret left Vince with no choice. Well, no good choice anyway. |
11-30-2015, 03:56 PM | #360 |
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there's an awful lot of information you're leaving out right there which you probably know and aren't adding for the sake of "doing your thing". If that isn't the case, you should probably look into that
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