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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:15:12 GMT -5
Most of the time, nothing. I'd rather not watch it at all than watch a watered down, bastardized version of it. I may also love comedy but that doesn't mean that I'm going to sit through every miserable new episode of SNL. When was the last time you watched wrestling? With any regularity? Early 2009. It's not that I wouldn't like to get back into it again, it's that any time I've tried- literally and without exaggeration, any time that it sounded interesting enough for me to tune in- the company would pull some dipshit maneuver or bait and switch or they'd waste my time with so many commercials and in-ring soliloquies and twitter ads that I simply couldn't work up the enthusiasm to care. Knight says that the in-ring product is as good as it's ever been and I completely believe him. But all the talent in the world isn't going to make me want to sit through shitty writing, booking, and an over-emphasis on standing around with microphones. I'm glad that the actual wrestling, when they get down to it, is great. Give me a call when the rest of the show is. |
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:29:42 GMT -5
I find this entire conversation idiotic, but I've been over all of it before, so I'm not going to waste my time
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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:32:18 GMT -5
Good, I'm glad that you've finally learned. Now go back to looking forward to the next WWE show that you and everyone else will bitch about just like every other week.  |
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:35:23 GMT -5
Good, I'm glad that you've finally learned. Now go back to looking forward to the next WWE show that you and everyone else will b**** about just like every other week. I assure you, the true fans were bitching just as much in 1983, 1993, and 2003 |
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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:35:56 GMT -5
That they were.
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Post by charliebucketsgranpa on Dec 31, 2013 13:35:56 GMT -5
I once cut out wrestling for about 6 months in early 2010 simply because 2009 was awful. However, I missed it so bad I jumped back on in June for a little bit and started back full time in 2011. As a result I really don't remember anything that happened in 2010 except for Nexus.
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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:36:48 GMT -5
I once cut out wrestling for about 6 months in early 2010 simply because 2009 was awful. However, I missed it so bad I jumped back on in June for a little bit and started back full time in 2011. As a result I really don't remember anything that happened in 2010 except for Nexus. Gramps? I thought you died or got trapped under Wonka's silly suds car or something. |
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:37:38 GMT -5
The only time I stopped watching wrestling was a period in the early 2000's... and even then, I followed RAW, I just couldn't watch Smackdown because: Brock $#@!ing Lesnar (actually, pretty much all of SD's top guys were awful in every way... when Kurt Angle is your high point, you're... well, TNA)
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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:38:35 GMT -5
Is TNA still around?
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:39:49 GMT -5
Sort of. They fired Hogan (insert someone insisting that he wasn't fired, they simply didn't give him a new conctract, and me laughing), so that's a good sign... but I haven't watched in months. If you think WWE is adept at doing counter-intuitive, mind-numbingly stupid things that fly in the face of what the fans want, then TNA would be your personal nightmare. |
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Post by charliebucketsgranpa on Dec 31, 2013 13:41:18 GMT -5
I once cut out wrestling for about 6 months in early 2010 simply because 2009 was awful. However, I missed it so bad I jumped back on in June for a little bit and started back full time in 2011. As a result I really don't remember anything that happened in 2010 except for Nexus. Gramps? I thought you died or got trapped under Wonka's silly suds car or something. Charlie and I simply had too much fizzy lifting drinks at the Christmas party and we floated to Neptune. Took a while to get back. |
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Post by miketheratguy on Dec 31, 2013 13:44:26 GMT -5
Sort of. They fired Hogan (insert someone insisting that he wasn't fired, they simply didn't give him a new conctract, and me laughing), so that's a good sign... but I haven't watched in months. If you think WWE is adept at doing counter-intuitive, mind-numbingly stupid things that fly in the face of what the fans want, then TNA would be your personal nightmare. Ah, so that would explain why I'm hearing about Hogan doing a pointless Wrestlemania match. I also heard that Jeff Jarrett died or quit or was kidnapped or something, I dunno. I don't really follow. Gramps? I thought you died or got trapped under Wonka's silly suds car or something. Charlie and I simply had too much fizzy lifting drinks at the Christmas party and we floated to Neptune. Took a while to get back. Well get Charlie to let you play GTA V, I'm sick of seeing my friends online without having mutual games to play with them. |
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Post by setokaiba on Dec 31, 2013 13:45:03 GMT -5
Good, I'm glad that you've finally learned. Now go back to looking forward to the next WWE show that you and everyone else will b**** about just like every other week.  |
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Post by charliebucketsgranpa on Dec 31, 2013 13:46:40 GMT -5
Even if I did have GTA V I'm not much of an online player.
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:50:42 GMT -5
Unlike Hogan, Jarrett actually did leave of his own accord. He's never had a friendly relationship with Dixie Carter, and after the whole "sleeping with Kurt Angle's wife" fiasco his reputation backstage never recovered. Even though Kurt and his ex both seem to agree that their split up was Kurt's fault, the fans and other talent don't show any signs of letting Jarrett off the hook.
I think it was a smart move for him to leave. As long as Dixie is in charge he's going nowhere in TNA, and his name is still just bankable enough that he could earn some quick cash doing a tour of RoH and some of the bigger indie promotions.
All of that being said, Jeff Jarrett is still a very mediocre wrestler and a terrible human being.
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Post by setokaiba on Dec 31, 2013 13:51:22 GMT -5
The only time I stopped watching wrestling was a period in the early 2000's... and even then, I followed RAW, I just couldn't watch Smackdown because: Brock $#@!ing Lesnar (actually, pretty much all of SD's top guys were awful in every way... when Kurt Angle is your high point, you're... well, TNA) I actually enjoyed Smackdown around that time more than Raw. Brock, Big Show, Cena, Matt Hardy, Angle, Undertaker, and Los Guerreros dude. |
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Post by setokaiba on Dec 31, 2013 13:53:18 GMT -5
Even if I did have GTA V I'm not much of an online player. I'm the same as you but I have GTA 5. I barley touch online. |
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Post by wildknight on Dec 31, 2013 13:54:56 GMT -5
The only time I stopped watching wrestling was a period in the early 2000's... and even then, I followed RAW, I just couldn't watch Smackdown because: Brock $#@!ing Lesnar (actually, pretty much all of SD's top guys were awful in every way... when Kurt Angle is your high point, you're... well, TNA) I actually enjoyed Smackdown around that time more than Raw. Brock, Big Show, Cena, Matt Hardy, Angle, Undertaker, and Los Guerreros dude. Amazing how you list a cavalcade of crappy, overrated wrestlers with zero charisma who have only ever rarely strung together a watchable match (and Big Show), and expect me to think positively of something. Brock Lesnar has always sucked. I can't figure out why people don't see this, but the only thing special about Brock Lesnar is his ability to hurt people. Which, sadly, is counter to the point of professional wrestling. Cena? LOL, seriously? Matt Hardy? Meh Angle? WILDLY overrated. Not as bad as Botch, but not nearly as good as people want to make him out to be. Undertaker? HE'S A $#@!ING WRESTLING ZOMBIE The Guerreros? So what? |
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Post by charliebucketsgranpa on Dec 31, 2013 13:59:16 GMT -5
Not that I disagree with you any Knight, but who exactly has Lesnar hurt other than Holly? Once again, I'm not disagreeing at all, I'm just ignorant on the subject.
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Post by setokaiba on Dec 31, 2013 14:00:54 GMT -5
Not that I disagree with you any Knight, but who exactly has Lesnar hurt other than Holly? Once again, I'm not disagreeing at all, I'm just ignorant on the subject. Himself, I think he injured A Train and Mark Henry to |
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