Migs
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It looks like they are trying to go all the way to the end of ECW with this continuing dump. The latest episode up is November 25, 2000, which is only a month from the end. Lots of gaps still, though.
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It's 2016. There is no reason to have eye candy girls matches anymore. They haven't even done that in years. They are on the right track, as you see all the new hires in NXT are good or have potential. Also they don't freaking need models. None of the girls currently on Total Divas and the main roster (i.e. excluding Eva and the Tough Enouch chick) are terrible, other than Alicia Fox. Rosa's not wrestling, right?
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This bit is brilliant. While the NXT women are terrific, it absolutely muddies the way they're able to move fans from Total Divas to the actual show. If they did a brand split, splitting the women along these lines would be great (except for Paige, I guess).
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I think a lot of the failure of this match is in the early stages. They work it slow, in a way that would be cool if the crowd was with them and into the drama - but the crowd is very not into this. If they came out fast and worked the whole match in a way that was more akin to the finish, they might have gotten the crowd back a bit quicker. The strength of the pop for Luger, despite the shitty circumstances of the match, followed by immediately turning him heel, is classic WCW.
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I hope that once Brian settles in he will also be able to be the bridge that allows the show to evolve by being able to introduce contemporary wrestling topics. I actually really don't need Cornette's take on the modern product, unless he surprises us by liking something. I respect his thoughts, but he's kind of a broken record. I want him telling old stories.
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Dolph Ziggler matches would have been an automatic **** on TNM7.
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They have every episode of '95 up.
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The mid-life crisis douche tattoos did not help.
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If they put over Ambrose here, it would have felt like huge moment. When he came in swinging the chair, that crowd was ready to lose it for him.
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This seems promising. It feels like Brian knows where the good stories are buried in Cornette's mind, and hopefully he gets them out.
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The above is what's currently on WWE.com - should have mentioned my source.
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This appears to be the whole Fast Lane Card: Ambrose v. Reigns v. Lesnar Ziggler v. Owens Brie v. Charlotte Sasha/Becky v. Naomi/Tamina New Day doing an interview segment with Edge/Christian Kickoff - Kalisto v. Del Rio I'm unclear how this is supposed to fill three hours, or be PPV quality. This is where the loss of the Elimination Chamber is problematic - if nothing, those matches killed a ton of time and allowed them to do very light programming of the rest of the card. Looking like this is a show where I'll have it on mute while watching something else with my wife.
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And I think the reason she's over is because her character on NXT mimics her character on Total Divas. In other words, ironically, the reason why it works is that the negative things about her seem to be real. She's getting a far more visceral reaction than almost anyone else on the roster, who do things that constantly remind us that they are playing characters in a show. Reality TV works reality the way wrestling did before the 90s. It's amazing, and they need to figure out how to harness that. Eva comes off not as a character but as a real, truly unpleasant person.
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These were main events for weeks at a time on tour, which is a pretty good slot. Also, there weren't a lot of logical opportunities for Duggan to get title shots - Slaughter was the first heel champ (other than two months of Savage) during his time with the company. He could have gotten some shots at the IC title, I guess, but I'm not sure that would have been a higher slot than what he got (working with Andre > working with Honkytonk Man).
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