June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677327 I know that. I'm not crying cause it's a tragedy, I'm crying because I'm a human being. Oh, and I'm crying for humanity cause I know it's inevitable that some zero somewhere is gonna say "Stephanie and HHH were pretending to be crying." 😴
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677337 I think calling it "lazy" when they had four days to get it done after hearing the news of their colleague dying late into a week with a PPV plus Tough Enough work to worry about on top of the usual multiple hours of live TV is more bothersome.
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677383 The first half of the special was almost all documentary stuff which really bothered me because it seemed so lazy. the second half of the special from the Ric Flair interview on was great though as we saw the interviews from NXT and WWE stars What a ridiculous criticism. "Too lazy"?! Dusty died less than a week ago. They didn't exactly have a lot of time to put something together, and what we got was top notch from a production quality standpoint. I will agree that I didn't particularly love seeing so much recycled footage either, but I understand it considering the circumstances. The new footage was all tremendous. One question about the Stephanie/Dusty in-ring promo: At the time, I heard murmurs that Stephanie (or was it Vince?) was unhappy with it because Dusty ad-libbed. Was that internet bullshit? On this special, Steph seemingly confirmed the ad-libbing but then went out of her way to say she loved it when Dusty walked away from her, forced her to grab his mic, smirked at her when she did, and what an honor it was to have such a moment with a legend, etc.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677669 I'm watching the Unfiltered with Renee Young show and she's talking to Darren Young who's talking about coming out. Great stuff, and the CM Punk story is great. Basically, right after he came out he was backstage at catering in front of everyone,Punk came up to him, told him to stand up, Punk hugged him and told him he was proud of him for being so brave, and told him that if anyone gives him any shit , he'll take care of it. Thats cool as fuck.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677711 Just watched it. Yeah, Punk comes off like a mensch here. Cool story.
June 18, 201510 yr comment_5678044 The WWE List of shocking title changes is a complete waste of time
June 19, 201510 yr comment_5678828 The first half of the special was almost all documentary stuff which really bothered me because it seemed so lazy. the second half of the special from the Ric Flair interview on was great though as we saw the interviews from NXT and WWE stars What a ridiculous criticism. "Too lazy"?! Dusty died less than a week ago. They didn't exactly have a lot of time to put something together, and what we got was top notch from a production quality standpoint. I will agree that I didn't particularly love seeing so much recycled footage either, but I understand it considering the circumstances. The new footage was all tremendous. One question about the Stephanie/Dusty in-ring promo: At the time, I heard murmurs that Stephanie (or was it Vince?) was unhappy with it because Dusty ad-libbed. Was that internet bullshit? On this special, Steph seemingly confirmed the ad-libbing but then went out of her way to say she loved it when Dusty walked away from her, forced her to grab his mic, smirked at her when she did, and what an honor it was to have such a moment with a legend, etc. From what Dave has reported on the issue, she was pissed that he went out and pie-faced her on what turned out to be his last appearance in front of the live crowd so he wasn't allowed to be on TV anymore unless it was a pre taped deal. It was great how he told the story, implying that the current roster is afraid of upsetting her and here comes Dusty giving zero fucks.
June 20, 201510 yr comment_5678924 Are there any 'classic' or just really good matches on Prime Time/TnT on the network? Watching those shows is a bit of a chore.
June 22, 201510 yr comment_5679711 There's plenty of really good matches on Prime Time if you dig through. Generally speaking, you just want to focus on the obvious names. One that sticks out specifically is Savage/Adonis v. Sammartino/Santana in a cage in the summer of '86, which has crazy heat. But I mean, if you see Bret Hart and Ricky Steamboat... go for it. Skip the 15 minute Pedro Morales matches.
June 22, 201510 yr comment_5679757 The FF button is your friend with PTW, and it has pretty comprehensive listings available too. If something seems like crap, it probably is, and you don't have to slog through to guarantee it. With that being said, and mindful of the "name vs. name" principle outlined above, in the latest batch there's a decent Tito/Jake match and a very good Valentine/Slater match.
June 22, 201510 yr comment_5679758 Whole bunch of new Rock n Wrestling episodes are up. Puts my fears to rest that they were just going to upload one and leave it at that.
July 1, 201510 yr comment_5682455 I want a network special PPV, my dream would be "Night of the Legends". Basically you get a load of the old guys (internal legends and guys not contracted to WWE) who can still go to some degree and match them against NXT guys and guys on the main roster who aren't doing anything. Hell, you could have a reality series building up to it, looking at how they are training for the match, etc. Card Example Harlem Heat vs. The New Day (Kofi and Big E) Trish Stratus vs. Sasha Banks Rick Steiner or Scott Steiner vs. Jack Swagger Tito Santana vs. Sami Zayn
July 22, 201510 yr comment_5686784 Since we're into that "Divas Revolution" stuff, I tried to watch the MNW episode of "Divas Gone Wild". Three minutes in, we're basically told that Vince McMahon invented the valets with Miss Elisabeth. Okay. I can't fathom how anyone can handle all that revisionnist history in WWE programs. (EDIT : man, that TV show is completely ridiculous)
July 22, 201510 yr comment_5686785 I guess World Class inventing the valet with Precious and Sunshine and having better television production until NBC modernized their look isn't as sexy a story, even if it is true.
July 22, 201510 yr comment_5686787 Also, Kevin Sullivan & the Fallen Angel in Florida… Adrian Street & Miss Linda...
July 29, 201510 yr comment_5688711 The Kliq hagiography is...well, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise if you watched the Monday Night War series. But it is something else.
July 29, 201510 yr comment_5688713 I guess "The Kliq is the greatest group ever in wrestling" is the new "Vince beat the mean evil Ted Turner" when it comes to stuff that really isn't true but everyone keeps repeating to make the boss happy.
July 29, 201510 yr comment_5688718 Well, if you look at their track record : _Shawn Michaels : DX leader (contributed to get WWF hot again along Austin) and "Mr. WrestleMania" (ok, that's made up). _Hall & Nash : 2/3rd of the nWo, the biggest box-office act of the 90's before Austin and the one who ignited the golden years of the MNW. _Waltman was along for the nWo & DX rides when they were at their respective hottest. _Triple H : married the boss daughter and is the futur CEO of the WWE. _Justin Credible : greatest ECW champ ever. Really, that's one hell of a track record, politically speaking. I won't watch the Kilq stuff though. I'm already nauseous just thinking about it.
July 29, 201510 yr comment_5688750 When did Justin Credible become the greatest ECW Champ ever? When did he crack the Top 5?
July 29, 201510 yr comment_5688757 When you have to explain a joke, it becomes less funny. Your gif is awesome though, I didn't remember that one. Fucking Liger.
July 30, 201510 yr comment_5688804 Credible was never a full-fledged Kliq member, but I assume that was part of the joke El-P was making. Speaking of the Kliq, did anyone watch their 20-minute reunion on the Network? I found it horrible and shut it off after a few minutes. It meandered aimlessly, the audio was atrocious, and the productions values were (purposely) bad. What a waste of fucking time. Maybe it get better, but I didn't stick around long enough to find out.
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