November 13, 20168 yr comment_5775096 I haven't seen many ads that aren't for their own shows or for Tapout (that they have a stake in).
November 13, 20168 yr comment_5775097 I have definitely seen traditional advertisements for candy, soft drinks, laundry detergent, and things like that.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775483 Also, the end of last night's show is a fine example of why SD has been so much better than Raw. On that show, their Survivor Series team was told they better produce or face a browbeating from Stephanie. On SD, you had Taker come out and say if they don't win they'd have to deal with him. Say what you will about Taker at this point in the game, but I'd take grizzled grandpa deadman with magic powers over overbearing stage mom in the role of "person the roster should be afraid of". Plus it was nice to see King Booker make an appearance and that Edge rescued Daniel Bryan's old beard from the pound.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775494 There's no such thing as a babyface when BRAND SUPREMACY is on the line, brah! (yes, that was stupid)
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775499 I like Miz winning, because it forces Bryan to rely on him to defend the title for SD. My best idea is to have Miz cheat to beat Sami at the PPV, then have Sami's quest for a rematch blocked by the brand split, forcing him to get Steph to trade him to SD. I feel like that makes more sense than having Sami win but move to SD anyway because reasons, after they have hammered home that Sami win takes the title to Raw. You know...I kind of don't want the cruisers on SD. SD is fine as it is.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775521 It seems pretty clear Miz is going to cheat to win and keep rubbing it in Daniel's face. My only fear is that this will lead to a segment where Daniel has to grovel to Stephanie to get Sami to go to SD.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775539 I like Miz winning, because it forces Bryan to rely on him to defend the title for SD. My best idea is to have Miz cheat to beat Sami at the PPV, then have Sami's quest for a rematch blocked by the brand split, forcing him to get Steph to trade him to SD. I feel like that makes more sense than having Sami win but move to SD anyway because reasons, after they have hammered home that Sami win takes the title to Raw. You know...I kind of don't want the cruisers on SD. SD is fine as it is. Personally, anything that will keep Michael Cole from doing play-by-play on Cruiserweight matches is golden by me. So I actually hope that Kalisto wins the title on Sunday.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775543 yeah a lot of people didn't seem to like the Taker segment on SD but I thought it was fine. I don't think he should come back full time or anything but if he's a semi regular who works with AJ, Dean, or even Orton and the like I have no problem with it. Still a better show than Raw. anyone see Total Divas? Lana seems like a way to nice down too Earth person to be involved in wrestling. Renee as well obviously. Rusev's proposal was hilarious!! Maryse just freaking tore into the Bellas. God damn.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775544 anyone see Total Divas? Lana seems like a way to nice down to Earth person to be involved in wrestling. Renee as well obviously. Rusev;s proposal was hilarious!! Don't try to get me to watch Total Divas. Don't ! But hey, that's good to know. Love Lana. Way underutilized.
November 17, 20168 yr comment_5775594 Lana and Rusev seem like the best couple wrestling has seen in ages, but it's weird having her on the show. They can't keep up any pretense of it being a "reality" show with her pretending to be Russian, but it kills her wrestling gimmick dead even if she keeps pretending on Twitter she's just doing an American accent for the show (in between retweeting creepy obsessed fans).
November 18, 20168 yr comment_5775603 It's 2016. Reality-show kayfabe has been dead forever. Yeah, that one too. But Twitter is a shoot.
November 18, 20168 yr comment_5775632 We've been down this route before but Bryan says that WWE has a big angle planned for Sunday at the PPV
November 18, 20168 yr comment_5775671 Didn't that shit already start at SummerSlam? Maybe a build towards Cena/Taker? Or The Rock confirmed for the Rumble?
November 18, 20168 yr comment_5775672 I'm excited for both NXT Takeover & Survivor Series. It's the weekly TV shows that usually disappoint me. The PPVs are still usually pretty fun.
November 18, 20168 yr comment_5775673 Yeah I keep hearing people on other sites/shows go on about there not being any buzz for Takeover, and it puzzles me. On paper at least it's a solid show at least and the only match I'm not really super jazzed about is the women since I'm already kind of over the "Asuka vs the person with no chance to win" storyline.
November 19, 20168 yr comment_5775674 I honestly had no idea there was a Takeover this week-end. I thought the next one was before Rumble. Oh damn yeah, I remember, Mickie James. Well, that alone is worth watching to me. Always enjoyed Mickie. Who is Nak facing ? As far as SSeries. Yikes. Zero interest from me. Suplay City Lesnar vs banged-up-50-year-old-first-match-in-13-years Goldy to set up that awful program vs Shane at Mania. Damn. Well, going with no expectation usually works better than the other way around, so maybe it'll be fun. Well, probably not.
November 19, 20168 yr comment_5775681 I'm more interested in how Mickie James works with Asuka in 2016 NXT than I have been interested in anything in a long time. This is like Step 1 of my wildest wrestling dream, 'Can I please magically teleport every Diva from pre-2015 into NXT?'
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