Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 428: 25 Years of RAW, Unmitigated Malfeasance

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And if taker is in....
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...then they'll remain tied.

Let us also never leave out the possibility of a HHH appearance, who is one behind both Cena and Taker on said list!
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I have literally no interest in ever seeing Taker wrestle again and I don't understand anyone who does.
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Manhattan Center should have chanted NO MORE MATCH! NO MORE MATCH!
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Taker's been having bad matches for years so I don't mind more of them at this point. If you want to "preserve the legacy" he should've stopped after Brock tbh
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Yeah, but last year's match was just way worse than it ever should have been. Everyone at the party I was at was just like, depressed watching it because all we could notice was how Taker couldn't hack it anymore.
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Whats the link to MMC?
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Lopen posted...

he should've stopped after Brock tbh

yes

I love Taker but every match he's had since then has made me a bit sadder
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Everyone at the party I was at was just like, depressed watching it because all we could notice was how Taker couldn't hack it anymore.

I'm pretty sure it's been that way since the Wyatt match for me but maybe some people still were fooled at that point I don't know.

Frankly his match with Brock kinda felt like he didn't have it even, but hey he lost that one so it could've been worse.
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What would have been cool would have been for Taker to still compete after Brock but kind of feel like he couldnt show his face back at Mania. Then just have Bray taunt him and say how he was the new phenom and then have a segment at Mania where Taker just shows up and hits his spots and goes
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Stephanie McMahon will be doing commentary on the Women's Royal Rumble. Thankfully I won't be able to hear it at the party I'm going to! Although I'm sure she'll be humble woman-empowering Stephanie McMahon rather than regular GM Stephanie McMahon.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Although I'm sure she'll be humble woman-empowering Stephanie McMahon rather than regular GM Stephanie McMahon.

"Rather than" nice one bro!
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Has anyone heard from PepsiPlunge?

He had let me have access to his WWE Network account for like three years, but a few months ago that stopped getting paid for, which I can't see him doing on his own.

Kind of worried.
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Lopen posted...

PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Although I'm sure she'll be humble woman-empowering Stephanie McMahon rather than regular GM Stephanie McMahon.

"Rather than" nice one bro!

There's a distinct difference! Woman-empowering Stephanie McMahon is the one that is always nice to the woman to announce some kind of new amazing thing for them and takes all the glory while trying to be humble about it!

Regular GM Stephanie McMahon just makes every man miserable, buries them, and never gets her comeuppance!
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Has anyone heard from PepsiPlunge?

have him on fb, seems ok
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did Extha just try to 3 month rule pepsi
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Tom Bombadil posted...

have him on fb, seems ok

Ok that's good.

Tell him his Network subscription needs paid for, then! =P
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https://twitter.com/SteveYurko/status/956295794214096896
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GTM posted...

https://twitter.com/SteveYurko/status/956295794214096896

Man I love Renee but she was a terrible announcer on NXT.
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Why wont Pepsi pay ExThas Network subscription?
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Does ExTha just try not to pay for anything?

What does he think he is, a Bernie Sanders supporter?
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https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/956001635658092545

This is amazing.
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XFL announcement is at 3:00 today.
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If you have stock in WWE, you should probably sell.
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Well they were smart enough to make a completely separate parent company for it this time so that there is no direct link for its failure to affect WWE financials

But yes
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https://twitter.com/mookieghana/status/956569373698871296

One of biggest questions about a potential #XFL relaunch is how Alpha Entertainment can market a trademark which is owned by $WWE? If WWE is going to sell TM to Alpha Entertainment, how can shareholders ensure that a fair market value is attached to selling to Vince's company?

I wonder if any of Vinces yes men consider this sort of thing
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Jakyl25 posted...

Well they were smart enough to make a completely separate parent company for it this time so that there is no direct link for its failure to affect WWE financials

But yes

Doesn't really matter though. It's like when people bought stock in Nintendo during the Pokemon Go boom. It didn't have anything to do with Nintendo, but since it was associated with it, people thought that and bought it.

XFL is associated with WWE as a massive stupid embarrassing failure, so people are going to sell hard. Unless Vince is able to spin this is a tremendous new idea.
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Hell play the National Anthem during the press conference so you feel like youre committing TREASON by doubting this
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https://www.pscp.tv/w/1eaKbqaqwlXxX

If you want to watch a trainwreck.
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https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/956621896853864448

Vince McMahon saying the XFL is gonna try to have games that last 2 hours because that's a reasonable amount of time people are willing to spend on something just made me LOL.

That is the greatest line in the history of Vince
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He also just said anyone with a DUI can't compete in the XFL.

And yet here's Jey Uso!
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Best part of this was that the entire chat was just making Enzo comments the whole time.
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XFL 2020.

They revealed only two things. There will not be politics, but everyone must stand for the anthem. Literally nothing else of worth was said in terms of vision.
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Yeah, but they're listening to the fans!
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Also no WWE crossover at all.
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I kinda don't get the point of the xfl when college football has gotten so much more professional.
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voltch posted...

I kinda don't get the point of the xfl when college football has gotten so much more professional.

Theyll probably schedule it during the NFL/NCAA offseason again
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You know he claimed he'd been thinking about this for a long time you'd expect a bit more substance as far as planning goes-- heck the only things he said that were concrete directly contradicted themselves (anthem) or other business practices in WWE (we need a 2 hour show).

You'd expect WWE stock to tank just having this guy at the helm. Too many concussions.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUaezKWVMAAD-Qm?format=jpg&name=large

Official XFL FACT SHEET
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On one hand, if his aim is to try to capture the Trump audience who actually gets upset over stupid stuff like the anthem in the NFL, then doubling down on that is a very good idea.

On the other hand, how much of that audience is actually going to be a football watching audience, and why would you actually want that audience
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You want to double down on "getting upset over stupid stuff like the anthem" the obvious solution is "we are not playing the national anthem" but I guess that was too extreme for Vince
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Lopen posted...

You want to double down on "getting upset over stupid stuff like the anthem" the obvious solution is "we are not playing the national anthem" but I guess that was too extreme for Vince

Nah, that'd have the opposite effect on those people.
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StealThisSheen posted...

On one hand, if his aim is to try to capture the Trump audience who actually gets upset over stupid stuff like the anthem in the NFL, then doubling down on that is a very good idea.

On the other hand, how much of that audience is actually going to be a football watching audience

you don't live in the south do you
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I feel like "all teams are owned by the league" would make it hard for people to invest in the teams.

I mean unless your purposefully just have this as "blatantly fixed football".

Which might not be terrible i guess.
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Tom Bombadil posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

stupid stuff like the anthem in the NFL, then doubling down on that is a very good idea.

On the other hand, how much of that audience is actually going to be a football watching audience

you don't live in the south do you

I do

I don't mean in general, though. I mean... How big is the audience that boycotts the NFL because of the anthem protests and actually watches football vs. just getting mad over it because.
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StealThisSheen posted...

On one hand, if his aim is to try to capture the Trump audience who actually gets upset over stupid stuff like the anthem in the NFL, then doubling down on that is a very good idea.

On the other hand, how much of that audience is actually going to be a football watching audience, and why would you actually want that audience

Well, he takes the wrestling fan audience already, so standards are low.
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StealThisSheen posted...

Nah, that'd have the opposite effect on those people.

Only if they're actively following these press conferences and are gung ho 'MERICA people

I don't think people will notice the lack of an anthem being played if it's not mentioned on TV or in the media and I'm not sure why it would be
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I was kind of hoping for a swerve and it be soccer football
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ScareChan posted...

I was kind of hoping for a swerve and it be soccer football

Or real life Rocket League
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Honestly I feel like there's more of an untapped market for Soccer in the US right now than another American Football league.
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