Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 490: 16 Weeks with Eric Bischoff

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Steiner posted...

he did go on a twitter rant at the time as well, this shirt is not new. he tweeted about it again yesterday, but not for the first time.

Yeah, but it was when the shirt was released, and they pulled it immediately when he did. That was still after he approved it.

If you're assuming WWE did not act maliciously and instead out of ignorance, then why is it wrong to think he should have said something about that ignorance at the time instead of just letting it happen and in fact approving the design?
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Eddv posted...

HashtagSEP posted...

Like if a toddler is about to stick a fork in an electrical socket because they apparently don't know any better, you stop the toddler. You don't say "Yeah that's fine" and then rant later about how little toddlers respect electricity.

There was a chance for a dialog there into a clear issue with the system that he avoided.

So you're calling a black man a toddler

No in that analogy WWE is the toddler

Nice try, dumbass.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's wrong to react how he is. I'm just saying I think an opportunity to open a dialog was missed by both sides, out of ignorance by one party and anger by another.

What I do think I will be doing is blocking Eddv after his immediate attempt to paint me as a racist, fueled by his all around jackassery and lack of reading comprehension.
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I mean one rancid take called for another..

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Eddv posted...

I mean one rancid take called for another..

I mean Jakyl got the analogy immediately, but you were chomping at the bit too hard to properly read the post first before open mouth insert foot
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No I was trying to derail your stupid take with one even more stupid to demonstrate that you were stupid.

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Eddv posted...

No I was trying to derail your stupid take with one even more stupid to demonstrate that you were stupid.

You were trying to derail what you thought was a stupid take by... Accusing somebody of being racist?

Okay bud. Says an awful lot about you.
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I mean real talk I think he's going scorched earth to try and get released and the pervasive racist culture in WWE is a big part of why.

But also you'd have to be Mike Kanellis levels of dumb to sign right now if you actually want a chance to perform.

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Eddv posted...

I mean real talk I think he's going scorched earth to try and get released and the pervasive racist culture in WWE is a big part of why.

But also you'd have to be Mike Kanellis levels of dumb to sign right now if you actually want a chance to perform.

I'm not even disagreeing with any of that. I was simply stating that if there was a desire to try and make things better, an opportunity was missed.

I'm not even saying trying that would be successful or even worthwhile, and if it proved to be completely and utterly fruitless, then yeah, fuck 'em, scorched earth, and all that.

I just certainly don't get how that warrants your response.
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Because you were totally pulling a SEP and it totally worked because now youre not.

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So, again, your response to a "stupid take" was "I won't take the time to read this post and will instead just call him racist based on it anyway"

And you're now doubling down on that as the correct move

Okay bye
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No I read the whole thing and reacted in exactly the same level of intelligence that you spent responding to the ACH situation

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No it's pretty clear you misread it and just jumped to call me racist because you wanted to react how you usually do when you disagree with people, and instead of admitting it you're trying to claim it was 4d chess
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Eddv posts in the politics topic too much don't be too hard on him that's what they do over there.
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But SEP is in those topics too!
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To be fair I only really post there anymore to hate on Tulsi Gabbard
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Tulsi Gabbard: the Seth Rollins of Politics.
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SEP has had his arguing techniques honed over generations. He is not easily tainted by the foul waters of the politics topic.
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TheRock1525 posted...

Tulsi Gabbard: the Seth Rollins of Politics.

Oh god she's gonna start saying burn it down and set the democratic leadership's office on fire isn't she

And then The Fiend attacks

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The Fiend is Bernie Sanders, right?

"The Top 1% control 90% of the Fun House. So basically everything except Ramblin' Rabbit."
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Well everybody wants Fiend to win so yeah he probably would be Bernie
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Lopen posted...

Eddv posts in the politics topic too much don't be too hard on him that's what they do over there.

I haven't posted in the containment thread in going on a year now.

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Guess you were corrupted to the core then

RIP
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DREW MAC just spent an entire match mocking noted racist Hulk Hogan, ending with this:

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1188988540312608768
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Your top babyface: tries to murder Rowan with a forklift.
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Braun got over as a face entirely on murder attempts so I buy it
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Yeah but he was murdering the guy everyone hated.

Maybe Rollins should try murdering Shane.
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This Rusev/Lana thing is so unbelievably dumb I think I've swung around to being entertained.
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So RAW goes off the air with a large black man making out with a man's wife while he lays under both of them after he got kicked in the junk by the black man.

Heyman... you have issues, man.
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Randy Orton literally yelled "I'm a heel but you love me anyway" in a super obvious way that the cameras could pick up.
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Lmao!
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StealThisSheen posted...

Well everybody wants Fiend to win so yeah he probably would be Bernie

Lol this is your most wrong post in a few hours which is impressive
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So in all of this mess did anyone point out that more people watched AEW this week than Smackdown?

Because FS1 or not, that seems pretty significant.
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Even adjusting for potential audience size I think AEW beat Smackdown by a narrow margin which is the funny thing. It's very close either way I don't have the exact numbers and a calculator

It's like 95 million homes on TNT vs 85 million homes for FS1 I believe

Granted that's not entirely fair to Smackdown cause it being moved to FS1 for one week when it wasn't expected to be there hurts the number too no matter how much promotion they do but yeah still funny
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Also I thought Bernie's best analogue was Vince McMahon as they'll both be completely senile within 4 years
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Lopen posted...

It's like 95 million homes on TNT vs 85 million homes for FS1 I believe

88 million vs 84 million
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Oh

Well then the math is even easier and adjusted Smackdown quite clearly did lose to AEW. Awesome.
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Also of note, the SD number was the lowest in the history of the show by over 700,000 people.

That includes UPN, CW, MyTV, SyFy, USA, and FOX

The previous low was a Christmas episode on SyFy
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B4M0wPeJxlh/?igshid=1trsd8a5dio31

More words from ACH/Jordan Myles
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255k viewers for the Dynamite replay that went up against SD

SD can barely triple AEW reruns
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Raw viewership

2.326M
2.146M
1.928M

Not good

WILD CARD RULE TIME
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The cucking will continue until morale improves.
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But the internet told me Brock was a draw.

The internet says a lot of stupid things. That's why it can be stupid most of the time.

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Lacey/Natalya in Saudi is happening. Time for more history!
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that's the pairing they're going with for HISTORY~~~~ eh

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According to a topic on the pwb, Ric Flair says he's been medically cleared for in ring action.

How long until he blades?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Raw viewership

2.326M
2.146M
1.928M

Not good

WILD CARD RULE TIME

By this time next year they'll probably be below 2 million for every hour
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_PandaMaster_ posted...

According to a topic on the pwb, Ric Flair says he's been medically cleared for in ring action.

How long until he blades?

He blades 35 minutes ago.
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Saudimania IV card...

Brock vs Cain for WWE title
Rollins vs Fiend for Universal title
Reigns, Gable, Ali, Ricochet, and Rusev vs Orton, Corbin, McIntyre, Lashley, and Nakamura
Strowman vs Fury
Tag Team Turmoil World Cup
20 man Battle Royal
Battle Royal winner vs Styles for US title
Mansoor vs Cesaro
Natalya vs Lacey

BR participants: Sunil Singh, Crews, Mojo, Rowan, Truth, Sin Cara, Kendrick, Titus, Nese, Akira, Shelton, Buddy, Andrade, Drake, Young, Harper, Alexander, Slater, Humberto, No Way Jose
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