Lurker > Strife2

Technically two months.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

I'll play Devil's Advocate a rare time and see things from WWE's perspective.

1. Not everyone can be world champion, so stop it. stop it stop it stop it

What gets lost in this constant discussion is the idea that a guy needs to be "THE GUY!" in order to be successful. No, no, and no. Take Rusev. He was doing jobs to Orton in five seconds at Summerslam. After the Superstar Shakeup, he's main eventing with Bryan and AJ. He doesn't have to do that EVERY WEEK. He's in a better spot (he took Cass's probable spot in MITB), and while I would like...oh god 50 people or so to be champion, I would rather they be "featured" in better spots than sitting on the bench. Lana and Aiden pulled off the Lana Day thing last week to keep the act over, so Rusev didn't need to do squat. But it bleeds into the next points.

2. They have an embarrassment of riches.

At no other point in WWE history can I say, "this roster is loaded beyond belief." Outside of the absolute bottom tier guys, name any person in any feud who couldn't carry upper midcard/main event level feuds and matches. Sure, guys like Corbin, Jinder, and Cass are still lounging around as "experiments," but we're getting Daniel Bryan v. Samoa Joe tomorrow night. AJ Styles will be WWE Champion for 7 months straight heading into MITB. The wrestlers themselves are not the problem, because WWE has shitloads of those.

3. WWE works people in cycles/turns

You can see how WWE operates with people. Unless you do something absolutely dumb, you'll be given "something." A win, a feud, an "opportunity" (still hate that term though) at some point. But when you have 100-200 people wandering around, focusing on the same crop or having them win every single time should and will get old. But what can they do? You can't have Roman lose to "everybody." But they gave Strowman the chance, and he ran with it. Same with Balor two years ago.

No one is unbeatable...except Lesnar for some stupid reason. I'm not advocating 50/50 booking, but when you have so many people to deal with, I can imagine it'd be hard as hell to balance them all out to not only make fans happy, but to make the wrestlers themselves happy.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

What do you mean?
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

I heard about that. And for that, they are stupid. I know who to thank for ensuring McIntyre went from a Top 5/10 all-time theme to a half-assed Sheamus remix instead.

*Knows is 1-2 years late to this party*

Still dumb.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Why is this not McIntyre's theme again?
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Heat Wave; still can't workout.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

It's more a glimpse into just how devolved internet culture makes people. "Say something nice or don't say anything at all" is such a foreign concept, even when just reacting to newscasters or journalists. I've read stupid articles before (a local columnist asking for a football coach to get fired after having seizures...for one). What I am saying is sports "fans" are some of the worst internet trolls by far.

Trust me, sports fans make us look civil and optimistic.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Oh god, I found a place worse than PWB: ESPN comments section. Even makes Youtube comment sections look intelligent. Nothing says class like a Ronda article getting ZERO reaction other than DUR SHE LOSE SO SHE GO TO FAKE ACTING THING! WRITE REAL SPORT STUFF NERD?

If any place would be wise to block comments...
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Well, 95 degree weather came and told me I was losing weight via sweat no matter what today...ugh. SUMMER SUCKS! TOO HOT!
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

This is a crazy video in many ways. Mauro is amazing, and his willingness to describe his life and his illness is very commendable.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Wednesday Addams, if only for the ending of the second movie. Sheesh.

I wanted to go Winona Ryder's character in Beetlejuice (Lydia I think), but I think she's a bit more a teenager than a kid.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Too early to wake up. Stupid summer heat
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Somehow found a panel that focused on dancing. I got in a workout when I wasn't planning to.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Going to a convention tomorrow. I'll have to get used to subsisting on snacks and consuite rice and stuff. The hotel coffee shop is a bit pricy in comparison.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock

Now that I have an image to the awfulness, I think I threw up in my mouth. I'm like Stewie Griffin during the ipecac thing.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Ok. So ****er Award Tier? Oof.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

So I'm hearing Old Day, and Bayley This Is Your Life as comparisons to the Lashley's Sisters segment. How accurate is this assessment, and how lucky am I that I'm not watching Raw?
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Hollywood Reporter on SD Deal

5 Years/$1 BILLION!/$205 Million Per/FOX Network TV

Goddamn!
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Still don't want three hours for every show...ugh. But wait. If Raw makes more money than the PPVs, what happens to them? Are they enough of an incentive for the Network subscribers? Especially when considering the recent "lack of cohesion" in feuds. I have to wonder if they'd even be a thing anymore.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

I was doing a loop around the downtown district. I wouldn't know how far exactly. My ankles and feet are still killing me, so no exercise today at all. It was a pain in the ass to even get groceries.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Well, everyone hates the idea because it's oversaturating an already overinflated product. WWE probably knows that, but can't do anything about it, because MONEY! I love watching SD because it's two hours. If it moves to three, I get the sense I would never watch anything except PPVs again.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Wait...what's this about a 3 hour Smackdown?
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Holy crap. I was planning a decent jog today. I said, 'I'll go until my body stops."

I ended up with a 70-minute jog. I'm physically and emotionally spent.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

This is pretty good insight into how commentators have to handle working for WWE.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

32
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Hey now. A vintage surgery would have involved his shoulder.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Another hot day. Good for a workout though.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

In WWE, you have to be a heel before becoming more than a one-dimensional face. I'm not exactly sure WHY, but that's how they do things.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

Fuck that. Think how great Raw would be if the Roman Wall didn't exist since 2014.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass

The problem is with Brock gone, there's no real sense of "who are main eventers/midcarders?" I know even on Smackdown, the lines are blurred a bit, but at least AJ and Nakamura sit there and go, "We are the title feud. Everyone else wait until we're done." Raw has none of that, and it muddies everything. Anything can main event the show, and it doesn't seem out of place.

But everything feels inconsequential as a result. Also, that tag division...Jesus Christ.
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"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass