SpiNNeR72
Showstopper  
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Registered 10-21-2006 Location Shetland Member Is Offline Mood: Amused!
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Originally posted by Columbo
Now granted I left halfway through RAM for some call of booty, but my biggest takeaway from that episode is that Jack Gallagher and Tozawa are gonna
be in the cruiserweight division and that's aok.
I had the booty earlier but damn yeah, Gallagher is signed :-D
Didnt matter how shit anything was after that, for me anyway. The possibility of real wrestling on RAW in my lifetime. Well I'll be fucked.
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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Registered 1-19-2008 Location huhhhhhh Member Is Offline Mood: Finally Deleted
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Gonna have to put up with the return of Roman to the main event scene for most of the month because Rusev won't be around for another three
weeks to fuck him up. He and Lana are going to be on vacation almost until October.
As for putting faith in SD I think the Bo Dallas push kind of means that SD will be as fucked up as RAW is. If getting drunk, belligerent, thrown off
an airplane, and arrested for it means a push afterwards for Bo then there's certainly a chance that Eva Marie could become the first SD
women's champ as "punishment" for her prescription drug fuck up. Maybe because Paige's last name isn't Rotunda and she might not
be someone Vince wants to fuck it explains why she's apparently the only person along with Titus to actually get in trouble this year with this
goofy company.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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Flash
The Rowdy One
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Registered 4-22-2005 Location Brantford, Ontario Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 9-6-2016 at 05:32 PM |
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Speaking of Rusev, it's funny when you think about how guys are paid... base salary/Downside, and then a cut of or bonuses for PPV, and the
various shows they perform on... So that 3 week honeymoon gets to be crazy expensive when you work out how much money they are leaving on the table
while off. He'd still get his downside probably, but the rest probably adds up to a nice chunk of change.
I mean worth it, but man that's gotta be a pain in the ass to work out how much a day off is going to cost you every time you want to take the
family to Disneyland for an extended weekend or something.
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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Registered 1-19-2008 Location huhhhhhh Member Is Offline Mood: Finally Deleted
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Given the photos of that house they bought in Memphis last year neither Rusev or Lana are hurting for money. With two WWE salaries, plus her outside
modelling activities, they're probably doing really well. I imagine that these days WWE's got the contractor relationship running as
smoothly as it can get. If US tax laws are anything like Canadian ones the performers can literally claim almost every expense on the road and their
health insurance as deductions, which probably gets them breaking even or even getting refunds at the end of the year. Given WWE's size and
general corporate efficiency they probably arrange everything down to the lowest level, from rental cars to flight arrangements to hotel bookings,
where the performers don't have to make these arrangements for themselves. They merely have to pay for them and then send the paperwork on in to
head office or to their own accountants.
From the outside it looks like a pretty sweet deal. Arrive in town, hit the hotel or arena gym to get buff before the show, do their match, then
lather-rinse-repeat for the next event. Anyone who can keep their head straight and not get distracted by drinking too much/drugs/ring rats/etc. can
make a killing in this business if they keep in line with what the company wants from them. I imagine by now it's such a smooth running machine
that a performer would have to be a real retard to fuck up their end of the deal. It's not like the old days anymore where anyone not named
Hogan was basically given a paycheque and left to figure the rest of it out on their own.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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CCharger
The Rowdy One 
Posts 2821
Registered 7-21-2010 Member Is Offline Mood: Obtuse
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So...what do they do with Bayley now?
When it Reigns, it bores.
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Dominator
Dominated by my love for Randy Orton
Posts 1628
Registered 7-5-2007 Location Florida Member Is Offline Mood: RKOFree Since 4/9/13
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| posted on 9-10-2016 at 07:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CM Crunk
KO in fancy dress attire looks like the manager of the finest all you can eat afternoon seafood buffet/topless dancing bar in all of Kissimmee.
Brilliant.
Elsewhere:
* Steph has always been very good at promos, but she has had an incredible 3 months.� That stuff with Foley was fantastic.
* I could see a lot more of Jericho/Rollins.�
* OK, so how epic can they make this comeback from 0-3 down for Cesaro?
* Enzo & Cass are so much fun.
* Attitude Era stuff from Gallows & Anderson.� Took way to long.
* I like Titus.� I'm not buying his character's motivation for this feud.
* Thumbs up for Trolling Sasha.
* Zayn/Owens ended as it should once you saw Reigns's involvement, which WAS suited to his character. Less talk, more action from Roman will
help his image.
[Edited on 9-10-2016 by Dominator]
I do NOT love RKO, you sarcastic bastards.
"There are no politics in WWE." - Stephanie McMahon
"BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAA!!!" - Me
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