Your cable company sure picked a bad time to drop WWE 24/7. They're doing a Wild West theme this month and one of the things they're showing is this "gem" that thankfully they dropped quickly. It makes the old TNT comedy bits look like gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmCQT_y4MwA
I’m still a little sore over the split between 24/7 and myself, but enough people have e-mailed me this that I figured I should post it. It really makes Fuji Vice look like brilliant modern cinema, doesn’t it?
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I think they’re barking up the wrong tree with this audience, but I’m happy to throw out some promotion anyone’s way, because you never know.
The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - April 19 1993
- Taped from New York.
- Your hosts are Vince, Randy, and for the last time, Rob Bartlett. Thanks to Rob for taking the time to comment on last week's RAW rant and acknowledging how terrible an announcer he was.
Before we get to our regularly scheduled mailbag question, I just wanted to take a minute to thank the fabulous Princess for all her hard work in providing the blog with regular Smackdown coverage. It’s much appreciated!
Onto the question…
Do you think making every brand participating in the PPV is hurting the product? I believe it has hurt the product because this increased the PPV title defenses and subsequently made the title changes out of control. I honestly can't tell you all the title changes in the past 6 months. I believed when the branded PPVs were around that it gave additional exposure to more individuals and made for at least longer length programs. Keeping in mind the revenue produced by every PPV, what would you do with the current PPV yearly format (cut them down to less, brand specialize them, specialize each event with a certain match etc)?
I think it’s way too late to put the genie back in the bottle again, as asking them to cut out the monthly revenue stream wouldn’t be accepted by investors or board members without a huge fight.
I definitely think that from a quality standpoint, having all three brands on each show is starting to hurt the product because you have to make time for three “main events” and there’s no chance for a DH Smith or Evan Bourne to get any kind of big match experience or build up their issues outside of the TV shows. It’s not helped by having to sit through Batista v. Orton months on end because they don’t have the desire to book anything new. I would absolutely cut it down to 12 PPVs a year, firm, though, because this shit with two weeks between shows just makes too hard to build anything or care as a fan. The gimmick stuff is pretty silly as well – booking a whole show of submission matches might sell an episode of RAW, but I’m not dropping $50 on a PPV for something like that.
As always, I should point out that I’m 100% not the target audience any longer and have no idea what the 12 year old John Cena fans want out of the product.
I figured I'd post this because the Three-For-All random RAW is tonight.
I'm sad to see Umaga go but he knew the rules. It stinks because he was working good matches and finding his spot among the new talent. I'm almost positive he would have been Punk's first feud as champion so he missed an opportunity to really elevate himself. He'll probably be back.
The SmarK Retro Rant for WCW Spring Stampede 99
- Live from Tacoma, WA
- Your hosts are Tony, Bobby and Mike.
The SmarK Legacy Rant for Monday Night RAW - April 12 1993
- Live from New York. I think. Who knows anymore? When you can't trust the word of Vince McMahon, who can you trust?
- Your hosts are Vince, Randy, and DAMMIT, Rob Bartlett.
Misawa passes away during a match last night. Not sure where this ranks on the scale of most noteworthy in-ring deaths ever, but it's got to be pretty high since I know Misawa was considered by many to be the best in the biz during his prime. I was mostly into the junior japanese stuff and watching Americans adjust their style to compete over there so I can't say I saw more than a couple of matches, but very tragic and another blow to pro wrestling in the Orient.
http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/9617/
Talk about the answer to a problem that didn’t exist. Anyway, if anyone was losing sleep over it, my new Facebook username is, as you might expect, rspwfaq. I figured I should grab it before anyone else, just in case. Really, as much as my life and everyone else’s seems to revolve around them, I wish they’d quit fucking around with the basic interface and just let it be.
With Vickie Guerrero leaving RAW, someone sent me what can only be described as the most awesome idea for GM ever: Randy Savage. The promos would be MADE OF WIN. You could give him any stupid topic you wanted and he’d just go off about whatever was on his deranged mind for hours on end. Who cares if the shows are any good when you could have entertainment like that?
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