# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 352
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7023 "2018-02-19T19:09:48Z")
Buying the PPV from your provider will average about $60, and the Network does carry every PPV. So, $120 a year for all the PPVs with the Network vs $120 for 2 PPVs outside the Network is bettah. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7024 "2018-02-19T19:17:14Z")
Jeff “broke 6,000 guitars and never drew a dime” Jarrett is going into the WWE HOF. Oh boy. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7025 "2018-02-20T01:06:41Z")
Seems kind of odd to me. Do they know something we don’t, like he’s dying? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7026 "2018-02-20T01:33:04Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Seems kind of odd to me. Do they know something we don’t, like he’s dying? I believe WWE paid/is paying for his alcohol rehab after his antics last year got him fired from Impact. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7027 "2018-02-20T02:03:53Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Jeff “broke 6,000 guitars and never drew a dime” Jarrett is going into the WWE HOF. > > Oh boy. Is it true that he’s going to lip-sync to Road Dogg reading his speech? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7028 "2018-02-20T03:56:10Z")
I am _shocked_ that apparently Vince McMahon is forgiving Jarrett for holding him up for a one-day contract extension to defend the I-C Title. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7029 "2018-02-20T04:15:52Z")
Maybe he’s signing a contract and they’ll have him down at the Performance Center wrestling for NXT as this washed up old former promoter who used to make himself the star of the show (like all old promoters used to), but is now stuck wrestling trainees and new recruits in a development territory. And losing. It’d be very meta. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7030 "2018-02-20T04:37:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I am _shocked_ that apparently Vince McMahon is forgiving Jarrett for holding him up for a one-day contract extension to defend the I-C Title. Does Jarrett have any say in the remnants of any other promotions? It could be some sort of deal/reward for somebody’s tape library. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7031 "2018-02-20T04:55:32Z")
How long did that Gauntlet Match on RAW last? [WWE.com](http://WWE.com) suggests that (at first glance) it might have been the longest match in WWE history. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7032 "2018-02-20T11:55:59Z")
He’ll hath truly frozen over. Double-J getting into the HoF. WWE really brought their A-game last night to sell Elimination Chamber. But does anyone really believe Titus Worldwide will ever be tag champs? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7033 "2018-02-20T13:31:15Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I am _shocked_ that apparently Vince McMahon is forgiving Jarrett for holding him up for a one-day contract extension to defend the I-C Title. Vince doesn’t hold grudges if he can find the money. Eric Bischoff and Bret Hart are two such examples. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > How long did that Gauntlet Match on RAW last? [WWE.com](http://WWE.com) suggests that (at first glance) it might have been the longest match in WWE history. I remember my DVR was at 1:15 or thereabouts, so at least 75 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7034 "2018-02-20T13:33:07Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > But does anyone really believe Titus Worldwide will ever be tag champs? Sure, to lose the belts to Revival the next night. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7035 "2018-02-20T14:53:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Sure, to lose the belts to Revival the next night. Ugh, that would be horrible. So it’s probably going to happen. And that’s not a knock on The Revival, just a knock on how they’ve been booked (or more to the point, haven’t been booked). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7036 "2018-02-20T15:43:28Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > How long did that Gauntlet Match on RAW last? [WWE.com](http://WWE.com) suggests that (at first glance) it might have been the longest match in WWE history. Michael Cole also kept hinting that Rollins broke HHHs record of longest time in a match on RAW, too…did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7037 "2018-02-20T20:12:29Z")
If so, it’d be Triple H and Chris Benoit’s record, I believe; they had a 60-minute Iron Man match for the World Heavyweight Championship which Benoit won, retaining the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7038 "2018-02-20T20:16:33Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > If so, it’d be Triple H and NAME REDACTED record, I believe; they had a 60-minute Iron Man match for the World Heavyweight Championship which NAME REDACTED won, retaining the gold. There, fixed it for you 😛 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7039 "2018-02-21T20:06:29Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > There, fixed it for you 😛 Actually, on WWE Network, they never had that much of a problem mentioning his name. Even back in the “On Demand” days, while they removed all scenes of him speaking or wrestling when they aired Nitro episodes (which pretty much meant that every Four Horseman interview was removed), the announcers would mention his name on occasion and WWE left it in. Now, they have restored his matches and interviews, but there is a disclaimer at the start of each episode; they do the same thing with episodes of pretty much anything including Hulk Hogan ever since the N-word incident. Note that neither of them can have their names mentioned on live shows now; I remember either a Raw or a PPV where one announcer said “the immortal one” and another freaked out because he thought the first was going to mention Hogan by name. Then again, when was the last time you heard Droz’s name mentioned - and all he did was get paralyzed in the ring? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7040 "2018-02-21T21:21:58Z")
Oh I know, I was just being funny…or…attempting to ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7041 "2018-02-22T14:23:14Z")
Looks like the Network will describe a match with Benoit as “Perry Saturn in singles action,” or whomever the opponent was. I remember seeing something described as such and wondering who’s this jobber not even worth mentioning his name. Oh, right, it’s Benoit. By the way, just want to mention that as a fan of WCW during the Monday night wars, I’ve really been enjoying Tony Schiavone’s podcast “What Happened When.” We’ve all heard about WCW from Bischoff’s perspective a million times, and Schiavone got a lot of crap back in the day, but he offers some interesting insight. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/7042 "2018-02-22T15:48:17Z")
Sad face for Johnny Gargano. What’s next? 205? SD? RAW? Return wearing Almas’s old mask? Mustafa Ali ably channeled Gargano’s distraught babyface persona in his match with Jack Gallagher. Buddy Murphy is all cut and shredded now, but still acts like he got mule-kicked to the head a few too many times. 205 is looking really nice so far by letting their talent work long matches and removing the Vinceness. Thanks you HHH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=351) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124.md?page=353)