Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1)

Not a chance. Like all live tv, WWE airs on a multi second delay.

If Vince didn’t want it on the show, it wouldn’t have been there.

That said, they have removed it from the YouTube clip.

Well, the several second delay gives them a chance to bleep it out, but there are two possibilities for why they didn’t;

1> It took Vince too long to catch it due to surprise or distraction.
2> If they bleeped it out on the air it would be an even bigger story.

Last night was the most compelling argument I’ve ever seen for why Raw should just play reruns some weeks.

On YouTube, I watched the segment in which Brock suddenly realized he has a whole year to cash in the contract.

“I didn’t know that!”
“Well, how could you not know?!”

That was funny. Brock cares so little about professional wrestling that he doesn’t even know the simplest detail of the Money in the Bank contract.

Do you really believe Brock didn’t know that?

He plays a character, just like everyone else. He shows up whenever Vince tells him to, and he wins and loses as he’s told to.

Apparently he’s so good at what he does that a lot of people believe he’s not acting.

I meant “in kayfabe”, obviously.

You’d figure he would know since he was literally cashed in on by Rollins at WM. I mean, not directly since he didn’t have the title…but he was there

The Beast Box was fun, too. Honestly, everything Lesnar did on Monday was pure gold. He looks like he’s actually having a good time out there. He reminds me of Biff Tannen.

Chris Jericho interviewed Jon Moxley on his podcast this week.

It’s a hell of a listen, and a real eye-opener about why he decided to leave WWE, from Vince’s micromanaging of promos, to making him act like a clown, to a Roman Reigns cancer line that he outright refused to say because it’d make him look like a monster (and keep in mind that he did say God gave Roman cancer.)

The latest Ride-Alongs are all kissing KFC ass.

Script goes something like:
<insert name here> Hey, as long as we’re in Kentucky, let’s get some KFC. recites menu
<insert name here> OMG I love KFC! These Cinna-bons are so delicious! Hey, remember the KFC Battle Royal?
<insert name here> Hey, did you eat all the KFC? I was only gone 2 minutes!

Yeah, he said (and he refused to say it on the podcast too) that it would have cost them sponsors, it was so bad.

The interview is transcribed here if you just want to read or skim through;

*Alright. Go in and talk to Vince, I’m like “Yo, all this stuff… I can’t say all this stuff, it’s ridiculous, y’know,” and he’s like “Oh, it’s such good shit! Oh, this stuff, this is the reason people like you, y’know? This is why they connect to you, ‘cause you know, you’re… you’re different and it’s so… this is you!” And I’ve had a million conversations with him that almost this exact same conversation about similar promos or things. You know, “This is you! It’s such good shit, this is what makes you you!” And I said, “So I’m an idiot?”, and he goes, “Hahaha, no, it’s you! You’re different!”, and I’m like… “Okay.” And I don’t know where that particular… where we landed on that particular promo or whatever, but yeah. But that’s just an example–
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And now, apropos of nothing, please enjoy courtesy of Youtube this clip of Cody Rhodes talking about the worst wrestling match he’s ever been part of.

“Where’s that referee? He was trying to fuck on me!”

Now we see why Ted Dibiase Jr’s career went to the toilet so quickly.

Ha. Clearly you guys aren’t up-to-date on the wonder that is Botchamania. Maffew has been using the “Fuck on me!” line for his endings for the past few months. I think he ran that interview too, but I can’t remember.

I’ve never been that enthralled by Botchamania, but games journalist/indie wrestler Jim Sterling has been using the “He was trying to FUCK ON ME!” clip on his YouTube channel lately, which is what lead me to find the context.

BROOooo…

Matt Riddle reminds me of the snotman toy I had as a kid. It was a sticky looselimbed humanoid mold that you threw at the wall and watched it tumble down while still sticking. He’s so flexible and limber, it’s like his entire skeleton is rubber. He’s also sticky when his opponent uses strikes. He traps the opposing strike and turns it into a stretch. Add the way he whips his hair, and it further adds to the illusion of elasticity.

BrrrrOOOOoooo…

Jon Moxley will be challenging Juice Robinson for the IWGP US title at the Best of the Super Juniors final, which airs live Wednesday morning.

Then on Sunday morning it’s Dominion, which is being headlined by Okada vs. Jericho for the heavyweight championship.

Should be a fun couple of shows.

Hijack:

I’d hardly heard of WWE until I Googled “world heavyweight championship” just now to learn about the Joshua-Ruiz match. Most of the links pointed to WWE. :eek: I had to add “boxing” to get Google to work.

Back in my day, “heavyweight champion” implied boxing. What the h*** happened? Get off my lawn! :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m not sure when your day was, but the WWE championship is considered to be a descendant of the original world heavyweight wrestling championship that George Hackenschmidt is considered to have won in 1905. :slight_smile:

I’d say WWE paid for search results to favor them. They employ a lot of tech heads.