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I'm not sure I'd put Rusev & Sheamus in the Cena vs Authority match. I can't see Rusev surviving the match even if the Authority win so why put him in a position where he has to 'lose'? He could take a DQ or count out but again, what's the point? Wouldn't be surprised to see Ryback on Team Cena if he keeps squashing people for the next couple of weeks.

Or Rusev is the sole survivor? I'm imaging some kind of interference based finish similar to the big match at SS2003, allowing Rusev to beat Cena (pinball of course as Cena doesn't submit)

Watching Survivor Series 92 on the network and the opener is Headshrinkers v Owen Hart & Koko B Ware.

 

Did Koko ever win a match on TV or PPV. I honestly can not think of a single time seeing him beat anybody. Even as a kid I thought "this guy doesn't beat anyone. He's rubbish"

Haven't got round to his third book yet, but yes his band are what they are, and that's a band of a never-will-be rockstar in Rich Ward fronted by a pro wrestler. They will never be a credible band as long as they keep putting 'featuring WWE Superstar Chris Jericho' on everything they do.

 

As for his audience numbers, that's just typical wrestler exaggeration. I assume the Download appearance he is referring to is 2012 when they played the second stage, which can not accommodate 30,000 spectators, so he's clearly just talking Brutus Beefcake levels of shit rather than admit that his band is a novelty

I only just got it last month so it's all still completely new to me, but really enjoying it. Having the multiple characters is a big plus. Not sure how through it I am (last one I did had Trevor jumping out of a plane and parachuting down) as I've just been playing it and not really explored the wider world for the hidden away missions

http://wwe.me/DQrCa

 

Vince McMahon directly addresses/issues grovelling apology to the UK fans

Only been the once, but will defo go again when the right show comes around.

Sound Control on the other hand I've never been to, but even just the name suggests a classy dive

You really are best off just watching it from the OnDemand afterwards. I watched this morning and didn't blip once

Never got the appeal of Cancer Bats myself, but each to their own. You'll like it at the Manchester show DM, The Ritz is a great venue

Re Jericho- it was a couple of years back. He had done some kind of appearance and fans basically rushed him on the way to his car. The woman who kept asking "can I get a picture with you?" seemed to try to get into the car with him which is when he blew his nut, and rightly so. You never what kind of mentalist your going to encounter and you shouldn't have to put up with someone getting into your car because they want a photo.

The Rhet Titus thing looked staged, but if it wasn't then that was one one hell of a shot.

And I love that L.A.Park fan punch

Yeah that's right. Don't think Shawn & Michaels ever had a feud just the pair of though. Would have been interesting, the whole big/small man dynamic. Not sure how many matches you would have got out of it though

You can get imports from Amazon UK but it doesn't seem to have an official UK release yet

 

Just put Wrong Turn 6 on. Tits within the first 3 minutes. Love it already!

There's six of them now? Fucking hell

 

Only watched the second one because it had Henry Rollins in it, and he only does films for the payday

Yeah I find it hard to agree with any argument that the BBC is good value for money these days when they waste huge amounts of licence payers money on utter wank like this:

 

 

EDIT: Maybe this should be a separate thread on off topic.

Whose the gimp at 1:28 who can't even seem to 'la la la' in tune?

 

My wife's thick sister does it again:

Sister: Oh I love this song. (Brian Wilson appears) whose that old bloke on the piano

Me: That's Brian Wilson

Sister: whose he

Me: from The Beach Boys

Sister: who are they?

Me: the band that wrote this song you love do much

Sister: never heard of them, they can't be that good

Curry on fish though? No thanks

Used to have Frey Bentos loads when I was in my teens and then didn't have one for years and when I had one again I just couldn't get passed that it did just look like dog food once you get past the pastry. Not had one since.

 

A friend of mine puts Curry sauce on his fish & chips, now that's just wrong

Also, what the fuck is a 12A?

It replaced the 12 rating at the cinema around the time when the first Sam Rami Spider-Man came out.

It's for films recommended for 12 years old and over but under 12s can see it they are accompanied by an adult.

It's only for cinema releases, once they reach DVD/BluRay they are rated the standard 12

Last nights tapings saw the following for the 11/12 live NXT Takeover: Evolution

 

 

The Island?

 

Was that the Prisoner/Logan's Run knockoff with Ewan McGregor in it?

So if the films partner deal is only breaking even, why bother with it?

Christian Bale has been cast in Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biography

I must admit, when I found out how they're working the model these days I face-palmed. Because the kind of people who will pay $9.99 a month for unlimited wrestling (in theory) are the same ones who will pay $29.99 for a monthly PPV. The network is giving away money.

For what your getting, the price is an absolute steal, no one can deny that. It seems to be a case that the demand isn't there for what they need to break even. I saw a reported that said the setup costs for it in the region of $75m-$80m. How accurate that was I don't know, but that is a massive amount to risk if you can not make it back.

It just depends how long they are prepared to run with it before deciding it's a dead-duck

Why has the 'I read the news...' Thread been locked?

The WWE is likely to get bought out or go broke.

 

The network model simply won't work - the market isn't there for the product, they're going to lose lots of money, and the dividend can't be paid. The cost cutting is causing the situation to get worse - see them paying for advertising for non existent UK PPVs, the equally non existent communication over the UK launch, the failure to update the network let alone produce new and interesting programming, and finally the cost cutting on key employees that live and breath the company. The creative model won't let anyone break out of the pack and their existing stars are breaking down or will only work big shows for big money.

 

The numbers next week could mean this all happens in a year.

No they won't.

 

If the network fails, they'll just abandon it and take a financial bumming for a couple of years. To elevate that, they'll cut a lot of deadwood to claw back what they've lost.

If Vince can survive a federal trial against him, the XFL failure, they can survive the failure of the network.

 

Easiest way to save money would be to ditch WWE Films

It's probably not correct to call him undefeated, but he has not been outright defeated. A DQ is something Rusev (or Lana) has caused himself

When is Devitt due to appear?