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21 hours ago, hallicks said:

Re: WWE owning the trademark to wrestlers names. How much could someone that got released and didn't own their name take the piss on their new name? Could Ryback have gone with Ryan Back? Or Ryebaq? Could Jack Swagger go for Jax Whagger? Or does the trademark preclude this kind of shenanigans?

It honestly justĀ depends whether WWE gives a fuck or not.

Technically stuff like U-Gene, Swoggle or GoldDustinĀ infringes their trademark because they are clearly trying to pass themselves off as the characters they portrayed in WWE. That's the important thing - the characters not the names. Hall and Nash never said "We're Razor and Diesel" but the implication, and their mannerisms, wereĀ enough for that lawsuit..

The flip side of it is, if WWE DOES give a fuck then there's very little recourse for the wrestlers. Cody Runnels surely has a legitimate claim to the name Rhodes, and itĀ would almost certainly hold up in court, but it just isn't worth the legal costs - or the heat -Ā Ā for him to fight it.

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The ones that I find to be pretty scandalous areĀ cases such as the Dudley Boys, where they used the names before even coming to the WWE (i.e the company didn't even come up with it), yet they were still stopped from using it in TNA.

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Anyone know anything at all about Luca Franchini, the WWE Italian commentator who looks like a proper hard bastard & is heavily tattooed?

Obviously WWE arenā€™t quite so bothered about their foreign language guys being telegenic as they donā€™t get so much camera time, but he still looks quite different to the other guys when they do that rundown on PPVs, so he interests me.

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2 hours ago, Statto said:

Anyone know anything at all about Luca Franchini, the WWE Italian commentator who looks like a proper hard bastard & is heavily tattooed?

Obviously WWE arenā€™t quite so bothered about their foreign language guys being telegenic as they donā€™t get so much camera time, but he still looks quite different to the other guys when they do that rundown on PPVs, so he interests me.

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Luca Franchini started his television experience as a wrestling commentator in September 2000 with theĀ World Championship WrestlingĀ onĀ StreamĀ together withĀ Michele PosaĀ .Ā From the following June 2001 he commented, always with Posa, the episodes ofĀ the WWEĀ TV showsĀ .Ā Since September 2003 the duo has passed to the newbornĀ SkyĀ , where his fans know him with the nickname "IlĀ GodzillaĀ ".Ā Together with Posa on Sky, he conducted the weekly "Zona Wrestling" container until the summer of 2009.Ā Still in television, he participated in several sports broadcasts produced by Sky Sports, includingĀ 10Ā (2003),Ā Mondo Gol(2004), DXĀ GenerationĀ (2005 and 2006).

Franchini has collaborated on several commercial initiatives related to wrestling in Italy, including DVD series such asĀ WWE Wrestling MegastarsĀ andĀ WWE Wrestling Megastars - Greatest HitsĀ , which in the years between 2005 and 2007 recorded sales for over 1.5 million pieces.Ā He lent his voice to some commercials including that ofĀ PepsiĀ andĀ WWE SmackDown!Ā vs.Ā Raw 2008Ā .Ā He also commented and presented numerous live wrestling andĀ kickboxing showsĀ .Ā Together with Michele Posa he published booksĀ 100 years of wrestlingĀ (2006) andĀ Around the ring(2015).Ā The latter traces the fifteen years of career with anecdotes and curiosities related to the world of wrestling.

On the occasion of the recording of the first episode ofĀ RawĀ in Italian territory (Ā Mediolanum ForumĀ ,Ā MilanĀ , April 16, 2007), he made the comment on the show in world vision, always with Posa, alongside the historic American couple composed byĀ Jerry "The King" LawlerĀ andĀ Jim RossĀ .Ā [1]Ā The same happened duringĀ WrestleMania 31Ā (Ā Levi's StadiumĀ ,Ā Santa ClaraĀ , 29 March 2015), also repeating the following year atĀ WrestleMania 32Ā (Ā AT & T StadiumĀ ,Ā DallasĀ , 3 April 2016), it is in 2018 at theĀ Mercedes Benz SuperdomeofĀ New OrleansĀ forĀ Wrestle mania 34Ā .

In December 2013 he also started commenting on theĀ dartsĀ gameĀ forĀ Fox SportsĀ as regards the circuit of theĀ Professional Darts CorporationĀ , of which he commented on two world championships (2014-2015) and numerous international tournaments, including the World Cup of Darts (2014), the World Matchplay (2014) and the European Championship (2014).

He is a fan ofĀ InterĀ [2]Ā andĀ VareseĀ [3]Ā as far as football is concerned, while in basketball heĀ is a fan ofĀ theĀ Philadelphia 76ersĀ .

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They havenā€™t got time to do it before RAW because thatā€™s when they record Main Event, otherwise youā€™d be running s 5hr show ever week.Ā Smackdown being 2hrs gives them the space to run in it. Running it before Smackdown and airing it on tape delay (but pretend itā€™s live) would help it massively as the crowd wonā€™t be sat waitingĀ for a dark match featuring the main stars or just leaving completely

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12 hours ago, Fatty Facesitter said:

Probably should've been more specific - I know that's why they record on the Tuesday, just not sure why they do it in that slot as you mentioned after Smackdown (even with the dark main event) rather than before?Ā 

Because they'd have to rename it 205 Recorded earlier.

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25 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

Because they'd have to rename it 205 Recorded earlier.

Thanks mate šŸ˜‰

Iā€™m just curious as to why they arenā€™t doing the slot pre-Smackdown, still live, as opposed to after like they do now. Unless thereā€™s something else being broadcast on the network for that timeslot?

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1 hour ago, Fatty Facesitter said:

Thanks mate šŸ˜‰

Iā€™m just curious as to why they arenā€™t doing the slot pre-Smackdown, still live, as opposed to after like they do now. Unless thereā€™s something else being broadcast on the network for that timeslot?

The theory was that you'd have Smackdown live on regular TV and could use that to encourage people to watch 205 Live straight after (and maybe even sign up to the network to do so.) The timeslot was likely chosen in the 15 minute window when Vince is excited about a new idea before getting bored with it.

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