Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 Jesus wept. Fuck off KOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 With Linda running for Senate there's no way this is an angle. The negative publicity they would receive would completely fuck her over and give her opposition further ammo to use against her. You bell. Ā Oh my god, you're such a smark! You honestly believe that's why the product is PG? Yeah, sure it's not the multi-million dollar franchise agreements they have with toy companies that flat out refuse to do business with the WWE if the product isn't child friendly - it's the senatorial campaign of Linda McMahon. Ā How about the fact that the PG era predates Linda McMahon's senatorial race? Ā Or the fact that her opponents have routinely used previous WWE storylines as fodder for their anti-Linda advertising anyway? The campaign's only response to such onslaughts is to defend the presentation of characters such as Eugene, rather than dismiss them as mistakes of the past. Do you think in politics that whatever anyone has done up until the point they declare themselves as a political candidate means nothing? Ā The evidence for adult-themed politically incorrect material supported for Linda McMahon for decades is too strong to not be involved in her campaign. You really think whether it happened in 2002 or 2012 makes any difference to how it will be used against her by her opponents? Get real! Ā Where did he mention anything about PG? Previous offences can be used to damage an opponent, but things happening during the campaign will always be far more scandalous, and damaging, hence why a faked heart attack on national television, presented as being a real incident, is incredibly unlikely. It's a potential PR nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Reefer Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 People have been unable to separate what is real and what is acting in wrestling for decades. Everyone who watches will have been a "fucking idiot" at some point and some still are. Ā Some of those people have been the wrestlers themselves. Look at Flair, he's played The Nature Boy for so long he doesn't know how to be anyone else. Ā Back on topic though. Lets accept for one second that KOK is right and this is all just an angle. What purpose does it serve? A quick spike in ratings in a month's time when Jerry comes back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 It would be weird if it was an angle. It would mean Cole is effectively just going on TV and saying something he knows is untrue and doesn't believe, solely so that he can provoke other people into reacting, almost as if he was desperate for attention. What kind of person would do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It would be the perfect setup to the Vince-directed version of The Wrestler that I bet he's dying (excuse the pun) to do. Ā Lawler retires tearfully on Raw, leaves WWE. CM Punk belittles him for retiring, calling him an old man, coward, whatever. Ā A few month later, WWE catches up with Lawler, who's working selling cars or something, some job that's a little bit sad. Punk again mocks him, but Lawler stays retired. Ā Punk continues a long-term campaign of making fun of Lawler, and then a few months before Mania, Jerry returns for something (Hall Of Fame induction of someone) and has an on-screen confrontation with Punk, leading to Lawler angrily agreeing to come out of retirement for one last match, against Punk, at Wrestlemania. Everyone tells Lawler he's crazy, could die, but he insists. Ā It's the Rocky story, crossed with The Wrestler. It would be amazing. But it's way, way too dangerous to actually DO, as what if (as has happened) Lawler REALLY has a heart attack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Snake Plissken Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 With Linda running for Senate there's no way this is an angle. The negative publicity they would receive would completely fuck her over and give her opposition further ammo to use against her. You bell. Ā Oh my god, you're such a smark! You honestly believe that's why the product is PG? Yeah, sure it's not the multi-million dollar franchise agreements they have with toy companies that flat out refuse to do business with the WWE if the product isn't child friendly - it's the senatorial campaign of Linda McMahon. Ā How about the fact that the PG era predates Linda McMahon's senatorial race? Ā Or the fact that her opponents have routinely used previous WWE storylines as fodder for their anti-Linda advertising anyway? The campaign's only response to such onslaughts is to defend the presentation of characters such as Eugene, rather than dismiss them as mistakes of the past. Do you think in politics that whatever anyone has done up until the point they declare themselves as a political candidate means nothing? Ā The evidence for adult-themed politically incorrect material supported for Linda McMahon for decades is too strong to not be involved in her campaign. You really think whether it happened in 2002 or 2012 makes any difference to how it will be used against her by her opponents? Get real! Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman89762000 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 So as part of this masterplan vince has paid off a hospital to waste its time using life saving equipments on lawler Ā Convinced lawler to have unneccasary life threatening surgery Ā And will use all of this exposure to give us punk vs lawler at wrestlemania... Ā I know im a idiot but even i wouldn't buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ignoring the troll and people's attempt to look cool by knocking an easy target, the Cole thing does seem to suggest I was wrong to speculate regarding whether Lawler receives any health checks or not. I'd rather assumed that as he's probably not contracted as a regular wrestler that it wouldn't be considered much of a priority to insist on health checks but Cole's comments suggest he's still tested. Although his argument that Lawler wrestles so many dates so it's unlikely the wrestling that gave him a heart attack seem somewhat illogical, because that leads to a suggestion of regular stress on the heart. It does seem more and more like it's just one of those things though. Although I still think that it's one of those moments where you kind of stand back and say "yeah, it does seem a little off that people of that age (or older) are wrestling". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 A Memphis news outlet is reporting that he does not have brain damage Ā Great News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tom Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 It would be the perfect setup to the Vince-directed version of The Wrestler that I bet he's dying (excuse the pun) to do.Ā Lawler retires tearfully on Raw, leaves WWE. CM Punk belittles him for retiring, calling him an old man, coward, whatever. Ā A few month later, WWE catches up with Lawler, who's working selling cars or something, some job that's a little bit sad. Punk again mocks him, but Lawler stays retired. Ā Punk continues a long-term campaign of making fun of Lawler, and then a few months before Mania, Jerry returns for something (Hall Of Fame induction of someone) and has an on-screen confrontation with Punk, leading to Lawler angrily agreeing to come out of retirement for one last match, against Punk, at Wrestlemania. Everyone tells Lawler he's crazy, could die, but he insists. Ā It's the Rocky story, crossed with The Wrestler. It would be amazing. But it's way, way too dangerous to actually DO, as what if (as has happened) Lawler REALLY has a heart attack? Would the PPV fade to black with us deciding what actually happens? Seeing Cole in pieces at the announce table was really difficult to watch. Fuck knows how he didn't go to pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hope thats right about him not suffering brain damage. Great news if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman89762000 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Jr says on twitter memphis tv3 says the king has suffered NO brain damage as a resut of his heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted September 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted September 12, 2012 Michael Cole reported on stuff like the Oklahoma City bombings, 9 months on the ground during the Yugoslavian civil war and the Waco siege and all that. Michael Cole is a real pro. Probably WWE's biggest one when it comes to being behind the mic. Too much to go to pieces on camera anyway, even if it is a close friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DJ Kris Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 Still think Vince McMahon wouldn't approve such an angle? Get real. Nobody is saying that Vince wouldn't a heart attack angle, they saying this isn't one, but with that in mind he is unlikely to do such an angle under the current direction. Ā With Linda running for Senate there's no way this is an angle. The negative publicity they would receive would completely fuck her over and give her opposition further ammo to use against her. You bell. Ā Oh my god, you're such a smark! You honestly believe that's why the product is PG? Yeah, sure it's not the multi-million dollar franchise agreements they have with toy companies that flat out refuse to do business with the WWE if the product isn't child friendly - it's the senatorial campaign of Linda McMahon. Point missed somewhat. The debate isn't WHY the product is PG, it's the fact that it is combined with Linda's run for senate means they would be unlikely to do such an angle right now. One more thing, did WWE not sell toys during the attitude era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members slashlover Posted September 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2012 Stacy Carterā confirms it on twitter Ā The rumors are true. I just got confirmation that @jerrylawler test results are in & he has NO brain damage. This is wonderful news!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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