King Pitcos Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 They never booked anyone else to win at WrestleMania 21 times in a row though, so it's even sillier to think it meant nothing.
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 I hate when they talk about the streak in serious terms. Like Arn Anderson compAring it to 20 superbowls. Its nothing of the sort. Undertaker won because WWE booked him to win, the way they go in and out of kayfabe when talking about it with the Undertaker just makes it really silly Agree totally, they do something like state how legitmate something like the Streak is/was for the sake of Kayfabe, but on other programmes freely admit the likes of Kane used to be Isaac Yankem etc..
WyattSheepMask Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Clearly it did mean something, as the reaction when it ended happened. But they also had the power to stop it if they wanted to. I loved it as much as anyone, to compare it to and talk of it as legitimate sporting achievement is downright nutty
Paid Members garynysmon Posted November 20, 2015 Paid Members Posted November 20, 2015 The streak is, at least partially, an accident of history though isn't it? I wonder how close he was to ending up on the losing end of the booker's pencil at one of his early to middling Wrestlemanias? (Before people even noticed he had a streak going on.) Snuka was a glorified jobber in '91 and the Snake was on the way out in 1992, so those were never in question. I suppose Giant Gonzales was the one that came closest, but I don't suppose they would ever have booked Taker to lose clean. Maybe Wrestlemania 13 if the wind had been blowing in a different direction? Facing Sid for the title was a bit of a last minute thing wasn't it? Wrestlemania 17 vs Triple H must have been a close run thing though.
Paid Members garynysmon Posted November 20, 2015 Paid Members Posted November 20, 2015 I hate when they talk about the streak in serious terms. Like Arn Anderson compAring it to 20 superbowls. Its nothing of the sort. Undertaker won because WWE booked him to win, the way they go in and out of kayfabe when talking about it with the Undertaker just makes it really silly Agree totally, they do something like state how legitmate something like the Streak is/was for the sake of Kayfabe, but on other programmes freely admit the likes of Kane used to be Isaac Yankem etc.. I don't even like it when they compare it to the Superbowl tbh. Even though American Football is just bleurgh over here, I can't imagine many people in the USA aren't aware of when the Superbowl is going on. For a start, its on proper telly and not being streamed over the internet or on PPV. Filling an American Football stadium once a year isn't the same thing.
WyattSheepMask Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 The next episode of Breaking Ground will air after the Survivor Series tomorrow night
The Clint Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 It looks like Austin's podcast interviews on the Network are going to be pre-recorded from now on. Well the ones with Flair and Michaels are anyway.
Otto Dem Wanz Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 That "Ride Along" show, despite being as scripted as most other 'reality' TV, looks like an interesting watch.
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 That "Ride Along" show, despite being as scripted as most other 'reality' TV, looks like an interesting watch. I don't think they used footage from that show to promote it, looked like two random clips from Total Divas as I recognised the clip of Paige yelling down her phone from that show and the Bellas are usually filmed riding together on the show too
Paid Members FLips Posted November 23, 2015 Paid Members Posted November 23, 2015 I hope not either if the ride alongs were Paige and Alicia Fox, The Bellas or Someone Uso and his wife. I'd rather ride along with Paul Walker than with any of them.
NEWM Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 What a fucking absolute piece of shit the Austin podcast with Paige was. I almost want to recommend it for how crap it was, but it wasn't so morbidly awful that I can. Austin was disinterested, Paige is clearly a bit of an irritating twat in real life (well, she's young basically, so, comes across full of herself and naive) and the whole thing has a cloud of 'this could have been Austin/Hogan' hanging over it. An unmitigated disaster. And they must have only picked her because of the Tough Enough connection, but why not Daniel Bryan or The Miz? Fucking hell, even Jey Uso probably would have made for a better hour. A total mess.
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted November 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted November 24, 2015 I love Austin, I'll listen to his podcast even if he's got no guest and it's just him talking about shopping at Trader Joe's or what they had for dinner the day before. I only made it about five minutes into that Paige podcast before I had to tap out. She's excruciating to listen to.
Paid Members PunkStep Posted November 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted November 24, 2015 Ha! Well played.
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