Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 Fucking Tazz on commentary says "he just called an audible, sometimes you have to call an audible!" Â You HAVE to be joking, surely? Apparently not: Â Jesus Christ, TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majik Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm at work so can't watch that link. Actually, I'm not sure I want to watch it. Words fail me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Question is : which is more kayfabe-breaking - Taz's insider jargon or being able to hear Jeff Hardy's thoughts during "live" backstage skits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majik Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Question is : which is more kayfabe-breaking - Taz's insider jargon or being able to hear Jeff Hardy's thoughts during "live" backstage skits? Â One has got a certain amount of movie-esque artistic licence. One is fucking stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 Not sure why anyone's surprised - they've done it before. I remember a few occasions when both Tenay and Tazz have said it. Â Feeling a bit stupid, but what exactly does it mean? I thought it was a reference to when a wrestler fucks up and calls a move that gets caught on camera/mike, and/or by the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 An audible is when one wrestler (or referee via their ear-piece) calls for the wrestlers to deviate from the planned script, usually at the end of a match. Essentially the definition of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 An audible is when one wrestler (or referee via their ear-piece) calls for the wrestlers to deviate from the planned script, usually at the end of a match. Essentially the definition of this thread. Â Ah, thanks! I think it was the use of the term "audible" that rather threw me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 20, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2014 It's a term from American Football. When they call a change to the play on the field because they see something in the way the other team is lining up that they need to react to. Â Using that, I can see how you can cover this within kayfabe.. simply saying that he tried to put him through the table using the swanton, it didn't work so he called a new play. Â I don't think it's that big a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 If the term has a more generalised and recognisable meaning in the States then it's more understandable. Would be ridiculous if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 20, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2014 It does. I don't think anyone over there (even our smarky mark equivalents) would associate it primarily with wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 Double whammy of information, love it. Thanks, guys. Makes a lot more sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Duke Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 It's a term from American Football. When they call a change to the play on the field because they see something in the way the other team is lining up that they need to react to. Using that, I can see how you can cover this within kayfabe.. simply saying that he tried to put him through the table using the swanton, it didn't work so he called a new play.  I don't think it's that big a deal. Just what I was going to say. I've heard it repeatedly in American TV as just meaning "having to change the plan". And when I heard it in this context I think that's all tazz was meaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 I've heard the term "calling an audible" a few times but been too embarassed to ask what it really means. Thanks for clearing that one up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2014 In proper sports, you just make decisions. In yank sports, everything is so pre-planned, you have to have a term for making a fucking decision  And they say wrestling isn't a real sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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