I'm not making anything up. I'm being very clear and explaining why I think your post is out of line.
Hulk Hogan will return to RAW this Monday to honor “Mean” Gene Okerlund
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I'm not making anything up. I'm being very clear and explaining why I think your post is out of line.
I agree with this. What killed it was his bogus backstage apology he made. If he was genuinely sorry I could forgive him and move on, but instead he twisted it into, "You got to watch what you say in front of the camera, brother." rather than actually being about what he said.
Out of line?
Someone here pointed out that wrestling fans lean democrat. You replied with a childish, "I don't think so, Tim."
When it was then shown that you're wrong, you basically said you didn't care about that information because you feel like what you said is true.
That is why I said you sounded like Trump. Because ignoring information to go with what he feels is a common thing he does. I was busting your balls because you're stereotyping wrestling fans as being Republicans and you laughed off the idea that they're not.
You then accused me of calling you racist. What?
If you want to argue that wrestling fans bury their heads in the sand and ignore the real issues regarding racism by continuing to support them, that's valid. But you were specifically talking about political leanings and you were incorrect.
Well, yeah. Because you are making it a full scale attack, and it's not the first time.
I'm also not the only one who thinks while there are some honest and geniune great fans and athletes, this industry is marred by quite a bit of head turning.
"Full scale attack." "Not the first time."
I legitimately have no idea what you're talking about here. I made like a one sentence comment to you and you accused me of saying you were racist for some crazy reason.
The point is that you assumed WWE fans were Republicans due to the racism that persists in the WWE. That was wrong and ignorant. Liberals can be racists too.
You've made giant posts despite any clarification you may desire. Also making my point.
We're now talking about the amount of words I typed in response, as if that's relevant. This has gone completely off course and I'm done. Jesus Christ, Sanjuro.
It really has. You know where to find me if you need any more clarification.
If it was only to honor mean Gene I would be fine would Hogan. He's a giant tool but you can't rewrite history. This is just gross. WWE is so dumb.
This is the least surprising thing I've seen all day. You mean the carnies are going to try to make a buck?
In case anyone wants to know what happened, it was a subdued response, he got cheered but not for too long. There was a "Hogan" chant for less than 10 seconds. You could hear a few people booing but it was an positive response overall.
Edit: Hogan got emotional after the tribute video, started to tear bit and put on his sunglasses. He cut one more "let me tell you, Mean Gene" promo.
He got less than 5 minutes of actual screen time.
Edit: Hogan got emotional after the tribute video, started to tear bit and put on his sunglasses. He cut one more "let me tell you, Mean Gene" promo.
He got less than 5 minutes of actual screen time.
That was a really subdued cheer than what Hogan normally gets.
But fuck right off for mentioning Moolah.
But fuck right off for mentioning Moolah.
Now make sure you get to WWE Shop and use the promo code MeanGene for 25% off all your Hulkamania merchandise BROTHER.....
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The only way WWE will change is that if sponsors and advertisers make it change.
Fans bashing it on twitter wont get shit, just like booing fans and leaving stadiums get jack shit.
If you don't like the direction of WWE, stir some shit with the advertisers and Vince will listen.
Fans bashing it on twitter wont get shit, just like booing fans and leaving stadiums get jack shit.
If you don't like the direction of WWE, stir some shit with the advertisers and Vince will listen.
No matter who shows up people will cheer, shit, Chris Benoit can walk out and people will cheer.
I found it pretty respectful, it wasnt about him, it was about mean gene and while wwe is pushing the BUY HIS GEAR! Hogan didn't put himself over and only pushed for Gene.
I found it pretty respectful, it wasnt about him, it was about mean gene and while wwe is pushing the BUY HIS GEAR! Hogan didn't put himself over and only pushed for Gene.
Kind of off topic but man, Hogan rattling off all of those wrestlers who've passed on is depressing as fuck
Yeah it sucks. They just sacrifice their bodies for the craft.
Besides Hogan, who else it left from that era? Andre, Savage, Piper, Gorilla, Bobby, Alfred Hayes, etc are no more. :(
Heard Howard Finkle is not doing well. :(
Honestly it was better than I expected and I mostly came out of it feeling sad about Mean Gene and not thinking about Hogan at all
Not many, but off the top of my head I could name Sgt Slaughter, Iron Sheik, Hogan, Flair, Bob Backlund, Road Warrior Animal
Flair is somehow going to outlive them all. I'm fully convinced his body has fully adapted and is now immortal.
I watched this show at the gym last night. I hadn't seen RAW in nearly 15 years and I was blown away by how... boring... it was.
The wrestling sucked ass, even though the talent looking bigger and more jacked than I'd ever seen them. The crowd was almost completely sedate (did they prohibit signs?) and the whole thing was just a vacuum of energy. It was like watching the trainees do their thing on that old Tough Enough show, only these were the "superstars."
I'd heard for a long time now that the product had come to suck and I was still shocked by how bad it was.
And John Cena with hair is just absurd.
The wrestling sucked ass, even though the talent looking bigger and more jacked than I'd ever seen them. The crowd was almost completely sedate (did they prohibit signs?) and the whole thing was just a vacuum of energy. It was like watching the trainees do their thing on that old Tough Enough show, only these were the "superstars."
I'd heard for a long time now that the product had come to suck and I was still shocked by how bad it was.
And John Cena with hair is just absurd.
And that was after Vince, Shane, Steph, & HHH all appeared after the low ratings promising to "shake things up".
Smackdown is by leagues their best cable show.
It's been particularly bad over the past year. The crowd did indeed suck, but they didn't give them much to cheer about.
Just ignoring the fact that RAW is getting its lowest numbers ever right now. The fans are starting to drop off and the company continues to flop around the only way they know how.
You know something's wrong when they use the same wrestlers to open and close the show.
Something else that stuck out at me was the lack of gimmicks. Maybe I'm showing my age here but wrestlers used to be pretty fucking extra about their personas, both in speech and dress.
What I saw last night was a lot of Bearded Guy in Black Tights #1 fighting Bearded Guy in Black Tights #2.
This is mostly a lasting consequence of 00's era WWE going "everyone needs to dress like Orton, yes even the fat guys" and the indy trend of adopting the Japanese style Pancrase kickpads look.
It fucking sucks man. I've seen MMA events with more spectacle and theatrics than that.
It's like they started taking the whole thing way too seriously.
The most ridiculous examples were Trevor Murdoch and Jack Swagger's debut appearance. Just completely ignoring body types. (Something modern post-NXT WWE has gotten better about, to be fair.)
I don't think anyone would cheer, they would probably be shocked into silence with a few probably fainting considering he's been dead for over a decade.
The Saduis would cheer a dead man, after all they wanted Yokozuna and Ultimate Warrior.
Their ability to rely on nostalgia is drying up at this point no? Taker is old as hell. The attitude era wrestlers are few and far between. I guess they can always pay the Rock or Stone Cold to make an appearance. Pretty gross that this is how they decided to bring Hogan back.
I found a YouTube channel recently which does a lot of old PPV reviews. The guy who does it is very light hearted and personable, but it still is sad to see just about everyone involved with the actual product is dead.