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Cool King 04-20-2017 03:42 PM
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Rammsteinmad 04-20-2017 04:28 PM
I've never understood the logic behind pushing wrestlers from certain ethnic backgrounds to appeal to that audience.

I mean, if you watch WWE, surely you watch it for the sake of guys like John Cena, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles etc... basically, you watch it because it's the WWE, not because of that one dude who's from the same country as you.

And in the case of Jinder Mahal... he's a heel. Are Indian people supposed to "get behind him" or something? He's a bad guy! If Indian people watch WWE, I'm sure they understand how it works. I can understand having someone like Mahal under contract, and perhaps playing up his Nationality when they're overseas, but just seems so illogical to have to do it on home soil to appeal to an audience, who are likely watching regardless of that one dude, anyway.

Ya'mean?

GD 04-20-2017 05:22 PM
I don't think Jinder Mahal is even close to the popularity that Khali enjoyed in India. To be honest, I am a bit intrigued by the formation of the Canadian Indian stable.

#BROKEN Hasney 04-20-2017 06:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 4958587)
I've never understood the logic behind pushing wrestlers from certain ethnic backgrounds to appeal to that audience.

I mean, if you watch WWE, surely you watch it for the sake of guys like John Cena, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles etc... basically, you watch it because it's the WWE, not because of that one dude who's from the same country as you.

And in the case of Jinder Mahal... he's a heel. Are Indian people supposed to "get behind him" or something? He's a bad guy! If Indian people watch WWE, I'm sure they understand how it works. I can understand having someone like Mahal under contract, and perhaps playing up his Nationality when they're overseas, but just seems so illogical to have to do it on home soil to appeal to an audience, who are likely watching regardless of that one dude, anyway.

Ya'mean?
Khali videos are the most watched ever on WWE YouTube and people do enjoy seeing people close to them represented on the screen, not just in wrestling, but in other media too.

I just wish they signed Sonjay Duty instead and used him because then I wouldn't be taking a break from WWE.

Lock Jaw 04-20-2017 06:21 PM
I enjoyed Sanjay Dutt a lot "back in the day"..... enjoyed him as "The Guru" and before.....

For some reason liked him a lot less when he went with the bald look (although I guess I haven't seen too much)

slik 04-20-2017 07:51 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is Braun Strowman just being built up to be fed to Roman Reigns at Payback? <a href="https://t.co/OTiCgldqjK">pic.twitter.com/OTiCgldqjK</a></p>&mdash; Still Real To Us (@stillreal2us) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillreal2us/status/855184263880298498">April 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Emperor Smeat 04-20-2017 08:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 4958587)
I've never understood the logic behind pushing wrestlers from certain ethnic backgrounds to appeal to that audience.

I mean, if you watch WWE, surely you watch it for the sake of guys like John Cena, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles etc... basically, you watch it because it's the WWE, not because of that one dude who's from the same country as you.

And in the case of Jinder Mahal... he's a heel. Are Indian people supposed to "get behind him" or something? He's a bad guy! If Indian people watch WWE, I'm sure they understand how it works. I can understand having someone like Mahal under contract, and perhaps playing up his Nationality when they're overseas, but just seems so illogical to have to do it on home soil to appeal to an audience, who are likely watching regardless of that one dude, anyway.

Ya'mean?
Doubt Mahal's push is meant to appease to the Indian market but it was the main reason for Great Khali's pushes because at the time the WWE just entered the Indian market and wanted to take advantage of it. End result was that market becoming their biggest in terms of fans.

Then again appeasing to certain ethnic groups is why the WWF got very popular in the pre-Hogan era and why Bruno Sammartino had lengthy championship reigns.

Sports is similar whenever someone big from an ethnic background breaks a barrier or becomes a huge star since it leads to more of those people becoming interested as both fans and potential future players.

The CyNick 04-20-2017 08:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad (Post 4958587)
I've never understood the logic behind pushing wrestlers from certain ethnic backgrounds to appeal to that audience.

I mean, if you watch WWE, surely you watch it for the sake of guys like John Cena, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles etc... basically, you watch it because it's the WWE, not because of that one dude who's from the same country as you.

And in the case of Jinder Mahal... he's a heel. Are Indian people supposed to "get behind him" or something? He's a bad guy! If Indian people watch WWE, I'm sure they understand how it works. I can understand having someone like Mahal under contract, and perhaps playing up his Nationality when they're overseas, but just seems so illogical to have to do it on home soil to appeal to an audience, who are likely watching regardless of that one dude, anyway.

Ya'mean?
Bret Hart was a bigger start outside of the US than in it. So he had a value in foreign markets, obviously especially Canada. The NBA got lots of traction in China from Yao Ming. It's perfectly reasonable to think markets that are not well represented would be more interested in the product of people who looked like them were featured. Well not many people in India are cut like Jinder, but you know what I mean.

thekrow 04-20-2017 08:57 PM
The ULTIMATE Swede Savard "Alright!" montage. Great nostalgic video...
 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F-TjV6JLlkc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Some great "alright!" moments. A great landmark catchphrase...really hope to see The Pride of Philly saying "Alright!" in the big leagues one day! Good days, good days!

Enjoy!

Sixx 04-20-2017 09:00 PM
that's a catchphrase? next thing you know 'ugh' is gonna be a catchphrase.

Vastardikai 04-20-2017 09:55 PM
It's really weird that something popped up that Hasney, Meatball, Cynick, and I agree on.

Emperor Smeat 04-20-2017 10:36 PM
Recent issue of the Observer Newsletter put together how deep WWE's efforts to ridicule and bully Mauro were.

Highlights courtsey of r/SquaredCircle:
Quote:
There was an issue early in Mauro's Smackdown arrival. Lawler, used to calling Jim Ross “J.R.,” started calling Ranallo “M.R.,” likely an inside rib since decades earlier, when Lawler and McMahon were growing up it was short for “mental retard.” Of course few would know that since the term went away probably by the 70s. But after a few weeks, it was dropped.

Ranallo, being different, made him the butt of jokes. He was tabbed as weird and the production room was filled with a lot of people who were emotionally still in high school. There would be the jibes about appearance and such, and it was far more than just Layfield.

McMahon was said to be frustrated at Ranallo for his announcing style and adding Tom Phillips to the Smackdown announce team as the fourth member was the first public sign of it.

The “Bring It To The Table,” episode on the WWE Network that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. It was noted to us that the subject matter of burying Ranallo was part of that episode and not Layfield going off on his own, and discussed ahead of time as to what should and shouldn’t be said.
In regards to Vince stuff, this supposedly is the reason behind it:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Observer
Mauro was told at the time they brought him in that they wanted him to be himself, because they wanted Smackdown to have a different feel from Raw and come across more like a sport. Of course, there was the usual stuff of banned words and phrases. For a few months, everything seemed fine, until Vince McMahon wanted him to be more like Michael Cole, essentially the exact opposite thing he was hired to be.
Considering the stuff with JBL didn't really start to escalate till a few months ago, very likely this is when Vince started to use JBL as his mouthpiece to ridicule Mauro on-air.

Droford 04-20-2017 10:54 PM
I bought my house of Hardcore ticket online and I got a confirmation email of payment to Thomas Laughlin..took me a minute to figure out who that was lol.

Super pumped for the show even though I didn't splurge for the $100 meet and greet deal..

SlickyTrickyDamon 04-20-2017 11:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Droford (Post 4958778)
I bought my house of Hardcore ticket online and I got a confirmation email of payment to Thomas Laughlin..took me a minute to figure out who that was lol.

Super pumped for the show even though I didn't splurge for the $100 meet and greet deal..
It's pretty cool that Dreamer does all of the business for the show.

#BROKEN Hasney 04-21-2017 05:02 AM
https://streamable.com/qrfen

Ol Dirty Dastard 04-21-2017 06:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball (Post 4958755)
Recent issue of the Observer Newsletter put together how deep WWE's efforts to ridicule and bully Mauro were.

Highlights courtsey of r/SquaredCircle:


In regards to Vince stuff, this supposedly is the reason behind it:

Considering the stuff with JBL didn't really start to escalate till a few months ago, very likely this is when Vince started to use JBL as his mouthpiece to ridicule Mauro on-air.
It all makes sense that Vince wants everyone to be Michael Cole because Cole commentates similarly to how Vince did, aka, pretty terribly (though at least Vince was still entertaining)

#BROKEN Hasney 04-21-2017 06:50 AM
Probably only the Brits will know how weird this is, but...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bate">@Tyler_Bate</a> good luck defending the <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK">@WWEUK</a> Championship on NXT. If you &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/trentseven">@trentseven</a> ever need a partner, we know a guy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoustacheMountain?src=hash">#MoustacheMountain</a> <a href="https://t.co/KrwQ7fEPER">pic.twitter.com/KrwQ7fEPER</a></p>&mdash; Gocompare.com (@Gocompare) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gocompare/status/855369595376603136">April 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Shadrick 04-21-2017 07:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by The CyNick (Post 4958680)
Bret Hart was a bigger start outside of the US than in it. So he had a value in foreign markets, obviously especially Canada. The NBA got lots of traction in China from Yao Ming. It's perfectly reasonable to think markets that are not well represented would be more interested in the product of people who looked like them were featured. Well not many people in India are cut like Jinder, but you know what I mean.
The one and only time I'll ever agree with you.

Ultra Mantis 04-21-2017 09:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by #BROKEN Hasney (Post 4958847)
Probably only the Brits will know how weird this is, but...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bate">@Tyler_Bate</a> good luck defending the <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK">@WWEUK</a> Championship on NXT. If you &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/trentseven">@trentseven</a> ever need a partner, we know a guy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoustacheMountain?src=hash">#MoustacheMountain</a> <a href="https://t.co/KrwQ7fEPER">pic.twitter.com/KrwQ7fEPER</a></p>&mdash; Gocompare.com (@Gocompare) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gocompare/status/855369595376603136">April 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Not sure about Pete Dunne's new gimmick there.

#BROKEN Hasney 04-21-2017 09:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultra Mantis (Post 4958862)
Not sure about Pete Dunne's new gimmick there.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Gocompare">@Gocompare</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/goad316">@goad316</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress">@ThisIs_Progress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bate">@Tyler_Bate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK">@WWEUK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/trentseven">@trentseven</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OBEYBrookes">@OBEYBrookes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KidLykos">@KidLykos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteDunneYxB">@PeteDunneYxB</a> We're throwing this guy in as a contender. He's got brawling experience <a href="https://t.co/7jZGVmAM5K">pic.twitter.com/7jZGVmAM5K</a></p>&mdash; GAME.co.uk (@GAMEdigital) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/855378681589624832">April 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_TurningFace">@Jim_TurningFace</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Gocompare">@Gocompare</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/goad316">@goad316</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress">@ThisIs_Progress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bate">@Tyler_Bate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEUK">@WWEUK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/trentseven">@trentseven</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OBEYBrookes">@OBEYBrookes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KidLykos">@KidLykos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteDunneYxB">@PeteDunneYxB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dolmio_uk">@dolmio_uk</a> That would be... <a href="https://t.co/4eX2NKQhi9">pic.twitter.com/4eX2NKQhi9</a></p>&mdash; GAME.co.uk (@GAMEdigital) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAMEdigital/status/855383191837978624">April 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Weird time we're living in when UK wrestling is big enough for brands along with Matt Hardy

Heisenberg 04-21-2017 01:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 4958618)
I enjoyed Sanjay Dutt a lot "back in the day"..... enjoyed him as "The Guru" and before.....

For some reason liked him a lot less when he went with the bald look (although I guess I haven't seen too much)




When Sonjay cut his hair he went on to vanish and/or just be angry in his matches. He might be on GFW's roster, but idk what that entails other than the house shows they put on at minor league baseball fields.

Lock Jaw 04-21-2017 01:42 PM
Also, I remember thinking that when he had hair he kind of looked like a brown Christian Cage, so I liked him for that too........

Heisenberg 04-21-2017 01:44 PM
Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal deserve WWE runs

Cool King 04-21-2017 03:15 PM
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Cool King 04-21-2017 03:15 PM
Flame logo.

Black Widow 04-21-2017 03:16 PM
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Gerard 04-21-2017 03:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru Dave (Post 4958472)
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Austin at 5:36 shouting "Kill that son of a bitch" to Benoit who was delivering a headbutt to Bischoff. :eek:

Big Vic 04-21-2017 03:37 PM
I hope Kane choke slams all the fat cats in Washington STRAIGHT TO HELL.

Gerard 04-21-2017 04:53 PM
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Andre, was not happy.

slik 04-21-2017 05:17 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's Dolph Ziggler working Puero Rico against Jamie Dundee in the 1990s, after he constructed a time machine. (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeIvez">@GeorgeIvez</a>) <a href="https://t.co/D6O4rapfAc">pic.twitter.com/D6O4rapfAc</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/855384021718761473">April 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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#1-norm-fan 04-21-2017 05:48 PM
There should be a wrestling style Quantum Leap show where a wrestler goes back in time to fix all the wrongs throughout the history of wrestling.

#1-norm-fan 04-21-2017 05:49 PM
Each time hoping that his next leap will be the leap home, of course.

Droford 04-21-2017 05:52 PM
Tommy Dreamer booked his show in the same building time as a bunch of 8 year olds having a roller skate party. There's absolutely no way this can end well

Droford 04-21-2017 05:54 PM
I also walked in behind a short dude with a beard who is apparently a wrestler cause this group of fat guts at the door hounded him for autographs. Will find out who it was cause I don't know couldn't get a pic fast enough lol

Droford 04-21-2017 05:58 PM
Mikey of the Spirit Squad in front of me. Guy asked him if he's ever going back to wwe "never"

Not the guy with the beard though

Droford 04-21-2017 06:01 PM
I brought my 360 cam so hopefully ill get something with that

https://preview.ibb.co/iZCh85/20170421_182756_HDR.jpg

Droford 04-21-2017 06:44 PM
Its weird seeing Matt Hardy here with his Tag Belt..

Droford 04-21-2017 07:06 PM
Kenny and Mikey have been standing at a table and its almost as sad as the Virgil pic not one person has come up to them.

Droford 04-21-2017 07:08 PM
I didn't realize I was right next to Christy Hemme

Simple Fan 04-21-2017 08:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heisenberg (Post 4958909)
When Sonjay cut his hair he went on to vanish and/or just be angry in his matches. He might be on GFW's roster, but idk what that entails other than the house shows they put on at minor league baseball fields.
GFW and Impact have now merged and Sonjay was on a live edition Impact last night.


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