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Post by Iron Bison on Feb 24, 2019 21:56:10 GMT -5
They need to bring in Dirty Dutch with him Jim Cornette too. Yeah no, the further Jim Cornette stays away from modern wrestling, the better. Thanks. Then keep enjoying the chum WWE keeps shoveling in our mouths every week.
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Post by FLUX on Feb 24, 2019 23:20:08 GMT -5
Yeah no, the further Jim Cornette stays away from modern wrestling, the better. Thanks. Then keep enjoying the chum WWE keeps shoveling in our mouths every week. Yeah, because ROH and TNA did so well with him having the book. Cornette has no place in modern wrestling, especially considering he hates most of it. I'd be fine with him coming back to like manage The Revival or something, maybe, but booking? Hell no.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Feb 25, 2019 17:48:19 GMT -5
At least he's still got What Happened When with Tony Shiavone lol. I've actually grown to love that show a lot more, Tony is awesome to listen to. WHW is his best podcast. 83 weeks is good but it's not in the same league as the other two. But I would be REALLY bummed out if this is the end of Something to Wrestle. But maybe we can get a second season of their Network show.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 25, 2019 21:16:25 GMT -5
People might be fans of Prichard’s podcast, as am I. But to completely honest I’m not aware of anything Prichard, atleast to my knowledge, has positively contributed to WWE during his tenure there. I know he’s taken responsibility for a lot of the crapty booking that happened during his time there. People probably hold Prichard in high regard because he was working there during the golden age and the attitude era, but what major storyline or creating of a superstar has he been apart of? I just don’t see how Prichard fits in and understands the current roster. Even if he does have great ideas, Vince just does what he wants either way, especially nowadays in his later years. If anybody should have that position in should be Ryan Ward. Didn't he create the Undertaker and Kane???
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Post by JokerFC on Feb 26, 2019 11:28:55 GMT -5
great news....
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Feb 26, 2019 11:42:41 GMT -5
People might be fans of Prichard’s podcast, as am I. But to completely honest I’m not aware of anything Prichard, atleast to my knowledge, has positively contributed to WWE during his tenure there. I know he’s taken responsibility for a lot of the crapty booking that happened during his time there. People probably hold Prichard in high regard because he was working there during the golden age and the attitude era, but what major storyline or creating of a superstar has he been apart of? I just don’t see how Prichard fits in and understands the current roster. Even if he does have great ideas, Vince just does what he wants either way, especially nowadays in his later years. If anybody should have that position in should be Ryan Ward. Bruce has a self-admitted 'old school' mentality, which he's copped to being something of a deterrent at times when he's found himself tasked with getting on board with an idea that bucks all the conventions of what 'old school' says wrestling ought to be. That said, I'd argue that his contributions have shone most prominently on the production side of things, which shouldn't be undersold in the least. Bruce's position, in many ways, was that of someone who was handed the idea in raw form, on paper, and tasked with making it work as a liaison between creative and the talent. Beyond that, I feel like if you need to have somebody in place with your point about Vince in consideration, it's Bruce. Here's a guy who Vince trusts, confides in, and counts as a close friend. Those are invaluable aspects to have in play when the time comes to sell Vince on an idea. I think he has a good mind for this particular corner of the business (being the WWE), and that this is a step in a positive direction.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 12:20:04 GMT -5
Bruce has a good mind for the business but everything's so corporate now and there are far too many people involved behind the scenes that have no idea about the business so it won't improve the product even slightly.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Mar 1, 2019 13:34:19 GMT -5
Podcast is continuing for now. They said they are both committed to do it and may be some changes but they are going forward with it.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 1, 2019 13:42:48 GMT -5
Bruce Prichard is a better person than Dana Warrior.... not sure why she is on the creative team.... it's like Vince feels he has to keep doing for her because of the Warrior or something.
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Post by BSR on Mar 1, 2019 13:46:14 GMT -5
Bruce Prichard is a better person than Dana Warrior.... not sure why she is on the creative team.... it's like Vince feels he has to keep doing for her because of the Warrior or something. What the hell could she possibly offer
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 1, 2019 13:54:09 GMT -5
Bruce Prichard is a better person than Dana Warrior.... not sure why she is on the creative team.... it's like Vince feels he has to keep doing for her because of the Warrior or something. What the hell could she possibly offer
Not sure, but it appears she has a high position on creative too. It's being posted on various news sites today. Lots of laughter from everyone too, of course!
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Mar 1, 2019 15:07:34 GMT -5
I'm relieved that the podcast is going to continue....for now. Glad they talked about Benoit before it was too late. I hope that it doesn't get too watered down....but why the f#ck is Warrior's wife on creative? Is this another Vicki Guerrero scenario where a job is given out of pity? (although Vicki totally swung for the fences and knocked it out of the park). Unless she's a world class wrestling writer under a nom de guerre she has no business in this role. On the plus side this just makes it even more clear that anyone not named Russo can get a job in WWE creative today.
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Post by BSR on Mar 1, 2019 15:32:20 GMT -5
What the hell could she possibly offer Not sure, but it appears she has a high position on creative too. It's being posted on various news sites today. Lots of laughter from everyone too, of course! She doesn't seem very creative at all
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Post by hbkowns on Mar 1, 2019 15:45:53 GMT -5
She knows nothing about anything in the business.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 1, 2019 16:01:48 GMT -5
Not sure, but it appears she has a high position on creative too. It's being posted on various news sites today. Lots of laughter from everyone too, of course! She doesn't seem very creative at all
Come on now, the fact that she has said the same exact HOF speech every year to introduce the Warrior Award should show us all how creative she truly is....
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Post by BSR on Mar 1, 2019 16:03:42 GMT -5
She doesn't seem very creative at all Come on now, the fact that she has said the same exact HOF speech every year to introduce the Warrior Award should show us all how creative she truly is.... It's definitely going to be a mistake.
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Post by marino13 on Mar 1, 2019 17:22:38 GMT -5
I'd rather they hire anyone other than Cornette & Russo. I like Cornette as a wrestling personalty/manager, but the business has passed him by. Russo is far worse.
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Post by FLUX on Mar 1, 2019 17:29:54 GMT -5
It's definitely going to be a mistake. I rather they hire back Vince Russo. But Dana must suck a good d*** so Vince allows it.
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Post by greenjack1992 on Mar 1, 2019 19:24:27 GMT -5
As long as it doesn't interfere with the podcast, that's great news!
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Mar 6, 2019 0:29:07 GMT -5
Great news. Surprisingly RAW/SD has gotten a lil bit better already.
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