Howdy Blog Of Doomers!
It's going to be hard pressed for the Whiff to surpass what they did Monday night. The show was so good, moved so well that even the McMahons stuff didn't bother me that much (eventually it will).
This week there will be lots of questions answered (I hope) about the impending Cena-Henry and Brock-Punk encounters. If they can keep those stories moving well AND provide some good matches I won't complain.
Otherwise I was thinking on this TV title thing. It truly was an undervalued concept back in the day because it was a simple way to put over a midcarder without really giving them anything. Tully Blanchard, who held the title for damn near most of the mid-80s, would defend it against a mid-level guy on the Saturday night show. 10 minute match and Tully would mostly get the shit kicked out of him for 70% of the match, make the guy look like a million bucks and then time expires.
Sounds all great right? Here's where the value of the concept works...A draw for Blanchard was considered a victory. Post match he would jump on the stick and brag about his 'victory' and how no one could beat him in under 10 minutes. So he wrestles a guy, puts the guys offense over like crazy, neither of them suffer the pinfall, the crowd completely loses their shit in the last two minutes with all these near falls...and no one gets damaged in the process. Blanchard "wins" by surviving and the guy that "lost" never gets pinned and is looked at in a positive light because he tried hard and had he just had 30 more seconds he could have won. The pessimist says Blanchard was lucky, the optimist says he was tough and conditioned. They are both right.
Would still work perfectly. And actually Curtis Axel would have been the PERFECT (no pun intended) guy to run with this concept. It would have been much better than guy lucks out with countout victory two minutes into match right?
Anyway that's all I got. Enjoy the show, come out swinging and...keep it clean.
It's going to be hard pressed for the Whiff to surpass what they did Monday night. The show was so good, moved so well that even the McMahons stuff didn't bother me that much (eventually it will).
This week there will be lots of questions answered (I hope) about the impending Cena-Henry and Brock-Punk encounters. If they can keep those stories moving well AND provide some good matches I won't complain.
Otherwise I was thinking on this TV title thing. It truly was an undervalued concept back in the day because it was a simple way to put over a midcarder without really giving them anything. Tully Blanchard, who held the title for damn near most of the mid-80s, would defend it against a mid-level guy on the Saturday night show. 10 minute match and Tully would mostly get the shit kicked out of him for 70% of the match, make the guy look like a million bucks and then time expires.
Sounds all great right? Here's where the value of the concept works...A draw for Blanchard was considered a victory. Post match he would jump on the stick and brag about his 'victory' and how no one could beat him in under 10 minutes. So he wrestles a guy, puts the guys offense over like crazy, neither of them suffer the pinfall, the crowd completely loses their shit in the last two minutes with all these near falls...and no one gets damaged in the process. Blanchard "wins" by surviving and the guy that "lost" never gets pinned and is looked at in a positive light because he tried hard and had he just had 30 more seconds he could have won. The pessimist says Blanchard was lucky, the optimist says he was tough and conditioned. They are both right.
Would still work perfectly. And actually Curtis Axel would have been the PERFECT (no pun intended) guy to run with this concept. It would have been much better than guy lucks out with countout victory two minutes into match right?
Anyway that's all I got. Enjoy the show, come out swinging and...keep it clean.
It was.
ReplyDeleteThey really should just hug it out.
ReplyDeleteD Bry is pissed. Btw, I like the MitB posterin the background.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Chris Kataan on Raw?
ReplyDeleteMaddox is so terrible even Vickie knows Bryan can't carry him.
ReplyDeleteSurprised they didn't make it "No DQ"
ReplyDeleteVickie Guerrero laughing: 4.3 quarter.
ReplyDeleteLots of sexual tension between Vick and Maddox.
ReplyDeleteI'll keep watching Ghostbusters.
ReplyDeleteBrad apparently is wearing the remnants of his little brother's Easter suit.
ReplyDeleteGood one.
ReplyDeleteWow what was that about
ReplyDeleteOkay...this redeemed it. Bryan v Vince?
ReplyDeleteAnd that's how McMahon starts every writers meeting.
ReplyDeleteVince should start acting like Mayor West on Family Guy...delusional and borderline senile.
ReplyDeleteCrowd comes alive for Sheamus.
ReplyDeleteI hate these people.
I was just thinking that this show needs less Sandow promos and more Sheamus entrances.
ReplyDeleteSheamus just blew the roof off the dump.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for Sheamus vs Rhode Scholars this week. It's been too long.
ReplyDeleteFinally the dream pairing of Team Pale.
ReplyDeleteSerious question: Has there been a babyface who's a bigger dick than Sheamus?
ReplyDeleteWell that should make things a little better.
ReplyDeleteMaddox, Orton and Sheamus in the first 15 minutes... they have already reversed the feeling we all had last week around this time..
ReplyDeleteCena.
ReplyDeleteJohn Cena, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock.
ReplyDeleteI can just tell this crowd is gonna suck tonight.
ReplyDeleteBut Christian and Daniel Bryan.
ReplyDeleteOh Hell Yeah!
ReplyDeleteI'm way behind in my movies... just saw The Wizard of Oz yesterday.
ReplyDeleteRock circa 99 was pretty awful.
ReplyDeleteI think Austin was a dick.. a loveable one though. He stunned just about everyone friend or foe.
ReplyDeleteIll get to Raw after I finish my Nitro 96
ReplyDeleteChris Jericho
ReplyDeletePrince Iaukea was a total dick.
ReplyDeleteYes, King, I'm sure Sheamus and Christian will be just as popular as Edge and Christian.
ReplyDeleteOrton has been at times in the past.
ReplyDeleteWhat's funny is that they have a crowd that eats up their narrative, but they probably wouldn't run it too often because it's too backwoods for Vince.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler alert: The main event won't have a finish.
ReplyDeleteGuys, just because the crowd seems to be the WWE's wet dream... don't be too harsh on them. Carolina's been broken from too many years of Flair misuse in WCW, let them heal in mark joy.
ReplyDelete;)
I hate that poor Jerry has to throw in a Fargo tribute between Cole's screaming.
ReplyDeleteCOLE: "Shut up King! No one gives a shit about anyone before 2001!"
ReplyDeleteI think the real Lawler died last year and was replaced by an android powered by the WWE App.
ReplyDeleteAll is forgiven if we get a, "We Want Flair" chant.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cole, for interrupting Jerry Lawler while he was talking endearingly about Jackie Fargo.
ReplyDeleteJoey Styles would get yelled at over interrupting for a two-count when nothing important was being said. I doubt Cole will even get a peep.
But it will still be the BIGGEST, GREATEST MATCH IN WCW HISTORY!
ReplyDeleteDELAYED GORDBUSTER~!
ReplyDeleteso i missed what vince said backstage just now. from 411:
ReplyDelete"Vinnie Mac shows up. He brings up Bryan and how some say he's not worthy, some people
would think that he's an embarrassment. Vickie asks Vince's opinion. He
tells Vickie that he'll let them figure that out....alright."
fuck, that sounds ominous for Bryan.
But you have to watch Robin Hood to see it.
ReplyDeleteWhen there's something strange, in the Universe, whatcha gonna hit?
ReplyDeleteYes but Cole know how to not scrape a dick with his teeth.
ReplyDeleteSheamus with 1987 Hulkster heat.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this "Smackdown" that they keep mentioning and referencing over and over? Must be pretty important.
ReplyDeleteComes on right after Thunder, I believe.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was JUST not missing ADR!
ReplyDeleteas per twitter, CM Punk is at the hockey game tonight.
ReplyDeleteI remember when people were saying Cody would be the next big thing, particularly after that Raw where Randy RKO'd Dusty and the fans were just clamoring for Cody to hit Randy.
ReplyDeleteNearly four years later, and he's Sandow's Virgil.
He's turning heel out of a lack of respect. YOU'RE FAT. YOUR LOCAL SPORTS TEAM SUCKS! I'M GOING TO END CENAMANIA!
ReplyDeleteChicago possibly (hopefully not) winning the Cup, Raw in Carolinas...
ReplyDeleteYeah, he chose right.
"We came, we saw.. we kicked it's *backside" (*PG friendly version)
ReplyDeletewhen he shaves his stache he should wear a different fake one every week.
ReplyDeleteIf somebody said, "I was thinking of Shotgun Saturday Night. It had such a fresh and unique look. Raw could take note," would you interpret that to mean somebody wanted Shotgun Saturday Night as a separate entity to return?
ReplyDelete"Yes it's true...this man has no CLASS"
ReplyDeleteAt least he's not handing out paper bags to the audience anymore. I bet the WWE saved a pretty penny with that angle gone.
ReplyDelete...its relevant.
ReplyDeleteHe isn't at the game according to that picture. He still might be though.
ReplyDeleteMY CUSTOMS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR CUSTOMS!
ReplyDeleteIt's bullshit how they edited out all of Rick Moranis' scenes.
ReplyDeleteI really felt like that gimmick had some main event potential.
ReplyDeleteHey, there's Punk at RAW.
ReplyDeleteOr Bryan is about to get a huge push.
ReplyDeleteNERD
ReplyDeleteHe learned that trick from Rick Rude.
ReplyDeleteEXCUSE ME!
ReplyDelete(White House Down)
PUNK IS TXTING NASH FOR SOME HELP
ReplyDeleteReally surprised they aren't using WWE branded headphones and ramming them down out throats.
ReplyDeleteLet's go "Whoever is Kaitlyn's opponent!"
ReplyDelete“@BaileyLAKings: @CMPunk I know you are working but good luck tonight!”
ReplyDeleteHeart is on the ice.— CM Punk (@CMPunk) June 25, 2013
Aksana working a heat segment.
ReplyDelete6.1 quarter hour.
Aksana is worse than the worse GLOW wrestler.. glad her match is cut short
ReplyDeleteOK. Thats pretty funny.
ReplyDeletewhoops.
ReplyDeletewe'll see if he comes out live or is just in backstage stuff.
I'm positive if he was a smart ass heel instead of all serious, he probably would of already.
ReplyDeleteOnly if they cut to Dean Malenko watching the match in the back when he does it.
ReplyDeleteYou know you're watching a show that has John Cena on it, right?
ReplyDeleteThe awesomest guy in the crowd tonight is the dude with Big Poppa Pump's chain mesh thing on his head.
ReplyDeleteOne peculiar thing I'll never really understand is how Jericho going for the Walls always (ALWAYS) gets a huge reaction, even though 7 times out of 10, it always gets reversed or escaped, and the other 3 times out of 10 it just results in the guy getting the ropes. I seriously can't remember the last time Jericho won with that hold.
ReplyDeleteIs Riccardo the only one who will take a lion tamer these days?
ReplyDeleteInteresting counter.
ReplyDeleteZiggler and Jericho. Great tag team or greatest?
ReplyDeleteWhere's Teddy Long when you need him to book this eventual tag match??
ReplyDeleteThe cross armbreaker is the one submission hold where I just can't willingly suspend disbelief that a person would last more than a few seconds in a fully-applied version. That hurts like a motherfucker.
ReplyDeleteAlthough HBK lasting in the anklelock for, like, a half hour at WM 21 was equally implausible.
Why did they have Ziggler do that. It totally killed his face heat.
ReplyDeleteMan, Ziggler is on fire. Push that man to the moon.
ReplyDeleteChris Jericho is now cleared to do the job at MITB to make sure we can do Ziggler/ADR at Summerslam
ReplyDeleteI can finally listen a bit as the Cup game is in intermission, Bruins 1 Hawks 0 after 1.
ReplyDeleteKing: I hear they used to call him Stinko Malenko.
ReplyDeleteCole: *laughs for five minutes into the mic*
I'm glad Ziggler did that To Jericho. Just because someone turns doesn't mean that they have to be friends with a former enemy.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking the same thing. Anyone who's been in one knows its tap or get your elbow hyperextended, there's no real way to resist it once its on
ReplyDeleteI imagine if they tried to get him to the moon, they'd fuck it up like the wrestling version of the Challenger explosion.
ReplyDeleteOr it told everyone that he's still the same guy just generally against heels now.
ReplyDeleteThe wacky HHH-Vince sitcom plot continues.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, we're done with that PPV now, you don't have to say 'payback' every 30 seconds.
ReplyDeleteWhat about 'Taker's gogoplata. I mean it's an awful hold, but it can crush someone's throat in 3 seconds, but Edge was in it forever and then Trips was in it forever and walked away.
ReplyDeleteThis. Shit like that will help him in the long run.
ReplyDeleteDid you saiy tit for tat?!?!
ReplyDeletehttp://theelzylayband.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/trish-stratus-omg.gif
I like him better this way. Like The Rock never pulled any heel moves on his way to the top...
ReplyDeleteThe thing about submissions now is that they should be about the fight... and once you succumb to the fight, the match would be over.
ReplyDeleteNO COUNT OUTS!
ReplyDeleteThis is your masterpiece. Retire the gifs because you'll never top it.
ReplyDeleteThe McMahon family males just love being domineering over Vickie Guerrero.
ReplyDeleteCurtis Axel: The videogame
ReplyDeleteI liked the other one of Trish doing this better because it was bigger.
ReplyDeleteThe era of saying your prayers and eating your itamins is definitely passe.
ReplyDeleteIt's all about characters now, not Good and Bad.
On the cover of WWE 2K14: Vince McMahon and Triple H.
ReplyDeleteThat crazy fella.
ReplyDeleteMEN'S SIZES? HHH WEARS TIGHTER SHIRTS THAN THAT
ReplyDeleteCover Prediction: Sheamus
ReplyDeleteWow Punk wrestles tonight, We still get Daniel Bryan and Orton and we had a pretty good Jericho vs Del Rio match. This Raw might still be good.
ReplyDeleteWhat in the pale hell was that 1-800-FELLA thing?
ReplyDeleteEVEN HIS BURIALS ARE HYPOCRITICAL!
ReplyDeleteAfter 10 seconds, the game ejects itself and you lose.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Sheamus wandering around parks in his ring gear?
ReplyDeleteI guess trees are fellas
ReplyDeleteI'd liek to see them in an 'Evening Gown" match. Where do I download this WWE App thingamajig??
ReplyDeleteI'm liking where this Vince/HHH/Bryan thing could be going
ReplyDeletePUNK MARRYING HHH'S DAUGHTER WOULD BE A LEGENDARY MOVE
ReplyDeleteBlowing each other.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wanted to say jujigatame in my reply, but changed it so as not to come off like a submission nerd
ReplyDeleteIs Rock no longer on the cover?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Rocky will be the video game cover boy.
ReplyDeleteHe is.
ReplyDeleteIllegal move
ReplyDeleteWell, it used to cause internal bleeding, so maybe Taker is not as strong as he once was.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a gay escort service number.
ReplyDeletePunks going to sandbag cause of the Hockey game
ReplyDeleteDig it.
ReplyDeleteI'll be doing a write in for a blind fold match.
ReplyDeleteHHH walks away from everything including dry ice and falling inside of a car dropped twenty feet in the air.
ReplyDeleteFor now... there's always years and years from now.
ReplyDeleteThe first hour has been putrid.
ReplyDeleteStephanie Punk, initials = S.PUNK
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for the ref to count him down for a 3 count, because he's always got them on the mat when he uses it.
ReplyDeleteOOOOOH YEAAAA
ReplyDeleteHasn't Vince learned from XFL, WBF, and countless other failures?
ReplyDeleteI didn't imagine the crowd being totally into Ziggler, then suddenly not.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by "it"?
ReplyDeleteThat did happen against Angle once IIRC.
ReplyDeleteInstead of a "kick in the face", you get a . oh.. just fill in the blanks.. it rhymes with "kick"..
ReplyDeletehe looked good last week. looked more there than at Payback.
ReplyDeleteTruth. I'll be pissed as hell if all of a sudden Swagger and Del Rio are buddies.
ReplyDeleteI think unfortunately she's only getting roles that that fit her 'bridesmaids' role, and she's taking the moolah while she can. See also: Galifanakis, Zach.
ReplyDeleteShe'll probably be a little more versatile in indie films and such that will open up to her in the future.
I'm voting for a Crippler match. First person to lay a bible on their opponent for more than 3 seconds wins.
ReplyDeleteI think he's pissed they made him come back before the Stanley Cup finals were over.
ReplyDeleteLooking for George Michael??
ReplyDeleteCab you're slaying it tonight
ReplyDeleteIf I could downvote myself for laughing at that, I would.
ReplyDeletehttp://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/107/f/b/wwe_2k14_cover_art___bruno_sammartino_by_viddyclassic-d62170m.jpg
ReplyDeleteI thought you were gonna say first to kill their spouses with gym equipment.
ReplyDeleteTremendous.
ReplyDeleteI predict a Rafael Nadal run-in in the main event. It's not like he has anything better to do.
ReplyDeleteBakers Dozen was the name of my 'Rock Band' band.
ReplyDeleteWe still needs Stephanine's input.
ReplyDeleteDouble-O Double-O E!!
ReplyDeleteIs that from 1914?
ReplyDeleteMake your own cover, whoever has to judge these submissions is going to be suicidal
ReplyDeleteThat is for the blow off match. Known as a 2 out of 3 Benoits match.
ReplyDeletehttp://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs1/1747365_o.gif
ReplyDeleteVick sure does say "excuse me" a lot.
ReplyDeleteHow does anyone think this bitch has talent?
ReplyDeleteI wish I could of bitched out my professor for having class during the Game 5 of 2010 World Series.
ReplyDeleteGym Equipment, Crossfaces, and ?????
ReplyDeleteKNOWING WWE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE JERRY COLLAPSE IN THE RING
ReplyDeleteGreat.. now I have to teach Grandpa how to work a controller.. and how to turn on the flatscreen TV..
ReplyDeleteGiving the crowd something to think about isn't always A Bad Thing.
ReplyDeleteBUT THEN REVEAL ITS JUST ANOTHER CONCUSSION ANGLE
ReplyDeleteThis crowd really hates Vickie for some reason.
ReplyDeleteThat's what makes a great heel.
ReplyDeleteSays idiots.
Why not? This segment's already dying.
ReplyDeleteHeadbutts.
ReplyDeleteGood taste.
ReplyDeleteAww no iron man match.
ReplyDeleteThe dreaded PHONE MATCH. Where you need to subdue your opponent and then choke them out with a phone cord.
ReplyDeleteWrong system, but I'd consider a PS3 version like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to submit the fan made Limp Bizkit cover from WrestleMania X7.
ReplyDeleteSnotrocket submissions.
ReplyDeleteThis is a sound booing.
ReplyDeleteIs this the web address The King said? http://www.wwe2k.com Because this has nothing to do with the WWE's video game.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.memegeneokerlund.com/media/created/d5fykw.jpg
ReplyDeleteHe got a concussion from wearing that crown all day.
ReplyDeleteShe draws legit heat
ReplyDeleteIn the case of tonight's crowd, however, it probably is a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteSomeone should remake the old 1992 Royal Rumble cover. Best Coliseum Video cover of all time.
ReplyDeleteOMG.. I'm just laughing my ass off over here.. Pure comic gold!!
ReplyDeleteVickie is looking more muscular every week.
ReplyDeleteFirst person to send Dean Malenko a creepy text wins.
ReplyDeleteYou have to lead Chavo to the correct location of your dog.
ReplyDeleteThat counts as an appearance. $250K, please.
ReplyDeleteAre you fucking serious?
ReplyDeletethis is gay.
ReplyDeleteHeavy is the head....
ReplyDelete