Hello BoD'ers,
The final Monday Night Open Mic of 2013. We don't have NFL Monday Night Football but there are a couple of college games on and a bunch of NBA, College basketball and NHL action across the board. I originally thought RAW was in the can tonight but apparently it's not and there's the potential of a Brock Lesnar return so I'm going to keep my eyes open for that one. Not sure why they would waste a Brock appearance on what's likely to be one of the lesser watched programs of the year. Oh well, not my company.
So for the final time in 2013, enjoy your evening and come out swinging but please try to keep it clean.
The final Monday Night Open Mic of 2013. We don't have NFL Monday Night Football but there are a couple of college games on and a bunch of NBA, College basketball and NHL action across the board. I originally thought RAW was in the can tonight but apparently it's not and there's the potential of a Brock Lesnar return so I'm going to keep my eyes open for that one. Not sure why they would waste a Brock appearance on what's likely to be one of the lesser watched programs of the year. Oh well, not my company.
So for the final time in 2013, enjoy your evening and come out swinging but please try to keep it clean.
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ReplyDeleteHopefully Murphy's absence is a little longer. I'm a little under 400 comments away from passing him.
ReplyDeleteWaste it and not try to promote it, makes sense for a company in the midst of contract negotiations and in need of primo (n. colon) ratings
ReplyDeleteI'm here to pray at the altar of VIKING SPACE LORD BROCK LESNAR.
ReplyDeleteYou leak info about Lesnar possibly being there instead of promoting it to get more social media buzz, at the expense of trying to get ratings that probably won't materialize on a holiday week. The new media rules are counter-intuitive.
ReplyDeleteGood evening to everyone.
ReplyDeletePre-Show Topic
ReplyDeleteSo I saw The Hobbit this weekend and the theater damn near revolted at the ending. I loved it, but it got me wondering, what film endings have caused patrons to boo or jeer at a screening you attended?
Promote what? They probably didn't even decide until yesterday have him on.
ReplyDeleteWhat was wrong with the ending?
ReplyDeleteLONG LIVE VIKING SPACE LORD BROCK LESNAR!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWho is he going to attack?
ReplyDeleteI'm really waiting for an investor at one of those conferences to call them out on the counterintuitive nature of their social media campaign. Or, rather, pose them the question of why they seem to think it's such a boon when it clearly has no demonstrable effect on business.
ReplyDeleteThey still could have put it on the website or cut a new commercial on USA.
ReplyDeleteHow do you see post totals out of the top 5?
ReplyDeleteTUNE IN TO NITRO TO FIND OUT!
ReplyDeleteSmackdown spoilers are out there, usually not a spoiler friendly place though
ReplyDeletehttp://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Gary-Oldman-Yelling-Everyone-Leon-The-Professional.gif
ReplyDeleteMore people will find out on twitter than a random USA commercial.
ReplyDeleteThey would need an investor to have a working knowledge of social media and the way it works in more successful campaigns.
ReplyDeleteExcept then the people watching one of their Law & Order SVU marathons might not know what was happening!
ReplyDeleteWithout getting into spoilers, the problem wasn't really with the ending itself, but rather that it ended where it did, since it kind of left the film feeling anticlimactic. People leaving the theater were grumbling that this was just a commercial for next year's film, which I think is overly harsh, since I loved the hell out of it.
ReplyDeleteI mean, yeah, Peter Jackson added a TON of shit that wasn't in the books, a lot of it being shit Tolkien never would have abided. Worse, he added it to the exclusion of things that actually did happen in the original story, for no discernible reason. But I was still totally entertained by it, and didn't think the film deserved to get booed over its closing credits.
I liked it well enough, but the Hobbit films just feel so different from the LOTR films that if you told me some hack like Louis Leterrier directed them, I wouldn't be shocked.
ReplyDeleteBut as for the ending, I don't see how it could have ended any other way.
I haven't seen either of the two Hobbit films released, but I'm curious: does it work turning the rather small book that was the Hobbit into three films?
ReplyDeleteThey don't seem to really have the epic feel of the LOTR movies to me...
ReplyDeleteAnd you weren't kidding about working the live thread.
No. This is where most of the problems come from.
ReplyDeleteSo, tonight is live? I thought they pre-recorded a bunch of shit for the holidays...
ReplyDeletePress the community tab
ReplyDeleteThe WWE Universe could not be subjected to Big Show as a New Year's baby on tape!
ReplyDeleteThey taped Smackdown yesterday to give them NYE off
ReplyDeleteSo I will continue to avoid the Hobbit movies. Noted.
ReplyDeleteReasons why the Hobbit movies aren't as good don't have anything to do with padding it out.
ReplyDeleteSEO and social media marketing is a maddening thing and I can't imagine having to try and explain it to someone like Vince... which is a decent segue to point out that the site I have been doing SEO for http://getridofcable.net had its best day ever today.
ReplyDeleteWhy would they schedule a house show on a Monday night?
ReplyDeleteI had to try and explain SEO to my boss today - I imagine he's a lot like Vince when it comes to this sort of thing. It was one of the most frustrating experiences of 2013.
ReplyDeleteOn a completely related note, I will be spending the evening watching Raw, participating in the live thread (to try and pass that 1500 mark) and looking for a new job.
Wow, this feels interminable already.
ReplyDeleteFan Pandering Punk...Ugh
ReplyDeleteI just threw up in my mouth
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they remind us from time to time that Dean is the U.S. champion because that belt hasn't been defended in forever.
ReplyDeleteSuppose I'll watch Raw until Phish comes on stage.
ReplyDeleteIron sharpens iron? Is Iron Mike Sharpe in the house?
ReplyDeleteBest in the world!
ReplyDeleteFelt like Punk was reading from a script. Weird.
ReplyDeleteSeth Rollins serves as Dean Ambrose's caddy, carrying his belt for him?
ReplyDeleteWell, that was weird. I saw "daddy" in that sentence for my first read.
ReplyDeleteNo belt is out right now.
ReplyDeleteUgh, Ambrose's stupid voice.
ReplyDeleteWait, didn't CM beat the Shield by himself?
ReplyDeleteYou make me proud
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I kept hearing that as 'Iron Mike Sharpe'
ReplyDeleteI wonder where he put it when he picked it up outside the ring.
ReplyDelete"Any one man unless we forget what we booked a month ago"
ReplyDeleteOne of you, if the three of you, minus the two of you, is the one of you, but the three of you...wait what?
ReplyDeleteThis segment is...odd
ReplyDeleteYou will forget that until we say otherwise.
ReplyDelete- WWE Creative
STEINER MATH TIME, STEINER MATH TIME
ReplyDeletePunk got a scripted promo tonight I take it
ReplyDeleteDoing what I can, 'llax. Doing what I can.
ReplyDeleteThis is clever... cause dissension... good role for Punk
ReplyDeleteOh, damn. Nice one, Punk.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time they had a promo that played out like a real argument
ReplyDeleteStill wish that's how they wrote his time leading nexus, it was write there
ReplyDeleteThe first test for Reigns?
ReplyDeleteThey are planting the seeds for the end of shield.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a natural progression.
ReplyDeletePunk as the shit-stirrer is the best role for him, thankfully they have a heel team he can stir up problems with as a face.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit check out the Roman Reigns chants.
ReplyDeleteCrap.
ReplyDeleteHa, who was that.
ReplyDeleteThat will probably not be the last Roman Reigns chant we ever hear
ReplyDeleteWow. A chant for Reigns.
ReplyDeleteReigns has nice facial expressions in this segment.
ReplyDeleteMaddox is still a thing?
ReplyDeleteAngle-wise, great. Performance-wise, not great.
ReplyDeleteMore like further sowing them.
ReplyDeleteIf this turns into a 6 man, I'm turning the tv off.
ReplyDeleteWas just going to say that. They should have the GMs in boxes in the back Twilight Zone-esque, animate whoever they need ona given night
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
ReplyDeletePlease let it just be Punk/Rollins that's a match I have always wanted to see.
ReplyDeleteDid they really need Maddox to come out there for that? Damn authority figures are such buzzkills....
ReplyDeleteThakfully, I don't think Teddy Long is around much anymore. Not thankfully, it doesn't seem to matter in the grand scheme of things. But this isn't Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteYou can't carry Big Johnny's oxfords, Maddox.
ReplyDeleteHalla
ReplyDeleteHe came out and made tag matches on Raw before.
ReplyDeleteYou'd rather HHH or Stephanie to come out to set up that match with a 20-minute promo about what's best for THIS BUSINESS!? I'll take a quick Maddox cameo.
ReplyDeleteThey need to make this slow boiled,Batista style of turn.
ReplyDeletegranted.
ReplyDeleteWho's going to play Rhyno in the equation?
ReplyDeleteBut it's still more of a Smackdown thing, the tag matches. Of course, now that I've said that, Punk will end up teaming with Kofi and another random against all three of them.
ReplyDeleteFair enough I suppose, but I guess I'm nostalgic for the days where we didn't need an authority figure to announce an impromptu match....
ReplyDeleteskip that one.
ReplyDeletePeople here still don't think he isn't worthy of a push, do they?
ReplyDeleteBecause, you would be a complete idiot to not push him
Good point.
ReplyDeleteMore burns.
ReplyDeleteAll this talk about him and the rocket push is putting me in the "Fuck Reigns" camps.
ReplyDeleteWorthy or not we don't know, but he's got the tools.
ReplyDeleteThis will be the 20th anniversary of Big Kevs rise to the top at the Rumble.
ReplyDeleteThat backbreaker looked like it hurt
ReplyDeleteI miss Big Johnny.
ReplyDeleteIs Ambrose ever going to defend the belt again? This is approaching Gregory Helms cruiserweight belt levels...
ReplyDeleteLooked like he semi-whiffed on that move in the ropes the first time...(I don't know what it was called)
ReplyDeleteIn today's world of wrestling, having the tools just about makes you worthy of a push
ReplyDeleteLet's look at some WORKED tweets!
ReplyDeleteThey've been building and hinting towards a unification match tween Big E and Ambrose.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is Wrestlemania to Reigns.
ReplyDeleteBotcheroo.
ReplyDeleteOH, bad botch. Yeesh.
ReplyDeleteBotchamania!
ReplyDeleteI'd be all for combining the U.S. and IC belts and then creating a TV title.
ReplyDeleteI used to think those geeks tweeting on the crawl were plants, but then I read some YouTube comments.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with WWE right now is the commentary, you have a bunch of goobers at ringside now who can't tell an in-ring story to save their lives, listening to a crazy, megalomanical owner who was a horrible announcer back in the day.
ReplyDeleteThe could have kept JR on in an advisory capacity for the announce team. But no, let Vince handle that. We should consider ourselves lucky Cole isn't screaming WHATAMANUEVER! every time someone does a high spot.
I like my professional wrestlers to be factually correct at all times.
ReplyDeleteSome of those comments make me laugh so hard and yet sometimes cry at how dumb some people are.
ReplyDeleteI'd take WHATAMANUVER over about half the crap they spew.
ReplyDeleteA little bit of real and worked?
ReplyDeleteONE-TWO-THREE! HE GOT 'IM! Oh, no he didn't!
ReplyDeleteImagine if they ran comments unfiltered, they'd have every advocacy group in the country protesting them by the end of the show
ReplyDeleteJeez, another commercial?
ReplyDeleteThe ones writing in complete sentences are worked
ReplyDeleteI don't really wanna rub Shaq juice all over myself.
ReplyDeleteOuch.crazy bump from punk
ReplyDeleteCHrist. When I'm nostalgic for the return of VKM on the mic, something is SERIOUSLY FUCKING WRONG.
ReplyDeleteThey gotta pay their bills
ReplyDeleteThat made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like he is hurting bad lately. Much worse than usual
ReplyDeleteEww
ReplyDeleteThe crazy thing was, I think Vince actually WAS a pretty good announcer back in the late 80's/early 90's. Sure he didn't know the names of many of the holds, but he was enthusiastic, and generally stayed in the moment of the match.
ReplyDeleteDrive sober...or be in a remake of Robocop? What?
ReplyDeleteSo over the weekend, I got to see American Hustle. Really great fucking movie, and I was surprised that Jennifer Lawrence really stole the show with her performance. She was absolutely hysterical and added so much to the flick.
ReplyDeleteNow I need to get to the theater to see Wolf of Wall Street.
I think they are real, but people know that you can get on the crawl if you pander to the WWE and people like seeing there handle on tv.
ReplyDeleteHe whiffed on that a few weeks ago too (oddly enough, the last time i was off work on a Monday...)
ReplyDeleteThat's depressing
ReplyDeleteDid I just hit the SAP button?
ReplyDeleteJennifer is awesome in everything.
ReplyDeleteDamn, did a Anchorman/Wolf double header, couldn't line up Hustle times. Still want to see AH
ReplyDeleteSo...faces pander to fans, who pander to WWE to get on TV and see their screen names on the crawl....PANDERMANIA running wild.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't even seem to know the names of half of his employees. But yes, Vince was still worlds better than this mess. I wonder how much of that, though, was because of Ventura being his broadcast partner.
ReplyDeleteDafuq....when did Punk become a headbutting device?
ReplyDeleteI think that's just hair color on Seth
ReplyDeleteIf it's Dutch yelling 'LEARN ENGLISH!', you did.
ReplyDeleteThe trailer for that just doesn't interest me on any level.
ReplyDeletePolish Hammer!
ReplyDeleteThat pinning combo should *always* get 3.
ReplyDeleteThe more double axe handles, the better.
ReplyDeleteI would die fucking laughing if that happened when I hit my SAP.
ReplyDeleteReally don't like that spot, especially when he does it on the barricade
ReplyDeleteWolf or American Hustle?
ReplyDeleteI love that a small guy like Rollins uses the turnbuckle powerbomb. Shocked WWE lets him do it.
ReplyDeleteI'd take David Crockett and a 90 year-old Lance Russell. Okay I'd always take Lance as my announcer.
ReplyDeleteThe more people on this blog say building momentum and creating separation, the more I notice the announcers saying it.
ReplyDeleteWELCOME EVERYONE TO MONDAY NIGHT RRRRAAAAAWWWWWW!
ReplyDeleteChrist. My first thought on reading that was a rubber mallet that rebounds into the user's face.
ReplyDeleteNice sequence
ReplyDeleteSince the commentary is on a loop in WWE 2k14 (why the hell do we need commentary in wrestling games anyway?) that's all you hear.
ReplyDeleteRoman isn't impressed
ReplyDeleteJust got back. The opening segment was brilliantly executed. Great stuff with the opening promo that was all about WHO IS BETTER! No cutesy Authority bullshit. COMPETITION!
ReplyDeleteThe Shield explodes.
ReplyDeleteFuck you AJ Styles. We don't need your Pele kick.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'd like to give Beth Phoenix!
ReplyDeleteEver since the "This Is Awesome!" chants became a WWE thing during UT-Michaels at WM25, every crowd outside of the Northeast feels compelled to do them for anything now.
ReplyDeleteDavid Crockett was AWFUL.
ReplyDeleteWell, both, actually.
ReplyDeleteRollins can sell like a motherfucker
ReplyDeleteYou need it to make it feel authentic, IMO.
ReplyDeleteAmbrose's ringside shit talk would make him a great manager.
ReplyDeleteI dig his style of wrestling.
ReplyDeleteI never play with the volume on anymore. I listened to the commentary in 2K14 as I was doing the early Wrestlemania years and got freaked when I figured they were having JR and the King ape the commentary from the original announce team, so I just throw something on Netflix when I play now.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness, the match has picked up after the slow and sloppy start.
ReplyDeleteMy friend just had an interior decorator redo her kitchen. I told her "that was a great counter."
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was really weird seeing Ross and Lawler do commentary from Monsoon and Ventura.
ReplyDeleteOf all the upstarts on the roster, I just have a weird feeling that Rollins is going to be a huge breakout. Not necessarily a boom-starter, but a potentially insanely popular Jeff Hardy-type figure.
ReplyDeleteGoddammit. You don't WANT separation in wrestling. Hard to get a pinfall that way.
ReplyDeleteI would like a sell feast match between Ziggler and Rollins.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Just not your type of movie?
ReplyDeleteThat reverse RKO thing is terrible. Rollins needs to retire it ASAP.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or did the referee turn around too quick there?
ReplyDeleteHe's racing Ziggler to an early grave. Fandango too. Those guys bump like they're making commission.
ReplyDeleteThat was a really neat old-schooly way to build dissension.
ReplyDeleteSounds like one of the signs of the apocalypse.
ReplyDeleteI actually like that move.
ReplyDeleteI hope he doesn't follow all the hardy's footsteps
ReplyDeleteI do too.
ReplyDeleteOff to a great start tonight!
ReplyDeleteGood opener!
ReplyDeleteI hope he is, he is very good in the ring, always was one of the draws for me watching ROH during his time there.
ReplyDeleteThat ROH dream match was... disappointing.
ReplyDeleteThat was a pretty great finish.
ReplyDeleteEh, it's a TV opener. What can you do?
ReplyDeleteHow so?
ReplyDeleteokay match.
ReplyDeleteRespectfully disagree. It had it moments but the match did pick up and redeem itself
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I think I'm getting tired of antihero stuff, which is kind of what I remember American Hustle being, and as for the Wall Street one...what, like I need a movie to tell me it's full of crooked fuckers? Nah. I'll take dwarves, hobbits and elves, thanks.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely better than his old finisher.
ReplyDeleteThe Intriguing Paradox, print up the shirts now
ReplyDeleteIf he brings back the awesome trunks he wore as Tyler Black, he's unstoppable.
ReplyDeleteRollins was the Tony Romo of that segment.
ReplyDeleteIt was kinda sloppy and brutal but won me over.
ReplyDeleteHoly! Kane's mask in a box is pretty creepy.
ReplyDeleteKane in a box is creepy
ReplyDeleteI kinda think Roman is gonna have a rough year. He just seems too mechanical right now
ReplyDeleteFun match. I'm sure Big E and Fandango will top it.
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