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    #4712
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    It wasn't the National Anthem maybe since the first ever WrestleMania. It's America The Beautiful.


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    #4713
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 40,010 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Stereomaniac wrote: »
    It wasn't the National Anthem maybe since the first ever WrestleMania. It's America The Beautiful.

    The national anthem was sung at the first one. Mean gene sung it.


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    #4714
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    I actually liked that it wasn't done. I hated that showing up at the start of every Wrestlemania.


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    #4715
    gnfnrhead
    Registered Users Posts: 12,478 ✭✭✭✭gnfnrhead


    ricero wrote: »
    could anyone explain to me the concept of jeff jarretts new promotion global force wrestling ?

    is he looking for a tv deal ?

    I think it will be an NWA type deal. If/when Jarrett lands a TV deal, it will be to show bits of each promotion that he has gotten on board. I doubt he convinced the likes of NJPW to get on board without having something in the pipeline.

    Don't think it will ever be an actual promotion by itself.


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    #4716
    montyrebel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭montyrebel


    talk of GFW doing tapings in las vegas in May or July


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    #4717
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,366 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Why and when did WWE become so tight with the armed forces? Is it as simple as Americans, propaganda, etc.. or is there more to it?


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    #4718
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Kolido wrote: »
    Why and when did WWE become so tight with the armed forces? Is it as simple as Americans, propaganda, etc.. or is there more to it?

    It is that simple. Vince McMahon loves America.


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    #4719
    mrkiscool2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭mrkiscool2


    Kolido wrote: »
    Why and when did WWE become so tight with the armed forces? Is it as simple as Americans, propaganda, etc.. or is there more to it?
    rovert wrote: »
    It is that simple. Vince McMahon loves America.
    rovert is right but it's also just good business. Americans REALLY get behind their troops (to not do so is a big deal over there) so it brings people in when they honour them!


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    #4720
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    I'm fairly sure the original Tribute To The Troops was JBL's idea. JBL would be a fairly conservative, patriotic American. From wiki
    During the 2006 show, Director of Air Force Morale, Welfare and Recreation Art Myers presented WWE Chairman Vince McMahon with the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award. McMahon immediately presented the award to John Bradshaw Layfield, who had the idea for the show.

    For WWE, it's just good PR and probably gets them some media attention.

    Then there was Linda McMahon and her attempts to become a senator, where every little helps.


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    #4721
    Dep!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 259 ✭✭Dep!


    Angron wrote: »
    I actually liked that it wasn't done. I hated that showing up at the start of every Wrestlemania.

    Id disagree, I think it really adds to the "big feel" of the event.


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    #4722
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Don't really see how, just felt like more "America, f*ck yeah" stuff from a company with quite a large number of non-US workers. I don't like WWE putting a US slant on these things, like they do with almost every non-US heel (like every single feud Rusev has had).


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    #4723
    veganrun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,137 ✭✭✭veganrun


    Does Bray Wyatt write his own promo's? They seem a bit too original and free flowing to be scripted.


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    #4724
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    veganrun wrote: »
    Does Bray Wyatt write his own promo's? They seem a bit too original and free flowing to be scripted.

    He pretty much comes up with his own stuff. He's given free reign over it, because he's proven himself capable over time. I'm sure he's presented with a "bullet point' list of stuff to get in, which he does in his own words. Ambrose is given the same treatment


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    #4725
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    He pretty much comes up with his own stuff. He's given free reign over it, because he's proven himself capable over time. I'm sure he's presented with a "bullet point' list of stuff to get in, which he does in his own words. Ambrose is given the same treatment

    Really? I'd believe it about Wyatt but didn't Ambrose say he didn't like a single promo he has done in WWE?


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    #4726
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    Really? I'd believe it about Wyatt but didn't Ambrose say he didn't like a single promo he has done in WWE?

    He was on Jericho's Podcast there recently, and said that basically he's allowed talk for himself, as long as he gets the main points across


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    #4727
    Scavenger XIII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭Scavenger XIII


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    Really? I'd believe it about Wyatt but didn't Ambrose say he didn't like a single promo he has done in WWE?

    He did.

    I think what he was getting at was that even though he has some freedom as opposed to always reading off a sheet, he still has to work with lame material at times and is still bound by the usual silly rules of WWE such as having to stay PG and always use the usual Vince-isms such as "Sports Entertainment" and "WWE Universe" which certainly make me cringe every time I hear them.


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    #4728
    Reganio 2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    How come Cena hasn't changed his music in a while. Would have thought they would have changed it to capitalise on a new album it iTunes sales or whatever it may bring.


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    #4729
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    Reganio 2 wrote: »
    How come Cena hasn't changed his music in a while. Would have thought they would have changed it to capitalise on a new album it iTunes sales or whatever it may bring.

    Good point. Might be for the same reason Jericho wasn't allowed to change his. Vince wanted the same music because it embodied the character, matched the superstar perfectly. Jericho wanted to return once with Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare as his theme.

    Plenty of other guys never changed once they got the right song (other than variations). HBK, Taker, Rock, Austin, Orton, Big Show, Mark Henry etc


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    #4730
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 29,133 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Just trying to think, has there been any time when they pushed the wrong member of a tag team. Like imagine Marty was pushed instead of Shawn. Or Roman was pushed instead of Dean... :) But were there any teams, even in your own opinion, that should've had the other member pushed better?


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    #4731
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Miz main evented a WrestleMania. John Morrison has only ever been in multi man matches.


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    #4732
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    They ran a promo video for the Iraq war before Wrestlemania 19.

    Lex Luger and Hulk Hogan played that whole American hero thing.


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    #4733
    Whosthis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Whosthis


    Does anybody remember an angle from WCW, possibly on WCW Saturday Night, Sting tricked Flair into signing a contract using carbon paper?


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    #4734
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    I’ve been going through the list of Wrestlemania main events and I can only find 2 instances of a heel winning in the main event, The Miz at WM27 and HHH at WM17. Are these the only 2 times a Heel winning has closed the show?


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    #4735
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,366 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    If it counts, Yoko won at WM9, though we all know what came next.


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    #4736
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Cena at WM22, 23, 25, 26 and 29 surely count :pac:


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    #4737
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    Kolido wrote: »
    If it counts, Yoko won at WM9, though we all know what came next.

    I didn't mention that..for obvious reasons brother


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    #4738
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    HHH was at WrestleMania 2000 (16).

    At 17, you had the Stone Cold heel turn, so technically a heel walking out as winner?


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    #4739
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    Omackeral wrote: »
    HHH was at WrestleMania 2000 (16).

    At 17, you had the Stone Cold heel turn, so technically a heel walking out as winner?

    Got confused by the Wrestlemania 2000 bit, tried to do the maths but came up wrong. It's probably blasphemey not knowing the main event of Wrestlemania 17:o


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    #4740
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    The national anthem was sung at the first one. Mean gene sung it.
    Yeah, so I was right then. That is what I meant when I said not since the first one.


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    #4741
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    Stereomaniac wrote: »
    Yeah, so I was right then. That is what I meant when I said not since the first one.

    Sorry to be pedantic but Lillian Garcia sang the national anthem at WrestleMania 16.


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