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    #662
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Charisteas wrote: »
    Why did WWE change Kofi Kingston's residence from Jamaica to Ghana? Trying to appeal to an African audience perhaps, or was there a specific reason why?
    Changed just over a year ago when he had that quick feud with Randy Orton. He couldn't keep it up and make it convincing so they dropped the accent. HHH joked about it in a promo at one point, but that was it.


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    #663
    drayme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭drayme


    Teamshadowclan wrote: »
    On the subject of Kofi, the Creative Recall blog had the following included this week...



    So it would appear as if it was Kofi who felt he couldn't keep it up, not WWE...

    A BBC reporter (a non fan) covered the Wrestlemania just before or just after. Whoever the reporter was had a background in cricket. So he began asking Kofi questions and Kofi knew f all about Jamacia not even what its capital is. :pac:


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    #664
    Charisteas
    Registered Users Posts: 4,888 ✭✭✭Charisteas


    GTR63 wrote: »
    A few questions.
    What was WcW & ECW highest ever ppv buyrate.
    What were the average tv ratings for WcW towards the end & how bad were the ppv buys towards the end.

    Every Nitro rating is listed in this Monday Night Wars chart -

    Monday_Night_Wars_Ratings.JPG


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    #665
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    GTR63 wrote: »
    A few questions.
    What was WcW & ECW highest ever ppv buyrate.
    What were the average tv ratings for WcW towards the end & how bad were the ppv buys towards the end.

    starrcade 97 is far and away the biggest wcw buyrate, it did about 760k buys

    the last wcw ppv did 40k buys, the one previous to that did 60k, starrcade 2000 did 44k buys


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    #666
    geeky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,380 ✭✭✭geeky


    Charisteas wrote: »
    Why did WWE change Kofi Kingston's residence from Jamaica to Ghana? Trying to appeal to an African audience perhaps, or was there a specific reason why?

    And he was originally born in Ghana IRL, just to clear that small detail up!


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    #667
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 10,027 ✭✭✭✭cena


    Whats the most common injury too a wrestler?
    Would it be back injury.


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    #668
    jaykhunter
    Registered Users Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    cena wrote: »
    Whats the most common injury too a wrestler? Would it be back injury.

    Neck injury cumulated over time requiring surgery (Austin, Benoit, Edge, Angle etc)
    Collarbone is common (Orton, Shelly)

    Steroids (i.e. from having too much muscle mass on your bones over a sustained period of time) :

    Quad tear (Triple H, Vince)
    Bicep/Tricep (Batista, Cena)
    Pec tear (Cena, D'lo)


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    #669
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    cena wrote: »
    Whats the most common injury too a wrestler?
    Would it be back injury.

    Can't think of one which seems more common than others. Torn pectorial muscles seem to be quite common though (off the top of my head, it's affected Cena, Christian, Taker and Rey). Weirdly, you don't seem to hear of many pack injuries for some reason...


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    #670
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 10,027 ✭✭✭✭cena


    Teamshadowclan wrote: »
    Can't think of one which seems more common than others. Torn pectorial muscles seem to be quite common though (off the top of my head, it's affected Cena, Christian, Taker and Rey). Weirdly, you don't seem to hear of many pack injuries for some reason...

    I only ask cause trish siad she had a bad back from wrestling on tough enough this week and we know Austin and Edge do too.


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    #671
    drayme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭drayme


    People are way off. You guys are just mentioning modern era injuries.

    Historically wrestlers have hip and knee problems often they need replacements when they retire.


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    #672
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    The muscular tears and injuries are much more common nowadays because of the physical conditioning of the wrestlers, possibly because of juicing, but anyone that pumped up is gonna find it easy with exertion to tear a muscle.

    Traditionally yes you're probably right, but this is more due to the fact that.. well, they were old. Johnny Giles can hardly walk, most ageing athletes have knee and hip problems in their later years.

    Dusty Rhodes would have had a job tearing his pecs for example, he would have had to find them first!!

    Those Raw ratings above are amazing... look at early May 99, just around the time I got back into it. 8.1!! Stone Cold n Vince fairly pulled them in!!


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    #673
    drayme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭drayme


    2ndcoming wrote: »
    Those Raw ratings above are amazing... look at early May 99, just around the time I got back into it. 8.1!! Stone Cold n Vince fairly pulled them in!!

    Raw and Nitro werent head to head that week I *think*


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    #674
    Charisteas
    Registered Users Posts: 4,888 ✭✭✭Charisteas


    Here's a fans report of that May 10th 1999 show. http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999052r.htm


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    #675
    Smoshi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Smoshi


    Do wwe prevent ther wrestlers from using facebook & other networking sites? (besides twitter)


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    #676
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Smoshi wrote: »
    Do wwe prevent ther wrestlers from using facebook & other networking sites? (besides twitter)
    Nah they actively encourage Facebook as far as I know. Most of em have a personal one, and one for their character.


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    #677
    CMpunked
    Registered Users Posts: 14,600 ✭✭✭✭CMpunked


    MitchKoobski wrote: »
    Nah they actively encourage Facebook as far as I know. Most of em have a personal one, and one for their character.

    the personal ones are obviously very private and have a fake name.
    I remember i was following Anderson on twitter and he put up a tweet from foresquare (like facebook check ins), saying he was at some airport.
    I went to his profile and he had like 40 a friends, a lot of them wrestlers.
    Like matt hardy, Foley, Kurt Angle etc. Pretty much all of them had their checkins as private.
    I tried adding him but obviously he didnt accept :o Few hours later the tweet was conveniently deleted.

    So social networking wise, i think they are pretty free.


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    #678
    Cianan2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭Cianan2


    If you search their real names you can find them sometimes... Found Macho man and Stone Cold just there :)


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    #679
    tdv123
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭tdv123


    Just wondering if anybody can remember what old WWF shows used to be shown over here during the late 80's early 90's.

    I remember Superstars used to be shown on Sky from around 90,91 & think they showed most of the PPV's from around that time as well.

    But where the likes of Prime Time, All American Wrestling, Wrestling Challenge & SNME broadcast over here?

    And did Sky start showing Raw when it first premiered or did it take them a few years for them to get the rights to show it?


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    #680
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    How come we don't see as many photographers around ringside anymore? I remember back when I first started watching there used to be gangs of them out there (lot of asian looking guys if I remember correctly)


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    #681
    drayme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭drayme


    Endaaaagh wrote: »
    How come we don't see as many photographers around ringside anymore? I remember back when I first started watching there used to be gangs of them out there (lot of asian looking guys if I remember correctly)

    Vince McMahon/Kevin Dun doesnt like them presentation wise - distracting and they get in the way.

    Also WWE prefers to keep coverage of their product as much as possible.


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    #682
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Endaaaagh wrote: »
    How come we don't see as many photographers around ringside anymore? I remember back when I first started watching there used to be gangs of them out there (lot of asian looking guys if I remember correctly)
    They are, good camerawork means you don't see them. Majority hang around at ringside seats or the announcers desk these days.


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    #683
    CMpunked
    Registered Users Posts: 14,600 ✭✭✭✭CMpunked


    What does the PS in Michael PS Heyes stand for?


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    #684
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Endaaaagh wrote: »
    How come we don't see as many photographers around ringside anymore? I remember back when I first started watching there used to be gangs of them out there (lot of asian looking guys if I remember correctly)

    According to wiki, "Purely Sexy"...


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    #685
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    From Superstars this week,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdISmjBmks


    Is Nunzio refereeing the match!?


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    #686
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    MitchKoobski wrote: »
    From Superstars this week,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdISmjBmks


    Is Nunzio refereeing the match!?

    Ha, yeah. Spotted him on Raw as well this week. Forget what segment but I think he was one of the people holding someone back from a brawl or something...


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    #687
    starviewadams
    Registered Users Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Good simple but effective promo by Hayes,really weird seeing Little Guido ref a match!


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    #688
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-05-09/cole-retirement

    Picture 16 of 16 shows Nunzio, tending to Lawler during the angle with Swagger on Raw. Knew I had spotted him on Raw...


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    #689
    drayme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭drayme


    Nunzio has been reffing for awhile ever since that house show in New York during a major storm and they needed him to fill in.


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    #690
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Is triple h coming back to raw anytime soon?


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    #691
    jaykhunter
    Registered Users Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Is triple h coming back to raw anytime soon?

    He was promoted last year to a high position backstage so he's working backstage as he's being prepped to take over from Vince. The general thought is that he'll do a few more big matches and retire. I assume he'll come back for SummerSlam or series, or at the very latest, WrestleMania.


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