The Rock-Austin promo from WM 17 is still so good.

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Only one man can bring that kind of excitement back


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They could get God himself in the writers room, but as long as Vince is in charge and/or there's zero competition and/or they keep making a profit every year; nothing will ever change. :yeshrug:
 

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They could get God himself in the writers room, but as long as Vince is in charge and/or there's zero competition and/or they keep making a profit every year; nothing will ever change. :yeshrug:

Take it back to the days when it was just DREWsso, Ed Ferrara and McMahon, no one else, in charge of creative
 

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The decline started after the staredown before the match because nothing could possibly live up to that moment :ufdup::

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The Definitive Peak of Entertainment :wow:

60,000 boos and 60,000 flashbulbs :ohlawd:

don't know why I never looked at it that way :ohhh:


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never fukked with limp bizkit but back then when this track came on I'd go full montage mode and any sibling or pet that was close by was getting a stunner or rock bottom and would probably have to watch the promo video with me afterward. goat package
 

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"The time is upon us, Paul." :wow:

"The time is NOW. It's the match that both men need to win, and neither man can afford to lose." :wow:

Commentary like this went a long way in making Austin/Rock II seem like the biggest match ever to happen. You know how Cole always says, "The most anticipated match in the history of WrestleMania" or something like that? This HAS to be it.
 

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How come they didnt try and sell out 100k for this Mania? Wrestling was more popular then
 

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There was nothing wrong with the heel turn in the end. It was a special moment. You can be critical of the aftermath, but that moment in and of itself was tremendous.

I watch the video package, the entrances and ending to this match every month. I didn't even become a wrestling fan until 2005.

WWE needs to go back to the gritty presentation. You can tell there is a glaring difference in the product by listening to the theme songs of this year's Mania to that year's.
 

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"The time is upon us, Paul." :wow:

"The time is NOW. It's the match that both men need to win, and neither man can afford to lose." :wow:

Commentary like this went a long way in making Austin/Rock II seem like the biggest match ever to happen. You know how Cole always says, "The most anticipated match in the history of WrestleMania" or something like that? This HAS to be it.

:goodoljr: made a main event feel like a life or death situation, you just had to see what was going to happen because of that
 

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WWE needs to go back to the gritty presentation. You can tell there is a glaring difference in the product by listening to the theme songs of this year's Mania to that year's.

This 100%. It's ppvs in general. All the songs are just so soft, safe, and tame, but that seems to have translated to the product as a whole. Even the intro to both shows. It's better than the previous ones, but that's not saying much.









Which themes make you feel like you're about to go into a chaos-filled battle, and which makes you feel like you're about to go meet a co-worker for a Denny's brunch :mjlol:??
 

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This 100%. It's ppvs in general. All the songs are just so soft, safe, and tame, but that seems to have translated to the product as a whole. Even the intro to both shows. It's better than the previous ones, but that's not saying much.









Which themes make you feel like you're about to go into a chaos-filled battle, and which makes you feel like you're about to go meet a co-worker for a Denny's brunch :mjlol:??

Its definitely intentional though. Theyre a public company now.
 

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"The time is upon us, Paul." :wow:

"The time is NOW. It's the match that both men need to win, and neither man can afford to lose." :wow:

Commentary like this went a long way in making Austin/Rock II seem like the biggest match ever to happen. You know how Cole always says, "The most anticipated match in the history of WrestleMania" or something like that? This HAS to be it.
I'm so glad Lawler quit over The Kat, Heyman and JR were great together.
 

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They'd probably blow up twitter for a min if 8pm came and they cued the attitude era raw intro out of the blue. Ideally they'd capitalize with a hell of a show planned but that's already sounding like too much foresight
 
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