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Stereomaniac

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

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.

Angron

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

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.

montyrebel

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

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?

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.

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!

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.

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.

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).

veganrun

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

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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

Ageyev

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

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

Whosthis

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

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?

Kolido

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

Moneymaker

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

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

HHH was at WrestleMania 2000 (16).

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

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

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.

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.