Live Discussion:tribute to the troops 20/12/08

[jay07]

matches:

-Maria vs. Kelly Kelly.

-R-Truth, CM Punk and Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz, John Morrison, and JBL.

-A Cryme Tyme Christmas (with Santa's Helpers).

-Big Show, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio, Batista, and John Cena.

enjoy

[klunderbunker]

If this gets 15 posts related to the show, I'll be very suprised.

[jay07]

i would to

[justinsayne]

Is this tonight?!?, and yes that is a serious question, I haven't been able to catch much WWE as of late so really have no idea what's going on

[klunderbunker]

Apparently so. ANyone knwo what time?

[justinsayne]

Well I'll prolly have it on since I'm snowed in and there's nothing better on, I'm watching Dal/Bal online, since my shitty cable provider doesn't give us NFL network (at least I can watch the game on NFL.com), but anyway is this on USA or NBC?

[Marquis]

NBC 9pm Est.

[klunderbunker]

NBC I believe.

[klunderbunker]

Oh god it's Bush.

[klunderbunker]

This has always seemed cool to me.

[justinsayne]

You know it's got to be hard as hell wrestling in that desert, between the heat and the sun being in their eyes

and great this show is already off to a shitty start, with Meth Hardy, & R-False, thank god for the Punker and Miz/Morrison

[klunderbunker]

Love the massive recaps from Cole trying to explain the people to first tiem viewers.

JBL with the hat. Classic.

[klunderbunker]

You know it's got to be hard as hell wrestling in that desert, between the heat and the sun being in their eyes

and great this show is already off to a shitty start, with Meth Hardy, & R-False, thank god for the Punker and Miz/Morrison

It really must be. Imagine the humidity, and not to mention the light from the sun that they're not used to. Impressive indeed.

[klunderbunker]

Triple plancha was cool.

[Mighty NorCal]

totally forgot it was on. now that I have been reminded, I wont be watching

[Steamboat Ricky]

Man...this is going to suck hard.

[Steamboat Ricky]

I was right.

[klunderbunker]

Yeah the wrestling is pretty bad. Cool atmosphere though.

[justinsayne]

totally forgot it was on. now that I have been reminded, I wont be watching

It's cause you hate America and the troops isn't it you unpatriotic bastard;)

[klunderbunker]

Lawler's commentary is so awful.

[klunderbunker]

And so continues the pop music tie in.

[Steamboat Ricky]

Nickelback just made an appearance. We've hit a new low.

[justinsayne]

Coles commentary isn't much better, and Nicklehack really?!?, why must they insist on getting such shit bands to do these things?!

[klunderbunker]

And now we have.......the bling bling brothers?

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

???

Cryme Tyme was a gift?

[justinsayne]

:lmao: at the looks on some of the troops faces in the background

[Marquis]

???

Cryme Tyme was a gift?

Haven't these troops been threw enough!?

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

Divas are a much better gift.

[klunderbunker]

Yeah just a bit.

So let me make sure I get this straight....WWE is thanking the troopes right?

[klunderbunker]

Shinedown-an improvement.

[Marquis]

Yeah just a bit.

So let me make sure I get this straight....WWE is thanking the troopes right?

Well they did give them Miz and Morrison. So yea their thanking them.

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

Well they did give them Miz and Morrison. So yea their thanking them.

Morrison made the entire uncomfortable as they all had erections within close proximity to eachother. He'd serve better servicing the female troops.

[Marquis]

Miz made the entire uncomfortable as they all had erections within close proximity to eachother. He'd serve better servicing the female troops.

Fixed.

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

Fixed.

I've always wondered what it would be like to take LSD. Now I have some insight.

;)

[klunderbunker]

Staind. Also good.

[Marquis]

Jericho in tights? Now their really gonna get erections.

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

I want to see and RKO tonight.

[CDR]

that bell sounds like one from a long time ago

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

...this was on tonight?

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

Apparently

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

Batista...you dumb fuck.

[justinsayne]

...this was on tonight?

Yes, it's on right now, and it's pretty fucking terrible, as usual

EDIT: errr... it was on, apperantly the troops are only worth an hour of WWE's time this year

[klunderbunker]

The problem is it's only cool to non wrestling fans. We hate it because the wrestling sucks. Non wrestling fans are kind of imprssed but turned off by the awful wrestling. Military personel that aren't fans would probably like it best.

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

This is cool to no one...save for those who love what it stands for.

[Rusty]

I completely forgot this was on, and the sad thing is that I'm not even sure if it's airing in Australia this week.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

See, here's proof that those repetitive promos and commercials don't work.

I have a FANTASTIC memory, and I had no idea that this was today. I'm so sick and tired of watching Raw/ECW/SD and seeing the same exact ads over and over again that I literally block them out. Recently, they've been advertising that "Bod" deodorant or something, and its two commercials, EVERY COMMERCIAL BREAK. So quite literally, I end up seeing a Bod commercial roughly 10 times an hour. That drives you nuts and you just don't pay attention anymore.

WWE drilled this Tribute to the Troops thing for a while, especially yesterday on Smackdown, and it was so much that I completely blocked it out of my mind.

[Rusty]

For the record, this show wasn't advertised ONCE here in Australia. They edited out the apparent commercials for the show.

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

You're so, so lucky Rusty lol. Especially if you don't have to sit through the Bod commercials....or the Esurance commercials....or the other ones that are there every single break, and just when you get back to the show, all they do is show you a 10 minute Raw Rewind...and then when they come back from that, they plug WWEshop...and then they show you the "buy the encore of Armageddon" thing (which I had to see I think four times last night during Smackdown)

[Rusty]

You're so, so lucky Rusty lol. Especially if you don't have to sit through the Bod commercials....or the Esurance commercials....or the other ones that are there every single break, and just when you get back to the show, all they do is show you a 10 minute Raw Rewind...and then when they come back from that, they plug WWEshop...and then they show you the "buy the encore of Armageddon" thing (which I had to see I think four times last night during Smackdown)

We have the WWEshop ads, but they aren't that bad. We get the Raw rewind on ECW and Smackdown but no Bod commercials or anything like that.

Just annoying repetitive commercials that the networks advertise their shows in.

[Italian MVP]

Yer Ive checked the schedule for Fox8 Rusty, and it appears The Tribute to the Troops won't be on for us Aussies.

[Rusty]

No big loss, but they should have showed it tomorrow.

[Italian MVP]

Thats what I thought they were going to do..

[justinsayne]

The only thing that could have possibly made this show worth watching would have been if they had shown Joey Styles knocking the shit out of JBL

[klunderbunker]

JUSTIN!!! We're not supposed to know about that remember?

[justinsayne]

Oopz, I forgot:blush:

[Steamboat Ricky]

Maybe this will be the last Tribute to the Troops?

[Mighty NorCal]

hopefully not. might be a shit show, but its an awesome thing in general...

[Steamboat Ricky]

I'm all for having a house show over there...I'm just not sure that NBC will continue to carry it if it continues to be this bad. Why not go over there with the intention of not putting on a massively horrid show?

I'll be interested to see the ratings.

[realblackhart]

i was very disapointed in the TTT this year. It was a pretty bad show loaded with commercials. Granted the troops don't see all these commercials but the past TTT have been MUCH better and have been 2 hours. There were no singles matches at all like in past years. I have to list the matches for you new guys to see the quality of show from 2003-2007 compared to 2008. Since 2003 until now we been treated with Big Show vs Carlito (although that was a squash) Mick Foley vs. JBL, Benjamin vs. Snitsky, Chris Masters vs Cena, The Coach vs Flair (lol), Michaels vs HHH, Cena vs Edge, Punk vs Shelton, Lashley vs Hardcore Holly, Umaga vs Jeff Hardy, Carlito vs Randy Orton, Undertaker vs Nitro, Randy Orton Vs. Chris Jericho, D-Generation X Vs. Umaga & Mr. Kennedy, Carlito Vs. Jeff Hardy, Mark Henry vs Mysterio, Booker T vs Rene Dupree, Undertaker vs Heidenreich, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle and Luther Reigns, The APA vs Worlds Greatest Tag Team, Eddie vs Benoit, Cena vs Big Show, Rikishi vs Rhyno, Stone Cold Stunners, Divas Matches. Most of those matches weren't that bad. They weren't these fast paced, quick finished 6 man tags like you saw this year. I think they dropped the ball this year. I have to admit part of the whole idea of TTT is for the wrestlers to spend time with the troops; which they did. But from an entertainment point of view, there was not much in-ring action.

[Y 2 Jake]

hopefully not. might be a shit show, but its an awesome thing in general...

I still think the only reason WWE do it is for nice publicity.

[realblackhart]

I still think the only reason WWE do it is for nice publicity.

I would have to completely disagree. This is something that the wwe wrestlers do becasue they love to do it and they want to entertain the soldiers in Iraq, or Afghanastan who don't get to come home and spend time with their families. Wrestlers in the WWE WANT to go to there and perform and I think it's for the right reasons. While Mcmahon loves publicity, this is definately not one of those times.

[Y 2 Jake]

I would have to completely disagree. This is something that the wwe wrestlers do becasue they love to do it and they want to entertain the soldiers in Iraq, or Afghanastan who don't get to come home and spend time with their families. Wrestlers in the WWE WANT to go to there and perform and I think it's for the right reasons. While Mcmahon loves publicity, this is definately not one of those times.

Then why don't they do the equivalent of house shows?

[Mighty NorCal]

I still think the only reason WWE do it is for nice publicity.

well no shit

[Y 2 Jake]

well no shit

It's good that those army geezers have something to watch at Christmas. Even though it takes place two months before that day and most would prefer to meet some American Footballers, or at least people from something they watch.

But if WWE didn't get the publicity then they wouldn't do it.