LaParkaYourCar

Well then we need to start becoming more vocal about what we like I guess. By the way do you remember the exact quote from that Big Show promo?

FBTG your opinion on it being "shitty performance art" will change if you spend a few years doing it. Just listen to the veteran wrestlers. They don't see it as "shitty performance art". To me wrestling done right is Performance Art at it's least shittiness. Just look at Japan and other places where it's still treated with respect.

I'm not the fan in the arena. I haven't been to a live show since 2002 and believe me I've had plenty of opportunities living here in Houston. I'm talking specifically TheSmartMarks.com, not any other place or internet personality. Do you honestly think Vince McMahon has heard of TSM? Do you honestly think that anyone in WWE reads this site? Another thing is I don't want WWE to die and I don't want them to fail. I know some on this board do and some wish for WWE's death daily. Some might even pray for it. Me on the other hand I want good things to do well in the ratings while bad gimmicks, storylines, and wrestlers don't. I want the product to improve and there are things I like watching from week to week. If I really have as much of an effect on the product as you say then that's more reason for me to become vocal about the things I do like. Sometimes I hope you're right.

Of course the basis of your argument is that The Smarks actually have an effect on the product. Do you really think WE have an effect on the product? Have we ever shown to have one? Have we ever shown to have an effect on the fans? Most anti-smarks come in here and bash us for thinking we have an effect on the product. Telling us that we're idiots to think that Vince would ever listen to us and how he'd be a fool to do so. Now we have the argument that we are effecting the prodcut and therefore should be indifferent. Unless there's been a wind of change lately I think we still fall under that vocal minority that Vince likes to ignore and the casual fan hardly knows about. We'd like to think that we're even the "Internet Pundits" that Vince wants to spite, but truth is that's guys like Scott Keith who actually get noticed. That's both the beauty and the downfall of what we do here. We can both watch and bitch without directly helping Vince, but we also don't help improve the product as we're hardly on the map.

Except from what we hear when a Smark has an opinion Vince tends to do the oposite to spite us, so I'm not sure that will always help him. Plus my opinion isn't going to directly put money in his pocket. It hardly even indirectly puts money in his pocket. In fact I'm having trouble making the connection between my opinion and Vince making money. But I guess all this is moot because I'm not one of those who is saying, "Ahhhh Vince killed Eddie he's the devil!"

How exactly do I fill Vince's pockets? I don't have a Nielsen Box and I don't go to live events. I sure as hell don't buy those crappy T-Shirts they put out nowdays.

To the what? Don't leave me hanging!

Actually right now you're a "Photobucket Bandwith Exceeded" picture to me.

So do people see me as La Parka hanging out of a car window and typing on a computer?

Ha...ha...ha. How the fuck can you (without being a retard), be emotionally attached to the piece of shit that is professional wrestling? I'm even training to be a wrestler, but I at least know, that it's shitty performance art at best. Emotionally attached? Ugh. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Be nice to CC. She's popular. Other posters will hurt you with their typing ability. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> She's also a Mod I think.

Aren't we going overboard with these "____ that will make you think of Eddie Guerrero" threads??

What exactly happened on the May 10, 1999 RAW to give it a 8.1 rating? Was that the episode with the whole Mankind/Rock "This is your life" segment?

The Owen show did a 7.2. The 8.1 was on May 10th which was not the Owen show. The Owen Tribute show was May 24th.

"Shocking secrets are exposed...in the previews!" Well so much for that being a surprise in next week's episode.

4.5 is highest of the year? I thought Homecoming got like a 5.0 or something.

Now now, I'm sure Cowherd has family and friends that would react that way if he died regardless of what he had to say about a pro wrestler. Let's not start hitting below the belt.

EDIT: Double Post as well...what's up with the board?

I don't know about surpassing Flair/Steamboat, because it would have to have years of build up and emotion behind it that Flair/Steamboat had. I'm sure it would be one of the best matches in years though.

Yeah but how many of those came off as intelligent and how many were "LOL COWPATTIE SUX0RS!"

Wait I'm confused...does Chave! = Banky or does che v = Banky? I thought I had it figured out.

I never said it was the worst day of my life, and frankly I hardly remember anyone saying that. In fact I've had a pretty damn good day. The only time I teared up was during Benoit's tribute and that was mostly because of the shock of seeing him break down like that.

The Haikus are basically a few posters having a nice lil circle jerk because they found the emotion of some of our posters to be "pathetic".

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Orton had an armband on.

I'm sorry, but if you don't like it ignore it. Taking time out of your day to make fun of some people because they got emotional is more pathetic to me. Plus this is all mostly Downhome bashing anyway.

Am I the only one who had no problem with Austin's tribute to Owen?