RavishingRickRudo

You think See No Evil will sell a million DVDs when the WWE's best selling DVDs can't crack half of that? This will do nothing but make the WWE and the McMahons further look like total goofs. And very few people on this board will watch that crap. You'll get maybe a dozen people out of how many ever people are on here who will check it out.

Medical Help can also = Psychiatric help/Prescription Drugs. Especially when it follows "may have to undergo counselling to get to the root of his social issues"

I highly doubt it. The average PPV buyrate is, what, 300,000? In regards to buying DVD's and music, that seems to be a pretty good number of fans who will buy anything the WWE does. That translates into $3,000,000 at the B/O with $10 per ticket. Half of that goes to the theatres/distributors, which means $1.5 million to the WWE. I doubt there will be a whole lot of attention outside of wrestling fans because (1)there are no stars, and (2)it's associated with the WWE and wrestling is a turn-off right now. Word is the WWE has invested $20 million per film. Even if the production budget and marketing around it is half that, they still have a big gap to fill.

Employee Harassment is a public policy. What Meltzer (or whomever gave Meltzer the info) defines as "very public" is left for interpretation. Something that is posted on their corporate website is something I consider to be very public. I would also say that Harassment of a fellow employee, especially a woman (given the lawsuits in the past that have dealt with the matter) is also "serious". It has nothing to do with creative or economic issues either, and isn't a dress code violation. If it were a drug problem, historically, the WWE has sent the wrestler to rehab. They haven't sent Orton to rehab. When Meltzer says something like: Then it points more to attitude issues than drug issues. The majority of that article is essentially in line with this as well, you just picked two sentences and interpreted them as "Drug Policy!" as a knee jerk reaction because that's the most widely known policy the WWE has. The "form of protest" and "inside the building with plenty of people potentially witnessing it" could also fall in-line with Harassing another diva.

I don't think it is the drug policy because their own rules say that no one gets punished early-on. It's an attitude-issue, and Orton has a history of being an immature asshole. From WWE's corporate website.

The highest price that stock has ever been was around $22 IIRC, which was what was being at the IPO. You are probably looking at the 52 week high. The company has been buying back stock, which drives the price up. From my own observations the stock price has little to do with how the company itself is performing, however the WWE has been exceeding forecasts lately (which were low to begin with) and due to international touring has been generating revenue at an inflated rate. Eventually the international touring well will dry up, and since domestic is still not good, I would say "no" to investing in the WWE. It won't go back to being above $20, IMO, so you're looking at very little gain right now. Unless you want to invest tens of thousands, because the WWE frequently gives dividends (essentially to give Vince more money) and if you own 10,000 shares, you'll be making 5,000 more every year (before taxes). Then you got WWE Films, which they have been avoiding putting on the balance sheet. Not to mention WWE Music. Their track record hasn't been too good outside their core product (Wrestling), so the probable losses from these two ventures will hurt the company and the stock price. IMO The price right now is being artificially driven up by several factors, and eventually it will fall. Ratings mean little because they do not get any money from advertisements and they get relatively low rates anyways because advertisers don't see wrestling fans as being a desirable demographic to go after.

If you are nostalgic for some PRIDE or haven't seen a lot of PRIDE, this video is for THOU. http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2L023TH...JL29IWCYUL1ZF17 And Nog vs. RULON is apparently ON for the PRIDEGP, according to Nogs messageboard via DVDVR. Also ON: Werdum vs. Overeem Fujita vs. Thomson

I've been going through my old desktop and I found some old HLs that I made a while back. Nothing really fancy to them, This is my first, a HL of PRIDE, mainly from PRIDE 25, 15, and 21 (because that's what I had on my computer at the time), I don't have a breadth of stuff on it, but I think what I do use is pretty choice. It's only 3MBs, and the picture quality isn't the best, but check it out. http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2NCOK3O...9V34WYXGFX5QAWE The next is my all-time favourite HL, out of every HL that I've seen, and thats mainly because I made it, but also, I think I capture the feel of this fight perfectly and I manage to synch the music in nicely (mostly by mistake - Watch how Nog shadow boxes to the music, watch how the lights at the beginning move in synch as well). It's Fedor/Nog I, the first round, and -really- that's all there needed to be. It is 7MB's and the picture quality is much better. http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1VAKE4X...NW2D1FX3ECXN8DG I've also got a collection of clips that I was planning on using for a HL, from a variety of PRIDEs, but never used them. There is no music or anything, its not in order, just stuff that would make for a HL (introductions, celebrations, etc.). Stuff from PRIDE 15, 19, 20, 22, 25. It's about 20 minutes long. It makes for a nice teaser. I'll try to get that up later.

I can't predict where these things will go. I am but one person. Mick Foley wrote in his blog on WWE.com something about Melina being hasseled by some other wrestlers for being arrogant. Which sounds to me like Orton took a shit in her bag or something (as most things do). Quote below: Now, I swear that I fully expected Melina’s column No. 2 to be my last public mention of her, but unfortunately I received word that she had been through a tough time on the most recent SmackDown overseas tour. It seems that some people had mistaken her shyness for arrogance (not the first time I’ve seen someone suffer for that same mistake) and had taken it upon themselves to make her life a little harder than it needed to be.

It's great how they managed to have both of the times Michel has danced on the show be associated with weddings.

No thread on Dawsons Creek is ever warranted. Oh shit, this interview on the Daily Show with the eating commentator (Ryan Nerz?) is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

WAY TOO YUMMY!!!

Oh man. Oh man. I really should have watched that drunken speech, but I didn't want it to ruin my enjoyment of said episode and I am a pussy. But I rationalize it as leaving something for the DVD.

I should note that my band, the Keiko Agenda, have a song called "Lanes Wedding Night" where I rock the falsetto and then kick in a totally random Aaron Nevell schtick.

You know the episode of the Simpsons where they go to New York and Bart tries to hustle on the subway by pretending he can't taste anything and then licks a metal pole?

Ok, this episode is precious. One of the best of the season.

THIS IS TREMENDOUS! Ms. Kim!! "Oh my god, she doesn't know!" This is hilarious. Grandma Kim channelling Emily Gilmore. BIZARRO!!

"I just shake it all off" Michel needs to dance. HE IS DANCING! This show needs more Michel dancing.

It's CTDWAT, it's whatever you want it to be as long as that doesn't warrant its own thread. Like the Chad Michael Murray vs. Luke Perry discussion that I've been trying to get started FOREVER. My god how they brood.

OH SHIT! Foreman just OWNED Cameron. He is FOWNEDMAN~

So what? So GAY. Chad Michael Murray is so much hunkier than Luke Perry, btw.

Is that slang for "have a lengthy fuck session with"?

While that was a very good performance, I don't think she made Taylor look like an amateur. Maybe cause I am a Taylor mark, maybe cause Taylor was very good as well. Simon probably sees the writing on the wall with Katharine and her smaller fanbase and does the math and is trying to give her a rub that puts her above the less deserving Ace and Kellie.

Ok, so AI, based on their practice run, puts the best performer on last, the second best on first. Right?

That was Aces best vocal in the competition. It's unfortunate that Aces best day is, like, Chris's worst day. Unfortunate for Ace.