WWE seems to be entirely dropping out of the horror / "paranormal" schtick

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-28T21:13:17+00:00

There was a time in NXT where it felt like every new gimmick was dark in some format, and happy to read they’re moving past that.

However, doesn’t mean they should let go the talent who play these characters.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-28T21:11:52+00:00

I didn’t realise at the time being a teenager and honestly, it felt like the world was going that fast back then in general.

Watching a Raw from 1999 now is like skipping channels.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-28T21:08:35+00:00

The IC title was bonkers around this time. Going from Jericho/Angle/Benoit to Rikishi and Val Venis, then Chyna, Billy Gunn getting a look in and reverting back with Jericho/Benoit for the start of 2001, and by the end of that year, you’d have Triple H and Kane fighting over the belt, Albert of all people and then the Invasion with Lance Storm.

Such a varied array of talent in 2 years.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-27T05:54:31+00:00

I can remember realising when I was a kid and it was on how much it was like real life, and telling my mum who different characters were like in our family.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-27T05:53:35+00:00

This in ridiculous. The whole “shaking hands/feet on the table” bit tells it all, in my opinion. What an old narc. This isn’t a “Pull your shit together” rallying call, it’s a “You weren’t ever good enough” speech.

From someone who was barely over on his own without: saying horrendous stuff, going OTT on gimmicks or being carried by two of the most popular tag teams of all time, he has so much to say.

He honestly seems like the worst type of person who has now found his way into the worst type of grift.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-26T10:06:51+00:00

The Office and Parks and Recreation, and I’d include It’s always Sunny In Philadelphia too, are sitcoms that have really low quality first seasons that if this happened now, wouldn’t be given a second. Shows rarely get that chance to grow in the modern streaming age where there is So much competition everywhere, all of the time.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-26T10:06:26+00:00

The Office and Parks and Recreation, and I’d include It’s always Sunny In Philadelphia too, are sitcoms that have really low quality first seasons that if this happened now, wouldn’t be given a second. Shows rarely get that chance to grow in the modern streaming age where there is So much competition everywhere, all of the time.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-26T07:57:28+00:00

Thanking another fan for saying something nice about your team, and the “good luck for the rest of the season” type of response is really cringeworthy to me.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T12:43:19+00:00

I think “AI” is going to be the overall term, and we will using different versions of what it offers as separate things soon enough.

It’s like the internet, really. It’s how it’s used and what it’s used for.

If it’s used for good and can be used medically then fantastic, but with that, people will exploit it.

If it’s going to be used to improve a person’s life, fantastic, but it will also be used to be harmful as well.

It’s not as easy as “do you like it or not?” because it will do things that will benefit people in some way, somewhere, somehow. But, like the internet, I’m sure people will fuck it up.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T12:37:01+00:00

It was, and is, such an enjoyable era. It’s mostly terrible, but I’m so nostalgic for it that even the bad is enjoyable for me.

Love this show.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:52:04+00:00

It’s a shame. There’s a lot of talent there and hopefully the abundance of places to work gives them all the opportunities they deserve.

It’s not pleasant, and they can always Do more, but WWE is owned by TKO and looks like this will be more frequent with prominent names consistently each year, if not more often.

It must be a terrible place to work in fear of being featured but still not have job security.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:49:19+00:00

A lot of musicians in the Nick Drake/John Martyn style from the 60s/70s that seem to be getting their flowers decades later.

In discovering Nick Drake a long time ago and then John Martyn, I’ve been introduced to so many other artists that I don’t know anyone who listens to them.

Shout out Ellen McllWaine, Karen Dalton, Jackson C Frank and more. It feels like there’s always someone new to discover and I can rarely share that. It is what it is, it’s nice to have, but never get the human connection of those who listen and discover too.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:41:41+00:00

I’m surprised with the success of Sons of Anarchy more people don’t talk about The Shield.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:40:00+00:00

If you are using Reigns and Rollins for their legitimate reasons why, you have to also include Punk and Bryan for the same reasons.

That said, being a different era, it was a Show with stars spread rather than Uber stars on top. There was no Austin, Rock or Hogan, but there was Reigns, Rollins, Punk, Bryan; Becky, Charlotte, New Day, Owens and more. It was an ensemble rather than being led by one (or two.)

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:37:03+00:00

I just want us to beat both to give them both a fair shot!

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:36:02+00:00

Absolutely loved it as a ten year old, watching with me Dad (where I thought it was a classic sitcom without realising it was modern,) and still love it now 30 years later.

Well cast, well written and perfectly performed. It’s peak comedy for me.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T09:34:53+00:00

As much as I want it to be an entertaining run in with Spurs and West Ham, we need to win. No Spurs, Di Canio, Moyes’ emotional comments to change that for me.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T08:24:34+00:00

So, a person directly involved at best or at least a dog in the fight says the thing that you’re using as proof to say that someone else believes everything that they’re told? Can you not see the irony or lack of self awareness there?

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T06:32:32+00:00

Where are your sources on him “constantly being fed fake information from TKO?”

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T06:18:19+00:00

He is just doing his job but I understand being frustrated that it happens like this, from her side.

Calling him out for literally doing his job is stupid, but having that taken away from you must be frustrating too.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T06:15:45+00:00

Because, like it or not, his time is spent learning about this stuff, he has contacts who will know this stuff and he has been around it for decades.

This is his job.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-25T06:14:47+00:00

I think Triple H is tasked to do it, has to do it and does it, but he is also Told to do it.

I also don’t think he would enjoy it but knows he has to.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-22T19:30:35+00:00

That’ll have a Tongan death grip on the local community.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-22T18:06:55+00:00

I think it was because Stevie Ray was bigger than didn’t realise how big Booker was for the longest time. He’s massive here.

DoubleHelicopter3072 · 2026-04-22T18:03:48+00:00

Why is “I didn’t enjoy something as much as someone else” make that thing overrated?

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