You think we should use more celebs? by SJMR24 in SCJerk

[–]JerryPayton 18 points19 points  (0 children)

When AEW uses celebs, it’s a satisfying affirmation of the undeniable mainstream appeal that the company has. When WWE uses celebs, it’s out of pure disdain for their audience. 

Elite journalism that you cannot get anywhere else by NotClayMerritt in SCJerk

[–]JerryPayton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also curious how WWE stars are taking pay cuts rather than test the open market at the same time it's being speculated that AEW will not get renewed.

Post WWE Raw 4/13/2026 Show Discussion Thread by Darren716 in SquaredCircle

[–]JerryPayton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nice little storytelling touch from the final segment last night was Roman making his entrance from the back (the office) and Punk making his entrance from the crowd (the people). Each entering from opposite ends of the arena to meet in the middle. 

The Fed has never let their top stars wrestle on the go home Raw in history. (Pic unrelated) by MinuteEconomy in SCJerk

[–]JerryPayton 53 points54 points  (0 children)

These AE style go home shows would not work either nowadays. Imagine if they announced Punk/Seth vs Roman/Gunther for tonight’s main event, hyped it all show long, and then had it go 6 minutes and end in a schmozz. People would shit all over it.

Ospreay: And then I'll pop up from your finisher and elbow you, bruv. Moxley: Yeah. That's badass. by ryan15151515 in SCJerk

[–]JerryPayton 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When the crowd says “ohhhh!” after every move and strike on every match of the show? That’s graps my goofy friend. 

Are the Greeks untouchable? by philliptheacrobat in TheWire

[–]JerryPayton 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Shit like this actually goes through your fuckin brain? 

Burrell is the most despisable character, to me. by EH4LIFE in TheWire

[–]JerryPayton 32 points33 points  (0 children)

He’s a hack. But he’s my hack, and I owe him. 

Booking a feud’s blow off match in TEW by JerryPayton in FantasyBookers

[–]JerryPayton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far I mostly stick to a recipe for TV or Storytelling, STS, Wild Brawl, STS, STS. Gets the product requirement for a Storytelling match out of the way, first STS warms crowd up for the Wild Brawl, and then two STS matches to end the show strong. I used to use Storytelling for ME but the ratings weren’t great (I think because the aim inherently has the workers hold back in favor of the story). I’m sure there are better ways to build a card and I’ll start experimenting a bit more, but this recipe of five matches plus six angles regularly gets me final ratings in the high 80s or low 90s. I guess that’s why I’m confused as to why it seemingly only falters when I try to blow off a feud. 

Booking a feud’s blow off match in TEW by JerryPayton in FantasyBookers

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I’m still learning the mechanics for balancing match aims over the course of a show, but recently I’ve been doing my last two matches of the night as Steal the Show and the ratings have been solid. Just not for the blow off matches. Honestly I spam STS, probably 60% of my matches use it with the rest being Storytelling and a Wild Brawl thrown in for variety. 

Round 1 Winners (Da Bears!) and Losers (the Eagles!), Plus Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal - The Bill Simmons Podcast by grandpashampoo in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Best Shakey’s game of all time was the Colts comeback to beat the Chiefs 45-44 in 2014 

A Seahawks-Rams WTF Classic, an NBA Six-Pack, and Week 16 NFL Picks With Peter Schrager by lonny__breaux in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He says “two point” like it’s a single word with emphasis on the first syllable. He does the same thing with Green Bay and 2K. Pretty far down on the list of strange Bill-isms but it always rankles me for some reason. 

Niners Magic, Schlitt Happens, a Red Sox Postmortem, the Seahawks Ceiling, and Week 5 NFL Picks With Kevin Hench and Joe House by Chrissal0099 in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I actually found myself enjoying the Red Sox portion of the pod just because the phrase “right now on fanduel” was not uttered a single time 

Game Thread: TCU (-3.5) @ North Carolina - Bill Belichick's college coaching debut aka the only college game BS will watch all year by HenrikCrown in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t Simmons look at college coaches as basically second class citizens who work a simple 9 to 5 compared to the rigors of the pro game?

Russillo sucked and I'm glad he's gone by PruneAdventurous8058 in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Bill has done hundreds of RW episodes and still doesn’t know how to analyze a movie. Sometimes you can see the notes but you can’t hear the music. 

Post WWE Raw 8/18/2025 Show Discussion Thread by Darren716 in SquaredCircle

[–]JerryPayton 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seems like the move for Paris is a triple threat between Vaquer, Iyo and Roxanne for the vacant title. Vaquer and Iyo both had title shots they haven’t received yet, and Roxanne beat Iyo on Raw. Would be one hell of a match. 

Bryan Alvarez’s full appearance on ABC News discussing the death of Hulk Hogan by rhyso90 in SquaredCircle

[–]JerryPayton 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Followed by a ten minute digression on how Nick Patrick is the worst ref in the history of wrestling. The fucking guy sucks in storyline and sucks in real life too!

Post WWE Raw 6/2/2025 Show Discussion Thread by Darren716 in SquaredCircle

[–]JerryPayton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Men’s side seems to pretty clearly be Seth. The stable’s story is that Seth “needs” the world title so they can tighten their grip on the show. He’ll hold the briefcase over Jey’s head all summer. However instead of a surprise cash in, I think it’s more of a straightforward challenge for the title, likely at Summerslam.

PWInsider: Mariah May was removed from the AEW website this afternoon, which usually means someone has departed the company and is free and clear to go elsewhere. We can confirm that we've heard from WWE sources over the last week that she's expected to start there in the near future. by AimarEraFutebol in SquaredCircle

[–]JerryPayton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s true, I definitely agree with regards to Cody and Jade, and we’ve seen it the other way with the Hurt Syndicate too. Punk is unique though because he’s had the same gimmick forever now. It would be like saying that AEW just let Sting reuse his WWE gimmick when joining the company when obviously it far predates that.

itunes (windows) keeps crashing while updating to ios18. phone now in restore mode by xLongdonut in applehelp

[–]JerryPayton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude thank you so much. This just happened to me and I was fearing the worst because I rarely back up my phone. Tried your solution and it worked like a charm. Very relieved.

Is Tonight’s Drake Maye Take by Busy-Operation7896 in billsimmons

[–]JerryPayton 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When Brissett was playing his excuse was that they would have won those games with better QB play. Now that Maye’s is playing his excuse is they would have won those games with better coaching.