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Post by endo on Aug 23, 2012 9:43:08 GMT -5
Rumor has it this is replacing the Spinner.   "To update this situation, we can report that Rick Petko from Orange County Choppers, which is featured on The Discovery Channel's American Chopper television series, is helping with the creation of the belt. He tweeted on Wednesday afternoon that he is currently, "Annealing aluminum for a WWE Championship belt." belttalk.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9114&start=620If that belt is as big as it looks, I guess aluminum makes sense. I've heard the real Spinner is around 20-25 pounds, and this thing looks twice that size. I guess ROH is the only place left that believes the belt should look good and classy for it's titleholders. |
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Post by gorepolice on Aug 24, 2012 20:37:21 GMT -5
It's not pretty, but then again it's not a finished product either. I'll wait until I see the finalized version, but so far, this isn't looking that good.
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Post by NDX on Aug 24, 2012 20:53:18 GMT -5
Hey, they proved you can shine ish. But shiny or not, ish's ish.
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Post by endo on Aug 25, 2012 16:01:10 GMT -5
The pic of the gold plate was leaked a while back by a WWE employee, leading many to think that they would scrap it and go with another design that hadn't been seen.
Guess not.
I can at least see the marketing value of the spinner, being that WWE is PG 13 and plays to kids, and they buy the crap out of that thing.
I don't understand this one. Just a huge main plate with the fed letters on it. Guess Vince wants everyone to be sure what they're watching.
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Post by gorepolice on Aug 25, 2012 18:55:49 GMT -5
We can only hope this actually does get scrapped and they go with something better. It's not just ugly, it's also painfully boring and plain.
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Post by NDX on Aug 25, 2012 21:55:10 GMT -5
Dave, WWE is PG. No 13 in there whatsoever. We back to 1991! Who's that in the distance! Why, I do believe that's Doink the Clown, making his way to the ring!
Oops, my bad, that's John Cena.
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Post by gorepolice on Aug 26, 2012 7:51:17 GMT -5
Needs more Men on a Mission.
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Post by endo on Aug 27, 2012 12:25:30 GMT -5
I hope when Linda get's smoked in the election this time, she gives it up and we can back to at least some blood in the WWE.
A lot of people aren't a fan of blood in wrestling, but to me it really helps sell the big match ups even more. Adds an air of believability to it for me.
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Post by NDX on Aug 27, 2012 16:42:42 GMT -5
Yeah, but at one point blood became a crutch. I do agree, some matches would benefit from some blood, to show the intensity of the feud and how far they'd go to win the match. But there are a lot of times where blood is used just for the sake of blood, or to cover up for not being able to hold their own, like Flair in ALL of his TNA matches.
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Post by gorepolice on Aug 27, 2012 21:25:22 GMT -5
I think at this point a little blood wouldn't hurt. It's kinda hard to buy how brutal a cage match is without any blood.
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Post by endo on Aug 29, 2012 16:34:58 GMT -5
I think at this point a little blood wouldn't hurt. It's kinda hard to buy how brutal a cage match is without any blood. That's the kind of situation I was thinking of. That, or when someone turns on someone else, a little blood could sell it more. Never forget the big red X over the screen when Hogan bloodied Andre in that arm wrestling match or when Albano turned on Snuka and he and Ray Stevens tore him up. You'd just get glimpses of the blood around the X, but man it sold it. Not to mention that the X itself made you think he must really be a mess. |
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Post by NDX on Aug 29, 2012 19:03:49 GMT -5
Yeah, but if you draw blood I want to see it, not see it censored. A reason I don't buy WWE dvds anymore, the blood matches, from what I've read, gets censored by making the screen black and white. When I watch a match, I want its integrity upheld, and see the complete, uncensored match.
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Post by endo on Aug 29, 2012 19:15:01 GMT -5
I knew the red X was gone, didn't know they did the black and white thing on the DVDs. That's BS. If anything the people that pay for the DVDs should get the whole 9 yards.
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Post by gorepolice on Aug 30, 2012 9:10:20 GMT -5
Wow. What's the point of that? I know the current era is PG, but that shouldn't effect releases of past material. I'd definitely get a refund if I ever got a DVD like that.
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Post by endo on Sept 7, 2012 18:05:04 GMT -5
An example of the X on WWF tv back in the day. Plus a great freaking watch. They set this angle up so well, and played it out for so long, when it went down I almost lost my mind.
Great stuff.
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