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World Wrestling Entertainment Channel Coming to Apple TV on February 24

MrXiro said:
I lose brain cells when I hear people like you think that people still think wrestling is real.
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I already lost 32,805,509 brain cells just reading this. There are so many people on youtube/usa that think its real. Yeah i just put usa because only people in this country think they are watching an actual fight.

How people can pay to watch this fake crap or even get excited to go watch a game boggles my mind.

I have lost so many brain cells that I cant understand how I can still type this message...i can barely type now.

I should switch to windows phone and the windows/outlook atmosphere because this app will be put on my apple tv. I need to get rid of my apple tv now because every time i see the wwe icon i will keep losing brain cells until i am a vegtable..yeah i just misspelled that
 
quagmire said:
Fake in what way? Sure the storyline is scripted, somethings like tables are made to break easy, etc. And the fight aspects of it like punches, kicks, etc are held back( obviously).

But, can't fake this fall.....

YouTube: video

Though if people seriously think Undertaker has mysterious demonic powers, Kane is a monster from hell, Brock Lesnar is breaking peoples arms left and right, etc than yeah their IQ is pretty low. But, most of us know it's about entertainment and a lot of aspects of WWE is not real.
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How he does fake movements after he punches, the hair moving...late reaction to being hit with the chair, over 20 fake punches, fall to a tested and very safe platform that absorbs the fall...

it was so painful to watch i lost so many brain cells. I have to leave this blog post or I will very shortly become a vegetable
 
WorldTravelBro said:
How he does fake movements after he punches, the hair moving...late reaction to being hit with the chair, over 20 fake punches, fall to a tested and very safe platform that absorbs the fall...

it was so painful to watch i lost so many brain cells. I have to leave this blog post or I will very shortly become a vegetable
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I said in my post the obvious things are obviously faked. The tables are meant to break. They hold back punches, chair shots, etc. I am not arguing all that is real. But, that fall is not faked. Sure he fell onto a table that was meant to break, but I bet that still hurt.

It's all about storytelling and entertainment. I'm not arguing over it being 100% real. But, blast off saying, " WWE is fake. lol" is just as ridiculous as people that think it is 100% real.
 
WorldTravelBro said:
I already lost 32,805,509 brain cells just reading this. There are so many people on youtube/usa that think its real. Yeah i just put usa because only people in this country think they are watching an actual fight.

How people can pay to watch this fake crap or even get excited to go watch a game boggles my mind.

I have lost so many brain cells that I cant understand how I can still type this message...i can barely type now.

I should switch to windows phone and the windows/outlook atmosphere because this app will be put on my apple tv. I need to get rid of my apple tv now because every time i see the wwe icon i will keep losing brain cells until i am a vegtable..yeah i just misspelled that
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Bahaha… um… yeah. So you only pay to watch actual real things for entertainment? Of course, no fiction for you. And I love that you included sports in there as well. Good show. I’m having some trouble deciding whether you’re just trolling to your little heart’s content or if this is a result of those thirty-two million brain cells you clearly couldn’t afford to lose.
 
Half the people whining about WWE in this thread would probably squeal with glee if Apple added a My Little Pony channel.

WorldTravelBro said:
How people can pay to watch this fake crap or even get excited to go watch a game boggles my mind.
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It boggles my mind how many people pay to watch movies even though the stunts are fake!

It's called "suspension of disbelief". Even during the days when I watched RAW every week, I knew it was fake, but I enjoyed the entertainment value of it.
 
WorldTravelBro said:
I already lost 32,805,509 brain cells just reading this. There are so many people on youtube/usa that think its real. Yeah i just put usa because only people in this country think they are watching an actual fight.

How people can pay to watch this fake crap or even get excited to go watch a game boggles my mind.

I have lost so many brain cells that I cant understand how I can still type this message...i can barely type now.

I should switch to windows phone and the windows/outlook atmosphere because this app will be put on my apple tv. I need to get rid of my apple tv now because every time i see the wwe icon i will keep losing brain cells until i am a vegtable..yeah i just misspelled that
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You must not watch any TV shows, movies, reality television (which like it or not are scripted) or plays in theaters... those things are ALL FAKE! EVEN THE ONES BASED ON TRUE EVENTS!!!! :rolleyes:

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GeneralChang said:
Bahaha… um… yeah. So you only pay to watch actual real things for entertainment? Of course, no fiction for you. And I love that you included sports in there as well. Good show. I’m having some trouble deciding whether you’re just trolling to your little heart’s content or if this is a result of those thirty-two million brain cells you clearly couldn’t afford to lose.
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Based on the terrible trolling I'm just going to assume stupidity. Nobody of standard intelligence is that ignorant.
 
Most movies today are filmed in front of a green background. Some movies have so much "fake" content in them that only the actors are real. But I don't see anyone complaining about that :rolleyes:

Anyway, of course WWE is fake, it's entertainment, not a real sport. The punches are held back and, the moves are trained to ensure the safety of the performers, the outcomes are fixed, the stories and characters are scripted and "outside objects" like tables are meant to break easily.
Yet some people might enjoy viewing the storyline (or the more "acrobatic" moves) of the show just as much as other people like the storyline on Breaking Bad. That doesn't mean they have low IQ or that they think it's real (although I do know there are quite a few marks out there), it's a preference ;)

For the ones that do believe it's real...well :X
 
I REALLY REALLY hate the way this online TV subscription model is playing out. I don't want to subscribe to each individual channel separately through their individual payment system or cable subscriptions!!

I really hope Apple can do something about this .
 
And here come the highbrow, neo-intellectual, Mac snob insults! At least this sport is honest about being fake!
 
WorldTravelBro said:
I already lost 32,805,509 brain cells just reading this. There are so many people on youtube/usa that think its real. Yeah i just put usa because only people in this country think they are watching an actual fight.
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WorldTravelBro has never "world travelled" to Mexico?

This is my shocked face: :rolleyes:
 
iFitzgerald said:
Most movies today are filmed in front of a green background. Some movies have so much "fake" content in them that only the actors are real. But I don't see anyone complaining about that :rolleyes:

Anyway, of course WWE is fake, it's entertainment, not a real sport. The punches are held back and, the moves are trained to ensure the safety of the performers, the outcomes are fixed, the stories and characters are scripted and "outside objects" like tables are meant to break easily.
Yet some people might enjoy viewing the storyline (or the more "acrobatic" moves) of the show just as much as other people like the storyline on Breaking Bad. That doesn't mean they have low IQ or that they think it's real (although I do know there are quite a few marks out there), it's a preference ;)

For the ones that do believe it's real...well :X
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I actually enjoy the build up of a story more than the actual wrestling match... like the year Sting didn't talk and just hung around rafters of stadiums pointing his baseball bat at people... then he actually wrestled Hogan at Starrcade after that full year and I fell asleep during that dull ass match.

It was a Walter White to Heisenberg level of complexity of the character.

He was this colorful rock in roll surfer guy who was eccentric and loud and he mutated into this dark, brooding "Crow" like character; dressed all in black with white face paint and hiding in shadows. There has been some good story telling in wrestling history.

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Moopy Sac said:
WorldTravelBro has never "world travelled" to Mexico?

This is my shocked face: :rolleyes:
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To be fair... I've been all over the world too (London, France, Morocco, China, Switzerland, Amsterdam) and I've never been to Mexico.... I've also never been to New York, unless you count when I was an infant.
 
MrXiro said:
To be fair... I've been all over the world too (London, France, Morocco, China, Switzerland, Amsterdam) and I've never been to Mexico.... I've also never been to New York, unless you count when I was an infant.
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Given the historical popularity and cultural importance of professional wrestling in places like Mexico and Japan, making a comment that only Americans would think professional wrestling is real (no matter how big of a strawman it may be) is ridiculous, particularly coming from someone with such a name.
 
Could this be.....

Could this be a hint in the timing of a new Apple TV? Why the specifics on a Feb 24 release date for an app, unless it corresponds with a hardware update/appstore launch?

Maybe?
 
Please forgive me in advance, I imagine many have already commented the following..


"Who Cares"??
 
satyrica said:
Could this be a hint in the timing of a new Apple TV? Why the specifics on a Feb 24 release date for an app, unless it corresponds with a hardware update/appstore launch?

Maybe?
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Simple explanation: Feb. 24 is when the "WWE Network" launches.

I wonder if Apple's going to allow subscriptions through iTunes, like they do with Netflix.

yellowtruck said:
Please forgive me in advance, I imagine many have already commented the following..


"Who Cares"??
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It may not be the content you're looking for, but it's new content.

In other words, the Apple TV isn't stagnating. THAT is why you should care.
 
quagmire said:
Fake in what way? Sure the storyline is scripted, somethings like tables are made to break easy, etc. And the fight aspects of it like punches, kicks, etc are held back( obviously).

But, can't fake this fall.....

YouTube: video

Though if people seriously think Undertaker has mysterious demonic powers, Kane is a monster from hell, Brock Lesnar is breaking peoples arms left and right, etc than yeah their IQ is pretty low. But, most of us know it's about entertainment and a lot of aspects of WWE is not real.
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When Brock Lesnar couldn't cut it in the UFC I no longer take any of those fakes seriously. I love "The Rock" as a actor but put him in the ring with a real UFC fighter that looks average I'm putting my money on the UFC fighter.
 
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