Thanks for the great background. Even without knowing it to be true, it seemed to be spot on (especially with the various references to the legends).
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:00 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > The 'anatomy of a wrestling angle': > > 1. Jon Stewart announces that he's leaving TDS at the end of the year. > 2. Seth Rollins, on the following week's *Raw*, in bragging about how > amazing he is, says he can do Stewart's job better. > 3. Stewart replies via FaceTime, posted to TMZ. It's a nod to old > school wrestling promos, and it's hilarious. (It's also worth noting that > TDS has used Mick Foley as a 'correspondent' on multiple occasions, so I > suspect there might have been some coaching.) > 4. Rollins responds last Thursday's TDS, first by highjacking the > "Moment of Zen", then by appearing on set with Stewart and challenging him > to appear at *Raw* on 3/2. Stewart accepts the challenge and attempts > to jump on Rollins' back and apply a half-nelson. > 5. On last night's *Raw*, Rollins hosts a fake version of TDS > (complete with actual graphics package and TMBG's recording of "Dog on > Fire"), running down Stewart for (essentially) being an unfunny > chickenshit. Stewart shows up, taunts Rollins, and then calls him out on a > very real aspect of his current angle (demonstrating that, unlike many > people who appear on *Raw**,* he actually watches the product). > Rollins gets pissy, threatens to punch Stewart in the mouth, tries to > corner him. Queue the interruption by Randy Orton, and... > 6. > > > <http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Vxcsimm_--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/oeatreoqw8g6qpe3n4r6.gif> > > > It's worth noting that this angle appears to have been done so Stewart > could promote "Night of Too Many Stars" (as opposed to being a > Lawler/Kaufman thing), although there's always the possibility that it > could continue to an angle at Wrestlemania, since it's less than a month > away and Stewart is hot in the demo. > > > On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 11:15:08 AM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: >> >> ...the second coming Of Mean Gene Okerlund. >> >> (For the record: I had no clue who Seth Rollins was until I saw this) >> >> http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/jon-stewart-just-kicked- >> seth-rollins-in-the-dick-1689067438 >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
