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Post by chewey on Jun 14, 2013 12:38:26 GMT -4
Wow. Just listened to the podcast on the way into work. You're right, nothing can do it justice but to listen to Steen plead with Colt to come back but Colt resisting.
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Post by chewey on Jun 14, 2013 12:41:17 GMT -4
I've always though it was a little ego-centric of him to have all his own merch when he's just an indy wrestler.. I guess if he doesn't support it, who will? Still, it is odd that RoH would put out a set for him.. it doesn't support an existing talent (like the ones for the Briscoes), or piggy back of guys that have made it big (Like Punk and, to a much lesser extent, Tyler Black). I'm sure a few people will buy it, but it's a weird business decision. To be fair though, El Generico had his own merch and set up tables at shows like everyone else. Werner also designs t-shirts for Indy guys that I assume are also sold at shows... including a design Johnny Gargano was wearing all over town the night he won the D-USA title.
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Post by MT on Jun 14, 2013 18:26:19 GMT -4
I've always though it was a little ego-centric of him to have all his own merch when he's just an indy wrestler.. To be fair though, El Generico had his own merch and set up tables at shows like everyone else. Werner also designs t-shirts for Indy guys that I assume are also sold at shows... including a design Johnny Gargano was wearing all over town the night he won the D-USA title. Yeah, I think Wildfire has some strange ideas. Selling merch is about the only way an independent guy makes decent money. LOTS of independent wrestlers have pretty slick shirt designs and other innovative merch now. It would be absolutely stupid not to develop a "brand" and market it accordingly. With the power of the internet for publicity there are several independent wrestlers right now with loyal fanbases that rival some of their "signed" counterparts. Colt, no matter what your personal opinion of him, is one of those guys.
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Post by maddog1981 on Jun 14, 2013 18:59:51 GMT -4
I only listen to Colt's show when it's older guys on now.
He's trying a little too hard with the "doing it my own way" speech he does almost every week.
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Post by wildfire on Jun 14, 2013 20:03:25 GMT -4
Yeah, I think Wildfire has some strange ideas. Selling merch is about the only way an independent guy makes decent money. LOTS of independent wrestlers have pretty slick shirt designs and other innovative merch now. It would be absolutely stupid not to develop a "brand" and market it accordingly. With the power of the internet for publicity there are several independent wrestlers right now with loyal fanbases that rival some of their "signed" counterparts. Colt, no matter what your personal opinion of him, is one of those guys. I definitely know far less than you guys about the indies... I just think it's kinda pretentious to be so shameless with merchandise. Having a cool t-shirt is one thing, Colt Cabana sells EVERYTHING on his site... does the world really need that much Merch from him? I guess I'm surprised there's enough support of those kinda guys to make producing stuff worthwhile more than anything. I've never had any desire to listen to a podcast of anyone, to be honest, so I'm not really the target anyway
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Post by maddog1981 on Jun 14, 2013 20:42:26 GMT -4
It's a matter of business. If the venue is say paying you $300 for the evening and you can make another $300 running a stand you've just doubled your income for the night.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2013 16:06:27 GMT -4
From what I know, Colt makes something like $600 a booking and I think he has his travel covered too.
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 23, 2013 9:41:51 GMT -4
I haven't dared listen to this show recently. He must be getting more bitter with each indy signing the WWE does now.
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Post by chewey on Aug 23, 2013 15:55:27 GMT -4
Stone Cold's is far better anyway if you can tolerate the commercials. I'd rather hear Andre the Giant stories from Timmy White or Austin and Scott Hall rank their all time favorite dropkicks and clotheslines than Colt Canana trying to convince me that Justin Credible is a good guy when I know he was a dick to Werner.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 16:05:41 GMT -4
Someone said he did a podcast with Mickie James and my immediate reaction was, "I really don't want to hear him talk over her with stories of how her horses couldn't fuck him in the ass harder than WWE did by firing him...or how much he just wanted to fuck her horses generally."
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 23, 2013 23:40:32 GMT -4
That's really where I lost it with him. It used to come up every now and then but it feels like every episode is another walk down memory lane over his firing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2013 11:23:01 GMT -4
The fact he cut Eddie Edwards off and rambled on about it for like three minutes really pissed me off. The Axl Rotten one turned into that too, just the whole fucking interview. Austin's podcast with Joe is WAY better than the AOB with Joe.
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 24, 2013 12:07:31 GMT -4
I thought his one with Dave Meltzer was really really good but he even turned it into a small pity party for himself too. Colt's stuff is best when he doesn't interject himself at all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2013 12:10:46 GMT -4
Love that he did one with Meltzer after that five minute rant about how a guy like Meltzer didn't deserve to make money off of wrestling despite the fact he works harder than Cabana ever has.
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Post by maddog1981 on Aug 24, 2013 16:36:46 GMT -4
Seriously though, Meltzer is interesting alone and you could have removed Colt from that interview and it would have been just as good.
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