The W
May 17, 2011 - save.jpg
Views: 178572576
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Calendar | Color chart | Log in for more!
18.3.24 2115
The W - Pro Wrestling - WWE's May 23 Pay-Per-View: Poor choice of words
This thread has 9 referrals leading to it
Register and log in to post!
Thread rated: 4.11
Pages: 1 2 Next
(3952 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (27 total)
ekedolphin
Scrapple








Since: 12.1.02
From: Indianapolis, IN; now residing in Suffolk, VA

Since last post: 480 days
Last activity: 4 days
#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.34
Of course, it's probably still a working title at this moment, but the advertised title for WWE's pay-per-view on May 23 is Over the Limit. (source: WWE.com main page, right column).

Which takes place on the 11th anniversary, exactly, of Owen Hart's death in Kansas City at the Over the Edge pay-per-view.

Please change this, WWE. Surely you're not that stupid.

(edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2312)


"You're about as much fun as a divorce-- which is not a bad idea."
"I want custody of me."

--Michael Knight and KITT, Knight Rider

Fan of the Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI Champions), Indiana Pacers and Washington Nationals

Certified RFMC Member-- Ask To See My Credentials!

Co-Winner of Time's Person of the Year Award, 2006

Promote this thread!
John Orquiola
Scrapple








Since: 28.2.02
From: Boston

Since last post: 3551 days
Last activity: 3551 days
#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.42
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
    Of course, it's probably still a working title at this moment, but the advertised title for WWE's pay-per-view on May 23 is Over the Limit. (source: WWE.com main page, right column).

    Which takes place on the 11th anniversary, exactly, of Owen Hart's death in Kansas City at the Over the Edge pay-per-view.

    Please change this, WWE. Surely you're not that stupid.

    (edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2312)


I don't see what the big deal is. Is the use of "Over the" somehow a desecration of the memory of Owen Hart?

The May PPV was formerly titled Wild Card and is supposed to center around a roulette wheel creating gimmick matches. In having a "gambling feel", Over the Limit, while not a great title, makes sense.

I don't think any disrespect to Owen Hart's memory was intended, nor do I see how it is disrespectful to him. It's not they named the show Blaze of Glory, or Blaze of Doom or King of Hearts or anything like that.



@BackoftheHead
www.backofthehead.com
Psycho Penguin
Liverwurst








Since: 24.6.07
From: Greenacres FL

Since last post: 4909 days
Last activity: 4905 days
#3 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.25
    Originally posted by John Orquiola
      Originally posted by ekedolphin
      Of course, it's probably still a working title at this moment, but the advertised title for WWE's pay-per-view on May 23 is Over the Limit. (source: WWE.com main page, right column).

      Which takes place on the 11th anniversary, exactly, of Owen Hart's death in Kansas City at the Over the Edge pay-per-view.

      Please change this, WWE. Surely you're not that stupid.

      (edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2312)


    I don't see what the big deal is. Is the use of "Over the" somehow a desecration of the memory of Owen Hart?

    The May PPV was formerly titled Wild Card and is supposed to center around a roulette wheel creating gimmick matches. In having a "gambling feel", Over the Limit, while not a great title, makes sense.

    I don't think any disrespect to Owen Hart's memory was intended, nor do I see how it is disrespectful to him. It's not they named the show Blaze of Glory, or Blaze of Doom or King of Hearts or anything like that.


I came here to say this. What's next, being offended they will even hold a PPV on that sacred day? It was 11 years ago and the name is NOT the same.. Over the Edge and Over the Limit refer to two completely different things.



http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/9471.html


http://www.runningondew.com


"I think that in five years, Orton is far more likely to be in Billy Gunn Land than being a major player in WWE." - Big Bad - 11/22/03
ekedolphin
Scrapple








Since: 12.1.02
From: Indianapolis, IN; now residing in Suffolk, VA

Since last post: 480 days
Last activity: 4 days
#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.34
Y'know, sometimes I wonder if I'm ultrasensitive to everything, or if it's just that the people on this message board are incapable of being offended by anything.

I'm beginning to suspect the latter.

(edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2346)


"You're about as much fun as a divorce-- which is not a bad idea."
"I want custody of me."

--Michael Knight and KITT, Knight Rider

Fan of the Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI Champions), Indiana Pacers and Washington Nationals

Certified RFMC Member-- Ask To See My Credentials!

Co-Winner of Time's Person of the Year Award, 2006

CRZ
Big Brother
Administrator








Since: 9.12.01
From: ミネアポリス

Since last post: 17 days
Last activity: 8 days
ICQ:  
#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.86
For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.

EDIT: Yes.

(edited by CRZ on 6.3.10 2247)


ekedolphin
Scrapple








Since: 12.1.02
From: Indianapolis, IN; now residing in Suffolk, VA

Since last post: 480 days
Last activity: 4 days
#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.34
    Originally posted by CRZ
    For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

    In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.


Well, let's just say that people who watched the Over the Edge pay-per-view in '99 certainly couldn't complain about false advertising!

It's no wonder the name's so memorable even 11 years later.



"You're about as much fun as a divorce-- which is not a bad idea."
"I want custody of me."

--Michael Knight and KITT, Knight Rider

Fan of the Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI Champions), Indiana Pacers and Washington Nationals

Certified RFMC Member-- Ask To See My Credentials!

Co-Winner of Time's Person of the Year Award, 2006

CRZ
Big Brother
Administrator








Since: 9.12.01
From: ミネアポリス

Since last post: 17 days
Last activity: 8 days
ICQ:  
#7 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.86
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
      Originally posted by CRZ
      For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

      In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.


    Well, let's just say that people who watched the Over the Edge pay-per-view in '99 certainly couldn't complain about false advertising!
Aw, geez, too soon.



Super Shane Spear
Bierwurst








Since: 2.1.02
From: Sector 7 Slums

Since last post: 5026 days
Last activity: 5026 days
#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.63
Wait. Does anybody know the rules for an Over the Limit championship match? I can't find them anywhere.



You should listen to what I listen to
Hokienautic
Lap cheong








Since: 2.1.02
From: Blacksburg VA

Since last post: 1458 days
Last activity: 1443 days
#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.67
    Originally posted by Super Shane Spear
    Wait. Does anybody know the rules for an Over the Limit championship match? I can't find them anywhere.


Yes. You must drink a shot for every pinfall you score. The match will only end when one wrestler earns a pinfall AND THEN blows over the legal limit on a breathalyzer.
Alex
Lap cheong








Since: 24.2.02

Since last post: 316 days
Last activity: 25 days
#10 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.52
    Originally posted by Hokienautic
      Originally posted by Super Shane Spear
      Wait. Does anybody know the rules for an Over the Limit championship match? I can't find them anywhere.


    Yes. You must drink a shot for every pinfall you score. The match will only end when one wrestler earns a pinfall AND THEN blows over the legal limit on a breathalyzer.


Vintage Over the Limit!

(deleted by Alex on 7.3.10 0129)

(resurrected by Alex on 7.3.10 0129)
Psycho Penguin
Liverwurst








Since: 24.6.07
From: Greenacres FL

Since last post: 4909 days
Last activity: 4905 days
#11 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.25
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
      Originally posted by CRZ
      For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

      In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.


    Well, let's just say that people who watched the Over the Edge pay-per-view in '99 certainly couldn't complain about false advertising!

    It's no wonder the name's so memorable even 11 years later.


So if he died at Wrestlemania should they stop using the WM name?



http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/9471.html


http://www.runningondew.com


"I think that in five years, Orton is far more likely to be in Billy Gunn Land than being a major player in WWE." - Big Bad - 11/22/03
hansen9j
Andouille








Since: 7.11.02
From: Riderville, SK

Since last post: 106 days
Last activity: 106 days
#12 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.89
    Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
      Originally posted by ekedolphin
        Originally posted by CRZ
        For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

        In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.


      Well, let's just say that people who watched the Over the Edge pay-per-view in '99 certainly couldn't complain about false advertising!

      It's no wonder the name's so memorable even 11 years later.


    So if he died at Wrestlemania should they stop using the WM name?
Just the term "Wrestle".



It is the policy of the documentary crew to remain true observers and not interfere with its subjects.
"This topic is going to suck to read in three years." -Psycho Penguin
"Well. Shit." -hansen9j
Big Bad
Scrapple








Since: 4.1.02
From: Dorchester, Ontario

Since last post: 1917 days
Last activity: 1486 days
#13 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.69
Vince has eliminated 'wrestling' from his broadcasts as much as possible, so if anything, it would be renamed just Mania.



"In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." -- Orson Welles, The Third Man
Rush4Life
Kolbasz








Since: 2.1.02
From: Tacoma, WA

Since last post: 1753 days
Last activity: 1420 days
#14 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.60
oh good god, don't give Vince ideas! If WM was changed to just Mania, I would have to stop watching!!!



Chuck Norris drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
Alex
Lap cheong








Since: 24.2.02

Since last post: 316 days
Last activity: 25 days
#15 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.52
"Sports Entertainia"
J. Kyle
Banger








Since: 21.2.02
From: The Land of Aloha

Since last post: 1551 days
Last activity: 1331 days
#16 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.84
Sing this special song. It's just for you.
    Originally posted by Hokienautic
      Originally posted by Super Shane Spear
      Wait. Does anybody know the rules for an Over the Limit championship match? I can't find them anywhere.


    Yes. You must drink a shot for every pinfall you score. The match will only end when one wrestler earns a pinfall AND THEN blows over the legal limit on a breathalyzer.
Looks like Scott Hall will finally have his day.



"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." The Buddha
StingArmy
Andouille








Since: 3.5.03
From: Georgia bred, you can tell by my Hawk jersey

Since last post: 2947 days
Last activity: 540 days
#17 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.50
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
    Y'know, sometimes I wonder if I'm ultrasensitive to everything, or if it's just that the people on this message board are incapable of being offended by anything.

    I'm beginning to suspect the latter.

    (edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2346)

It's the former.

FWIW, I seem to recall Vince changing the name of one or two PPVs when it was actually necessary. I think after 9/11 the Armageddon PPV was renamed, and a year after Owen's death that PPV had its name changed to something else random. But it's 11 years later now. His (tragic) death isn't at the front of every viewer's mind. And I could think of far worse (but still plausible) names for this PPV.

- StingArmy

(edited by StingArmy on 7.3.10 0843)
jwrestle
Lap cheong








Since: 4.4.03
From: Nitro WV

Since last post: 1313 days
Last activity: 631 days
ICQ:  
#18 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.32
    Originally posted by ekedolphin

    Y'know, sometimes I wonder if I'm ultrasensitive to everything, or if it's just that the people on this message board are incapable of being offended by anything.

    I'm beginning to suspect the latter.



Middle of the road here. I see the point ekedolphin is try to make but more inclined to think of it just being a name for a PPV & not related to the tragic death of Owen Hart.

    Originally posted by CRZ

    For that matter, they could go back to "Over the Edge" and I wouldn't be offended.

    In FACT, I would make fun of those people who WERE offended.

    EDIT: Yes.



Just like making fun of people who smoke. Generalizing. Easy to take pot shot at people who do so. Comedians do it, then again this place is full of comedians. If you on the internet, you need a thick skin or you're probably going to commit suicide. Is anyone writing your note now? I love you, don't...we're all joking around here. CRZ really loves you or something like that...on most days.

Wait, isn't picking on people online against the law now? Cyber bullying? I'd like to make s citizens arrest, never mind.

I guess in put is mainly you know if it bothers you that much then don't watch it. Overall, I think its just a name.




Visit SpiritFanatics



Goto http://www.indywrestlers.net
***New Items added daily and weekly***



09.30.08 1st time W of the day.
24.05.09 2nd time W of the day.
Broncolanche
Sujuk








Since: 2.6.03
From: Littleton, CO

Since last post: 4598 days
Last activity: 3850 days
#19 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.88
    Originally posted by ekedolphin
    Y'know, sometimes I wonder if I'm ultrasensitive to everything, or if it's just that the people on this message board are incapable of being offended by anything.

    I'm beginning to suspect the latter.

    (edited by ekedolphin on 6.3.10 2346)
No you are definitely an oversensitive baby. Want a popsicle to make you feel better?
Alex
Lap cheong








Since: 24.2.02

Since last post: 316 days
Last activity: 25 days
#20 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.52
Now if they rename the event Owen Hart Falling to His Death, with every match being a scaffold match, then you might have cause to be offended.
Pages: 1 2 Next
Thread rated: 4.11
Pages: 1 2 Next
Thread ahead: SmackDown! #550 3-5-10
Next thread: "The wrestling game of the future" ...
Previous thread: Kevin Durant vs the Undertaker!
(3952 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
Anytime is a good time to say X-Pac sucks.
- Jackson, IS WHAT!? HOT OR NOT? (2002)
Related threads: Stand Back, There's a Hurricane Coming Through... - WWE 2010 PPV Survey - Orton got paid. - More...
The W - Pro Wrestling - WWE's May 23 Pay-Per-View: Poor choice of wordsRegister and log in to post!

The W™ message board

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim

This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.328 seconds.