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Oh don't give me that crap; as if you actually miss the Thunder reports...
actually, who am I addressing? I mean it's not as if anyone who visited
this page is here now!
This is Charles Cruz this installment; Penny Wize is not gone; he's simply just not writing the bulk of this X-amination. Last week, Penny was here to give a report on the WCW/MTV Ultimate Music Video Feud which he and I attended live. The bulk of our party (five people) comprised of 20% of the entire audience for the show held in the rain; if this was not a testament of our mark-dom; I have no clue what is. That part of our lives is over however; we have done cooler and bigger things since then. As a matter of fact, the next time this page is presented with new substance will be when we get the photos developed from our little trip to the Monster Factory, a wrestling facility in New Jersey in which we rented the ring for two hours and were trained in the art of professional wrestling. Sound fun? Hell, we had a funner time then Patterson would taking a ride on the Bologna Pony! Now that I have excited and disgusted you (or for some people excited and excited you,) it's time I led into my main gist of my article: ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES THE WWF SHOULDN'T PASS UP The WWF is on a surge of popularity of late, isn't it? Advertisers are flocking to wrestling to guarantee a large audience while paying the lower rates of cable. With ads during wrestling, ads starring wrestlers are becoming more and more common; actually this has been a common tactic employed by crafty advertisers for years. Who can forget Hulk Hogan's "anything less would be uncivilized" commercial for Speed Stick? Let us not also forget the same company's commercial which featured the Head Shrinkers, in which Fatu and Samu ate the aforementioned product. Though the commercial (along with the numerous matches the Headshrinkers lost because they were forced to wear boots,) completely destroys Fatu's later statement ("I acted wild simply as a mental advantage over my foes"); the end result was a memory wrestling fans will cherish in it's sheer stupidity, as well as a couple of extra dollars in the pockets of Vince McMahon and the owner of the Mennon company. The WWF
has shown that it's new change in attitude hasn't changed it's position
on lowering their workers self-respect by doing ads, as evident by the
latest Super Soaker series of ads starring dX members X-Pac, Badd
Ass and Road Dog. Sure, these advertisements have caused a certain loss
of credibility for the former jobbers; but in the end, money talks, as
for every 750 Super Soakers sold because of these ads; the cost of one
of dX's crotch point fireworks is deflected. The WWF is about making money-
plain and simple, and to that; I propose that the WWF expands their horizons
and uses their stars more freely in promos. Visualize very sharply in your
mind the following ads; and the tremendous revenue potential from them:
WWF CUTS A PROMO ENDORSING TROJAN CONDOMS:Finally, who says it has to end with the WWF and the US market? WCW could tap into their newly found foriegn market to make ads that really hit home also! Fit Finley can become Ireland's hero as a live action version of the popular Lucky Charms Leprechaun! Consider this international promo as well: THE WOLFPAC PROMOS CLEANING PRODUCTS IN MEXICOSadly the possibility of these ads making it to television aren't that far-fetched. When you turn on TV during Live Wire one day and see Austin holding a condom- remember, you heard about it here first. Credit goes out to PennyWize for some of the ideas for ads; oh yeah, here are his latest SRMs... Any similarities to mine are 100% coincidental- really- no kidding.  Coming
Soon: Grand Slam Photos and results
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