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Rey Mysterio Returns Already, Festus' New Gimmick on SmackDown


Reported By marcm0484
11/29/2009

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- The CM Punk promo on this week's SmackDown where he introduced Luke Gallos (the former Festus) was edited out of the broadcast in the UK because of advertising laws regarding the Jeff Hardy DVD that was advertised. Instead of the promo, they aired the Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho main event twice.

- Speaking of the former Festus, WWE has added a profile page for Luke Gallos on the SmackDown roster with no mention of his former gimmick.

- Rey Mysterio returned to action at the SmackDown live event in Maryland yesterday, defeating Chris Jericho in the main event. A fan report from the show says Rey wasn't selling the injury from Batista at all.

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11/29/2009 12:29:00
so whats the UK advertising law that prevented them showing the CM Punk promo???

and oh god no... hes back already
does any1 else see ray ray interfearing in the Batista v Undertaker match at TLC???

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11/29/2009 3:28:00
I live in the UK and I saw the CM Punk promo so I have no idea where this information came from.
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11/29/2009 7:42:00
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Originally Posted by StoneColdSpider
so whats the UK advertising law that prevented them showing the CM Punk promo???

and oh god no... hes back already
does any1 else see ray ray interfearing in the Batista v Undertaker match at TLC???

I do Spider, I can't believe he's back already! Did the surgeons put a bionic ACL's and PCL's on Rey Rey's Knee? Or the surgery didn't happen? I thought Rey Rey ACL and PCL were DESTROYED. Well i guess my hopes on Undertaker dropping the belt at the TLC PPV are flushing down to the toilet again. (shaking my head)


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11/29/2009 9:30:00
They didn't show the full promo as they skipped out the bit with him showing the Jeff Hardy DVD. You can't advertise in the UK without paying for the right to do so. You can have programs that show sponsors like at sports games where they have advertising but wouldn't be actually allowed to say the name live on air unless that company had paid for the rights for them to do that. If the WWE paid to show the bits with advertising then it wouldn't be an issue.

They also showed the main event before the Intercontinental title match as it got switched around so I don't know if that was a mistake by Skysports or the WWE.

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11/29/2009 9:39:00
Was Rey's injury a swerve? if not, he's gotta take a year off before the wheelchair comes knocking.....

Punks promo kinda started out of the blue, right in the middle.... I was pissed at the time... and forgot to bring it up! I guess we miss alothere in the UK? during Smackdown we get treated to a "from the vault match" but never know what its in place of? It's a ten minute match normally!

On Raw the ad breaks are 5, 7 or even 8 mins long... what are we missing on here? anyone?

 

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11/29/2009 12:15:00 PM
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Originally Posted by pocket
Was Rey's injury a swerve? if not, he's gotta take a year off before the wheelchair comes knocking..... 


 His knee is gonna go out and he'll be forced to retire.  No wheelchair pocket...his knee surgeries are so frequent.

 


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11/29/2009 12:22:00 PM
we don't miss out on anything for Raw as they usually come back the same time they come back in America as on commentary they say something a long the lines of welcome back. I think the reason for some of the longer adverts is in America they show stuff like wwe rewind and them don't try this at home videos plus stuff on wweshop.com which we don't need to see in the UK. I imagine though that Raw is delayed by about 30 seconds though to allow for any quick editing unless they don't care at the time Raw goes out live.
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11/29/2009 5:51:00 PM
Why would WWE need to pay to Advertise their own DVD's? thats Like Ronald McDonald Having a gag order to where he couldnt say Cheeseburger or McFries. completely useless. And Rey Mysterio coming back will completely ruin what they tried to do with Batista's Character. They had Batista do that Squash match to Rey so they could sell how much more dangerous and ruthless he has become,and that match also was suppose to place rey on the inactive shelf for months, not a couple of weeks. What is WWE doing? are they trying to piss away their career?
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11/29/2009 6:32:00 PM
It was interesting to see Luke Galos, in camouflage...when it was reported that R-Truth couldn't wear camouflage, because it was DX's gimmick. I don't get it.
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11/29/2009 8:07:00 PM
Well, just because it was posted on the INT3RNETZ doesn't mean that story about R Truth wearing camouflage is true.

A lost of stuff is posted as news or facts and really isn't.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by pocket
Was Rey's injury a swerve? if not, he's gotta take a year off before the wheelchair comes knocking..... 

mayeb Ray Ray and Droz can have wheelchair races....
 

 


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11/30/2009 8:33:00
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Originally Posted by ShockWaveNews
Why would WWE need to pay to Advertise their own DVD's? thats Like Ronald McDonald Having a gag order to where he couldnt say Cheeseburger or McFries. completely useless.

That's an interesting question. Anyone got any theories? I would regard WWE shows as one big advert for their ppv's. I watch the US version myself, do they do the other product placement adverts on Sky Sports.....the ones where the commentators talk about sandwiches and suchlike?


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11/30/2009 11:56:00
In the UK we can see who is sponsoring the event but I obviously do not know if we are shown the whole ad because I cannot see what is aired in the U.S.
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Originally Posted by ShockWaveNews
Why would WWE need to pay to Advertise their own DVD's? thats Like Ronald McDonald Having a gag order to where he couldnt say Cheeseburger or McFries. completely useless.

That's an interesting question. Anyone got any theories? I would regard WWE shows as one big advert for their ppv's. I watch the US version myself, do they do the other product placement adverts on Sky Sports.....the ones where the commentators talk about sandwiches and suchlike?

Monkie... how, where, and when do you get to see the US version? I'd much rather watch wwe.shop ads that 7 mins of the Raw logo going around in circles!




 


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