Author Topic: Here's the deal with Adamle and AG08 (Read 8773 times)

Adam Nedeff · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2007, 04:06:06 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'171375\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 04:42 PM\']
That reminds me... from now on all questions in Behind the Scenes will be answered with "F*** you, f*** you and f*** you. Who's next?"

;-)
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So does that mean we'll be renaming it alt.tv.behind-the-scenes?

napanickg · « **Reply #16 on:** December 05, 2007, 04:43:15 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'171349\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 08:39 AM\'] [quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'171330\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 06:17 AM\']
I'm sorry. This surprises you 'how'?[/quote]
Did I say I was surprised?

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Do some research. How many (non-AG-fans) know who Mike Adamle is, outside of Chicago, and how many know who Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali are?

The point is, there are SPORTS fans who know who Mike Adamle is. Anyone who's watched college football for any length of time on ESPN knows who Mike Adamle is.

I'm not saying that Hogan and Ali (and for once in his life, Mello's right, her "fame" is based ENTIRELY on her last name) are bad casting decisions; they'll probably go over a treat. What I'm saying is that because of these decisions, the chances are high that NBC's intent is not to produce this show like the AG we all knew from before, the AG that was taken at least somewhat seriously once we got past the first season and they stripped the Gladiators of their idiotic gimmicks. This is gonna be a circus.

Now, do I expect a circus from NBC? Hells yes. But it's still infuriating.

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'171344\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 08:14 AM\']
(I don't remember him looking so good the one time I saw Battle of the Reality Network Stars)[/quote]
Now THAT'S the Mello I know and....erm, know.
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'171330\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 06:17 AM\']For the record, I think Hulk Hogan is decent casting for this show, even though I can't stand the man.[/quote]
Spoken like a man who never saw Scott Ferrall on "Battle Dome."

/he's unbelievable
//ya gotta love it
////pour me a big-ol' 79-ouncer [/quote]

howcanibethemanwhenudaman?shakeitup

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #17 on:** December 05, 2007, 08:00:54 PM »

[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' post=\'171377\' date=\'Dec 5 2007, 03:06 PM\']So does that mean we'll be renaming it alt.tv.behind-the-scenes?
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Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner.

/mmmmm, Harold's.
//3 piece with mild sauce

weaklink75 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:11:49 AM »

Interesting postscript to this...Adamle's going to be joining the WWE announcing team!....I think something could be up here to keep AG in the minds of people between seasons.. (New Gladiator Wolf has worked in pro wrestling before, and NBC/WWE have done stuff before-you never know)

chad1m · « **Reply #19 on:** January 26, 2008, 12:20:30 AM »

Sa-weet. That makes me smile.

/replace Coach with him on SmackDown.
//please.

clemon79 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 26, 2008, 05:42:46 AM »

<checks watch>Yep, two years, time to try to run Jim Ross out of town again.

(Adamle on WWE is....interesting, to say the least.)

/and Mosher's right, get Coach the hell out of there.
//hell, replace him with Randy Orton
///Coach would be gone and I wouldn't have to watch Orton wrestle

LetsGoMets2003 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 26, 2008, 04:35:06 PM »

J.R. just signed a new 2 year deal with WWE, he's going nowhere. I'm digging the Adamle hire, he'll be a real step up from Todd Grisham.

clemon79 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 26, 2008, 04:46:07 PM »

[quote name=\'LetsGoMets2003\' post=\'176385\' date=\'Jan 26 2008, 01:35 PM\']
J.R. just signed a new 2 year deal with WWE, he's going nowhere.
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Contracts don't seem to stop Vinny Mac from yanking Ross off of TV every once in a couple of years, only to realize that the show's audience actually does in fact like him. I have to guess that Ross doesn't kowtow to Vinny Mac as much as he would like.

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I'm digging the Adamle hire, he'll be a real step up from Todd Grisham.

It's interesting, for sure. Certainly one of the bigger names to be hired by the company.

chad1m · « **Reply #23 on:** April 15, 2008, 04:48:08 PM »

Just to update the Adamle/WWE story, starting with tonight's broadcast, he will be moved from sideline interviewer to lead commentator on ECW. Joey Styles, former (and traditonal) ECW announcer, is reportedly either moving to SmackDown or to work on WWE.com. He was very lackluster in his previous role, let's see if he can move into something well he should be more comfortable with.

LA the DJ · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2008, 05:05:17 PM »

I may actually watch ECW tonight for the first time in awhile, just to see what Adamle brings to the show.

clemon79 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 15, 2008, 05:20:57 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'184068\' date=\'Apr 15 2008, 01:48 PM\']
He was very lackluster in his previous role,[/quote]
It's hard to be a standout announcer when you're announcing a lackluster product. I'd have a hard time getting excited about what Vinny Mac's done to ECW, too. Compare that to the period of time that Jim Ross was off the air and Styles was doing Raw, and it's night and day.

Give Joey something to actually call, and he'll call it very well.

Adamle, I suspect, is going to learn very quickly that being a wrestling PBP guy is a little more than just sitting there and calling the match. Even Michael-Friggin'-Cole learned how to lend a little bit of personality to the proceedings. Considering how much he's improved, I would be a little sad if Cole got bumped off of Smackdown for Styles, just to give Adamle a chair on the other show.

(I'd be shocked if ECW was still around in the fall, anyhow, considering they are shuttling most of their talent to the other shows and have stripped it of what little soul Vinny Mac allowed it to hold onto. It's in Celebrity ECW mode right now.)

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 15, 2008, 05:23:41 PM »

Oh you guys stink. I thought this bump was because some NBC exec finally pulled their head out of their arse and hired Adamle for play-by-play on AG08 v2.

/when and where is ECW on TV?

TLEberle · « **Reply #27 on:** April 15, 2008, 05:24:53 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'184075\' date=\'Apr 15 2008, 02:23 PM\']Oh you guys stink. I thought this bump was because some NBC exec finally pulled their head out of their arse and hired Adamle for play-by-play on AG08 v2.

/when and where is ECW on TV?[/quote]Tuesdays at 10p on Sci-Fi Network. Check your local cable listings.

comicus · « **Reply #28 on:** April 15, 2008, 07:25:55 PM »

As a huge Joey Styles mark, I'm hating this move. Then again, in another way, it pains me to see Styles burdened by association with this new incarnation of "ECW," so maybe it's for the best. Or maybe they could have replaced Michael Cole with Adamle on Smackdown, and everybody would have been a winner.

But this has gone too far off topic already, so I'll shush now.

clemon79 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 15, 2008, 07:38:40 PM »

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'184085\' date=\'Apr 15 2008, 04:25 PM\']
As a huge Joey Styles mark, I'm hating this move. Then again, in another way, it pains me to see Styles burdened by association with this new incarnation of "ECW," so maybe it's for the best. Or maybe they could have replaced Michael Cole with Adamle on Smackdown, and everybody would have been a winner.[/quote]
Save for the television viewing audience, who would have to endure Adamle on Smackdown (and I really do have this feeling he's gonna be friggin' awful) while the far-more-talented Styles was stuck on the lame-duck show.