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Freddie Prinze Jr. Joins World Wrestling Entertainment!!
I am – Hercules!!
The star of "She's All That," "Wing Commander" and the "Scooby Doo" franchise has assumed a new career trajectory.
From Thursday morning’s Hollywood Reporter:
Chris McCumber, executive vp marketing digital & brand strategy at USA Network, which airs WWE programming, added: "Bringing on board an experienced Hollywood writer, actor and producer like Freddie Prinze Jr. will only increase the level of entertainment to millions of viewers and passionate WWE fans every Monday on USA."
For those confused about that "writer" and "producer" business, Prinze wrote a 2003 episode of "Mutant X" and served as executive producer of his 2005-2006 sitcom "Freddie."
Read all of the Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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Primo.
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Retarded.
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The world isn't supposed to end for 4 more years... close this seal.
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at least his pop did it the honorable way...so is jrs' career officially over?
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Crap finds its own level.
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If "yes" he can do whatever he wants.
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I find it totally disgusting for anyone to make light of a person taking their own life to score a cheap shot. I'm not some crazed Freddie Prinze fan I just have to call out a total lack of humanity when I read it.
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Well, at least he appeared on Boston Legal. That's something respectable, unlike most of his filmography...
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like WCW did with David Arquette...
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Acting career that down in the dumps that "Dancing With The Stars" wouldn't return his calls?
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411Mania.com posted this news yesterday. And yes - he will book himself as World Champion.
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What? This fake wrestling stuff always makes me feel vaguely uneasy. An extremely low class sort of decadence.
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this is on the list of top 5 ways to tell that a celebrities career is in the toilet.... appearing on any of these shows means ur career is dead..... (1)dancing with the stars (2)surreal life (3)judging on "so you think u can dance" (4)wwe raw (5)celebrity fit club.....sad sad sad
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wrestlemania 25 main event will be
Sarah michelle geller vs The undertaker with anthony stewart head in her corner and The first evil as special guest referee -
I wand to see Buffy slay Kane. Could she get Joss to write a wrestling storyline? I would vomit rainbows from my ears just because of the sheer force of the awesome and the exact position I'm standing in.
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I'd actually watch that. It's like the Rock N' Wrestling Connection from the 80's all over again. Except with Buffy. I'd be on that like white on rice.
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how about a baby oiled charisma carpenter battling julie benz in a spanking paddle on a pole match? wwe shares would soar like google
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hit him in the face with a metal folding chair?!?! Shit, I may have to start watching WWE if they do that! Now if they will only recruit Michael Bay....
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Jul 31, 2008 1:35:39 AM CDT
Just when you thought wrestling couldn't get any more retarded .
by curtis spicoli
Wow. Is this worse for Freddie Prinze or the WWE? I can't decide.
Somebody bring back Leaping Lanny Poffo. -
cuz stone cold said so
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dude, its not like he did it yesterday...and i will wait a good 10 years before i start making ledger jokes...promise
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So he's going to be writing the crappy soap opera trash that strings together the staged fights? That's funny, but not as funny as my initial though of freddie in tights getting pounded in a fake wrestling match.
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if WWE ceased to exist, the rest of the world would respect America again.
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Jul 31, 2008 5:40:12 AM CDT
The star of "She's All That," "Wing Commander" and the "Scooby D
by jimmy rabbitte
Way to throw in a shot with your lead sentence. Well done, Herc.
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Because he is married to Buffy, and we love all things associated with The Whedon? Honestly, this comes across like a thinly veiled cheap shot at Prinze. This ain't cool news. This is something I expect to read over at Perez.
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Jul 31, 2008 6:18:44 AM CDT
Here's an example of cool news Coaxial should cover...
by prof. pop-cult
The 1-minute trailer for the new Batman animated series: The Brave and the Bold (remove spaces from the link):http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/07/28/sdcc-08-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold/#more-3167
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his guest shots have always been preet amusing, in friends and boston legal. This seems a terrible move though. wrestling? dear o dear. both he and smg have been quite low profile for a while, but c'mon! wwe? SMG for gods sake do a buffy movie!
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and totally uneccessary
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I guess we've got about 3 years before Shia goes to Smackdown.
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With the whole HHH/Kane/Katie Vick Necro angle. And also when the wrestlers started actually killing their family members.
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Love dorks that think the crowd loves them when they actually hate them. Much like the greatest inter-continental champion of all time: THE HONKY TONK MAN!!! "Thank you very much, your a beautiful audience. I know what you want. Let's go Honking Tonking. Hit my music"
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http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=bw-Rx7cXPDo
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"Bringing on board an experienced Hollywood writer, actor and producer like Freddie Prinze Jr."
HAHAHHAHA -
I mean, at least if he did a porno, maybe people would watch it - especially if he got his wife to join in. Honestly, at this point, I don't think he could make a bigger career move than to release a sex tape with SMG.
But pro wrestling? I'm having a hard time thinking of worse TV shows a (formerly) top-billed film actor could stick their name on. CELEBRITY REHAB maybe?
As was mentioned above, I am not sure who loses most by making this deal - Prinze or the WWE. This is astonishing. -
at one time? Spitting blood and shit? There's your connection.
I'd watch as long as someone slammed him through a table.
God I wish the ghost of Andre the Giant would show up and beat the shit out of all these losers. -
It may just be like recruiting Dennis Miller for Monday Night Football. Extremely awkward.
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Isn't it?
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And they painted him as Goth-Weirdo, not as real vampire. He kinda of sucked. Vampiro from the old WCW was better.
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To make a WORSE career move, you must have made a GOOD career move. He belongs to the ranks of Brigette Nielson and K-Fed. Only famous for who they screw, and soon ruining their lovers' careers as well.
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1.) Job to HHH.
2.) Job to Hogan.
3.) Kiss Vince McMahon's Ass
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Because it worked so well the first-time, career-wise.
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In a Wrestlecrapmania match of the century. The end will feature a run-in by the hand from Mae Young's snatch.
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Robocop, Chucky, and the Kiss demon.
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I don't know man, it's relative - a person can always go from bad to worse to worst and maybe back to just bad. Prinze is one of those guys whose career inhabits a sliding scale of awfulness.
In other Prinze news, I was flipping channels just last week and ran across some Prinze film I had never even heard of, something with that pie-fucking guy. I actually watched it for a while to see how bad it could get, and it did not disappoint in its awfulness. It made me wonder how many other films this guy has been making through the years, because apparently there are more than I knew about. -
Last stop is Willowby.
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No buys!
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But adults watching childrens cartoons on a daily basis is acceptable and cool, wow. Geeks can be such a bitchy bunch "what I like is great and everything else sucks,cause i think it does" fucking trolls.
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and its entirely my own.
maybe
just maybe
he decided he's already made enough money, never really was into acting (thats not a cheap shot. he clearly didn't train heavily in the craft), and said to himself, "Im going to spend my remaining 40 years or so on this planet doing something fun." and he did it.
Im betting that every single person in this talk back right now would eat aids for the chance to have the job he's taking on.
And i thought he was okay in that minor league baseball movie - whatever it was called. It wasn't The Natural, but it was a fun movie nonetheless.
Good for him - if he really enjoys this career move, then i wish him well and envy him forever. -
sorry
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double sorry
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Dude has mad cash, bangs hot chicks, looks better than you (and you know it's true) and now he's going to be making even more bank on TV with the WWE crew. Mo' money, mo' honeys, mo' better than you're doing. Go cry into your classic 80's Star Wars cereal bowls, bwaahahahahahaha! (wow, I was a real douche this time.)
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Say what you want, but Gangrel had one of the best entrances in the WWF. The music was one of the best entrance tunes they ever made, and the dude used to come through a flaming hole in the floor. Later, the Brood (Edge+Christian+Gangrel) all did this. Gangrel's wrestling did suck though... and I know way too mcuh about this. But hey, it was the "Attitude" era, back during the days of Stone Cold and The Rock... gnomesayin?
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BWAH?!
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Jul 31, 2008 3:59:32 PM CDT
i thought he was going to be rasslin' when i first read this
by charlie murphy
but working behind the scenes is possibly even worse. if he was on screen, people would know that he's still alive, but if he's going to be a writer or something, it's like he's realized he'll never be in any movies ever again and he's given up.
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or just writing/producing in the lamest form of entertainment to ever grace the earth?
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lol. If given the choice, I'd probably take AIDS over working in 'professional' wrestling. Wrestling is kind of like New Country music, in that you either love it, or your absolutely appalled by it. And to most of us, the only thing more appalling than the fact that this absurd, gay bodybuilder soap opera exists, is the fact that there are people who are actually entertained by it.
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I know Wrestling is fake and all, but if there's a chance, however remote, that an accident could befall this guy and potentially kill him, I am with this decision all the way.
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dennis miller was perfect for monday nite football.....but america is too serious about football for any comedy..god forbid......and ARCADIAN....ok lets get ths straight....freddy is far from rich, and no one decides they made enuf money , lets wrestle for a career.....its called "my career is rotting in the casket, i have to make money"...freddy was never a big star...his star power had the arc and short life of a flare...lol......at least SMG has buffy..iconic, memorable, 7yr television seriess, book spinoffs...
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No way. Andy only tangled with women and got his ass served to him by Jerry Lawler.While Jerry could still smack the snot out of Freddie, I doubt we'll see him going one-on-one with any of the ladies.
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I've never been a Freddie P lover, but nor have I hated him. I know Harry does, so I suppose that makes it ok on this site... but seriously, he's not that bad, just has a shitty agent. Also, he's a nerd like us. Give the guy a break. He IS the nerd that married SMG.
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WTF?!?! The only thing I remember about 'She's All That' is that Rachel Leigh Cook was the hottest, ugly chick EVAH!
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Don't hate his acting or dislike it. Say what you will about him though. He is screwing Buffy. How many people can say they get to do that on a regular basis? I wonder if they have any role playing during their intimate moments. Just wondering.
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Well, he does have a lot of experience with suicidal family members, so the WWE should be a perfect fit.
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Really?? Who Knew??!
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HELL IN A CELLLLLLLLL!
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this was actully reported over the weekend. thanks for the timely reporting
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Yeah, didn't you see? It was all over CNN and they pre-empted Law and Order. P.S. Free speech is cool, but that doesn't make suicide jokes cool. PS - If you really want to earn your rebel stripes, make fun of FPJr. While you're at it, make fun of Mike Myers, mention that the Love Guru sucked and let me know how you feel about Michael Bay. If you can do that, you'll have proven that you can "think" outside "the box."
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Yeah, didn't you see? It was all over CNN and they pre-empted Law and Order. P.S. Free speech is cool, but that doesn't make suicide jokes cool. PS - If you really want to earn your rebel stripes, make fun of FPJr. While you're at it, make fun of Mike Myers, mention that the Love Guru sucked and let me know how you feel about Michael Bay. If you can do that, you'll have proven that you can "think" outside "the box."
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Jul 31, 2008 11:36:17 PM CDT
Revealing some of the new WWE features that Freddy is working on
by bartok1001
Damn, I am sorry that the Hollywood Reporter let the cat out of the bag about Freddie (he is a friend of mine, joining the WWE).
Some of things that he is currently working on is a match up between the Iron Sheik and Buffy (guess who will win, USA USA!!!).
He also said that he is working on the new media campaign called "The WWE for you and me" where various wrestlers will visit schools and teach kids about self defense techniques like gouching people in the eyes, or how to use your school desk and an instrument of death.
The most contversial thing that has has proposed is that he wants to introduce cartoon sound effects into wrestling matches. This idea is currently being tested with a different focus groups, and so far the results look promising.
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freddy already started working since this past monday. they shot "Saturday Night's Main Event" and "RAW" back to back. freddy was backstage for the shows and already contributed to the shows. what he put to the show, who the hell knows. "Saturday Night's Main Event" airs this coming saturday night on NBC. maybe jerry the king lawler will mention buffy the vampire slayer again like he did this past monday.
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somewhere down the talkback i read on some vampire wrestlers. i remember gangrel and his cool entrance theme. he sucked though. then there was vampiro. the most recent was kevin thorn with ariel on ECW. thorn is no longer on ecw but still working with the wwe. he's changed his gimmick and has a new look and is said to be coming back to wwe tv at some point.
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Honky Tonk Man is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.
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when I think about sitting in the Pontiac Silverdome at Wrestlemania III and watching Hulk slam Andre the Giant. Wrestling used to be great. Now it just blows ... as evidenced by this news item. For what it's worth, though, I have a hard time bagging on Freddie Prinze, Jr. Yeah the dude sucks, but he's parlayed absolutely no talent into a decent bankroll and banging Buffy ... so props to him. Plus he seems like a pretty down to earth, decent guy.
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Seriously. The Iron Sheik could act circles around this guy.
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just said to me that Freddie Prinze isn't rich.
what a complete buffoon. The guy has more bank than both of us will ever get combined. Print it. -
i'm sure. I'm responding before I read it, but i'm sure you all are trashing him pretty good. As for the story, it's an odd move but I think he would work well there. I don't really watch Monday Night Raw and the other one but the commercials are hysterical. That whole bit about Vince having an illegitimate son who just so happened to be a wrestler (I think he wound up being a midget) was hysterical. And the whole bit now about how he got hit and now he is parylized is a classic. People really don't give what they are doing over there enough credit. The showmanship of Vince is something PT Barnum would be proud of.
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Aug 01, 2008 12:24:41 PM CDT
I attribute what's going on with WWE to Andy Kaufman
by cotton mcknight
and I mean that in the most respectful way. The man was a genius. What he was doing with that was groundbreaking, it really was. This stuff appeals to our basic human nature and has been around since the beginning of recorded history. I don't think that there is anything to be ashamed of.. especially when you remember that other countries have some of the most disturbing shows I have ever seen in my life. Anyone ever seen a Japanese game show?
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BACK FROM THE DEAD!! Where the hell has he been the last 5 years?? He's been a stay-at-home hubby wondering why he did all those crappy rom-coms.
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Going to be the biggest showpiece of 2009. Hope freddie can get very creative and get some killer matches set for the main event. Mick Foley versus Undertaker would be a great start. Their cage match in the late 90's is widely regarded as the toughest wrestling match in history simply cos of it's intensity. Foley as Mankind got thrown 30 feet to the ground and basically is lucky he didn't end up dead. Nothing fake about that match. Wrestling is choreographed simply cos the manouvres are life threatening if they stuff up. Foley is tough beyond words.
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bulked out on steriods. hehehehehehe.
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