10-10-2017, 01:46 PM | #15561 |
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I can't help but wonder if it had been Bray Wyatt that won this year's Royal Rumble if anything would change. Poor guy is as threatening as a kitten nowadays.
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10-10-2017, 02:27 PM | #15562 |
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If you wanna see What Bray Wyatt should have been watch Marty The Moth on Lucha Underground.Marty does the obsessive Psycho really well. Hell he actually has a sister too.
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Dave Meltzer actually brought up a good point in a podcast bit I listened to on Youtube on Roman Reigns and why WWE keeps desperately trying to make him "the guy". Mainly that, who else is there who fits the mold, with Cena frequently on hiatus? I actually had to think on that and I can't think of many. Meltzer seems to think if someone else comes along who is a more complete package they'll stop trying to force Reigns to be a thing, but until that point, eh.
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10-11-2017, 01:11 AM | #15564 |
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Wow, Smackdown was actually pretty damn good last night. I feel like that's the first time I've said that in a couple months. Fashion Files aside, it's felt like the show's been a real mixed bag.
I felt warm and fuzzy when the Fashion Police came out and the crowd popped pretty hard for them. In the dark days of the past couple months of Smackdown, they've been a consistent bright spot, so I'm glad to see the crowds appreciate them. Sometimes an act can do everything right and still whiff, after all. Apollo Crews was a guy who should have been "can't miss" and crowds sat on their hands for him right from the start, even in NXT. I hope they can get back in the title hunt sometime soon and maybe even win them for the ultimate fashion accessory. I mean, hey, Kevin and Sami are going to need to take the tag straps from some face team. Speaking of which, I was happy with Sami's "explanation". It looks like it technically is a full heel turn, but it's mitigated a bit by the fact that Sami is, frankly, correct about everything. I mourn the loss of the one pure babyface on the shows, but the guy has a point. It really was getting him nowhere. The one time it did, when he won the NXT title, he was immediately attacked and betrayed by his best friend, played into giving a title match and lost it two months later, making him the shortest lived NXT champion, barring the short second reigns of Joe and Nak, who traded the title a bit. Somebody forgot their lines in the Roode and Ziggler segment. Maybe Bobby. There was some serious dead air at one point. Regardless, one day, I want one of the wrestlers to point out when Dolph whines about how he's the best in the ring that ability doesn't mean crap when he can't win most of his matches. If you can't even win, you're not the best, no matter how flashy your moves are (and he's not even that flashy anymore). The US title match was actually quite good and was the best showing from both men in about two months. I liked the sequence where AJ jumped to the top for the 450 splash, but Corbin moved, so he hopped down, adjusted and slingshot into a low phenomenal forearm. I guess this frees AJ up to do something else so Corbin can get a rub, now that he's seemingly out of the doghouse. What that is, who knows. I have a feeling he'll be the next guy sacrificed to Jinder Mahal, since Jinder isn't losing that title until after the India tour in December. Or maybe he'll take it. Who knows. They might not have a WWE title match at Survivor Series. We don't even know if it's going to be dual branded. "Bludgeon Brothers" sounds silly, but the tag scene on Smackdown could sure use another team and they could use TV time, so I'm glad Rowan and Harper are back together. Gable and Benjamin versus the Usos is going to be lit. We'll see if it can top any of the matches with New Day. Shane McMahon has been written off TV and no Jinder Mahal, suddenly Smackdown has a good show. I don't want to say it's directly related to that, because segments not involving those two have been bleh too, the past couple of months, but that timing is funny.
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10-11-2017, 03:40 AM | #15565 |
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I wish they would ofdone something different with Harper....the dude was getting over as a face and in typical WWE fashion they yank him off tv cause he wasnt a product of the machine.
Also Neville apparently walked out on WWE during Raw monday...so he's probably done.
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10-11-2017, 07:34 PM | #15567 |
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WWE also apparently fired Jimmy Jacobs for a picture he posted online of him with the Bullet Club during that "invasion" in Canada a few weeks ago.
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10-12-2017, 01:04 AM | #15568 |
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I was just rolling through some old Stone Cold promos from 1997 - in my opinion, a tie for 1996 for the best year and best version of Stone Cold Steve Austin - and ended up in a Y2J and Rock promo from 1999, where Y2J basically just made a bunch of eye rolling gay jokes and the comment section fellated the whole thing as what was missing from wrestling and it just reminded me of my usual annoyance with "in the good old days" fans.
Is there ever going to be a point where we all take a good look back and admit to ourselves that the Attitude Era was not very good, overall? Because coming up on twenty years later, it really does feel like it's about time to stop lionizing it. Especially since you can go on the Network for yourself and actually witness the car crash that was that era. Damn. That angle really pissed them off.
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10-13-2017, 08:01 PM | #15569 |
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10-16-2017, 10:05 AM | #15571 |
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Okay so there was a lot of wrestling over the past few days and here are most of the results, gonna start with the ROH/NJPW Global Wars results
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10-16-2017, 06:10 PM | #15572 |
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The introduction to RAW like a documentary was different.
Anyway, nice to see the U.N. alphabet ahead of the old theme song. Not only that but the going through the ceoyywd and the best too. Reported rumors suggest the reunion is a two month thing. So Axel and Dallas are getting buried and Kane in instead of Axel just makes this match too stacked. That could have been set for a survivor series style match if not enough for two seperate pay-per-view matches.
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I haven't seen any of those rumors. If that's the plan, it makes no sense, though. They have the song with the intro back, they have the gear, new merch and while Roman himself is still getting a little bit of a muted reaction, it's much better than it was. If they don't run this past 'Mania, at least to try and get Roman through the Lesnar match with as little booing as possible, then I legitimately don't understand their basic thought processes. Same for nixing it before we get some kind of dope six man with the New Day.
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As for Bo and Curtis, they're flunkies with minus five to every attribute, so putting them in the match is like having JJ Dillon in your War Games. You know who's taking the loss. Even more than Kane.
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10-17-2017, 05:01 AM | #15574 |
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The rumor going around this time is that when the Shield splits up again, Ambrose turns on Rollins and they're gonna feud at Mania.
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10-17-2017, 09:06 AM | #15575 |
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Kind of a bum deal for Rollins really. He and Ambrose have feuded plenty of times, and it's more of a step down since Ambrose was bumped off the 'Mania card last time.
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10-17-2017, 10:22 AM | #15576 |
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I am really hoping it was simply a rumor. While looking for Shield information I saw this idea that Paige was going to return as Sister Abigail, but it turned out to just be an evil spirit that takes over Bray. So hopefully this one will prove to be just as false. However, the ones that make the least sense tend to be true. Its just to short-lived for something that so many wanted including myself. Cramming all of these opponents against The Shield in TLC makes me think that they are speeding up the reunion to it's end point. Kane and Strowman could have been an uneasy alliance for another pay-per-view. What if Undertaker were to actually have another match and he sides with The Shield against Kane? That could have been in December.
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10-17-2017, 01:08 PM | #15577 |
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10-17-2017, 02:05 PM | #15578 |
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Nooo, not Nia!
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10-17-2017, 03:06 PM | #15579 |
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Cue the "Bo Dallas is leaving too" rumors cause he hasnt been doing anything lately either.
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10-17-2017, 03:08 PM | #15580 |
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Damn this sucks. Nia was never given a chance to earn a title or anything.
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