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Snowman Prophet of Doom
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God-King Sheamus gonna spike ratings tonight, brothers.
That small bit at the end of the PPV with the pretty dead for most of the show crowd still booing the hell out of Roman even when everyone is walking out. Man, I started to feel super bad for the poor guy. Dude legit looked like he wanted to cry so I guess his acting classes are starting to pay off. I suppose that was their intention of showing it.
Jezbollah
Member
So, no doubt the plan is to put the title on Reigns at WM32.
You are the WWE. You will be holding WM32 at AT&T Stadium and will no doubt want to break the indoor attendance record (needs to be more than the 108,000 that turned up for the NBA All Star Game).
Sheamus vs Reigns is not going to do that.
You are the WWE. You will be holding WM32 at AT&T Stadium and will no doubt want to break the indoor attendance record (needs to be more than the 108,000 that turned up for the NBA All Star Game).
Sheamus vs Reigns is not going to do that.
How can a decision that everyone saw coming was decided hours before the show? What were they doing until then?
This ending seems like it was written in 5 minutes.
Sheamus won't even be in the picture by then.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Hey WrestleGAF trying to get back into wrestling (yes I know things suck right now) but can y'all recommend perhaps a top 10 or 20 matches I should check out. Like most I haven't watched since the Attitude area, but have tried to catch a few things recently. Right now I'm watching last nights Survivor Series and man the first two matches were boring. The crowd also could not be more lifeless, at least it seams, during the intro to this SS tag style match. I watched an NXT PPV and it was ok, but also felt a bit campy.
Anyway a few matches I found from another list:
10. Shield vs Team Hell No and Ryback (The Big Guy) TLC 2012
9. Sheamus vs The Bigshow for World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell 2012
8. CM Punk vs Chris Jericho: Chicago Street Fight match for WWE Championship Extreme Rules 2012
7. Wyatt Family VS Shield Elimination Chamber 2014
6. Daniel Bryan vs John Cena for WWE Championship 2013
5. CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar 2013
4. Undertaker vs CM Punk Wrestlemania 29 2013
3. The Rock vs Cena Wrestlemania 28 2012
2. CM Punk vs John Cena Raw Episode 2013
1. CM Punk vs John Cena for WWE Championship 2011 MITB
Anyway a few matches I found from another list:
10. Shield vs Team Hell No and Ryback (The Big Guy) TLC 2012
9. Sheamus vs The Bigshow for World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell 2012
8. CM Punk vs Chris Jericho: Chicago Street Fight match for WWE Championship Extreme Rules 2012
7. Wyatt Family VS Shield Elimination Chamber 2014
6. Daniel Bryan vs John Cena for WWE Championship 2013
5. CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar 2013
4. Undertaker vs CM Punk Wrestlemania 29 2013
3. The Rock vs Cena Wrestlemania 28 2012
2. CM Punk vs John Cena Raw Episode 2013
1. CM Punk vs John Cena for WWE Championship 2011 MITB
They were most probably just going to end with Reigns winning and that's it beforehand.
Reigns work has gotten much better for sure. Folks here still try to give him tons of grief but he's not bad folks.
I still think heel Reigns will be a better run, how could it not. But yeah, hating Reigns is past being hipster now.
Only hope for an indy/smark favorite now to be WWE champ is MAYBE Finn Balor. Cesaro will never....EVVVVVEEEEEEEER be champion.
I still think heel Reigns will be a better run, how could it not. But yeah, hating Reigns is past being hipster now.
Only hope for an indy/smark favorite now to be WWE champ is MAYBE Finn Balor. Cesaro will never....EVVVVVEEEEEEEER be champion.
Fourth Storm
Member
Haha, me too. He was slappin his knee on the ring apron at the beginning of the match too like it was bothering him. Might have been that awkward looking double boot they did. Or it could have been 'ol Calaway working the smarks.
If you want to get back into wrestling, check out something different than WWE.
Check out Lucha Underground:
Grave Consequences from Lucha Underground (Mil Muertes vs. Fenix)
Vampiro vs. Pentagon Jr.
Or New Japan, with English commentary:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2...-4-13-god-commentary-week-1-axs-tv-njpw_sport
Or with Japanese commentary, here's a great match:
Shibata vs. Ishii (G1 Climax 2013)
It did all come off like it was written in five minutes, the whole thing was rushed together. Ambrose and Reigns had a 9 minute main event, Reigns had like 40 seconds of celebration with quick confetti/fireworks, then HHH and Sheamus quickly appeared and the angle was over in a flash, end of story.
It was a totally truncated Summerslam 2013 redo.
It was a totally truncated Summerslam 2013 redo.
It does, one year, until the next MITB PPV.
It does. 1 year!
Empyrean Heaven
Member
BUSHI & EVIL still need to prove themselves, but with La Sombra gone I'm gonna say Los Ingobernables Japan is the superior side of the group. Rush needs some new, less shitty team mates
I've always had a soft spot for Marco Corleone/Mark Jindrak, he's not great by any means but he's over as fuck and decent in the ring. La Mascara can go die in a fire. Rush is okay but he's always injured.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Heard good things about Lucha Underground so I'll try to find some more matches. I don't get the english broadcast network for that. I have occasionally seen NJPW pop up when browsing my guide though.
Thanks
Honestly, I don't want them to get rid of it. But they should change it so it's good for a title shot, but with a weeks notice, no more surprise cash-ins. You win the briefcase, can cash it in at any time and get a title shot the next week. (Or, if there's a PPV, at the next PPV from that Raw).
That would be a lot more fun, imo, the surprise cash-in has been done to death, only Ziggler and Seth had sort-of surprising cash-ins that were worthwhile. The others ranged from terrible to mediocre.
meh that would defeat the purpose, I love the idea behind the MiTB contract, it was fun when Rollins had it... Sheamus was just a disaster of a choice
The entire lineup for that MITB match was a disaster.
I love cock rock but yeah.... I don't know.
How about they try the approach they took with Mr. Kennedy. Give someone the briefcase and have them announce that they will cash in at WM. Build him up for a year (training montages etc.) and then have him win in a legit 1-on-1 match.
Just build someone up so that he can realistically be a main eventer by that point.
Just build someone up so that he can realistically be a main eventer by that point.
shanafan
Member
Storylines change so quickly in WWE. Their plans back in June when Sheamus won may have been completely different, so it may have made sense back in June when he won and fast forward to now, it makes no sense for Sheamus - who really is a mid-carder now - to have MiTB.
slightconfuse
Banned
Just copy gift of the gods
There is no logical plan where Sheamus is a champion and/or a contender, so I disagree UNLESS the plan was to change the MiTB contract to allow him to cash in on any title
FlammableD
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To think that the WWE had two main event calibre draws in a Punk and Bryan only for one to quit(justifiably in my opinion) and the other too injured to return.
Can't wait till Punk fucks up in UFC. Sad time for wrestling, especially since Rollins got bad booking till he had to give up the title due to injury. And now Cena's out to chill and focus on his reality show. All we have is Brock.
Can't wait till Punk fucks up in UFC. Sad time for wrestling, especially since Rollins got bad booking till he had to give up the title due to injury. And now Cena's out to chill and focus on his reality show. All we have is Brock.
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Deleted member 47027
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The LU match is one of my favorites of all year. Watch any and all LU you can find, because it's fantastic. El Rey puts a lot of the best ones up for free on YouTube because they recognize that it's a great way to get eyes on their product.
shanafan
Member
I think Owens is great on the mic, and is pretty good in the ring. For a guy his size, he did a flip off the corner last night. Pretty impressive.
I did see a sign for "Diet Owens Diet" lol
shanafan
Member
One of the few active heels that held a world championship before? Maybe that's why they gave him the belt. I would rather see Del Rio over Sheamus, but they had to put Roman in the finals.
I assume it's because if they picked Ambrose, Ambrose would be cheered over Reigns even as a heel.
The Paige vs Charlotte promo totally erased every mention to Reid. Clearly Flair wasn't lying.
I would be up for a throwback gimmick if it was self-aware. But it isn't. It seems like he actually thinks he looks cool. I don't even know.
I would be up for a throwback gimmick if it was self-aware. But it isn't. It seems like he actually thinks he looks cool. I don't even know.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Reigns/Ambrose peppering their match with finisher kick outs was so sad.
Barrage
Member
True. You'd be able to get multiple guys over every year. We coulda had Kofi with the briefcase for a few months, followed by Sheamus.
shanafan
Member
I just hated seeing Roman win both matches with just a spear, not even with a Superman punch before or after the spear.
Even Goldberg followed up his spear with the Jackhammer. I just think the spear as a finisher has become pretty lame.
avengers23
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Angry Grimace, please enjoy for the next 30 days:
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Sibersk Esto
Banned
Like seriously, kicking out of finishers has become this forced add on to every big match now.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Holy christ these Reigns and Ambrose promos during SS are just terrible
I was hoping against hope we'd have Ambrose make the save, Sheamus fail his cash-in, and have a face champion with a still-brother like ally basically on the run from the Authority.
Alas, it was not to be.
YEAH BUT DON'T YOU REMEMBER WM25 THAT WAS CUHRAYZEE YO OMG DO IT AGAIN