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April Wrasslin' |OT| 2017 Season Premiere

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Adree

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Nakamura got a better entrance on Smackdown than he did at Takeover on Sat lol. Sounds way better without the soundtrack turned up over the instrument like it was a few Takeovers ago.
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
I've never actually seen Shinsuke outside of NXT so I'm watching his match against AJ from WK10 and man, his Japanese entrance is weaksauce compared to what WWE cooked up for him.
 
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Wagram

Member
I feel like we've entered another golden era of stars in WWE. From the guys to the gals there's a lot of great talent. WWE can mess up the booking all day, but at least we can expect top tier stuff in the ring.
 
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Brian_FETO

Banned
Wagram said:
I feel like we've entered another golden era of stars in WWE. From the guys to the gals there's a lot of great talent. WWE can mess up the booking all day, but at least we can expect top tier stuff in the ring.
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I think the in-ring stuff suffers from the WWE TV formula

At a certain point it all ends up as every match is getting the same spots in every time
 
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Bronx-Man

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I'm guessing next week has five trades total, and they'll do a real draft in a couple of months where a bunch more people move.

Predictions:

Seth for AJ
Charlotte for Becky Lynch
New Day for American Alpha
Ziggler for Sami Zayn
Braun Strowman for Luke Harper
 
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half a moon

Banned
Bronx-Man said:
I'm guessing next week has five trades total, and they'll do a real draft in a couple of months where a bunch more people move.

Predictions:

Seth for AJ
Charlotte for Becky Lynch
New Day for American Alpha
Ziggler for Sami Zayn
Braun Strowman for Luke Harper
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I dig it.

Hope Becky Lynch goes over the I'll have my three baes together. Becky, Baeley, Emma.
 
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Brian_FETO

Banned
Charlotte for Becky wouldn't really make sense

It'll be Charlotte for Alexa I think. Two heels who fill a similar space character-wise. Plus Raw already has Sasha and Bayley (who I imagine will be carrying the division until Summerslam)
 
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hertog

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Sweeney Tom said:
He had a flamboyant gay comedy character parody of Liberace (complete with makeup and manservant) he pitched to WWE but the company wouldn't let him do

TNA let him do it
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Hmm, too bad they also went with the comedic route. Really wanted a more serious version of the intellectual savior.
 
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blackaroni

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Rimfya said:
H seems to have the right intentions two WM's running but poor execution.

I've always kinda liked Rollins but it wasn't until that podcast I became aware that he's a really nothing character. Now I can't not see it.
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Yeah, I know they tried, but that entire storyline was just not interesting after so much time passed. Injuries didn't help it either.

Rollins lack of character really isn't his fault, but he should really change up something in the ring. He seems so hell-bent on doing his movez and fishing for a "this is awesome" chant that he forgets about selling and pacing. Hopefully he will actually get traded to Smackdown and work on this. He needs to be far away from The Authority.
 
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excelsiorlef

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Brian_FETO said:
Charlotte for Becky wouldn't really make sense

It'll be Charlotte for Alexa I think. Two heels who fill a similar space character-wise. Plus Raw already has Sasha and Bayley (who I imagine will be carrying the division until Summerslam)
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And two heels who can carry the promo work load and have basically done everything that can be done on their respective brands...
 
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Sweeney Tom

Banned
In their desperate bid to copy WCW in every way ("but this time better, we swear!!"), the famous beloved Nash/Rey lawn dart encounter remains untouched

Adree said:
I hope Nia doesn't throw Alexa into the side of a trailer.
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Thank you for finally making me want to see it remade

#LawnDartAlexa
 
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Adree

Member
Brian_FETO said:
They're friends (and heels) so I could totally see them getting paired up, similar to how Nia was paired with Eva in NXT. But more emphasis on "she's big, she's little"
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Heels aren't friends with other heels this is wrasslin! (Please ignore all the times they were)
 
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PHOENIXZERO

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Ugh, I went back to the WM OT arguments there with certain posters are just completely circular.

Decent Smackdown and of course they had fuck face (not to be confused with the face fucker) JBL do the company spin on the crowd. Nak's debut was something I think we all saw coming but it would've been nice if someone didn't decide to make a topic about it. Oh, right Dillinger debuted too, finally and good for him, shame the 10 shtick will probably be driven into the ground and dead by the Fall.

HashtagLapsed said:
I hope Aleister Black does well in WWE.

I assumed when he took the name Aleister he was referencing Crowley but it was still funny to hear commentary talking about how he follows the law of Thelema.

I've been involved with Thelema as a religion or philosophy for over a decade so it will be fun to see how WWE represents it.
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It's 100% a Crowley reference, that's 100% Tommy End/Aleister Black..
Kaladin said:
Still can't get over a Mania run time of seven + hours. The longest running televised wrestling show in the US (put that in your "Did You Knows". I was happy to see every match getting treated as a main event but come on guys. Couldn't you cancel Pitbull and put the Smackdown women's match on Smackdown, or even back on the pre-show?
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They could've cut 10 minutes from Undertaker/Reigns and 5 to 10 minutes out of the Triple H/Seth match, never mind done more to speed up entrances and trim video packages.
 
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Hasney

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PHOENIXZERO said:
Ugh, I went back to the WM OT arguments there with certain posters are just completely circular.

Decent Smackdown and of course they had fuck face (not to be confused with the face fucker) JBL do the company spin on the crowd. Nak's debut was something I think we all saw coming but it would've been nice if someone didn't decide to make a topic about it.
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It's a big deal so deserves a thread. if you care about spoilers, don't come on the internet until you've seen the show. I once got spoiled in the comments section of Ars fucking Technica.
 
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Hasney

Member
I think those few weeks off before Mania did wonders for Ambrose. I'm enjoying his work a little more again.

Adree said:
Obviously I want Mauro to get well and JBL to get some come-uppance but am I terrible monster if I say I like Tom Phillips better?
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Nah, not a monster. People have wrong opinions every day!
 
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Adree

Member
Hasney said:
I think those few weeks off before Mania did wonders for Ambrose. I'm enjoying his work a little more again.



Nah, not a monster. People have wrong opinions every day!
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I have a friend who likes Ambrose. He even liked that godawful split interview thing from Talking Smack. I just smile at him politely.
 
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