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April Wrasslin' |OT| 2017 Season Premiere

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BewareTheBatsie

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ShadowSwordmaster said:
This is pretty sad on so many levels. I wonder how much Finn makes?
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I think with the exception of Nakamura who I believe is getting paid big bucks, NXT pay is a fair bit lower then main roster. Plus being injured out half the year probably doesn't mean he was getting paid a lot post Summerslam outside of merch stuff (but his merch sells like crazy so he probably got some good stuff).
 
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jmdajr

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Sephzilla said:
Honestly, kicking out of finishers wasn't that commonplace around WM25. It happened but it wasn't as ridiculous as it is now. HBK/Taker @ WM25 is sort of what started the modern day finisher spam/kickout fest
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Undertaker face was a perfect reaction. That's how I felt.

Like.... WUTTTTT??????
 
Tom Nook

Tom Nook

Member
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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Brock Lesnar is getting paid.

Happy for AJ.
 
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Sephzilla

Member
jmdajr said:
Undertaker face was a perfect reaction. That's how I felt.

Like.... WUTTTTT??????
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Yep. I know I've said this before but HBK kicking out of the Tombstone complete with the gimmick pin made my Mania party go nuclear. JR's "out of body experience" call was so incredibly spot on.
 
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ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
jmdajr said:
Let's be happy for AJ! That's some good money.
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No kidding. Glad that he is making bank at the WWE.

BewareTheBatsie said:
I think with the exception of Nakamura who I believe is getting paid big bucks, NXT pay is a fair bit lower then main roster. Plus being injured out half the year probably doesn't mean he was getting paid a lot post Summerslam outside of merch stuff (but his merch sells like crazy so he probably got some good stuff).
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That is true. I didn't think of the time he was out of action ot his merch stuff.
 
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cordy

Banned
Other potential names I'm hearing might go to SD tonight are Zayn, Owens, Shining Stars along with Charlotte of course. Not hearing anything about Rollins, Reigns, Balor or anyone else that big.

So basically SDL will be NXT 2.0.
 
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Bluekaveli

Member
cordy said:
Other potential names I'm hearing might go to SD tonight are Zayn, Owens, Shining Stars along with Charlotte of course. Not hearing anything about Rollins, Reigns, Balor or anyone else that big.

So basically SDL will be NXT 2.0.
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Zayn and Owens on the same show. Again.
 
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kiguel182

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Caderfix said:
Exactly. Brock was huge and on NCAA level, and still, Angle is such a high level athlete that he was able to handle him without much problems. That's why HHH calling Angle out on his height is so dumb. The guy is a machine, even now after putting his body though hell.
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That comment shows how ignorant HHH is (or was) really. An Olympic level athlete is on a level of their own.

I wonder what Kurt could've done on the UFC. Courmier is an Olympic wrestler and has one defeat and is champion. I wonder how Angle would've fared.
 
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Fox318

Member
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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That drop off from Cena to the rest is exactly why Vince wants 50 50 booking.

He doesn't want to pay guys like WCW.
 
Majukun

Majukun

Member
sf2fanatic said:
Bodyguard status right there. Bliss had that smirk were she was interested in teaming up
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and that's what doesn't make sense..why nia would wanna become her bodyguard if she just screamed that she is aiming for the title,and bliss basically was gonna say the same thing before micki james arrived?
 
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RecRoulette

Member
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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Does Triple H belong on that list? I assume he's getting paid more for his behind the scenes job than wrestling. (And what is Shane's current job anyway?)
 
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kiguel182

Member
I just don't want Reigns on Smackdown.

If they can elevate Owens they have a pretty great main-event scene going on.

I feel for the women's division since I think that got hit the hardest. Getting Charlotte is great but they lost Alexa and Mickie and Nicki (for the moment at least).

Their tag division is nonexistent and will probably continue to be so.
 
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Caderfix

Member
kiguel182 said:
That comment shows how ignorant HHH is (or was) really. An Olympic level athlete is on a level of their own.

I wonder what Kurt could've done on the UFC. Courmier is an Olympic wrestler and has one defeat and is champion. I wonder how Angle would've fared.
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Having in mind that back then the UFC athletes were not as refined as they are today, I have no doubts Kurt would've been champion at least a couple times with long reigns and be considered a legend nowadays. I imagine him being a better Couture.
 
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Brian_FETO

Banned
I was originally in the camp of "separate Zayn and Owens" but since they have literally nothing for Zayn I'd rather see the two of them fight every week
 
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Caderfix

Member
Brian_FETO said:
I was originally in the camp of "separate Zayn and Owens" but since they have literally nothing for Zayn I'd rather see the two of them fight every week
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Here's the thing, I don't think Zayn and Owens will feud if they go to SD. SD doesn't have that many stars, and both would fit perfectly as upper mid or main eventers. It's easy to make sure they don't cross paths so soon.
 
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Rockandrollclown

lookwhatyou'vedone
Brian_FETO said:
I was originally in the camp of "separate Zayn and Owens" but since they have literally nothing for Zayn I'd rather see the two of them fight every week
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Its a played out feud, but they still put on some good matches. Smackdown being better at booking might have them not fight each other every 2 weeks or so as well.
 
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Hex

Banned
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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Christ in hell Brock has to be doing private cam shows for Vince or something.
What an insane deal for such a minimal amount of work.
 
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painey

Member
RecRoulette said:
Does Triple H belong on that list? I assume he's getting paid more for his behind the scenes job than wrestling. (And what is Shane's current job anyway?)
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I'm pretty sure from some stock thing recently that HHH made $1m last year as a salary and then about $200k from stock dividends.
 
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Kaladin

Member
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Heroman

Banned
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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Pretty sure most of these Forbes list is a work.
 
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Caderfix

Member
Kaladin said:
You notice they often mention this "retirement" as if it's not final.
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I hope they at least wait for the surgery to be done and let him recover until he's 100% before suggesting another match. Of course, there's a chance the surgery would make his return impossible, but, anyways, don't make him come back before it is done and he's actually able to.

The match might've been awful, but the send off the crowd gave him after it was pretty good. He doesn't need to come back at all.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
End of RAW was pretty flat, as per usual.

I'm just happy this means AJ and Nakamura are (as of now) staying on the same show.

Trying not to read any spoilers for Smackdown tonight. Feels like it'll be pretty easy for them to have better show.
 
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Kaladin

Member
Caderfix said:
I hope they at least wait for the surgery to be done and let him recover until he's 100% before suggesting another match. Of course, there's a chance the surgery would make his return impossible, but, anyways, don't make him come back before it is done and he's actually able to.

The match might've been awful, but the send off the crowd gave him after it was pretty good. He doesn't need to come back at all.
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What surgery does he need? I only knew of Mick needing one, not Taker.
 
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Mahonay

Banned
Yeah Nia dumping Charlotte on her head was pretty bad. Nia immediately looked terrified and the ref checked on her on the spot.

She is definitely way too green for the push she's getting. Being a member of the Anoa'i family doesn't automatically make you a natural for this stuff, since Vince seems very firmly to be of that mind set.
 
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Nocturnowl

Member
jmdajr said:
Dean making some good money. I can see why he's just you know, whatever.

Forbes List
Top 10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers
Pos. Wrestler Earnings
1 Brock Lesnar $12 million
2 John Cena $8 million
3 Triple H $3.8 million
4 Roman Reigns $3.5 million
5 Dean Ambrose $2.7 million
6 AJ Styles $2.4 million
7 Shane McMahon $2.2 million
T8 The Undertaker $2 million
T8 Seth Rollins $2 million
10 Randy Orton $1.9 million
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I thought Seth SOLD IN by betraying his comrades in the shield, yet he gets paid the least.

Obviously the HHH storyline also involved him taking a pay cut.
 
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Caderfix

Member
Kaladin said:
What surgery does he need? I only knew of Mick needing one, not Taker.
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According to reports, he needs a full hip replacement and surgery for another unclear injuries, he was going through some serious pain for quite a while because of that.

Nocturnowl said:
I thought Seth SOLD IN by betraying his comrades in the shield, yet he gets paid the least.

Obviously the HHH storyline also involved him taking a pay cut.
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That's Seth's fault for not delivering on his end of the deal.
 
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