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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I wonder how disappointed Vincethe Raw crowd will be when they find out out Finn is sub 6-feet tall and worse than Sheamus on the mic?

The story is AJ Styles helped them get a job in the WWE. The story going into Payback is AJ Styles behind them attacking Usos and Reigns.

The payoff is either 1) AJ is behind them, is evil, 2) Roman's evil and behind them and its all a swerve, or 3) They're just generally evil and neither AJ or Roman is evil.

I would imagine No. 3 unless Vince is dumb enough to turn a super over guy he just signed for no real reason.
 

Mahonay

Banned
I wonder how disappointed Vincethe Raw crowd will be when they find out out he's sub 6-feet tall and worse than Sheamus on the mic?
I think the audience is already well aware that AJ is super short. He debuted at the Rumble where he looked tiny next to all the bigger guys. Looked short next to Jericho and his lift shoes as well.

Edit:
He's super shit on the mic though, for sure.
 
This is fucking bullshit! Are you serious? A glorified C+ guy is wwf champion? No one even cares about him and you put the strap on him? You can go to shit wwf because it's all going down the drain from here. Triple H can't hold your company together. I'll be glad when Turner rushes in to scoop up the scrap left.
 
AJ could lose clean at Payback, leading to the Club dumping him and bringing in Finn the next night on Raw, leading to a AJ/Finn and BC feud

WWE announced 3 matches for Raw. So here are the 4 matches that are scheduled:

LoN gonna explode when they lose all these matches
 

Kaladin

Member
This is fucking bullshit! Are you serious? A glorified C+ guy is wwf champion? No one even cares about him and you put the strap on him? You can go to shit wwf because it's all going down the drain from here. Triple H can't hold your company together. I'll be glad when Turner rushes in to scoop up the scrap left.

Just you wait. Triple H has a nose for the business.
 

Kurita

Member
What's up with the size of his head
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Hex

Banned
I wonder how disappointed Vincethe Raw crowd will be when they find out out Finn is sub 6-feet tall and worse than Sheamus on the mic?



The payoff is either 1) AJ is behind them, is evil,
I would imagine No. 3 unless Vince is dumb enough to turn a super over guy he just signed for no real reason.


"Dunn I've got it! I know how to get Roman over!"
"Vince...I thought we decided..."
"This is gonna work I tell ya!"
"Boss it's brilliant!"
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
I wonder how disappointed Vincethe Raw crowd will be when they find out out Finn is sub 6-feet tall and worse than Sheamus on the mic?



The payoff is either 1) AJ is behind them, is evil, 2) Roman's evil and behind them and its all a swerve, or 3) They're just generally evil and neither AJ or Roman is evil.

I would imagine No. 3 unless Vince is dumb enough to turn a super over guy he just signed for no real reason.

the reason is "make Roman strong"
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think the audience is already well aware that AJ is super short. He debuted at the Rumble where he looked tiny next to all the bigger guys. Looked short next to Jericho and his lift shoes as well.

Edit:
He's super shit on the mic though, for sure.

Amusingly enough I was talking about Finn, but it applies equally to AJ, although Finn has a lot more internal hype than Styles did.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The AJ/Roman thing has an interesting dynamic where AJ is being treated like a heel without actually doing any heel stuff.

I'm really hoping they don't ruin a competent storyline by revealing who Gallows/Anderson are working for ahead of Payback itself. I don't think anyone realistically expects Styles to win at Payback, so the only real question surrounding the match itself has to be the Bullet Club thing.
 

Bandini

Member
AJ has good facials and a lot of physical charisma. He doesn't take himself too seriously and is fun to watch.

Finn is just a guy with good abs who has consistently disappointing matches.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
AJ has good facials and a lot of physical charisma. He doesn't take himself too seriously and is fun to watch.

Finn is just a guy with good abs who has consistently disappointing matches.

I think my issue is that random episodes of NXT are consistently overrated, particularly during his tenure as the champion. Finn barely interacted with anyone directly the entire time other than Samoa Joe coming out and murdering him several times and then Finn winning the match for no reason.

In fact, as far as I recall he only feuded with 2 guys the entire time for the title; Owens and Joe and he was never going to outwork either one of them at either wrestling or on the mic.

I think the TakeOver specials are consistently higher quality than the similar main roster events, but the average episodes are extremely forgettable more often than not.
 
Welp I used my sick hours today because of an appointment so now I can finally watch a live Raw for the first time in forever. Tell me I'm making the right call or a mistake.
 

Laws00

Member
I wanted to stop watching WWE but god lord if they stuff they haven't been putting on makes me not want to watch it more.

Balor coming on the roster, and now Bullet Club debut.

fuck man

what a time to be alive
 
TNA taping

* TNA X Division Champion Trevor Lee retained over Eddie Edwards, DJ Zema Ion and Andrew Everett in Ultimate X
* Matt Hardy comes out with a contract for Full Metal Mayhem against Jeff Hardy at Slammiversary. He goes to sign it but Rockstar Spud and Tyrus beg him not to. Hardy says if they can beat Jeff tonight, he won't sign. If they lose, Mayhem is on
* Sienna defeated Madison Rayne to earn a shot against TNA Knockouts Champion Jade at Slammiversary
* Ethan Carter III defeated Matt Hardy by DQ when Mike Bennett ran in. Bennett beat EC3 down and said the rematch for Slammiversary isn't happening because EC3 didn't really win
* Jeff Hardy defeated Spud and Tyrus in a Handicap Ladder Match. The Hardys teased a fight after
* TNA King of the Mountain Champion Eli Drake hosts another "Fact of Life" segment with TNA Tag Team Champions The Decay. They talk about BroMans, who come out with Raquel. They go to fight but Grado, Mahabali Shera and then "The Tribunal" Al Snow, Basille Baracca and Baron Dax interrupt
* Baracca, Dax, Abyss and Drake defeated Grado, Shera, Robbie E and Jesse Godderz

* Matt Hardy reveals that he took out Jeff backstage and Full Metal Mayhem has been pulled from Slammiversary. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Drew Galloway interrupts and a match is made for later
* TNA X Division Champion Trevor Lee defeated Eddie Edwards to retain, with help from Helms and Everett
* Gail Kim and EC3 defeated Mike Bennett and Allie, who was replacing Maria Kanellis. Post-match saw EC3 and Bennett fight to the back while Maria, Allie and Sienna beat Gail down
* Braxton Sutter (Pepper Parks) squashed a local wrestler. Jeremy Borashed interviewed Sutter after the match, who said he's taking over and it starts at Slammiversary
* Matt Hardy vs. Drew Galloway ended when Bobby Lashley interfered. The lights went out and and when they came on, several men dressed as Willow were on the stage. Another Willow appeared on the screen and taunted Matt about Slammiversary. Jeff suddenly ran down and destroyed Matt to end Impact

I hope we get to see Matt's Willows fight Jeff's Willows
 
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