Kind of off topic but I wanted to bring it up with you guys. A discussion with my friends popped up during the Reigns/Orton match (because fuck actually watching that match). I think Randy Orton may have been hurt most by what we call the "titles are meaningless" era. One of the announcers said during the match that Orton was already a 12 time world champion. My friends and I collectively thought that it was kind of sad that he had these many title reigns already, because the guy isn't even 35 and he effectively cant go any further with his career.
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August Wrasslin |OT| When Russo Shoots, He Shoots To Kill
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live is fun if you have 2 screens and something else to do
RAW is 2h of hearthstone and 1h of something half decent
None of which require them to actually be good at any point.
Nor require them to be in the ring. And yet, I see them in the ring. Almost every week.
Yeah, I was in the live crowd. The crowd rallied around Reigns towards the end. Before that, it was a bit dead besides when Orton would taunt or boring chants would happen.
I'll let you know after Raw. If Cena comes out and proclaims he's going to pull a Rocky 3 at Night of Champions, then less than a month.
I also think they straight up legit forgot the US title exists, similar to when Ambrose had it.
that's mostly because he was often a "filler" champ, just there to fill the gap between 2 Cena runs. It's sad because Orton is one hell of a worker and he really got his shit straight after a while
TheWarrior
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Goldust stepping up to Kane was damn poetry, the other long time veteran jumps in to set Kane straight. Was a nice little touch. I'll eat crow on that match, I though the stipulation was dumb and it worked out way better than I thought.
That whole PPV exceeded my expectations and I am hyped for the RAW fallout
Orton legit bores the fuck out of me because he's a rest-hold machine, his big spot moves are really stupid (that DDT), and his character devoid of any personality. The only thing he does that consistently impresses me is pull RKOs out of his ass.
Marvel
could never
Marked for that myself. Was awesome.
Id watch a Goldust vs Kane feud in 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_World_Heavyweight_Champions
Just look at all those Cena and Orton reigns. Most are of them are absolutely nothing.
Would be better than Reigns vs Orton.
And it's more sad that no-one would buy an Orton face turn to refresh him, because it's been done so many times before. He has very little to do for the next few months, unless he's being lined up for Batista...?
No Mercy 2007 has a lot to answer for. Fuck - Two of Bryan's are for a day or less. That's sad.
The Final Fantasy sub-boss henchman that casts a bunch of status effect spells. Confuse is a bitch.
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could never
Yeah I would too actually, crowd loved it.
sf2fanatic
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Damn. Ice dagger!
Bret was the master of the leg sell.
Dat limp.
I don't know. Rusev sold that ankle injury or he legit hurt?
Pretty sure Rusev was selling Swagger's ankle lock. He did an impressive job of it too.
Yeah was going to say, Rusev really does sell well. Sold the ankle lock through the PPV & RAW last time as well.
slightconfuse
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If you want to turn randy Face bring back Bob Orton Sr, for a father / son duo
He had actual tears in his eyes while selling his ankle during the camel clutch at the end of the match. That's commitment to selling.
I think if Rusev can survive the inevitable death of his evil Russian gimmick, he can go pretty far. He's good.
I was all against Rusev and his stupid character during his initial vignettes, but Rusev is amazing
Rusev/Swagger was my MOTN
In all seriousness I wonder how long his heat with Taker over the Hepatitis shit will last. Or is he blacklisted for good?
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Deleted member 47027
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Get ready fokes
Marvel
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Now y'all love Rusev? he's been great since day one, lol.
His selling is top notch, and I adore his spinning heel kick.
I do at home and would if I were there.
lol.
His selling is top notch, and I adore his spinning heel kick.
I do at home and would if I were there.
lol.
The Elite
BOSS
So, time for some real talk predictions:
How soon until they hit the reset button? I'm saying we're back to status quo by the end of September.
Sheamus, Ziggler and Miz in a three man elimination match for all the titles.
Brock vs. Big Show.
Paige going another round with AJ.
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Aw, lookit Dean helping Seth pin
I'm amazed nobody destroyed the announce tables. I thought for sure Bork would make use of all three tables by the end of the night.
Dem budget cuts. It was bad enough they had to pay an appearance fee to the lumberjacks.
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Oh yeah I really envy the Germans for getting their own announce team whilst us in the UK have to suffer through Cole & Co. I feel we deserve our own 2 man announce team of Regal & Barrett as well to make up for this.
the only one allowed to use the tables was Orton, because they never break when he does
I want the German Commentary on the Network dammit. Give it to me!
Grew up on German commentary team, they were great, by the sound of it they're still the same guys that did Nitro and Raw on DSF.
Sibersk Esto
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Seems like good shows, thanks Boots
None of which require them to actually be good at any point.
Look at all that sexism. No way the women can have a job for anything other than who they bang. Even though they had jobs for years before they were boning who they are boning.
Lol, why bother watching the match, I'll just bitch about it because it must have sucked.
Y'all need Jeezus.
Carsten Schafer or whatever his name is has been commentating Raw since 94 i think
plagiarize
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Reigns will be ready next year = Reigns isn't ready yet.
I thought that was pretty implicit. I was just saying that he's still showing improvement so I think he will be ready next year sometime. He's adding new moves to his move set, and hitting them quite well (that spear wasn't great though).
He's green, but getting there. I know that's not interesting, but the crowds are genuinely behind him at live events. Will he be ready in time for when they put the belt on him? I'm not sure. It's going to be a close call I should think. How many PPV singles matches has he had? Yes Orton carried the match, but Reigns was far from a disaster and had probably his best singles match so far.
TheWarrior
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Do they call them German suplexes or just suplexes?
mightynine
Member
Anything would be. When Mean Gene can waltz in and deliver a damn fine sell of the PPV - and even have some fun with it in the process - and do it better than your current main announce team that has the biggest audience available to them on any given Monday - you have a serious problem.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Weren't the Bellas not ready since day 1, but the E was so desperate for a twin gimmick they called them up anyway.
Also the BELLAS QUIT and came crawling back after failing in other ventures
Horrible people. They should be banished from the WWE Universe and given one of these on the way out
Don't make me hate you Aiii. Only the WCW announce team was great (Lenz Retzer & Mike Ritter). The announce team on Premiere and Sky that came later (Carsten Schäfer & Günther Zapf) were goddamn shit. They make JBL sound like Jim Ross in his prime.
They also translate every match type, no matter how shitty it sounds in German. Geld auf der Bank Leitermatch......
Thanks for the horrible memories
