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[Aiii]

As per F4W, Extreme Rules is not in Seattle this year.

The first big show after WrestleMania is now scheduled for the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ on 5/4.

 

[Ithil]

I thought Del Rio's initial run was very good, with his feud with Mysterio through WM XXVII feud with Edge. I still think he should have beat Edge and spent some months as WHC, but I guess they knew Edge was retiring soon and let him have one last Mania moment. Then after that Del Rio bounced around a little and got shoehorned into the WWE title picture during the Summer of Punk which he should have never been involved in. From there it was very mediocre IMO. He's never been terrible in the ring or on the mic, just predictable.

They didn't know Edge was retiring at WM 27, the idea was that Edge would win at WM, then Del Rio would beat him for the title at Extreme Rules in a ladder match. Edge retiring threw that out the window, and for whatever reason, maybe as a favour to Edge, they gave Christian the title instead (and instantly took it back off him).

 

[Kaladin]

As per F4W, Extreme Rules is not in Seattle this year.

Thanks for the thread recap.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Now that Punk is gone, the best promo guy in the WWE has got to be The Big Guy.

#rybackrules

If his promos were as good as his tweets he'd be great.

 

[funkystudent]

As per F4W, Extreme Rules is not in Seattle this year.

Thats a bummer.

BUT its still in smark country so it should be a decent crowd ether way,

 

[BronsonLee]

To be a grumpy goose, I must point out there won't be any light trees at WM 30, since it's a roofed stadium and they can hang their lighting rigs from the ceiling as usual.

You son of a bitch!

 

[Host Samurai]

OMG. I knew what to expect before the gif finished. GOLD

 

[Aiii]

Thanks for the thread recap.

Well excuuuuuse me!

 

[krae_man]

Glad I hadn't booked my Seattle flights yet.

Daniel Bryan Burial continues.

 

[Sephzilla]

As per F4W, Extreme Rules is not in Seattle this year.

Translation: "Bryan isn't going over at WrestleMania so we are sure as hell not going to book the next PPV in Seattle"

 

[UberTag]

Glad I hadn't booked my Seattle flights yet.

Daniel Bryan Burial continues.

Hey, don't be a negative Nancy.
Losing to Triple H at WrestleMania is a big step up from losing to Sheamus.
And D.Brine still gets to close out RAW and Smackdown each week (

Spoiler

until Cena is healthy / the Undertaker starts making his annual pre-Mania appearances

).

Daniel will get his title run next year during football season so the ratings drop can be blamed on him.
Will probably win it off Big Dave at Summerslam after he's had a chance to parade it around to promote that Marvel movie with the raccoon.
He might even be booked stronger as champ than Orton has.

 

[jred2k]

Well excuuuuuse me!

If Sandman still wants an OT2 he's gonna have to learn to love the repost.

 

[Cagey]

Well that's very disappointing, even if New Jersey will probably be a good crowd. Bryan getting a MITB 2011 moment in Seattle would have been good.

Was just about to ask the same. Isn#t New Jersey like ROH/ECW territory?

Bummer on them not going to Seattle, but the NJ crowd should still take a steaming dump on any shenanigans.

Woo, back in Jersey. I'm excited to do my part in dumping on the proceedings.

 

[Pavaloo]

Daniel Bryan should fight Batista for the title at WM 30 in a buried alive match.

Spoiler

Daniel losing obvs

 

[Razorskin]

Daniel Bryan should fight Batista for the title at WM 30 in a buried alive match.

Spoiler

Daniel losing obvs

Batista wins via no contest because Bryan is already buried.

 

[Shadowlink]

I feel like all this Daniel Bryan stuff is a work. WWE can't be that stupid.... right?!

 

[jmdajr]

I just had this strange vision.

What happens when Triple H does die for real? You know like...

"We are here today to bury HHH..."

I don't know. I just think this like black hole will appear and the whole universe will be destroyed. Just one fucked up paradox.

 

[Sabucin]

Batista wins via no contest because Bryan is already buried.

 

[Shadowlink]

I just had this strange vision.

What happens when Triple H does die for real? You know like...

"We are here today to bury HHH..."

I don't know. I just think this like black hole will appear and the whole universe will be destroyed. Just one fucked up paradox.

I thought we established the fact that not even death can bury Triple H.

 

[Xater]

I feel like all this Daniel Bryan stuff is a work. WWE can't be that stupid.... right?!

After all these years of stories coming out of this company you still have to ask?

 

[Pavaloo]

He's beaten Orton and Cena clean, it's time for a clean loss to Batista and a visual burial for Daniel.

I just had this strange vision.

What happens when Triple H does die for real? You know like...

"We are here today to bury HHH..."

I don't know. I just think this like black hole will appear and the whole universe will be destroyed. Just one fucked up paradox.

prophecy fulfilled, hunter's master-plan, ruler of all things, etc etc.

 

[Shadowlink]

After all these years of stories coming out of this company you still have to ask?

But after all these years, WWE finally has someone that is more over than anyone since the Austin days.

 

[Perspicacity]

If something gets shit on in New Jersey how does anyone tell the difference?

 

[jmdajr]

But after all these years, WWE finally has someone that is more over than anyone since the Austin days.

I wonder how WWE demographics have changed. Are there still kids at these WWE events? All I hear these days is young men.

 

[Sephzilla]

I just had this strange vision.

What happens when Triple H does die for real? You know like...

"We are here today to bury HHH..."

I don't know. I just think this like black hole will appear and the whole universe will be destroyed. Just one fucked up paradox.

He'll kick out at 2, that or he'll have died because of some doctor's fuck up and not because of natural causes.

You can sure as shit bet that Hunter wont put a disease over.

 

[Pavaloo]

Granted it was a house show since they don't do Raw or Smackdown over here

Spoiler

(JERKS)

, but there were a lot of children and older adults (long time fans and parents). Recently had my 8 year old nephew tell me how cool he thought John Cena was. I didn't even know he watches wrasslin!

 

[Kyoufu]

I wonder how WWE demographics have changed. Are there still kids at these WWE events? All I hear these days is young men.

Punk opened the door for guys like Bryan to get over when he brought legitimacy back to WWE when he broke the fourth wall in 2011. Slowly but surely he brought marks and smarks back into arenas and now Bryan has them in his pocket.

Punk really did bring change.

 

[Pavaloo]

Rock brought them back

 

[jmdajr]

Punk opened the door for guys like Bryan to get over when he brought legitimacy back to WWE when he broke the fourth wall in 2011. Slowly but surely he brought marks and smarks back into arenas and now Bryan has them in his pocket.

Punk really did bring change.

No doubt this is the closest the audience has been attitude era like.

 

[Shadowlink]

Rock brought them back

Not going to lie! Only reason I came back was because of The Rock. I stayed for Punk, Bryan, Ziggler, Cesaro, etc...

 

[XenoRaven]

Rock brought them back

I came back for The Rock. I stayed for Punk. Then I left again because everything sucked so bad.

 

[Pavaloo]

Not going to lie! Only reason I came back was because of The Rock. I stayed for Punk, Bryan, Ziggler, Cesaro, etc...

I came back for The Rock. I stayed for Punk. Then I left again because everything sucked so bad.

Yeah and I don't think it's a bad thing, but I would be lying if I said my brother didn't start watching again because of him. Plus all the people I worked with at the time. Which is great! Bringing old eyes to the product to get caught up in new stars, that's what they're there for.

 

[Kyoufu]

Not going to lie! Only reason I came back was because of The Rock. I stayed for Punk, Bryan, Ziggler, Cesaro, etc...

Yeah, Rock played a part too.

Punk vs Rock should have been the main event of WM29.

Fuck this company.

 

[Sephzilla]

Rock brought them back

We did it.... for The Rock

 

[Liquidsnake]

Where is WM 30 this year?

 

[Deleted member 47027]

We did it.... for The Rock

 

[Kyoufu]

Where is WM 30 this year?

Looking at the card... in hell.

(New Orleans I think).

 

[jmdajr]

Where is WM 30 this year?

Oh you didn't know????

Well...

It's in New Orleans!

Thanks for the call.

 

[Cagey]

I only started paying attention after several years because of The Rock appearing back in 2011. Like the rest, I kept with it for Punk.

 

[jmdajr]

Rock brought them back

I came back for The Rock. I stayed for Punk. Then I left again because everything sucked so bad.

Yeah, Rock played a part too.

Punk vs Rock should have been the main event of WM29.

Fuck this company.

I only started paying attention after several years because of The Rock appearing back in 2011. Like the rest, I kept with it for Punk.

 

[krae_man]

Hey, don't be a negative Nancy.
Losing to Triple H at WrestleMania is a big step up from losing to Sheamus.
And D.Brine still gets to close out RAW and Smackdown each week (

Spoiler

until Cena is healthy / the Undertaker starts making his annual pre-Mania appearances

).

Daniel will get his title run next year during football season so the ratings drop can be blamed on him.
Will probably win it off Big Dave at Summerslam after he's had a chance to parade it around to promote that Marvel movie with the raccoon.
He might even be booked stronger as champ than Orton has.

I was looking forward to a Seattle WrassleGAF meetup. I wanted to hang with my Seattle Wrestling peeps.

 

[Pavaloo]

I still really like this promo package from last year's rumble

 

[Sephzilla]

I gotta agree with some of the others. Before Rock's comeback I was watching part time (was a die hard during the 90s and early 00s though). Punks pipe bomb made me stick around. And Daniel Bryan stuck with me because wrestling wise I think he's the second coming of Bret Hart.

 

[Serpentine]

This would make a great smiley

 

[DMczaf]

 

[Liquidsnake]

Is RAW anywhere near WM this year?

 

[British Monsoon]

WWE.com put up a ton of photos from the Japanese super shows they ran with SWS in the early 90's and the WWF/AJPW Wrestling Summit;

http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-japanese-super-shows-photos

Lol, hover hand Marty;

Bret Hart vs Tiger Mask Misawa;

 

[jmdajr]

Is RAW anywhere near WM this year?

That's in New Orleans too.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Quake looks so happy there. Wish he had won the Rumble.

 

[Striker]

Del Rio peaked too quickly. What else can achieve at this point? He's won everything and been both HEEL and FACE. He would need a drastic character change to do anything interesting.

He could've been booked better so he wasn't just a main event jobber to the Punk's and Cena's. Makes him a new star in the main event, at least.