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February Wrasslin' |OT| Did somebody not get what they wanted?
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A classic heel champion is something like losing by countout, DQ (interference), or cheating to win. Losing like he has is not good booking or really out to make your title look legitimate.
Ceasro is going to get his push really soon maybe even around same time as reigns. Zeb etc. have been bitchslapping Swagger around and making him to be the worthless link.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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That's a boring heel champion, other than the cheating if it's hilarious.
The title's the title. People who hold it lose all the time.
Deadly Joker
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They want the marks to feel like there is an actual chance Bryan, Cena or Sheamus might actually win. So they might buy the PPV in order to see their favorite babyface win the championship. When in reality, Orton is winning 100%.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Can't be worse than Orton/Batista will be (not should, will, because it's absolutely going to happen :[)
When the Rock would be WWF champion he would beat guys like D'Lo Brown or Steve Blackman. If he's in a struggle against somebody like Austin or Kane, he'll get out of the situation by a run in or countout. And that's completely fine, because he's a heel. Him losing all the time just makes him look like a fool.
And yeah, it's quite obvious he'll win at EC. It makes it even more silly.
And yeah, it's quite obvious he'll win at EC. It makes it even more silly.
Didn't the people who made The Crow come up with Crow Sting?
Serpentine
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fucking same
bean breath
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I feel bad for Jack Swagger. That's the only emotion those spoilers illicit from me.
Sympy for Swagger.
Sympy for Swagger.
I don't know what you're talking about, chico
bean breath
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UberTag
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<rolls eyes at the wish I could have gone to Smackdown comments>
I bet that opening match with The Shield turns out great on television with those 6 guys involved. See... I can be positive too.
Cesaro won a non-title match over Orton. Big whoop.
He beat the worst booked WWE champion since... damn, I think they booked Del Rio better than this.
They certainly booked The Miz better than this.
Next week on RAW, Sheamus will beat Orton as well. Triple H will make an example out of the only guy sucky enough to lose to Orton in Christian and banish him to "blue dot land" out of fear that Christian's mug is so ugly that he will shatter the glass of the chamber before he's due to enter the match because of how hideous he is. Triple H will put himself in the match along with the other 4 guys that beat Orton.
Cena will get decimated by 20 finishers from multiple men in sequence (because that's the only way he could possibly lose - but only after the Wyatts brutalize him backstage before the match even begins so he'll be wounded as well). Perhaps they'll set up a match between Cesaro and Sheamus for Mania.
Final 3 in the Chamber match are Triple H, Orton and D.Brine. Triple H costs Bryan the title setting up their match at Mania. Orton RKOs Triple H immediately afterwards to retain. Shitty Mania match vs. Batista will follow.
He beat the worst booked WWE champion since... damn, I think they booked Del Rio better than this.
They certainly booked The Miz better than this.
Next week on RAW, Sheamus will beat Orton as well. Triple H will make an example out of the only guy sucky enough to lose to Orton in Christian and banish him to "blue dot land" out of fear that Christian's mug is so ugly that he will shatter the glass of the chamber before he's due to enter the match because of how hideous he is. Triple H will put himself in the match along with the other 4 guys that beat Orton.
Cena will get decimated by 20 finishers from multiple men in sequence (because that's the only way he could possibly lose - but only after the Wyatts brutalize him backstage before the match even begins so he'll be wounded as well). Perhaps they'll set up a match between Cesaro and Sheamus for Mania.
Final 3 in the Chamber match are Triple H, Orton and D.Brine. Triple H costs Bryan the title setting up their match at Mania. Orton RKOs Triple H immediately afterwards to retain. Shitty Mania match vs. Batista will follow.
I bet that opening match with The Shield turns out great on television with those 6 guys involved. See... I can be positive too.
Goddamn the 3/6 NJPW show is gonna be amazing. Okada vs Ibushi non-title. Anderson/Doc vs Super Murder Best Friends (Goto/Shibata) for the tag titles
Then on 3/15 the New Japan Cup starts at Korakuen: Nak/DBS, Naito/Ishii (!!!), Makabe/Fale, Archer/Devitt, Goto/Gallows, Shibata/Anderson, Yano/Suzuki, Yujio/Shelton
Then on 3/15 the New Japan Cup starts at Korakuen: Nak/DBS, Naito/Ishii (!!!), Makabe/Fale, Archer/Devitt, Goto/Gallows, Shibata/Anderson, Yano/Suzuki, Yujio/Shelton
Serpentine
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look bro this is the first televised WWE event in the Inland Empire, and i coulda been there. i coulda had something to tell all my friends and children for years to come.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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The analyst-y "they make the champ looks weak" argument is shit. Do you think Orton's good enough to be world champ? Then he is. Don't project onto other fans.
This comes out on my birthday. Oh joy...
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Double the disappointment.
British Monsoon
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Freaking awesome, the Anniversary show should be great. Hope it's an iPPV this year, which it probably will be, as New Japan seem intent on having at least 2 iPPVs every month. Opening night of the cup will be on iPPV as well, surely.
Naito vs Ishii has a pretty obvious outcome; Naito's getting his win back. However, Shibata vs Anderson sounds like a lot of fun and Nak vs DBS was super underrated the last couple of times they met in singles action. Archer vs Devitt should be good, but Yano vs Suzuki again? Lol.
Speaking of K.E.S, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. have improved so dramatically over the past couple of years, they're easily one of the best tag teams in the world and surely someone at WWE must be kicking themselves that they never saw the potential both guys so obviously have.
Man fuck this company. At least something good came out of Aksana fucking up.
Serpentine
Banned
did anyone? i mean no one watches Superstars so people probably didn't see Archer tagging with Curt Hawkins or DHS wearing a cowboy hat
their loss though, KES is fuuuuuun
UberTag
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Notable defeats for Roman Reigns since being elevated to the main WWE roster...
- Getting pinned by Jey Uso via frog splash following two Daniel Bryan running knees and a Jimmy Uso superkick in the 11-on-3 gauntlet match on the September 23rd RAW
- Getting pinned by Cody Rhodes on the October 14th RAW to lose the tag titles after eating a KO punch from Big Show while the ref was watching (no DQ stip)
- Getting tossed by Big Dave at the Royal Rumble after eliminating a record-setting 12 opponents
That's it. All of those other Shield losses were by DQ or due to either Ambrose or Rollins getting pinned.
Incidentally, he was never pinned in NXT after adopting the Roman Reigns gimmick, either. You have to go back to his Leakee days in FCW to find pinfall losses to the likes of Kruger, Cesaro and Sandow.
This man will make Cena's Superman run look downright mortal by comparison once The Shield splits up.
- Getting pinned by Jey Uso via frog splash following two Daniel Bryan running knees and a Jimmy Uso superkick in the 11-on-3 gauntlet match on the September 23rd RAW
- Getting pinned by Cody Rhodes on the October 14th RAW to lose the tag titles after eating a KO punch from Big Show while the ref was watching (no DQ stip)
- Getting tossed by Big Dave at the Royal Rumble after eliminating a record-setting 12 opponents
That's it. All of those other Shield losses were by DQ or due to either Ambrose or Rollins getting pinned.
Incidentally, he was never pinned in NXT after adopting the Roman Reigns gimmick, either. You have to go back to his Leakee days in FCW to find pinfall losses to the likes of Kruger, Cesaro and Sandow.
This man will make Cena's Superman run look downright mortal by comparison once The Shield splits up.
So, just came back from the doctor to get my allergy test results. Turns out I'm allergic to house dust mite. No surprise there really, but he said normal results are like 0,38 and my level was 48! Turns out I'm royally fucked and are going to have a stuffed nose for the rest of my life without any chance of doing anything about it. Damnit! (To be fair, I've lived with this my entire life so I'm used to it, but I was hoping to find some kind of solution by getting tested).
Hey now, you're not supposed to like wrestling around here! Stop that!
Hey now, you're not supposed to like wrestling around here! Stop that!
British Monsoon
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Cody Rhodes is a time traveller/immortal - from 1904;
I remember very little about Archer's WWE run, but I was constantly begging them to let DHS be a bad-ass who powerbombs people to oblivion. Somehow they managed to make his in-ring work appear as boring as his character, which is quite the feat.
I remember very little about Archer's WWE run, but I was constantly begging them to let DHS be a bad-ass who powerbombs people to oblivion. Somehow they managed to make his in-ring work appear as boring as his character, which is quite the feat.
daemissary
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I have the same exact allergy issue. Started allergy shots a couple months ago which has helped marginally but my constantly plugged nose makes it almost impossible to get a full nights sleep. I recommend using Afrin once every couple of weeks...it's the only thing that really helps me.
Yeah, that kind of stuff is not going anywhere near my nose anymore, same goes for stuff with Xylometazoline in it. I used to use it, but you get too easily addicted to that kind of stuff, especially since it's literally the only thing that clears your nose. It came to the point where I was using upwards to four of those 10ml bottles a week. I quit point blank at some point.
I have prescriptions for pills and a nasal spray based on Azelastine. That works somewhat to the point where I can breathe enough through my nose to sleep through the night without waking up.
Serpentine
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I don't either, except he tagged with Curt Hawkins (somehow being his most forgettable partner, beating out Zack Ryder and Tyler Reks). It's probably i step up from "Guitar Hero Enthusiast" in TNA. i'm pretty sure that's what he was. WWE doesn't like capitalizing on potential badasses for some reason
Meltzer over at the F4W Board on why Antonio Cesaro is losing his first name.
"Somebody thought Antonio sounded like the name of a guy who wasn't tough. Seriously. And he's in the main event in two weeks and somebody woke up and thought he had a pussy name so we have to change that."
Also read on Twitter that Big E is going to drop Langston from his name but I can't tell if the people saying it are joking or not.
"Somebody thought Antonio sounded like the name of a guy who wasn't tough. Seriously. And he's in the main event in two weeks and somebody woke up and thought he had a pussy name so we have to change that."
Also read on Twitter that Big E is going to drop Langston from his name but I can't tell if the people saying it are joking or not.
UberTag
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As usual, that somebody is Vince McMahon.
Because he's an expert on what names are considered to be pussy names. And which ones aren't.
Somebody call up Antonio Banderas and tell him Vincent Kennedy McMahon thinks he has a pussy name. Let's book it right now... Banderas vs. McMahon at WrestleMania 30.
It's going to be fun seeing just how senile Vince can go while remaining in unquestioned power.
I think it's great they're bringing back single word names instead of regular names. Batista sounds so much better than Dave Batista. It's weird they started giving people full names instead of cool nicknames.
However, in Cesaro's case I would have changed his name to 80's style, Cunning Tony C or something like that.
However, in Cesaro's case I would have changed his name to 80's style, Cunning Tony C or something like that.
Marvel
could never
But with smaller tits.
The Bookerman
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Every time I see this photo I think of how great a The Great Malenko and Sons detective serial would be
It's bore-us malenko! Awesome!
Tony "Cuntdestroyer" Ceasaro
Make sure the middle name is on the title belt plate when he gets it.
daemissary
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Yeah, I've heard horror stories about people getting addicted which is why I limit myself to once every couple of weeks tops. I have a prescription for Azelastine too but I still have issues with sleeping through the night and even when I do make it through the night, I feel exhausted in the morning because I'm not sleeping deeply.
It isn't great.
Everything about Scott Hall that I've heard in these interviews makes it sound like the dude should have been like multi-time world champion. X-pac considers him the best worker of the Kliq. That he was the guy who got Shawn as good as Shawn was. That he was the guy who gave Jeff Hardy a rub. He came up with a bunch of the NWO ideas. He came up with the Razor and Cro gimmicks being used in wrestling. In WCW he was so fucking over and he only had to say two words. Well, not really words.
British Monsoon
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Apparently Nick Jackson is going to face Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title at some point.
Ibushi & El Desperado said they wanted to challenge for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles, but as Matt Jackson's broke his hand that will have to be put on hold and it seems as if Nick will get a singles title shot in the time being.
Bucks in singles matches is always weird, but it's Ibushi, so it should be good. Bummed that Matt's likely going to be out of action for a month or two, as I was meant to be seeing The Young Bucks vs Project Ego at Revolution Pro next month.
Ibushi & El Desperado said they wanted to challenge for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles, but as Matt Jackson's broke his hand that will have to be put on hold and it seems as if Nick will get a singles title shot in the time being.
Bucks in singles matches is always weird, but it's Ibushi, so it should be good. Bummed that Matt's likely going to be out of action for a month or two, as I was meant to be seeing The Young Bucks vs Project Ego at Revolution Pro next month.
That match is going to need soooooo much editing.
Regular names are fine, but the style of nicknames has really gone weird. Bret "Hitman" Hart, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, etc. I mean now you have John Cena, but who is he? Who is Daniel Bryan? Who is Kofi Kingston? We see guys like Ziggler having Showoff, but that's a pretty crummy name.
But same time, Batista was mostly known as "The Animal" which gave him that unique personality. Cesaro should get something great, but I doubt he does.
Serpentine
Banned
how quickly we forget about THE WILDCAT
hey, someone's gotta replace Naomi...
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