This hit me like a ton of bricks.
Get him to be a trainer in NXT. That way he can be part of the next generation and doesn't have to completely abandon what he loves.
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Get him to be a trainer in NXT. That way he can be part of the next generation and doesn't have to completely abandon what he loves.
I was totally fine with this past Monday. They're doing some minor rehab with Ziggler's character and Owens reacted appropriately to getting cheated for his loss. Sensible booking compared to what we've seen even between the same two people before.
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
Now that is sad.
Well Megumi jobs to Erina....
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
I was not ready for that.
This whole thing is so unfair.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They let Good Guy Glenn do it for like 2 weeks before they had him lose his kayfabe job, which was unfortunate because he was really good at it and it was hilarious.
That hot commodity Ryback who's burning up the charts. Those smattering of boos mixed in with silence that he gets every time they send him out now.
No one gets any kind of heat by beating up Ryback.
Thank the gods his feud with Owens was short lived.
Sadly, by the time WWE got onto the Bryan bandwagon it was too late. It's amazing how long it took them to get behind Bryan considering how massively over he had been for so long. Between WM28-30 Bryan was quite possibly the most over talent WWE has had since Rock.
Their hand was never forced until the live crowds started regularly revolting against the product live on air.
Barrage
Member
But he's not being bound. He is being paid as per his contract, and the WWE offered him a variety of ways to still be involved in his employer (all non-phyiscal due to Bryan's injury). Bryan refused them.
Read up on Randy Couture's attempt to use retirement to get out of his UFC Contract.
Liquidsnake
Banned
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
This really makes me teary eyed. As humans, we can all relate to having something we love being taken away from us. It sucks.
Marvel
could never
Goddamn
I flew to NYC to see Bryan Danielson in ROH.
I travelled to Liverpool to see Bryan Danielson for ROH.
I bought tickets to my first WWE house show in over a decade just to see Daniel Bryan on the main stage and he was pulled from the event due to injury.
I will certainly miss him.
I travelled to Liverpool to see Bryan Danielson for ROH.
I bought tickets to my first WWE house show in over a decade just to see Daniel Bryan on the main stage and he was pulled from the event due to injury.
I will certainly miss him.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
In the end, I think WWE was correct to not let this guy wrestle based on the current climate and what they knew. Dude would probably try to die in the ring if they let him. Same reason Kurt Angle isn't setting foot in a ring for any reason other than to collect his ring.
To me Bryan's story is more about how the WWE is so losing touch that they sometimes have to force themselves to do what they didn't want. It's the audience doing the booking. They didn't plan that whole popularity rise. They even tried to let it die i guess. But it didn't so they had to act like it was the plan.
Things changed in the way they sign some indies for sure. But not for how they are out of touch and completely blind to what people really want. Just look at the current situation.
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
oh man.. that's just sad.
Lol. Angle is a FAR worse case than D Bry is in several ways. They are not comparable.
Angle has been reaching Big Poppa Pump levels of overall being fucked up physically and mentally.
people have been saying (joking or not) that Kurt's gonna die in the ring for the past 10 years, yet he's still wrestling in 2016. So let's stop with that regarding Bryan. WWE feared a lawsuit and bad press from a concussion story the most, not that Bryan would actually die in the ring.
And some possible wrasslin' savants 20+ years from now.
We know nothing.
Assumption, speculation and conjecture is all we as observers can offer.
Bryan, his wife, Vince etc know the whats and why, we know nothing.
slightconfuse
Banned
Bryan will start a podcast.
Hope Meltzer gets him for an interview
Hope Meltzer gets him for an interview
I don't get these statements, not pointing at you honestly but there have been a bunch of these.
Bryan has been gone for a long time.
Most people have known this, and while yes there was hope the reality is that he was gone.
It is not like he was in the ring two months ago or six months ago.
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
Brutal
Nocturnowl
Member
Barely had enough time to view Raw this morning so I skipped to the final segment for Bryan and what an emotional viewing it was.
Not much else to say really, loved his sincerity and appreciation during his speech, his natural character shined through even when tackling such heavy subjects.
In light of these recent discoveries I'm glad he's getting out while he can.
Still I was happy enough that of the few wrestlers Bryan mentioned Kane was one of them.
Not much else to say really, loved his sincerity and appreciation during his speech, his natural character shined through even when tackling such heavy subjects.
See all of Bryan's Gratitude talk? he knows the secret.
I tended to describe Bryan to my lapsed wrestling fan friends that Bryan was a bit like Benoit without the brain damage.
In light of these recent discoveries I'm glad he's getting out while he can.
As did I.
Still I was happy enough that of the few wrestlers Bryan mentioned Kane was one of them.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
To clarify, a WWE ring. There's lots of local carnies that will let him take as many bumps as he wants.
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
Truly hard to see. I can relate but not as such a high level. I love baseball and growing up I enjoyed everything about it from watching to playing. I was never top level varsity quality but put in my fullest and 100% to practice and play at what level I could. I lost a bunch of weight and got contacts before my last year(summer legion baseball) and was excited for my last year. The day we got our uniforms I was finally called in for my turn. Well they sat me down and told me I was cut. They didn't have a B squad that year and only an A team and didn't want my summer to go to waste.
I was at a loss for words and couldn't really think straight. I said "so I don't need to come to practice tomorrow?" A friend waited for me as I needed a ride home. He asked me what number I got. I don't remember what I told him but was some sort of lie sot he didn't know. When I got home I went down to my room with lights off and cried. When my dad came home I cried and told him. He didn't comfort me much that I recall because that is how he is. Not that he didn't care but he just wasn't much for emotions being a military guy. I got over it quickly enough but still think about it from time to time.
Bellator is probably calling Bryan as we speak.
UberTag
Member
Owens may be stuck in a meaningless promo-free 50/50 angle nobody gives a damn about with Ziggler but he's making the most of it in spite of it all by focusing on being the absolute best heel possible. There is no complacency from a man who happily talks trash about Ziggler's inept standup comedy career while giving him a thorough beating. Dude's leading by example. He's like an expert craftsman demonstrating his skill while surrounded by broken-down machinery that is clearly flawed and doesn't work any more (i.e. the WWE creative apparatus).
That's the biggest reason I love Owens, he's always trying to make whatever he's doing the best it can be, even when working in the extreme restraints of RAW.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
"You know what's funnier than you!? EVERYTHING!" as he kicks Ziggler down on the mat.
Which makes me excited for when/if they ever give him a feud with someone worthwhile.
Exactly. That's why I feel like Owens will go far when his time comes. Just last night he was doing everything he could to make another Dolph Ziggler vs Kevin Owens match more entertaining with all the trash talk he did. He plays to his strengths even when the material he's given to work with doesn't.
slightconfuse
Banned
Bryan's said that he doesn't think he's a good teacher, and I think we should believe him.
The skillsets for teaching and for high achievement are not the same, and because high achievers rely so heavily on intuition/feel, it can make it very difficult for them to try and teach that to others.
The skillsets for teaching and for high achievement are not the same, and because high achievers rely so heavily on intuition/feel, it can make it very difficult for them to try and teach that to others.
UberTag
Member
You know when I suggested earlier to Bronx-Man to check out of wrestling aside from Lucha Underground until NXT Takeover Dallas... I was mistaken.
He ought to check this show out as well. Especially given the match list that's being built and this being ROH's first big show with upgraded production values.
Ishii vs. Goto outside of Japan isn't something you get to see every day.
He says that, and I don't doubt he believes it, but all the same he showed great insight and genuine appraisals in the Tough Enough judge role, which was a farce for the other judges mostly. Like he gave them real and practical advice on what they should be considering and working on.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I'm glad I stood by your side through this, Maroon. We made it.
You did this on National Pizza Day on purpose
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You did this on National Pizza Day on purpose
<3 love you fox <3 having extra cheese in your honor
He doesn't think he's a good teacher, and he's said he doesn't like doing it. I think WWE has offered the trainer position for some time.
Correct. If this were any case of Bryan wanting to work elsewhere; WWE would have just held onto his contract. This is because Bryan found out that the concussion issues were legitimately damaging him long-term; and he doesn't want those long-term issues.
Anecdote from last night is that Ryback and Bryan had a good cry about the whole retirement thing (since Ryback believed his career was over after his ankle injury).
Jim Herd wouldn't book Daniel Bryan because he is vegan.
You can't sell a vegan pie, everyone knows they don't draw the same way a non-vegan pie draws.
Plus he would call out Curtis Axel for what he is, the anchovies of wrestling.
Nobody wants anchovies but the only reason its on the menu is so people can't complain if its not on the menu.
Now that Brock is prosciutto of wrestling toppings. A little expensive and you can't have it on every pie but when its there makes for a great pizza.
A booker we could trust, like a good pizza
You can't sell a vegan pie, everyone knows they don't draw the same way a non-vegan pie draws.
Plus he would call out Curtis Axel for what he is, the anchovies of wrestling.
Nobody wants anchovies but the only reason its on the menu is so people can't complain if its not on the menu.
Now that Brock is prosciutto of wrestling toppings. A little expensive and you can't have it on every pie but when its there makes for a great pizza.
A booker we could trust, like a good pizza
Officerrob
Banned
This hit me like a ton of bricks.
FUCK, I was not ready for this
