sf2fanatic
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This week we leaned Aerostar is also a time traveler
The match at the end. I'm like WTF?
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The match at the end. I'm like WTF?
Tyler Breeze is on the Germany tour and it seems Smackdown was very good according to John Pollock who watched it:
UberTag
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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?"
It's because there's no reason or benefit for Owens to fight the Undertaker and no shit some dude who has spent decades on the indies and has never worked Mania wants to work with Undertaker at WM before he retires. If you aren't lobbying to get that match you probably don't care about wrestling. Them not giving him that match is indicative of literally nothing.
The concept that Owens has nuclear heat is hilarious to me, though. Yes, he has huge heat on him but they're giving him big matches at every PPV, runs with titles and called him up from NXT within like 7 months because they hate him. Gimme a break.
slightconfuse
Banned
Owens is in the 50-50 club till creative finds something for him
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The 50/50 club sucks I agree but there's just literally no other way to make a Ziggler/Owens feud seem worth time since Ziggler has been a jobber to the stars recently and it seems like they want to avoid WM being full of rematches this year.
sf2fanatic
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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 legit think it's because they're avoiding rematches at WM so they aren't setting any of those up yet. Pretty much none of the current matches at Fastlane seem likely to carry through to WM.
slightconfuse
Banned
Agree it's why the should move the rumble to Feb evacuees there is too much filler till mania.
UberTag
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I'll back you up on it being lunacy that Owens has nuclear heat (I wasn't kidding about Strowman, though) but I'll raise issue with this because it exonerates the Creative team. There are countless ways you can make a Ziggler/Owens feud mean something... most of which involve them cutting promos on one another and building up a logical progression of the feud from beginning to end in a way that means something and actually builds one guy or the other guy.
Hell, I don't even care if you bury Owens and have him lose every match if it's in service of building Ziggler. Just build SOMEBODY.
The fact that they refuse to do that is what people find infuriating about 50/50 booking... not that "their guy" is losing half the time.
ramoisdead
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Like I always said, should've gave the IC strap to Owens so his useless feud with Ziggler where no one gets over can have at least one focus on.
Bluekaveli
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But who else faces Taker at Mania?
Finn Balor's Abs.
Ninja Scooter
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the demon Kane
UberTag
Member
Our wonderful array of options include...
- A miraculous recovery from one John Cena
- Kane
- Somebody from the League of Nations
Bluekaveli
Member
Oh gosh
I'm about to say fuck it and declare this the match we're getting. I joked about it but fuck it, I'll take it again.
ADR is the only person they could work now.
Let's cross people off the list:
Cena - Injured
HHH - Never again
Sting - Injured
Wyatt - Nope
Brock - Nope (Though I'd like it)
Kane makes zero sense given the current build for Taker. HBK would be hilarious, but that's not happening. Same with Stone Cold. Jeff Hardy might have worked if he hadn't signed back up with TNA.
It's going to be someone.
Ninja Scooter
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I'd love to see Taker try and set up for that top rope stomp move Del Rio does
UberTag
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The thing about ADR that makes him terribly unlikely is that they like to protect potential Undertaker opponents by building them up beforehand (like they did with Bray last year). Having him lose a feud against one of the Lucha Dragons hardly amounts to a build.
I honestly believe they're holding out for Cena. Which probably sucks for John... but hey, this Mania needs something to get excited about, right? It sure as hell isn't going to be Triple H vs. Roman no matter how many Austins, Dwaynes and Rouseys they throw into that match.
Maybe someone like a Samoa Joe.
I still like Finn Balor's Abs though but they probably would have called him up earlier if they were going that way. Sting might have been fun. Cena would have been great.
Maybe Rollins is back by then after getting some Cena juice in him, get him to dress in white.
I still like Finn Balor's Abs though but they probably would have called him up earlier if they were going that way. Sting might have been fun. Cena would have been great.
Maybe Rollins is back by then after getting some Cena juice in him, get him to dress in white.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I like that "give the old man a year off because the roster's fucked" is the only option people flatout won't consider in their fantasy booking because everyone else got overworked to death, why shouldn't Taker
I've thought about it a lot but this is the Texas WM, might be his last, he's been wrestling every few months since last mania and looked pretty damn good doing it. It would be hilarious if they decide to keep him off, a healthy scratch if you will, because there just isn't anyone worth putting him against.
Ninja Scooter
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if Taker wants or needs a year off he doesn't need WWE's permission. Presumably he wants to be there because A) it's in his home state and B) he's 50 and might not have many Mania's left.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Taker's still got like 4 Manias left in him, and the fact that everybody including Dave is and has been operating for months like this is nowhere near his last Mania should be telling of that
He already missed out on a Sting match. If he misses out on a Cena match, he'll just say fuck it and go until either his legs or back won't let him anymore. Nobody would blame him for taking or getting one off
He already missed out on a Sting match. If he misses out on a Cena match, he'll just say fuck it and go until either his legs or back won't let him anymore. Nobody would blame him for taking or getting one off
FeenixRising
Banned
WWE's statement to the NY Post regarding Titus
Who thought it was about race?
It's about politics.
If that was Roman ribbing he wouldn't have gotten shit.
People in this very same thread said it was about race...
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Remember when HHH said "you people can't win"
And then he went the fuck over
Good times
And then he went the fuck over
Good times
UberTag
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blackaroni
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I'm guessing it was about WCW. WWE simply couldn't and won't let go of the fact that "they won" even though putting them over would've been "best for business."
If they let him go they'll make this whole situation even worse. They should really reduce his suspension time too because missing Wrestlemania seems like too harsh a punishment.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
They aren't reducing it from 60 significantly. Either they'll stick with 60, take it down to 54 (a day after Mania), or negate it entirely and quietly release him 52 (a day before Mania) when the heat's died down
maybe they'll have a "performance evaluation" on the Raw before Mania to see if he's worthy of appearing at WM where they will make him perfom various tasks suited for a fine black man, like making him carry Michael Hayes' bags, a fried chicken eating contest, or a dance-off all while Cole laughs and yells "look at Titus, he sure likes to have FUN"
He did but one day he had bit too much moonshine so he threw them up.
Remember when HHH would apparently call Roberto Rodriguez 'Bumblebee' because he was fat and Mexican?
Remember when Alberto was the victim of discrimination and he was the one fired for it?
Do you remember?
Marvel
could never
Hahaha
I know we're supposed to make fun of them for being the racist fuckers they are but I find this offensive, even if it's a joke.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
But no I'm sure HHH and Vince aren't racist at allllllllllllllllllllllllol let's give them the benefit of the doubt forever NXT NXT NXT
You can trust him to do what's best for the fans, after all. Remember that time Punk gave a promo everyone talked about and a match everyone wanted to rewatch for years against Cena at MITB and left with the belt???
Oh wait that's right, it ended with:
Him coming back after a week or two
Rey winning a pointless tournament and having a pointless reign that didn't even last a day
Cena having a pointless reign that didn't even last a month
And culminating in a match between HHH and Kevin Nash
Honestly as pissed off as people are/should be at that whole debacle, it was genuinely impressive how much HHH and Vince fucked up absolutely all of that. Perfect promo, perfect match, perfect finale, and all they needed to do was stick the landing on the epilogue. But they fucked up every single step of it
UberTag
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The important thing to realize is that we got a glorious feud between Triple H and Kevin Nash that we were all craving for that culminated with a sledgehammer on a pole match and the obvious outcome to send the fans home happy.
Bluekaveli
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Sup Browny, anyone notice they took away the R2 feature of wwe network when you can skip to significant events? Or maybe it's just this one ppv.
avengers23
Banned
They have a tag team championship match on the second New Beginning show.