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February Wrasslin' |OT2| Where TNA Careers Never Existed
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It's going to be interesting watching who eventually picks up Cena's baton as company mainstay, because as Meltzer wrote, nothing they do is going to make viewership grow much from where it's at. This is an industry that needs to fight to maintain what they have, because pop culture is too fragmented to produce another Attitude era size audience these days. If Reigns flops, how soon do they pull the rug on him, and does it just go back to Cena until he eventually drops, because people at least react to him? I don't hate Reigns; I just find him deeply boring, as a wrestler and as a personality. I don't see that improving much any time soon.
British Monsoon
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I'd love to see Hansen in the HoF, even if he didn't have a huge career in WWE. He'd give a great speech, I've no doubt. Have Hansen induct Brody, then Bruno induct Hansen.
HELL no. I'll probably end up watching the DVD though. Still waiting for them to send the DVD of Russo's first show with IPW:UK where he SWERVED everyone.
Sibersk Esto
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Ambrose is not going to save pro wrestling, and I say this as a fan
I think Vince works under the belief that wants to have 1 superstar and a roster full of jobbers. He only has to pay one man and the rest of the roster can be cycles with talent to feed to the star. It's like a sports team that pays crazy money to get a star but is then forced to surround him with cheaper talent.
I think a roster with multiple guys treated as a super star would do better than what they have now. Let the cream rise to the top and you can push who makes the most sense either for the future or for the present.
What will their PPV schedule look like after mania?
They appear to really only care about 4-6 younger men
2 of these men will lose at mania. Cena may be the only one there where the outcome of a match doesn't effect him. If Reigns is gonna win I can't see him losing the title for a while. Especially since they probably want to surpass Punk's time with the title out of spite.
Assuming the title is the main event every PPV who does Reigns beat?
I think a roster with multiple guys treated as a super star would do better than what they have now. Let the cream rise to the top and you can push who makes the most sense either for the future or for the present.
What will their PPV schedule look like after mania?
They appear to really only care about 4-6 younger men
- Cena
- Rusev
- Rollins
- Reigns
- Wyatt
- Orton
2 of these men will lose at mania. Cena may be the only one there where the outcome of a match doesn't effect him. If Reigns is gonna win I can't see him losing the title for a while. Especially since they probably want to surpass Punk's time with the title out of spite.
Assuming the title is the main event every PPV who does Reigns beat?
- Extreme Rules - Rollins
- Payback - Big Show
- Money in the Bank -Rollins
- Battleground - Kane
- SummerSlam - Cena
- Night of Champions - Cena
- Hell in a Cell - Bryan
- Survivor Series - No WHC match.
- TLC - Big Show
- Royal Rumble - Cena/Orton
- Fastlane - Wyatt
BoboBrazil
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They'll continue to stick by Reigns. They've done more to try to get him over than anyone else. They even have Cena out there saying he is old now. I think they will keep trying and hide his horribleness in matches with good workers like Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan.
slightconfuse
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Meltzers piece in the observer was amazing this week.
BoboBrazil
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This guy, the Ringmaster isn't going to save wrestling...
Slightly tall order.
slightconfuse
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Get him dancing. That always works.
They'll have Rollins cash in on Reigns in the douchiest way possible either at Mania or Raw the next night, so they can get fans behind Reigns as he chases the coward heel for the belt. Then give it to him at Summerslam for an extended run.
British Monsoon
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Grado will save pro-wrestling
I think they will protect Reigns like crazy. They are giving him the man that took Taker's streak.
He won't lose until one of HHH's daughters turns 19 and they turn her into the champ so they can get on over on Chyna again.
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Dick Justice
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That was after he'd been fired from the company twice, so I don't see how that's relevant. If Reigns had done what Bryan did, you know they'd be going on and fucking on about it on Raw.
On another note, a funny look at 90s smarks and their hatred of Goldberg.
http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2x5sfa/smarks_throughout_history_1_classic_thoughts_on/
It's relevant because WWE doesn't really care if you've done something amazing outside of the ring if you're not their guy because WWE is back into the 80s mentality of 'this is our guy and everyone benefits from being around this guy.' So yes, the only person they're going to talk about is Roman because they think if you build one person up, it makes everyone else a big deal to work with them.
Keep in mind Masters was fired the second time after dramatically improving upon his return.
Friend, you're so paranoid it hurts. I don't think anyone is getting a 434 day reign as champ as long as there's only one title to go around. Punk's reign isn't even a record, just a footnote in history.
BoboBrazil
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They were too busy showing weekly updates from Reigns via satellite asking him how his daily shit went to show something from Bryan.
When Brock left they had Orton win because they wanted to claim that he was the youngest champion ever.
Not Brock.
300k x 12 months is 3.6 million. Cena makes more than that.
More like until Reigns leaves with his version of the kliq for another promotion. I'm serious, this is like history repeating itself.
Dick Justice
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So? Punk doesn't hold any records unlike Brock, there's no reason for WWE to ever mention his title reign.
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RobbieNick
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I think he sounds exactly like old school Fred. In fact the guy who does Fred now can imitate every era of Fred's voice from the 60's to the 80's. It's Barney that sounds really off.
I'm pretty close to "I wish he'd just quit and go to New Japan" status with Bryan. Been there with Cesaro since last summer after they botched the fuck out of that jobber battle royal win.
It will never happen
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Dick Justice
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A mass exodus is what this fucking carny company deserves. But it ain't gonna happen. Though it does seem like things are reaching a boiling point, what with the divas, Titus and Darren Young speaking out, Bork being angry about his money, etc.
Jimmy King
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Bryan doesn't care about the chingle chingle, and his new found midcard paycheck will adjust accordingly. So other than the potential injuries, I'm wondering why he doesn't pack it up and go to NJPW.
Good on AJ for pointing out Steph's hypocrisy. The WWE treats women like shit and only represents a small percentage of real actual women.
Good on Taven, Bennett, and Maria. All 3 deserve it.
ROH on Spike? I thought this rumor was squashed and was just seen as the company blowing smoke. I'd be ALL for it.
Was hoping Cole would be back sooner, but he's gotta take care of himself first.
TNA gonna TNA. Really feels like they're just in a holding pattern. Hope they're at least making money to justify all this.
I know people hate cena becasue he been the guy for 10+ but it not his fault that the WWE and VInce cant make super stars anymore.
This was one of the most baffling things on Raw. From a character motivation perspective, and based on Orton's past behavior, there is no way he would have just shrugged off the end of that match and NOT hit Seth with an RKO.
Jimmy King
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the bullet club don't give a fuck about tenure, they're taking over, brother!
serenewarfare
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Like Meltzer said in his piece, I think if Reigns fails they'll go back to Cena until they find another "guy". Same as when they went right back to Hogan at WM9 because they weren't confident in anyone else.
njean777
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That is where I thought they were going, like he was just playing them and then was going to drop rollins at the end, but no, they fucked up everything that they set up in the span of 3 hours. It makes no sense.
JesseEwiak
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Yup. That's one thing I don't understand. I get the Reigns thing. I get the Sting-HHH thing. I get the Bray-'Taker thing, even if I won't like it. I get Cena-Rusev. I really don't get Orton-Rollins so far.
This is the same who thought that reigns promo was a good idea.
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