So did Vince.
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So did Vince.
billy beane
Banned
I don't understand why they aren't trying to do Rock vs. Brock II. That seems like the biggest match they can do with who they have.
Cause if they did that, HHH couldn't make his comeback to get his win back.
Vince is still in charge.
HHH isn't going to just let Brock beat him like that.
same.
punk's promo and mitb 2011 are feeling more and more like a distant memory...
once the rock's gone i'm out
someone let me know if ziggler/bryan get a real push
til then i'll enjoy my attitude era tapes
slightconfuse
Banned
(not)suprised they didnt pull the trigger on brock anywhere tonight.
You're right.
But it won't change will it?
Like Punk said... it'll just get taken over by his stupid family.
billy beane
Banned
They've swerved the audience for the sake of swerving the audience before, and trust me, it's much worse.
You're right.
But it won't change will it?
Like Punk said... it'll just get taken over by his stupid family.
HHH will do good, I'm confident of that. The sooner he takes over the better.
we all knew the results too.
we just didn't expect it to be executed so poorly or others might have been hoping WWE wouldn't do the most predictable thing ever
slightconfuse
Banned
You're right.
But it won't change will it?
Like Punk said... it'll just get taken over by his stupid family.
dude Corprate H is the Best hing going. one he takes over things will be a lot better
I hope the first thing he does is get rid of this law where a face has to fight a heel and vice versa.
I don't know if they did that in the Attitude Era but Vince did say in his intro to the AE that good guys vs bad guys is basically insulting the viewers' intelligence.
Phoenixazure
Member
Well. Its until Wrestlemania. Until then, its Amblows all the way -_-
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
I gotta say, I love the pose. Glad it exists.
take it from someone who's been on/off hiatus for a long time. it wont feel different. once youre out, it'll never feel the same. at least it hasn't for me.
British Monsoon
Member
I know someone is going to tell me that wins and losses don't mean squat in wrestling, but dammit, I wish wins and losses actually meant something in wrestling.
It's just little things, like Cena (or whoever they're mega-pushing this month, see; Ryback) getting title opportunity after title opportunity whether he's had to work his way through the ranks or not, or a guy like Randy Orton beating the US champion in a non-title match on TV and then not getting a title shot because, lol, the belt is beneath his status.
I prefer the idea that guys want belts, want the top billings on the card, because it earns them more money. By the same token, guys should actually want to win matches to earn themselves a better pay-day and because, if wins and losses actually meant a damn thing, it would be the key to getting in the title picture.
I miss rankings in general, and no.1 contenders matches.
Ah, don't mind me, it's 5AM and I'm rambling.
It's just little things, like Cena (or whoever they're mega-pushing this month, see; Ryback) getting title opportunity after title opportunity whether he's had to work his way through the ranks or not, or a guy like Randy Orton beating the US champion in a non-title match on TV and then not getting a title shot because, lol, the belt is beneath his status.
I prefer the idea that guys want belts, want the top billings on the card, because it earns them more money. By the same token, guys should actually want to win matches to earn themselves a better pay-day and because, if wins and losses actually meant a damn thing, it would be the key to getting in the title picture.
I miss rankings in general, and no.1 contenders matches.
Ah, don't mind me, it's 5AM and I'm rambling.
slightconfuse
Banned
Rock will be a better champ than David Arquette at least!!
billy beane
Banned
I'd add to that Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara. I know they want to do that, and then have everyone in the audience wear a lucha mask to break the world record. That was the plan a couple months ago at least, and can still very well be now that Sin Cara is back.
Or have Mysterio and Sin Cara in a Tag Title match vs. some other tag team.
All in all, it's upsetting that everything is moot.
Dark Ninja
Member
But they do matter thats why Cena and Super friends never lose and when they do its never clean
slightconfuse
Banned
posting this again. Raw is happing from the place where summer of punk 2 began.
It's the most disappointing time of the year
When nobodies selling
and everyone is yelling in jeers
It's the most disappointing time of the year
It's the most predictable season of them all
With those legends returning and gay joke promos
With Cena winning it all
It's the most predictable season of them all
When nobodies selling
and everyone is yelling in jeers
It's the most disappointing time of the year
It's the most predictable season of them all
With those legends returning and gay joke promos
With Cena winning it all
It's the most predictable season of them all
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I wonder where the SHIELD storyline will be heading now...
Nah, the AE stuck pretty closely to heel vs face all the time. It's just a matter of what the faces were allowed to do. I will say again that PG isn't the problem. The WWE was the raunchiest in 2002, and WWE sucked that year. It's just a matter of being good.
Just be good.
Predictable card but I'd still watch because a lot of the matches could bring some sort of entertainment, even if the results are predictable. I hope Y2J is booked somewhere.
He is, he's booked on tour with Metallica.
The heels were also massive assholes. Sure many of the faces were too, but not as big as the heels.
The writers say wins and losses don't matter, but when they're asked why Cena always wins, they can never give a good reason other than it's what Vince wants.
Nowhere. It was always a storyline of convenience to keep Punk's streak going without hurting Ryberg. Funny that supposedly they didn't want to bring Ambrose up without a concrete plan for him. Yet here we are...
slightconfuse
Banned
John Cena wins the Royal Rumble Match! Nice to see someone who doesn't get to many big moments to win such a huge match. #shocker
— Todd Grisham (@GrishamESPN) January 28, 2013
todd Grisham bringing the heat
i was hoping for a clean finsish to Rock/Punk. not shield lights out and a fucking people elbow
— Todd Grisham (@GrishamESPN) January 28, 2013
todd Grisham bringing the heat
i was hoping for a clean finsish to Rock/Punk. not shield lights out and a fucking people elbow
I like good.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
So WrassleGAF, what do you give Royal Rumble? A,B,C, F scale.
Me:
Miz vs Cesaro: B
Del Rio vs Big Show: B+
Rumble: C-
Rock vs CM Punk: F
Overall: C-
Me:
Miz vs Cesaro: B
Del Rio vs Big Show: B+
Rumble: C-
Rock vs CM Punk: F
Overall: C-
F everything. Overall F.
IC_Champion
Member
Miz vs Cesaro: B
Del Rio vs Big Show: B+
*Royal Rumble up until Cesaro's elimination: A+
*Royal Rumble after Cesaro's elimination: F
Rock vs Punk: C
* Not because of Cesaro's elimination but because of the events that followed.
I mean, honestly. Wrestling is just a matter of matches and promos. Just have good matches, and have good promos, and that solves all your problems. It doesn't matter who these wrestlers are, or how long they've been on top, or what the story line is.
Have good matches with good promos, and you're done. The AE had that.
Mr. Enigma
Member
JBL really needs to decide whether to be a heel or neutral. He was totally defending the lights out attack and then furiously kissing Rock's ass after he won the title. Pick a side, bro.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Miz / Cesaro: Pre-show/10. Who cares.
ADR / Big Show: C
Hell No / Rhodes Scholars: C
Rumble: C for most of it with an F ending
Rock/Punk: C- for most of it with an F ending
Overall: D
We don't get good matches and good promos now?
This is true.
we don't have that much these days.
We do but it's not as common as it used to be.
slightconfuse
Banned
I feel the hell no spot in the rumble would have been better if they lost the belts.
HHH's CoO decisions thusfar are the only things giving me hope this industry even has a future. America's wrestling companies are basically either committing late-WCW-esque slow suicide through watering down their product and taking viewership for granted, ...committing late-WCW-esque slow suicide through watering down their product and taking viewership for granted while writing even worse stories than their primary competitor because they hired the idiot creatives from late WCW, or wrestling out of local gyms and warehouses.
So yeah, I really do think Cena's atrocious booking may well lead to the death of the WWE.