Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I'm surprised this thread hasn't turned on AJ Styles yet.
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January Wrasslin' |OT| Big Month John
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SallyIsNow
Banned
Let me tell you tbis dudebrotherjack, if Finn wasnt a voring vanilla midget, we wouldn't be having this convo.
The face that runs the place is the GOAT. AND i mean that AT part. Jabronie Grimace
Professor Beef
Banned
It already did when he was in that Jericho match at Wrestlemania. Then he went to Smackdown and became The Face That Runs The Place.
blackaroni
Member
Roman basically saved AJ's WWE career tbh. The Big Dog even made boring ass Finn seem interesting the one time they had a match.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
There's like a 0% chance Sami Zayn wins the Royal Rumble.
What kind of gimmick posting garbage is this?
blackaroni
Member
Goldberg looked like shit tonight. I think it's time for a Rollins feud.
But it makes sense. You have Braun like last person then Sami comes out #30 and eliminates the person who beat the shit out of him. He'll get a huge pop. Unless Finn is in RR I don't see anyone on Raw winning it.Fucking Dead.
SallyIsNow
Banned
What are you smokin, and can ya pass that shit?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Fucking Dead.
At this rate I expect a Goldberg/Brock double elimination to end the Rumble so nobody else has to win.
Everyone else even vaguely relevant has a locked match for WM.
blackaroni
Member
I mean...this kinda does make sense. I just don't see it happening. WWE is not great with continuity these days. Who knows?
Fucking Dead.
Man I rather read ATWYL again then see that.
HazySaiyan
Banned
This. Turning RAW into the 'Roman Reigns Appreciation Variety Show' is the problem here, having him go over or be associated with wrestlers far more over than him is what's killing, mainly because the fans can see right through it. Roman can go over everbody on the roster and all the legends and it wouldn't help him one bit, in fact it would just hurt him some more.
EDIT: I agree with friend OwensIsNow, Finn Balor is boring as shit.
And now Sami Zayn verse Kevin Owens is headlining WrestleMania... Sure buddy.
SallyIsNow
Banned
Professor Beef
Banned
You have a rebuttal, or are you going to sit there and be faux-shocked?
SallyIsNow
Banned
A dedicated one dude
whatevermort
Member
I would book it the other way around. Sami in from 6 or 7, and he hangs on. He's battered and bruised, damaged but surviving. Braun at 30, and we think oh god Sami is dead now and then he somehow somehow wins.
I think it's safe to say the storyline people won't win the rumble. Brock and Goldberg are eliminating each other - there's no sense in them in a title match at all. Roman's getting taken out by probably Strowman - I suspect that's the Mania US championship match. Triple H is eliminating Seth, probably with shenanigans. There's nobody on Smackdown side who's been sold as even giving a shit about the rumble. So unless they put the win on Samoa Joe, I think Sami is as valid a guess as any.
This was their respond when somebody showed off their love of the product by wearing clothing they sell to adults.
We may mock it here but these are the people the WWE should be going over backwards to love. Hell this is a pre show which the majority of people are watching on a service they pay extra for with him talking about his love for their reality spin off show on E!
But this is how they feel about everyone buying a ticket to the show. "Look at these fucking marks paying for this shit, don't they know it's fucking fake?" , "How dare these marks have an opinion on the product, how's their promotion going?"
This is why Austin's podcasts were great. You can't say that shit while looking at a man who was the biggest draw of all time and somebody who had to claw his fucking way to get their.
I could only make it through 8 minutes of that show last night before giving up. Putting a wrestling fan on that show instead of someone from the business just gives them the perfect opportunity to show outright contempt for their fans.
The amount of salt that would be generated if Roman eliminated Goldberg during the Rumble would melt the polar ice caps faster than global warming.Goldberg looked like shit tonight. I think it's time for a Rollins feud.
I'm fine with this, or the other way around. I just don't care about either.
Out of everyone's build right now Sami story makes the most sense for RR win
I don't mind.
HashtagLapsed
Member
I just don't want to see another 25+ minute Reigns match at Mania.
Thats the one thing I really don't want.
Thats the one thing I really don't want.
UberTag
Member
Roman eliminating the 50-year-old grandfather of the spear would be just fine by me. Especially if it means they wind up wrestling each other.
Let Braun Strowman fight Brock instead.
And keep those 4 away from everyone else.
Now if we could just figure out a way to not be subjected to another 30+ minute Triple H match at Mania complete with ridiculous entrance and 20+ minutes of pre-match promo time with UFC alumni and other celebs.
Let Braun Strowman fight Brock instead.
And keep those 4 away from everyone else.
Yet another reason why we should all want to see Roman vs. Goldberg.
Now if we could just figure out a way to not be subjected to another 30+ minute Triple H match at Mania complete with ridiculous entrance and 20+ minutes of pre-match promo time with UFC alumni and other celebs.
SallyIsNow
Banned
Fuck Roman
Should get eliminated by Iron Sheik and retire. Ratinfs boom.
Should get eliminated by Iron Sheik and retire. Ratinfs boom.
Nobody cares
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Did they nerf everyone who's been around Roman for the past year so he looks like a bigger star?
- Rollins is back on the midcard and they took away his mic time
- Owens was doing moonsaults and sentons in big matches and now he has to do 20 headlocks so he looks like the heel
- Rusev is still feuding with Enzo for whatever reason and they put Jinder with him because reasons
- Rollins is back on the midcard and they took away his mic time
- Owens was doing moonsaults and sentons in big matches and now he has to do 20 headlocks so he looks like the heel
- Rusev is still feuding with Enzo for whatever reason and they put Jinder with him because reasons
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Oh god that double spear and another hard sell on Roman as Cole climaxes at commentary.
Arrowgigantic
Member
British Monsoon
Member
lmao, WCPW future endeavoured the WWE UK guys via a youtube video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPi2PzZFYa8
That fucking snark haha. "Go to the shop on our website, where you can buy the merchandise for these released guys. We won't be making anymore", LOL, someone's mad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPi2PzZFYa8
That fucking snark haha. "Go to the shop on our website, where you can buy the merchandise for these released guys. We won't be making anymore", LOL, someone's mad.
I'm sure they'll send Dolph out to cut another promo about how he sucks and to say the Rumble is his ONE MORE CHANCE. The Miz will also probably say something, since he wants to hold both the IC and WWE titles.
But yeah, the Rumble winner is going to be someone from Raw. Smackdown's title picture is pretty set for Wrestlemania - either Cena or AJ (possibly Taker) is gonna be holding the thing come April, and they'll probably face each other - so no need wasting the Rumble win on someone from that side. I don't see them giving the win to Sami, but then I can't come up with a better guess.
Dark Ninja
Member
If they played their cards right they would have gotten a weekly mention on WWE programming. NJPW gets name-dropped weekly.
HashtagLapsed
Member
It will be super shit if AJ and The Miz aren't defending at Mania after the year they have each had.
And Brock
Uhm, so what the fuck even is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uBhtn5uMYQ
Is it WWE fellating themselves over stupid marks?
I mean, I could understand if you had someone with some smarts about them opposite these two personalities. Because maybe then instead of getting yelled at, the guy could have said, "sure John, there's extra money in it now, but it also results in lower ratings and viewers turning their back on a program that is consistently perceived as dull and stale due to oversaturation. And those lower ratings will be looked at in Fall of 2019 and the Network will say, well, your program is now yielding way less viewers than three years ago and we are no longer willing to pay 172 million dollars for a show that only draws 2.0 ratings or lower. And where's your revenue then? Where's your long term?"
And then Heyman would go "oh you dumb fuck, we'll just put it on the Network instead and use that as leverage." And you could debate how dumb it is to have nothing on TV to use as an entryway into selling your Network and you would inevitably still lose hundreds of million of dollars.
*shrug*
Is it WWE fellating themselves over stupid marks?
I mean, I could understand if you had someone with some smarts about them opposite these two personalities. Because maybe then instead of getting yelled at, the guy could have said, "sure John, there's extra money in it now, but it also results in lower ratings and viewers turning their back on a program that is consistently perceived as dull and stale due to oversaturation. And those lower ratings will be looked at in Fall of 2019 and the Network will say, well, your program is now yielding way less viewers than three years ago and we are no longer willing to pay 172 million dollars for a show that only draws 2.0 ratings or lower. And where's your revenue then? Where's your long term?"
And then Heyman would go "oh you dumb fuck, we'll just put it on the Network instead and use that as leverage." And you could debate how dumb it is to have nothing on TV to use as an entryway into selling your Network and you would inevitably still lose hundreds of million of dollars.
*shrug*
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Oh god. Shawn Michaels is starring in a religious tom-com from WWE studios?
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/816131585980264449/photo/1
This is gonna be an exercise in cringe.
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/816131585980264449/photo/1
This is gonna be an exercise in cringe.
Dark Ninja
Member
Watch the entire show its like 45 minutes of that. You watch WWE RAW? YOU DUMB FUCKING MARK
They went after Bret on that show though he's about to start shooting.
HashtagLapsed
Member
Heyman comes across like a complete and utter fuckwit in that bit.
I mean, more power to them if they want to be marks for themselves but they won't have much leverage when it comes to negotiating new network terms.
It shouldn't shock anyone that a 3+ hour show has 1 hour+ of advertisement breaks people will think "fuck this, I have better shit to do." Or then complain because they actually want to watch a good product.
I mean, more power to them if they want to be marks for themselves but they won't have much leverage when it comes to negotiating new network terms.
It shouldn't shock anyone that a 3+ hour show has 1 hour+ of advertisement breaks people will think "fuck this, I have better shit to do." Or then complain because they actually want to watch a good product.
Sick today, so caught up on RAW in bed. Maybe it's the illness talking, but I thought it was okay for the most part. Genuinely thought the Jericho/Reigns and Zayn/Strowman matches were good.
They're really doing the right thing with Strowman in my mind. Making him an unbeatable monster in the story he has with Sami is what's needed for Sami's eventual win to feel like a true cathartic triumph. Imagine how shit this feud would be under standard 50/50 booking rules. Instead, I'm actively anticipating each match-up between the two, wondering if this is the time Sami finally gets his win.
It's good booking.
They're really doing the right thing with Strowman in my mind. Making him an unbeatable monster in the story he has with Sami is what's needed for Sami's eventual win to feel like a true cathartic triumph. Imagine how shit this feud would be under standard 50/50 booking rules. Instead, I'm actively anticipating each match-up between the two, wondering if this is the time Sami finally gets his win.
It's good booking.
Nocturnowl
Member
Actually let out an audible "oh come on!" when Reigns kicked out of the surprise codebreaker post DQ fake out, like at that exact moment any possible illusion of Jericho winning was shattered, perfect match ending situation with a decisive finisher hit? nah
It's not even that I wanted Reigns to lose, it's that someone like Jericho's finishers are so poorly protected by comparison to Reigns that the matches are like destined to be uninteresting.
Of course this isn't a surprise, I still vividly recall the Kane vs Reigns last man standing match where Reigns gets chokeslammed through a table, gets up and wins with one ordinary spear, like sweet JEEEZUS!
It's not even that I wanted Reigns to lose, it's that someone like Jericho's finishers are so poorly protected by comparison to Reigns that the matches are like destined to be uninteresting.
Of course this isn't a surprise, I still vividly recall the Kane vs Reigns last man standing match where Reigns gets chokeslammed through a table, gets up and wins with one ordinary spear, like sweet JEEEZUS!
HazySaiyan
Banned
"You actually care about the content? HAHAHA you dumb marks, who cares what you think? We got your money anyway!"
giancarlo123x
Banned
I can't see aj doing some midcard shenanigans especially after how everyone assumed he'd be chasing the IC title or being low midcard when he debuted. Besides his ridiculous wrestlemania loss he has had the best first year out of anyone I've seen lately. He holds 2 (or is it 3) victories over Cena, is the face that runs Smackdown, has the most wins in the year and world champion.
Miz will fight ziggler and we will enjoy it dammit!
Nocturnowl
Member
You mean Miz will fight Ziggler and 4 others in an acceptable but forgettable ladder match surely.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Maybe a cage match also, the live show in Miami I went to Friday had them in one for almost a half an hour it felt.