Omega just added to his Tweet:
Maybe he was going to be champ but they changed the finish before the show?
You never hear about Japanese booking mentality so speculate away.
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January Wrasslin' |OT| Big Month John
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Maybe he was going to be champ but they changed the finish before the show?
You never hear about Japanese booking mentality so speculate away.
The other way you could look at the OWA situation is that they were keeping him sweet before negotiating.
HazySaiyan
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"I might be the Omega but you're the Alpha, Roman!"
giancarlo123x
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I see this being a stupid work, unless his good friend omega got to him.
Conrad Link
Member
I know the Rumble always has filler, but this one was insane junk filler.
They did the ZOMG COMMENTATOR IS IN IT?!? spot with all 3 commentators lol.
It didn't help that the 'final 4' guys in the Rumble were like, #25+ entries or something so the vast majority of it felt like lol dis guy ain't winning shit. Joke after joke after jobber after jobber entries. O_O
They did the ZOMG COMMENTATOR IS IN IT?!? spot with all 3 commentators lol.
It didn't help that the 'final 4' guys in the Rumble were like, #25+ entries or something so the vast majority of it felt like lol dis guy ain't winning shit. Joke after joke after jobber after jobber entries. O_O
giancarlo123x
Banned
So what's Samoa Joe up to? Is he going to show up at the rumble and destroy everyone?
Conrad Link
Member
And the WWE Title match had such a weird finish. Punk wins it like 3 times but no ref there to award it cause he took a bump and corrupt Laurinaitis (who was the other ref outside) was being corrupt. So the real ref finally gets in the ring and Punk just wins it again this time the ref counts and then Laurinaitis jumps in the ring too and just counts along with the ref.
So confusing. The swerve was that there was no swerve. Get it?
So confusing. The swerve was that there was no swerve. Get it?
He's up to whatever the bossmen says he's up to.
HashtagLapsed
Member
Suzuki-gun, for better or worse, got a huge reaction and a lot of heat last night.
I wonder if WWE is even capable of having people look like that anymore.
I wonder if WWE is even capable of having people look like that anymore.
Keyser Soze
Member
The Rumble winner is almost always WWE trying to force through their horrible Mania plans and hoping everything is jaded enough not to rebel so they are not forced into changing the plans in Febuary. The last person to win a Rumble and have me excited going forward to Mania was Benoit - that was 2004. Rey and Edge are the only two other names since then that were a bit interesting.
Wrestlers meeting during the Rumble (Owens/Zayn), and the storylines leading front that, is much more exciting than the ending of the Rumble itself.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
The more I watch of stuff like NJPW, Progress and PWG the more I realize how much more I enjoy that style of presentation and wrestling over WWE. There's something so much more fun to it and exciting than what we get in WWE.
Wreddit is creaming themselves over getting. I've only seen a small amount of Tommy End but I'm concerned his gimmick wont be able to be as hard as it is in Progress.
Rumble matches are ALWAYS a garbage pile of gimmicks. I love them because they're dumb fun, but there are very few that truly excel. Just look at the dumpster fire of a Rumble in 1997
giancarlo123x
Banned
Is he in any feud in nxt right now? I haven't been keeping up.
Still fighting Nak, but he lost the last two in a row so maybe he comes up.
God I hope so.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Its his time. No better way for him to debut than to show up and toss at least 10 people out. Not record breaking but still makes him look like a beast.
funkystudent
Member
Kenny aint going anywhere and is just working marks.
I know we all might be getting worked, but if he does make the jump and debuts at Rumble, please don't zoom in to Roman's face and ruin the moment.Omega just added to his Tweet:
BewareTheBatsie
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WWE would need to give Kenny insane money to get him to come given he seems pretty determined to be one of the best wrestlers to have never wrestled there. I can't see him coming, not now at least.
Joe's a likely call-up to debut during the rumble. With the best case being him mauling his way through the match before he gets eliminated by someone strong to go into a Wrestlemania feud with them.
If 10 chants happen during the countdowns during the rumble to ruin it, I will encourage Vince to bury the fuck out of Tye Dillinger.
Joe's a likely call-up to debut during the rumble. With the best case being him mauling his way through the match before he gets eliminated by someone strong to go into a Wrestlemania feud with them.
If 10 chants happen during the countdowns during the rumble to ruin it, I will encourage Vince to bury the fuck out of Tye Dillinger.
giancarlo123x
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Worst camera work ever, if I wasn't there live I would've been mad. What's his contract situation anyways? Did new Japan sign him to a multi-year one?
avengers23
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avengers23
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He's going to join Ibushi in some wrestling experiments.
Fixed it
BewareTheBatsie
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avengers23
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Why would someone ask Tesco's Twitter account that question?
I recall him signing a two year deal last WK.
funkystudent
Member
The amount of WWE talent tweeting praise for WrassleKingdom was a bit weird too.
Good for WWE for letting people acknowledge it I guess.
Good for WWE for letting people acknowledge it I guess.
Tiger Mask W Vs Ken Masters. Sure let's do it.
avengers23
Banned
But all done in Fire Pro for that extra touch.
Then, Ibushi dives on to the PS3 from a balcony.
The guy who asked knew the person running Tesco's twitter? Tesco is strong style?
wild wild rice
Member
Ha yeah I noticed that too. Ridiculous.
Regarding Omega's tweet, maybe it's a work, maybe it's WWE, or maybe it's My Bloody Valentine just made Loveless how do I top a 6 star match better lay low for a bit.
TarpitCarnivore
Member
WWE doesn't 100% dictate what people can and can't tweet, it's just that there are repercussions if you don't promote things and / or tweet the wrong things.
Maybe those who tweeted about it got a message telling them not to continue to do so? Or maybe they don't care as more eyes on sports entertainment the better?
WWE are big brother.
I mean WWE acknowledge other promotions now so I doubt they care that much.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Yup, first time aj came out they said he's a former iwgp champion.
avengers23
Banned
The next TakeOver card looks very poor.
The NXT boom period is over.
Nakamura must be loving his schedule for running shows in front of 500 people and countless pointless house shows.
He went from the king of NJPW to the only novelty of NXT, the developmental promotion.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Not that they didn't try, remember the "Young Pitbull" and his horrid feud with Jericho?
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Do we know who DIY might be facing? A rematch with the Revival? Or someone else?
TarpitCarnivore
Member
Seeing my first of Jimmy Havoc. That dude has some nuclear heat with the Progress crowd.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I remember the "Redneck Rookie".
Empyrean Heaven
Member
If you don't mind being spoiled on what it is...
Elias Samson vs. No Way Jose
TM-61 vs. The Revival
Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger
Roderick Strong vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas
NXT Tag Titles: DIY vs. Authors of Pain
NXT Women's title: Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce vs. Billie Kay
NXT Title: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode
TM-61 vs. The Revival
Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger
Roderick Strong vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas
NXT Tag Titles: DIY vs. Authors of Pain
NXT Women's title: Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce vs. Billie Kay
NXT Title: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode
Actually, it doesn't look half-bad to me.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
WWE selling wrestlers as younger then they actually are will never not be funny. 35 year old Finn Balor being sold like a kid going up against 30 year old Seth Rollins.
avengers23
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The undercard has two matches that could be good. I don't have faith that any of the title matches will be good.
British Monsoon
Member
Jimmy's heel turn is seriously one of the best storylines I've seen in wrestling, it was so fucking cool to watch that unfold firsthand. It's a big part of the promotion's success, imo, the shows kept selling out quicker and quicker because people were desperate to see what happened next.
HazySaiyan
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Is this Vince's way of appealing to Trump's voter base?
Omega just added to his Tweet:
Probably a work, but I wouldn't put it past WWE to call Omega after that match and say "whatever you're making now we'll double it".