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[Xater]

I honestly don't see Punk doing more than 2 fights in UFC.

I'm with you. Anything else would be a big surprise.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Now I think about it, that seems like the kind of thing that would garner some FUCK THIS COMPANY comments from the ol' internet wrasslin' community.

Speaking of which, reading through last years rumble thread was fun.

Ah I remember the pages where DBry got thrown out. I lol'd.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Breeze would be better off taking his chances in the indies

 

[ramoisdead]

I kind of hope AJ Styles doesn't debut at the Rumble. Maybe the Raw after it at the earliest. I also believe he should be paired with Heyman. The majority of WWE's audience may not know Styles but when paired with Heyman, the awareness will quickly develop. Also if Heyman were to be his mouthpiece, then he should act like his Lone Wolf gimmick from TNA. Plus it'll give time for Gallows, Anderson, and Nakamura to follow through.

Then again, I haven't watched the product as of late aside from YouTube clips so I don't even know if I'm out of touch as the WWE.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Best Triple H

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knhg2ZTn21s

Oh my goodness. That accent

 

[Roland_Gunner]

Raw Ratingz are in:

WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA 8:00 PM 3775
WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA 9:00 PM 3591
WWE ENTERTAINMENT USA 10:00 PM 3123

Third hour is a total disaster considering no NFL competition.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Yeah then Maven got destroyed. I guess he had his moment in the sun.

Oh someone asked when they last time they beat up some new guys in public for doing something wrong backstage, well this happened relatively recently

https://youtu.be/dlcXTr5AQag?t=553

What did they do?

 

[Mahonay]

What did they do?

Cut promos how they were better than all of the old school tag teams.

 

[klonere]

What did they do?

Existed.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Cut promos how they were better than all of the old school tag teams.

It doesn't take much to work the geezers into a shoot, it seems.

 

[Jamie OD]

Cut promos how they were better than all of the old school tag teams.

We got a glimpse of the old JBL whenever he let rip into them on commentary.

 

[Kaladin]

So it's kind of a good thing the Rumble is in Florida this year.

 

[klonere]

We got a glimpse of the old JBL whenever he let rip into them on commentary.

Given the clips I've heard of JBL when Breeze is out there we may see a one on one version of that. Put the youngsters in their place!

 

[Bluekaveli]

Cut promos how they were better than all of the old school tag teams.

Existed.

It doesn't take much to work the geezers into a shoot, it seems.

We got a glimpse of the old JBL whenever he let rip into them on commentary.

Roflmfao! What? They can't get over? Isn't that what a heel group should be doing? Wtf man, this shit is ridiculous.

 

[Mahonay]

Roflmfao! What? They can't get over? Isn't that what a heel group should be doing? Wtf man, this shit is ridiculous.

Be a Star.

 

[RBH]

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/689940343836532738

 

[Strax]

He seems totally fine with it too which is the annoying part.

A lot of people would enjoy Cody Vs Goldust as a Mania program, but I can already see the part where Cody isn't interested because they haven't given him a story reason to fight his brother. He seems to respect kayfabe to the detriment of himself. You have to try and put yourself over on your own when the company is just giving you aimless dog shit. Strictly sticking to your character's logic doesn't mean shit when you've not wrestled a match anyone has actually remembered in the past 2 years.

Stardust might be the best new character WWE has put on TV in 10 years, there so much potential for great stories.

 

[Perspicacity]

A lot of people talking a lot of shit about Punk as an Ultimate Fighter but no one willing to back their claims up

 

[klonere]

Roflmfao! What? They can't get over? Isn't that what a heel group should be doing? Wtf man, this shit is ridiculous.

Rich old white men always gotta win.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Anyone wanna put together a top 5 for Punk and Bryan matches? I only watched Punk/Cena but want to check out more of his stuff.

 

[UberTag]

A lot of people talking a lot of shit about Punk as an Ultimate Fighter but no one willing to back their claims up

I look forward to hearing what the Pepsi Observer has to say on the subject.

Anyone wanna put together a top 5 for Punk and Bryan matches? I only watched Punk/Cena but want to check out more of his stuff.

Start with this.

Incidentally, while this program was going on, commentary was more enthused and invested in the riveting feud that was John Cena vs. Johnny Ace (which main evented this PPV).
Which just goes to show the priorities of this company when they actually have talent that's both healthy and motivated.

 

[Bronx-Man]

A lot of people talking a lot of shit about Punk as an Ultimate Fighter but no one willing to back their claims up

Punk's making money and following his dreams while the marks are over here playing armchair quarterback. I think we know who the real winner is.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Be a Star.

Be a shooting star

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/689940343836532738

What a fucking shame.

Rich old white men always gotta win.

Lol!

 

[Fox318]

A lot of people talking a lot of shit about Punk as an Ultimate Fighter but no one willing to back their claims up

If I had 2 to 3 years if training id take that fight.

Punk is a 38 year old man with a long history of injury and no competitive athletic experience of any kind.

Honestly how much experience do most guys have before an amateur fight?

In mma you can't learn everything. Bjj guys can be out boxxed and stand up fighters could be beat on the ground.

 

[Into]

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/689940343836532738

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.78 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.59 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.12 million viewers


Rating cratered.

On this night was clear what did the show in was the show itself, with major pattern of declines from start to finish, including a third hour that did 3.12 million viewers, a number that would have been considered poor even going against a huge NFL game.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Time to put the strap on Nakamura.

 

[Bluekaveli]

We also reported moments ago, via PWInsider, that there has been a push within WWE for Brock Lesnar to face Braun Strowman in a singles match at WrestleMania 32.

After speaking with several sources on that front, WZ can confirm that there has been talk in WWE of Lesnar vs Strowman at WrestleMania, as Triple H is very high on The Wyatt Family member due to his size.

There has been, however, concern by several other high level WWE officials that Strowman’s first high profile singles match in WWE should not be against Brock Lesnar at such a high profile event as WrestleMania. There are those in WWE who aren’t convinced Strowman will be able to handle the pressure of such a big match, considering he has very little singles match TV experience in WWE.

WHAT!

 

[slightconfuse]

Wyatts are all terrible. Send em to nxt and give Harper,a Brody gimmick on the main roster

 

[Fox318]

WHAT!

Fucking carnys

 

[Mahonay]

WHAT!

Brock Lesnar Vs Giant Samwell Tarly. Book it.

 

[Into]

If they had put a mask on Strowman and treated him like Kane 1997, even with his crappy wrestling it might have gotten over pretty well.

Think like Jake, but without the snake he brings out a sheep, that he calls his wife. It adds a nice hillbilly element to it all.

He could have a shave-the-sheep stip match later for big PPV numbers!

 

[Bronx-Man]

So if Strowman faces Lesnar at WM...what do the rest of the Wyatts do?

 

[UberTag]

So if Strowman faces Lesnar at WM...what do the rest of the Wyatts do?

There's that jobber battle royal they give a prize out for every year.

Plus, they get to act as fodder for Brock leading up to the big Strowman match at Mania (which is the direction I've been saying they would go for a while now).

And then, once Strowman goes over Brock, he'll be nicely built up as a monster that can make Roman look strong when they feud next summer and have multiple main event matches... the first of which Roman will lose prior to winning all the others. Just like John Cena.

Strowman will then have no career beyond his future comedy tag team run with some goof of a partner.

 

[Serpentine]

The last guy to have a singles match debut at Wrestlemania is still doing well

So if Strowman faces Lesnar at WM...what do the rest of the Wyatts do?

Battle Royal

 

[Bluekaveli]

If they had put a mask on Strowman and treated him like Kane 1997, even with his crappy wrestling it might have gotten over pretty well.

Think like Jake, but without the snake he brings out a sheep, that he calls his wife. It adds a nice hillbilly element to it all.

He could have a shave-the-sheep stip match later for big PPV numbers!

What in the fuck

So if Strowman faces Lesnar at WM...what do the rest of the Wyatts do?

Well two will face Taker. In a handicap match(dumb, right?).

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

So if Strowman faces Lesnar at WM...what do the rest of the Wyatts do?

Face 3D in tag match with tables

 

[Bluekaveli]

Face 3D in tag match with tables

This time, with Spike.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

What are some good wrestling podcasts?

 

[UberTag]

Face 3D in tag match with tables

Ooooh... that's exciting. Haven't seen that before.

Oh yes... in case anyone missed it on the last page... I am on the record saying that Braun Strowman is going to BEAT the man who ended the Undertaker's streak at WrestleMania Star Symbol.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I seriously doubt they're gonna do Strowman vs Lesnar at WM. Strowman is relatively well-protected, so to have his first PPV match as a loss would be weird as hell. Probably gonna be Brock vs Bray with the rest of the Wyatts doing some tag-team or battle royal shenanigans.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Also, there's talk of Austin Aries possibly signing with The E. That should be cool. Even though it's really late.

 

[newdayrocks]

You guys, what if Josh wins the Rumble, because it's all a work?


Would you be legit shook?

 

[Bluekaveli]

You guys, what if Josh wins the Rumble, because it's all a work?


Would you be legit shook?

I'd have to think that Vince decided it was time to finally kill his company.

 

[UberTag]

You guys, what if Josh wins the Rumble, because it's all a work?

Would you be legit shook?

I would. I would indeed be legit shook.
I don't get legit shook watching the WWE any more so that would be a welcome reaction.
All hail Josh!

I'd have to think that Vince decided it was time to finally kill his company.

Ooooh... he's going NWO? I never figured Josh for an NWO guy.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

First time I saw he wyatts I thought it was cool as hell. Each time after its gotten worse and worse because E botched it so bad.

 

[Bronx-Man]

You guys, what if Josh wins the Rumble, because it's all a work?


Would you be legit shook?

I didn't like it when Roman won the Rumble, I wouldn't like it if palette-swapped Roman won it either.

 

[Into]

What are some good wrestling podcasts?

Wrestling Observer with Alvarez and Meltzer - Good but its obvious that Meltz is far more interested in UFC than WWE. I cant really blame him for that.

Wrestling Observer with Alvarez and BIG Vinny V - This is more comedy slanted, but i know people who like this one more than the "serious" one with Meltzer.

PW Torch with Keller and Powell (free)- I am always torn on PW Torch. Sometimes they really have good content and others its complete garbage. There is something annoying about Keller and way he treats his callers, which seem all to have escaped the loony bin. This might sound exciting but its not.

PW Torch with Keller and Bruce Mitchell (costs money) - Bruce is very hit and miss, he talks really slowly and it takes him a long time to get to the fucking point. He is like those talking trees in Lord of the Rings. But to be fair he does have some good points.

The Lapsed Fan (free) - They do not cover modern shows really, but their stuff is amazing and they have made me laugh more than all of the above combined.

 

[orioto]

Is that stawman thing a rumor or a joke or what ? IS the E back to 90's kind of WM match ala Taker/Giant Gonzales ?

Also hyped for Aries. I believe in him a lot, they could do wonders with hm. He has the thing they lost with Punk i think.

Also he's the only one lacking in my prophecy project. Can you imagine i saw ONE only wrestling show in my life. It was a crappy show in France, in basically a garage. It was around 2007-8 i think.
In that show there was: Kevin Steen and El Generico, Brian Danielson.. and Austin Aries. It was said this night each and everyone of them would be on top of the wrestling world one day!

 

[Kaladin]

Is that stawman thing a rumor or a joke or what ? IS the E back to 90's kind of WM match ala Taker/Giant Gonzales ?

Don't work yourself into a WrassleGaf Shoot™.

 

[Perspicacity]

I would fight Fox318