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January Wrasslin' |OT| The Assassination of Daniel Bryan by the Coward Vince McMahon
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BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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How much is that in Nazi currency?
False. I don't support the Colts in any way.
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He's no Nazi. The Bootaaay Family castle was bombed during The Battle of Britain.
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Mr. Luchador
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APW's King of the Indies Tournament 2001 has an amazing line up:
Donovon Morgan
Scoot Andrews
Bison Smith
Tony Jones
Doug Williams
Adam Pierce
American Dragon
Spanky
Christopher Daniels
Super Dragon
AJ Styles
Jardi Frantz
Low-Ki
Vincenzo Massaro
Frankie Kazarian
Samoa Joe
Donovon Morgan
Scoot Andrews
Bison Smith
Tony Jones
Doug Williams
Adam Pierce
American Dragon
Spanky
Christopher Daniels
Super Dragon
AJ Styles
Jardi Frantz
Low-Ki
Vincenzo Massaro
Frankie Kazarian
Samoa Joe
bean breath
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Stop trying to bathe in his light, toolbox.
Fuck.
Punk trying to steal Bo's spotlight like John Cena 'supposedly' stole Bryan's
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Punk is going to use his Backstage Powerz™ to get Bo Dallas in the Rumble again who will then feud with Barret to stop the Badnewz of Bo Dallas in the main roster
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Best of Memphis in the 80s Part 7
Dutch Mantell/Steve O/The Fabulous Ones vs. Adrian Street/Jesse Barr/The Sheepherders Stipulations Match (3/28/83)
What the stipulations are are currently unknown to me. The faces quickly eliminate the heels from the ring. Miss Linda is dragged into the ring. Stan Lane holds her so Dutch can punch her in the face. She's definitely treated just like a male manager, which is either highly progressive or highly offensive. Barr and Dutch officially start the match. Stipulations: If Adrian is pinned, he and Linda will get their hair cut. If Barr is pinned, he will pass out $5K to the fans. If the Sheepherders lose, they have to leave the territory (possibly the entire team, but the wording was not clear. It's the same stipulations for the face analogues. Stan comes in and repeatedly spanks Street. Luke is in briefly before tagging into Jonathon Boyd. Butch had decided he wanted to wrestle closer to home, so Luke kept the team going without him. Steve O and Lane do leg work on Boyd. Skinner smashes Boyd's balls into the ring post. Luke chases Dutch with a chair. Luke gets hit with it. Wish bone to Street. More leg work on him. Spinning toe hold. Dutch fires off punches at whoever is around. Barr and Steve O are in. Big knee drop from Steve. Double kind of superkicks from him and Lane. Barr is probably best known for his run in the WWF as Jimmy Jack Funk. Stan blocks a Boyd headbutt with an elbow and takes the rest of the heels for a few shots as well. Skinner enters the match with a monkey flip to Luke. He misses the second one. Skinner settles into a FIP role. Dutch and Street fight off into the crowd. Stan throws power in Luke's face. Double atomic drops. Skinner pins Luke. That means all 4 heels must leave the territory! Cornette flips his shit.
Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83)
Taylor gets Dundee down and drops some knees on his arm. I think Dundee is a heel now. He bails after a few punches. Bill gets Taylor on the mat and stomps his hand. He's doing cheap things like eye rakes and throat jabs, so he must be heel. Lot of front headlocks in this. Taylor goes back to the arm. Dundee gets to the ropes. Forearm makes Dundee bail again. Cheap shot once he gets back in the ring. Taylor fires up. Thesz press with punches. Fucking Austin, stealing from the Red Rooster. Shameful shit. Dundee again bails and Taylor follows. As Taylor is getting in the ring, Dundee decks him and his leg gets tied up in the ropes. Dundee puts the boots to him and is disqualified for it. Dutch stops the beat down.
Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (4/4/83)
As this is a Moondogs match, it starts with all 4 men brawling in the ring. Back heel kick from Lane. Skinner is tagged in and they hit a double back body drop. Stan is quickly double teamed and beaten down. Moondogs suck. They're fat, can't sell, and can barely move. Lane finally makes the hot tag. One of the Dogs hits him with a bone to win the match. Looked awful. Not into the Moondogs at all.
Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs Stretcher Match (5/2/83)
Maybe this will be a little better since it should be a brawl instead of a wrestling match. The Fabs are angry in this match and aren't show boating. Double stomp from Lane. Lane and a Dog collide in the ring. The bone comes into play again. Hidden from the ref. Are there really DQs and need to hide weapons in a stretcher match? For that matter, is there a need for tags? Lane is busted open. He gets his knees up on a splash. Hot tag to Skinner. Moondog G-Fex is busted open. Skinner gets his head twisted in the ropes. He's gonna die! The bell rings. I think the Dogs were disqualified. Steve is finally freed. I was wrong, the match was given to the Moondogs because Skinner couldn't continue. But it is a stretcher match. No one was put on a stretcher to lose. Steve was put on one AFTER the match was already decided. I don't think that's how stretcher matches are supposed to work. The Moondogs attacked while he was being taken out.
Fabulous Ones vs. Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers Hair vs. Titles (5/16/83)
I like the Fabulous Ones, so it is nice to not have them stuck against shitbirds like the Moondogs. Stan Lane vs Bobby Eaton! Midnight Express pre-explodes! The heels' hair is on the line. Duke and Stan start out. Bobby is tagged in and Stan is in trouble. A lot of quick tags from the heels. Stan really has had no offense. Stan starts throwing all kinds of front back twisting side reverse crescent kicks. Skinner and Duke are going at it on the floor. Skinner gets tagged and he and Duke continue in the ring. Series of headbutts. Stan comes back in with a second rope elbow to the head and Duke is busted open. Duke is repeatedly slammed into the turn buckle. And the turnbuckles in Memphis looked like just some tape over the metal. Not the giant actual pads like WWE or WCW. The referee stops the match due to Duke not being able to continue. Fabs win. Titles retained and the actual stipulation was that Cornette would get his head shaved if his team lost. Corny screams on the mic that his team didn't lose because they weren't pinned or submitted. He calls for Eddie Marlin and just screams like a baby. Marlin agrees that due to the importance of this match, there must be a pinfall. The match continues. The Fabs continue to decimate Duke. Dude's head is completely covered in blood. Corny gets on the apron. Stan goes after him, which distracts the ref. Jimmy Hart comes in on the other side to distract Stan and the ref. Corny throws Eaton one of the titles. He smashes Skinner with it from the top while Skinner was pinning Duke. Duke is placed on Skinner and gets the pin. New champions! Great Dusty Finish variation, even if the match wasn't all that hot. Duke getting murdered for about 10 minutes and then getting the win while out of it after a Dusty Finish is a great way to get the fans pissed for a rematch.
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee Loser Leaves Town (6/6/83)
King hits an early punch and Dundee bails out. Dundee misses his punches and gets popped in the nose. Dundee hits a back elbow right under the chin, but misses an elbow drop. He lands a bulldog. A second. King counters the third. Dundee's knee got all tied up in the top rope. Clobbering punches. Dundee throws some of his own. After a series of pins with King getting rope breaks, he dumps Dundee to the floor on a kick out. Mid ring collision. Dundee is able to make a pin, but King again kicks out. Dundee comes off the top with a standing flying headbutt. Dundee tries something in the corner and goes flying to the floor. King misses a guillotine leg drop. Did you ever think you'd see King doing a guillotine leg drop? Well, he did all the way back in 1983. Dundee kind of does a piledriver, but falls over half way through it. King is back dropped over the top rope. He rolls back in and Dundee drills him with a top rope stomp. He's then knocked off the apron and thrown into the ring post. King is bleeding and Dundee keeps doing whatever he can to keep King down. The strap comes down and King starts throwing bombs. Flying fist drop. King does a cocky pin and Dundee rolls him up. 2 count! Dundee does some chop blocks. On the last one, King blocks it with an uppercut. Piledriver. King wins! Dundee is gone!
Fabulous Ones vs. Moondogs (6/13/83)
Well fuck. I was hoping to be done with the Moondogs. Match starts on the floor. Dueling chairs. The ref is hit with a chair. This is what shit should have been in the last matches. Just wild fighting and chaos. The announce table is thrown in the ring. Skinner gets sick of the bell ringing and throws it in the ring. Table legs are broken and used. This isn't even a match, it's just an extended brawl. This is what I was expecting out of Moondogs stuff. Just wild, out of control brawling. Not shitty wrestling.
Rock N Roll Express & Bobby Eaton vs. The Moondogs & Jimmy Hart (7/25/83)
Interesting. Bobby teaming with the RNR. He must have turned face on Jimmy Hart. Quick tags from the Midnight Rock Express. If only HBK or Marty were on this team. Morton misses a dropkick. Snake eyes on the top rope. Naturally, Morton plays the FIP, which is sometimes actually referred to as playing Ricky Morton. Hot tag to Gibson. Dropkicks everywhere. It was cut off with a kick. Gibson then makes a hotter tag to Eaton. He was quickly low bridged and sent flying to the floor. Eaton is hurt and they work him over for a while. Jimmy Hart finally tags in and takes some shots at Eaton. Eaton then completely wipes him out with one punch. The Midnight Rock Express win! A few cheap shots were taken at Bobby after the match.
Bill Dundee vs. Assassin #1 (9/25/83)
This is JIP. Dundee wasn't gone very long. And it looks like he's back as a face. He is cheating, using a chain and cheap shots, but Assassin is obviously a heel. He repeatedly uses a multiple chains that he had hidden. Big back body drop. Assassin made some appearances in early 90s WCW as a manager. I believe for Paul Orndorff. Assassin goes on the offense. Also, HE'S FAT. The other Assassin ran in to cause a DQ. Dundee was busted open after the match. King would make the save.
This has definitely been my least favorite disc so far, but the second half looks to be better.
Still to come: Stan Hansen, Jesse Ventura, Randy Savage, midgets, and no more Moondogs until the next disc.
Best of Memphis in the 80s Part 7
Dutch Mantell/Steve O/The Fabulous Ones vs. Adrian Street/Jesse Barr/The Sheepherders Stipulations Match (3/28/83)
What the stipulations are are currently unknown to me. The faces quickly eliminate the heels from the ring. Miss Linda is dragged into the ring. Stan Lane holds her so Dutch can punch her in the face. She's definitely treated just like a male manager, which is either highly progressive or highly offensive. Barr and Dutch officially start the match. Stipulations: If Adrian is pinned, he and Linda will get their hair cut. If Barr is pinned, he will pass out $5K to the fans. If the Sheepherders lose, they have to leave the territory (possibly the entire team, but the wording was not clear. It's the same stipulations for the face analogues. Stan comes in and repeatedly spanks Street. Luke is in briefly before tagging into Jonathon Boyd. Butch had decided he wanted to wrestle closer to home, so Luke kept the team going without him. Steve O and Lane do leg work on Boyd. Skinner smashes Boyd's balls into the ring post. Luke chases Dutch with a chair. Luke gets hit with it. Wish bone to Street. More leg work on him. Spinning toe hold. Dutch fires off punches at whoever is around. Barr and Steve O are in. Big knee drop from Steve. Double kind of superkicks from him and Lane. Barr is probably best known for his run in the WWF as Jimmy Jack Funk. Stan blocks a Boyd headbutt with an elbow and takes the rest of the heels for a few shots as well. Skinner enters the match with a monkey flip to Luke. He misses the second one. Skinner settles into a FIP role. Dutch and Street fight off into the crowd. Stan throws power in Luke's face. Double atomic drops. Skinner pins Luke. That means all 4 heels must leave the territory! Cornette flips his shit.
Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83)
Taylor gets Dundee down and drops some knees on his arm. I think Dundee is a heel now. He bails after a few punches. Bill gets Taylor on the mat and stomps his hand. He's doing cheap things like eye rakes and throat jabs, so he must be heel. Lot of front headlocks in this. Taylor goes back to the arm. Dundee gets to the ropes. Forearm makes Dundee bail again. Cheap shot once he gets back in the ring. Taylor fires up. Thesz press with punches. Fucking Austin, stealing from the Red Rooster. Shameful shit. Dundee again bails and Taylor follows. As Taylor is getting in the ring, Dundee decks him and his leg gets tied up in the ropes. Dundee puts the boots to him and is disqualified for it. Dutch stops the beat down.
Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs (4/4/83)
As this is a Moondogs match, it starts with all 4 men brawling in the ring. Back heel kick from Lane. Skinner is tagged in and they hit a double back body drop. Stan is quickly double teamed and beaten down. Moondogs suck. They're fat, can't sell, and can barely move. Lane finally makes the hot tag. One of the Dogs hits him with a bone to win the match. Looked awful. Not into the Moondogs at all.
Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs Stretcher Match (5/2/83)
Maybe this will be a little better since it should be a brawl instead of a wrestling match. The Fabs are angry in this match and aren't show boating. Double stomp from Lane. Lane and a Dog collide in the ring. The bone comes into play again. Hidden from the ref. Are there really DQs and need to hide weapons in a stretcher match? For that matter, is there a need for tags? Lane is busted open. He gets his knees up on a splash. Hot tag to Skinner. Moondog G-Fex is busted open. Skinner gets his head twisted in the ropes. He's gonna die! The bell rings. I think the Dogs were disqualified. Steve is finally freed. I was wrong, the match was given to the Moondogs because Skinner couldn't continue. But it is a stretcher match. No one was put on a stretcher to lose. Steve was put on one AFTER the match was already decided. I don't think that's how stretcher matches are supposed to work. The Moondogs attacked while he was being taken out.
Fabulous Ones vs. Bobby Eaton & Duke Myers Hair vs. Titles (5/16/83)
I like the Fabulous Ones, so it is nice to not have them stuck against shitbirds like the Moondogs. Stan Lane vs Bobby Eaton! Midnight Express pre-explodes! The heels' hair is on the line. Duke and Stan start out. Bobby is tagged in and Stan is in trouble. A lot of quick tags from the heels. Stan really has had no offense. Stan starts throwing all kinds of front back twisting side reverse crescent kicks. Skinner and Duke are going at it on the floor. Skinner gets tagged and he and Duke continue in the ring. Series of headbutts. Stan comes back in with a second rope elbow to the head and Duke is busted open. Duke is repeatedly slammed into the turn buckle. And the turnbuckles in Memphis looked like just some tape over the metal. Not the giant actual pads like WWE or WCW. The referee stops the match due to Duke not being able to continue. Fabs win. Titles retained and the actual stipulation was that Cornette would get his head shaved if his team lost. Corny screams on the mic that his team didn't lose because they weren't pinned or submitted. He calls for Eddie Marlin and just screams like a baby. Marlin agrees that due to the importance of this match, there must be a pinfall. The match continues. The Fabs continue to decimate Duke. Dude's head is completely covered in blood. Corny gets on the apron. Stan goes after him, which distracts the ref. Jimmy Hart comes in on the other side to distract Stan and the ref. Corny throws Eaton one of the titles. He smashes Skinner with it from the top while Skinner was pinning Duke. Duke is placed on Skinner and gets the pin. New champions! Great Dusty Finish variation, even if the match wasn't all that hot. Duke getting murdered for about 10 minutes and then getting the win while out of it after a Dusty Finish is a great way to get the fans pissed for a rematch.
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee Loser Leaves Town (6/6/83)
King hits an early punch and Dundee bails out. Dundee misses his punches and gets popped in the nose. Dundee hits a back elbow right under the chin, but misses an elbow drop. He lands a bulldog. A second. King counters the third. Dundee's knee got all tied up in the top rope. Clobbering punches. Dundee throws some of his own. After a series of pins with King getting rope breaks, he dumps Dundee to the floor on a kick out. Mid ring collision. Dundee is able to make a pin, but King again kicks out. Dundee comes off the top with a standing flying headbutt. Dundee tries something in the corner and goes flying to the floor. King misses a guillotine leg drop. Did you ever think you'd see King doing a guillotine leg drop? Well, he did all the way back in 1983. Dundee kind of does a piledriver, but falls over half way through it. King is back dropped over the top rope. He rolls back in and Dundee drills him with a top rope stomp. He's then knocked off the apron and thrown into the ring post. King is bleeding and Dundee keeps doing whatever he can to keep King down. The strap comes down and King starts throwing bombs. Flying fist drop. King does a cocky pin and Dundee rolls him up. 2 count! Dundee does some chop blocks. On the last one, King blocks it with an uppercut. Piledriver. King wins! Dundee is gone!
Fabulous Ones vs. Moondogs (6/13/83)
Well fuck. I was hoping to be done with the Moondogs. Match starts on the floor. Dueling chairs. The ref is hit with a chair. This is what shit should have been in the last matches. Just wild fighting and chaos. The announce table is thrown in the ring. Skinner gets sick of the bell ringing and throws it in the ring. Table legs are broken and used. This isn't even a match, it's just an extended brawl. This is what I was expecting out of Moondogs stuff. Just wild, out of control brawling. Not shitty wrestling.
Rock N Roll Express & Bobby Eaton vs. The Moondogs & Jimmy Hart (7/25/83)
Interesting. Bobby teaming with the RNR. He must have turned face on Jimmy Hart. Quick tags from the Midnight Rock Express. If only HBK or Marty were on this team. Morton misses a dropkick. Snake eyes on the top rope. Naturally, Morton plays the FIP, which is sometimes actually referred to as playing Ricky Morton. Hot tag to Gibson. Dropkicks everywhere. It was cut off with a kick. Gibson then makes a hotter tag to Eaton. He was quickly low bridged and sent flying to the floor. Eaton is hurt and they work him over for a while. Jimmy Hart finally tags in and takes some shots at Eaton. Eaton then completely wipes him out with one punch. The Midnight Rock Express win! A few cheap shots were taken at Bobby after the match.
Bill Dundee vs. Assassin #1 (9/25/83)
This is JIP. Dundee wasn't gone very long. And it looks like he's back as a face. He is cheating, using a chain and cheap shots, but Assassin is obviously a heel. He repeatedly uses a multiple chains that he had hidden. Big back body drop. Assassin made some appearances in early 90s WCW as a manager. I believe for Paul Orndorff. Assassin goes on the offense. Also, HE'S FAT. The other Assassin ran in to cause a DQ. Dundee was busted open after the match. King would make the save.
This has definitely been my least favorite disc so far, but the second half looks to be better.
Still to come: Stan Hansen, Jesse Ventura, Randy Savage, midgets, and no more Moondogs until the next disc.
Ultramatis Black had their first real show on December 28th. There is now no doubt who the greatest wrestler is past, present and future! Bow down to the most devious man in pro wrestling!
Ultramantis Black@Nancy Run Fire Co.12/28/13
It's always surprised me how much crossover there is between hardcore/punk and indy wrestling. When I was going to shows regularly I'd make a point to wear a PWG shirt or something, and more often than not someone would come up at start a conversation about ROH or CZW or wrestling in general, which is not something I'd ever have happen anywhere else in my entire life. Talking to bands at the venue I work at I've run into like 5 other people who watch indy wrestling, which may not sound like that high of a number but still.
We had this one band play where the front-man basically pretended to be 2004 CM Punk and made fun of the audience for not being straight-edge and after the show we went to someones house and watched Final Battle '05. Like how is that a day? It was weird. I know there were a lot of people who posted on czwfans (RIP) who went to a lot of shows also and I'm pretty sure Shane Storm plays guitar for Pissed Jeans.
Someone figure out the link it can't be a coincidence. Is it a love for being in a building with somewhere between 50 and 150 other people? Is everyone just trying to be CM Punk? I can't figure it out.
I think it is probably because the life styles are very similar. Working tiny shows with small but hardcore crowds. Being unrestrained by corporations and money. DIY ethic. Similar to how comedians and strippers/porn stars seem to get along very well. They probably often work in the same buildings as well.
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A really illuminating interview with AJ Styles from Busted Open Radio:
http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/ROH/article10035100.shtml
http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/ROH/article10035100.shtml
Best of Memphis in the 80s Disc 3
I recommend the King/Bock series, Savage/Garvin, Mountie/Taylor vs Eaton/Koko, and the Bock promos.
I recommend the King/Bock series, Savage/Garvin, Mountie/Taylor vs Eaton/Koko, and the Bock promos.
Daniel Bryan has new gear at the house show:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdLsZnDIIAAuvQP.jpg:large
I wonder if they will change it by Monday.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdLsZnDIIAAuvQP.jpg:large
I wonder if they will change it by Monday.
FallingEdge
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looks like a garbage man
This is either the beginning of a massive attempted burial, or the start of a redemption storyline that will eventually see Bryan catapulted to the top of the WWE.
darkside31337
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Smart of them to get some clothes on DBry.
He's been on that Miz diet lately. Getting pretty porky honestly.
He's been on that Miz diet lately. Getting pretty porky honestly.
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Punks tryin to make a move on Bo's sister
Dr Duncan Steel
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Looks like Mike from Mystery Science Theater 3000 without the sleeves.
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Daniel Bryan effing sucks and doesn't deserve the strap. Can you seriously picture that fool cutting a promo on Michael Strahan during Live with Kelly and Michael? Making snow angels on the floor with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night? Making a cameo in the next Fred movie? Getting his face on a box of cereal? Playing wiffle ball with Bill Murray at Wrigley Field? Bowling with Chris Hardwick?
That bum has zero crossover appeal. No IT Factor whatsover. What's that? He wrestles well? Awesome, give him the U.S. Title again and have him face the likes of Curtis Axel and Kofi Kingston.
Here's Daniel Bryan paired with Oakland A's outfielder, Josh Reddick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR8Zqw3Mzgw
What charisma! What screen presence! You guy's are right, push this man to the moon!
Give me an effing break and STFU already.
That bum has zero crossover appeal. No IT Factor whatsover. What's that? He wrestles well? Awesome, give him the U.S. Title again and have him face the likes of Curtis Axel and Kofi Kingston.
Here's Daniel Bryan paired with Oakland A's outfielder, Josh Reddick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR8Zqw3Mzgw
What charisma! What screen presence! You guy's are right, push this man to the moon!
Give me an effing break and STFU already.
Lambda Pie
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god no, they got a ton of 6 feet and above guys to push first.
bean breath
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I don't want to have to read posts about Daniel Bryan in the Pro Wrestling thread unless they're about how much he sucks.
Is that unreasonable?
Is that unreasonable?
That's my brainwashed GOAT. *TOcry*
FallingEdge
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I'm curious as to see where they are going but really, I know that they will fuck it up.
Well at least they had this planned before the Smackdown taping on Sunday because Bryan and Bray were not there to further the storyline. Also, it accomplished one thing they wanted is to have people talking and interested in the angle. When his new gear picture showed up the amount of tweets about Bryan was constant.
This really screams though that Shawn Michaels said no a match this year.
Dark Ninja
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Bryan isn't getting anywhere near the title for a long time. He'll be thrown into the elimination chamber to fill a spot or a fatal four way to protect whoever the real champion is. Bryan wont be near the actual main event again until after Wrestlemania on some C tier PPV or until Summerslam.
It hurts so much to know that you're right.
I want to hear waves of people screaming "WE WANT BRY-AN" at every main event or any time Cena or whoever is near the main event scene is on-screen. Or HHH.slightconfuse
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I agree with Vince. If BRYAN wants the title , shave that rainforest in his face
Also give him the final countdown
Also give him the final countdown
Spirit of Jazz
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You people are nuts. Bryan won a 3 man gauntlet match last Monday against 3 big men with 2 clean falls. I'd be more concerned with them hyping up the comeback of Batista who was awful outside of the last 2 months of his career than with what they're doing to Bryan.
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It hurts so much to know that you're right.
Don't be depressed a guy making a fantastic living and about to be married to a beautiful woman doesn't have a fake belt.
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I wonder how Austin would have ended up if they decided to have him lose the title the night after WM14, then feud with Owen Hart for months, always getting dicked out of titles, then joining the Brood. That isn't a slight at Owen, as I think that would have actually been a great feud, but I couldn't think of a closer Orton analogue from that period.
Austin has made comments on his show and Jericho's show that he thinks Bryan's booking is stupid and you need to strike while the iron is hot, like they did with him. Austin's explosion wasn't exactly planned, but Vince went with it and he was rewarded for it. Bryan's booking since Summerslam has screamed "We didn't plan for this/want this". Especially the Big Show stuff which was just...legitimately unbelievable that they plugged Show into Bryan's spot and angle, and even had him stealing the Yes chants. I think it is pretty clear that WWE feels Daniel Bryan is more important as a guy who makes other people look good and not the guy that carries the company. And that really is a very secure spot to be in. But he COULD be the anchor of the company, at least for a while, and the fans want that.
In the end, the last 4 months of 2013 wasn't about getting Daniel Bryan in a better spot or positioning him to the fans as the next true top guy, but instead about getting HHH/Stephanie/Orton more over. I won't at all say he's been buried or anything like that, but it does seem pretty clear that WWE is probably leaving money on the table for preferring to stick him in the Benoit/Eddie role instead of the Austin/Rock role. There are very few guys on the roster as likable or as good in the ring as him. His mic skills and size are really the only negatives about him, but people seem to forget that Eddie was pretty bad at promos for years until it clicked for him one day in 2002.
Austin has made comments on his show and Jericho's show that he thinks Bryan's booking is stupid and you need to strike while the iron is hot, like they did with him. Austin's explosion wasn't exactly planned, but Vince went with it and he was rewarded for it. Bryan's booking since Summerslam has screamed "We didn't plan for this/want this". Especially the Big Show stuff which was just...legitimately unbelievable that they plugged Show into Bryan's spot and angle, and even had him stealing the Yes chants. I think it is pretty clear that WWE feels Daniel Bryan is more important as a guy who makes other people look good and not the guy that carries the company. And that really is a very secure spot to be in. But he COULD be the anchor of the company, at least for a while, and the fans want that.
In the end, the last 4 months of 2013 wasn't about getting Daniel Bryan in a better spot or positioning him to the fans as the next true top guy, but instead about getting HHH/Stephanie/Orton more over. I won't at all say he's been buried or anything like that, but it does seem pretty clear that WWE is probably leaving money on the table for preferring to stick him in the Benoit/Eddie role instead of the Austin/Rock role. There are very few guys on the roster as likable or as good in the ring as him. His mic skills and size are really the only negatives about him, but people seem to forget that Eddie was pretty bad at promos for years until it clicked for him one day in 2002.
It's so hilarious that they went with the "lets screw Daniel Bryan out of the WWE title repeatedly that way the payoff when he finally wins it will be 100x better" then decided at the last second to scrap the last part of that where he finally goes over.
Then there's Damien Sandow who wins Money in the Bank, then goes through the age old tradition of getting the fuck jobbed out of him for no reason. He's probably thinking to himself the whole time "This is so stupid, but it's totally going to be worth it in the end", then at the last second they decide "Lets only have one title now. Wait then what do we do with Sandow? I know have Cena make him look like even more of a chump then we've already made him out to be".
This one?
Thank you!
Yup, typical punk. He's become Cena 2.0
Daniel Bryan sucks, the belt should go to Brock or Batista
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Daniel Wyatt
Seriously dig the outfit.
DBry has gotten so fat over the past 6 months or so. Dude needs to hit the treadmill and get rid of that beer gut.
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