serenewarfare
Banned
It should just be three hours of Vince explaining to everyone that this is in fact the best thing for us fans and how those who don't like it are millennial fucks.
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January Wrasslin' |OT2| Stop watching this garbage and get HBO Go
- Thread starter strobogo
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This was a good opportunity to have the Authority screw D. Bry again. But they didn't even do that. Not even worth their time.
My guess is Bray Wyatt promos telling D. Bray how he's weak and I don't know what after Goat man comes out and says sorry to the fans for letting them down.
I mean they didn't even focus on D. Bry like when Shawn lost.
'D. BRY'S DREAMS OF WRESTLEMANIA ARE OVER. BAWH GOD CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.!"
Can't even sell that right.
So many better options even with D. Bry losing. Just baffling.
My guess is Bray Wyatt promos telling D. Bray how he's weak and I don't know what after Goat man comes out and says sorry to the fans for letting them down.
I mean they didn't even focus on D. Bry like when Shawn lost.
'D. BRY'S DREAMS OF WRESTLEMANIA ARE OVER. BAWH GOD CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.!"
Can't even sell that right.
So many better options even with D. Bry losing. Just baffling.
Hope he gives details, otherwise it's such a useless comment.
Serpens007
Member
When McMahon won people were suposed to be pissed and upset. He was the villian.
When Batista and Reigns won they were baby faces and suposed to be cheered. They should have been the biggest name at the moment, but we all know that is not the case.
Even, at least Vince won beign the evil character. This whole rumble was an ilogical mess.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Vince finally getting bailed out. Good. We finally get to see a situation they don't squirm out of at the last minute with a new plan and then try to act like the new plan was the plan all along.
Like what?
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
Banned
raw got canceled? WHAT THE HECK
BoboBrazil
Member
It's Meltzer. He never gives out full details about what he knows lol. He always tells Bryan that he will tell him off air about stuff.
serenewarfare
Banned
I'm sure he'll have a bunch of stuff about it in the Observer. On the radio show he was literally just getting news as they were recording.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
He was never dumb as fuck! That's the answer you're looking for! Ryback RULES!
For sure, I understand. Reigns is not accepted and people don't want it - but there's a huge amount of people who aren't on internet message board and WWE is privy to a lot of the information we aren't - and unfortunately a lot of that goes to merchandising. How marketable is this person? How do we get people to continue to pay money? Are the voiceless people (children) spending enough? Who can we market to them?
It was refreshing to watch the Rumble for me. I had some pals over and they brought over one of their kids, a 13 year old girl who never watched wrestling. She loved it and SERIOUSLY loved Stardust and Paige like you wouldn't believe. I don't see him as much of a merch seller, but who knows? I don't know. I don't know what profit REALLY entails and how well it works, because I don't work for WWE.
Macho Madness
Member
Well according to him, they heard the reaction Reigns got on the tron and changed some things around to help it further.
INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE CORE ISSUE
INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE CORE ISSUE
Like Reigns being booed. By "they" I figure Meltzer means the crowd and not the writers.
Roman needed a day off so they decided to cancel the show
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Kacho
Gold Member
No the crappy material he's been handed aside, the dudes delivery is hardly even mid card level stuff. Now that the fans have showed him they aren't buying him as a top guy he'll suffer even more IMO.
Hidden One
Member
Raw being cancelled is probably the best thing that could happen to Reigns.
serenewarfare
Banned
Tonight we will see, for the first time ever, a man get booed by an empty arena.
Moa
Member
That's been there since last night, before the travel ban if I'm not mistaken.
blackaroni
Member
Lol, why?
I understand. I don't want to generalize too much, but I think I'm generally more positive about WWE than most people around here. There have been times where I've watched a show and come away really happy and then come into the wrestling thread and seen nothing but complaining. I try to get what enjoyment I can out of every show. Even last night, I enjoyed watching that train wreck live. But the fact is that RAW hasn't been good enough for me to bother watching, so I quit watching. And generally, their PPV shows haven't been good enough for me to keep subbing to the Network. At what point do I finally say enough is enough, and quit spending money on their product? Last night was as good a decision point as any. Despite all the signs telling them not to, they still went ahead with Roman. I don't want to see him in the main event of Wrestlemania. I don't want to see him in the main event of anything at the moment. So that's it. I'm done for the foreseeable future. I have NJPW World and I really don't need more than one wrestling subscription service. I don't begrudge anyone for keeping their Network sub. I don't begrudge anyone for sticking with WWE. But the product isn't for me.
Though he's probably stuck in his hotel room right now getting pounded by a blizzard and just thinking even God must hate his push.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Good thing no talent are scheduled. Good thing live isn't scheduled.
He gave it as a breaking news comment he received during the show. He'll probably have more in the newsletter.
Liquidsnake
Banned
serenewarfare
Banned
PW Insider is saying that the production trucks are packing up and leaving the arena. What the hell is going on. Just make an announcement that you are replacing a shitty live show with a shitty "Best of" show already.
Jimmy King
Member
I'm still super salty. Damn.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Totally. And Seth Rollins right now is captivating enough for me just on his own that he's worth the $10 a month to watch him go. He's maybe my favorite dude out there right now besides Rusev, who was interestingly protected from Kane and Show - I found the fact that they made sure not to have Rusev KO punched fascinating. People may be upset about it but I rather enjoyed Show and Kane working together, it's kind of a shame it was at the end. It was convincing and great seeing Dolph get killed and spilled out like a bucket of water, same with Ambrose. Even though I didn't want Show and Kane in there, they made the most of it.
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
Banned
what is vince's obsession with shaemus
i swear he must want to marry the guy
there is a rumor going around that shaemus is returning a heel and facing bryan
man who the hell would ever want to work wrestlemania with shaemus
if i was bryan i would star getting political and refuse to work with the guy
i swear he must want to marry the guy
there is a rumor going around that shaemus is returning a heel and facing bryan
man who the hell would ever want to work wrestlemania with shaemus
if i was bryan i would star getting political and refuse to work with the guy
Yeah, somewhat agree. I ignore a lot of what some on the 'Net say simply because of how over Cena still is with kids, etc. People don't see the whole picture a lot of the times. Hell, I'll defend Cena if prompted, even though I went along with the Cena Sucks sing-along last night.
..............buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, the WWE Network changes things. Now people have an active way to hurt WWE if they piss people off by trolling whereas before we just kind of dealt with it. I'm unsure if they realized that when they launched it.
Wesker said:
I think you were there, too, but man...that BOOOOOO was deafening when the promo started for Royal Rumble.
And to those reading, I mean before the show started, Philly was shredding Roman.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Carnies to the end. Gotta get some ratings for at least that first hour.
serenewarfare
Banned
The only reason Bryan has gotten as far as he has is because he is easy to work with. If he stops being easy to work with, then you'll really see "burying".
Ziltoidia 9
Member
Well, Vince doesn't want the RAW streak to end. Granted, they could put anything out there for it to count as a raw tho.
But, if they are so confident as to still have the show, then maybe they a follow throw?
Takes balls to go into a CT where you know its smark territory. Especially after last night.
But, if they are so confident as to still have the show, then maybe they a follow throw?
Takes balls to go into a CT where you know its smark territory. Especially after last night.
serenewarfare
Banned
https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/559770693760724993
"@iamjohnpollock: Raw taping is cancelled tonight, expect a three-hour studio show from Stamford"
"@iamjohnpollock: Raw taping is cancelled tonight, expect a three-hour studio show from Stamford"
Liquidsnake
Banned
I think everyone needs to step back, so this is really mother nature intervening in this madness.
I hope everyone stays safe.
The only downside, this gives fans one week to keep pounding the WWE. they could have fixed a few things tonight, but they probably would not have. too stubborn.
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
Banned
raw will have a real negative crowd. it will be mostly older fans. families and casuals may opt for a refund if the storm is real bad. the its still real to me dammits will be there, snow or shine
BoboBrazil
Member
WWE has a special treat so fans aren't disappointed. They will bring Cole and JBL to WWE headquarters to record the special so you can still hear them.
TimeEffect
Member
Can someone tell me what the hell they were doing with the Wyatts?
The Rumble spot started off really fun with the teasing of Harper and Rowan turning on Bray together. Then it just stopped lol. Even the commentators seemed to think so.
I am so down for a face Wyatt reunion if they can Take Down the Machine.
The Rumble spot started off really fun with the teasing of Harper and Rowan turning on Bray together. Then it just stopped lol. Even the commentators seemed to think so.
I am so down for a face Wyatt reunion if they can Take Down the Machine.
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
Banned
3 hour edited recaps of reigns looking good
gonna counteract what happened last night
best thing they could have wished for
gonna counteract what happened last night
best thing they could have wished for
Marvel
could never
Lol.
serenewarfare
Banned
I wonder if there is anything contractually stopping them from airing the NXT special from last month. Really seems like it'd probably play better than listening to Michael Cole and his goof friends for THREE HOURS.
serenewarfare
Banned
TimeEffect
Member
Why don't they fill the rest of the arena with their production crew and make them be giant Reigns plants?
That would be fun.
That would be fun.